![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
healthy_back All of your personal electronic devices emit (laptops, cell phones, tablets etc.) Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), or Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) that are comprised of Extremely Low Frequencies (ELF), Radio Frequencies (RF, Wi-fi, data etc.) and Thermal Radiation (heat), all of which are potentially harmful. Gamma Rays, X-Rays and UV are also types of EMR.
https://www.safesleevecases.com/pages/cell-phone-radiation-education?fbclid=IwAR3lsDbR7VDhrzs4UVXty-AZMcDifCF5Q8Uf3fykMaOmaG4TT6TpDlPptYw
The latest breaking news from the National Toxicology Program (NTP, a division of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)) revolves around a common and seemingly non-threatening item, the cell phone. However, the results are in.... Cell phone radiation does, indeed, have adverse health effects.
Ranking as one of the most comprehensive assessments to date; the 25-million-dollar, ten-year government study determined the effects in rats and mice from exposure to radio-frequency (RF) radiation from cell phones. Researchers found increased rates of cancer in male rats exposed to cell phone radiation.
In addition, there is a multitude of evidence that suggests that exposed children, because of their skull thickness and developing brains, were found to be the most vulnerable to cancer risk. The question is, why wasn't this research done sooner? Studies of this magnitude should have been conducted prior to the estimated 4.93 billion people who will use a cell phone this year. According to senior NIEHS toxicologist, Ronald L. Melnick, PhD, who designed the study. When will there be more studies? It seems that everyone in the know agrees that more research is needed.
All of your personal electronic devices emit (laptops, cell phones, tablets etc.) Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), or Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) that are comprised of Extremely Low Frequencies (ELF), Radio Frequencies (RF, Wi-fi, data etc.) and Thermal Radiation (heat), all of which are potentially harmful. Gamma Rays, X-Rays and UV are also types of EMR.
EMR has a high decay rate which means that most of the exposure is felt within a few inches and especially with direct contact. EMR can penetrate most natural and man made materials including wood, plastic, pillows, blankets, clothes etc.
KNOW THE FACTS
- 95% of Americans Own a Cell Phone
- Average Age of First Smart Phone is 10 Years Old
- All Electronics Emit Radiation
- Electronic Radiation Links to Adverse Health Effects
- Children are More at-Risk
- Manufacturers Already Add Warnings in the Fine Print
"These same cells that became cancerous in rats are the same cells that are reported to turn into tumors in people in epidemiology studies of cellphone users…"
NIEHS toxicologist, Ronald L. Melnick, PhD
“Cell phones emit radio frequency energy when they send and receive signals to and from cell towers, and some scientists and public health officials believe this energy may impact human health.”
California Department Of Public Health
March 2018 : The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit public health research and advocacy organization, released a detailed report on the findings of the major NTP study. EWG themselves have been studying the human health effects of cellphone radio-frequency (RF) radiation since 2009.
In EWG’s assessment, the data collected by the NTP radio-frequency radiation research program are both authoritative and timely, and strengthen the earlier evidence that exposure to cellphone radiation triggers a variety of biological process and increases the risk of cancer.
In December 2017, the State of California officially issued guidelines advising cellphone users to keep phones away from their bodies. When the groundbreaking guidelines were made public, California Department of Public Health Director Karen Smith said:
"Simple steps, such as not keeping your phone in your pocket and moving it away from your bed at night, can help reduce exposure for both children and adults … Children's brains develop through the teenage years and may be more affected by cell phone use. Parents should consider reducing the time their children use cell phones and encourage them to turn the devices off at night."
Several leading doctors and scientists have stated cell phone radiation and radiation from other personal electronic devices is also linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, behavioral problems, asthma, insomnia, autism, childhood obesity, cardiac stress, and ADD.
In addition, it has been reported that both men and women have seen issues with fertility, skin, DNA fragmentation, and many other health problems.
In an unprecedented release, The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), a government organization, has issued guidelines on “How to Reduce Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy from Cell Phones.” This is not the first account of public acknowledgment of the potential health effects of cell phone radiation exposure, but it may be the most significant and could lead to a regulatory reform.
The release issued by the CDPH is an important step in the right direction of bringing public awareness to the potential health dangers caused by electronic radiation. The CDPH has clearly done their research into the current state of what is known about the health effects of radiation exposure and consulted with experts in the field.
