For articles on the dangers of electro-magnetic fields in general, click here.
For links to video and audio clips on cell phone risks, click here.

To view a PDF version of the slides presented at Oram's lecture on Cell Phones, Wi-Fi and the Wiring in Your Home: EMF Hazards and Solutions, click here (wait a moment for the pdf file to load on your hard drive; then it will automatically appear in your web browser). To view a Text Only version of the same slides in Word format, click here.

To learn steps you can take in your own home to safeguard yourself against EMF exposure, click on Tips for a Healthy Home to read and print out a handout on the subject. This same topic is discussed in more detail in Articles Part 3.
To read Oram's list of ways to protect yourself from cell phone radiation, click here.
To learn about the dangers of cell phone use in cars, click here.
To link to an archived version of an important medical alert from Dr. George Carlo about the dangers of EMF-reduction chips that some folks stick on their cell phone, click here.
To see a list of retailers who sell cell phone radiation shielding and reduction devices, click here.

This page last updated June 23, 2010.

Links to Governmental Agencies and Reports from University and
Non-Profit Collaborative Research Groups on the Health Effects of
Human Exposure to Radio Frequencies

European Parliament Recommends Stricter Safety Limits for Cell Phones
This article appeared on Marketwire on September 18, 2008.
The European Parliament, voting 522 to 16, passed a landmark resolution on September 4, 2008 to recommend tighter safety standards for cell phone and cordless telephone use.
From the article: "In light of the growing body of scientific evidence implicating cell phone use with brain tumors, the Parliament says, 'The limits on exposure to electromagnetic fields [EMFs] which have been set for the general public are obsolete.'
"Noting the already lowered exposure limits of some European countries the EU Parliament is now calling on the EU Council to amend Recommendation 1999/519/EC for all equipment producing emissions in the 0.1 MHz to 300 GHz frequency range. This would include cell phones as well as other wireless devices. Wireless technologies that rely on microwave radiation to send emails and voice communication are thousands of times stronger than levels reported to cause some health impacts." (emphasis added)
Click here to read the entire article.
Click here to read the full text of the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on the mid-term review of the European Environment Health Action Plan 2004-2010.

BioInitiative Report from the University of Albany, New York
"A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)"
Twenty scientists and researchers from around the world reviewed over 2,000 studies on EMFs. They found a link between EMFs, cancer and other health problems.
From their August 31, 2007 press release:
"An international working group of scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals (The BioInitiative Working Group) has released its report on electromagnetic fields (EMF) and health. They document serious scientific concerns about current limits regulating how much EMF is allowable from power lines, cell phones, and many other sources of EMF exposure in daily life.
"The report concludes the existing standards for public safety are inadequate to protect public health."
Edited by David Carpenter, Ph.D., Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany of the State University of New York (SUNY) in Albany, New York and Cindy Sage of Sage Consulting in Santa Barbara, California.
To view the entire report, click here.

(Interview with Cindy Sage, co-editor of the BioInitiative Report, on Environmental Options Network.
In this free 38-minute interview, EMF expert Cindy Sage of Sage Consulting discusses the findings and concerns raised in the report. This is a comprehensive overview of the health challenges we all face from everyday exposure to EMFs produced by powerlines and wireless devices.
To begin the Environmental Options Network interview, click here to bring up the page with the video embedded in it. On the right, click on the title words, "BioInitiative Report Interview" and the free video clip should appear in the player. Click on the image to begin the video.
You can also purchase a DVD of the interview for $15 plus shipping.)

(Interview with Cindy Sage, co-editor of the BioInitiative Report, at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.
On March 19, 2008, a panel of scientists presented at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club at an event called: "Microwave Radiation: The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution". Scientists on the panel included leading public health expert David Carpenter, MD, Cindy Sage, Co-Facilitator of the Collaborative for Health & the Environment's EMF Working Group and Prof. Magda Havas, PhD.
To begin the Commonwealth Club interview, click here to go to the Commonwealth Club website's Speaker Archives page. Then on the line labelled, "Recording Date," enter "March" into the box for "Any month," and "2008" in "All available years." Then scroll down to "Microwave Radiation: The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution" recorded on March 19, 2008. Then click on "Listen" to listen for free.
You can also purchase a recording of the presentation.)

