A new report, endorsed by a prestigious group of international scientists, finds that there is a risk of brain tumors from cell phone use that industry studies underestimate this risk, and that children have much greater risks than adults. The report, therefore, sends a message to four billion users worldwide and to the $4 billion cell phone industry that they may be facing the same kind of bad news that first burst on the scene for the tobacco industry.
This cancer threat of cell phone use has been recognized by some scientists and critics for decades, but has, essentially, been covered up by the cell phone industry and by much of the mainstream media.
Cell phones emit electromagnetic radiation – more specifically, radio frequency electromagnetic radiation, which may cause damage to the DNA and may lead to cancer or other medical problems. The study focused on cell phones, but electromagnetic radiation is also produced by many other sources including cordless (or portable) phones, walkie-talkies, ham radio transmitters, and baby monitors.
“In a world where a drug cannot be launched without proof that it is safe, where the use of herbs and natural compounds available to all since early Egyptian times are now questioned, their safety subjected to the deepest scrutiny…the idea that we can use mobile telephony, including masts, and introduce.
We should not discount the possibility that cell phones pose a significant risk and a high priority should be given to efforts to eliminate, control, and minimize the risk. In about 20 years of covering the story, I also got the impression that the industry was not forthcoming about the safety issues and their spokesmen and pronouncements always left me with an uneasy feeling that they were not telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Reduce your or your children’s exposure to cell phone radiation by following steps:-
• “When on a call, use a wired headset – not a wireless headset such as Bluetooth – or use in speaker-phone mode, or send text messages.”
• “Keep the cell phone away from your body – particularly pant/trouser or shirt pockets – or use a belt holster designed to shield the body from cell phone radiation, when not in use (stand-by mode).”
• “Avoid use in a moving car, train, bus, or in rural areas at some distance from a cell tower (AKA mast or base station) as any of these uses will increase the power of the cell phone’s radiation.”
• “Use the cell phone like an answering machine. Keep it off until you want to see who has called. Then, return calls, if necessary, using a wired headset or a corded land-line phone, whenever possible.”
• “Avoid use of cell phones inside of buildings, particularly with steel structures.”
• “Do not allow your children to sleep with a cell phone beneath their pillow or at the bedside.”
• “Do not allow your children under 18 to use a cell phone except in emergencies.”
- By Riley Ross