How YOU can start protecting yourself RIGHT NOW
- Keep your phone and other devices on airplane mode
- Use your speaker phone and avoid direct contact to skin
- Keep phones out of pockets and clothing as much as possible
- Have children especially refrain from extended electronic use
- Use a corded phone when accessible
- Avoid using your laptop or tablet on your lap
UPD 11/01/2023
https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/07/01/health-risks-of-cell-phone-radiation/?fbclid=IwAR2W8oju-mngx6TgG7ong9Dn6GTCwo1fjJXycmY5-rjoV3b5wU8K8yepZ7k
Moskowitz: Cellphone radiation is harmful, but few want to believe it
For more than a decade, Joel Moskowitz, a researcher in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley and director of Berkeley’s Center for Family and Community Health, has been on a quest to prove that radiation from cellphones is unsafe. But, he said, most people don’t want to hear it.
“People are addicted to their smartphones,” said Moskowitz. “We use them for everything now, and, in many ways, we need them to function in our daily lives. I think the idea that they’re potentially harming our health is too much for some people.”
Since cellphones first came onto the market in 1983, they have gone from clunky devices with bad reception to today’s sleek, multifunction smartphones. And although cellphones are now used by nearly all American adults, considerable research suggests that long-term use poses health risks from the radiation they emit, said Moskowitz.
“Cellphones, cell towers and other wireless devices are regulated by most governments,” said Moskowitz. “Our government, however, stopped funding research on the health effects of radiofrequency radiation in the 1990s.”
Since then, he said, research has shown significant adverse biologic and health effects — including brain cancer — associated with the use of cellphones and other wireless devices. And now, he said, with the fifth generation of cellular technology, known as 5G, there is an even bigger reason for concern.
Berkeley News spoke with Moskowitz about the health risks of cellphone radiation, why the topic is so controversial and what we can expect with the rollout of 5G.
Berkeley News: I think we should address upfront is how controversial this research is. Some scientists have said that these findings are without basis and that there isn’t enough evidence that cellphone radiation is harmful to our health. How do you respond to that?
Joel Moskowitz: Well, first of all, few scientists in this country can speak knowledgeably about the health effects of wireless technology. So, I’m not surprised that people are skeptical, but that doesn’t mean the findings aren’t valid.
A big reason there isn’t more research about the health risks of radiofrequency radiation exposure is because the U.S. government stopped funding this research in the 1990s, with the exception of a $30 million rodent study published in 2018 by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ National Toxicology Program, which found “clear evidence” of carcinogenicity from cellphone radiation.
In 1996, the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, adopted exposure guidelines that limited the intensity of exposure to radiofrequency radiation. These guidelines were designed to prevent significant heating of tissue from short-term exposure to radiofrequency radiation, not to protect us from the effects of long-term exposure to low levels of modulated, or pulsed, radiofrequency radiation, which is produced by cellphones, cordless phones and other wireless devices, including Wi-Fi. Yet, the preponderance of research published since 1990 finds adverse biologic and health effects from long-term exposure to radiofrequency radiation, including DNA damage.
More than 250 scientists, who have published over 2,000 papers and letters in professional journals on the biologic and health effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields produced by wireless devices, including cellphones, have signed the International EMF Scientist Appeal, which calls for health warnings and stronger exposure limits. So, there are many scientists who agree that this radiation is harmful to our health.
I first heard you speak about the health risks of cellphone radiation at Berkeley in 2019, but you’ve been doing this research since 2009. What led you to pursue this research?
I got into this field by accident, actually. During the past 40 years, the bulk of my research has been focused on tobacco-related disease prevention. I first became interested in cellphone radiation in 2008, when Dr. Seung-Kwon Myung, a physician scientist with the National Cancer Center of South Korea, came to spend a year at the Center for Family and Community Health. He was involved in our smoking cessation projects, and we worked with him and his colleagues on two reviews of the literature, one of which addressed the tumor risk from cellphone use.
At that time, I was skeptical that cellphone radiation could be harmful. However, since I was dubious that cellphone radiation could cause cancer, I immersed myself in the literature regarding the biological effects of low-intensity microwave radiation, emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices.
After reading many animal toxicology studies that found that this radiation could increase oxidative stress — free radicals, stress proteins and DNA damage — I became increasingly convinced that what we were observing in our review of human studies was indeed a real risk.
While Myung and his colleagues were visiting the Center for Family and Community Health, you reviewed case-control studies examining the association between mobile phone use and tumor risk. What did you find?
Our 2009 review, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, found that heavy cellphone use was associated with increased brain cancer incidence, especially in studies that used higher quality methods and studies that had no telecommunications industry funding.
Last year, we updated our review, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, based on a meta-analysis of 46 case-control studies — twice as many studies as we used for our 2009 review — and obtained similar findings. Our main takeaway from the current review is that approximately 1,000 hours of lifetime cellphone use, or about 17 minutes per day over a 10-year period, is associated with a statistically significant 60% increase in brain cancer.