The International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety
From the website: "The International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS) is a non-profit organization that promotes research to protect public health from electromagnetic fields and develops the scientific basis and strategies for assessment, prevention, management and communication of risk, based on the precautionary principle."

Canadian Human Rights Commission
"Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities," written by Margaret E. Sears (M.Eng., Ph.D.)
A review of the medical effects of environmental sensitivities by the Canadian Human Rights Commission as well as recommendations to protect occupants from electro-magnetic field exposure in building codes.
Margaret writes, "'Electromagnetic radiation' covers a broad range of frequencies (over 20 orders of magnitude), from low frequencies in electricity supplies, radiowaves and microwaves, infrared and visible light, to x-rays and cosmic rays. Our limited understanding of the biological effects of the vast majority of frequencies gives reason for concern..."
"Given the seriousness of the adverse effects and the availability of alternative technologies, a precautionary approach is warranted."
To read the entire report, click here.

French health agency recommends reducing exposure to mobiles
Noted on a post dated October 15, 2009 on the web log, EMFacts Consultancy
From the post: "The French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (Afsset) has recommended a reducing people's exposure to electromagnetic emissions from base stations and handsets because questions remain about their possible health effects, writes AFP."
Click here to read the entire post.

Additional Links on the Health Effects of Human Exposure to Radio Frequencies

*New* Interphone Points to Long-Term Brain Tumor Risks; Interpretation Under Dispute
From Microwave News, May 17, 2010 edition:
From Louis Slesin, Founder of Microwave News: "The good news is that the Interphone paper has finally been made public after a four-year stalemate within the 13-country research team. But it comes at a price. A series of compromises over how to interpret the results of the largest and most expensive study of cell phones and brain tumors ever attempted has left the paper with no clear conclusions other than more research is needed...
"At the very least, the risks are greater than many believed only a few years ago. In a series of interviews, a number of the members of the Interphone project told Microwave News that they now see the risk among long-term users as being larger than when the study began. Some think the risk warrants serious attention...
"'To me, there's certainly smoke there,' said Elisabeth Cardis, who leads the Interphone project. 'Overall, my opinion is that the results show a real effect.' Cardis is with the Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) in Barcelona. She moved there two years ago after working on Interphone at IARC for close to a decade." (emphasis added)
To read the entire article, click here.

*New* Interphone's Provocative Analysis of the Brain Tumor Risks
From Microwave News, May 17, 2010 edition:
From Louis Slesin, Founder of Microwave News: "An essential part of the Interphone story is Appendix 2. Although not included in the paper, it offers a way to look at the risks free of some of the bias that so muddled the published results. It also provides a window on the controversy that deadlocked the Interphone group for four years.
"There is a general consensus that the large number of abnormally low risks observed in Interphone is a sign of a systematic problem -- selection bias -- in the way that the study was carried out...
"When the Interphone team analyzed the data in a way to compensate for selection bias, they saw a much more provocative picture of the risks associated with long-term use of cell phones.
"Those who used a mobile phone for ten or more years were found to be twice as likely to develop a brain tumor. This increased risk is statistically significant. Indeed, the risk is higher for all three indices of exposure -- years of use, total talk time and total number of calls. There even appears to be a dose-response relationship, with the highest risk among the heaviest users. This is all clearly shown in the table below taken from Appendix 2." (emphasis added)
To read the entire article, click here.

*New* Interphone Resources
From Microwave News, May 17, 2010 edition (updated May 18):
A comprehensive list of links to media reports, blogs and videos, pro and con, on the Interphone Study.
To view the entire list, click here.

