The potential link between mobile telephones and brain cancer could be similar to the link between lung cancer and smoking — something tobacco companies took 50 years to recognize, according to US scientists’ warning.
Scientists are currently split on the level of danger the biological effects of the magnetic field emitted by cellular telephones poses to humans.
However, society “must not repeat the situation we had with the relationship between smoking and lung cancer where we … waited until every ‘i’ was dotted and ‘t’ was crossed before warnings were issued,” said David Carpenter, director of the Institute of Health and Environment at the University of Albany, in testimony before a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform.
“Precaution is warranted even in the absence of absolutely final evidence concerning the magnitude of the risk” — especially for children, said Carpenter.
Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute — one of the top US cancer research centers — said that most studies “claiming that there is no link between cell phones and brain tumors are outdated, had methodological concerns and did not include sufficient numbers of long-term cell phone users.“
Many studies denying a link defined regular cell phone use as “once a week,” he said.
“Recalling the 70 years that it took to remove lead from paint and gasoline and the 50 years that it took to convincingly establish the link between smoking and lung cancer, I argue that we must learn from our past to do a better job of interpreting evidence of potential risk,” said Herberman.
A brain tumor can take dozens of years to develop, the scientists said.
The article states that new laws cracking down on children’s use of mobile phones are to be introduced in France; amid the growing fears that they may cause cancer and other diseases.
Environment Minister, Jean-Louis Borloo, announced
ALL ADVERTISING OF SUCH DEVICES TO CHILDREN UNDER 12 IS TO BE PROHIBITED UNDER THE LEGISLATION. HE ALSO SAID, “HE WILL TAKE POWERS TO BAN THE SALE OF ANY PHONE DESIGNED TO BE USED BY THOSE UNDER SIX YEARS OF AGE.”
The French government is introducing new limits for radiation from the phones and make it compulsory for handsets to be sold with earphones, so that users can avoid irradiating their heads and brains.
And one of the country’s largest cities already started an advertising campaign to discourage the use of the phones by children.
This clampdown represents a very comprehensive action taken by any government worldwide. It contrasts sharply with the stance of British ministers, who have greatly ignored the recommendations of an offical report nine years ago.
The report states that people under the age of 16 should be discouraged from using mobiles, and that the industry should be stopped from promoting them to children. Since then the use of cell phones by children and teens have almost doubled.
Swedish research shows that children and teenagers are five times more likely to get brain cancer if they use the phones, causing some experts to predict an “epidemic” of the disease among today’s young people in later life.
The French ministry warned that mobile cell phone use is increasing at a rapid pace among youths, and warns that the young may be “more sensitive because their bodies are still developing”. Children’s heads are smaller and their skulls thinner.
Ok, I know , I know… The “cell phone” is the life blood to any teenager. “Like”, how do you expect them to stay in touch with their BFF ?
You can try to limit their usage which maybe, if you share this information, they will be more open minded and willing. It is their own life and health and yours that is at GREAT RISK. Get the EMF protection pendants and the earth heart chips to greatly reduce the EMF exposure. They learn by example so get yours and start using them.
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Below is an interesting article that I read and it came to me that…
Society, again, has created another health risk to others
just by being around others.
I called it “Second Hand Cell Poisoning”
And those who don’t use cell phones or wireless devices are still at great risk. EMF Radiation is everywhere and anywhere 24/7! Everyone needs EMF Protection.
Mobile phones, more dangerous than smoking?
Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation
By Geoffrey Lean
Sunday, 30 March 2008
Research shows mbile cell phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. People should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry must take “immediate steps” to reduce exposure to their radiation.
The study, by Dr Vini Khurana, is the most devastating indictment yet published of the health risks.
Professor Khurana – a top neurosurgeon who received more than 14 awards over the past 16 years, has published more than three dozen scientific papers – reviewed more than 100 studies on the effects of mobile cell phones. He posted his results on a brain surgery website, and is research is currently being peer-reviewed for publication in a scientific journal.
Dr. Khurana admits that mobiles cell phones can save lives in emergencies, but concludes that “there is a significant and increasing body of evidence for a link between mobile cell phone usage and certain brain tumours”. He believes this will be “definitively proven” in the next decade.
Those who buy cell phones for children should also make sure to protect them from the unknown long-term health risk. Why take the risk, get EMF Protection today. ABC News Channel 6 has an alarming warning for parents. A new study shows that children who use cell phones could be five times more likely to get brain cancer. Protect them with EMF Protection – EMF Blocker Devices. Experts found that if children use cell phones before the age of 20, the risk of developing cancer goes way up. Their reasons? Thinner skulls and relatively smaller heads mean radiation can penetrate the brain easier
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Radiation from a mobile phone has disrupted the structure and biochemical characteristics of an important enzyme found in the central nervous system.
The increased use of mobile phones has raised the question of adverse health effects induced by exposure to their electromagnetic fields, especially among the young. But very little hard evidence supporting the perceived dangers has been presented. Now, Italian researchers have shown that the radiofrequency transmissions affect an enzyme key to the central nervous system.
Mario Barteri and colleagues from the University of Rome studied the response of acetylcholinesterase from the electric eel to dual-band irradiation from a commercial mobile phone in call-receiving mode. The phone antenna was positioned 5cm away from an aqueous solution of the enzyme during incoming phone calls of 1-50 minutes duration.
Cellphones and brain tumors:
