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The post Cell Phones Damage DNA – The First Step To Cancer first appeared on insights.]]>Here is a complete article detailing these findings and what you can do.
Please read POCKET WATCH along with considering how much you hold the device against your ear. If a cell phone is your ONLY phone, please, for your health, get a headset or use in speakerphone mode.
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The post IARC Raises its Concern over Cell Phone Radiation first appeared on insights.]]>Until today, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) had said that there were no adverse health effects from the use of cell phones. The wireless industry, including the CTIA lobbying group, and the Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Food and Drug Administration have also long maintained that cell phones were safe.
In a report issued today, the IARC said it now lists mobile phone use in the same category as lead, gasoline engine exhaust, and chloroform. Officially, cell phone radiation is listed as a “carcinogenic hazard.” Download the IARC report here.
CNET has published a series of three articles which cover the issues very well. Here are the links:
- Cell phone radiation: Harmless or health risk?
- The trouble with the cell phone radiation standard
- Cell phone radiation: A self-defense guide (FAQ)
In September, 2009, the connection had already been established between brain tumors and cell phone usage. At that time I wrote an article titled “Brain Tumors Solidly Linked to Cell Phone Usage“. The evidence has not changed. The danger is still there. What has changed is that this evidence has become more apparent. I would ask you to liken cell phone safety with driving safety; you fasten your seatbelt to reduce your chances of injury, and there are things you can do to reduce the health hazards from using a cell phone — these are listed in my article.
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A study by SMobile Systems of 1,958 smartphones revealed infections by Spyware, Viruses Worms and Trojans, as well as hundreds of unlicensed software programs installed on the handsets reviewed. A comparison of these statistics to the worldwide smartphone population places the number of infected devices globally into the millions. Because the vast majority of these infections are designed to be stealthy and the fact that few smartphones possess Anti-Malware applications, most infected users are completely unaware their devices have been compromised.
“As more and more people carry smartphones, the target-rich environment is proving to be incredibly tempting to hackers, spammers and criminals looking to steal vital information on these handsets. With millions upon millions of new devices in the market, the likelihood of unwanted infection increases,” said Neil Book, president of SMobile Systems. “The sophistication and ease of spreading malware is escalating; as such, the need for handset-based security has never been greater.”
SMobile’s Global Threat Center (GTC) monitors devices throughout the world for malware infections detected by its industry-leading Security Shield(TM) software. Throughout 2009 the GTC has seen a marked increase in the capabilities of new malware infecting mobile devices, as well as the frequency of attacks. The attacks have taken the form of worms and Trojans that are transmitted via Bluetooth, SMS, MMS, or email, as well as Spyware that is unwantedly being downloaded from various online application and shareware websites.
According to Daniel V. Hoffman, chief technology officer of SMobile, “These attacks are very concerning and financially motivated. The Spyware we are detecting has the ability to intercept e-mail and SMS messages, allow hackers to listen-in on voice conversations and even track the location of the user. This can have devastating repercussions to those performing online financial transactions, mobile banking or having sensitive business-oriented communications. Additionally, worms are unknowingly sending Premium SMS messages from infected devices, directly charging user cell phone accounts.”
Mr. Hoffman concluded, “Handset manufacturers and network carriers continue to insist that mobile malware is not a significant concern. According to data from our customers, the infection rate is accelerating and the capabilities of today’s mobile malware is increasing.”
What Can You Do?
This expose of unwanted cell phone capabilities is intended to educate the user, not to sell any particular product. SMobile, however, has researched and provided substantial work in this uncharted territory, and I feel strongly that all smartphone users should be knowledgeable of what their devices are capable of or problems they are likely to encounter. I therefore thank SMobile for placing much of the information I have used here on the internet, and for developing products that will allow users to continue using their cell phones without worry. Please visit their website (www.smobilesystems.com) for suggestions on how to thwart these invasions of your privacy.
SMobile, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, currently offers the most comprehensive suite of security and parental control applications on the market for consumer, business and government smartphone users. SMobile currently markets and sells its Anti-Theft and Identity Protection and Security Shield(TM) suites, which address the critical threats facing consumers, enterprise users and government agencies using smartphones. The software protects users from malware, hackers and physical compromise with its anti-virus, firewall and remote lock, locate, wipe and backup features.
– Portions of this article ©2009 SMobile Systems
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The post Danger in Your Home: Cordless Phones first appeared on insights.]]>Lenhart Hardell (Department of Oncology, Örebro University Hospital, SE-701 85 Örebro, Sweden) has probably done the most complete job of determining the effects of exposure to cell phones and cordless phones. His latest report (accepted April 13, 2009 for publication in the International Journal of Oncology – available for download below) involving 905 cases with malignant brain tumors, 1,254 cases with benign tumors and 2,162 population-based controls provides irrefutable evidence solidly linking cordless phone usage to brain tumors.
