Is there a link between our cells and our cell phones?
Would it be humanly possible for the more than 2 billion cell phones in use around the world to have some effect on our health? Upwards from about 70 million less six years ago?
Would we care or not if the effect on health is more negative than positive?
Seems that the jury are still out on this.
Information on the Gary Null Show today prompted me to revisit my article of December 2006 on cells and cellphones.
No one can say that cell phone usage has not improved the way we communicate The way we do business all over the world (even the most far-flung fisherman or micro-business owner) is affected and for the most part positively by access to and utilization of the cell phone.
For the cell phone to work there must be access to waves or signals. In most instances, there are cell phone towers also called “base stations,” consisting of radios, computerized switching equipment, and antennas that receive and transmit radiofrequency (RF) signals.
Cellular phones, like microwave ovens, radio waves and infrared waves from heat lamps, operate at the radiofrequency (RF) part of the electromagnetic spectrum. This is non-ionizing radiation which is said to be harmless as there is too little energy to break the bonds that hold molecules (such as DNA) in cells together. Similarly, since radio waves of this frequency contains relatively low energy, it does not enter tissues.
Experts (epidemiologists, technical experts, the FDA) and many studies done on humans and animals conclude that there is no adverse health effect from the use of, exposure to towers or cell phones.
Yet, there are some safety measures to adhere to in the placement and positioning of towers.
I believe however that most of the studies were done before the volume of cell phones exploded to 2 billion and growing (WHO’s study was in 1993).
Most importantly, there was the conclusion, the caveat, that “cellular phone towers, like cellular phones themselves, are a relatively new technology, and we do not yet have full information on health effects. In particular, not enough time has elapsed to permit epidemiologic studies. There are some theoretical reasons why cellular phone towers would not be expected to increase cancer risk, and animal studies of RF have not suggested a risk of cancer. People who are concerned can ask for measurements of RF near cellular phone towers to be sure exposures do not exceed recommended limits.
And this is precisely my point. Despite the conclusions on no effect on health of humans or animals, we are still told to be wary of where towers are placed and not to exceed recommended limits of exposure.
The Washington Post in 1999 reported onresearch funded by the cellular telephone industry which suggested there may be a correlation between cell phone use and cancer, according to the director of the program. The study found
possible connections both in biological tests and statistical analyses of cell phone users. READ MORE
Young people are the avid users and devourers of this technology. Their ears, hearts and minds revolve with and around the cell phone. If this is not over-exposure, what is.
In addition, a growing number of people rely solely on a cell phone for their telephone service, and many more are considering giving up their landline phones.
Young adults and minorities are leading a revolution in how Americans use their cell phones. People from age 18 to 29 and minorities are more likely to use their phones as personal computers, digital music players, cameras and more, an AP-AOL-Pew poll found.
Minorities were far more likely than whites to use the phones to take pictures, send text messages and use the Internet, though the minority rates were influenced by enthusiasm among Hispanics — who tend to be a younger population. READ MORE HERE
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