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Cell Phones, Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) & the Risk of Cancer
We currently live in an environment that’s never existed in nature before. Today’s environment is loaded with electrical pollution, or electromagnetic fields (EMF) from radio frequency communication devices like cordless phones, wireless devices, cell phones and cell phone towers as well as wiring in your walls, electric outlets, extension cords, lamps, and other sources of electricity. You could also be affected by power lines near your home or your bedroom. A WiFi router in your kitchen or a “free” WiFi hotspot at the coffee shop and even wireless baby monitor can all contribute to the electromagnetic pollution that affects everyone you know.
In the book, Public Health SOS: The Shadow Side Of The Wireless Revolution, Camilla Rees writes, “It turns out that most living things are fantastically sensitive to vanishingly small EMF exposures. Living cells interpret such exposures as part of our normal cellular activities (think heartbeats, brainwaves, cell division itself, etc.) The problem is, man-made electromagnetic exposures aren’t “normal.”
There are both natural and man-made sources of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF). The earth’s magnetic field is one example of a natural EMF. Man-made EMFs can come from a number of sources. Source of extremely low frequency EMFs (ELF-EMFs) include power lines, electrical wiring and appliances like shavers or hair dryers. Common sources of radio frequency radiation include wireless telecommunication devices such as cell phones, radio/tv signals, radar, microwave ovens, wireless networks, smart meters, as well as tablets and laptop computers.
For things you use every day at home, magnetic field levels are highest near the source and decrease rapidly the farther away you get. Just one foot from most appliances will dramatically lower exposure. Non-ionizing EMFs are everywhere in your home. WiFi local area networks are almost always “on” and are common in homes, schools, libraries, offices and many public places.
You usually can’t feel electromagnetic fields (EMF) in your environment, but your cells are extremely sensitive to them! Here’s just a partial list of diseases associated with EMF exposure:
Many cancers |
Neurological conditions |
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) |
Sleep disorders |
Depression |
Autism |
Cognitive problems |
Cardiovascular irregularities |
Hormone disruption |
Immune system disorders |
Metabolism changes |
Stress and Mineral disruption |
Fertility impairment |
Increased blood-brain barrier permeability |
DNA damage |
It
took 20 years after cell phones hit the market before a billion were
in use. That was in 2004. Then it only took another 18 months to reach 2
billion. Just 9 months later, the number explodes to 3
billion. After 6 months there were 4 billion cell
phones … and the world is already showing the signs of a brain cancer epidemic!
If you manage to avoid brain cancer you may still find yourself battling
headaches dizziness, Alzheimer’s disease, autism and even impotence. 1.
High-frequency EMFs like x-rays and gamma raysionizing radiation. 2.
Low- to mid-frequency EMFs,
such as static fields (do not vary with time), magnetic fields from electric
power lines or appliances, radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation and
visible light. These are in the non-ionizing part of the electromagnetic spectrum
and are not known to damage DNA or cells. These EMFs include extremely low
frequency EMFs (ELF-EMFs) and radio frequency EMFs. While
virtually everyone you know has a cell phone, and probably has for a decade,
you probably don’t know anybody that has a brain tumor. Every year about 80,000
men, women and children in America are diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Comparatively, almost 10 times more people (800,000) die annually from heart
disease. So the rarity of brain cancer may make you think that your cell phone
is safe to use. When over 90% of U.S. adults has a cellphone and only 0.02% get
brain cancer, you might think that it’s OK to use a cell phone. Except,
however, the real damage is not actually brain tumors … the real danger is from
the reactive nitrogen species peroxynitrites which can damage your
mitochondria. Peroxynitrite