Note that newer cordless phones may use DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) Technology. DECT may add yet more influences to the mix; here is an excerpt from “Medical warnings needed on DECT cordless phone use”, J. Aust. Coll. Nutr. & Env. Med. Vol. 25 No. 2 August 2006 (accepted for publication), Don Maisch, EMFacts Consultancy:
“Concerns within the German medical community led to the Freiburger Appeal in October 2002, signed by over 130 medical practitioners from the German environmental medicine medical organisation, Interdisziplinäre Gesellschaft für Umweltmedizin e. V. (IGUMED). The appeal was to express their concern over their medical observations of adverse health impacts from the use of both cell phones and DECT cordless phones. Symptoms were attributed to exposure to pulsed microwave radiation from cell phone and DECT technology. The following is an extract:
We have observed, in recent years, a dramatic rise in severe and chronic diseases among our patients, especially:
- Learning, concentration, and behavioural disorders (e.g. attention deficit disorder, ADD)
- Extreme fluctuations in blood pressure, ever harder to influence with medications
- Heart rhythm disorders
- Heart attacks and strokes among an increasingly younger population
- Brain-degenerative diseases (e.g. Alzheimers) and epilepsy
- Cancerous afflictions: leukemia, brain tumors
Moreover, we have observed an ever-increasing occurrence of various disorders, often misdiagnosed in patients as psychosomatic:
- Headaches, migraines
- Chronic exhaustion
- Inner agitation
- Sleeplessness, daytime sleepiness
- Tinnitus
- Susceptibility to infection
- Nervous and connective tissue pains, for which the usual causes do not explain even the most conspicuous symptoms
Since the living environment and lifestyles of our patients are familiar to us, we can see especially after carefully-directed inquiry a clear temporal and spatial correlation between the appearance of disease and exposure to pulsed high -frequency microwave radiation (HFMR), such as:
- Installation of a mobile telephone sending station in the near vicinity
- Intensive mobile telephone use
- Installation of a digital cordless (DECT) telephone at home or in the neighbourhood”.
If you use a cordless phone regularly and substantially, it is imperative that you
- move the base station out of any sleeping area
- consider using the cordless phone only for short calls and emergencies
- install wired telephones and make them your “normal use” phones or buy headsets for all cordless phones so that the transmitter is kept at a distance from your body.
Click here to download the full report: “Mobile phones, cordless phones and the risk for brain tumours“, as published in the International Journal of Oncology [PDF, 128KB]
Click here to download the full report: “Medical warnings needed on DECT cordless phone use” [PDF, 26KB]
The correlation between cordless phone usage and health problems as noted above is factual. In the case of brain tumors, there may be no indication for 5, 10, or more years, so you may be tempted to think you are not affected. The evidence strongly suggests YOU WILL BE AFFECTED, so please take appropriate action now to preserve your health.
If you use a cell phone, you should read the related article, Brain Tumors Solidly Linked to Cellphone Usage
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The post Brain Tumors Solidly Linked to Cell Phone Usage first appeared on insights.]]>43 scientists and doctors from 14 countries endorsed the document entitled, “Cellphones and Brain Tumors – 15 Reasons for Concern“. L. Lloyd Morgan (Bioelectromagnetics Society, Electronics Engineer) along with seven co-authors, created this report to provide an unbiased release of health-risk information related to the use of cell phones.
The report concludes:
- There is a risk of brain tumors from cellphone use
- Telecom funded studies underestimate the risk of brain tumors
- Children have larger risks than adults for brain tumors
This report, sent to government leaders and media on August 25, 2009, details eleven design flaws of the 13-country, Telecom-funded Interphone study. The Interphone study, begun in 1999, was intended to determine the risks of brain tumors, but its full publication has been held up for years. Components of this study published to date reveal what the authors call a ‘systemic-skew’, greatly underestimating brain tumor risk.
The design flaws include categorizing subjects who used portable phones (which emit the same microwave radiation as cellphones,) as ‘unexposed’; exclusion of many types of brain tumors; exclusion of people who had died, or were too ill to be interviewed, as a consequence of their brain tumor; and exclusion of children and young adults, who are more vulnerable.
“In particular, the report’s purpose is to inform journalists and government officials of the
independent scientific findings that raise red flags, and also to address the design flaws in the Interphone study protocol that results in an underestimation of the risk of brain tumors from cellphone use. This report is fully referenced to enable further investigations and for detailed fact checking.”
USE YOUR CELLPHONE SAFELY…
If you are a regular user of a cellphone and you value your health, please take the time to fully understand this important issue, and what you can do to minimize your risk now. The idea is to keep the cellphone transmitter away from your body, especially your head. You can use a wired headset with the phone in a holster (not in your pocket) or place the cellphone in speakerphone mode – either of these solutions should place substantial distance between your head and the transmitter.
DOWNLOADS…
Click here to download the full report: “Cellphones and Brain Tumors – 15 Reasons for Concern” [PDF, 440KB]
Additional and updated information is available at these websites:
- Powerwatch www.powerwatch.org.uk
- Microwave News www.microwavenews.com
- EMR Policy Institute www.emrpolicy.org
- The Peoples Initiative Foundation www.ThePeoplesInitiative.org
- ElectromagneticHealth.org www.electromagnetichealth.org
Read More "A Doctor, A Government, and An Industry"
The post A Doctor, A Government, and An Industry first appeared on insights.]]>In this article, we look at why cell phones are dangerous; Dr. Carlo’s years-long battle to bring the truth about cell phone dangers to the public; the industry’s campaign to discredit him and other scientists in the field; and what you can do to protect yourself now.
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