Dr Devra Davis

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

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 Phone Radiation Research part 1

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.