Are Cell Phones & Wireless Networks Dangerous? (Updated June 27, 2007)
"Neither radiofrequency (30 kHz-300MHz) nor microwave fields (300-3000 MHz) exist as significant components of the natural terrestrial electromagnetic environment. In consequence, our human generation is the first to voluntarily expose itself to artificial RF/microwave fields that cover a wide spectrum of frequencies and intensities. Typical mobile phones radiate an average power of 0.2-0.6 W. When hand-held and operated close to the head, background levels are sharply distorted, with 40 percent of radiated phone energy absorbed in the hand and the head ([Kuster et al., 1997]). In this mode of operation, a mobile phone may be regarded as a quite powerful radio transmitter. Its emission at the head surface is typically 10,000 times stronger than fields reaching the head of a user standing within 30m of the base of a typical mobile phone relay transponder mounted on a tower 30m above ground." W. Ross Adey, International Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
A 10 year industry sponsored study determined that cell phones are not safe, according to the program's director, George Carlo, who was fired after presenting his findings.
Norbert Hankin, an environmental scientist in the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has studied the effects of radio frequency/microwave radiation for 33 years says some of the research findings are "worrisome."
Even the notoriously corrupt U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports, "the available scientific evidence does not allow us to conclude that mobile phones are absolutely safe."
The $100 Billion/year cell phone industry has enough power to ensure that the truth about its products are not known. Mass media makes so much money from cell phone advertising that they are unwilling to publish articles illuminating the hazards of cell phones.
What are the effects of the radiation?
While industry sponsored studies have failed to show a clear link between microwave radiation and brain tumors (there are other effects which have been ignored by industry studies), independent scientific studies show that microwave radiation do cause brain tumors and numerous other serious health problems.
Microwave signals travel through human tissue, glass, metal and plastic. Human tissue also absorbs microwave radiation. The effect of even minute levels of microwave radiation have been shown to:
open the blood-brain barrier
heat head & brain tissue
disrupt brain activity
destroy brain cells
cause gas pockets in eyes
reverse cell membrane polarity
alter brain waves
alter brain chemistry
damage DNA
cause tumors
speed tumor growth
increase blood flow
damage skin cells
The damaging effects of the radiation can produce a wide range of physical symptoms. Some symptoms may take years to show up. Some of the effects can be short-term while other effects are long-term or permanent. Opening the blood-brain barrier allows toxins into the brain that cause a wide range of ailments - many of which are currently unknown or poorly understood.
Some symptoms of cell phone usage:
headaches
cataracts, eye damage
hair loss
memory loss
anxiety
mood swings (rage, depression)
fatigue
loss of concentration
lack of coordination
pain & tingling in hands or arms
nausea
sleep disorders
electro-magnetic sensitivity
The Evidence
The safety of microwave radiation is no longer in question. The laws of physics dictate that the radiation is harmful. Scientific studies prove without a doubt that if you use a cell phone or are continually exposed to microwave radiation from a wireless network or microwave tower you are at serious risk for delibitating and life threatening illness.
Following are just a few of the studies that show the risks associated with exposure to microwave radiation.
Microwave Radiation Causes Eye Damage - A study published in the journal Bioelectromagnetics showed that the microwave radiation from cell phones can cause cataracts and other eye damage by creating tiny air pockets in the lense of the eye.
Microwave Radiation Damages DNA - A four year study conducted by the European Union (EU) by 12 research groups in 7 European countries found that radiation from cell phones harm body cells and damages DNA. The damaged DNA was passed on to subsequent generations of cells, a condition for the formation of cancer.
Cell Phone Usage Causes Tumors - A team of researchers at Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, found almost a fourfold increase of the tumors, known as acoustic neuromas, on the side of the head where the phone was most often held. A recent study sanctioned by the World Health Organization found an increased risk of brain tumors in people who have used the phones for 10 years or more.
Cell Phone Usage Disrupts Children's Brains - A study conducted by the Spanish Neuro Diagnostic Research Institute in Marbella found that two minutes of cell phone usage disrupted brain function in children for up to an hour after the exposure ended. The abnormal brain function could result in psychiatric and behavioural problems and impair learning ability.
Cell Phone Usage Cuts Male Fertility - Research results show that mobile phone usage reduces sperm count and damages surviving sperm. Dr. Imre Fejes of the obstetrics and gynaecology department at the University of Szeged in Hungary conducted the study and concludes: “The prolonged use of cell phones may have a negative effect on spermatogenesis (sperm production) and male fertility, that deteriorates both concentration and motility.” Dr. Fejes paper was released at the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology held in Berlin from 27 to 30 June 2004.
