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Cell-phone
technology as we know it now must be abandoned
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Hi Klaus
A further note about the 1 V/m used in the Dutch study and the
note you
posted from John Michael Williams with his calculations.
JMW did not factor in the base station antenna gain, which is
usually
considerable (e.g. +14 dBi), so although there may only be 10s
of watts
actual RF at the end of the cable, the antenna focuses this
into a beam
typically about 20 degrees vertical and 90 to 120 degrees horizontal.
This results in typical Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
(EIRP) of
between 20 and 30 dBW per carrier in a horizontal direction
of normal
macrocell (12 metre high and above) base stations. For the UK
people can
log on to the government's site www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk
and have a look at some base station EIRPs.
20 dBW is 100 Watts, 30 dBW is 1000 watts effective microwave
radiation.
Most base stations have at least 4 RF carriers (or equivalent
for 3G).
So Effective Radiated Powers typically range from 400 to 4000
Watts. E =
Square root(30*ERP)/ distance = (110 to 346) / distance.
This results in 1 volt/metre at about 100 to 350 metres from
the base
station antenna (not the 55 metres calculated by JMW)
I have made thousands of measurements near to GSM base stations
in the
UK and other countries and these are actual typical levels (i.e.
the
theory checks out). These are the peaks of the pulses - the
time-averaged value on an RMS reading meter may well be lower
depending
on the call traffic at the time. But it is the pulsing noise
that is
most under suspicion for brain and health/well-being interference.
With my COM and Acousti-COM monitors (see www.powerwatch.org.uk web site
- there is even a short GSM sound clip there) it is apparent
that base
station radiation dominates the RF environment everywhere other
than
close to a major broadcast radio mast - even then it is questionable,
and phone masts usually are still more dominant. Near an airport
you can
hear the sweeping radars, but although strong, they are slowly
pulsing.
It is the amplitude modulation (a.k.a. 'pulsing') (from a few
cycles/second to 20 kHz or even 50 kHz for 3G) from mobile phone
base
stations that I strongly believe is the main hazard. And, yes
3G does
have LOTS of 'nasty' 2 to 50 kHz amplitude modulation noise
on the
signal, whatever rumours you here that 3G does not pulse.
The industry and governments have adopted a novel definition
of 'pulse'
which would mean
that humans blood pressure does not pulse! They now say something
has to
switch purposely completely on and off and on again to be said
to be
pulsing - just switching up and down between two levels is not
adequate
to be called pulsing by their faulty new definition.
I now agree with Gerd Oberfeld, Chief Medical Health Officer
of
Salzburg, and colleagues in that bedroom (especially) from GSM
(etc)
pulsing base stations should be below 0.02 volts/metre. This
means that
cell-phone technology as we know it now would have to be abandoned.
It
could only be used for emergency purposes with relatively few
high-mounted antennas. It would work fine for that. But the
masses of
message people expect to use their phones for require masses
of base
stations close to where they live and work - radiating them
regularly
(and constantly in some places) to several volts per metre.
I could take you to many apartments in London where there is
over 6 V/m
CONTINUOUSLY from nearby base stations. Many people in these
apartments
are becoming ill with headaches and chronic fatigue type stress-related
illnesses.
They may well eventually increase cancer rates (stress is generally
believe to make people more vulnerable to developing cancer).
Best wishes
Alasdair Philips
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Newman
appeal decided?: hypothetical cancer relationship
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SUMMARY: THREE WAYS TO CENSURE.
1. JUDGE SCIENTIFIC CENSURE?:
excluding expert testimony of Dr. Lennart Hardell, a Swedish
epidemiologist and star witness for the plaintiff.
Is this judicial method the future?
2. WHO SCIENTIFIC CENSURE?:
It is not necessary to study the Microwave Syndrome
(in 3G), I suggest
to study only the successful Repacholi Syndrome.
First contaminate, and never investigate the health alteration
before
any contamination, just to count the number of dead people and
ten---twenty.. years after to try to understand
the possibility of
hypothetical cancer relationship.
Is this scientific method the future?
3. CENSURE IN MICROWAVE RADIATION AND BRAIN ALTERATION:
Dr Freys own papers reveal that the US Defense Department
withdrew
funding after three studies had confirmed these effects.
Soviet Proof That Mobile Phones Do Cause Brain Damage
By Kathy Moran
Daily Express (United Kingdom)
November 10, 1999
Evidence that Soviet scientists used mobile phone radiation
to cause
brain damage more than 20 years ago has been suppressed, it
will be
revealed today.
Intelligence documents have been censored to hide the fact that
Western
governments have long been aware of the deadly danger of microwaves.
Yet when it was announced earlier this week that Swedish scientists
have
conducted similar experiments showing mobile phone use could
lead to an
increased risk of multiple sclerosis, Alzheimers and Parkinsons
diseases their finding were again dismissed.
Today, Alasdair Philips, a leading researcher into the effects
of
microwave radiation, will reveal to a London conference into
mobile
phone adverse health effects that he has uncovered copies of
the
original papers which back up claims made by the Swedish team.