*New* International EMF Collaborative Advisory on Forthcoming Interphone Brain Tumor Study
Media Advisory from Electromagnetic Health.org, May 13, 2010
"The Interphone Study Group will publish partial results of its long-awaited cell phone and brain tumor study on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in the International Journal of Epidemiology. Results from the 13-country, $30M study are 5 years overdue, without any justification for the delay. It has been reported that there are deep divides over interpretation of the Interphone results among the 21 investigators.
"The expected announcement, under embargo now, will be the first time Interphone results for all participating countries will be released for any tumor type. According to Microwave News and other sources, the results will still only be partial results, publishing the data on gliomas and meningiomas but not the other tumor types studied. Data collected on the 1,100 acoustic neuromas and 400 parotid gland tumors, or tumors that are closest to the ear, will not be included in the results, to the dismay of many independent scientists and brain tumor patients and their families..." (emphasis added)
*Note* This article contains numerous links to websites exposing the truth about the dangers of cell phone use in advance of the release of the Interphone study. Scroll down to "Resources for Journalists Covering the Subject of Cellphones and Brain Tumors" in the article to see the links.
To read the entire article, click here.

*New* Cellphones Cause Brain Tumors
From the EM Radiation Research Trust, August 25, 2009
"A new report was released today by the International EMF Collaborative entitled 'Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern, Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone'...
"The report concluded:
   1) There is a risk of brain tumors from cellphone use;
   2) Telecom funded studies underestimate the risk of brain tumors, and;
   3) Children have larger risks than adults for brain tumors."
To download the report, click here.

*New* Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health
From GQ Magazine, February 2010 issue:
From Christopher Ketcham, GC author: "Ever worry that that gadget you spend hours holding next to your head might be damaging your brain? Well, the evidence is starting to pour in, and it's not pretty. So why isn't anyone in America doing anything about it?
"Hey all -- I spent almost a year working on this piece about cell-phone radiation -- find it online at http://www.gq.com/cars-gear/gear-and-gadgets/201002/warning-cell-phone-radiation, or in the February hard copy of the magazine interviewing dozens of sources, reading scores of reports, and the bad news is in: Cell-phone radiation, now being pumped directly into the brains of 4.5 billion handset users worldwide, is likely causing havoc in the electrical systems by which our brains and bodies operate. All biology is electric, as one of my sources tells me in the article. If you add massive levels of electropollution such as cell-phone microwaves into the environment, you're going to disturb the functioning of living systems, with possibly huge ramifications over the long term: brain tumors, cancers, weird neurological disorders, sperm die-offs, genetic damage, behavioral changes, sleep changes, changes in learning and memory and mental acuity. Similar data is being gathered about the dangers of wifi radiation, which operates at microwave frequencies not very different and often exactly the same as those frequencies used in cell-phone technology. Anyway, read about it, weep, smash your cell-phone, or don't. To quote one of the scientists in the piece: 'The public should know if they are taking a risk with cell phones. What we're doing is a grand world experiment without informed consent.'"
From Don Maisch, of the EMFacts Consultancy, January 23, 2010: "Even though the article is primarily aimed at the American audience the problem is universal: the involvement of political and corporate entities in suppressing and controlling science to protect their interests to the detriment of public health. Highly recommended reading."

*New* Children and Cell Phones: Time To Start Talking Sense
From Microwave News, May 3, 2010 edition:
From Louis Slesin, Founder of Microwave News: "Children do have higher radiation exposures and if cell phones are indeed doing us harm, then children are at greater risk than their parents...
"'There is nothing complicated about why children absorb more radiation than adults,' Gandhi told Microwave News from his office at the University of Utah not long ago. Children have thinner skulls and smaller ears than adults, he explained, and so the radiation has a shorter distance to travel from the phone to the brain. (Every millimeter of separation makes a big difference.) Because more radiation gets to the brain, the specific absorption rate (SAR), the preferred way to measure the radiation dose, increases...
"Today, Gandhi has many supporters. Research groups in Brazil, France, Japan, Spain and Switzerland have all published papers showing that children have higher SARs...
"And there's more: Children also have a greater sensitivity to cell-phone radiation...The SAR in the bone marrow of children is more than ten times higher than that in adults. Or, to put it bluntly, the same amount of radiation packs ten times the punch inside a child's bone marrow as in his mother or father's bone marrow...
"The entire cell phone health controversy is so riddled with industry money that only a few dare to address the implications for public health."
To read the entire article, click here.