Why did the government stop funding this kind of research?
The telecommunications industry has almost complete control of the FCC, according to Captured Agency, a monograph written by journalist Norm Alster during his 2014-15 fellowship at Harvard University’s Center for Ethics. There’s a revolving door between the membership of the FCC and high-level people within the telecom industry that’s been going on for a couple of decades now.
The industry spends about $100 million a year lobbying Congress. The CTIA, which is the major telecom lobbying group, spends $12.5 million per year on 70 lobbyists. According to one of their spokespersons, lobbyists meet roughly 500 times a year with the FCC to lobby on various issues. The industry as a whole spends $132 million a year on lobbying and provides $18 million in political contributions to members of Congress and others at the federal level.
The telecom industry’s influence over the FCC, as you describe, reminds me of the tobacco industry and the advertising power it had in downplaying the risks of smoking cigarettes.
Yes, there are strong parallels between what the telecom industry has done and what the tobacco industry has done, in terms of marketing and controlling messaging to the public. In the 1940s, tobacco companies hired doctors and dentists to endorse their products to reduce public health concerns about smoking risks. The CTIA currently uses a nuclear physicist from academia to assure policymakers that microwave radiation is safe. The telecom industry not only uses the tobacco industry playbook, it is more economically and politically powerful than Big Tobacco ever was. This year, the telecom industry will spend over $18 billion advertising cellular technology worldwide.
You mentioned that cellphones and other wireless devices use modulated, or pulsed, radiofrequency radiation. Can you explain how cellphones and other wireless devices work, and how the radiation they emit is different from radiation from other household appliances, like a microwave?
Basically, when you make a call, you’ve got a radio and a transmitter. It transmits a signal to the nearest cell tower. Each cell tower has a geographic cell, so to speak, in which it can communicate with cellphones within that geographic region or cell.
Then, that cell tower communicates with a switching station, which then searches for whom you’re trying to call, and it connects through a copper cable or fiber optics or, in many cases, a wireless connection through microwave radiation with the wireless access point. Then, that access point either communicates directly through copper wires through a landline or, if you’re calling another cellphone, it will send a signal to a cell tower within the cell of the receiver and so forth.
The difference is the kind of microwave radiation each device emits. With regard to cellphones and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, there is an information-gathering component. The waves are modulated and pulsed in a very different manner than your microwave oven.
What, specifically, are some of the health effects associated with long-term exposure to low-level modulated radiofrequency radiation emitted from wireless devices?
Many biologists and electromagnetic field scientists believe the modulation of wireless devices makes the energy more biologically active, which interferes with our cellular mechanisms, opening up calcium channels, for example, and allowing calcium to flow into the cell and into the mitochondria within the cell, interfering with our natural cellular processes and leading to the creation of stress proteins and free radicals and, possibly, DNA damage. And, in other cases, it may lead to cell death.
In 2001, based upon the biologic and human epidemiologic research, low-frequency fields were classified as “possibly carcinogenic” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization. In 2011, the IARC classified radiofrequency radiation as “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” based upon studies of cellphone radiation and brain tumor risk in humans. Currently, we have considerably more evidence that would warrant a stronger classification.
Most recently, on March 1, 2021, a report was released by the former director of the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which concluded that there is a “high probability” that radiofrequency radiation emitted by cellphones causes gliomas and acoustic neuromas, two types of brain tumors.
Let’s talk about the fifth generation of cellphone technology, known as 5G, which is already available in limited areas across the U.S. What does this mean for cellphone users and what changes will come with it?
For the first time, in addition to microwaves, this technology will employ millimeter waves, which are much higher frequency than the microwaves used by 3G and 4G. Millimeter waves can’t travel very far, and they’re blocked by fog or rain, trees and building materials, so the industry estimates that it’ll need 800,000 new cell antenna sites.
Each of these sites may have cell antennas from various cellphone providers, and each of these antennas may have microarrays consisting of dozens or even perhaps hundreds of little antennas. In the next few years in the U.S., we will see deployed roughly 2.5 times more antenna sites than in current use unless wireless safety advocates and their representatives in Congress or the judicial system put a halt to this.
How are millimeter waves different from microwaves, in terms of how they affect our bodies and the environment?
Millimeter wave radiation is largely absorbed in the skin, the sweat glands, the peripheral nerves, the eyes and the testes, based upon the body of research that’s been done on millimeter waves. In addition, this radiation may cause hypersensitivity and biochemical alterations in the immune and circulatory systems — the heart, the liver, kidneys and brain.
