🇺🇸 Stanford Physicist Tom Benson on Wireless Headphones and Mitochondrial Vulnerability
People's Voices: Tom Benson speaks on Mikhaila Peterson (YouTube): Stanford physicist and Mitrix CEO Tom Benson says he personally avoids wireless earbuds, citing research suggesting that radio waves may impact metabolism. Benson, whose work focuses on mitochondrial transplantation, notes that mitochondria are "very delicate" and easy to damage.
📱 This piece is covered in EMF Signal's section on screens and digital devices. It does not address electromagnetic fields (radiation).
ℹ️ Quotes from YouTube video transcript. The EMF discussion is a brief exchange (~1 minute) in a longer interview about mitochondrial transplantation and aging.
Note: This is a brief personal comment in a podcast interview, not an EMF-focused scientific presentation. Benson is CEO of Mitrix, a company developing mitochondrial transplantation therapies.
"I wear them just because I'm I'm a little bit Well, you know, I don't really I just somehow don't like the idea of the of the radio waves in my ear. I also use I use plug-in ear plugs for my cell phone."
"There is some research that magnetic and radio waves do have an impact on the metabolism and on the body, but we just don't really We don't really know."
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🇺🇸 Stanford physicist Tom Benson avoids wireless earbuds, citing research on radio waves and metabolism Source: Mikhaila Peterson/YouTube
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