cell and cordless phones - Cancer

[Dot Matrix]

http://www.rense.com/general33/braibc.htm

You Don't Deserve Brain Cancer-

You Deserve Facts!

By Amy Worthington

observer@coldreams.com

1-20-3

Your cell phone is a microwave transmitter and it should bear a cancer warning! Microwave energy oscillates at millions to billions of cycles per second. The Journal of Cellular Biochemistry reports that these frequencies cause cancer and other diseases by interfering with cellular DNA and its repair mechanisms. Microwave promotes rapid cell aging. Italian scientists have recently demonstrated that cell phone radiation makes cancerous cells grow aggressively. Cordless phones marked 900 megahertz or 2.4 gigahertz emit the same dangerous microwave radiation as cell phones.

The connection between microwave exposure and cancer has been documented for years. During the Cold War, the Soviets irradiated the U.S. embassy in Moscow, Russia, with low level, twin-beam microwave radiation. Two successive ambassadors developed leukemia. Other staffers also developed cancer, or their blood showed DNA damage, which precedes cancer.

Research by University of Washington professor Dr. Henry Lai shows brain cells are clearly damaged by microwave levels far below the U.S. government's "safety" guidelines. Dr. Lai notes that even tiny doses of radiofrequency can cumulate over time and lead to harmful effects. He warns that public exposure to radiation from wireless transmitters "should be limited to a minimal."

Motorola advises consumers to avoid pointing a cellular antenna toward exposed parts of the body. But independent tests show that cell phones can also leak huge amounts of radiation from the keypad and mouthpiece. This radiation deeply penetrates brain, ear and eye tissues, which are especially susceptible to microwave damage. Belt clip cases allow cell phones to deliver radiation to the liver or kidney areas when a wired, hands-free earpiece is used.

Recent studies confirm that cell and cordless phone microwave can:

*Cause headaches and induce extreme fatigue

*Cause memory loss and mental confusion

*Precipitate cataracts, retina damage and eye cancer

*Create burning sensation and rash on the skin

*Damage nerves in the scalp

*Induce ringing in the ears, impair sense of smell

*Create joint pain, muscle spasms and tremors

*Cause digestive problems and raise bad cholesterol levels

*Alter the brain's electrical activity during sleep

*Open the blood-brain barrier to viruses and toxins

*Cause blood cells to leak hemoglobin

*Reduce the number and efficiency of white blood cells

*Stimulate asthma by producing histamine in mast cells

*Stress the endocrine system, especially pancreas, thyroid, ovaries, testes

In 1993, the telecom industry committed $25 million dollars for a series of research projects designed to prove that cell phones are safe. The studies proved just the opposite! They proved that federal microwave exposure standards are dangerously inadequate. Cell damage and tumors can be easily induced in the lab at about one third of the FCC's exposure guidelines.

The telecom boys panicked. They and their lackey politicians and federal regulators decided the only lucrative thing to do was to LIE and DENY. Despite damning evidence, the FDA still prevaricates: "There is no reason to conclude that there are health risks posed by cell phones to consumers." Meantime, the telecom industry has been pressing to INCREASE BY MORE THAN 10 TIMES the allowable human exposure to cell phone radiation!

Luckily, Dr. George Carlo headed up the industry's study project. He presents the shocking facts in his book, Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age: An Insiders's Alarming Discoveries About Cancer and Genetic Damage (Carroll and Graf, 2001). A summary of Dr. Carlo's book is this: Cell phones are hot, adequate protective regulations are naught, and Americans are being "fried" so that the deceitful telecom industry can rake it in! It's dirty business as usual, and the longer the industry can con the public, the more billions it collects.

On June 16, 2002, CBS aired a Sixty Minutes segment which confirmed the telecom industry is about grungy as it gets. CBS producers accused major phone service providers of cheating, scamming, forging signatures, switching phone service without permission and lying about charges. The attorney general of Connecticut stated that despite millions of dollars in fines each year, these companies remains incorrigible. Should we be trusting this industry with our brain tissues and our very lives?

