Special Aspects of Cerebral Bioelectrical Activity Changes Under Mobile Phone EMF Exposure
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING AIRES SHIELD ELECTRONIC ANOMALY NEUTRALIZERS TO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF A CELLULAR PHONE'S ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
I. Serov, Professor V. Sysoev Abstract Research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of using Aires Shield electromagnetic anomaly neutralizers to reduce the negative influence of the electromagnetic field caused by the operation of a cellular phone, on the brain's bioelectrical activity. 11 human subjects were tested, each of which participated in two experiments: a baseline study (using a mobile phone without an Aires Shield) and the main study (using a mobile phone with an Aires Shield). A mobile phone operating on the GSM-900 standard was used. In order to record the brain's bioelectric activity, a 19-channel computerized electroencephalogram machine using 16 monopole electrodes in accordance with the internationally-recognized 10-20 system. The behavior of the relative strength of the rhythms of the brain's bioelectric activity with and without an Aires Shield was compared. The research has demonstrated that the elevation of the relative strength of theta and alpha rhythms, which are manifest when using a mobile phone on the side exposed to the mobile phone, without using an Aires Shield are virtually absent when it is used. Therefore, using an Aires Shield when working with mobile phones operating on the GSM-900 standard inhibits electromagnetic radiation from interacting with the brain's own bioelectric activity on the frequencies of the alpha- and delta rhythms, which may be regarded as a protective effect. _____________________________________________________________________________
Introduction. In Europe and the United States, the adopted standards for determining
SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) levels from cellular phone radiation are based solely on the
thermal effect, which is only associated with the heating of the tissues of the human body.
However, a number of works have discussed the presence of an informational effect [1, 2, 4].
The GSM-900 mobile phone standard transmits information using impulses that are joined into
blocks. The duration of a single block is 4.616 ms, which establishes the frequency of the mobile
phone's impulses at approximately 217 Hz (1/4.616). Blocks of impulses between a mobile
phone and a base station are grouped into multiblocks, consisting of 26 repetitions. Thus, the
second frequency emitted by a mobile phone is 8.35 Hz (217/62). Certain types of cellular
phones operating in an energy-conserving mode may also generate a third frequency: 2 Hz [3, 5].
The danger of such an informational effect from mobile phones is that the frequencies
mentioned above can interact with the brain's own electroencephalographic activity. The
frequency 217 Hz may resonate with the brain's gamma rhythm, the frequency 8.35 Hz - with the
alpha rhythm, and 2 Hz - with the delta rhythm. Thus, when using a mobile phone, signals are
transmitted into the human brain, which are capable of interacting with the brain's own
bioelectric activity, thereby disrupting its function. This makes it important to protect the human
brain when using a mobile phone.
Aires Shield electromagnetic anomaly neutralizers may be considered one form of
protection. They are a universal three-dimensional Fourier filter. As a result of an
electromagnetic field interacting with the Aires Shield, the field undergoes a structural
transformation that may cancel out the influence of the frequencies that resonate with the human
brain (217 Hz, 8.35 Hz, and 2 Hz), which occur when using a cellular phone.
Research objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of using Aires Shield electromagnetic
anomaly neutralizers to reduce the negative influence of the electromagnetic field caused by the
operation of a cellular phone, on the brain's bioelectrical activity.
Methodology. 11 men (ages 18 to 22 years) participated in the study. Each subject
participated in two experiments: a baseline study (using a mobile phone without an Aires Shield)
and the main study (using a mobile phone with an Aires Shield).
The research was conducted in the morning in a room with an air temperature of 20°C.
The recording procedure was an uninterrupted 40 minutes long and included the following
stages:
1. Recording a baseline EEG at rest (a state of calm wakefulness).
2. Recording an EEG with a mobile phone in standby mode held next to the ear (3
minutes).
3. Recording an EEG with a mobile phone in call mode held next to the ear (no audio, 3
minutes).
4. Recording an EEG with a mobile phone in talk mode held next to the ear (no audio, 5
minutes).
5. Recording an EEG 3, 5, and 10 minutes after turning off the phone.
The subjects were sitting in a darkened, soundproof room while the EEGs were recorded.
A mobile phone operating on the GSM-900 standard was used.
