RF Safe

Dialing Danger?

November 21, 2008 - 4:46am

Brennan Haselton, WTOP Radio

WASHINGTON - It is clearly one of the greatest technological developments of our time.

It seems nearly everyone has one, nearby at every moment.

But a chilling question remains: Could your cell phone be killing you?

Are cellphones bad for you? Research sends mixed signals on cellphone dangers

by Brie Zeltner | Flint Journal news service
Sunday November 23, 2008, 2:31 AM

Flint Journal extra: Related article: Scientists divided over cellphone use; One group says cellphones increase cancer risk

We clip them to our belts or slip them in our pockets, manically text until our thumbs require medical attention, and are ditching the landline for them at a steady pace.

Statistically speaking, it's almost impossible to escape them.

With 262 million American wireless subscribers, we're very close to a cellphone democracy.

Almost 80 percent of American teens have a mobile device, mostly provided by a parent with safety in mind.

But are they safe?

Mobile Phone Radiation to Unleash Epidemic of Brain Tumors

09/02/08

(NaturalNews) A new review of more than 100 studies on the safety of mobile phones has concluded that cellular devices are poised to cause an epidemic of brain tumors that will kill more people than smoking or asbestos.

The review was conducted by neurosurgeon Vini Khurana, who has received more than 14 awards in the past 16 years, who made headlines worldwide with his warnings. He called upon the industry to immediately work to reduce people's exposure to the radiation from mobile phones.

Cell-phone cancer claims are revived

Remember the saccharin scare nearly four decades ago? Saccharin, a sugar substitute with a high level of sweetness, was discovered in 1879 by Constantine Fahlberg, a laboratory worker at the time.

Subsequently, its use as a sugar substitute came under suspicion as a cause for cancer.

The suspicion climaxed in the 1970s, when laboratory tests showed heavy use of the substance caused bladder cancer in mice. The tests were repudiated by more appropriate, reputable research.

Editorial: Cell phones and cancer

01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Does using cell phones cause cancer? There is increasing evidence of an association between carcinomas and these devices, which, let�s face it, many of us use too much. A highly useful summary of recent findings on cell-phone use in the Aug. 8 The Week magazine (a superb weekly survey of news from around the world) has added to the anxiety about cell phones.

Double Standard for Radiation Protection in the Wireless Workplace

EMR Policy Institute (EMRPI) and IBEW Oppose Alltel / Verizon Wireless (VZW) Merger on Worker Safety Grounds

Last update: 1:25 p.m. EDT Aug. 13, 2008
MARSHFIELD, VT, Aug 13, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- EMRPI has filed formal opposition at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Alltel / VWZ merger. EMRPI's Petition to Deny asserts that FCC has not addressed the impact of long-term exposure to RF radiation (RFR) on human health as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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Are mobile towers safe?

CJ: Aamir Ali , 23 May 2008

Huge, bulky telecommunication towers on top of tall buildings is not an uncommon site in the major cities these days. But there is a possibility that these towers may not be safe for humans living near it in ways more than one.

There is a widespread apprehension among people that some mobile operators have constructed the towers on top of structurally weak buildings in the city and any physical damage caused to the buildings by these towers may put the lives of the people living in and around such installations at grave risk.

Cell tower complaints are loud and clear

Today the Newport News Planning Commission will discuss placing a tower at Nelson Elementary.
By SABINE HIRSCHAUER | 247-4536
July 16, 2008

NEWPORT NEWS - � They can look like tall flagpoles. Or oversized trees. Or monstrous cactuses out West.

But no matter how they're disguised, they're still cell towers.

And as they increasingly dot the landscape, the towers face growing opposition from critics who say they're ugly and unesthetic misfits that drive down property values and may be harmful to one's health.

While there are dozens of towers on and around the Peninsula, the Newport News City Council recently denied a request from nTelos to wedge a 131-foot tall cell tower between a pool and playground at Magruder Elementary School in southeast Newport News.

This Is Your Brain on Cell Phones

Commentary: Is it just the crazies who think cell phone radiation causes cancer?

By Kiera Butler July/August 2008 Issue

twenty-eight years ago, Arthur Firstenberg had a dental X-ray. He's been on the run ever since.

That X-ray, he says, made him excruciatingly sensitive to electromagnetic fields�the low-level radiation that emanates from power lines, microwaves, and, most vexingly, cell phones. Now 58, Firstenberg has spent more than a decade crisscrossing the country, trying to find the last unwireless spot in America. When cell phone towers came to New York City, he moved upstate. Then he headed to Mendocino, California. These days, he lives out of his '87 Nissan station wagon in Santa Fe; a house is too risky. "Your neighbor could get wifi, and then you have to leave and hunt for a new home."