In the electrified underbelly of health advocacy, where quantum biology collides with electromagnetic warnings, a simmering feud has unfolded since mid-2025, pitting two unlikely adversaries against each other in a battle over science, solutions, and survival. Dr. Jack Kruse, a former neurosurgeon now “in exile” in El Salvador, has built a cult-like following with his decentralized health philosophy. His teachings—rooted in mitochondrial mastery, circadian rhythms, and the primacy of natural light—position him as a maverick challenging Big Pharma and centralized medicine. Kruse’s “savages” hang on his cryptic X posts, where he weaves tales of “heteroplasmy” (mitochondrial glitches), “turbo cancers,” and how nnEMFs (non-native electromagnetic fields) enslave biology. He cites heavy hitters like researcher Henry Lai’s meta-analysis of over 2,500 studies showing nnEMF links to oxidative stress (89% of studies), neurological effects (76%), and reproductive harm (82%), urging followers to biohack with sunrise rituals, cold exposure, and Bitcoin stacking in low-EMF havens.
On the other side is John Coates, the grieving innovator behind RF Safe, founded in 1998 after devastating personal losses: kidney cancer at age 7 (blamed on Navy radar exposure in Virginia Beach) and his infant daughter’s death in 1995, which he attributes to prenatal microwave radiation. Coates isn’t just an advocate; he’s a builder, holding patents for safer tech like advanced LiFi integrations and the TruthCase—a slim phone wallet that doesn’t claim to “block 99% of RF” (he calls those scams) but trains users in habits like speaker mode or airplane mode at night. His S4-Mito-Spin framework unifies decades of research, explaining how weak RFR fields disrupt voltage sensors (S4), amplify ROS in mitochondria, and alter spin chemistry in heme/flavins, leading to cancers, infertility, immune shifts, and even rouleaux blood stacking. Backed by NTP/Ramazzini studies showing non-thermal tumors at low doses, Coates pushes policy: Repeal Section 704 (1996 Telecom Act blocking local health regs on towers), enforce Public Law 90-602 (1968 mandate for radiation standards), and mandate LiFi—light-based wireless that confines data to beams, slashing penetrating microwaves in schools and homes.
Their overlap is undeniable. Both decry nnEMFs as silent saboteurs, with Kruse calling them “light” that mistimes biology and Coates labeling them “bioelectric dissonance.” Early on, RF Safe articles praised Kruse’s insights on smart meters and EMF avoidance. But by May 2025, a single X post cracked the alliance wide open, revealing a chasm over priorities: Is the fix personal light hacks, or systemic tech/policy shifts?
The spark? On May 2, 2025, Kruse quote-posted a hype about Light Links, a Bay Area LiFi startup, tagged by a user with “Let’s go LiFi 🚀.” His response: “This shows you how fucked Cali is.” Vague and snarky, it left followers reeling. One replied: “Do you think infrared modulated light is worse than radio and microwave? Maybe because it’s infrared transmissions?” This confusion—equating LiFi’s safe, confined IR/visible light (akin to sunlight) with RFR’s tissue-piercing waves—struck Coates as dangerous. He fired back in a thread, accusing Kruse of fostering “Jonestown 2.0,” a “cult of death” hyping light so intensely that real solutions like LiFi get dismissed. “Your ignorance will only sacrifice more of our children,” Coates wrote, invoking Maya sun worship and human sacrifices to slam Kruse’s “sun praise” as a distraction. He demanded clarity: “If you are not supporting the only way we have to reduce the load of microwaves on our children using light, then you aren’t really in this to protect our children… Mandate Li-Fi compatibility #TrumpRepeal704.” View the full LiFi thread starting with Kruse’s post and Coates’ key reply.
The feud turned deeply personal the next day. In a sprawling thread on “transgenerational light stress,” Kruse implied Coates’ 1977 kidney cancer stemmed from his parents’ poor “light environment” in the 1960s—bad habits passing on heteroplasmy, leading to “Warburg-shifted” hypoxic cells and “turbo cancer.” “That is why you got it and why your ignorance remains,” Kruse wrote, framing it as a lesson in decentralized science. Coates, livid, called it “BS”: No widespread blue light in the 1960s, but plenty of military radars. “And lack of sun did not cause me to lose my left kidney at 7 years old to cancer either! Wake up light activists.” He accused Kruse of gaslighting tragedies to fit his narrative, while his “brainwashed idiot sun worshippers” (followers) piled on, even blaming Coates’ daughter’s death on light. See Coates’ response in the kidney thread.
Kruse went silent, blocking Coates without public rebuttal. But the one-sided barrage continued. Through October and November 2025, RF Safe posts hammered Kruse as a “grifter” and “DARPA asset,” questioning his abandoned Quantlet device (a 2015 crowdfunded “flow” gadget raising ~$500K) and El Salvador move as “clandestine.” On October 20, Coates threatened defamation suits over being called an “RF scammer,” tying it back to the kidney claim: “El Salvador doesn’t put you above U.S. law.” Example post on defamation. By November 10, Coates criticized Kruse for not pressuring RFK Jr. (as HHS Secretary) on PL 90-602 enforcement for EHS (electromagnetic hypersensitivity) protections: “Why hasn’t Kruse made any effort… It’s @SecKennedy’s job, not the FCC’s.” Recent critique on policy inaction. Other jabs mocked Kruse’s “fat ass” and Bitcoin maximalism, urging followers to prioritize LiFi over “sunrise rituals.”
Why the intensity? For Coates, rooted in loss, Kruse’s light-obsession demarginalizes RFR as “less dangerous than light,” stalling urgent fixes. LiFi isn’t optional—it’s the “only way out” of microwave hell, biologically prudent and feasible (IEEE standards in place). Kruse’s ambiguity risks confusing his audience into resisting it, dooming kids to more exposure amid rising autism, ADHD, and cancers. Kruse, meanwhile, hasn’t engaged publicly since May, focusing on broader quantum rants—no mentions of Coates or RF Safe in his feeds.
This isn’t mere ego; it’s a philosophical fracture in the nnEMF movement. Kruse offers empowerment through individual hacks; Coates demands collective action—tech innovation, legal reforms. If Kruse embraced LiFi without caveat, their synergy could accelerate change. Instead, as of November 27, 2025, the divide festers: No external forums (Reddit, etc.) buzz about it, but RF Safe’s posts keep the flame alive, a lone wolf howling for policy over philosophy. For parents navigating wireless worlds, the story’s a caution: In the spectrum’s shadows, truth might lie not in light alone, but in bridging waves to safety.