Mr Philips, who runs Cambridge-based consumer group Powerwatch,
said:
It is mind-numbing that people are still trying to claim
there is no
scientific evidence that mobiles could be harmful.
People need to be given the full facts so that they make
up their own
minds and take precautions to guard against harmful effects.
But vital
paragraphs had been removed when American Defense Intelligence
Agency
Documents into Soviet microwave radiation research were published
earlier this year in Tim Rifats Remote Viewing
study.
Later, when a campaigner in Northern Ireland applied for a copy
of the
document DST-1810S-074076 as evidence in the battle against
mobile phone
masts in schools, she was sent a sheaf of virtually blank pages.
The uncensored documents reveal that Soviet military scientists
has
successfully used microwaves of the type used by mobile phones
to weaken
the blood brain barrier. This is meant to protect the brain
from harmful
substances in the blood.
According to Dr Louis Slesin, editor of American specialist
journal
Microwave News, US army scientists had succeeded in duplicating
the
Soviet experiments by 1977 eight years before mobile
phones became
generally available in Britain. But Britains 17 million
mobile users
have been told repeatedly by the industry and Government-funded
bodies
that there is no scientific evidence that mobiles can cause
harmful effects.
Dr Allan Frey, who carried out some of the earliest American
research,
believes there is significant evidence against mobile
phones. Dr
Freys own papers reveal that the US Defense Department
withdrew funding
after three studies had confirmed these effects.
(c)1999 Kathy Moran and The Daily Express
Express Online
· there is insufficient scientific evidence?
· just to count the number of dead people?
Message from Dr Miguel Muntané
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Microwave
emissions
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(excerpt)
For anyone unfamiliar with microwave emissions and its damage
to human
physiology .We have recently obtained information that microwave
cooker
transmitters are being removed and attached to satellite dishes
and used
as weapons which can penetrate walls and buildings and damage
anyone who
lies within the field generated by those emissions. This is
a silent
weapon that is already being used subversively .
Microwave energy is now surrounding us from many, many sources
as member
Klaus's posts clearly show.
It will be difficult to know whether these rays are passively
or
actively trying to damage us, as all microwave sources are potentially
hazardous and everyone should make themselves aware of those
dangers by
at least reading in part some of what is happening worldwide
in the
control of microwave use .
We can say with certainty long term exposure to cell phones
WILL damage
your health. Cell phones have been shown to save lives in emergency
situations however we do not recommend them for normal use as
a phone
and particularly for young children more at risk to those emissions.
We state again that should always be in moderation and text
messaging
may be an alternate means to avoid those harmful exposures.
Chairman FFI INT
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What
you don't know might kill you...
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Cell Phones (hand-held mobile phones) Emit Microwave Radiation
"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
What is the effect of the radiation?
While industry sponsored studies have failed to show a clear
link
between cell phone usage and brain tumors (there are other effects
which
have been ignored by industry studies), independent scientific
studies
show that the radiation from hand held mobile phones do pose
serious
health risks and can increase the incidence of brain tumors.
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
* reverse cell membrane polarity
* alter brain waves
* alter brain chemistry
* damage DNA
The 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 can be 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
* memory loss
* mood swings (rage)
* fatigue
* loss of concentration
* lack of coordination
* pain in hands or arms
* nausea
* sleep disorders
The Evidence
If you use a cell phone you could be at serious risk for delibitating
and life threatening illness. Following are just a few of the
studies
that document the risks associated with exposure to the radiation
from
cell phones:
Cell Tower Radiation Shown to Cause Headaches and Nausea - Three
Dutch
ministries recently 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, 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.
Cell Phone Radiation Opens the Blood-Brain Barrier - A study
headed by
Leif Salford, Department of Neurosurgery at Lund University
in Sweden
and published in Environmental Health Perspectives suggests
cell phone
use can damage neurons in the brain. A number of studies have
looked at
potential links between cell phone use and cancer, most finding
little
or no effects. 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. While the study sample was
small,
researchers said the combined results are "highly significant
and
exhibit a clear dose-response relation."
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 cell phones, 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 brains
electrical
activity (brain waves) was not only affected immediately
after the
exposure, but that this lasted through much of the subsequent
nights 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.
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 prevented the truth about cell phone safety
from
reaching mass media. 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.
What you can do to reduce your risk:
* Simply don't use a cell phone or stand close to someone who
is. Humans
have survived up to this point without them. We can continue
to survive
without them.
* 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.
* Extend the antenna and hold it away from the head. Hold the
phone away
from your head whenever possible.
* Use a hands-free kit with an external antenna and keep the
phone away
from your body.
* Do not use an earphone unless it is one made of fiber optic
cable.
Studies have shown that a metal earphone wire can act as an
antenna and
direct radiation into the head from the ear canal.
For more info. visit: The Swedish Association for the ElectroSensitive
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www.rfsafe.com
Additional Resources:
[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):
Absence of 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.
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Mobile
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[Oscar et al., 1982] Oscar KJ, Gruenau SP, Folker MT (1982):
Absence of
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(1999):
Effects of 915-MHz simulated mobile phone signal on cognitive
function
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(2003)
Nerve cell damage in mammalian brain after exposure to microwaves
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