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Aires Tech: not Tech, but definitely Airy-fairy

Aires Tech: not Tech, but definitely Airy-fairy

Aires Tech is the latest in a line of scammy companies, going back to the 1990s, selling products that are claimed to protect you from the dangers of electromagnetism. Previous iterations, like WaveShield, SafeTShield and BluShield, have sold stickers that you apply to your digital devices, pendants that you wear, and totems that you can strategically place around the house. Aires is no different, selling “One” holographic stickers for your mobile phone, “Flex” pendants and “Go” keyrings to carry around with you, and two different types of device to cover your home - the “Zone” and “Zone Max”:

EMF WooWoo

EMF WooWoo

The last newsletter held an especially interesting topic for me; “EMF”, as I have many years of practice in this field.

EMF can't hurt you if you're dead: A new nadir for the electrosensitivity industry

EMF can't hurt you if you're dead: A new nadir for the electrosensitivity industry

I had YouTube running as background noise while marking some essays the other day, and my playlist decided to reward my lack of attention with a new video by one of my favourite channels, Keya's World. It's a great channel that follows the various scams and scammers in the entrepreneurial and health & wellness spaces. Keya has an interesting perspective on it all, having once been deep into the woo. Her commentary style won't be to everyone's taste, but I'm always fascinated by what she finds; her videos on Matthew McConaughey's foray into motivational speaking/self-improvement are appointment viewing. This time, however, it wasn't McConaughey that pulled me away from my stack of essays.

Shungite for EMF protection!

Shungite for EMF protection!

In the past few months I've been watching a website that makes some quite extraordinary claims, at least in my opinion. It's immersioncosmetics.co.nz What has really piqued my interest is a new product recently advertised. It's Shungite, a relatively rare black stone with fairly high carbon content, usually 30-95% but often with many impurities and fullerenes, a spherical carbon molecule usually known as buckyballs. It was originally discovered in Shunga, in the Karelia region of Russia, but is more widespread than that,