Ryan calls our cell phone a cancer brick. We try not to
use it, and when we do, we try to keep it on speaker and as far away from our
body as we can. I used to think that people like us were “fringe”, but now that
we are members of the fringe of the fringe. For those of you who have given up
your landlines, you may want to think again or buy some extra cancer insurance.
If you do happen to become a cell phone cancer victim (or victim of any other type
of cancer, as right now one in two people will be diagnosed with it), you may want to do an Internet search on systemic enzymes as part of our treatment.
Here is a great article on Dr. Mercola’s website that
brings it all together. New Law May Slow Cell Phone Cancer Epidemic:
Supporters of a Maine bill
which would require cell phone manufacturers to put warning labels on mobile
phones say that ignoring the health risks of heavy cell phone use invites a
cancer epidemic.
David Carpenter, director of
the Institute for Health and Environment at the University of Albany, argued,
"We can do nothing and wait for the body count. That's what happened with
smoking."
The bill would make Maine the
first state to mandate warnings that cell phones can cause brain cancer,
especially among children.
Sources: Google
News March 3, 2010
Time will tell
if Maine will rise to the challenge and become the first US state to mandate
warning labels on cell phones. Sponsored by democratic Rep. Andrea Boland, the bill, HP 1207/LD 1706, also known as “An Act to Create the
Children's Wireless Protection Act,” was referred to the Committee on Health
and Human Services on January 7 of this year.
It has created some national
news, and for good reason. It’s a highly controversial issue, and vehemently
opposed by the wireless industry who, ironically, claims the bill is little
more than political grandstanding and has no scientific basis.
The Scientific Basis of Cell Phone Warnings
Despite industry’s reluctance
to admit the scientific basis of placing a prominent warning on every cell
phone sold, the legislation was indeed prompted by such scientific findings.
I’ve reported on a number of
them in the past, such as:
- A study by Dr.
Siegal Sadetzki linking cell phone use to salivary gland tumors
- Wearing a cell
phone on your hip – either on your belt or in a pocket – has been linked
to decreased bone density in the pelvic region.
(All the other vital organs located in your pelvic region – your liver,
kidney, bladder, colon and reproductive organs – are also susceptible to
radiation damage)
- Proximity to
cell phone towers causes an increase in the symptoms of electromagnetic hypersensitivity,
including fatigue, sleep disturbances, visual and auditory disturbances,
and cardiovascular effects
- The REFLEX
report, which concluded there is real evidence that
non-thermal hyperfrequency electromagnetic fields can have geno-toxic
effects and can damage DNA, which is an underlying cause of cancer
- The BioInitiative
Report, which includes studies showing evidence for:
- Effects
on Gene and Protein Expression (Transcriptomic and Proteomic Research)
- Genotoxic
Effects – RFR and ELF DNA Damage
- Stress
Response (Stress Proteins)
- Effects
on Immune Function
- Effects
on Neurology and Behavior
- Brain
Tumors, Acoustic Neuromas, and childhood cancers like leukemia
- And
much more
·
The 2009 special EMF issue of the Journal of Pathophysiology,
which contains over a dozen different studies on the health effects of
electromagnetic fields and wireless technology
In
addition, a review of 11 long-term epidemiologic studies published in the
journal Surgical Neurology revealed that using a cell phone for 10 or more years
approximately doubles the risk of being diagnosed with a brain tumor
on the same side of the head where the cell phone is typically held.
Another noted brain cancer
authority, Australian Dr
Vini Gautam Khurana, published a paper in 2008 titled: Mobile Phones and Brain Tumors, which
also covers more than 100 sources of recent medical and scientific literature
on this topic.
Are We Headed Toward a Brain Cancer Epidemic?
It should be noted that while
there are a significant number of studies showing the biological effects of
electromagnetic fields and radiofrequencies within the microwave range, the
industry claims that since these technologies do not have a thermal (heating)
effect on your body, they will not cause biological harm.
Alas, there are literally
thousands of studies showing that this logic is incorrect. I’ve barely scratched the surface
with the examples I listed above.
Clearly, to claim there is NO
evidence of harm from cell phones and other non-thermal radiation is ludicrous
at this point.
In addition, real-life is
starting to show us the truth, just like we saw with smoking and the rise in
lung cancer. Australia, for example, has seen an increase in pediatric brain cancers of 21 percent in just
one decade.
This
is consistent with studies showing a 40 percent brain tumor increase across the
board in Europe and the U.K. over the last 20 years. In fact, brain cancer has
now surpassed leukemia as the number one cancer killer in children.
If you still have doubts, I
highly recommend reading the book Public
Health SOS: The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution, written by Camilla
Rees and Magda Havas, PhD., to get a better understanding of the facts on this
important issue.
What
Would the Warning Label Say?
Boland’s bill calls for the following statement
to be prominently placed on every cell phone and all related packaging, on a
non-removable label:
“Warning, this device emits
electromagnetic radiation, exposure to which may cause brain cancer. Users,
especially children and pregnant women, should keep this device away from the
head and body.”