Millimeter waves can also harm insects and promote the growth of drug-resistant pathogens, so it’s likely to have some widespread environmental effects for the microenvironments around these cell antenna sites.
What are some simple things that each of us can do to reduce the risk of harm from radiation from cellphones and other wireless devices?
First, minimize your use of cellphones or cordless phones — use a landline whenever possible. If you do use a cellphone, turn off the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth if you’re not using them. However, when near a Wi-Fi router, you would be better off using your cellphone on Wi-Fi and turning off the cellular because this will likely result in less radiation exposure than using the cellular network.
Second, distance is your friend. Keeping your cellphone 10 inches away from your body, as compared to one-tenth of an inch, results in a 10,000-fold reduction in exposure. So, keep your phone away from your head and body. Store your phone in a purse or backpack. If you have to put it in your pocket, put it on airplane mode. Text, use wired headphones or speakerphone for calls. Don’t sleep with it next to your head — turn it off or put it in another room.
Third, use your phone only when the signal is strong. Cellphones are programmed to increase radiation when the signal is poor, that is when one or two bars are displayed on your phone. For example, don’t use your phone in an elevator or in a car, as metal structures interfere with the signal.
Also, I encourage people to learn more about the 150-plus local groups affiliated with Americans for Responsible Technology, which are working to educate policymakers, urging them to adopt cell tower regulations and exposure limits that fully protect us and the environment from the harm caused by wireless radiation.
For safety tips on how to reduce exposure to wireless radiation from the California Department of Public Health and other organizations, Moskowitz recommends readers visit his website, saferemr.com, Physicians for Safe Technology and the Environmental Health Trust.
https://www.facebook.com/aytan.gahramanova/posts/pfbid0eJRcCX6TbiaGysNPaGXUNJ8soJ1JrhAC8droNeF3dkGWzvBCxhB33vpXPBUJSvfgl
Aytan Gahramanova
Вот перевод выдержек, которые я постила в прошлом году. Berkeley News поговорила с Московицем (Калифорнийский Университет) о рисках для здоровья от излучения мобильных телефонов, почему эта тема настолько противоречива и чего мы можем ожидать с развертыванием 5G»:
«Наше правительство прекратило финансирование исследований воздействия радиочастотного излучения на здоровье в 1990-х годах. Исследования показали, что использование мобильных телефонов и других беспроводных устройств связано с серьезными неблагоприятными биологическими последствиями и воздействием на здоровье, включая рак мозга. А теперь, с появлением пятого поколения сотовой технологии, известного как 5G, есть еще более серьезная причина для беспокойства».
«В прошлом году мы обновили наш обзор, опубликованный в Международном журнале экологических исследований и общественного здравоохранения, на основе метаанализа 46 исследований, это в два раза больше исследований, чем мы использовали для нашего обзора 2009 года - и получили аналогичные результаты.
Наш главный вывод из текущего обзора заключается в том, что примерно 1000 часов использования мобильного телефона в течение всей жизни или примерно 17 минут в день в течение 10-летнего периода связаны со статистически значимым 60% -ным увеличением заболеваемости раком мозга».
"Более 250 ученых, опубликовавших более 2000 статей и писем в профессиональных журналах о биологических и медицинских последствиях неионизирующих электромагнитных полей, создаваемых беспроводными устройствами, включая мобильные телефоны, подписали Международный призыв ученых по ЭМП, в котором содержится призыв к предупреждениям о вреде для здоровья. и более строгие пределы воздействия.
«Многие биологи и исследователи электромагнитного поля считают, что модуляция беспроводных устройств делает энергию более биологически активной, что мешает нашим клеточным механизмам, например, открывая кальциевые каналы и позволяя кальцию течь в клетку и в митохондрии внутри клетки. , вмешиваясь в наши естественные клеточные процессы и приводя к созданию стрессовых белков и свободных радикалов и, возможно, к повреждению ДНК. А в других случаях это может привести к гибели клеток».
«Излучение миллиметрового диапазона в значительной степени поглощается кожей, потовыми железами, периферическими нервами, глазами и яичками, согласно результатам исследований, проведенных с использованием миллиметровых волн. Кроме того, это излучение может вызывать гиперчувствительность и биохимические изменения в организме. иммунная и кровеносная системы - сердце, печень, почки и мозг.
"Миллиметровые волны также могут способствовать росту устойчивых к лекарствам патогенов".
