Arthur Firstenberg

Arthur Firstenberg is a scientist, journalist and author who is part of a worldwide movement to reduce electromagnetic pollution. He is the author of The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life (AGB Press 2017, Chelsea Green 2020), the first book to tell the history of electricity from an environmental point of view. He is the Administrator and Co-author of the International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space. His work has been translated into 32 languages. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University with a B.A. in mathematics, he attended the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine from 1978 to 1982. Injury by x-ray overdose cut short his medical career. For the past 40 years he has been a researcher, consultant and lecturer on the health and environmental effects of electromagnetic radiation.