Can Cell Phones Give You Insomnia?

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Sean Uisce — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:23:56 GMT

While considering the inaccurate use of the words 'resonate' and 'vibrate' as if they were interchangable, I began to wonder if problems could arise from wireless tech even if it did NOT use frequenices that caused resonance in our cells.

Resonance and vibration are related but their meanings are not identical. If I sing an A note it can stimulate the A string on my guitar to vibrate. This happens because, being tuned to the same frequency, the A string can resonate with my vocally produced A - and this ability to resonate allows it be externally stimulated to vibrate. Changing the rate of vibration of either string or voice ends the resonance. So it might be more accurate to say something like "modulated info-carrying radio waves are frequencies (vibrations) which, because they are so similar to those used, or experienced, by our cells that they may influence cellular behaviour by means of resonance.

But putting syntax aside... the idea of resonance throws up another interesting (and even more troubling) possibility when exploring the impact of wireless technolgoy.

What if there is a 'harmonic' or 'overtone' resonance going possible in our cells? If so, then the external frequencies would not need to exactly match cellular frequencies to cause us problems. All it would take is a frequency to be occuring at a rate that is harmonic to a cellular freqency - it could be several multiples above or below but still having an influence.

If this is possible, then if we limit our thinking to the present level of analysis (immediate resonance causes cellular dysfunction/damage) we could completely overlook this possibility.

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DavidRupe — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:35:07 GMT

Ok, I got to tell you. I am a computer engineer who develops systems for cell phone infrastructure. It would be nice if the good Dr. put in some sources on his comments. A few posts I have read now are far from factual or accurate. It puts his general credibility in question.

There is a huge factual error in his description and the crux of his argument. Here is the text in question:

"These modulated information-carrying radio waves resonate (vibrate) in the same frequencies as many of your cellular receptors; frequencies of a few to a few hundred cycles per second. These are biological frequencies and, unlike ionizing radiation (X-rays), which you can tolerate in small doses, there is NO dose of these radio waves that are safe. The cause damage at ANY dose, not matter how low."

The modulated signals do NOT 'resonate' at a few to a few hundred cycle per second. Let me put that in terms some are familiar with. A few cycles per second is 5Hz. A few hundred is 500Hz. A few hundred Hertz is about the frequency of your home stereo sub woofer. It is audible and WAY WAY to slow to carry any sort of voice data. 5 Hz is even slower and deeper. He might as well have said that listening to music or watching a movie at home is NOT safe, at any dose!

If the good Dr. is going to give some advice and make a statement for readers who trust the accuracy, it may be best if he actually knew what he was talking about. My advice...stay away from the technical advice.

Wonder how long this post will last...

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djlew — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:00:40 GMT

Regarding EMF and the ability to help neutralize the negative effects on the human body, has anyone have any data on a product called QLink made by Clarus (www.clarus.com)? They claim that a pendant worn around your neck helps act as a "tuning fork" that continuously resonates around your to neutralize the electromagnetic waves that hit our bodies. The end result is that it helps reduce the oxidative stress our bodies absorb (through the constant EMF bombardment from cell phones, microwave ovens, clock radios, tv's, etc.)

Can someone shed some light to this?

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jsonder — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:18:52 GMT

The Bible says in Proverbs 27:12 that "the prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it" Certainly information about the potential dangers of excessive cell phone use is gradually seeing the light of day thanks to the likes of Dr. Mecola, and anyone who dares ignore this information and puts their trust in a industry that would stand to lose billions if it told the truth to consumers is flat out a fool.

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holisticmom — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:16:24 GMT

As I sit here on my wireless computer with wi-fi from my house and several neighbors' houses running through my bedroom... I am limiting my cell phone use these days, but am wondering if anyone has anything to say about the q-link and similar products out there to help our bodies deal with the onslaught of emfs. Thanks for any input!

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sully — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:26:32 GMT

Well, thats definitely a new one. COMPUTERS CAUSING HEMRRHOIDS. HMMMMMMM.

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starlight — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:52:52 GMT

I'm so grateful Dr Mercola is getting this information out there. I'm severely sensitive to emfs and chemicals. Just recently after two years of severe insomnia I finally figured out cellphones are giving me insomnia (I had already figured out chemical exposure and emfs did). I don't own a cellphone and I have a corded phone but just being in close proximity to a person using one give me severe symptoms including insomnia. I have also just figured out that my chemical sensitivities get much worse after exposure to cellphones. I believe myself to be much more sensitive than most but it makes me wonder how big a role emf's play in allergies. My friends had a difficult time believing cellphones cause me severe insomnia and here it is on Mercola's site, yippee! I sure hope I can heal this...

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doctorknockers24 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:25:01 GMT

I found this article very interesting and true from my own experience . For the longest time I would have trouble falling asleep at night, I would be physically and mentally exhausted but it seemed like my brain would not settle down and I would constantly hear a high pitched ringing. At this time I kept my cell phone on the night stand next to my bed, had a tv and a radio in the room. Most people think I am a bit odd when I mention this but I now un-plug the tv and radio and turn my cell phone off at night and keep it in a different room of the house and I am able to fall easily asleep.

I was wondering if the television and/or radio could interfere with you brain waves as well as a cell phone?

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ebirlem — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:01:49 GMT

Does using a wireless headset to listen to television also create problems or is that signal somehow different or weaker? Thanks

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heykapo — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:04:48 GMT

Fascinating stories. Can anybody testify to the efficacy of BioPro products? Or did I waste my money? Does DSL pose a problem? I'm a little confused. I threw out the cell phone 2 years ago and the portable went to the dump in January. The tobacco analogy holds; I get very annoyed with the cell phone use in airports, airplanes, on railways, in restaurants...like smokers in past decades, they're everywhere. Thanks, all, for your contributions.

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nowuccas — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:34:10 GMT

Several decades ago, thin sheet lead was used in toothpaste tubes. Someone fabricating lightweight protective helmets, possibly on a thin plastic/polycarbonate base, (sprayed/lacquered to prevent skin contact with the lead) in various sizes, from this, or similar material, could do quite well for themselves, as people become more aware of the dangers of such radiation. Perhaps Mercola.com could be approached, by way of a business proposition, as has been done with other commercial products.

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Purry Como — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:12:21 GMT

The United States is behind the times on the health issues related to electromagnetic fields and radio frequencies. The Bioinitiative, a report, a review of the published science, released in August 2007, is creating major changes around the world (www.BioInitiative.org) and was preceded a year earlier in 2006 by the Benevento Resolution, by independent scientists calling for precautions (www.icems.eu/.../BeneventoResolution.pdf). Check these out and the web site of the Council on Wireless Technology Impacts at www.energyfields.org . WiFi and WiMax will bathe everyone in electrosmog. There will be no consumer choice to avoid it. Electro hypersensitivity is an emerging disability.

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bagarino — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:18:42 GMT

In recent months my sleep was increasingly disturbed. Frequent waking, especially 2 a.m to 5 a.m. The I read an article about radio waves. Wi-Fi and insomnia and realised that the Wi-Fi router, located in the bedroom, was probably to blame. I now switch off the router and all cell-phones as I go to bed and some semblance of normalcy has returned to my sleep patterns. I realise that using Wi-Fi in the home is not a good option, but the layout of the house gives me little alternative.

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yuhong — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:33:54 GMT

The good thing is, I don't normally sleep near my wireless router. In fact my bed is in another room.

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Rekab — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:26:49 GMT

I found that the negative effects of radio waves and of various electrical appliances like an electric razor or hair dryer can be negated by the use of properly designed magnetics. I put myself in a cocoon of magnetic and far-infrared energy; I sleep well and deep.