Cell Phone Radiation Dangers

Canadian Report on Children Using Cell Phones and the Link to Brain Cancer.

2009-03-18T10:22:00.000-07:00

This report comes from a Canadian news article about cell phones and the risks of brain cancer to children.

After watching any of these videos on this site please remember our Feb. 27, 2009 post with the video from Chris Zambounis of EMC Technologies. This post shows you how using a hands free (Bluetooth or wired head set) can be worse than putting the phone to your head.

Part 1 of Canadian Report on Cell Phones,
Brain Cancer and the Risks to Our Children

I thought this report was well done. It shows how countries around the world look to protect and inform the public about the risks and hazards of radiation poisoning from cell phone usage.

Part 2 of Canadian Report on Cell Phones,
Brain Cancer and the Risks to Our Children

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Fertility, Children, and Cell Phone Use

2009-03-15T20:28:00.000-07:00

A lot of people trying to have children and wanting to know why things aren't going the way they want may want to watch these videos.

Video one is on male fertility and how cell phones can impact the production of sperm.

Video two has information about how cell phones could be linked to behavioral problems in children.

Dr Natan Bar-Chama - Director of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center

Cell Phones and Infertility in Men

He says," The electromagnetic waves... those are the waves that are transmitted from these.. cell phones that are currently much more powerful than we had in the past."

"If you look at the phones that you carry now that are capable of doing Internet browsing... and high end Internet activities.... that comes at a price. And that is an increase in frequency, also an increase in electromagnetic waves, which we know in animal models can cause damage to the brain."

The reporter asks, "It said in the report that it depends on where you carry it also, what does that mean?"

Dr. Natan, " That most people carry their cell phones in their pocket, and for men, that is quite close to where sperm is being produced."

"The electromagnetic wave injury can come from the direct damage to the DNA from these waves. Or...by a thermal effect."

The reporter asked, "How long do you have to be carrying a phone.... or how many hours a day for it to impact a man's sperm count?"

Dr. Natan, " We don't know....this is really the first study to show that prolonged usage, as they defined is greater than four hours per day could have an effect on concentration..... "

Reporter asked, " Does this mean being on the phone, or just having it on?"

Dr. Natan, " That is a good question.... We don't know...The data questioned these individuals, and they reported using the phone for that period of time.

Now that didn't take into account where the phone was located or what type of phone they were using."
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Researchers find Pregnant Women who use cell phones are 54% chance of having children with behavioral problems. Radiation may not be the cause.

Doctor Jennifer Ashton OBGYN

A study of more than 13,000 pregnant women.

Dr Jennifer Ashton states, "this however is a reputable study in a solid journal with big numbers. They looked at 13,000 pregnant women and followed their children over a 7 to 10 year period.

And this came out of research done at UCLA and as well as in Denmark.

And what they found is this increase in the instance of behavioral problems to women who use their cell phones more than 2 to 3 times a day.

Now all of us know that's not really that much this day and age.

And the only thing this study did not show is mechanism by which that could have happened.

So right now it has to be interpreted with a little bit of caution. However if they are able to elucidate the mechanism by which this occurs this might be a very significant finding."

The Reporter asks, "What happens to the children?"

Dr. Ashton, "Well, they have difficulty with their conduct, with behavior, with some emotional problems. And the theory is that, even that it is low levels of what we call non-ionizing radiation that we get from our cell phone. That that may somehow, have an effect in the brain, that may not mannifest for a time down the road.

Now the only confusing thing here is that the key point with radiation exposure, even the low levels that come from a cell phone are that you need both intensity and frequency, and the site, or proximity of that exposure to the target is very important.

So obviousely if your holding a cell phone thats quite a distance from the pregnant uterus, but if your doing that 20, 30, 40 times a day, even thoe the levels might be low the effect might increase.

The reporter says, "Yes, and there are a lot of women who will hold the phone down, you know, lower and use an ear piece up here so the reciever could actually be by the baby.

But now they are not sure that it's radiation at all.

( they go on talking about could it be the mothers are just ignoring there children while on the phone).

At this time they are saying this might be equivallent to the potential harmful effects of tobacco and alcohol to a pregnant woman.

The reporter asks, "You're and OBGYN this is your area. Would you advise any newly pregnant woman that would come in to you and say What should I give up? Would you say watch the cell phone use.

Dr Ashton, "The take home point and it's so important that you ask that, is that we have to minimize the bad, or harmful exposure when we are carrying a fetus, and and try to maximize the good.

You can't walk around on egg shells and live your life in a plastic bubble. But as our technology evolves you might start seeing more of these effects.

So like we say in medicine "Things in moderation"

The reporter says, Moderation in this case may mean less that 2 to 3 times a day.

Dr Ashton says, That's right.

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Orit and I have been studying the effects of cell phones, immunizations, and our food system and the relationship it has to autism, and children's disorders.

What we have found is, the relationship of cell phones to behavioral disorders seems to be connected to the heavy metals, and toxins used in immunizations. plus the conaminants in our food system.

The heavy metals get stored in the fat of the brain. The cell phones seem to radiate the heavy metals creating in simple turms, a short curcuiting effect. Therefore when children are in the presents of wifi, cell phones, or heavy electronics, like going to best buy or some place like that, the children go nuts.

We post these things for you to be aware. We are focused on Cell phones in this blog, so the immunizations and food products are something that we would address in one of our other websites or blogs.

Dr Ronald Herberman Cell Phone Radiation Warning

2009-03-11T19:52:00.000-07:00

Dr. Ronald Herberman,Director of the University Of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and the UPMC Cancer Centers

Issues a Warning to all his 3000 Faculty and Staff

"Recently I have become aware of the growing body of literature linking long-term cell phone use to possible adverse health effects including cancer. Although the evidence is still controversial, I am convinced that there are sufficient data to warrant issuing an advisory to share some precautionary advice on cell phone use.

An international expert panel of pathologists, oncologists and public health specialists, recently declared that electromagnetic fields emitted by cell phones should be considered a potential human health risk. To date, a number of countries including France, Germany and India have issued recommendations that exposure to electromagnetic fields should be limited. In addition, Toronto’s Department of Public Health is advising teenagers and young children to limit their use of cell phones, to avoid potential health risks."

Keith here, People constantly think there is no risk or casually give it some thought that brain cancer could come from their cell phone, however the surgeons who work with cancer on a daily basis are running scared.

Why?

Because they don't want to look like fools when the epidemic hits.

Dr Devra Davis

2009-03-09T12:24:00.000-07:00

Dr Devra Davis PhD, MPHDirector, Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Institute

A reporter from Canada went to Washington to speak to Devra Davis, who studies the causes of cancer.

When asked by a Canadian Reporter who had handed her a cell phone designed for kids, the reporter asked "What do you think of that?"

"I think it's appalling, it's really appalling."

When asked "Why?"

Dr. Davis says, "Because I don't think it's a good idea to microwave your kids heads."

Reporter, "Even if you are not positive it will cause tumors?"

Dr Davis - "No...No... I just think there is enough going on.. you want children to develop without impacting their brains." "This is direct" (holding a cell phone to her head)...." there is nothing subtle about this, it's direct." Again holding the cell phone to her head.

The video below is Dr Davis on Larry King Live on CNN talking about the dangers of cell phones.

Cell Phones Compared to Cigarettes

2009-03-06T12:24:00.000-08:00

Dr David Carpenter is the Director for the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany.

When asked by a reporter why he is concerned about cell phone usage, he states:

" There has been a fair amount of research on this subject that has come out over the last several of years. But the evidence is growing."

"It still isn't absolutely proven. But when you use a cell phone the radio frequency is the same kind of radiofrequency that drives your micro wave oven. That will cook your potato."

