Subject: Is your cell phone killing you?? (Maxey)..
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 092622 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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Hi everybody:
......."Radio products that meet established guidelines," says Norman
Sandler of Motorola, "pose no known health risk." ..... Simply NOT true,
unless you define "known" as "proved." That is the industry game....
It is not a game that is in the public interest..... It is the same
as the tobacco game of the past half century.....
Moreover, the "established standards," themselves need to be brought
up to date with the latest knowledge about the bioeffects of non-ionizing
electromagnetic radiation (EMF)......
Let us hope that "we" (society) have finally learned a thing or two
about these "games" ... with words ... that industry "plays" to exploit
us.....
......."What's wrong is keeping the information from the public," said
George Carlo...... George -- NO-ONE is more guilty of that than our
government!!!.......
......."Motorola was adamant that Adey never mention DNA damage and RF
radiation in the same breath," says Jerry Phillips (PhD) who worked with
Dr. Ross Adey (MD) of the University of California at Riverside, on the
Motorola-funded research contract.....
....Just another example of the kind of problem we (society) get into
when we leave it up to industry to fund the research about the health or
safety of the products industry sells.....
So, what did the FDA do just this past week??? They entered into a (five
year) contract with the trade association of the cell phone industry to
conduct this research.....
Our government is not just corrupt, irresponsible and dishonest ... our
government is stupid!!!! ......(Both the "press" and the congress need to
get on this story.)
Cheerio....
Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
rbeavers@llion.org
.....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
NEW!!! Website
...................People are more important than profits.................
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Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 08:44:44 -0600
From: Edward S Maxey
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: PC Computing
Hello Roy,
Prof. John Clark sent this over this morning. Perhaps it will interest
folks on your list.
Cordially,
Ed
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Source: PC Computing Published: November 5, 1999
Radar: Is Your Cell Phone Killing You?
PC Computing : It's the must-have accessory of the late 20th century.
It confers status and power. It gives you access to the world wherever
you are, whenever you want. But what if it's producing a tumor in your
brain the size of a golf ball?
More than 80 million Americans use a mobile phone. By 2002 another 30
million people will be signed up for service. Yet there's mounting
scientific evidence that using a mobile phone is risky. After all, "for
the first time in history, we are holding a high-powered transmitter
against the head," said Ross Adey, a professor of biochemistry at the
University of California at Riverside. And that transmitter is about an
inch from your brain.
Say What?
When you talk on your mobile phone, your voice is transmitted from the
antenna as radio frequency radiation (RFR) between 800MHz and 1,990
MHz a range that's right in the middle of microwave territory. Not
surprisingly, it now appears that exposure to this micro wave RFR may
have serious health consequences. In 1993, following a lawsuit filed by a
Florida man who claimed his wife's brain tumor had been caused by her
mobile phone, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA)
formed Wireless Technology Research (WTR) and granted it more than $25
million to study possible health risks of mobile phone use. After six
years of study, WTR made some startling conclusions.
"We found evidence of genetic damage in human blood," said George Carlo,
WTR's chairman. "We have suggestions of excessive mortality from brain
cancers among wireless phone users, and we have very clear evidence of a
statistically significant higher risk of neuroepithelial tumors. We now
have more data suggesting problems with wireless phones than the FDA had
when it banned silicone breast implants."
So why isn't the cellular telecommunications industry acting? The WTR
research was funded by the CTIA, which is bankrolled by the companies
that produce mobile phones and communications infrastructure. The CTIA
hasn't exactly encouraged publication of the results.
Motorola, a member of the CTIA and the world's No. 2 manufacturer of
mobile phones, has funded extensive research programs to explore possible
health effects associated with the use of mobile phones. "Radio products
that meet established guidelines pose no known health risk," said Norman
Sandler, director of global strategic issues for Motorola. The company
can provide reams of study results that indicate an unequivocal absence of
health risks. A few questionable results have been either deemed
statistically insignificant or earmarked for further study.
Dial C for Cancer
Jerry Phillips, who has a doctorate in biochemistry, worked with U.C.
Riverside's Adey on Motorola-funded research beginning in 1991. "The
relationship [with Motorola] was pleasant for the first few years, until
we began to get some data," said Phillips. Things shifted when RFR
exposure was linked to changes in the incidence of brain tumors in rats.
"Motorola was adamant that Adey never mention DNA damage and RF
radiation in the same breath," Phillips said.
"Motorola has been manipulative of research that we and others have
reported to them," said Adey. "Essentially they cut us off because we
were too inquisitive." Motorola's Sandler vehemently denies this claim.
Interestingly, one of Adey's studies found that certain frequencies of
RFR actually decreased the incidence of tumors in rats. You'd expect this
to be fantastic news for Motorolaimagine an ad campaign touting the
health benefits of mobile phone use. But Adey said the company was
unwilling to recognize results that indicated any biological effects of
RFR whatsoever, either positive or negative.
Phillips, Adey, and others said they see a strong parallel between
what's happening now and the decades of denial by the tobacco industry
in the face of mounting scientific evidence that tobacco was harmful.
Jo-Anne Basile, vice president of external and industry relations for the
CTIA, strongly disagrees.
"A more inaccurate comparison could not be made," she said. "The
industry has never tried to withhold any information or any negative
comments. "
It's still unclear exactly how RFR exposure and cancer may be linked.
When you're talking on your mobile phone, some 40 percent of the
radiated energy is absorbed by your head and hand. But the level of
radiation generally isn't enough to produce significant heat in the human
head. So what's causing problems? "That's the big question," said
Phillips. "If I knew, I'd be shaking hands with the king of Sweden
instead of worrying about funding research."
Many signs point to DNA damage as the likely culprit. Adey has found a
link between low-intensity microwaves and DNA damage in rat brain cells.
Phillips suggests that RFR may not damage DNA but may somehow hinder
the ability of DNA to repair itself when it's damaged by natural causes.
"What we need to know is whether there's a direct interaction between
RFR and DNA," said Phillips. Phillips said that like Carlo and Adey, he
is not on a mission to bring down the telecommunications giants. In fact,
all three researchers own mobile phones that they use on a limited basis.
What they said they would most like is for the industry to accept their
findings, allow them to be made public, and then let consumers decide how
to react.
"What's wrong is keeping information from the public," said Carlo.
The telecommunications industry and research scientists agree that more
work is needed. One major study, led by the World Health Organization, is
investigating RFR exposure, but results aren't due until 2005. In the
meantime, there's a quick and inexpensive way for mobile phone addicts to
limit exposure to RFR: Use a headset. Some are so small that they consist
of an ear bud and a lapel microphone, allowing the phone to be positioned
safely away from the user's head. And that's the best place to keep it
while the jury deliberates.
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