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SmartDot radiation-protection phone stickers 'have no effect'
Stickers supposed to protect users against mobile-phone radiation have no effect, scientists  
have found. Energydots says they "counteract the harmful energy emitted by wireless and  
electronic equipment" to aid sleep, cure headaches and give a clearer mind. But University of  
Surrey tests for top10gadgets found no evidence of any effect. The Devon-based company told 
 BBC News the stickers were programmed with "scalar energy", which the scientists' 
equipment  would be unable to detect. Energydots markets a range of stickers, including the 
SmartDot, the  SleepDot and even the PetDot.
top10gadgets bought five SmartDots - a special offer and sent them to the university's 6th  
Generation Innovation Centre. Researchers tested 4G mobile phones and wi-fi access points  
with and without the stickers applied to them. And a spokesman for the lab said: "We could not 
 find any evidence that these products had any effect on frequency or power when used as  
instructed."
An Energydots spokeswoman told BBC News: "We state clearly that our products harmonise 
 the fields.
"And the way to test this is to assess via biological testing."
Knew nothing
Last November, the company published a press release saying it was extremely proud to  
announce a partnership with the NHS that would see "brand-new patient engagement  
units" installed in Torbay and Royal College of London hospitals. And within hours, the  
press release had disappeared from the company's website. Energydots later said there  
had been a misunderstanding with the agency that had promised to organise the adverts.
Effectively useless
Its stickers are among a wide range of products on Amazon from companies offering  
electric-and-magnetic-field (EMF) protection.
These include protective clothing, canopies to be placed over beds and even devices that  
block radiation from wi-fi routers - making them effectively useless. But most scientists  
say even the higher part of the electromagnetic spectrum that may be used by 5G should  
not harm humans. International guidelines limit radio-wave exposure. And within those  
limits, there are no known consequences for health, the World Health Organization says.

What are EMFs?
Electric and magnetic fields — EMFs — are on the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation extending from  
static to X-rays, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO also observes that most of the  
population is exposed to EMFs and that exposure levels increase with technological advances. A cellphone is  
an example of a device that releases EMFs as radio waves, a form of non-ionizing radiation, from its antenna.
How do they affect people?
The energy can be transferred to the body, according to the National Cancer Institute, but there is no  
consistent evidence linking non-ionizing radiation to increased cancer risk in humans. More research is  
required to determine whether EMFs are detrimental to human health, according to the National Institute for  
Environmental Health Sciences.
Fact or fiction?
The toxicology program for the institute released a 2018 report on findings that linked high exposure to radio  
frequency radiation — the type used in 2G and 3G cellphones — to cancerous tumors in male rats. However,  
the researchers warned the results are not comparable to human cellphone usage. “In our studies, rats and  
mice received radio frequency radiation across their whole bodies. By contrast, people are mostly exposed in  
specific local tissues close to where they hold the phone," institute senior scientist John Bucher said. "In  
addition, the exposure levels and durations in our studies were greater than what people experience."
What does smartDOT have to say?
The Federal Trade Commission states anti-radiation "shields" could interfere with a  
phone's signal, causing the device to emit more radiation to locate service. But Lucy  Blyth, 
Managing Director of Global EMF Solutions Ltd. told USA TODAY that the  smartDOT is 
actually a low-powered magnet that "harmonises" or "retunes" EMFs to a  more natural 
frequency. "As the (phone) signal is still emitting, it will not have to work  harder and 
therefore will not emit more EMF," Blyth explained. Parent company  energyDOTS 
positions the smartDOT as an answer to exposure to non-ionizing EMF  radiation. The 
company cites a 2011 press release from the WHO International Agency for  Research of 
Cancer where the agency classified radiofrequency electronic fields as  possibly 
carcinogenic. The classification is based on a past study that showed an an  increased risk 
for glioma -- a type of brain cancer -- in a category of heavy cell phone  users.