*New* Industry Rules RF: Controlling Research, Setting Standards and Spinning History
From Microwave News, July 2004 edition:
From Louis Slesin, Founder of Microwave News: "In RF (Radio Frequency) land, industry is the boss. It has long decided much of what research gets funded and what gets published. It also sets the safety standards. And now it dictates what part of the story you get to hear."
To read the entire article, click here.

*New* Interview with Christopher Ketcham, author of Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health
From EMFacts Consultancy, posted on January 23, 2010
From Camilla Rees: "Read review and listen to interview with the article's author, Christopher Ketcham, conducted by Camilla Rees of ElectromagneticHealth."

*New* Youtube interview with Dr. Alvaro de Salles on cell phone risks
From Don Maisch, editor of EMFacts Consultancy, posted on April 19, 2010
"I have just viewed Dr. Alvaro Almeida de Salles' 38 minute video interview (September 2009) on Youtube and it is a must-see for clearly explaining the risks of cell phone and WiFi technology. Dr. de Salles explains how the cell phone industry has suppressed the dangers while secretly taking out patents on directional antennas that could significantly reduce cell phone radiation exposure for the user. There's also advice on how you can reduce the risks/children's use of cell phones/WiFi dangers, and much more!"

*New* Updated Environmental Working Group (EWG) Cellphone Radiation Guide now available
From EMFacts Consultancy, posted on March 5, 2010
From Ken Cook, President, Environmental Working Group: "Now, with EWG's new Cell Phone Radiation Guide you can check your cell phone's radiation ranking and learn how to use it wisely.
"Our Cell Phone Radiation Guide has been extremely popular since we released it in October, because it gives consumers exactly the information needed to choose and use cell phones wisely. You can:
1 See how the hottest new phones of 2010 rank
2 Look up your phone's radiation level
3 Find a low-radiation phone
4 Find a headset
5 Get practical, convenient tips on how to reduce your radiation
6 Take action and tell the government that it's time to modernize
their radiation standards"
Note from Oram: Radiation in the microwave range from the carrier radio frequency, mentioned as item # 2 in the list above, is only one of the two radio frequencies emitted by cell phones and fixed cell towers when they transmit to each other. The other radio frequency is the so-called "low-power information-carrying radio wave," normally around 219-230 Hz (Hertz), or cycles per second. This low-frequency radio wave carries the voice data but does not extend very far. Hence it needs to be piggy-backed onto the microwave carrier wave, which carries it for miles between the tower and the phone and back again.
The problem is, the microwave carrier wave, mentioned above, has a safe exposure level, called the "specific absorption rate," or SAR, below which there is generally little health impact. The low-frequency information-carrying radio wave, on the other hand, has no safe exposure level, meaning there are health effects down to almost zero exposure levels, and the effects are cumulative. These include damage to the blood-brain barrier, formation of micronuclei, which are precursors for cancer, and damage to the calcium metabolism of cells, which is the way they communicate with one another. Bear this in mind when researching your cell phone on the EWG list and realize that the greatest harm comes from the low-frequency, information-carrying radio wave, for which there is no list. The solution is to limit your use of cell phones altogether. See Steps to Protect Yourself from Cell Phone Frequencies on my website.

*New* Top 'Safe' Cell Phones That Aren't Safe
Article from Dr.Mercola's website
Excellent review by Camilla Reese, founder of Electromagnetichealth.org on the value and shortcomings of the SAR, or "Specific Absorption Rate," a flawed measurement of cell phone exposure used by many to try to find a "safe" phone. As this article shows, the SAR measurement is fraught with inconsistencies and doesn't take into account the seriously harmful biological effects from exposure to low-frequency, information-carrying radio waves in the 219-230 Hz range (see my comments on this topic in the post immediately preceding this one).

*New* Finnish paper publishes article on mobile phone risks (in English)
From EMFacts Consultancy, posted on April 8, 2010
From Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, DSc, Adjunct Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland: "On April 3, 2010, the major Finnish newspaper, Helsingin sanomat, has published a long story on health risks of mobile phones. Today, on April 7th, 2010, the same story has been re-published in the English version of the Helsingin sanomat. This publication is freely available on the internet and you can find the link to it on my blog."