«Телекоммуникационная отрасль практически полностью контролирует Федеральную Комиссию по Связи. В целом отрасль тратит 132 миллиона долларов в год на лоббирование и предоставляет 18 миллионов долларов в виде политических взносов членам Конгресса и другим лицам на федеральном уровне».
https://www.safesleevecases.com/pages/cell-phone-radiation-education?fbclid=IwAR3lsDbR7VDhrzs4UVXty-AZMcDifCF5Q8Uf3fykMaOmaG4TT6TpDlPptYw
The latest breaking news from the National Toxicology Program (NTP, a division of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)) revolves around a common and seemingly non-threatening item, the cell phone. However, the results are in.... Cell phone radiation does, indeed, have adverse health effects.
Ranking as one of the most comprehensive assessments to date; the 25-million-dollar, ten-year government study determined the effects in rats and mice from exposure to radio-frequency (RF) radiation from cell phones. Researchers found increased rates of cancer in male rats exposed to cell phone radiation.
In addition, there is a multitude of evidence that suggests that exposed children, because of their skull thickness and developing brains, were found to be the most vulnerable to cancer risk. The question is, why wasn't this research done sooner? Studies of this magnitude should have been conducted prior to the estimated 4.93 billion people who will use a cell phone this year. According to senior NIEHS toxicologist, Ronald L. Melnick, PhD, who designed the study. When will there be more studies? It seems that everyone in the know agrees that more research is needed.
All of your personal electronic devices emit (laptops, cell phones, tablets etc.) Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), or Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) that are comprised of Extremely Low Frequencies (ELF), Radio Frequencies (RF, Wi-fi, data etc.) and Thermal Radiation (heat), all of which are potentially harmful. Gamma Rays, X-Rays and UV are also types of EMR.
EMR has a high decay rate which means that most of the exposure is felt within a few inches and especially with direct contact. EMR can penetrate most natural and man made materials including wood, plastic, pillows, blankets, clothes etc.
KNOW THE FACTS
- 95% of Americans Own a Cell Phone
- Average Age of First Smart Phone is 10 Years Old
- All Electronics Emit Radiation
- Electronic Radiation Links to Adverse Health Effects
- Children are More at-Risk
- Manufacturers Already Add Warnings in the Fine Print
"These same cells that became cancerous in rats are the same cells that are reported to turn into tumors in people in epidemiology studies of cellphone users…"
NIEHS toxicologist, Ronald L. Melnick, PhD
“Cell phones emit radio frequency energy when they send and receive signals to and from cell towers, and some scientists and public health officials believe this energy may impact human health.”
California Department Of Public Health
March 2018 : The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit public health research and advocacy organization, released a detailed report on the findings of the major NTP study. EWG themselves have been studying the human health effects of cellphone radio-frequency (RF) radiation since 2009.
In EWG’s assessment, the data collected by the NTP radio-frequency radiation research program are both authoritative and timely, and strengthen the earlier evidence that exposure to cellphone radiation triggers a variety of biological process and increases the risk of cancer.
In December 2017, the State of California officially issued guidelines advising cellphone users to keep phones away from their bodies. When the groundbreaking guidelines were made public, California Department of Public Health Director Karen Smith said:
"Simple steps, such as not keeping your phone in your pocket and moving it away from your bed at night, can help reduce exposure for both children and adults … Children's brains develop through the teenage years and may be more affected by cell phone use. Parents should consider reducing the time their children use cell phones and encourage them to turn the devices off at night."
Several leading doctors and scientists have stated cell phone radiation and radiation from other personal electronic devices is also linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, behavioral problems, asthma, insomnia, autism, childhood obesity, cardiac stress, and ADD.
In addition, it has been reported that both men and women have seen issues with fertility, skin, DNA fragmentation, and many other health problems.
In an unprecedented release, The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), a government organization, has issued guidelines on “How to Reduce Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy from Cell Phones.” This is not the first account of public acknowledgment of the potential health effects of cell phone radiation exposure, but it may be the most significant and could lead to a regulatory reform.
The release issued by the CDPH is an important step in the right direction of bringing public awareness to the potential health dangers caused by electronic radiation. The CDPH has clearly done their research into the current state of what is known about the health effects of radiation exposure and consulted with experts in the field.