is an unstable ion produced in your body after nitric oxide is exposed to
superoxide. This complex chemical process starts with low-frequency microwave
exposure from your cell phone and Wi-Fi router, as well as from nearby cell
phone towers. In your body, peroxynitrites react with certain proteins creating
changes visible in human biopsies of atherosclerosis, myocardial ischemia,
inflammatory bowel disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and septic lung
disease. First,
microwave radiation stimulates the production of calcium inside your cells and
mitochondria. With this extra calcium present, nitric oxide is then activated
in the cells. Nitric oxide is requires calcium to activate. It’s present in all
animals and has numerous health benefits, but it can be destructive when an
ionized oxygen molecule is released during pathological change, producing peroxynitrites,
believed to be one underlying causes for some of today’s chronic diseases. Reactive
nitrogen species like peroxynitrite can remove an electron and damage the DNA
inside the mitochondria and nucleus of your cells. This pathway of oxidative
destruction triggered by low-frequency radiation emitted from mobile devices
may explain the phenomenal growth rate of chronic diseases in the last 25
years. This is a far, far greater problem than brain tumors when it comes to
cell phone hazards. There
are several ways to protect yourself from EMFs from electronic devices. The
main concerns in your home are cell phones, portable phones and Wi-Fi
routers/modems. Remember, even though you feel safe to use your phone since you
don’t feel the health effects immediately, but that is most definitely not the
case! ·
Keep your phone away from your head: You can use a selfie-stick, turn on the
speaker phone or use a headset. Try to keep your conversations short and do
more texting than talking to minimize exposure. ·
Increase your distance from sources of
EMF: The closer the
device, the more EMF you are exposed to. Avoid putting your phone in your pants
pocket or on your belt. And please don’t keeps phone and tablets by your
bedside. ·
Certain spices help reduce damage: Spices rich in phenolics, such as cloves,
rosemary, turmeric, cinnamon and ginger, have shown some protective capacity to
protect from damage caused by peroxynitrites. ·
Turn off your Wi-Fi: When not in use, turn your Wi-Fi, modem and
cell phone off. Please
don’t count on any of the many products that promise to block EMF radiation —
they do a terrible job at blocking this energy. There may have a small
biological benefit, but are not a good alternative for the four suggestions
above. Over the
past few decades, government regulatory agencies have become financially
entangled with the corporations they are regulating. In fact, agencies
like the FDA and FCC are actually in part funded by the very businesses they
are supposedly regulating. Even worse, the heads of these agencies are looking
forward to cushy jobs in the private sector when they “retire” from their
Federal jobs — or conversely you’ll find corporate executives appointed
to these sensitive Federal positions. At the very least, this is a huge breach
of public trust. In Dirty Electricity: Electrification
and the Diseases of CivilizationDr. Milham shows us why so many of these diseases have been
increasing during the last 100 years, explaining the connection between disease
and electricity. Government has failed to do anything or has been bought. So
the industry completely ignores the risks while increasing our exposure.
Industry leaders show no concern as our declining health bankrupts the country. The cell
phone industry likes to claim thousands of studies on their safety. But the
original studies were about microwave ovens NOT cell phones. Sneaky buggers —
you see, microwave ovens and cell phones have similar radiation, but not
identical! And, of course, microwave ovens are not held next to your ear. The
media began to complain about the lack of serious studies on the health effects
of cell phones when Congressional hearings made it clear there actually were no
studies on their safety at all — and no FDA or EPA oversight. So the
cellular industry promised to do their own research — the fox guarding the hen
house principle. Surprisingly, after a massive research project the result of
all their work contradicted the industry’s claim that cell phones were safe.
