Cigarettes and Cell Phones?

[centOS]

kaya siguro sumasakit ang ulo ko minsan pag katabi ko ang phone sa pag tulog...

Between Cigarettes and Cell Phones?*
Posted by: Dr. Mercola <http://articles.mercola.com/members/Dr.-Mercola/default.aspx>
September 29 2009 | 9,950 views

cell phones, cancer, brain cancer, tumors, brain tumors, radio waves, cellular, electromagnetic fields, EMF, ELFCell phones are used by an estimated 275 million people in the United States and 4 billion worldwide.

A recent review of studies assessed whether there was epidemiologic evidence for an association between long-term cell phone usage and the risk of developing a brain tumor.

In order to be included in the analysis, studies were required to have been published in a peer-reviewed journal, included participants who had used cell phone for 10 or more years, and analyzed the side of the brain tumor relative to the side of the head preferred for cell phone usage. Eleven long-term epidemiologic studies fit the criteria.

The results indicated that using a cell phone for 10 or more years approximately doubles the risk of being diagnosed with a brain tumor on the same side of the head as that preferred for cell phone use.

Iowa senator Tom Harkin, newly empowered to investigate health matters as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has promised to probe deeply into any potential links between cell phone use and cancer.

Harkin, who took over the committee after the death of Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, said he was concerned no one has been able to prove cell phones do not cause cancer. A staffer said the senator became concerned by a report from the Environmental Working Group showing that radio wave emissions vary from one cell phone brand and model to another, as well as some reports suggesting there might be a link.


Sources:
Omega News August 18, 2009 <http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5884085/>
Reuters September 14, 2009 <http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE58D6AH20090914?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews>
ABC News September 14, 2009 <http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/senate-committee-talks-potential-cell-phone-danger/story?id=8564740>

Surgical Neurology September 2009;72(3):205-14 <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?orig_db=PubMed&db=pubmed&cmd=Search&term=%22Surgical%20neurology%22%5BJour%5D%20AND%20205%5Bpage%5D%20AND%202009%5Bpdat%5D>


Dr. Mercola''s Comments

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According to Reuters, an estimated 4 billion people worldwide now
use cell phones, up from about 3 billion around this time just last year.

Dangers Known for a Decade

Cell phones use radio waves to transmit voice data, and the dangers
of consistent exposure to information-carrying radio waves have been
known since at least 1998. Yet few have been willing to accept the
evidence, and the cellular industry has followed in the footsteps of
the tobacco industry, vehemently denying any risks.

It’s worth remembering that the telecommunication industry is even
BIGGER than Big Pharma, and they have far more influence than the
drug companies.
My belief is that this exponential increase in this type of
radiation exposure is far more serious a threat than tobacco ever was.

To get a better understanding of the physics and biological impact
of information-carrying radio waves and the electromagnetic fields
emitted from your cell phone, please review the article, "If Mobile
Phones Were a Type of Food, They Simply Would Not be Licensed."
<file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Ami/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.Outlook/NNXNSS2R/If%20Mobile%20Phones%20Were%20a%20Type%20of%20Food,%20They%20Simply%20Would%20Not%20be%20Licensed>

The first major indication that cell phones might be a health hazard
came out of a massive, $28 million research project funded by the
Cellular Telephone Industry Association (CTIA). To the industry’s
surprise and dismay, the results of the study came to the opposite
conclusion from the one they were hoping for.

The study's results included findings of:
A nearly 300 percent increase in the incidence of genetic
damage when human blood cells were exposed to radiation in the
cellular frequency band

A significant increase in cell phone users’ risk of brain
 tumors at the brain’s outer edge, on whichever side the cell
phone was held most often

A 60 percent greater chance of acoustic neuromas, a tumor
affecting the nerve that controls hearing, among people who
had used cell phones for six years or more
 
A higher rate of brain cancer deaths among handheld mobile
phone users than among car phone users (car phones are mounted
on the dashboard rather than held next to your head)
Prior to this, Alfred Gilman and Martin Rodbell had won the Nobel
Prize (1994) for their research showing your body's cells
communicate with each other by subtle low electromagnetic signals.
These signals carry all the vital information that are then
translated into biochemical and physiological processes.

The following year, researchers discovered that animals exposed to
cell phone radiation suffered double-strand DNA breakage
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7677797?ordinalpos=20&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum>
– the type of genetic alterations that can lead to cancer, cell
death and mutagenic problems.

Since then, many more scientists confirmed all of the above findings.

