Cell Phone Radiation: Dangerous or Harmless?
Although the FDA takes a neutral position on cell phone radiation, our government has known about the problems for some time. During the Cold War, the US Embassy in Moscow was “microwaved” by the Russian Embassy. The American ambassador fell ill and was soon diagnosed with leukemia. His replacement also fell ill and was diagnosed with leukemia. Embassy staff members became ill. Upon investigation it was learned that low-level frequencies, similar to those produced by a mobile phone, were responsible. Additionally, after extensive study, the US Defense Intelligence Agency has warned all its personnel of the risks of low-level radiation. (FYI, microwave radiation and cell phone radiation are basically the same thing.)
Consider some facts about cell phone radiation:
- Talking on the mobile from 500 to 1000 minutes a month increases the probability of brain cancer by 300%
- Radiation from a mobile phone has been shown to damage or break DNA
- Radiation from mobile phones causes leaks in the blood-brain barrier
- Adolescents talk on cell phones an average of 2,600 minutes a month
- Cell phone radiation is responsible for a 30% reduction in sperm count in men who carry cell phones in belt clips
Cell phone radiation is everywhere. In fact, our children’s exposure today is a hundred million times worse than their grandparents’ exposure. That’s not good because the damage caused by these phones can be worse for children than for adults. Children have softer bones, especially the bones of the skull, which allows radiation to penetrate deeper.
Recently, Europe’s leading environmental watchdog group called for immediate action to reduce radiation exposure from mobile phones. The German government is also advising its people to avoid radiation from mobile phones by using wired connections instead of WiFi and to use landlines instead. Understanding that cell phone radiation is a problem for children, the UK government has advised parents to restrict their use to children aged 12 and over. The United States government remains silent. Sometimes money and politics are strong adversaries of the truth.
Cell phones were only radiation-emitting devices ever sold to the public without none premarket safety testing. Does that worry you?
And get this. So many people use these devices today that you don’t have to personally own one to be exposed to cell phone radiation. It’s like secondhand smoke. And since wireless information is now transmitted from satellites in space (how do you think a GPS device works?), there’s no way to escape its exposure anywhere on our planet.
For many years we were told that tobacco, lead, and asbestos were safe. Many discovered otherwise after it was too late. It is time to understand what is happening here. Cell phone radiation could be the biggest toxin of this century. Let’s not be fooled again. Radiation roulette is not a game we want to play.
Lynn Quiring, RPh, CCN, NMD
http://www.cellphoneradiationalert.com