Subscribe now

Feedback: Noel Edmonds' electrosmog emissions

19 August 2015

New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

(Image: Paul McDevitt)

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more

Positively fruitloopy

VETERAN TV presenter Noel Edmonds is sleeping soundly at night after spending £2000 on a computerised yoga mat that recalibrates his electromagnetic fields. Edmonds shared the good news on Celebrity Radio, where he explained that phones and Wi-Fi are covering us all in the wrong sorts of electromagnetism, assuring host Alex Belfield “the biggest problem we have is not Ebola, it’s not AIDS, it’s electrosmog”.

That miracle mat is the EMPpad, which promises a suite of “profound” health benefits…

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

Sign up

To continue reading, subscribe today with our introductory offers

Popular articles

Trending New Scientist articles

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop