Cell Phone Radiation Exposed

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Can your cell phone cause brain cancer?

Do cell phones cause cancer? This is my investigation into the dangers and risks of cell phone radiation. Cell phones emit radio waves or radio frequencies similar to those of a microwave oven. So why are we putting these techno gadgets right next to our head? If you knew cell phones could fry your brain would you still use them? Take a look. Find out more information. You might be surprised. Later I will tell you my story that caused me to write this.

4.6 BILLION people are using cell phones worldwide.

Protect yourself and your families. Know the risks.

Imagine if there are proven health risks caused by cell phones that cell phone companies have worked extremely hard to cover up and keep from public knowledge. I know it may sound like a conspiracy theory, but trust me it isn't. Just do the math...

Think about this. If 4.6 billion people are using cell phones then imagine the amount of money being spent on cell phone plans. Let's estimate on the lower side to be fair. We will say each person spends an average of $40.00 a month for their plan. $40.00 x 12 = 480.00 a year. Now take that $480.00 a year and multiply it by the number of cell phone users. $480.00 x 4,600,000,000 users = $2,208,000,000,000. Wow! that is a ton of money!

That is $2 trillion, $208 billion dollars. Double the average to $80.00 per month and you double the total amount of money $4 trillion, 416 billion dollars. This doesn't even include the cost of the actual cell phones, let alone all the accessories. So do you think there is a huge business interest for this Multi Trillion dollar industry?

Cell Phones Generate TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR BUSINESS!

If you were in the cell phone business, would you want someone to find out there were major health risks involved? If you were making Trillions of dollars, how much might you spend in order to keep knowledge of major health risks from becoming public. Even spending 1 Billion dollars on a public snow job would be like buying lunch for a day. Otherwise, not a big deal.

My motivation

My cell phone was frying my brain

So, when I was attending college in 2003 at Oregon State University I was up late one night talking on my cell phone with a friend of mine from North Carolina. We didn't get to talk often so usually when we did talk it would be for an hour or two. After talking to my friend for over an hour I started to get a really bad headache. It was disturbing enough I had to ask my friend to go. The whole right side of my face, which was the side I was holding the cell phone on, felt like it was on fire. It was as if someone had drawn a line straight down the middle of my face and the whole right side of my head was hot. I took Excedrin, but it didn't help. The headache lasted at least three hours, though I can't remember for sure how long since it was so long ago. When it happened I started telling my friends about it that night. I told them I thought it was caused by the cell phone. They told me I was crazy. I was 99.9% sure it was from the cell phone. I started researching online. Even back in 2003 I found some interesting websites that talked about some research being done in Sweden and a few other countries. I found enough information to cause myself real concern. I told people about it, but again I was met with skepticism and outright laughter about how I was crazy and stupid and how if it wasn't safe it would never be allowed. Well recently I picked up a new book out on the market called, "DISCONNECTED," by Devra Davis.

Before picking up the book Disconnect I had not thought a lot about what happened to me in college in 2003. I had just been a cautious user of cell phones since, but this book has reawakened the passion, fear, concern, and desire to spread the word about the real dangers of cell phone use. I am a dad of three amazing little boys and the ramifications for cell phone use with kids is even worse. They are helpless consumers who do not question the safety of phones because their parents use them all the time. I am also a teacher and I see so many kids with cell phones now. The kids are the real unsuspecting victims here who believe that the government and adults will always protect them. Please read and research more about this on your own! Please read the book "Disconnect" you will not regret it. I promise it will shock and stun you. It will make you angry and some real life stories of brain cancer that affected real families will make you cry. Buy the book or check it out from your library. You owe it to yourself and your kids.

Buy the book Disconnect!

Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family

Amazon Price: $5.36 (as of 05/30/2012)Buy Now

This is the best book out there right now on Cell Phone Radiation. It is a must read for anyone wanting to learn more about cell phone radiation.

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CNN Anderson Cooper on Cell Phones

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Quoting Dr. Keith Black, Neurologist

"I don't think any mother if they knew that there was a 2 1/2 fold increase in their kid developing brain cancer when they were 40 or 50 would allow their kids to use cell phones."

Think of a microwave

How cell phone radiation affects your brain and body

Microwave ovens produce electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths that cause the molecules to speed up, which creates the heat. Since most of our food contains a fair amount of water, we can heat up our food by heating up the water inside the food.
Learn more about microwaves.

So MICROWAVES HEAT UP WATER. The HUMAN BODY in adults is up to 60% water. The brain has about 70% water. Water in the Human Body.

Microwave ovens operate at the frequency 2,450 MHz.

Cell phones operate at the frequency 2,400 Mhz.

So do you really want to put a cell phone next to your head when it emits the same radio waves that a microwave oven produces? Especially when your brain is 70% water.

World Famous Dr. Olle Johansson

This says Dr. Olle Johansson, M.D., professor at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden, world famous for being responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize in medicine. He has studied the effects of mobile phones, Wifi etc on humans since over 20 years and finds the evidence are compelling about serious hazards.

Brief summary: Professor Johansson finds that the brain tumor issue is a minor thing compared to many other harmful effects. While brain tumors affect a small percentage other serious effects affect the whole population including genetic damage, sleep disturbances, reduced learning capacity, concentration difficulties and psychological problems.

Johansson finds it is serious that the politicians take such risks with the whole population in spite of repeated earnest warnings from scientists. He points out that the level of eclectromagnetic exposure that we are exposed to is huge compared with what has been there through billions of years before. If this radiation is not dangerous, then a large number of high quality scientific papers reporting harmful effects of the radiation hazards must be wrong, but it is highly unlikely that they all are wrong says professor Johansson.
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A Dr. Explains Cell phone risks

Dr. Mercola

Great Video of Dr. Mercola talking about cell phones and the dangers they present as well as ways to minimize those dangers.
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As bad as Asbestos or Smoking?

Can cell phones cause cancer?

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World Health Organization says cell phones are a possible cancer risk.

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Can cell phones cause cancer?

Do cell phones cause cancer or not?

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Definitely a health risk

naheedahsan says:

i think so,

Tolovaj says:

Every radiation carry some energy. Every energy can be used or abused. I am certified scientist and 100 percent sure mobile phones can make a damage. But we should not fear mobiles, it is the dose which can be a problem.

filmic says:

Thanks for this lens. Topical for me as a Tower is being built right behind my house. alarming stuff - well researched!

karmicchristian says:

You said it right! Definitely a health risk.

whoisbid says:

This was difficult to answer. Some people know that I hate Facebook but maybe they don't know I also hate cell phones. I have two cell phones and I try to avoid using them. I am surrounded by technology and I feel that too many of these things is like pollution. It is already bad enough that I own so many computers.

No health risk proven

Michey says:

I am not convinced that it really is a health risk.

gypsyman27 says:

Cell phones do emit tiny amounts of radiation. So, that being the case, I suppose they could cause cancer over a long period of time. I'm on the fence with this one, I'm going to choose no as there is not an intermediate answer. See you around the galaxy...

dannystaple says:

If RF, including that at this wavelength was that dangerous, at the intensities a phone emits, then those of us working with computers (at similar frequencies) would expect to have more problems. Microwave ovens work not just because of the wavelength, but usually because a magnetron drives them at high energy, with waveguides focusing them on spots in the microwave (hence why it must rotate, and why you can get hot/and cold spots where the waves 'overlap'). The videos of eggs cooking with phones was actually an elaborate hoax, cooked up by a headset company (if its that bad for your head, think of your balls too man!). If you are looking for health risks - I'd be far more concerned about people's declining sleep habit - the risk of less sleep is very well proven, and all the demands technology places on your attention is causing people to spend less time sleeping.

 

Calling the cell phone companies out!

CNN Ali Velshi

Are cell phone companies like tobacco companies?
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Let's talk cell phones

What do you think about cell phone radiation?

I want to hear what you think.

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dthonstad wrote...

I've told you what I think. I believe they are a health hazard and I will not allow my kids to use them. I am working on minimizing my own usage. Do I think you should get rid of your cell phone? Not necessarily. They are a great emergency device that can be used when you really need to get in contact with someone. Now what do you think?

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Cell Phone Radiation in the news

Cell phones monitoring radiation to sell in Japan
TOKYO?Worries over radiation are so rampant in Japan after last year's nuclear meltdowns that the world's first cell phones with built-in radiation monitors are going on sale. Softbank Corp., the carrier for the hit iPhone and iPad in Japan, ...
Radiation debate rages on
Campaigners against the effects of cellphone radiation speak out on industry views that paint a picture of relative safety around mobile technology. The debate around the effects of cellphone technology on human health rages on, as recent reports and ...
Smart Meters get the safety nod
Researchers at the University of Canterbury have found that wireless radiation from Smart Meters falls well within the New Zealand safety standard for general public exposure levels and is far below the level often encountered from cell phone use.
UK HPA report on cell phones & health is not what it claims to be
In both meetings, among other issues, the health risks of human exposure to cell phone radiation were debated. Research stagnation was evident. Meetings in Lisbon and London were interesting events for me because they were the first scientific meetings ...

WIFI in schools: HURTING OUR KIDS!

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  • Thrinsdream Apr 2, 2012 @ 11:03 am | delete
    Great info, I will be including this on my q-link article. With thanks and appreciation. Cathi x
  • naheedahsan Mar 23, 2012 @ 6:11 am | delete
    very informative lens, thanks
  • Tolovaj Oct 12, 2011 @ 2:28 am | delete
    We need more critical oriented lenses like yours. Thanks.
  • dthonstad Jan 13, 2012 @ 3:58 am | delete
    Thanks. I need to start writing some more. I have been busy with work and daily life.
  • Mermaiden Sep 15, 2011 @ 4:20 pm | delete
    i feel like everything causes cancer these days. i heard on the news last week that scented laundry detergents and dryer sheets emit carcinogens. it seems we can't barely eat, breathe or touch anything without being exposed to some type of cancer causing agents.
  • dthonstad Sep 15, 2011 @ 6:13 pm | delete
    I totally feel what you are saying. It sure seems like a world full of carcinogens, but I don't want to take any risks with directly zapping my brain. I have enough brain issues on my own without needing any help. :-)
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    Blessed by a Squid Angel ;)
  • dthonstad Sep 14, 2011 @ 9:00 am | delete
    Thank you so much for the blessing!
  • Runnn Aug 14, 2011 @ 7:58 am | delete
    I'm trying to use bluetooth to minimise radiation.
  • filmic Aug 2, 2011 @ 5:36 pm | delete
    Thanks for this lens. Topical for me as a Tower is being built right behind my house. alarming stuff - well researched!
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Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family

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