*The Latest Findings Confirm Long-Held Concerns*

The latest meta-analysis looks at the epidemiological evidence of
cell phone usage and your risk of developing a brain tumor. In order
to be included, the studies had to meet certain criteria:

1. Publication in a peer-reviewed journal
2.Inclusion of participants using cell phones for a minimum of
 10 years (to include potential latent effects
3.Incorporation of a "laterality" analysis of long-term users
(i.e., analysis of the side of the brain tumor relative to the
side of the head preferred for cell phone usage)

Eleven long-term epidemiologic studies were included, which led to
the following findings:

/“The results indicate that using a cell phone for > or = 10 years
approximately doubles the risk of being diagnosed with a brain tumor
on the same ("ipsilateral") side of the head as that preferred for
cell phone use. /

/The data achieve statistical significance for glioma and acoustic
neuroma but not for meningioma. /

/The authors conclude that there is adequate epidemiologic evidence
to suggest a link between prolonged cell phone usage and the
development of an ipsilateral brain tumor.”/

*Other Health Hazards Linked to Cell Phone Use*

So far, in addition to the widespread concern about brain cancer,
scientists have found that information-carrying radio waves
transmitted by cell phones and other wireless devices can:
 

Harm your blood cells
<http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/04/21/cell-phones-part-twelve.aspx>
and cause cellular changes
<http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/03/18/how-cellphone-radiation-affects-your-cells.aspx>
 
Damage your DNA
 <http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/01/08/cellular-phones.aspx>


Cause nerve-cell damage
<http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1241519&blobtype=pdf>

 Accelerate and contribute to onset of autism
<http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/11/27/how-cell-phones-may-cause-autism.aspx>
, and trigger Alzheimer’s disease
 <http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/02/22/cell-phone-radiation-part-one.aspx>

Damage your eyes
<http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/09/01/cell-phones-can-damage-your-eyes.aspx>
Cause sleep disruptions
<http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/02/16/can-cell-phones-give-you-insomnia.aspx>,
fatigue and headaches

I have been warning of the dangers of cell phones for over a decade
now, watching for and reporting on new findings along the way.
Fortunately, as the supporting evidence mounts, scientists, medical
professionals, and government agencies around the world are starting
to caution against cell phone use as well.

*Health Authorities and Government Officials Speak Out*

Last year, tumor immunologist Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of
the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), was one of the
authorities who finally elected to speak out publicly about the
potential dangers of cell phones
<http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/08/12/cancer-institute-warns-of-cell-phone-risks.aspx>.
He also spoke to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
about the connection between cell phone use and the increased risk
of brain cancer.

Prior to that, Dr. Herberman had served as the co-editor of The
BioInitiative Report
<http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/index.htm>, published August
31, 2007, by an international working group of scientists,
researchers and public health policy professionals.

The report documents serious scientific concerns about the current
limits regulating how much radiation is allowable from power lines,
cell phones, and many other sources of exposure to radiofrequencies
and electromagnetic fields in daily life. They concluded that the
existing standards for public safety do not protect your health.
The report also includes studies showing evidence for:

Effects on Gene and Protein Expression (Transcriptomic and
Proteomic Research)

Genotoxic Effects – RFR and ELF DNA Damage

Stress Response (Stress Proteins)
Effects on Immune Function
Effects on Neurology and Behavior
Brain Tumors and Acoustic Neuromas
Childhood Cancers (Leukemia)
Magnetic Field Exposure: Melatonin Production; Alzheimer’s
Disease; Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Promotion (Melatonin links in laboratory and
cell studies)

Disruption by the Modulating Signal

Another noted brain cancer authority who voiced his concerns last
year was Australian Dr Vini Gautam Khurana
<http://www.brain-surgery.net.au/c_a.html>. His paper titled:
/Mobile Phones and Brain Tumors
<http://www.brain-surgery.us/mobph.pdf>/ was the result of reviewing
more than 100 sources of recent medical and scientific literature on
this topic.

 Iowa senator Tom Harkin, now chairman of the Senate Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has recently vowed to
investigate any potential links between cell phone use and cancer,
noting that the Senate Health committee does have jurisdiction over
both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC).

   On September 14^th , he called a hearing of the Appropriations
   Committee's Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and
   Education to start looking into the many questions surrounding this
   issue. He also stated he will get the National Institutes of Health
   (NIH) involved.

   /"I'm reminded of this nation's experience with cigarettes,” /Harkin
   said./

   “Decades passed between the first warnings about smoking tobacco and
   the final definitive conclusion that cigarettes cause lung cancer."/

*Protect Yourself and Your Children*

   Remember, the damage from cell phone exposure will take many years
   to surface, and there are rarely any initial symptoms, just like
   smoking and lung cancer.

   At this point, you cannot completely avoid wireless radiation from
   all sources since they’re so pervasive. Getting rid of your cell
   phone altogether can help protect you. But even if you don’t want to
   take that step, you can still minimize your exposure and reduce your
   risks by following these common sense guidelines:

   *Children Should Never Use Cell Phones:* Barring a life-threatening
   emergency, children should not use a cell phone, or a wireless
   device of any type. Children are far more vulnerable to cell phone
   radiation than adults, because of their thinner skull bones.

