Dr. Mercola October 30 2007 85,473 views
Not to mention the disruption of our pollinating bees............ Albert Einstein once made the statement "If we lose the bees, man will be able to exist for 4 years." PRETTY SCARY!!!! (GOD, does that coincide with 2012 and the end of the Mayan calendar? And the increase in sunspot activity???? One might say "we're f****d!"
proact - dear sweet one .... Sorry I missed your very pertinent point :)))))
Of course I should have read deeper into your question........and I think your approach was quite perfect. Happy Day to You!
Dear Russ, forgive me for jumping in here please! I am still limited to posting replies.
Bless you, Dr. Mercola! You actually went out of your way to meet and talk to Dr. Carlos on this subject! I wish I could kiss your feet! And the connection to autism! About a decade ago in Japan, we had a sudden increase in people dropping out of society. It occurred in all towns and spanned all age groups, but was perceived as a problem among youth because few notice if older people disappear. I learned about this from a social worker, who acknowledged that the timing coincided with the introduction of cell phones throughout Japan. Japanese researchers also noted the possible connection and performed tests which showed that the radiation reduced cerebral blood flow in the affected people. (I'll have to come back later with references for this.) Around the same time, people in America began to notice an increase in autism, and an article appeared in one ecological magazine. I wrote twice to the editors about the possible connection to EMF and was completely ignored. (I have a file of similarly ignored letters/articles sent to various publications.) You noted the telecommunications industry is even bigger than pharmaceuticals. The military also has a stake in this. People fail to realize how effective their combined spin has been and how long-standing. Since d'Arsonval's first studies were published in 1892, tens of thousands of studies have demonstrated EMF effects, but how many people know this? I am forever in debt to Arthur Firstenberg, who ran the Cellular Phone Taskforce and published No Place to Hide until desperate circumstances stopped him, for putting an article in Earth Island Journal that alerted me to the dangers of EMF in ways that I could understand. I thank you again, Dr. Mercola, for helping get the word out.
As an electronic engineer I witnessed the testing of several devices which claimed to reduce cellphone radiation into the brain. Most of these devices used an adhesive backing to stick them to the phone. The test used a dummy head which contained a plurality of highly sophisticated radiation sensors. The cellphones being tested were placed over the ear.
As I suspected, the devices were 100% useless. The radiation picked up by the sensors was essentially the same with or without the devices being attached to the cellphones. Many different brands of cellphones were tested with the same devices. The results were the same. I found it very sad that some of these devices were recommended by famous doctors. These good people may be great doctors but they are not radio frequency engineers. I personally believe that cellphones are incredibly dangerous. My advice is to do as Dr. Mercola suggests and buy a non Bluetooth headset. It is also a good idea to use a speaker phone adaptor for your car and be sure to keep cellphones away from children.
NC-DAVE, Your testing is flawed and does not measure the harmful aspect of wireless devices. You can't block the radiation; you would have no signal and the phone won't work. It is NOT the strength of the signal that harms your brain- it's the shape of the information-carrying signal. Do some more research at www.electromagneticradiationblues.com
after having a cell phone for a few years and now not having one any longer, i don't miss it at all. Last year I acquired one and used it for a good six-seven months and I didn't gain anything except my work bothering me all the time and I lost about $60 a month. It would just disappear. Now that I don't have a cell phone, there are very few instances where I am annoyed and can't deal without one.
I work at a job that has NO landline but everyone but me has a cell phone, so if I need to make a call, I just ask one of the guys to use theirs. When I am off work, I am usually at home, around the phone, or with someone who has a cell phone. You should try this practice and you will find that you will gain $60 more a month and lose 10 pounds of weight and your teeth will be whiter.
I'm 26, and my family is pressuring me to get a cell phone. They think I'm crazy when I politely turn them down.
I think the fact the they're dangerous just adds to the even bigger problem--they're rude and annoying. All of us have been in the middle of a conversation and someone's phone rings--Heaven forbid they let the answering machine get it. Drivers are less aware of what they're doing, and teenagers and young people think that they'll DIE without being able to be in contact 24/7. And I think it's a waste of money for most people--people who don't have money for food are still able to afford cell phones. The strees levels of people addicted to cell phones is much higher, I believe.
Cell phones can become an addiction, and I am worried for my generation. I will not be getting a cell phone. My husband has to have one for work, but I make him keep it in a drawer, and I NEVER let my girls use it or even hold it.
Even if the saftey concerns are "iffy", they are still a concern.