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Fwd: The Hidden
Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation - Public Health Crisis |
Von: JCMPelican@aol.com |
Datum: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 23:13:25 EDT |
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2007/aug2007_report_cellphone_radiation_01.htm
Thanks, Jill: I
know cell phones are a concern but I don't like the way the beginning of this
article is worded (do appreciate receiving it tho......
There is no doubt that the most serious
health problem that faces us today is what is right next to person's
beds!!! This is a crisis beyond
description!!!!
I talk to persons every day who do not use
a cell phone. Without fail, the person who either does not sleep
well or who reports memory problems, is sleeping close to electric or telephone
equipment!!! Often, the husband or wife who does not have any
problems does not have these items close to their beds.
There is the side issue re cell
phones that has to do with persons sleeping on top of their phones that is
particularly worrisome. I just don't buy that the damage is
as serious as that from electric meters, electric clocks, etc., gas meters,
currents on pipes and bad wiriring, etc. Cell phones under
pillows or being charged on nightstands are a major concern of mine and are not
being studied under those circumstances.
Apparently, cell phones are leading
to the same problems as are known to occur when sleeping close to electric
appliances and some telephone equipment....... Think of those cell phone
users who are going home only to sleep close to those same cell phones and
chargers. Also, the cell phone users who then go to bed close to
electric meters, gas meters, electric clocks, fans, heating pads, electric
blankets, various monitors, pipes with currents, bad wires, high frequencies on
electrical wiring and more, will more likely than not, regress even faster due
to those exposures that could be prevent but for the withholding of vital
information to the public.
A couple days ago, Bud and I were talking
to a family -- a mom, a grandmother and pre-teen
daughter/granddaughter. The grandmother admitted to having a
transformer for her cordless phone and a clock radio right next to her
bed. She has memory problems and various pains. Since
the mom pointed to the grandmother when I mentioned health problems re
appliances, I assume she didn't have any near her own bed. The
mom uses a cell phone -- the grandmother does not.
I watched the young girl's eyes became as
big as saucers. She said she planned on moving her stuff
before bed that night. She said, "I have a lot of
electric things right by my head!!!" I said,
"well, you will sleep much better and you will have a much easier time
studying in school...." She
smiled........
Cell phones may be a public health crisis
by themselves but when combined with close, chronic, prolonged EMF/EMR
exposures from other objects -- particularly at night -- and/or when
individuals sleep next to such items even if not cell phone users, there is
little doubt the situation is "catastrophic!!!" Take
care - Joanne
Joanne C. Mueller
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Betreff:
The Hidden
Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation - Public Health Crisis |
Von: Micahsmission@aol.com |
Datum: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:55:47 EDT |
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2007/aug2007_report_cellphone_radiation_01.htm
Following the loss of his
home, Dr. Carlo collaborated with Washington columnist Martin Schram—who in
the course of the work did his own research to corroborate Dr. Carlo’s view
on things—to write Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age
(Carroll & Graf, 2001). He wrote his book as what he thought would be a
last volley at the cell phone industry. “I needed to tell the
whole story in one place. I didn’t have the resources or the manpower to
match what the cell phone industry was doing to try to discredit the work,”
says Dr. Carlo. “Based on the book, a number of lawsuits were brought
against the industry, and insurance carriers began excluding cell
phone-related health risks in their coverage. It created a very difficult
situation in the industry and for myself. I was worn out fighting that
battle. In 2002, after I’d done my book tour, I just decided to take a
break for a couple of years.” Instead of taking a
break, however, Dr. Carlo ended up working behind the scenes, setting up an
organization and a registry for the benefit of consumers. It was a creative
solution as part of the settlement of a lawsuit brought by a Illinois citizen
against the cell phone industry, WTR, and Dr. Carlo personally. The lawsuit
alleged that the cell phone industry, WTR, and Dr. Carlo were conspiring to
hide the dangers of cell phones. Dr. Carlo was offered a way out of the suit
because his book had made it clear he wasn’t on the same page as the
industry. “I wanted to make sure
the litigation brought at least some value to consumers. We created the Safe
Wireless Initiative (www.safewireless.org) for disseminating information on
the dangers and on prevention, and the Mobile Telephone Health Concerns
Registry (www.health-concerns.org) to track information voluntarily
provided by cell phone users, particularly those who believe they’re
experiencing health effects. Post-market surveillance hadn’t been done
before, and the registry does that. It will help direct future research of
potential health effects related to cell phone use. In the end, we did the
best we could to get some benefit for consumers.”