- Keep your phone and other devices on airplane mode
- Use your speaker phone and avoid direct contact to skin
- Keep phones out of pockets and clothing as much as possible
- Have children especially refrain from extended electronic use
- Use a corded phone when accessible
- Avoid using your laptop or tablet on your lap
UPD 11/01/2023
https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/07/01/health-risks-of-cell-phone-radiation/?fbclid=IwAR2W8oju-mngx6TgG7ong9Dn6GTCwo1fjJXycmY5-rjoV3b5wU8K8yepZ7k
Moskowitz: Cellphone radiation is harmful, but few want to believe it
For more than a decade, Joel Moskowitz, a researcher in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley and director of Berkeley’s Center for Family and Community Health, has been on a quest to prove that radiation from cellphones is unsafe. But, he said, most people don’t want to hear it.
“People are addicted to their smartphones,” said Moskowitz. “We use them for everything now, and, in many ways, we need them to function in our daily lives. I think the idea that they’re potentially harming our health is too much for some people.”
Since cellphones first came onto the market in 1983, they have gone from clunky devices with bad reception to today’s sleek, multifunction smartphones. And although cellphones are now used by nearly all American adults, considerable research suggests that long-term use poses health risks from the radiation they emit, said Moskowitz.
“Cellphones, cell towers and other wireless devices are regulated by most governments,” said Moskowitz. “Our government, however, stopped funding research on the health effects of radiofrequency radiation in the 1990s.”
Since then, he said, research has shown significant adverse biologic and health effects — including brain cancer — associated with the use of cellphones and other wireless devices. And now, he said, with the fifth generation of cellular technology, known as 5G, there is an even bigger reason for concern.
Berkeley News spoke with Moskowitz about the health risks of cellphone radiation, why the topic is so controversial and what we can expect with the rollout of 5G.
Berkeley News: I think we should address upfront is how controversial this research is. Some scientists have said that these findings are without basis and that there isn’t enough evidence that cellphone radiation is harmful to our health. How do you respond to that?
Joel Moskowitz: Well, first of all, few scientists in this country can speak knowledgeably about the health effects of wireless technology. So, I’m not surprised that people are skeptical, but that doesn’t mean the findings aren’t valid.
A big reason there isn’t more research about the health risks of radiofrequency radiation exposure is because the U.S. government stopped funding this research in the 1990s, with the exception of a $30 million rodent study published in 2018 by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ National Toxicology Program, which found “clear evidence” of carcinogenicity from cellphone radiation.
In 1996, the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, adopted exposure guidelines that limited the intensity of exposure to radiofrequency radiation. These guidelines were designed to prevent significant heating of tissue from short-term exposure to radiofrequency radiation, not to protect us from the effects of long-term exposure to low levels of modulated, or pulsed, radiofrequency radiation, which is produced by cellphones, cordless phones and other wireless devices, including Wi-Fi. Yet, the preponderance of research published since 1990 finds adverse biologic and health effects from long-term exposure to radiofrequency radiation, including DNA damage.
More than 250 scientists, who have published over 2,000 papers and letters in professional journals on the biologic and health effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields produced by wireless devices, including cellphones, have signed the International EMF Scientist Appeal, which calls for health warnings and stronger exposure limits. So, there are many scientists who agree that this radiation is harmful to our health.
I first heard you speak about the health risks of cellphone radiation at Berkeley in 2019, but you’ve been doing this research since 2009. What led you to pursue this research?
I got into this field by accident, actually. During the past 40 years, the bulk of my research has been focused on tobacco-related disease prevention. I first became interested in cellphone radiation in 2008, when Dr. Seung-Kwon Myung, a physician scientist with the National Cancer Center of South Korea, came to spend a year at the Center for Family and Community Health. He was involved in our smoking cessation projects, and we worked with him and his colleagues on two reviews of the literature, one of which addressed the tumor risk from cellphone use.
At that time, I was skeptical that cellphone radiation could be harmful. However, since I was dubious that cellphone radiation could cause cancer, I immersed myself in the literature regarding the biological effects of low-intensity microwave radiation, emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices.
After reading many animal toxicology studies that found that this radiation could increase oxidative stress — free radicals, stress proteins and DNA damage — I became increasingly convinced that what we were observing in our review of human studies was indeed a real risk.
While Myung and his colleagues were visiting the Center for Family and Community Health, you reviewed case-control studies examining the association between mobile phone use and tumor risk. What did you find?
Our 2009 review, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, found that heavy cellphone use was associated with increased brain cancer incidence, especially in studies that used higher quality methods and studies that had no telecommunications industry funding.
Last year, we updated our review, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, based on a meta-analysis of 46 case-control studies — twice as many studies as we used for our 2009 review — and obtained similar findings. Our main takeaway from the current review is that approximately 1,000 hours of lifetime cellphone use, or about 17 minutes per day over a 10-year period, is associated with a statistically significant 60% increase in brain cancer.
Why did the government stop funding this kind of research?
