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Cells, stress and EMFs

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Recent research suggests that cells respond to electromagnetic fields in the same was as they do to other environmental stresses.

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Smith, O. Cells, stress and EMFs. Nat Med 2, 23–24 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0196-23

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