"Now our standards are set to avoid excesive heating, as you would have in a microwave oven."

"But results from Scandinavia, particularly, and also a new study from Israel, show that people that use cell phones regularly, for 10 years or more, are more likely to get brain tumors, tumors of the poratid gland, salivary gland, that's on the side of the face, or tumors of the auditory nerve than people that do not use cell phones."

The reporter asked him "Are we looking potentially at an epidemic of brain cancer?"

Dr. Carpenter replies, "Precisely. That's what our concern is."

"Dr. Carpenter says, " An rather than repeat the dangers that we..... the problems that we had with smoking and lung cancer. We feel... those of us in the public health community, that at least we need to send the message out now."

"You can't walk down the street without seeing every 10 year old on their cell phone. It's a status symbole. It's something that's cool. And kids are spending enormous times on cell phones."

"The childs brain.... their brain is developing, but also, their brain is smaller, and therefore the exposure to a child's brain is greater than that in an adults brain."

Dr Carpenter suggests:

That you use a land line when ever possible.

Hold the cell phone away from your body.

Don't use cell phones when you can use a land line.

Respect the fact that radio frequencies may cause very serious diseases.

Cell Phones and Brain Tumors with Video of Dr. Charlie Tia

2009-03-04T10:34:00.000-08:00

Dr. Charlie Tia A preeminent Neurosurgeon in Australia, Specializing in Children's Brains.

In a report from Australian News, they reported that there was a 21% increase in childrens brain tumors.

Charlie states, "Apendamoma's seem to be increasing in incidence in children."
"I think the EMR, mobile phones, and other electrical appliances may have something to do with what we are seeing."

When the reporter asked him, "What advice do you give your children?"

Charlie said, "alright.... this is a very sore point. My daughter just got a mobile phone, and I was so... against it. It was a real sore point in the family."

Reporter: "How old is she Charlie?"

Charlie, "She's 12"

Reporter, "So she's in that vulnerable age."

Charlie said, "Oh...very vulnerable, her brain is still developing. And I'm really upset that she's got one."

Cell Phones Lowering Sperm Counts

2009-03-02T10:36:00.000-08:00

Dr Natan Bar-Chama - Director of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgury at Mt Siani Medical Center

Cell Phones and
Infertility in Men

He says" The electro-magnetic waves... those are the waves that are transmitted from these.. cell phones that are currently much more powerful than we had in the past."

"If you look at the phones that you carry now that are capable of doing internet browsing... and high end internet activities, that comes at a price. And that is an increase in frequency also an increase in electro-magnetic waves. Which we know in animal models can cause damage to the brain."

The reporter stated "It said in the report that it depends on where you carry it also, What does that mean?

Dr Natan " That most people carry their cell phones in their pocket, and for men that is quite close to where sperm is being produced."

"The electro-magnetic wave injury can come from the direct damage to the DNA from these waves. Or...by a thermal effect."

The reporter asked "How long do you have to be carrying a phone.... or how many hours a day for it to impact a mans sperm count?"

Dr Natan " We don't know....this is really the first study to shown that prolonged useage as they defined is greater than four hours per day. Could have an effect on concentration.....

Reporter asked " Does this mean being on the phone or just having it on?

Dr Natan " That is a good question.... We don't know...The data questioned these individuals and they reported using the phone for that period of time.

Now that didin't take into account where the phone was located or what type of phone they were using.

Cell Phone Radiation Research part 1

2009-02-27T10:08:00.000-08:00

Getting to the truth about cell phone safety is not always easy.

Nor is it popular.

Using independent labs you can see the real picture of what really is going on in your body.

An independent lab in Australia EMC Technologies investigated the safety of cell phones using Bluetooth or hands free technology for a TV show in Australia called Today Tonight.

In the video Chris Zambounis of EMC Technologies states:

“It is not always made clear, that when you use a phone in your pocket for example, that the radiation levels are much higher than they ought to be.”

“The antenna is usually at the back of the phone, so when it is used at the head most of the energy is transmitted away from the phone towards the base station."

"However if it is used in the pocket, say with a blue tooth hands free adapter, the antenna ends up close to the body and most of the energy is absorbed by the body rather than going to the mobile phone tower.”

Chris Zambounis tested four mobile phones for Today Tonight and it seems the more expensive the phone, the worse the level of radiation it emits.

Today Tonight purchased a cheap phone the:

Sage Vodafone 226

And three expensive 3g band mobile phones:

Sony Ericsson W910 I
Telstra HTC Touch Dual a50
Nokia E65

Using a one million dollar robot EMC conducted a test of the electro-magnetic radiation coming out of the phones in the body worn position. Like when you put the phone in a chest pocket or trouser pocket when the back of the phone is facing the body.

The results were astonishing.

On the 1800 Mhz frequency band three of the four phones failed the legal safety limits of 2 watts per kilogram of body tissue.

The Nokia E65 tested 3.35 w/kg, one and half times the normal standard (legal Safety Standard is 2 w/kg).
The Telstra HTC tested 2.46 w/Kg (legal Safety Standard is 2 w/kg).
And the Sony Ericcson W910 I tested 2.16 w/kg (legal Safety Standard is 2 w/kg).

At the 2100 Mhz frequency band two phones didn’t pass.

Nokia E65 measured 5.84 w/kg , almost 3 times greater than the safety limit.
Telstra HTC measured 2.92 w/kg , one and a half times the safety limit.

The only phone to come under the limits was the cheap Vodafone.

Chris says “These safety standards have been set by world experts, when you use a phone in the pocket the safety limit will be often exceeded.”

Chris Zambounis believes the manufacturers get around their legal responsibilities by recommending a spacing limit between the phone and the body, between 1.5 cm and 2.2 cm. But the guide line is buried in the hundreds of pages of each phone manual.

Cell Phones Recalled Due to Dangerous Radiation Levels

2009-02-02T07:32:00.000-08:00

LG has recalled thousands cell phones in Canada. The LG 150 cell phone has been found to produce dangerous levels of radiation, higher than the allowable Canadian limits for safetly.

This is the first time that a cell phone has been recalled in Canada due to excessive radio frequency (RF) radiation levels.

How can you be sure that your cell phone is safe? While it is not really a true indication of safety, it is a good idea to research the SAR of the cell phone you are looking to purchase. The SAR provides some measure of how much radiation a mobile phone produces, and is an accepted standard.

One of the best ways to limit your exposure to cell phone radiation is by using an airtube headset for cell phones, and also by using a cell phone chip.

Scientists Urge Legislators to Research Dangers of Cell Phone Use and Cancer

2009-01-31T20:23:00.000-08:00

David Carpenter, director of the Institute of Health and Environment at the University of Albany, has told legislators that the need for further research into the safety of cell phones is needed.

Carpenter, along with Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, have suggested that cell phones "need a precautionary message."

Carpenter questioned, "Are we at the same place we were with smoking and lung cancer 30 years ago?" It took many years before researchers were able to declare conclusively that cigarettes cause lung cancer.

Radio frequencies and radiation produced by mobile phones are especially hazardous to young children. The younger a child is, the more cell phone radiation penetrates the brain.

Research published recently from the Royal Society in London discovered that children and teens who start using cell phones before the age of 20 had 5 times the risk of developing brain cancer by the age of 29.

Most researchers say that evidence is inconclusive, and that they cannot declare that cell phones pose any danger or health risk.

Despite this, numerous countries advise parents not to allow their children to talk on cell phones and to limit cell phone usage.

http://www.canada.com/technology/Scientist+urges+more+study+into+cellphone+cancer+link/947403/story.html

Cell Phone Dangers on Larry King Live

2009-01-26T10:24:00.001-08:00

Cell Phone Radiation May Cause Kidney Damage and Heart Failure

2009-01-22T20:42:00.000-08:00

A recent study performed by the European Research Institute for Electronic Components out of Bucharest, Romania has shown that exposure to cell phone radiation causes red blood cells to leak hemoglobin.

