Theodora Scarato started out as a social worker.
She was working in schools with kids with neurological and all kinds of mental health issues.
When she first learned about the health impact of cell phone radiation and EMFs almost a decade ago she didn’t think it could be true.
“I didn’t believe it.”
She had just bought a cell phone and was learning to text.
Theodora loved sending photos to her friends.
But she decided to do the research because she'd read all kinds of things on the Internet and didn’t know what to believe.
She started delving into PubMed and reading more and more.
She came across a considerable number of research studies showing damage to the brain.
“Frankly, that’s what got me more interested because I worked with kids who had been prenatally exposed to different exposures.”
These kids were her hardest cases.
Her own kids used to talk to their grandparents - because it was free to talk on the cell phone for long distance – that was on her mind.
And then, she decided to bite the bullet and got more and more involved at a local level, state level, and federal level.
She started working with Dr. Devra Davis and other scientists.
She now works on tracking policy of what’s happening around the world on the EMF front, what countries are doing what.
Not surprisingly she’s also working on 5G and unearthing what the US federal government is doing.
She says, “I’m so thankful for what’s happening right now, frankly, I think everyone is waking up to this internationally.”
Theodora’s motivation is her kids.
“I want their future to be healthy. I know we can fix this in my lifetime and I’m ready to go do whatever it takes to make that happen.”
For my next interview I'm delighted to welcome Theodora Scarato executive director at the Environmental Health Trust, we'll be talking about strategies to deal with 5G.