In addition, the bill, as currently written, requires the label
to include the color graphic showing the electromagnetic absorption of a 5-year
old child’s brain, as depicted in a 1996 study published by the IEEE on the effect of cell
phone microwave emissions on the neck and head.
How
to Protect Yourself and Your Family
I
strongly urge you not to wait for legislation to be passed before you start
paying attention to this issue.
And
while you can’t completely avoid radiation in today’s wireless world, if you’re
ready to give up your cell phone, you can virtually eliminate that one hazard,
at least.
At the bare minimum, don’t let young children use a cell phone or other
wireless devices, and avoid cell phone exposure while pregnant or carrying your
infant as children
are FAR more susceptible to harm from microwave radiation than adults.
If
you’re not prepared to ditch your cell phone, you can at least minimize
exposure by heeding the following advice:
Reduce your cell phone use: Turn your cell phone off more often.
Reserve it for emergencies or important matters. As long as your cell phone is
on, it emits radiation intermittently, even when you are not actually making a
call.
Use a land line at home and at work:
Although more and more people are switching to using cell phones as their
exclusive phone contact, it is a dangerous trend and you can choose to opt out
of the madness.
Reduce or eliminate your use of other wireless
devices: You would be wise to cut down your use of these
devices. Just as with cell phones, it is important to ask yourself whether or
not you really need to use them every single time.
If you
must use a portable home phone, use the older kind that operates at 900 MHz.
They are no safer during calls, but at least many of them do not broadcast
constantly even when no call is being made.
Note the only way to truly be sure if there is an exposure from your cordless
phone is to measure with an electrosmog meter, and it must be one that goes up
to the frequency of your portable phone (so old meters will not be of much
use). You can find meters at www.emfsafetystore.com.
As a general rule of thumb, you can pretty much be sure your portable phone is
a problem if the technology is DECT, or digitally enhanced cordless technology.
Use your cell phone only where reception is good:
The weaker the reception, the more power your phone must use to transmit, and
the more power it uses, the more radiation it emits, and the deeper the
dangerous radio waves penetrate into your body. Ideally, you should only use
your phone with full bars and good reception.
Also seek
to avoid carrying your phone on your body as that merely maximizes any
potential exposure. Ideally put it in your purse or carrying bag.
Don’t assume one cell phone is safer than another: Please understand that despite
assurances, there’s still no such thing as a “safe” cell phone.
For example, SAR value, while providing information for comparison
purposes between phones, is very limited in its usefulness as a measure of
‘safety.’ For more details on SAR values, please review this previous article.
Keep your cell phone away from your body when it’s
on: The
most dangerous place to be, in terms of radiation exposure, is within about six
inches of the emitting antenna. You do not want any part of your body within
that area.
Use safer headset technology: Wired
headsets will certainly allow you to keep the cell phone farther away from your
body. However, if a wired headset is not well-shielded -- and most of them are
not -- the wire itself acts as an antenna attracting ambient information
carrying radio waves and transmitting radiation directly to your brain.
Make sure that the wire used to transmit the signal to your ear is shielded.
The best kind of headset to use is a combination shielded wire and air-tube
headset. These operate like a stethoscope, transmitting the information to your
head as an actual sound wave; although there are wires that still must be
shielded, there is no wire that goes all the way up to your head.
Personally, I believe this
issue is so important, I’ve created an entire web site dedicated to EMF
education and information. Feel free to bookmark EMF.mercola.com, and
check back on occasion for the latest news and updates.
The Web site ElectromagneticHealth.org also offers ten free audio
interviews with some of the world’s leading experts in the field of
EMF.
Hi Laura,
Thanks for this fantastic posting, I totally agree with you. But every time the cell phone industry come back saying all these are not evidence and there are more evidence that it is safe!!!
I understand that people is more dependent on the cell phones nowadays. So if told them to be away from cell phones they will refuse. But what if we told them that there is a new risk-free cell phones. Will this make a difference?
I am a researcher and inventor and my team successfully developed a technology that for the first time will provide health-aware cell phones. Cell phone that will not radiate into our brains any more, sound magic, no it is true.
We only need support to convince mobile manufacturers to use this technology. They came back to us to say that people are happy to use current cell phone technology, and no one will buy a health-aware or hazard free cell phones!!
The technology is here, lets make it out loud, lets gather politicians to force it.
Let me know, if you are happy to start such campaign.
Even so I am living far from you, but we are all linked in a small world and same cell phones are everywhere with their danger.
Ahmed
Researcher
Scotland, United Kingdom
Posted by: Ahmed El-Rayis | March 27, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Also we have an international survey on cell phone (mobile phone) usage, here is the link:
http://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/~slig/mobileSurvey.php
Appreciate if you could participate, post and invite others to do so, it raise awareness, and encourage people to think.
Posted by: Ahmed El-Rayis | March 27, 2010 at 11:37 AM