European Research
Confirms Cell Phone Dangers
The industry took its
tricks elsewhere—to Europe, which had picked up the ball and began funding
independent research to corroborate or confirm the work of Dr. Carlo and his
team. The work was completed in mid-2004 and when it was released,12 it
not only provided independent scientific corroboration of the work done by
Dr. Carlo’s group, but also took the work a step further and showed how the
problems were occurring mechanistically. This information formed a
biologically plausible hypothesis for how cell phone radiation could be
related to so many diseases. Dr. Carlo noted, “The
industry exerted pressure on the scientists who conducted the work, including
renowned German scientist Dr. Franz Adlkofer. It first tried to change the
conclusions of the work, then to delay its public release. Then Dr. Adlkofer,
the lead scientist, was attacked in the media and threatened privately with
no more research money, a ruined reputation—similar to what we experienced
in the WTR. But this situation attracted the attention of a German
documentary filmmaker, who decided to do a film on the cell phone issue.” It was enough to bring
Dr. Carlo into view again, as he was asked to participate. The film, The
Boiling Frog Principle, by Klaus Scheidsteger, builds on information from his
first film, The Cell Phone War, and will be released in 2007. Its intent is
to integrate the latest political and scientific evidence from around the
world, and bring forth to consumers important information on cell phone
dangers that was previously withheld. Economic Implications
Currently in the US,
there are seven class action lawsuits moving forward against the cell phone
industry, says Dr. Carlo, and nine other cases that are personal injury cases
brought by people with brain cancer. In the past two years, two workers
compensation awards were given to people with brain tumors based on a link
between their tumors and their cell phone use in the workplace. Both of these
cases occurred in California. “What we have now is a
major litigation burden, a vulnerability the cell phone industry has never
before been under,” Dr. Carlo says. “They’re uninsured for these health
risk claims and are already positioning themselves for a congressional
bailout, like the Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s. They’ll lose a
couple of these lawsuits and once they do, there’ll be an onslaught of new
litigation against them.” The country can’t
afford for the cell phone industry to go under, Dr. Carlo says, as it would
have a disastrous impact on the entire economy—some estimates say over 30%
of investment stocks in retirement funds are tied to telecommunications
shares. That’s why Congress will figure out a way to bail out the industry. “The industry thinks
they can afford to continue on with this institutional arrogance, endangering
millions of men, women and children because, at the end of the day, they
believe they’ll not be held accountable. They think they can continue to
manipulate consumers.” A Looming Health Crisis
It’s been nearly 12
years since the WTR was funded. Despite Dr. Carlo’s revealing research and
the corroborating research of other scientists from around the world that
continue to follow, a search of media reports today on the subject of cell
phone dangers tends to suggest one of only two conclusions: There is no risk,
or no one has yet proven the risk. That’s at odds with more than 300
studies in the peer-reviewed scientific literature supporting an increased
risk of disease. Clearly, something doesn’t add up. The industry’s
manipulation of the media to consider only one study at a time obfuscates the
big picture.Individually, there’s little to see. But the depth and breadth
of the science that points to the problem, and the compilation of studies,
make the future look frightening. Like the September 11 tragedy, where no one
in government talked to each other and did not see it coming for lack of a
big picture view, the health crisis from cell phone use looms darkly. “When you put all the
science together, we come to the irrefutable conclusion that there’s a
major health crisis coming, probably already underway,” warns Dr. Carlo.
