Wireless Industry knows of Cellphone
Dangers
YES. The Wireless industry
is actually aware of EMF radiation dangers from Cellphones but it continues to deny them.
It claims, that cellphones meet (present) regulatory standards - and that is, indeed true.
What is ignored is that such regulations
developed in the 1930's when early experiments with radar led to some unsuspecting serviceman sustaining serious skin
burning from radar beams. To avoid repeats of that, regulations for ionising and non-ionising radiation were
developed with margins for safety. They have evolved to the SAR (Specific Absorption Rate per kg body weight)
levels in place today. But a lot of evidence indicates that that is no longer sufficient.
Unfortunately nothing more has been done - yet.
Energy
science and quantum physics has progressed a long way since then and biophysics has even progressed to defining the
human Biofield. Unfortunately that has yet to be protected by any regulations. You and I are still victims
of the "experiment", but at least we can now do something to protect ourselves.
So what does the Wireless Telecommunications industry know from research done
on its behalf.
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In 1993, after media publicity about a woman dying from a brain tumour - and the pathologist
confirming that it was the size and shape of the aerial on her cellphone that she frequently used - the Wireless
Telecommunication industry in USA, along with a consortium of U.S. government regulatory agencies, engaged Dr.
George Carlo, a respected public research scientist to conduct a research program into concerns about the safety
of radio frequency radiation emitted by cellular telephone antennas. |
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The project was funded from 1993 through to 1999 at a cost of
provided primarily by corporations in the wireless technology industry. |
Although the project was funded by the Wireless industry, it was set up independently
pursuant to a recommendation from the U.S. Congress’ General Accounting Ofice.
All work done under the project was peer reviewed, monitored by a U.S. Government
Inter-agency Working Group. |
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In the spring of 1999, the surprising findings that emerged from the industry-sponsored
programme were reported. Included in these unanticipated findings were the following -
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Graphic showing the nature of Micronuclei
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Box at upper right shows the nature of typical normal blood
cells.
Box under that shows the nature of blood cells that have been
genetically damaged and developed micronuclei - an indication of serious genetic damage. |
The Nature of DNA Chain damage
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Graphic showing 4 ways in which DNA can be damaged.
One involves actual breakage of the DNA chain. |
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Increase Risk in Brain Cancer: cellular telephone users were
more likely than non-users to die of brain cancer; cellular phone users had two and
one-half times greater risk of developing a rare type of brain tumor that grows near the outside of the
brain where the cellular phone antenna would be located during use;
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Location of Tumour: there was a statistically significant
correlation between the side of the head where the tumour was located and the side of the
head where the person used the cellular telephone;
Brain Tumour shown by X-ray
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The white round cancerous mass can be seen halfway along the right
hand side of this cellphone user's head.
This was right where the cellphone antenna would have been positioned
during a call.
This was the side of the head on which the cellphone was always used. |
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Increase Risk in Acoustic Neuroma: cellular phone users of
more than six years had an increase in the risk of acoustic neuroma, a benign tumour of the
auditory nerve, also located within range of the radiation plume emitted by the cellular telephone
antenna.
HIGHER RISKS FOR CHILDREN
Special concern for children followed from the research. Studies showed
that -
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the type of genetic damage that was
found (micronuclei in human blood) is more likely to occur in growing tissue
undergoing mitosis, such as growing brain tisue in children.
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radiation penetrated deeper into the heads of
teenagers and children resulting in more exposure to potentially harmful radio waves than adults;
Digital Imaging of Radiation Penetration
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Use of sophisticated Digital Imaging displays
cross-sectional views of
radio wave energy from cellphone penetrating through the human head. |
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Adult |
10 year old child |
5 year old child |
In spite of this research and the mounting epidemiological data of adverse
effects worsening over time, the wireless industry has targeted children as a growth market and is succeeding in
increasing usage of unprotected cellphones among children and teenagers.
UNTESTED - Attempts to reveal findings covered up
Cellular phones had not been tested for
safety prior to their entry into commerce in the middle 1980’s. If the findings of genetic damage and
increased risk of tumours uncovered by the industry-sponsored program had been known prior, it is unlikely that
cellphones would have been allowed into commerce without safety precautions.
Dr. Carlo, and the scientists who worked with him, alerted the wireless
industry to the potential health threat these findings showed. Following good public health principles regarding
intervention where a potential safety problem exists for a very large population at risk (by 1999 there were more than
80 milion cellular phone users in the U.S. alone), the scientists recommended that information about these findings be
made available to the public, and that a system of tracking health concerns among cellphone users be put in place as a
means of post-market surveillance.
In addition, because the problem seems to be with the near field radiation
plume (within about six inches of the antenna), it was prudent to recommend that consumers use headsets or
other hands-free devices that allow the antenna to be kept more than six inches away from the body during use.
The wireless industry refused to take these steps.
Dr. Carlo and his team of scientists made their findings public in the summer
of 1999 against the wishes of the wireless industry sponsors. Funds for the program were stopped and the program
was prematurely ended. Since that time, the wireless industry has used public relations professionals to dampen
the impact of the research findings that they themselves supported, and has sought out other scientists to give contrary
opinions about risk in public forums.
The industry has also used political clout to compromise Federal regulatory
efforts and to stop legislative efforts to provide information to consumers or to institute safety regulations.
(Currently, cellular phones are not regulated in the U.S. for safety.) The result is a confused public who could
be at considerable risk.
Sensational Whistleblowing Book
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In an effort to make the research
fundings more public, three "whistleblowing" books have been published detailing the work, all
co-authored or edited by Dr. Carlo. The cover shown is -
"Cell Phones,
Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age"
ISBN 078670960X
Dr. George Carlo,
Chief Scientist of the World's Largest
Research Effort into Wireless Safety, and
Martin Schram, Journalist |
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Read the book. Buy a copy (contact me for one). Insist that
your library has a copy. |
NOTIFY your HEALTH PROBLEMS with
Wireless Technology
As an outcome of legal actions in USA the 'not for profit' Science and
Public Policy Institute was set up to establish and maintain a Mobile Telephone Health Concerns Registry.
It operates a public information website http://health-concerns.org.
The project was initiated in January 2001 from funds received through
an Illinois class action court settlement that has been part of on-going cellphone health effects litigation. The
Registry is the only scientific tracking system in existence in the world that is monitoring the health of consumers who
use wireless technology, including cellular telephones. The professionals working on this Registry are the only
scientists actively looking for health problems among cellphone users. The informational website is one of the
only independent sources of scientific and medical information for consumers who are concerned about the health risks
that may be asociated with emerging and expanding wireless technology products and services.
Please visit to report any health concerns you have experienced that might be
attributed to wireless technology.
An associated effort to make indepedent information available to the public
is the Safe Wireless Initiative. See ... http://safewireless.org
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