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More Proof Long-Term Use of Cellular Phones is as Unhealthy as Cigarettes

I suspect much of the skepticism about the real dangers of cellular phone use took another major hit today as the preliminary results of a large-scale UK government study again confirmed patients were more prone to developing brain tumors over the long term.

Researchers compared the health of some 1,500 patients who had developed nervous system tumors (gliomas) near where they held their mobile phones to about 3,300 active cell phone users without tumors. At first, scientists found no link between cellular phones and tumors until they reviewed the medical histories of patients who had been using mobiles for at least a decade.

Patients who used cellular phones 10 years or longer were 39 percent more likely to have tumors on the side of their heads where they held their handsets most often, a result that makes sense, researchers say, because tumors take a long time to develop.

Unfortunately, for many of you, the cellular phone has evolved into an essential tool in your daily lives, so giving it up isn't possible. Your first best solution: Ensure your mobile has a speakerphone function and don't hold it near you at all while talking. Again, due to privacy concerns, that too may be a problem.

If so, you may want to consider the RF3 Headset, equipped with a blue Air Tube and ferrite bead that blocks your exposure to electromagnetic fields, available in my Web store.

Telegraph.co.uk January 25, 2007

The Courier Mail January 20, 2007





 
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Posted On Jan 25, 2007

Is it not reasonable to assume a concentration of receptive frequencies that can be used for transponding wireless sound, in non radio bands, near one's head and ear, for long durations, is simply a BAD IDEA? j

Just as over exposure to microwave ovens is bad, so to are high voltage electical currents, or electromagnetic fields, produced by them.

X-ray machines, and over exposure to one's skin by solar UVL rays, or for than matter hanging out around nuclear energy plants without any protection, are not sound or sane adviced either.

 


 
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Posted On Feb 04, 2007
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Posted On Jan 25, 2007
I believe cell phones do have a place in our lives, and are important in case of emergancies. I would rather see someone have a cell phone if their care broke down, then be a victom of a crime. But I also believe they are dangerous for our health. Most people do not read the little inserts in their cell phone packages. I point these inserts out to others. They say right in every box, that they are not proven safe, and that you should not use them for prolonged conversations. I do not think young children should be using them. And I think it is dangerous that more and more people are using them as their primary phone.

I have worked in oncology for years and more and more I see cancers that we are not able to catagorize. Are they new forms of cancer? What are we getting them from? It is so important for us to limit our exposure to harmful elements in our environment.

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Posted On Jan 27, 2007
Leading scientists are predicting, based on epidemiological curves, an EPIDEMIC of brain tumors in the next 5-10 years. The annual rate is expected to go from 50,000 annually to 500,000 in that time period, consistent with the rise in the use of cell phones and wireless technology.


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Posted On Feb 10, 2007
Cellphones are a plausible danger, whereas most other so called electropolluton is implausible.  A cellphone has sufficient power to reach an antenna at last 10 miles away.  All of that power emanates from a localized source - the antenna, which is right next to the brain.  The power from that antenna falls off as the square of the distance it travels.  So, if you measure the distance the antenna is from the brain in inches, then divide 10 miles (in inches!) by that distance, then square the result - THAT IS HOW MUCH HIGHER THE POWER IS AT YOUR BRAIN THAN AT THE RECEIVER 10 MILES AWAY! Rather than spoonfeed,  I'll leave you to do the math, because that wil imprint the concept in your brain (pun intended).   Some of that power couples into the brain cells, cell membranes, whatever, and that is hard to estimate.  But we know what that coupling does in a microwave oven, which is tuned to maximize that coupling.
Power lines, TV and radio broadcasts, cordless house phones, electric blankets, ...., are all much, much lower concentrated power.  A cordless phone only has enough power to go maybe 100 feet.  An electric blanket may be a concern to a pregnant woman, because it's right against the body, but the power is low.  You probably don't want to live directly below a high-tension power line, but its power declines with square of distance, too and it is not right next to your brain.  Microwave ovens have a filter in the door and walls to prevent microwaves from escaping - however I would not put my eyes or brain right up to the door.  You may wish to worry about those things, but put them way low on your list of worries, compared to a cellphone.
(All of this is just my opinion, with some simple engineering math to support it.)

