Negative ion products are products which claim to release
negative ions and create positive health effects, although these claims are unsupported.
Many also claim to protect users from
5G radiation. These claims are likewise unsubstantiated. A market has developed for these products due to
conspiracy theories about 5G.
Many of these contain
radioactive substances. In a test of these bracelets by the
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, samples were found to have a yearly dose of up to 1.22
millisieverts
The sievert (symbol: SvNot be confused with the sverdrup or the svedberg, two non-SI units that sometimes use the same symbol.) is a unit in the International System of Units (SI) intended to represent the stochastic health risk of ionizing ra ...
a year, well in excess of the 1 millisievert limit recommended by the
International Commission on Radiological Protection.
As a result, they were banned in
the Netherlands.
References
Radioactivity
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