A Ferromagnetic Transduction Mechanism for Radio Frequency Bioeffects

There is currently a scientific controversy dealing with a growing body of evidence both supporting and refuting possible harmful health effects due to radio frequency (RF) radiation exposure from cellular telephones and transmitter towers. The question of transduction mechanism, i.e. how these relatively weak magnetic electromagnetic emissions can be transduced by the human body, is arguably one of the most important. One theoretically sound mechanism is ferromagnetic transduction, i.e. the transduction of weak electromagnetic fields by endogenous biogenic magnetite (Fe3O4) and maghemite (γFe3O3 ) present in the human brain. Both of these materials are ferrimagnetic and transduction can be accomplished either by mechanical forces [1,2] or ferromagnetic resonance [3].