 
 
 
Posted On May 03, 2007
At first, there were analog cell phones. These devices modulated the radio frequency with the voice signal directly from the auto-leveling output of the microphone pre-amp. This modulates an RF carrier that can readily be "picked up" by any conductive body (especially a nearby head) and due to the naturally polar nature of cellular tissue, become demodulated back into voice-frequency currents through those tissues. These currents have been shown for decades to have all sorts of biological interactions, including accelerated bone healing observed as early as the 1950s. What has also been observed is an accelerated production of certain proto-oncogenes, the precursors to cancerous cells.

As Dr. Mercola can tell you, cancerous cells are being produced on a continuous basis in everyones bodies, and a healthy immune system quickly identifies and eliminates these cells before they can cause any real harm. So the real question is: do these currents harm the immune system? This is a very difficult question to answer with any solid proof behind it, either way. The most compelling correlations seem to occur with the very young, where the body is still growing and the immune system still developing. This is where electric blankets often result in miscarriages, childhood leukemia and other early onset abnormal growths.

Today's modern digital phones convert the voice signal into a bitstream which then toggles the RF carrier between different quantifiable states. This radio signal has much less low frequency content, and so results in far less current through any body tissues. This is particularly significant because most biological interactions that have been observed occur at frequencies of around 300 cycles per second or less. Much more study is needed before any solid conclusions can be reached.

It seems clear that electric blankets are a health hazard, especially for a fetus or growing youngster, as well as other high power devices.

 
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Posted On May 03, 2007
jonallen - interesting. 2 comments:
1) in rats, cell phone frequency and power found to cause leaky brain cell lining in, as I recall, on the order of hours.
2) microwave ovens, without low frequencies, couple quite well with water, and who knows what other molecules?
I'm still concerned about cell phones next to the brain.

 
 
 
Posted On Jan 25, 2007
There is ample evidence that cell phones are hazardous, but the industry controls the research funding and will only fund studies that promise to show "no risk" from cell phones. Those studies are also the ones that get all the press coverage. For the truth about the hazards of wireless technology, log in to: www.safewireless.org This website was created by Dr. George Carlo, the scientist who ran the original research for the cellular industry. He was dismissed after he refused to cover up troublesome findings, including micronuclei in the blood, a precursor to cancer.

 
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Posted On Jan 27, 2007

It might be considered common sense that such technology presents a hazard to the human body if science or our culture was aware of the fact that the foundation of all life,.. much less the human body,... is an electro-magnetic field of energy. ... The great scientist Nicola Tesla would have confirmed this today if he were still around.

I find it interesting that no-one I am acquianted with who regularly uses a cell phone, has ever mentioned experiencing the very subtle yet irregular, unpleasant sensations that a user experiences inside ones head while holding a working cell phone up to ones ear. Perhaps one has to be somewhat more aware of ones own body to recognise these subtle sensations, but I suspect it is more a matter of simply paying attention. .... From what I have observed directly myself, this technology definately does directly effect the bodies energy field in a way that does not feel at all harmonious. That is evidence enough for me that one should be very careful about how much one directly exposes oneself to such technology.

As a footnote,... consider the evidence which was found years ago linking the significant increase in incidence of Leukemia occuring amongst those living near high power electrical power lines. ... There is a relationship between that phenomeon and the potential harm introduced with the likes of cell phone technology.


 
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Posted On Jan 27, 2007
You are right on the money on this one. I don't feel any significant symptoms either, but I've seen the studies and know that the radiation is causing cellular communication to be disrupted. Cancer and the other diseases that are connected to microwave radiation take 10-15 years to manifest; in the meantime, you might feel "just fine." Because synptoms are so across-the-board, it's impossible to connect the dots unless you remove the source of the radiation, which is nearly impossible in 2007.

 
 
 
 
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