The telecommunications industry has almost complete control of the FCC, according to Captured Agency, a monograph written by journalist Norm Alster during his 2014-15 fellowship at Harvard University’s Center for Ethics. There’s a revolving door between the membership of the FCC and high-level people within the telecom industry that’s been going on for a couple of decades now.
The industry spends about $100 million a year lobbying Congress. The CTIA, which is the major telecom lobbying group, spends $12.5 million per year on 70 lobbyists. According to one of their spokespersons, lobbyists meet roughly 500 times a year with the FCC to lobby on various issues. The industry as a whole spends $132 million a year on lobbying and provides $18 million in political contributions to members of Congress and others at the federal level.
The telecom industry’s influence over the FCC, as you describe, reminds me of the tobacco industry and the advertising power it had in downplaying the risks of smoking cigarettes.
Yes, there are strong parallels between what the telecom industry has done and what the tobacco industry has done, in terms of marketing and controlling messaging to the public. In the 1940s, tobacco companies hired doctors and dentists to endorse their products to reduce public health concerns about smoking risks. The CTIA currently uses a nuclear physicist from academia to assure policymakers that microwave radiation is safe. The telecom industry not only uses the tobacco industry playbook, it is more economically and politically powerful than Big Tobacco ever was. This year, the telecom industry will spend over $18 billion advertising cellular technology worldwide.
You mentioned that cellphones and other wireless devices use modulated, or pulsed, radiofrequency radiation. Can you explain how cellphones and other wireless devices work, and how the radiation they emit is different from radiation from other household appliances, like a microwave?
Basically, when you make a call, you’ve got a radio and a transmitter. It transmits a signal to the nearest cell tower. Each cell tower has a geographic cell, so to speak, in which it can communicate with cellphones within that geographic region or cell.
Then, that cell tower communicates with a switching station, which then searches for whom you’re trying to call, and it connects through a copper cable or fiber optics or, in many cases, a wireless connection through microwave radiation with the wireless access point. Then, that access point either communicates directly through copper wires through a landline or, if you’re calling another cellphone, it will send a signal to a cell tower within the cell of the receiver and so forth.
The difference is the kind of microwave radiation each device emits. With regard to cellphones and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, there is an information-gathering component. The waves are modulated and pulsed in a very different manner than your microwave oven.
What, specifically, are some of the health effects associated with long-term exposure to low-level modulated radiofrequency radiation emitted from wireless devices?
Many biologists and electromagnetic field scientists believe the modulation of wireless devices makes the energy more biologically active, which interferes with our cellular mechanisms, opening up calcium channels, for example, and allowing calcium to flow into the cell and into the mitochondria within the cell, interfering with our natural cellular processes and leading to the creation of stress proteins and free radicals and, possibly, DNA damage. And, in other cases, it may lead to cell death.
In 2001, based upon the biologic and human epidemiologic research, low-frequency fields were classified as “possibly carcinogenic” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization. In 2011, the IARC classified radiofrequency radiation as “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” based upon studies of cellphone radiation and brain tumor risk in humans. Currently, we have considerably more evidence that would warrant a stronger classification.
Most recently, on March 1, 2021, a report was released by the former director of the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which concluded that there is a “high probability” that radiofrequency radiation emitted by cellphones causes gliomas and acoustic neuromas, two types of brain tumors.
Let’s talk about the fifth generation of cellphone technology, known as 5G, which is already available in limited areas across the U.S. What does this mean for cellphone users and what changes will come with it?
For the first time, in addition to microwaves, this technology will employ millimeter waves, which are much higher frequency than the microwaves used by 3G and 4G. Millimeter waves can’t travel very far, and they’re blocked by fog or rain, trees and building materials, so the industry estimates that it’ll need 800,000 new cell antenna sites.
Each of these sites may have cell antennas from various cellphone providers, and each of these antennas may have microarrays consisting of dozens or even perhaps hundreds of little antennas. In the next few years in the U.S., we will see deployed roughly 2.5 times more antenna sites than in current use unless wireless safety advocates and their representatives in Congress or the judicial system put a halt to this.
How are millimeter waves different from microwaves, in terms of how they affect our bodies and the environment?
Millimeter wave radiation is largely absorbed in the skin, the sweat glands, the peripheral nerves, the eyes and the testes, based upon the body of research that’s been done on millimeter waves. In addition, this radiation may cause hypersensitivity and biochemical alterations in the immune and circulatory systems — the heart, the liver, kidneys and brain.
Millimeter waves can also harm insects and promote the growth of drug-resistant pathogens, so it’s likely to have some widespread environmental effects for the microenvironments around these cell antenna sites.