Hemoglobin transports oxygen through the body. When it accumulates in the blood, it can cause heart disease and kidney stones to develop.

Scientists discovered that when blood is exposed to microwave radiation, at even lower levels than those produced by cell phones, those blood cells will leak hemoglobin.

Similarly, scientists in Sweden have determined that as little as two minutes of exposure to cell phone radiation can disable a safety barrier in the blood which allows toxins and proteins to leak into the brain.

Numerous studies exist showing the dangers of radio frequencies emitted by mobile phones. Some countries are taking action, issuing warnings about cell phone use.

In France, new legislation will make marketing cell phones to children under 12 illegal.

How Airtube Headsets Can Protect You from Cell Phone Radiation

2008-08-07T21:41:00.000-07:00

An airtube headset can be a valuable tool to protect your brain from cell phone radiation. Brain cancer is on the rise as is cell phone use.

An airtube headset is a headset that attaches to your cell phone or cordless phone. It has a wire like many headsets. At the end of the wire is a small speaker and then a 6 inch long tube. This tube works a lot like a stethoscope.

This tube serves to provide a gap between the transmition of radiation from your phone to your head.

Holding your phone to your ear allows the radiation from your phone to enter your head through the soft tissues of your ear. Over time, this can make you more susceptible to brain cancer. In the short term it can cause headaches, attention disorders, changes in your brainwaves, and sleep disorders.

A regular wired headset allows the radiation from your cell phone to travel up the wire to your head. Additionally, it can act as its own antenna, grabbing up radiation from the environment and directing it at your head.

An airtube headset does not allow this to occur. Because of the air gap, any radiation that travels from your phone or the environment up the cord of your headset is dispersed before it reaches your head and sensitive brain tissues.

This can effectively reduce the radiation to your brain to zero.

Bluetooth and other wireless headsets are NOT safe. Microwaves generated by the mobile phone are wirelessly transferred and directly transmitted into the ear canal and surrounding head region by the blue tooth device.

Airtube headsets are the safest way to talk on your wireless phone. They are inexpensive and work great.

Children's Health Risk is High from EMFs and Cell Phone

2008-07-07T11:20:00.000-07:00

The Russian Government has issued a health warning regarding cell phone use in children. The Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection has produced a statement that "the potential risk for the children's health is very high."

The Russian Ministry of Health has previously recommended that children under 18 not use mobile phones.

Their report states the following:

"─ the absorption of the electromagnetic energy in a child’s head is considerably higher than that in
the head of an adult (children’s brain has higher conductivity, smaller size, thin skull bones,
smaller distance from the antenna etc.);
─ children’s organism has more sensitivity to the EMF, than the adult’s;
─ children’s brain has higher sensitivity to the accumulation of the adverse effects under
conditions of chronic exposure to the EMF;
─ EMF affects the formation of the process of the higher nervous activity;
─ today’s children will spend essentially longer time using mobile phones, than today’s adults will."

"According to the opinion of the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection,the following health hazards are likely to be faced by the children mobile phone users in the nearest future: disruption of memory, decline of attention, diminishing learning and cognitive abilities, increased
irritability, sleep problems, increase in sensitivity to the stress, increased epileptic readiness."

A child's scull and tissues are significantly softer than those of an adult. This results in a greater penetration of electromagnetic and rf energy into their brains, causing a greater disruption of their nervous system.

There is not enough awareness about how harmful exposure to cell phone radiation can be for children.

SAR is Not a Good Measure of Cell Phone Safety

2008-07-01T13:20:00.000-07:00

The Specific Absorbtion Rate (SAR) is the standard used to measure how safe a cellular phone for your body. SAR measures heating or thermal radiation. In other words, how hot your mobile phone gets while you are talking on it.

These limits are only for non-ionizing radiation like heat, and do not take into account ionizing radiation levels such as those from electromagnetic fields (EMF), power frequencies (ELF), and radiofrequencies (RF).

Blood tests and studies of DNA have shown that emf such as that emitted from mobile phones causes DNA damage. This cellular damage can result in varieties of health problems including stress, headaches, tension,sleep disorders and even cancer.

SAR, the safety standard assumes that EMF causes biological damage only by heating,
but cell damage occurs in the absence of heating and well below the safety limits. It is high time that the government reexamine their safety standards for wireless phones and do something to protect the health of the public.

Study Shows Teenagers With High Cell Phone Usage Can't Sleep

2008-06-16T10:52:00.001-07:00

A study presented at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies annual meeting in Baltimore this month has shown that teens who are stuck on their cell phones have difficulty sleeping at night.

This information, released from a Swedish study found that young people who spend a lot of time on their cell phone are characterized by higher stress, fatigue, and tend to be sleep deprived. The research showed a very strong correlation between mobile phone usage and sleep difficulties.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20080609/hl_hsn/toomuchcellphonetimetakestollonteensleep

Why You Should be Worried About Cordless Phone Radiation

2008-06-07T20:46:00.000-07:00

While there is a lot of awareness about cell phone radiation being dangerous and having the potential to cause a variety of cancers and brain dysfunction, there is really very little information regarding the safety of cordless phones.

The base stations of cordless phones in your home are continuously emitting pulses of radiation, even while the handset is not in use. The level of the radiation is comparable to the intensity of radiation found in a home that is near a cell phone base station or in the area of a broadcast tower.

This level of radiation can be measured at this high intensity in a radius of approximately 9 feet from the base of the cordless phone.

This is particularly dangerous to people that have a cordless phone on their nightstand next to their head at night.

Though Cordless Phones emit less radiation than cell phones and are generally safer, conversations on a cordless phone generally are of a longer duration. Given that they are constantly emitting radiation, the low level could prove to be an even larger, cumulative danger.

The safest method of communication remains a corded telephone. Telephones with a cord do not emit radiation and are the most healthy for you and your home environment.

Larry King Article Cell Phone Dangers Part 1

2008-06-03T09:50:00.000-07:00

Larry King Article Cell Phone Dangers Part 2

2008-06-03T09:49:00.000-07:00

Larry King Article Cell Phone Dangers Part 3

2008-06-03T09:48:00.000-07:00

Larry King Article on Cell Phone Dangers Part 4

2008-06-03T09:46:00.000-07:00

Larry King Article On Cell Phone Usage Part 5

2008-06-03T09:42:00.001-07:00

New Danish Study on the Effects of Cell Phones on Pregnant Women and Their Fetuses

2008-05-19T20:53:00.000-07:00

A joint U.S.–Danish team has reported that young children born to mothers who had used cell phones during pregnancy were more likely to have behavioral disorders, such as hyperactivity and emotional problems.

Using a phone as little as two or three times a day during pregnancy was enough to trigger behavioral issues. The incidence was up to 80% higher among those children who had also used cell phones by the age of seven. The survey, carried out in 2005-06, found that 30% of Danish seven-year-olds were already using a cell phone, though less than 1% for more than one hour a week.

These new results will appear in the July issue of Epidemiology. An electronic copy of the paper has already been posted on the Internet.

Australian News Broadcast on Cell Phone Radiation and Brain Tumors

2008-05-07T20:49:00.000-07:00

This is a very interesting video from an Australian news channel about cell phone radiation and brain tumors and cancer.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=248153&cl=7586475&ch=&src=y7news

Health Minister in India Requests Study on Ill-Effects of Cell Phones

2008-04-25T07:41:00.000-07:00

After reflecting on studies by Australian neurosurgeon Dr Vini Khurana, officials in India have decided to launch their own cell phone study.