“Not just cancer, but also learning disabilities, attention deficit
disorder, autism, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and psychological and
behavioral problems—all mediated by the same mechanism. That’s why
we’re so worried. Time is running out. When you put the pieces of the
puzzle together, it’s such a wide ranging problem. It’s unlike anything
we’ve ever seen before.” Protecting Yourself
The most effective
technique for protecting yourself against the dangers of cell phone radiation
is keeping the phone at a distance from the body. Simply using a hands-free
headset is a big step. Headsets keep the cell phone’s antenna at a distance
of six to seven inches away from the body, thus eliminating near-field
exposure. Wired headsets can act as an antenna to draw some ambient EMR, but
not much, so using one is still preferable to holding the phone to your head.
Wireless headsets should be avoided, as they draw much more far-field EMR. The safest headsets have
hollow air tubes, similar to those used in stethoscopes, instead of
wires.They offer protection against both near-field and far-field exposure. If
possible, avoid wearing the phone at your waist, which exposes the hip bones
to radiation. Eighty percent of red blood cells are formed in the hip bones. There
are also newer cell phones available capable of functioning in speaker phone
mode. This enables you to talk on the phone while keeping it at a safe
distance from your body. If you are able to conduct most of your conversations
using a speaker phone, this could enable you to use a cell phone without
encountering the intense radiation exposure that occurs when holding it to
your ear. |
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Nutritional Protection against Cell
Phone Radiation
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As growing evidence
points to the potential adverse health impact of exposure to cell phone
radiation, scientists are seeking strategies to prevent or mitigate these
effects. Currently, nutritional researchers are exploring whether melatonin,
vitamin C, and and vitamin E can ameliorate the detrimental effects caused by
radiation emitted by cell phones. To date, a total of eight
studies have pointed to the protective effects of melatonin and vitamins C
and E in stemming the damage caused by cell phone emissions. In particular,
these agents show promise in averting the increased oxidative stress that is
thought to contribute to an increased risk of certain cancers. These studies
have unveiled statistically significant protective effects of melatonin and
vitamins C and E against the effects of the radiation frequency at which cell
phones emit and receive radio frequency radiation. Six of these eight
studies were controlled, short-term studies (ranging from 10-30 days) in
rodents. Each study examined 24-30 subjects. Study subjects were divided
equally into three groups: one group received radiation exposure; another
received active treatment with melatonin only, vitamin C only, or vitamins C
and E before radiation exposure; and a control group did not receive radiation
or active treatment. After the treatment period, scientists examined skin
sections for radiation injury and analyzed blood and urine for markers of
oxidative stress. They found significant kidney damage, skin changes,
oxidative stress, and fibrosis in the animals who received radiation exposure
only. Remarkably, these effects were reversed in the groups that received
melatonin13-16 and vitamins C17,18
and E.17 Another two controlled
studies in rodents, one of 10 days’19 and another of 60 days’ duration,20
revealed that melatonin significantly protects against retinal (eye)20 and
kidney tissue19 damage caused by cell phone
radiation, as compared with subjects that did not receive melatonin. Despite this compelling
evidence, other avenues of research still need to be pursued after
contradictory findings from seven different studies that have looked into the
effect of cell phone radiation on melatonin levels in the body. In one study, melatonin
levels in the blood were measured in 226 male electric utility workers who
were categorized according to cell phone use. The study concluded that
workers who used cell phones for more than 25 minutes per day had decreased
melatonin production and revealed a relationship between increased cell phone
use and decreasing melatonin levels in the blood.21 Yet six other
studies—two in humans22,23 and four in rodents24-27—
found that melatonin levels remained unchanged after radiation exposure. One
human study did suggest that cell phone radiation may impact melatonin onset
time. These were small studies, however, the majority of which were less than
28 days’ duration. Melatonin is a vital
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