How Power Line Frequency Magnetic Fields Change Worm Behavior - And What It Means for Us

New research reveals that sixty hertz magnetic fields -- the same frequency as our electrical power grid -- can alter protein function and change behavior in living organisms. Scientists exposed worms to magnetic fields at the exact frequency of household electricity and discovered their social feeding patterns shifted to solitary behavior. The fields altered how receptor proteins functioned in the worms' nervous systems, demonstrating a direct biological pathway for electromagnetic field effects. In This Episode How sixty hertz magnetic fields changed worm feeding behavior The mechanism behind electromagnetic field effects on membrane proteins What this reveals about power frequency field interactions with biology Featured Study Read the full study: Effect of 60 Hz magnetic fields on social feeding behavior of npr-1 receptor mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans See all studies at shieldyourbody.com/research