What are some simple things that each of us can do to reduce the risk of harm from radiation from cellphones and other wireless devices?
First, minimize your use of cellphones or cordless phones — use a landline whenever possible. If you do use a cellphone, turn off the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth if you’re not using them. However, when near a Wi-Fi router, you would be better off using your cellphone on Wi-Fi and turning off the cellular because this will likely result in less radiation exposure than using the cellular network.
Second, distance is your friend. Keeping your cellphone 10 inches away from your body, as compared to one-tenth of an inch, results in a 10,000-fold reduction in exposure. So, keep your phone away from your head and body. Store your phone in a purse or backpack. If you have to put it in your pocket, put it on airplane mode. Text, use wired headphones or speakerphone for calls. Don’t sleep with it next to your head — turn it off or put it in another room.
Third, use your phone only when the signal is strong. Cellphones are programmed to increase radiation when the signal is poor, that is when one or two bars are displayed on your phone. For example, don’t use your phone in an elevator or in a car, as metal structures interfere with the signal.
Also, I encourage people to learn more about the 150-plus local groups affiliated with Americans for Responsible Technology, which are working to educate policymakers, urging them to adopt cell tower regulations and exposure limits that fully protect us and the environment from the harm caused by wireless radiation.
For safety tips on how to reduce exposure to wireless radiation from the California Department of Public Health and other organizations, Moskowitz recommends readers visit his website, saferemr.com, Physicians for Safe Technology and the Environmental Health Trust.
https://www.facebook.com/aytan.gahramanova/posts/pfbid0eJRcCX6TbiaGysNPaGXUNJ8soJ1JrhAC8droNeF3dkGWzvBCxhB33vpXPBUJSvfgl
Aytan Gahramanova
Вот перевод выдержек, которые я постила в прошлом году. Berkeley News поговорила с Московицем (Калифорнийский Университет) о рисках для здоровья от излучения мобильных телефонов, почему эта тема настолько противоречива и чего мы можем ожидать с развертыванием 5G»:
«Наше правительство прекратило финансирование исследований воздействия радиочастотного излучения на здоровье в 1990-х годах. Исследования показали, что использование мобильных телефонов и других беспроводных устройств связано с серьезными неблагоприятными биологическими последствиями и воздействием на здоровье, включая рак мозга. А теперь, с появлением пятого поколения сотовой технологии, известного как 5G, есть еще более серьезная причина для беспокойства».
«В прошлом году мы обновили наш обзор, опубликованный в Международном журнале экологических исследований и общественного здравоохранения, на основе метаанализа 46 исследований, это в два раза больше исследований, чем мы использовали для нашего обзора 2009 года - и получили аналогичные результаты.
Наш главный вывод из текущего обзора заключается в том, что примерно 1000 часов использования мобильного телефона в течение всей жизни или примерно 17 минут в день в течение 10-летнего периода связаны со статистически значимым 60% -ным увеличением заболеваемости раком мозга».
"Более 250 ученых, опубликовавших более 2000 статей и писем в профессиональных журналах о биологических и медицинских последствиях неионизирующих электромагнитных полей, создаваемых беспроводными устройствами, включая мобильные телефоны, подписали Международный призыв ученых по ЭМП, в котором содержится призыв к предупреждениям о вреде для здоровья. и более строгие пределы воздействия.
«Многие биологи и исследователи электромагнитного поля считают, что модуляция беспроводных устройств делает энергию более биологически активной, что мешает нашим клеточным механизмам, например, открывая кальциевые каналы и позволяя кальцию течь в клетку и в митохондрии внутри клетки. , вмешиваясь в наши естественные клеточные процессы и приводя к созданию стрессовых белков и свободных радикалов и, возможно, к повреждению ДНК. А в других случаях это может привести к гибели клеток».
«Излучение миллиметрового диапазона в значительной степени поглощается кожей, потовыми железами, периферическими нервами, глазами и яичками, согласно результатам исследований, проведенных с использованием миллиметровых волн. Кроме того, это излучение может вызывать гиперчувствительность и биохимические изменения в организме. иммунная и кровеносная системы - сердце, печень, почки и мозг.
"Миллиметровые волны также могут способствовать росту устойчивых к лекарствам патогенов".
«Телекоммуникационная отрасль практически полностью контролирует Федеральную Комиссию по Связи. В целом отрасль тратит 132 миллиона долларов в год на лоббирование и предоставляет 18 миллионов долларов в виде политических взносов членам Конгресса и другим лицам на федеральном уровне».