Digital Toxicity Awareness

The science is clear. The damage is measurable. It is time we gave it a date.

Be part of the first public movement addressing the biological effects of digital overload — and mark the date that changes how the world talks about it.

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FREE & OPEN TO EVERYONE

Join the Live Event
August 2 at Noon CST

Eugene Lipov MD goes live on YouTube to mark the first ever Digital Toxicity
Awareness Day. The biology. The movement. Your questions answered live.

FREE & OPEN TO EVERYONE

Date

Sunday, August 2, 2026

Time

12:00 PM CST · 1:00 PM EST · 10:00 AM PST

Platform

YouTube Live — Link coming soon

Cost

Free — Open to Everyone

Address – 1 Oak Hill Dr #100, Westmont, IL 60559
Time – 11:00 AM–2:00 PM

The Movement

People uniting globally to make August 2 Digital Toxicity Awareness Day.

Join us for the August 2
Digital Toxicity Awareness event

Address

1 Oak Hill Dr #100, Westmont, IL 60559

Time

11:00 AM–2:00 PM

DIGITAL TOXICITY IS A REAL BIOLOGICAL CONDITION

Heavy smartphone use is associated with brain shrinkage and an increase in suicides.

This is not a lifestyle inconvenience. It is a public health emergency — sharing the
same neurological fingerprint as chronic trauma and stress.

Based on published neurological and public health research. View Research Sources →

Brain Rot is not just a trendy term. It is a real, measurable biological phenomenon.

WHY August 2?

One date. One conversation. Every year.

The same reason we have awareness days for every other major health issue. Because
language shapes how seriously we take something.

01 — AWARENESS

Name the problem.

Recognise the biological effects of digital overload as a real, measurable condition — not a character flaw or lifestyle choice.

02 — EDUCATION

Understand the science.

The research is already there. What is missing is the moment of collective recognition that pulls it into the mainstream.

03 — ACTION

Build a global movement. SAVE LIVES !

Help establish August 2 permanently in the global health calendar — growing every year until the conversation matches the science.

THE VOICE BEHIND August 2

Eugene Lipov MD

PSYCHOBIOLOGIST

"All psychology is biology."

30+ years at the intersection of neuroscience, trauma, and pain
Pioneered the Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) for PTSD — published in Biological Psychiatry, Military Medicine, and others
Led successful campaign to rename PTSD → PTSI in Illinois (2023)
Founder of Digital Toxicity Awareness Day — making the next invisible condition visible

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