“We have information here that suggests we that have a big problem.”
I recently got back onto Joe Mercola’s email list; this article about cell phone dangers came today. I’ve heard this at least every year for 10 years. Now you can know the details of how factors like proximity of the phone, where it’s carried, how it’s used and other factors (including the impact on a fetus) influence the outcome. She also accounts for why so many cell phone studies get negative (no effect) results, describing significant problems with the methodology of many studies.
The issue is not just a cancer problem — according to Devra Davis in the video above, it involves what happens when the brain is heated and irradiated, which influences brain reserve (how long your brain lasts). There’s also a central issue of whether cells repair themselves — Davis says, “the inhibition of repair may be the critical mechanism here. Cell phone radiation may be an epigenetic carcinogen insofar that it inhibits repair.” That is, the real issue cell phone radiation may be how it interferes with our cells’ ability to repair their DNA.
There is a lot in this discussion — including the exposure to EMFs in the workplace. In case you’re inclined to think oh there’s so much I cannot get out of it, that’s not a valid argument; exposure is about proximity to the source — holding the phone, which is a microwave transmitter, to your head soaks your brain in radiation. It also weakens the blood-brain barrier. And phones have a direct result on sperm — the more time you keep your phone on your hip, the lower your sperm count will be (by up to 50%, they died faster and the sperm were damaged).
Oh, one last thing. Part of the problem may involve the erratic way in which cell phones work. The level of exposure is constantly changing (for example, as the phone sends out bursts of radiation looking for a signal), as well as the diverse and constantly varying type of exposure since the phones are working on numerous frequencies at once. She explains how most studies use constant exposure rather than erratic (and study the resistant kinds of cells rather than the vulnerable ones).
Teenagers are especially vulnerable to all of these problems. And there is a big problem with exposing fetuses.
Upshot on how to reduce problems? Keep the phone as far from your head and the rest of the body as possible. Keep it in airplane mode when possible. Use wired — not Bluetooth — headsets.
Thanks Eric! I believe the cordless phones at home are also pretty bad. I use my cell very rarely thank god, but sometimes there ain’t no where else to keep it except my pocket…..by my groin! Also, I am a huge fan of Black Tourmaline. I wear it almost always, have it at my workstations, and where I sleep. Other clusters work well to.
Thanks for the article, PW… esp. the written highlights. The limitations of my net access continue to choke out any videos, so can’t watch the thing at home (and am too busy elsewhere). I appreciate your taking the time to set this forth. Fortunately, *my* kid hates talking on the phone, texts almost exclusively. I just wish this was the case for the rest of my heartsons (and daughters). Most of them use their cellphones as if *trying* to shorten their lives – not knowing that perception and clarity will go first.
I think springing for the landline again may be the next order of business.
Happy D’day, y’all…
M
‘The square of the distance’ is even better than just ‘the distance’… hmmm… thank you Eric.
Paola, cell phone radiation is governed by the inverse square law — “a specified physical quantity or strength is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.” This is a fancy way of saying that distance is your friend. Problem #1 is pressing the phone against your body. By the time the phone is grafted against someone else’s body, it’s a lot safer for you.
Excellent presentation; well worth the hour, for sure. I found the comments about cordless phones just as disturbing. I think I will be replacing my desk phone with an old fashioned wired one. I rarely use my cell phone, especially directly on my ear. For some reason I cannot hear conversations very well that way. Maybe it is a natural aversion to its toxicity.
If you have children, I highly recommend viewing this.
I’ll read the article later, no time right now. The subject upsets me, I know. I try to keep mine off as soon as possible, and far from the body.
But what worries me are *other people’s* phones. When I am in the subway – or at the library, or wherever – I’m surrounded by people with a cell phone in their hands, at half meter or less from me. Always. I usually have from 2 to 5 people quite near. What about those?