Researchers Say New Studies Confirm Cell Phone Hazards

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http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2011/05/researchers-say-new-studies-confirm-cell-phone-hazards.html

Stunning proof" ignored in North America, scientists say

Now, a group of international researchers meeting in Istanbul, Turkey has released what they call “stunning proof” that confirms findings from the Council of Europe -- pulsed digital signals from cell phones disrupt DNA, impair brain function and lower sperm count.

A meeting convened by Environmental Health Trust, with the Turkish cancer society, and Gazi University, revealed the new research that the scientists say shows damage to DNA, brain and sperm.

Nesrin Seyhan, an advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) and NATO and head of the Biophysics Department and Bioelectromagnetics Laboratory at Gazi University in Ankara, presented findings that he says confirm the warning that just four hours of exposure to cell phone radiation disrupts the ability of human brain cells to repair damaged genes.

“We are deeply concerned about what this could mean for public health,” Seyhan said.

Prof. Wilhelm Mosgoeller from the Medical University of Vienna, who has led European research teams, said he found that the cell waves induce DNA breaks. Despite industry claims to the contrary, he says DNA breaks are real.

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1. Do we have to be on a call to get exposed?

Or is accessing the net via 3G just as bad? Or does having the phone on and near you also qualify?

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2. I think they are MOST concerned about

Radiation around the ear, and near genitals................from what little I know. Speakerphone is the way to go, plus maybe not putting phone in lap, etc. Towera are an issue too..........some feel.

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7. Here is part of the situation -

We have so many cell phone antennae all around us, everywhere.
I moved to a very remote area of a very remote County in Northern California, and congratulated myself on finally being away from the microwave exposure.

Three weeks later, the cell phone company had antennae put up directly across from my house. Two households further down the road from me had wanted better cell phone coverage. And they got it.

The tinnitus is a 24/7 situation. Unfortunately one day my husband asked me what I meant by the continual screeching that I hear. I had him concentrate so that he could understand what I hear. Now he hears it 24/7 too.

One side effect - disturbed sleep patterns. Notice how every other person in the USA needs sleep meds? And even using the meds in order to sleep, you still never feel rested.

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3. Interesting. nt

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4. Don't call me.... I'll call you.

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5. thanks for posting

kick n rec

[safeinOhio]

6. Opportunity is knocking

lead jock straps.

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8. Children have ionized tissue?

At higher frequencies, children absorb more energy from external radio frequency radiation than adults, because their tissue normally contains a larger number of ions and so has a higher conductivity.

How does that work? I'm not being snarky, I'm genuinely asking because I've never heard this claim before.

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10. I know that ions are transported in and out of cells

all the time.........maybe that is what they mean. I didn't know children had more of them. Children generally heal from injuries more quickly than adults. It may be because their sodium ion transport system is more active than adults.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100928171428.htm

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12. Even if so though

That wouldn't be enough to increase electrical conductance (decrease resistance actually) appreciably, at least not across the whole organism. The basic principle though that in ionic liquids the concentration of the electrolyte determines resistance is sound.

Saying that tissue in children has a large number of ions is really butchering that idea. I'm thinking this may just be this one author's unfortunate phrasing. It just struck me as really bizarre to word it that way and wondered if this was a new myth in the making.

[BadgerKid]

9. I want a Faraday cage for my house (one day).

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11. The industry is going to ignore and shred this data nt

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14. They (and their families) use mobile phones too. n/t

[ClarkUSA]

13. I wonder what the brain cancer rates will be decades from now?

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15. Lots of claims, not much documentation. So you know what that means.

TIME TO PANIC!!! AIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

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16. Interesting how they interview someone about a study they didn't do.

Mosgeller has done research in the area, but the http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20145945">study he did has in the conclusion, "Our observations do not directly imply a health risk. However, vis-a-vis a synopsis of reports on cells stress and DNA breaks, after short and longer exposure, on active and inactive cells, our findings may contribute to the re-evaluation of previous reports."

The study the article is talking about is http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21460416">this one and not surprisingly, doesn't say what the article says.

In the recent study, we aimed to investigate whether 900 MHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency (RF) fields induce oxidative damage on lung, heart and liver tissues.

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Results of our study showed that pulse-modulated RF radiation causes oxidative injury in liver, lung, testis and heart tissues mediated by lipid peroxidation, increased level of NOx and suppression of antioxidant defense mechanism.

I must have missed the part where they said that "pulsed digital signals from cell phones disrupt DNA, impair brain function and lower sperm count."