   *Reduce Your Cell Phone Use:* Turn your cell phone off more often.
   Reserve it for emergencies or important matters.
   *
   Use a Land Line at Home and at Work: *Although more and more people
   are switching to using cell phones as their exclusive phone contact,
   it is a dangerous trend and you can choose to opt out of the madness.
   *
   Reduce or Eliminate Your Use of Other Wireless Devices: *You would
   be wise to cut down your use of these devices. Just as with cell
   phones, it is important to ask yourself whether or not you really
   need to use them every single time. If you must use a portable home
   phone, use the older kind that operates at 900 MHz. They are no
   safer during calls, but at least they do not broadcast constantly
   even when no call is being made.

   *Use Your Cell Phone Only Where Reception is Good: *The weaker the
   reception, the more power your phone must use to transmit, and the
   more power it uses, the more radiation it emits, and the deeper the
   dangerous radio waves penetrate into your body. Ideally, you should
   only use your phone with full bars and good reception. Also seek to
   avoid carrying your phone on your body as that merely maximizes any
   potential exposure. Ideally put it in your purse or carrying bag.
   *
   Turn Your Cell Phone Off When Not in Use:* As long as your cell
   phone is on, it emits radiation intermittently, even when you are
   not actually making a call.

   *Keep Your Cell Phone Away From Your Body When it is On:* The most
   dangerous place to be, in terms of radiation exposure, is within
   about six inches of the emitting antenna. You do not want any part
   of your body within that area.

   *Use Safer Headset Technology*: Wired headsets will certainly allow
   you to keep the cell phone farther away from your body. However, if
   a wired headset is not well-shielded -- and most of them are not --
   the wire itself acts as an antenna attracting ambient information
   carrying radio waves and transmitting radiation directly to your brain.

   Make sure that the wire used to transmit the signal to your ear is
   shielded.

   The best kind of headset to use is a combination shielded wire and
   air-tube headset. These operate like a stethoscope, transmitting the
   information to your head as an actual sound wave; although there are
   wires that still must be shielded, there is no wire that goes all
   the way up to your head.

huhuhu

[jeje-BUSTER]

Duh???
mas mataas pa ang radiation dosage ng isang tao pag nagbabad sa ilalim ng araw or pag nag beach!!

and to top it all, mobile phone signal radiation is only in the 800/900 Mhz and 1800/1900Mhz frequency of operation.. transmit power is in the milliwatts range..

kung talagang ganun ka grabe ang epekto ng radiation sa katawan.. pagtatanggalin nalang nila lahat ng Flourescent Lamps sa bahay nila (average rating= 16-24 watts), sa study table etc.. magtyaga nalang sila sa kandila.. hehehe

IMHO..

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tama.. sa tagal ko ng gumagamit ng cp eh wala naman epekto sakin heheheh malusog p naman ako at sa dinamidami ng gumagamit ng cp sa mundo wala pa nagreklamo.. ^_^

[insomartin]

mas madami pa yung instance na sumasabog na battery at text/call while driving incident. pero cancer?

[jeje-BUSTER]

Dr. Mercola

tumor immunologist Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of
the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI),

Australian Dr Vini Gautam Khurana

at yung mga nameless na tao na binansagang "REAEARCHERS" at "SCIENTISTS",

Kayong mga nabanggit jan sa article na yan, subukan nga ninyo magbabad sa mga opisina at laboratoryo ninyo na walang Cellphone, wireless phone, pager, flourescent light, built in GPS sa kotse, CRT monitor?? tignan natin kung magawa nyo ng maayos ang trabaho nyo.. Instead na gumamit kayo ng email sa pag exchange ng idea and information, mag post office nalang din kayo.. At wag kayo aasa sa CAD sa mga disenyo ng mga proyekto nyo baka maoverdose kayo ng radiation ng mga computer monitors ninyo.. gumamit nalang kayo ng mga Rotring o Staedtler saka drawing table..

kung talagang seryoso kayo sa adhikain ninyo, kayo na ang mangunang wag gumamit ng mga bagay na nageemit ng radiation.. pag nagkasakit kayo, wag na wag din kayo aasa sa mga MRI, X-ray, at iba pang radiation dependent medical equipments para sa diagnostics nyo..

hindi nga kayo natatakot mag eksperimento ng mga highly radioactive elements at may mga sarili kayong reactor diba?? Yan ang mga scientists!!

Oh ha... san ka pa!

[insomartin]

mag bunkal na lang sila nang underground silo.
dun na sila tumira!
at lease kung nasa 1000meters na sila eh Neutrinos na lang katatakutan nila!

[insomartin]

at take note! Neutrinos din yung cause daw nang delubyo sa movie 2012!!!

[jeje-BUSTER]

uu nga naman..

[insomartin]

^ yosi break muna...

[centOS]

at take note! Neutrinos din yung cause daw nang delubyo sa movie 2012!!!

waaa totoo? hmmm ano purpose kaya nila bakit gumawa sila ng blog na ganito?

[jeje-BUSTER]

para gawing kapita-pitagan ang mga pangalan nila dahil babansagan silang mga scientists at researchers!

[cliffromz23]

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