You may be surprised to know that the spring mattress you are lying on could be acting as a radio frequency antenna! This could be a major problem as antennas can amplify electromagnetic waves, and some electromagnetic radiation has been linked to certain health problems including cancer. You don’t want to be spending a third of your life lying in an electromagnetic field, yet this is exactly what you could be doing if your mattress has metal in it.

>How could my spring mattress act as an antenna?

If you have any metal on your mattress or base (e.g. the coils in a box spring mattress), the metal can act as an antenna that amplifies FM or TV radiation of certain frequencies. The weak electromagnetic waves captured are then amplified by metal objects such as springs. Any piece of metal which has similar, half or one quarter of the wave length of an electromagnetic wave of a specific frequency can act as an antenna. It doesn’t have to ‘look’ like an antenna to behave in the same way.

>What is the real-life evidence?

Researchers noticed that in Japan, the rates of breast cancer and prostate cancer are much lower than in Western countries. A plausible reason for this difference in cancer levels could be that the beds are different. In Japan, futons are the usual bed of choice whereas spring mattress and box spring are more commonly used in Western countries such as Australia. A futon does not have any metal in it, while a spring mattress contains a lot of metal inside. Thus, researchers speculate that the electromagnetic field of a spring mattress in combination with a box spring could be causing an increased risk of cancer.

>VIDEO: Using a Metal Coil Mattress as an AM Radio Antenna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFoX5u2TeY0