In his research, Khurana says heavy usage of cell phones for a period of 10 years or more doubles the chances of brain tumour. It also, he adds, has larger public health ramification than asbestos and smoking.

Meanwhile, Dr Rajeev Ranjan, a neurology expert at Sir Gangaram Hospital, says, “EMR rays in general cause irritation, concentration lapses and in many cases even proliferation of cells which cause cancer.” Particularly at risk, he says, are those with pacemakers which the EMR can interfere with.

Dr Anshu Rohatgi, another Delhi neurologist, says, “Electro magnetic radiations, in general, affect the DNA and cause problems in cell recovery and cell growth.”

For the complete article, go to http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1159577

Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age: A Conversation with Dr. George Carlo

2008-03-29T13:28:00.000-07:00

Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age

A conversation with Dr. George Carlo

Joseph Roberts

Dr. George Carlo is a leading authority on the dangers of radio frequency radiation and a world recognized medical scientist, author and lawyer. His career spans 30 years and more than 150 medical, scientific and public policy publications in the areas of public health, workplace safety and consumer protection. George Carlo speaks in Vancouver on May 2, 7pm, St. Andrews-Wesley Church, 1022 Nelson Street @ Burrard.

Common Ground: Your experience with radio wave health risks goes back a long time. How did you first become involved?

Dr. Carlo: This goes back to 1993 in the US when questions were raised about mobile phones being a possible cause of brain cancer. The US Congress held open hearings and it became clear that cell phones had been exempted from premarket testing. Normally, a consumer device that emits radiation, such as a mobile phone or cell phone, would go through a process of pre-marketing testing that would include a series of in vitro and in vivo studies to evaluate predictions of risk to the population that would use them. Cell phones, however, were exempted from that testing based on pressure from the mobile phone industry in 1984. That input was based on science that was present in the public domain at the time that indicated that the only health effect that could follow from microwave exposure had to do with the heating of biological tissue. And because cell phones operated at very, very low power, they would not be able to heat tissue. They were, therefore, excluded from the onerous process of pre-market testing. That exemption was known as the "low power exclusion, and in retrospect, that one political mistake has put millions of people at risk of serious disease.

Following the public hearing, Congress took serious issue with both the Food and Drug Administration, which was the agency of record responsible for these radiation emitting devices, as well as with the mobile phone industry itself. Congress put both on the spot and the mobile phone industry agreed to put up what became $28.5 million dollars in research funding as long as the FDA did not ban mobile phones at the time. I was the person given the responsibility of overseeing and conducting that research. Between 1993 and 1999, with more than 200 doctors and scientists from around the world participating, and the Harvard School of Public Health reviewing more than 56 studies, we ran what still remains the largest program ever conducted in the world on the dangers of mobile telephony and wireless communications in general.

CG: When you went public with your findings in 1999, it created great controversy. Your findings about cell phones increasing brain cancer are still dismissed by the industry and government regulatory agencies. How is this possible?

Dr. Carlo: This is not based on mere differences of opinion. Our findings in 1999 were the first to indicate increases in brain cancer among cell phone users and other studies have since corroborated those findings. In the peer-reviewed published literature today, more than 300 statistically significant findings show excess risk of brain cancer and other tumours among people who use mobile phones. We have mechanistic studies that show how the cancer increase happens following exposure. That government agencies and the industry can deny the existence of those findings is astonishing.

CG: Standards adopted by the World Health Organization, our own Health Protection Agency and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection suggest there is no problem with current levels of exposure from cell phones and base stations. What are your views on those limits set in relation to the sort of work you have been doing?

Dr. Carlo: Those standards are irrelevant. Remember, this is high technology and every six months the technology changes. It evolves so rapidly that the old days are three or four years ago. The ICNIRP guidelines came into being in 1998, and are based on information that was developed many years prior to that. In this particular area, that is ancient history. The ICNIRP guidelines are also based on thermal mechanism data based on heating. The heating mechanism, with regard to information-carrying radio waves, is mostly irrelevant to the situation we have today.

Our view is that this has now become a medical problem – we are beyond the time where discussing the science regarding "is there a problem" has public health value. We have patients in many countries who have these very obvious membrane sensitivity symptoms. Membrane sensitivity syndrome has been around for about 25 years. Originally, this type of condition was the result of a high level of exposure to chemicals; we used to call it chemical sensitivity. Now we have identified the same type of condition in patients who are exposed to various types of electromagnetic radiation. It is a medical problem because we have people who are sick and need medical attention.

People with membrane sensitivity syndrome can be in a room where somebody turns on a cell phone and they will end up having an immediate adverse and traumatic reaction. They develop internal bleeding and they will have blood in their stool. The condition is very debilitating. It prevents people from being able to work. They cannot earn a living; they have difficult relationships with their children and their spouses give up on them. Families are shattered. It is a very serious medical condition with wide ranging ramifications.

CG: Medically, how does this happen?

Dr. Carlo: The pathological mechanisms are the key to both understanding the problem and prescribing preventive and therapeutic inteventions to solve the problem. All electromagnetic radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum is not created equal. We have done work that identifies at least four different effect windows with different mechanisms of harm that are very unique. One effect window is what you have from the extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field, the power line frequency, if you will. What happens at that part of the electromagnetic spectrum is that the magnetic field is dominant. In an electromagnetic field, there is always a magnetic field and an electric field travelling perpendicularly. The magnetic field produces an electric field and the electric field produces a magnetic field and the magnetic field produces an electric field. That is why it radiates – because it is a self-propagating system. But at the low end of the electromagnetic spectrum, the magnetic field is predominant.

When you have an ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) field that is pushed by high power, you have a direct magnetic impact on the local physiology of cells and tissues. We know that that mechanism involves disrupting what we call gap-junction communication between cells. I do not need to go into all of that, but the fact is that we understand how it works. It is a direct magnetic effect and because magnetic fields have existed in nature since the beginning, we, as human beings, have developed compensatory mechanisms so that there is a threshold. There is a degree of magnetic field that we can sustain without being adversely affected. So unless you have a very high amount of power pushing that magnetic field, as you would have underneath a power line, for example, you do not cross the threshold for this direct magnetic effect. That is the ELF window.

At the other end of the spectrum, we have the ionising radiation window and at the high end of the spectrum, with ionising radiation, the electric field is so predominant that you have extremely high energy. Those electromagnetic waves up in the ionising range – and they come from sunlight and lightning and a bunch of other natural sources as well – break apart chemical bonds. Because that damage is so determinative or severe, we believe that, at least in terms of clinical manifestations, there is also a threshold. That means there is a safe level. In between, you have the radio frequency radiation window; that is the third window. What we have learned is this: a raw microwave signal, 1,900 megahertz, in other words, is oscillating at 1,900 million cycles per second. To put that in context with your heart, your heart beats at two hertz, two cycles per second. So a raw microwave is beating at 1,900 million cycles per second. That is too fast for your body to pick up; your body simply does not recognize it. The only time your body recognizes it is if you put 100 watts of power behind that signal and then you can heat tissue and meat like you would in a microwave oven. So when you put high power behind a microwave, you cause heating. That is the thermal window that the current government standards address.

Now, because the raw microwave is invisible to biological tissue unless pushed by high power, it is not a problem. However, with wireless communication, we must carry information and we have to be able to have that information deciphered at the other end of a phone call so that when we talk on the phone we want somebody to hear us talking. In order for that to happen, the information has to be packeted and it is bundled in packets based on amplitude modulation. Another factor is that for the phone companies to make money, they must have multiple people talking on one frequency band at the same time. So for that to happen, you have breaks in the modulation to make room for new calls. That is either going to be code domain breaks or time domain breaks, so that what you have is a circumstance where a packet of data moves and then it stops and then it moves and then it stops because of this multiple access. When that happens, it forms a secondary wave.