Cell Tower Radiation Shown to Cause Headaches and Nausea - Three Dutch ministries conducted a study that found that the radiation from the next generation cell phone towers can cause headaches and nausea. The study is the first of its kind and compared the impact of radiation from base stations used for the current mobile telephone network with that of cell towers for new third generation (3G) networks. The study used lower a dose of radiation than cell phones. Hand held phones emit stronger radiation when they are used, while cell towers transmit more constant levels of radio signals, continuously exposing everyone within range.
"If the test group was exposed to third generation base station signals there was a significant impact... They felt tingling sensations, got headaches and felt nauseous," a spokeswoman for the Dutch Economics Ministry said.
Micrwoave Radiation Causes Brain Damage - A study headed by Leif Salford, Department of Neurosurgery at Lund University in Sweden and published in Environmental Health Perspectives shows that cell phone use damages neurons in the brain. This study found that exposure to electromagnetic fields emitted by certain phones was associated with the leakage of labumin through the blood-brain barrier and neuronal damage that increased in response to the amount of exposure. The radiation typically experienced by a user of a cell phone actually burned holes in the brains of rats.
The Head Absorbs Radiation - Headaches, nausea, dizziness, short-term memory problems, fatigue, and other complaints resulting from cellular phone use are not due to low-level heating of the brain; instead, they're apparently caused by the head serving as an "antenna" and brain tissue as a radio receiver, according to two Jerusalem researchers. Zvi Weinberger, a physicist who heads the applied physics department at the Jerusalem College of Technology, and Dr. Elihu Richter, head of the occupational medicine unit at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health, suggested this in the latest issue of the journal Medical Hypotheses. Mobile phones, they explained, "broadcast specifically at frequencies at which the head serves as an antenna and brain tissue serves as a demodulating radio receiver." Thus, precaution must be taken in the use of cellphones, they wrote. Jeruselem Post 12/02/02
Mobile Phone Signals Affect Brain Activity - A study reported in the Journal of Sleep Research (Blackwell Publishing) found that 30 minutes exposure to electromagnetic fields, as from GSM mobile phones, caused changes to brain activity which lasted long afterwards. Dr Peter Achermann and colleagues from the University of Zurich, and ITIS, in Zurich, found that blood flow increased in areas of the brain on the side nearest the phone, and that this effect lasted for over half an hour afterwards. They also discovered that the brain’s electrical activity (‘brain waves’) was not only affected immediately after the exposure, but that this lasted through much of the subsequent night’s sleep.
Radiation From Cell Phones Can Make Cancer Grow Faster - "Italian scientists have raised new health concerns about the safety of using mobile phones, with research showing radio waves from the handsets makes cancerous cells grow more aggressively.." Reuters, 10/23/02
Cell Phone Radiation Can Cause Brain Tumors - An epidemiology study conducted by Dr. Lennart Hardell found a higher incidence of brain tumors on the sides of heads used by mobile-phone subscribers to make and receive calls. The study was published in the August, 2002 issue of the European Journal of Cancer Prevention.
Cell Phones Incease Blood Pressure - The June 1998 The Lancet reported that radiation from mobiles caused an increase of blood pressure. Dr Braune and colleagues in Freiburg, Germany, attached mobiles to the right side of the heads of ten volunteers. The phones were switched on and off by remote control without the volunteers knowing - so that any radiation effect could be separated from the psychological effect of holding a mobile phone. Their blood pressure rose each time by between 5-10mm Hg which is enough to cause a stroke in those at risk for one.
The body of evidence showing the hazards of cell phones is more than sufficient to cause alarm, yet, public health organizations continue to stall while the cell phone industry builds more towers and makes $billions selling more phones. Just as the tobacco industry was able to hold back the truth regarding the health effects of smoking, the cell phone industry has suppresed the truth about cell phone hazards. If you care about your health and the health of your family, take the time to educate yourself and have the courage to act on what you find.
Even if you don't care about yourself you should consider the burden you will place on others by deliberately damaging your health. Who will take care of you when you are too sick to care for yourself?
What you can do to reduce your risk:
--Simply don't use a cell phone, wireless network or live near a cell phone tower. Don't stand close to someone who is using a cell phone.
--If you must use a cell phone use it only in places with a strong signal. This allows the phone to transmit at low power (up to 100 times lower than its maximum value), reducing exposure accordingly.
--Minimize the length of calls.
--If you know where the nearest cell phone tower is don't put yourself between it and your phone, otherwise the signal travels straight through your head to get to the tower.
--Extend the antenna and hold the phone away from the head when possible.
--In your car use a hands-free kit with an external antenna and keep the phone away from your body.
--The external antenna should be as far away from you as possible.
--Do not use an earphone if it is made of conductive wire. Studies have shown that a metal earphone wire can act as an antenna and direct radiation into the head from the ear canal. Some earphones now use fiber optic cable or a hollow tube to convey sound.
--Don't stay in hotels with wireless networks or patronize other businesses with wireless networks.
--Express your concerns to your employer, landlord, your family and everyone else you know.