*New* Youtube video: DECT (cordless phone) signals affect the heart
From EMFacts Consultancy, posted on March 24, 2010
From Magda Havas: "Please watch this 7-minute video on youtube that I made yesterday.
"It provides unequivocal evidence that the radiation from a cordless (DECT) phone interferes with the heart. This video provides evidence that electrohypersensitivity is real, is physical, and may be life threatening.
"It also shows that non-thermal exposure, at levels well below federal guidelines in most countries (0.3% of the 1000 microW/cm2), has biological and health effects."

*New* Listen to interview with Dr. David Carpenter on KMJ's Morning News about EMFs
From EMFacts Consultancy, posted on February 18, 2010

*New* Conference on chemical mechanisms leading to EMF sensitivity
From EMFacts Consultancy, posted on January 31, 2010
From Don Maisch: "In reference to the below conference an excellent book to read is Gunni Nordstrom's 'The Invisible Disease: The dangers of Environmental Illness caused by Electromagnetic Fields and Chemical Emissions.'
"As far as a chemical link with EMF sensitivity, people working in electrical environments are also usually posed to a wide range of chemical emissions that out-gas from the equipment. The Swedish Union of Clerical and Technical Employees in Industry (SiF) commissioned quite a bit of excellent research, and funding researchers into these issues, up to the late 1990's. What apparently was the case with workplace EMF sensitivity in Sweden was that exposure to chemicals may have been a factor in sensitizing some workers to EMF as well.
"In other words, in some cases where chemical exposure existed (such as working in a room with new computers with inadequate ventilation) the resultant chemical sensitivity may have led to EMF sensitivity. This is not to suggest that chemical exposure is a requirement for one to be electrosensitive, just that there may be a link in some cases."

Evidence still fuzzy on cell phones, cancer
Written by Elizabeth Landau on November 10, 2009 for CNN
One of the first articles in recent times in a mainstream publication that highlights the research now emerging from Europe and around the world.
Click here to read the entire article.

Microwaving Our Planet": The Environmental Impact of the Wireless Revolution
Written by Arthur Firstenberg in June 1997 and reprinted on the website mindfully.org
From the article: "This is an urgent plea to environmentalists and to those within the telecommunications industry, to doctors and businesspeople and government officials, that microwave radiation is an imminent danger to all of us more or less equally, and that for our common survival we must immediately halt the expansion of wireless communications upon this earth. There is no greater threat to our common future."
Click here to read the exceprts from the original article that are posted on the mindfully.org website.

Department of Health under pressure to increase precaustions over children's mobile phone use
Written by Martin Beckford on October 24, 2009 for London's newspaper, The Telegraph
From the Telegraph website: "Pressure is increasing on the Government to increase public health warnings over mobile phones as more fears emerge over their possible risks."
Click here to read the entire article.

Safety advocates in US gain ground in cell phone debate; Doubts are emerging about the devices' long-term effects on health.
Written by Suzanne Bohan on September 27, 2009 for Contra Costa Times in California
From the article": "This month marked a turning point in the quest by U.S. health advocates to gain credibility for their conviction that cell phones pose an underappreciated health risk."
Click here to read the entire article.

Electromagnetic Health
This website by Camilla Rees of Boulder, Colorado is a great resource for articles and audio and video clips of interviews with experts on the health effects of using cell phone and other wireless technologies.
From the website, "We represent citizens concerned about the proliferation of wireless technologies and their impact on health.
"We represent citizens who want our government to set exposure standards for electromagnetic radiation that are biologically based, instead of being based on long since invalidated thermal standards.
"We represent the growing percentage of the population that has become electrically sensitive--people who are finding it increasingly difficult to cope in wireless environments. The benefits of modern life, including the ability to participate in society, and hold jobs in traditional office buildings, are increasingly not available to an estimated 3-8% of Americans today.
"And, we represent the people who want rights of state and local governments to establish healthy environments in their communities returned--rights that were taken away in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which tied the hands of local governments, preventing them from resisting towers and antennas in their communities on health or environmental grounds--even when harm became clear."
You can also purchase their eBook, "Public Health SOS: The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution."