The study showed that brain cancer was 3 times more prevalent in heavy cell
phone users. Non-malignant tumors of the auditory nerve (behind the ear where
we hold our phones) and chromosome damage were more probable. A few other
researchers also found troubling results, such as DNA damage in human blood
cells from cellular radiation. But these studies were very new at the time so
their reliability was unknown. In 1997,
an Australian researcher published the first significant scientific evidence
that cell phones could cause cancer in mice. But many “scientists” still
questioned whether mouse studies could be applied to people. In 1998, a
Swedish scientist reported that increased use of cell phones showed a corresponding
increase in headaches and fatigue. The study of over 15,000 people showed as
much as a 600% increase in dizziness, headaches and discomfort as usage
increased from 2 minutes a day to over an hour. Leakage in the blood brain
barrier was cited as a possible cause. Soon,
another alarming study found that cell phone radiation caused genetic damage in
human blood cells. The relationship between cancer and cell fragments, called
micronuclei, is so powerful that doctors all over the world test them to see if
patients are likely to develop cancer. The preliminary results showed almost
300% increase in genetic damage when human blood cells were exposed to cell
phone radiation. Of
course the industry didn’t want to believe this so they repeated the study with
tighter controls, but the still saw genetic damage. In another study, cell
phone users were almost 2.5 times more likely to develop these neuro-epithelial
tumors. And yet another study looked at a rare noncancerous tumor
affecting the auditory nerve — and saw a 60% greater chance of acoustic
neuromas for people who had used cell phones for 6 years or more. The longer
they used a cell phone, the greater the risk. Finally, a study, of 285,000 cell
phone users found a higher rate of brain cancer deaths among cell phone users
who hold the antenna next to their heads. Around
2009, researchers at the National Toxicology Program (NTP) exposed rodents to
radio frequency radiation levels at around what heavy cell phone users get
every day. The researchers discovered that as the rats were exposed to greater
intensities of electromagnetic fields (EMF), more of them developed rare forms
of brain and heart cancer — demonstrating a direct dose–response relationship.
Conversely, none of the rats in the “control group” (not exposed to the
radiation) developed such tumors. Earlier
studies had never found that this type of radiation was associated with such
cancers, but none of those studies followed as many animals for as long or with
the same intensity exposures. The findings shocked some scientists who
had been closely tracking the study. “I was surprised because I had thought it
was a waste of money to continue to do animal research in this area. There had
been so many studies before that had pretty consistently not shown elevations in
cancer. In retrospect the reason for that is that nobody maintained a
sufficient number of animals for a sufficient period of time to get results
like this,” one scientist stated. Electromagnetic
fields (EMF) is associated with cancer, concentration problems, ADD, tinnitus,
migraines, insomnia, arrhythmia, Parkinson’s and even back pain. For
people sensitive to EMF just walking into a coffee shop with WiFi can trigger
an array of symptoms such as headache, fatigue, nausea, burning and itchy skin
and muscle aches. A cordless phone base station 2 feet from your head for three
minutes can noticeably disrupt your heart rhythm, triggering higher heart
rates, arrhythmias and other issues. The EMF effects on the heart in one study
were found at only .3% of the FCC’s recommended exposure limits Today, electromagnetic fields (EMF) are surrounding us
all the time. Some are natural like the sun, which gives off energy throughout
the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The earth’s atmosphere is very selective
about which radiations and light to let in and which to keep out and all living
organisms have adapted to this. But in the last 100 years humans have been
busily adding their own forms of electromagnetic energies — usually without
even a thought about the biological consequences. For example, the protective
ozone layer in the stratosphere is getting depleted and letting in more
dangerous energies from the sun. The
toxic effects of ionizing radiation, such as X-rays gamma rays and
ultraviolet radiation (UV) are well understood. However, non-ionizing radiation
(radar, radio frequency radiation, lasers and extremely low frequency ELF’s)
can have very detrimental effect at surprisingly low exposures. This is
particularly true when low exposure levels are combined with long periods of exposure
(chronic exposure). In our
fast-paced, industrialized society, we spend most of our time indoors or in
cars, away from the natural background radiation that is normally
life-sustaining. Instead, we replace that healthy radiation with electronic gadgets,
digital devices and a whole range of unnatural sources of electromagnetic
fields (EMF) that rarely occur naturally. This results in a deficiency of
natural radiation exposure, replaced instead with unnatural, unhealthy
radiation exposure from man-made sources alien to our natural world and our
bodies.Peroxynitrite is the Real
Culprit in Cell Phone Damage
Why Government Agencies Can’t
Stop This
The Damage from Electromagnetic
Fields (EMF) is Alarmingly Real
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