How Harmful Are Cell Phones and What Preventive Measures Can You Take?


Deceptions and chicanery involving major government cover-ups and big business furtive doings, with the poor, innocent bystander caught in the middle are usually the stuff of blockbuster movies. But there is a possible danger out there. It’s playing in real life and more than likely it impacts you and the lives of more than 200 million Americans and over 500 million people worldwide.
With the tremendous growth of cell phone use, numerous reports have been issued regarding the potential health hazards that can come from the devices. These range from headaches, noise in the ears and stress to more terrifying reports of memory loss, DNA damage and malignant brain tumors.
These growing fears are centered on the low-powered radio signals or electromagnetic frequency (EMF) waves that are emitted by wireless phones. Emitted over the entire surface of the phone, these waves penetrate users’ brains. Although scientific research and studies about the danger of EMF waves date back over the past 50 years, as yet not one study has demonstrated conclusively that EMF waves are actually harmful.
Major media hype came as a result of last fall’s appearance by Dr. George Carlo, chairman of Wireless Technology Research in Washington D.C., on ABC-TV’s 20/20. WTR was established in 1993 to address the public health risks from wireless communications technologies. Its $28.2 million budget was funded by the Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association (CTIA).
The WTR study showed a correlation between a higher incidence of brain cancer and a greater risk of rare neurological tumors and DNA damage among the users of handheld phones versus users of other types of phones. However, despite Dr Carlo’s findings, CTIA, the $200-billion-a-year industry trade group, maintains that wireless phones are safe and meet the standards adopted by the U.S. Government,” says association president Thomas Wheeler, Quoting the World Health Organization, Wheeler says. “There is no convincing evidence that (EMF) waves induce or promote cancer.”
Truth be told, every model sold in the U.S. has a specific absorption rate (SAR) rating, which measures how much microwave energy from the phone can penetrate the brain. However, according to the 20/20 report, government safety standards are vague because certain phones pass the Federal Communications Commission’s safety requirements when tested in one position and fail when held in another. What harm was done all depended on how close the cell phone antenna was to the head. Held too close, as much as 60% of the microwave radiation is absorbed by and actually penetrates the brain.
The big three mobile phone manufacturers – Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia - argue that the tests were misleading and that their products meet the strictest standards set by the government. All three companies post information on their Websites regarding testing and safety issues. For more information, see www.ericson.com/health, www.motorola.com/rfhealth and www.nokia..com/safety.
“Wireless users are exposed to limits on SAR levels that are anywhere from 10 to 50 times below the point where any risks exist,” says Norman Sandler, director of global strategic issues at Motorola Inc. in Schaumburg, Illinois. “There is a huge margin built into the phones, so that even if you exceeded the recommended safety limits, it still would not translate into any known health risks.”
The fracas over cell phone dangers has driven an emerging market of devices that manufacturers promise will shield consumers from the invisible electromagnetic waves. You can equip your phone with one of these shielding devices.

WHY DOES TODAY’S MIRACULOUS BENEFIT SO OFTEN BECOME TOMORROW’S FRIGHTFUL HAZARD? ...Ashleigh Brilliant. 1992

Millimeter Wave Technology, Inc (MWT) is a leading US company in the field of stealth technology MWT has been manufacturing radar-absorbing materials (RAM) for the US Navy and ether customers since the early 1980’s. During the Gulf War, their RAM protected about 980% of the US Navy boats facing combat duties. Today, the billion dollar US Navy AEGIS destroyers use exclusively Millimeter Wave Technology’s RAM to ensure their safety and protection when they get into harm’s way.
As a leading supplier of stealth materials to the US Military it now announces the introduction of Stealth Radar Shield (SRS), the state of the art device for reducing the absorption of cellular phone radiation to the brain.
The SRS device is the only device approved by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) for reducing radiation to the brain from cellular telephones.
Due to the sophisticated nature of the technology associated with the SRS device, this unit cannot be exported to communist countries or those countries currently banned by US Export Law.
Utilizing the novel microwave absorber PIFRAM available only in the US through Millimeter Wave Technology. SRS devices provide significant shielding and protection.
Of the many devices on the market, it should be noted that the product’s corporate credentials are scientific rather than market and sales based. The SRS is the only product available which MWT claims to actually absorb the Radio Frequency (RF) and convert it to harmless electrons all other products tested reflect or block RE radiation only. This dramatic reduction in harmful RE Radiation shown by the SRS product is due to the unique custom engineered material used in the construction of this device. Needless to say, cell phone users throughout the world should consider this when purchasing a shielding device for their phone.
The remaining big question is: Shall we take comfort in those reports that say, “the evidence is not conclusive” or shall we be proactive and take steps now to mitigate public exposure to EMF (even if the scientific jury is still out?), or, rationalize, ignore and even deny the possibility, however remote it may be, that there could be negative effects?
Before you answer remember: We don’t know exactly what is meant by “safe limits…” We don’t know how much a person “can take” before it becomes “unsafe”. We don’t know for sure if the existing standards of safety, as determined by today’s instrumentation and methods, are indeed absolutely capable of accurately measuring what the experts deem as “safe or unsafe.” We don’t know if the experts themselves who use these “standards” are in fact “interpreting” them correctly in making judgments as to safe or unsafe aspects. We don’t know exactly how and to what extent the many outside variables (e.g., genetics) interact to produce certain EMF health effects.
Ask yourself the following question: We don’t know why some people sail into their eighth and ninth decades of life, exposed to excessive EMF radiation, unscathed and unaffected free from any pathology while others, who are only in their first and second decades of life, are afflicted with pathology from limited EMF exposure?
RECOMMENDATION:
There are many levels operating here (e.g.. economic, political, legal, social, psychological, emotional, etc.). However, the strongest level is the need to survive. To guarantee that this need may be met, information must be provided to enable individuals to make a decision that may make them truly feel comfortable and satisfied in their choice. This author believes that we do have sufficient evidence today to warrant a decision that recommends a strategy of prudent avoidance. Translated, this means mitigating public exposure to EMF even if the scientific jury is still out.
WHY IS PRUDENT AVOIDANCE OFTEN THE BEST DECISION:
It is important to understand that some Individuals confuse “thinking” with “feeling”. In other words, rather than emoting a feeling, they intellectualize a thought as a defense mechanism against the original feeling process. Such as In the case of the legal system operating in ELF health affects controversies.
When two opposing lawyers are interlocking in the factual sphere of a case, one of them is usually locked into the factual aspect of what s/he wants to bring out. While the other contends not only with the facts, but the consequences of the outcome as well. Because this is a health hazard matter it is Imperative that factual, emotional and future consequential issues be taken into consideration from every aspect. That is why prudent avoidance is often the best decision. Because it not only consists of research and evidence but also involves certain emotions that cause individuals to transfer feelings and experiences from the past to the current situation which often prevents a proper decision.
Again, prudent avoidance is important here, because it allows the decision-maker to evaluate not only the potential health hazard, but him/herself in the process. In order to come to a least-risk decision, based on information currently available.