For more info. visit: The Swedish Association for the ElectroSensitive | www.sarshield.com | www.energyfields.org | www.emf-health.com
Research Papers & Articles :
[Adey, 1997] Adey WR (1997): Bioeffects of communication fields; possible mechanisms of cumulative dose. In: Kuster N, Balzano Q, Lin eds., Mobile Communication Safety, New York, Chapman and Hall. pp. 103-139
[Edelstyn and Oldenshaw, 2002]: The acute effects of exposure to electromagnetic field emitted by mobile phones on human attention. Neuroreport 13:119-121
[Gruenau et al., 1982]) Gruenau SP] Oscar KJ, Folker et al. (1982): Microwave effect on bloodbrain barrier permeability to [14C] sucrose in the conscious rat. Exper Neurol 75:299-307
[Huber et al., 2002] Huber R, Treyer V, Borbely A, et al. (2002): Electromagnetic fields, such as those from mobile phones, alter regional cerebral blood flow and sleep and waking EEG. J Sleep Res 11:280-295
[Ingalls, 1967] NY State J. of Medicine, v. 67 (22), 2292 - 2297 (June): Radar pulses that caused microwave hearing in experimental (human) subjects, also caused facilitation in the contraction of a dissected frog muscle.
[Krause et al., 2000] Krause CM, Sillanmaki L, Koivisto M, et al. (2000): Effects of electromagnetic fields emitted by cellular phones on the electroencephalogram during a visual working memory task. Internat J Radiat Biol 76: 1659-1667
[Kuster et al., 1997] Kuster N, Balzano Q, Lin J, eds (1997): Mobile Communication Safety. New York, Chapman and Hall. 279 pp
[Oscar and Hawkins, 1977] Oscar KJ, Hawkins TD (1977): Microwave alteration of the blood-brain barrier system of rats. Brain Res 126:281-293
[Oscar et al., 1982] Oscar KJ, Gruenau SP, Folker MT (1982): Absence of microwave effect on blood-brain barier permeability to [14C] sucrose in the conscious rat. Exper Neurol 75:299-307
[Preece et al., 1999] Preece AW, Iwi G, Davies-Smith A, et al. (1999): Effects of 915-MHz simulated mobile phone signal on cognitive function in man. Internat J Rad Biol 75:447-456
[Salford et al., 2003] Salford L, Brun A, Eberhardt J, et al. (2003) Nerve cell damage in mammalian brain after exposure to microwaves from GSM mobile phones. Environmental Health Perspectives 2003
[Sandstrom et al., 2001] Sandstrom M, Wilen J, Oftedal G, et al. (2001): Mobile phone use and subjective symptoms. Occup Med (Lond) 51:25-35
[Schirmacher et al., 2000] Schirmacher A, Winters S, Fischer S, et al. (2000): Electromagnetic fields (1.8 GHz) increase the permeability to sucrose of the blood-brain barrier in vitro. Bioelectromagnetics 21:338-345
[Wilen et al., 2000] Wilen J, Sandstrom M, Hansson Mild K (2003): Subjective symptoms among mobile telephone users – a consequence of absorption of radiofrequency fields? Bioelectromagnetics 24:152-159
Books:
Cell Towers: Wireless Convenience or Environmental Hazard edited by B. Blake Levitt, Safe Goods/.New Century Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1-884-820-62X.
Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide To The Issues And How To Protect Ourselves, B. Blake Levitt, Harcourt Brace, NY, 1995.
The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life, Gary Selden, Robert O. Becker, Maria D. Guarnaschelli (Editors)., William Murrow & Company, NY, 1987.
Cross Currents: the Perils of Electropollution, the Promise of Electromedicine, Robert O. Becker, M.D., Tarcher/Putman, NY 1990.
Cellular Telephone Russian Roulette: A Historical and Scientific Perspective, Robert C. Kane, Vantage Press, NY, ISBN 0-533-13673-3.
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(Reply)
Original Message -----
From: CB
To: bellringer@fourwinds10.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:03 PM
Subject: Re Cell Phone article
Hello Patrick!
I beg to differ slightly with the author of the item you recently posted regarding cell phone usage.
Using a cell phone for shorter periods DOES NOT minimize the dangers. Cell phones "power up" and they emit EMFs that the body cannot harmonize on its own.
The only way to be certain one is protected is to affix a harmonization chip on the unit itself and all humans need to have body-worn protection. Furthermore, they would be well advised to use nutritional products designed to protect the body on a cellular level from EMFs and EMRs.
People from outside the USA understand this. Americans MUST learn how to protect themselves and their loved ones. They need to do due diligence and research the material provided by such authorities as Dr. George Carlo.
Thanks for all that you do, Patrick. We appreciate your efforts.
Sincerely,
CB
"There is only well being and we are immersed in it"