Options to Minimize EMF/RF/Static Field Exposures in Office Environments
A landmark report by Canadian building biologist, Katharina Gustavs, giving actual exposure guidelines for safe EMF exposure and what you can do about them. This is a very practical guide.
From her website: "Offices are abuzz with electromagnetic hazards. Do health regulations protect us? From acute, thermal effects: yes. From long-term effects of low-level exposures: no. In this 150-page paper, find out what the natural background levels are, how much energy the electronic devices you are using emit, and what you can do to lower your exposure (pages 39-66). After taking a closer look at documented health effects and electromagnetic hypersensitivity, it becomes clear why it is so important to follow the precautionary approach."

Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) video: Scientists speak out on mobile phone, cancer link
A 19 minute video clip from the ABC program, "Lateline," aired in Australia on April 2, 2009.
This groundbreaking news segment on a major worldwide network presents the mounting evidence that long term cell phone use, ten years and more in duration, has been shown to cause a higher risk of brain cancer, particularly among children.
This is a major expose pitting statements from admittedly industry-related researchers with statements from those who are independent and "outside" the support of industry.
You can watch the full video clip in Windows Media Player or Real Player from a link on the Lateline website by clicking here. You can also read a transcript of the show on the same page.

Shows on cell phone radiation are all over the TV news
April 10, 2009
Written by Louis Slesin, Editor of Microwave News:
From Louis' email alert: "Shows on cell phone radiation are all over the TV news (overseas). We have assembled seven that have appeared over the last few weeks in Australia and Europe."
Click here to read the April 10, 2009 article under "News and Comments" and to link to these TV news reports.

EMF Radiation News
From the website: "This information contained within this text, audio and video blog is to educate, inform, and provide solutions about the dangers of ElectoMagnetic Pollution from cell phones, cell towers, computers, home radiation and much more."

Children & Cell Phones: Where's ICNIRP?
January 23, 2009
Written by Louis Slesin, Editor of Microwave News:
From Louis' email alert: "The new year brought two fresh initiatives to protect children from cell phone radiation. On January 7, the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) recommended that parents limit their children's use of mobile phones and, on the same day, the French government announced a series of environmental health proposals which includes a ban on cell phones designed specifically for children younger than six and of advertising that promotes the use of cell phones among those under 12.
"In contrast to these actions -- and those of Belgium, France, Russia, Sweden and the U.K. -- the lackadaisical approach of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) is striking. Some 40 countries, many of which have only limited expertise in RF radiation health effects, look to the Commission for advice. Yet, ICNIRP has been silent for ten long years...."
To read the entire article, go to the Microwave News home page and scroll down to "January 23 (2009)."

Electric sensitivity land; Ecology House's hopes to unplug antenna proposal turns light on EMF debate
Written by Peter Seidman on December 19, 2008 for The Pacific Sun of San Rafael, California
From the article: "Residents of a San Rafael apartment complex who say the installation of cell phone antennas nearby would compromise their health are waiting to learn if Verizon and the city can find an alternate site."
Click here to read the entire article.

Breakthrough on Power Lines & Childhood Leukemia
December 15, 2008
Written by Louis Slesin, Editor of Microwave News:
From Louis' email alert: "A Chinese team has made a breakthrough in explaining how power-line EMFs promote childhood leukemia. We don't often talk about breakthroughs when we write about EMFs, but this time it's justified."
Click here to read the entire article.

Cell Phone Radiation Can Cause DNA Breaks
November 28, 2008
Written by Louis Slesin, Editor of Microwave News:
From Louis' email alert: "In this week's issue, Science magazine has conceded the error. More than one lab has in fact shown that cell phone radiation can cause DNA breaks."
Click here to read the entire article.

Two U.S. Scientists Raise Concern In Congress Over Cell Phone Brain Tumor Link
Reported in the Word Press on October 20, 2008
A good synopsis by a blogger about the state of the debate on wireless technologies in this country today.

Misleading Press Reports on Cell Phone Cancer Risks
Written by Louis Slesin, Editor of Microwave News:
From Louis' email alert: "A spate of spurious stories that were in the news last week needs to be aired and corrected. They also provide yet another reason to get the Interphone study out as soon as possible."
To read the entire article, go to the Microwave News home page and scroll down to "October 20 and November 27 (2008)."