When performing the electrophysiological exam, the brain's bioelectric activity was
recorded by a 19-channel computerized electroencephalogram machine using 16 monopole
electrodes in accordance with the internationally-recognized 10-20 system in the 0-70 Hz
transmission band with 250 Hz frequency discretization. Unpolarized silver chloride electrodes
were placed symmetrically in the areas of the prefrontal (Fp1, Fp2), postfrontal (F3, F4), inferior
(F7, F8), central (C3, C4), middle temporal (T3, T4), posttemporal (T5, T6), parietal (P3, P4),
and occipital (O1, O2), areas, with joined reference electrodes being placed on the earlobes. The
electrodes were fastened under the bands of a special headpiece. To improve their impedance,
the electrodes were soaked in a saline solution and the attachment sites were treated with
alcohol. A 50 Hz band-stop filter with a 0.1 Hz stop band was used during the processing of the
recordings.
The software program Win EEG was used to analyze the artifact-free portions of the
EEGs. The multi-channel EEG pattern was analyzed using rhythm topography (color mapping),
the numeric values of which were determined using a table of indices (the indices of the EEG's
main rhythms were determined as the ratio of the time a particular rhythm was present to the
entire EEG recording time, expressed as a percentage) and the top frequency in each of the main
EEG ranges across the 16 leads. The following frequency ranges were examined: the delta
rhythm (0.5-3 Hz), Ө (4-7 Hz), α (8-13 Hz), β1 (14-25 Hz), β2 (26-35 Hz), γ (36-50 Hz).
A qualified visual analysis of the EEG was employed to isolate the analysis period with a
duration from 0.2 - 1 second. The periods free from oculogyric and muscular artifacts were
sampled at random over the entire duration of the EEG recording.
80 - 100 EEG fragments were analyzed at all of the stages of measurement in each EEG
recording.
Results. The distribution of the relative strength of the delta, Ө, α, β1, β2, and γ rhythms
was determined for the EEG in the frontal, temporal, central, parietal, and occipital leads.
The substantial change of the spectral characteristics of the EEG rhythms is conspicuous
under the influence of a mobile phone in virtually all of the left leads examined. The most typical
was the increase of the relative strength of the delta and alpha rhythms, especially the increase
observed in the third and fourth stages of measurement, which confirms the data obtained by
other experiments. When using the electromagnetic anomaly neutralizers, no increase in the
relative strength of the rhythms was detected. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate this pattern in the EEG's
frontal lead.
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Relative strength, %
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measurement stage theta rhythm; delta rhythm; alpha rhythm;
beta-2 rhythm; gamma rhythm
Key: 1. Recording of a baseline EEG at rest. 2. Recording an EEG with a mobile phone in standby mode held next to the ear. 3. Recording an EEG with a mobile phone in call mode held next to the ear (no audio). 4. Recording an EEG with a mobile phone in talk mode held next to the ear (no audio). 5. - 7. Recording of an EEG 3, 5, and 10 minutes after turning the phone off. Figure 1. Relative strength of the EEG rhythms in the frontal leads when under the influence of a mobile phone's electromagnetic field during the stages of measurement.
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Key: See Fig. 1 Figure 2. Relative strength of the EEG rhythms in the frontal leads when under the influence of a mobile phone's electromagnetic field while using electromagnetic radiation neutralizers during the stages of measurement.
measurement stage
In the leads located on the side of the head opposite the mobile phone, no pattern was
identified in the changes of the relative strength of the rhythms.
A comparison of the behavior of the relative strength of the rhythms of the brain's total
bioelectric activity with and without an Aires Shield made it possible to detect statistically
significant (p < 0.5) differences in its properties. Figure 3 shows the behavior of the relative
strength of the delta and alpha rhythms of the EEG during all stages of measurement. It has been
established that the elevation of the relative strength of these rhythms, which are manifest when
using a mobile phone on the side exposed to the mobile phone, without using an Aires Shield,
are virtually absent when it is used.
Relative strength, %
measurement stage
delta rhythm * *
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Key: control measurements; main series of measurements (using the Aires Shield). * Statistically significant change (p < 0.05). Figure 3. The comparative behavior of the relative strength of the EEG's rhythms under the influence of a mobile phone's electromagnetic field during the stages of the research in the main and control measurements (on the side of the head exposed to the field).
Conclusion. Using an Aires Shield electromagnetic oscillation neutralizer when working
with mobile phones operating on the GSM-900 standard inhibits electromagnetic radiation from
interacting with the brain's own bioelectric activity on the frequencies of the alpha- and delta
rhythms, which may be regarded as a protective effect.
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