Microwave to the head is extremely hazardous to children. Parents in some European nations are now warned to keep children away from cell phones. A University of Utah researcher found the younger the child, the more radiation is absorbed by the brain. Spanish researchers have shown that cell phones can alter electrical activity of a child's brain for hours, causing drastic mood changes and possible behavior and learning disabilities. Scientists fear that cell phone radiation could damage human embryos. Pregnant women are advised to be wary.

A cell phone must greatly increase its field strength to maintain communications within the metallic cage of an auto. Thus, the effect of microwave radiation inside a vehicle is especially intense. Volkswagen of Europe has warned that cell phone usage inside a car can be "injurious to health due to the extremely high electromagnetic fields generated."

Insurance studies in England showed that an average driver talking on a cell is actually more impaired in function and reaction time than a drunk. Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority reports that one hour of exposure to mobile phone radiation can cause human cells to shrink. Researchers believe this is due to increased protein activity, an indicator of cell damage. What an unstable world needs now is a global population afflicted with incredible shrinking brains!

Brain cancer rates in USA have increased by 25% since 1975. In 2001, 185,000 Americans were diagnosed with some form of brain cancer. A grade four brain tumor can grow from the size of a grape to tennis ball size in just 4 months. Brain tumors are almost always fatal and most people die within 6-12 months after diagnosis. On April 7, 2002, Sixty Minutes aired a fascinating report on brain cancer, explaining that scientists are unsure why incidence of the disease is growing so exponentially. Ironically, the segment was followed by a Sprint ad, which advised parents that the best way to keep track of teenagers is to connect them to a cell phone. While researchers say that radical damage to the brain can occur within the first few minutes of conversation, telecom ads encourage customers to spend many hours on the phone each month. Those blazing, full-page cell phone ads in newspapers and magazines must be the reason cell phone dangers are almost never discussed in the mainstream media.

An excellent resource tool is Robert Kane's book Cellular Telephone Russian Roulette (Vantage Press, 2001). As a telecommunications expert, Kane presents an impressive collection of studies showing that both government agencies and cell phone manufacturers KNEW YEARS AGO that cell phone radiation at present exposure levels is dangerous to human health. He notes that cell phones would be rendered useless if their RF emissions were reduced to safe levels.

Reports of illness from heavy cell phone usage and from living or working close to powerful RF transmitters are synchronous with numerous cancer-related lawsuits now being filed against the cell phone industry. The insurance industry sees big trouble ahead. Underwriters for Lloyd's of London refuse to insure phone manufacturers against damage to users' health. Cell phones are today what tobacco was 40 years ago. While research and debate continues, cell phone users have three basic choices:

1. Continue heavy microwave bombardment of brain tissues until disastrous health effects become obvious and irreversible.

2. Reduce cell phone usage to under 2-3 minutes per day and never use the phone in a vehicle.

3. Obtain a hands-free speaker phone and keep it away from the body. Everyone in the room can hear your two-way conversation, but less privacy sure beats brain fog, blindness and cancer!

Excellent web sites offering up-to-date scientific data on microwave and other radiation issues are: (1)www.energyfields.org (2)www.microwavenews.com (3)www.emrnetwork.org (4)www.wave-guide.org. E-mail guru@emfguru.org and ask for free updates on important radiation issues and studies. Dr. Lai's e-mail is hlai@washington.edu.

Powerful microwave energy directed at homes, offices and schools can flow right through windows and walls. Microwave meters and mitigation devices are available at: lessemf@lessemf.com and www.trifield.com. A specialized RF meter (in the $300 range) is useful for avoiding some environmental exposure and for keeping the interior of your home safe. Turn your microwave meter on when you drive. You will discover that from coast to coast, Americans are being bombarded with communications radiation in the microwave spectrum, just like those lucky embassy workers in Moscow who ended up so very sick. USA is having a real "blast" so to speak! And it is going to get worse as wireless technologies broaden.