The best analogy we have been able to come up with for a secondary wave is the old clothesline, which would be on a pulley. An empty clothesline is like the raw microwave signal – the 1,900 megahertz carrier signal, for example. Putting clothes on the clothesline is the equivalent of these data packets and when you move the clothes through space on the clothesline, they wave back and forth: the secondary wave. That wave is what we call the information-carrying radio wave. The wave that is formed by the packeting of information oscillates in the hertz range and in the hertz range, the body can recognize it. Here is what happens: at the level of the cell membrane – whether it is a brain cell, a blood cell, a nerve cell, a liver cell, a bone cell or a skin cell – there are protein receptors on the cell membrane and their job is to keep track of what is going on in the environment around the cell. You have chemical receptors and you have vibrational receptors. The vibrational receptors are able to pick up radio signals that oscillate in the hertz to kilohertz range.

As the information-carrying radio wave comes in the vicinity of the cell, the vibrational protein recognizes it within milliseconds. But because in the beginning there were no information-carrying radio waves – they are not natural; they are completely manmade – the body interprets the information-carrying radio wave as a foreign invader. When that interpretation happens, a message goes inside the cell that says: "We are under seige; we need to protect ourselves." First, the active transport channels, which are the avenues where nutrients pass into the cell and waste products pass out, begin to close down. As the active transport channels begin to close down, you have a circumstance where nutrients that are in the river between the cells are not able to get into the cell. When nutrients cannot get into the cell, the cell becomes nutrient and energy deficient. When the cell becomes energy deficient, it is not able to communicate with surrounding cells, so that you have a disruption in what we call intercellular communication.

If you think about it, when cells are working together – talking to each other and working together – you have a tissue. When tissues are talking together and working together, you have an organ. When organs are talking together and working together, you have an organism, like a human. So when you disrupt intercellular communication, you are disrupting a fundamental physiological process. What happens is that intercellular communication is disrupted. Messages between cells cannot be sent because the cell does not have enough energy to do that. At the same time, because these active transport channels have closed down, waste product builds up inside the cell. When waste product builds up inside the cell, you have a very high concentration of highly reactive molecules called free radicals. Free radicals, like the free radicals in the 1960s, love a party. Inside the cell, the party is going on at the mitochondria, which is where all of the respiratory functioning of the cell takes place. The free radicals, preferentially, will go to the mitochondria and disrupt the functioning of the mitochondria. In disrupting the functioning of the mitochondria, you create cellular dysfunction, meaning that the cell is not able to do its job properly. That is why, for example, if you have a cell whose job is keeping the blood-brain barrier closed and that cell is now dysfunctional, the blood-brain barrier opens. Indeed, we and others have seen leakage in the blood-brain barrier as an effect.

Additionally, the free radicals interfere with DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) repair inside the cell. We know this now because several studies from around the world have shown the formation of micronuclei following exposure to these information-carrying radio waves. A micronucleus is a piece of DNA that functions well enough to form a membrane around itself, but it has no other purpose. As long as it stays inside the cell it is okay, but when the cell is disrupted at the mitochondria level, it goes through a process that we call apoptosis, or programmed cell death. The cell actually commits suicide to make room for another cell to come in. This happens on a regular basis. Every six months or so, you turn over all of your cells because of apoptosis. When apoptosis happens, the cell membrane disintegrates and whatever is inside the cell goes into the space between the cells and the micronuclei go into the space in between the cells.

Under normal circumstances, a message would be sent to the immune system saying, "We have micronucleus here. Send some macrophages so we can get rid of it." The problem is the intercellular communication has been disrupted and the message to the immune system does not get there. So now you have a micronucleus that is a piece of wild DNA sitting in a nutrient-rich environment and it is free to clone and proliferate. That is the mechanism for the development of a tumour. If you look at the biological cellular mechanism, we have a basis now to explain the diversity of symptoms that we see in the people in our registry. We published a paper late last year proposing a link between the increasing incidence of autism around the world and exposure to information-carrying radio waves (www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/emr_autism_acnem_final_1.pdf).

CG: So where do we go from here?

Dr. Carlo:Well there are a couple of things that are obvious. First, over the past 15 years, the issue has evolved from a scientific determination of whether or not there are health problems caused by wireless technology to the realization that we have an emerging medical crisis for people who are electro-hypersensitive. We have a potential link to autism and other serious health effects. Many of us believe that the threat posed by wireless technology is the most serious we will face in our lifetime. The top priority for us now is to address those medical concerns. Second, it is clear that government agencies will not be able to mobilize themselves fast enough to help. The inertia in those agencies prevents efficient adaptation and the problem is further complicated by the enormous political influence of the wireless industry compounding that inertia. It is going to be up to individuals to take steps to protect themselves and their families.

Dr. Carlo's career spans 30 years and more than 150 publications in the areas of health, workplace safety and consumer protection. His most recent book, Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age, co-written with Washington columnist Martin Schram, is printed in five languages. Dr. Carlo is presently Chair of the Science and Public Policy Institute based in Washington, D.C. His current focus is the Safe Wireless Initiative project (www.safewireless.org). George Carlo speaks in Vancouver on May 2, 7-9 pm, St. Andrews-Wesley Church, 1022 Nelson St., $20/advance at 604-435-0512, $25/door or register online at www.hans.org/events/?event=carlo2008

French Government Advises Children Should Avoid Using Cell Phones

2008-03-13T15:23:00.000-07:00

In the first explicit advice of its kind in the Western world, the French government said children should not spend more than six minutes talking on a mobile phone. An accompanying television broadcast demonstrated how far radiation from the phones is able to penetrate into the brain.

This unprecedented move has prompted Welsh experts to now call for the international guidelines on mobile phone exposure to be revised downward.

An emergency conference by Coghill Research Laboratories, of Pontypool, last year presented evidence from scientists around the world that excessive long-term mobile phone use could result in brain tumours and other disturbances of the body’s vital processes.

Studies have suggested that up to one in 10 children under the age of 16 spends 45 minutes a day talking on mobile phones and it is estimated that up to 90% of under 16s own a mobile phone.

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Electromagnetic Radiation Expert Says Cell Phones Cause Headaches, Nausea, Dizziness, Alzheimer's and Cancer

2008-03-06T18:04:00.000-08:00

Dr. Graham Blackwell, a British based independent consultant in telecommunication health issues has spoken out in a newly published article in the Irish Times.

The doctor states that health risks from the type of radiation emitted from cell phones include "headaches, nausea, dizziness, an increased risk of Alzheimer's and even cancer."

According to Dr. Blackwell, the safety standards for cell phones and wireless equipment are based on thermal (heat) radiation. There are several new medical studies that show that the health hazards of cell phones and other wireless technology are subthermal and not due to heat radiation.

Dr. Blackwell says that there is an urgent need to research different frequencies which would not affect human cells.

Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer

2008-03-03T19:55:00.000-08:00

Changes to Your Blood Chemistry Occur When You Use Your Cell Phone

2008-02-26T20:12:00.000-08:00

Did you know that changes in your blood chemistry occur rapidly when you talk on your cell phone? After as little as 5 minutes of exposure to cell phone radiation and emf your blood cells begin to take on what is called Rouleau formations. This is when your blood cells stack up and clump, causing worm-like patterns.

Rouleau formations are known to correspond with symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, and poor blood circulation. This happens because the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen is impaired.

Effects of Cell Phone Radiation on Children

2008-02-24T20:20:00.000-08:00

Children are especially susceptible to the effects of cell phone radiation, and are put at serious risk from the radiation emitted by mobile phones.

