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K, so, for whatever reason, this decade has been popular for articles from seemingly scientific sources saying that geomagnetic storms are causing negative health effects on the body, through magnetic field fluctuations. I looked it up.....and during the most extreme geomagnetic storms, Earth's magnetic field fluctuates at a rate of about 500 nanotesla per minute. Is that rate of change enough to induce enough of a current that it acts as a cellular stressor?

edit: I was reading through a Reddit thread earlier where ER staff mentioned how during geomagnetic storms the ER is unusually busy and how their hospital is considering installing magnetic field detecting devices so they can plan accordingly..?

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[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

This sounds like woo. People believe the phase of the moon has an effect too.

Humans are really good at finding correlating events and linking them together, even when they're completely unrelated. Often, the assumptions that lead to the conclusion don't get in the way of being correct.

However when a link is completely unfalsifiable, unprovable, and unlikely, we're also really good at making up bullshit and convincing ourselves it's true.

You've kinda already made up your mind what category you want to fall in to, seems like you came here looking for justification, not falsification. So, I won't waste any more energy on this.

The short answer is no.

The long answer is there is absolutely no scientific data to support this claim, and anyone that tells you otherwise is sniffing the same bullshit they're selling.