It is in everyone's best interest to share the above information with the uninformed. Some people appear to have an almost pathological emotional attachment to their cell phones and there is a fascinating suggestion that cell radiation pulses might actually be addictive to the human brain. We can't save those who would rather die than switch. But ethics compelled us to ensure that all reasonable people have access to the basic scientific facts.

[Tom Strange]

oh well... we all gotta go sometime...

[vickles]

I'm sorry but I'm too hooked on my cell phone.

They said the same thing about police officers using the speed gun.

[TheInvisibleDan]

Oh great, there goes my brain.

Look on the bright side.

We can heat a ham sandwich on our heads.

[HAPe4me]

beats tripping over a phone cord as I walk around the room. Somehow I can't seem to worry about this. I've worked with asbestos, I've dug in the dirt (radon), worked on exhausts (carbon monoxide, I drink coffee, eat sugar, and also smoke. I play golf under highpower electric lines, worked near a windpower facility. Let's see, why the h e ll am I alive still today?

~HAPe4me

[templelady]

Sunrays

water

acid rain

fried food

tri glycerides

COlesterol

Nicotine

alchohol

air

too much exercise

dieting

not enough exercise

not dieting

low carbohysrates

high carbohydrates

too much red meat

not enough protein

and now.....

my cellphone

actually I think I'm in more danger from the stress engendered by trying to keep track of and respond appropriately to all of the above

[WordWolf]

I knew about this back when cordless phones were new.

Electromagnetic fields near the body are never that great.

I don't sweat temporary exposure, but I'm not surgically connected like

some people.

There used to be something you could buy that partially insulated a phone's

magnetic field. I wonder if you can buy it for a cell phone...?

[mj412]

mj 412 was found dead today from

cell phone exposure to her head...

she was warned and didnt heed the precautions....

NAH!!!!

I am hoping for much more drama like fat cat suffocates owner while trying to fit perfectly on the pillow...

[Dot Matrix]

A few years back a neurologist was discovered with a brain tumor and before he died he was warning the world about the dangers of cell phones. He stated he KNEW that is what happened to him.

My hubs wants to get rid of our home phone and just have a cell phone. I remembered what that Doctor had warned and went in search of any findings and found several.

All very interesting...

If I am going to die I think I would rather about ten different ways then brain cancer/tumors. That has got to be up there with the worst ways to go.

[Dot Matrix]

WW

I think I recall those guard things...

I will have to look...

Thanks

[imbus]

Thanks for the info. Where I live sending smoke signals would be a faster way to communicate then a cell phone. I live where there is a lot of Granite and Iron deposits.

I'm more concern about my water supply then my phone. In my area they put levels of arsnic to purify the water. So i get bottled water.

I use a speaker ear phone when I'm in the cordless. It's nice to be reminded again of why the small inconviences in my life. With my Mother and Uncle dying of lung cancer and brain cancer I am sensitivly aware of my odds and refuse to leave this earth in that fasion. It is a horrible way to die. I know first hand.

Good article!

[dmiller]

quote:

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mj 412 was found dead today from

cell phone exposure to her head...

she was warned and didnt heed the precautions....

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MJ --- :D--> :D--> :D-->

And when they bury me, coffee plants will sprout from my grave.

De-caf?? I don't need no stinking de-caf!!

[Tom Strange]

WolfWord said:

quote:

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There used to be something you could buy that partially insulated a phone's

magnetic field. I wonder if you can buy it for a cell phone...?

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There is dude! I wear one of those hats made out of Reynolds Wrap Aluminum foil (although I'm sure any brand will do)... and what's so cool about it is that you can change it with the times as fashion trends change!

[Dot Matrix]

Here is Tom getting ready to make a cell phone call.

[Zixar]

Tonight's Penn & Teller: Bull....! episode talks about cell phones and cancer, along with more "Safety Hysteria".

Here's a link to the episode synopsis: Safety Hysteria