According to a 1996 study by Om Gandhi at the University of Utah, radiation penetrates the brain of a child 4.2 times faster than an adult brain. It penetrates the fluid of the eye more than 12 times faster. It penetrates the lens of the eye 11.6 times faster. It penetrates the connective tissue of the eye 11.1 times faster.

Further, scientists have discovered that a call lasting just two minutes can alter the natural electrical activity of a child’s brain for up to an hour afterwards. Radio waves from mobile phones penetrate deep into a child’s brain, not just into the ear.

The soft, developing tissues of a child’s head leave them unprotected, making doctors fearful that disturbed brain activity could lead to psychiatric and behavioral problems and impair learning ability.

Don't Use Your Cell Phone in Rural Areas

2008-02-21T20:23:00.000-08:00

Cell phones are more dangerous when you are in rural areas. When you are out in the country there are fewer cell towers or cell sites. This means that your cell phone must work harder to send and receive a signal, which means it emits more of the dangerous radiofrequency (RF) radiation that contributes to cancer and other diseases.

Always try to check your cell phone before you make a call. Make sure that the signal on your phone is strong. You can tell by visually looking at your phone and seeing how many bars of reception it has. If there are only one or two bars, try to avoid talking on your phone in that location.

Cell Phones Increase Risk of Mouth Cancer

2008-02-19T09:32:00.000-08:00

Israeli scientist Dr. Siegal Sadetzky of Tel Aviv University has recently published a new study in the American Journal of Epidemiology which reveals an increase in cancers of the salivary and parotid glands (which lie just near the ear) among heavy cell phone users.

According to the study those who use their cell phones heavily are 50% more likely to develop mouth cancers.

We are becoming more and more aware of the dangers of cell phone radiation. Unfortunately, however there is very little information about the radiation emitted from the other wireless phones we use daily. Those are the regular cordless 900 mHz, 2.4 megahertz, and other wireless phones we use in our home and office.

They are convenient, but they, too, emit radiation as does the base station they receive their signal from which is hooked up to your phone outlet. It stands to reason that we should use the same precautions with these phones as we do with our cell phones: limit talk time, use speakerphone or an airtube headset. Get your cell phones equipped with a cell chip for added protection and your cordless phones and base stations equipped with a universal chip.

Cell Phone Radiation Alters Protein in Human Skin

2008-02-14T09:40:00.000-08:00

HELSINKI, Finland - Research in Finland indicates that protein in human cells is altered when subjected to cellphone radiation, but the health effects of such radiation remain unclear.

The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority subjected a small area of skin on the forearms of 10 female volunteers to cellphone radiation - otherwise known as radio frequency modulated electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) - for one hour.

The report found that biopsies from exposed skin showed alterations not seen in similar biopsies on non-exposed skin.

The study, published Monday in the online journal BMC Genomics, said that analysis of 580 proteins identified eight proteins that were affected.

The agency claimed it was the first study showing that "molecular level changes might take place in human volunteers in response to exposure to RF-EMF," describing it as "globally unique."
The agency said it plans a more extensive study in 2009, with 50 to 100 volunteers.

Using a Headset for your Cell Phone Could be Worse for Your Health

2008-02-11T07:51:00.000-08:00

According to research done by Dr. George Carlo, wearing a handsfree headset that has a wire could be worse than just talking normally on your cell phone. This is because it can sometimes act as an antenna, or receiver, for electromagnetic energy fields and radiofrequencies that are floating in the environment. The wire then receives this radiation and directs it toward your head, making a protective device even more dangerous.

Bluetooth devices can likewise be dangerous, and still bring radiation energy to the head and ear.

The safest alternative is to use an airtube headset. Also, equipping any headset with ferrite beads can prevent the transmittal of radiation. An airtube headset with ferrite beads is probably the safest handsfree device available.

Choose the Right Cell Phone

2008-02-09T10:49:00.000-08:00

If you are shopping for a new cell phone, consider the radiation levels of your phone before you buy. Research the SAR of your phone. SAR means Specific Absorbtion Rate. It measures how much radiofrequency (RF) energy (cell phone radiation) is absorbed by the body.

Purchasing a phone with a low SAR may help reduce your exposure to cell phone radiation. C/net has a great review of cell phone radiation levels.

The following is a list of the Ten lowest-radiation cell phones:

Manufacturer and model
SAR level(digital)
1. LG KG800 0.135
2. Motorola Razr V3x 0.14
3. Nokia 9300 0.21
4. Nokia N90 0.22
5. Samsung Sync SGH-A707 0.236
6. Nokia 7390 0.26
7. Samsung SGH-T809 0.32
8. Bang & Olufsen Serene (Samsung SGH-E910) 0.33
9. Motorola Razr2 V8 0.36
10. Nokia 6263 0.43

Cell Phones Lower Sperm Count

2008-02-07T09:42:00.000-08:00

A newstudy by the Cleveland clinic has shown that cell phone usage affects a man's sperm count. The more time a man spends on his cell phone the lower the sperm count and higher the percentage of abnormal sperm.

This is another study that shows the cumulative affects of cell phone radiation. The more time you spend on the phone the greater the damage to your body. It builds up over time.

If you have any thoughts of having a baby in the near future you may want to decrease the amount of time you spend on your cell phone.

The good news is that your body is continually repairing itself. Using high grade vitamins and supplements, eating a healthy diet and minimizing the amount of time you spend on your cell phone can all help balance your body back into a desirable state.

Additionally, using a chip on your cell phone and body worn biofield enhancing products can go a long way in protecting you when using your cell phone is necessary.

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL66282020080206

Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep - Health News, Health & Wellbeing - Independent.co.uk

2008-01-21T20:16:00.000-08:00

Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep - Health News, Health & Wellbeing - Independent.co.uk

Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep
Phone makers own scientists discover that bedtime use can lead to headaches, confusion and depression

By Geoffrey Lean, Environment EditorSunday, 20 January 2008

Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep, and causes headaches and confusion, according to a new study.
The research, sponsored by the mobile phone companies themselves, shows that using the handsets before bed causes people to take longer to reach the deeper stages of sleep and to spend less time in them, interfering with the body's ability to repair damage suffered during the day.
The findings are especially alarming for children and teenagers, most of whom – surveys suggest – use their phones late at night and who especially need sleep. Their failure to get enough can lead to mood and personality changes, ADHD-like symptoms, depression, lack of concentration and poor academic performance.
The study – carried out by scientists from the blue-chip Karolinska Institute and Uppsala University in Sweden and from Wayne State University in Michigan, USA – is thought to be the most comprehensive of its kind.
Published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium and funded by the Mobile Manufacturers Forum, representing the main handset companies, it has caused serious concern among top sleep experts, one of whom said that there was now "more than sufficient evidence" to show that the radiation "affects deep sleep".
The scientists studied 35 men and 36 women aged between 18 and 45. Some were exposed to radiation that exactly mimicked what is received when using mobile phones; others were placed in precisely the same conditions, but given only "sham" exposure, receiving no radiation at all.
The people who had received the radiation took longer to enter the first of the deeper stages of sleep, and spent less time in the deepest one. The scientists concluded: "The study indicates that during laboratory exposure to 884 MHz wireless signals components of sleep believed to be important for recovery from daily wear and tear are adversely affected."
The embarrassed Mobile Manufacturers Forum played down the results, insisting – at apparent variance with this published conclusion – that its "results were inconclusive" and that "the researchers did not claim that exposure caused sleep disturbance".
But Professor Bengt Arnetz, who led the study, says: "We did find an effect from mobile phones from exposure scenarios that were realistic. This suggests that they have measurable effects on the brain."
He believes that the radiation may activate the brain's stress system, "making people more alert and more focused, and decreasing their ability to wind down and fall asleep".
About half of the people studied believed themselves to be "electrosensitive", reporting symptoms such as headaches and impaired cognitive function from mobile phone use. But they proved to be unable to tell if they had been exposed to the radiation in the test.
This strengthens the conclusion of the study, as it disposes of any suggestion that knowledge of exposure influenced sleeping patterns. Even more significantly, it throws into doubt the relevance of studies the industry relies on to maintain that the radiation has no measurable effects.
A series of them – most notably a recent highly publicised study at Essex University – have similarly found that people claiming to be electrosensitive could not distinguish when the radiation was turned on in laboratory conditions, suggesting that they were not affected.
Critics have attacked the studies' methodology, but the new findings deal them a serious blow. For they show that the radiation did have an effect, even though people could not tell when they were exposed.
It also complements other recent research. A massive study, following 1,656 Belgian teenagers for a year, found most of them used their phones after going to bed. It concluded that those who did this once a week were more than three times – and those who used them more often more than five times – as likely to be "very tired".
Dr Chris Idzikowski, the director of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre, says: "There is now more than sufficient evidence, from a large number of reputable investigators who are finding that mobile phone exposure an hour before sleep adversely affects deep sleep."
Dr William Kohler of the Florida Sleep Institute added: "Anything that disrupts the integrity of your sleep will potentially have adverse consequences in functioning during the day, such as grouchiness, difficulty concentrating, and in children hyperactivity and behaviour problems."
David Schick, the chief executive of Exradia, which manufactures protective devices against the radiation, called on ministers to conduct "a formal public inquiry" into the effects of mobile phones.

Public health: The hidden menace of mobile phones - Health News, Health & Wellbeing - Independent.co.uk

2008-01-02T08:48:00.000-08:00

Research into the link between regular handset use and disease reveals the risks rise significantly after 10 years, despite official assurances that they are safe. Geoffrey Lean reports
Using a mobile phone for more than 10 years increases the risk of getting brain cancer, according to the most comprehensive study of the risks yet published.
The study – which contradicts official pronouncements that there is no danger of getting the disease – found that people who have had the phones for a decade or more are twice as likely to get a malignant tumour on the side of the brain where they hold the handset.
The scientists who conducted the research say using a mobile for just an hour every working day during that period is enough to increase the risk – and that the international standard used to protect users from the radiation emitted is "not safe" and "needs to be revised".
They conclude that "caution is needed in the use of mobile phones" and believe children, who are especially vulnerable, should be discouraged from using them at all.
The study, published in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed journal Occupational Environmental Medicine, is important because it pulls together research on people who have used the phones for long enough to contract the disease.
Cancers take at least 10 years – and normally much longer – to develop but, as mobile phones have spread so recently and rapidly, relatively few people have been using them that long.

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Public health: The hidden menace of mobile phones - Health News, Health & Wellbeing - Independent.co.uk

What Causes Cancer?

2007-12-20T14:59:00.001-08:00

Holistic thought on cancer comes from a completely different view of the world and our environment than Western Medicine.

Western medicine looks to fight the problem with drugs and surgery, it's whole basis of thought is to search for the all encompassing silver bullet which they can charge an arm and a leg for. If it comes from a cheep easy to find source it will not be researched unless they can make an expensive alternate.

Why is that?

Because to prove a product is any good takes millions of dollars of research and then if it doesn't support the bottom line it's not worth the effort.

Holistic Medicine looks at the whole person, their environment, what they eat, their spirituality, their emotional state, and even genetic disposition.

Lets face it we are by enlarge a product of our parents so we inherit curtain weaknesses from them.

We also have our diets that for many of us include large amounts of pesticides and unnatural products that are stored mostly in our fat cells.

If we digested them they could kill us. So off to the fat cells they go. The brain has a large amount of fat to it.

Stresses from our spiritual, emotional and physical body add to the toxic build up within our bodies by shutting down our immune systems. The energy that supports our immune system goes to sleep until the emotional, spiritual, or physical stress is gone. Then the immune system fires back up and goes to work repairing the damage done.

Our environment electric outlets, WIFI, cell phones, hand held house phones, power lines, all types of electronics in our life radiate on our bodies. Everyone knows this and puts it aside as part of life.

The thing about cell phones, hand held phones, computers, and Wifi isn't that they radiate per say; it's that they concentrate the radiation in close proximity to weak cells. These cells then produce toxins, mix that with the toxins both environmental and ingested and you have potential for problems.

With all of this said the products we look to advertised on our other sites are only an aids to assist us in protecting your body. They are by no means a cure nor can they be said to stop you from getting cancer. No product will ever stop cancer completely. There are too many variables.

Conclusion:

What can you do to protect yourself from cancer? Eat well, exercise, get a good nights sleep, and pay attention to what is unhealthy for you in all aspects of your life. These include your work, family relationships, and friends influences.

Search for happiness because joy is a great healer.

Love and laugh alot.

Do what you can to protect yourself and the rest is up to life itself.

Written by Keith Cox

Cancer risks from cell phones confirmed

2007-12-14T11:03:00.000-08:00

Cancer risks from cell phones confirmed

Institue of Science in SocietyBy: MFosberg

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Microwaves from wireless mobile phone transmitters may be more potent than lower frequency electromagnetic fields in promoting cancer Dr. Mae-Wan Ho

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Evidence linking weak electromagnetic radiation (EMR) to leukaemia and other cancers has been fast accumulating in recent years [1-3] ( Electromagnetic Fields Double Leukemia Risks , Mobile Phones & Cancer , SiS 18; Electromagnetic Fields, Leukaemia and DNA Damage , SiS 24). Such non-thermal' effects of EMR due to levels well below that sufficient to bring about any heating - have been observed even before World War II [4] ( Non-Thermal Effects , SiS 17).

During the cold war period, a four-fold excess of cancer cases was diagnosed among the staff of the American Embassy in Moscow that had been secretly irradiated with microwaves at well below the threshold set in current guidelines. The US State Department study on this episode was described in a paper published in 1997 [5]. This was among the earliest evidence for non-thermal effects of microwaves, and many studies are now confirming the high cancer risks of people exposed to microwaves from mobile phone base stations and transmitters around the world. Microwaves are no different from EMRs in the lower frequency range in that respect; except that microwaves may be even more potent in promoting cancer and other illnesses [6] ( Drowning in a Sea of Microwaves, the Wi-Fi Revolution , SiS 34).

Ten year study in a German city found cancer risk trebled In June 1993, a GSM transmitter antenna was set up in the Southern Germany city of Naila, and became operational since September 1993. The transmitter antenna has a power of 15dbW (31.6W) per channel in the 935 MHz range. In December 1997, an installation from another company was added.

Several doctors living in Naila decided to respond to the call by Wolfram König, President of the Federal Agency for Radiation Protection, to collaborate in assessing the risk posed by mobile phone radiation. They carried out a study to examine whether people living close to transmitter antennas had increased risk of cancer [7].

They found that the proportion of newly developed cancer cases was significantly higher among those who had lived during the past ten years at a distance of up to 400m from the cellular transmitter site, compared to those living further away, and the patients fell ill on average 8 years earlier. In the years 1999-2004, five years after the transmitter has been installed and operating, the relative risk of getting cancer had trebled for the residents within 400 m of the installation compared to inhabitants outside the area.

For the purpose of the study, an inner and an outer area were defined. The inner area covered the land within a distance of 400 m from the transmitter, the outer area comprise land further than 400 m. In the inner area, additional emissions come from the secondary lobes of the transmitter. Thus, the outer area has significantly reduced radiation intensity. Computer simulation and measurements both show that radiation in the inner area is 100 times higher compared to outer area. The measurements of all transmitter stations show that the intensity of radiation from the cell phone transmitter station in Naila in the inner area was higher than the electromagnetic fields from radio, television, or radar, according to measurements made in previous studies.

Data gathered from nearly 1 000 patients covered almost 90 percent of the local residents, and all patients had been living during the entire observation period of 10 years at the same address. The social differences are small, there is no ethnic diversity, no heavy industry and in the inner area there are neither high voltage cable nor electric trains. The average ages of the residents are similar in the inner and outer areas.

For the entire period from 1994 to 2004, the odds ratio (OR) for getting cancer in the inner, strongly exposed area compared to the outer area was 2.35. The average age of developing cancer was 64.1 years in the inner area, whereas in the outer area it was 72.6 years, a difference of 8.5 years. The average for Germany as a whole for developing cancer is 66.5 years, among men, 66 and women 67.

The new cancer cases showed a high annual constant value. Considering only the first 5 years, there was no significant increased risk of getting cancer in the inner area. However, for the period 1999 to 2004, the OR for getting cancer was 3.38 in the inner area compared to the outer area. Breast cancer topped the list, with an average age of 50.8 year compared with 69.9 years in the outer area, but cancers of the prostate, pancreas, bowel, skin melanoma, lung and blood cancer were all increased

Four fold cancer risk in Israel Researchers from Tel-Aviv University, Israel, compared 622 people living near a cell-phone transmitter station for 3-7 years who were patients of one health clinic in Netanya, with 1 222 controls who get their medical services in a clinic located nearby, with very closely matched environment, workplace and occupational characteristics [8]. The exposure to mobile phone radiation began one year before the start of the study.

The cell-phone transmitter came into service in July 1996, and people in the first health clinic live within a half circle of 350 m radius from the transmitter. The antenna has a total maximum transmission power of 1 500 W at 850 MHz, with a 50 Hz modulation. Both the measured and the predicted power density in the whole exposed area were far below 5.3 mW/m 2 , and hence far below the current guidelines.

There were 8 cases of different kinds of cancer diagnosed in a period of just one year (July 1997 to June 1998): 3 cases of breast cancer, one of ovarian cancer, lung cancer, Hodgkin's disease (cancer of the lymphatic system), osteoid osteoma (bone tumour) and kidney cancer. This compares with 31 cases per 10 000 a year in the general population of Israel, and 2 per 1 222 in the matched controls of the nearby clinic.

The relative risk of cancer was 4.15 for those living near the cell-phone transmitter compared with the entire population of Israel. As seven out of eight cancer cases were women, the relative cancer rates for females were 10.5 for those living near the transmitter station and 0.6 for the controls relative for the whole town of Netanya

One year after the close of the study, 8 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the microwave exposed area and two in the control area.
Mobile phone use in Sweden Sweden has a long history of mobile phone use in a relatively uniform population, which is ideal for studying the health impacts of exposure to electromagnetic radiation.

Analogue phones operating at 450 MHz were introduced in Sweden in 1981, and was at first used only in the car with fixed external antenna. Portable analogue 450 MHz phones were introduced in 1984, and analogue 900 MHz phones came into use between 1986 and 2000 [9].

The digital system GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) started in 1991 and has increased sharply in recent years to become the most common phone type. This system uses dual band, 900 and 1800 MHz. From 2003, the third generation of mobile phones, 3G or UMTs (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) started operating in Sweden at 1 900 MHz.

Desktop cordless phones also depend on wireless technology. The 800-900 MHz analogue system was introduced in 1988, and digital cordless telephones (DECT) that operate at 1900 MHz have been in use since 1991.
The Nordic radiation protection authorities as well as the Swedish work environmental board recommend hands free devices for employees, but very few workplaces offer them.

Almost everyone has a cell phone today in Sweden, and the country very likely saturated with mobile phone transmitters. The use of cellular and cordless telephones has increased dramatically during the past decade, and with it, concern over the health impacts of microwave exposure, and the brain is the main target organ.

Increased risk of brain tumours Since the latter half of the 1990s, cancer researchers at the University of Örebro, Sweden, have carried out six case-control studies: three on brain tumours, one on salivary gland tumours, one non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and one testicular cancer. Exposure level was assessed by self-administered questionnaires [9].

The results showed that the odds ration (OR) of acoustic neuroma (a non-malignant tumour of the auditory nerve) was 2.9 for analogue cellular phones, 1.5 for digital cellular phones and cordless phones. The corresponding OR for astrocytoma (a tumour of astrocyte nerve cell) grade III-IV was 1.7, 1.5 and 1.5. The ORs increased with latency period, with the highest estimates at >10 years from first use. Lower ORs were found for astrocytoma grade 1-II, and no association was found with salivary gland tumours, NHL or testicular cancer, although as association with NHL of T-cell type could not be ruled out.

In a further review of 18 studies on brain tumours [10], two cohort and 16 case-control, the results show that mobile phone use for more than 10 years give a consistent pattern of an increased risk for acoustic neuroma and glioma (a tumour that begins in a glial cell), and risk is highest for the side of the brain next to the mobile phone.

The increased risk of glioma with mobile phone use for more than ten years was confirmed by other scientists in a population case control study in three regions of Germany, the odds ratio was 2.2 [11].

Exposure to RF radiation from cell phones and your health

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Sunday, July 01, 2007

A cellular telephone user's level of exposure to RF radiation depends on several factors. These factors include the: amount of cellular telephone traffic, quality of the transmission, how far the antenna is extended, and size of the handset. A cellular telephone's main source of RF energy is its antenna. Therefore, the closer the antenna is to the head, the greater a person's expected exposure to RF radiation. The amount of RF radiation absorbed decreases rapidly with increasing distance between the antenna and the user. The antenna of hand-held cellular telephones is in the handset, which is typically held against the side of the head while the phone is in use. The antenna of a car cellular telephone is mounted on the outside of the car, some distance from the user. Transportable cellular telephones or "bag phones" have an antenna in a portable unit separate from the handset. Most of the studies conducted on cellular telephone use and cancer risk have focused on hand-held models, since they deliver the most RF radiation to the user. RF radiation can be harmful at high levels because it produces heat. The emitted microwaves heat the metals in the head, such as amalgam fillings braces, crowns bridges, etc. This increases the galvanic electricity generated as well as the emission of mercury vapor that's inhaled from amalgam fillings. Some people have speculated that the heat produced by RF radiation from hand-held cellular telephones may be associated with brain tumors, because the antenna is held close to the user's head.

Cell phones are becoming increasingly popular, yet most of us are unaware of the damage they are doing to our brains by exposing us to this radiation. Today, there is more and more compelling evidence showing low intensity, pulsed radiation can exert subtle influences that have serious health problems. Your body is an electrochemical instrument of exquisite sensitivity. Its orderly functioning and control are determined by oscillatory electrical processes of various kinds, each characterized by a specific frequency, some of which happen to be close to those used in GSM. Thus, some of your biological electrical activities can be interfered with via oscillatory aspects of the incoming radiation, in much the same way as can the reception on a radio. Your biological electrical activities that are vulnerable to interference from GSM radiation include highly organized electrical activities at a cellular level, whose frequency happens to lie in the microwave region, can interfere with processes as fundamental as cell division. This radiation also seems to affect a variety of brain functions including the neuroendocrine system. Additionally, cell phones have been associated with a 200-300% increase neuroepithelial tumours that occur on the same side of the brain that the cell phone was being used on. People should limit their exposures to these potential dangerous devices that cause irreversible brain damage and cancer. We only have to look less than a hundred years back to learn from similar mistakes our forefathers made in this area. Early in the 20th century radon and radium-enriched spa waters were "recommended" for a wide range of aches and minor ailments. Today, no reputable scientist would disagree with the dangers that ionizing radiation has to our health.

Getting Started - Welcome to Cell Phone Dangers

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