Are Brain Cancer Rates Rising Among Young Adults?
Written by Louis Slesin, Editor of Microwave News:
From Louis' email alert: "At last week's Congressional hearing on cell phone cancer risks, Dr. Ronald Herberman testified that the incidence of brain cancer has been increasing over the last ten years, particularly among 20-29 year-olds. This could have major implications for the cell phone health controversy."
Click here to read the entire article.

Mobile phone use 'raises children's risk of brain cancer fivefold'
Written by Geoffrey Lean on September 21, 2008 for London's newspaper, The Independent
From the article: "Alarming new research from Sweden on the effects of radiation raises fears that today's youngsters face an epidemic of the disease in later life. Children and teenagers are five times more likely to get brain cancer if they use mobile phones, startling new research indicates.
"The (Swedish) study, experts say, raises fears that today's young people may suffer an 'epidemic' of the disease in later life. At least nine out of 10 British 16-year-olds have their own handset, as do more than 40 per cent of primary schoolchildren.
"It (the Swedish study) sprung from a further analysis of data from one of the biggest studies carried out into the risk that the radiation causes cancer, headed by Professor Lennart Hardell of the University Hospital in Orebro, Sweden. Professor Hardell told the conference, held at the Royal Society by the Radiation Research Trust, that 'people who started mobile phone use before the age of 20' had more than a five-fold increase in glioma', a cancer of the glial cells that support the central nervous system. The extra risk to young people of contracting the disease from using the cordless phone found in many homes was almost as great, at more than four times higher."
Click here to read the entire article.

Mobile phones may raise cancer risk in children, study finds
Written by Sarah Knapton on September 21, 2008 for London's newspaper, The Telegraph
From the article: "Children and teenagers are five times more likely to get brain cancer if they use mobile phones, a new study suggests."
Click here to read the entire article.

Growing Concern about Electromagnetic Pollution and Cell Phones
by Linda Mouton Howe. This article appeared in the blog Cultural Change in August 2008.
This article alerts us to a public comment deadline with the FCC of September 29, 2008 regarding pending legislation sponsored by the telecom industry to take power away from citizen groups to block the locating of cell towers in schools and other public places. The author cites the BioInitiative Report and she interviews Libby Kelley, Managing Secretariat of the The International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety.
From the article: "The telecommunications industry is trying to stop all citizen influence on restricting cell tower sites. On July 11, 2008, the Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CTIA), petitioned the FCC to declare new limitations on local zoning authority as it affects cell tower siting. A deadline for public comments was set as September 15, 2008 (deadline extended to September 29, 2008), by the FCC and click here for Public Notice for Comments.
Specifically, CTIA requests the Federal Communications Commission to:
1. Force municipalities to act on wireless antenna or tower zoning applications within 45 or 75 days.
2. Rule that applications are automatically 'deemed granted' if a local government misses the FCC's deadline.
3. Prevent municipalities from considering the presence of service by other carriers in evaluating an additional carrier's application for an antenna site.
4. Pre-empt any local ordinance that would automatically require a variance for cell tower applications."
Click here to read the entire article.

The First Congressional Hearings on Cell Phones in 15 Years
Written by Louis Slesin, Editor of Microwave News:
"Congressman Dennis Kucinich will hold a hearing on cell phones and health in Washington on Thursday, September 25th (2008). Among the witnesses will be Dr. Ronald Herberman of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Dr. David Carpenter of the Institute for Health and Environment in Albany."
To read more, go to the Microwave News home page and scroll down to "September 30" and earlier articles.

Cellphone use potentially risky for kids, teens: health agency
This article appeared in Canadian Broadcasting Company News on July 12, 2008.
From the article: "Toronto's department of public health is advising teenagers and young children to limit their use of cellphones to avoid potential health risks."
Click here to read the entire article.

This is Your Brain on Cell Phones
Written by Kiera Butler, Associate Editor of Mother Jones Magazine, on July 1, 2008
A concise overview of the effects of thermal and non-thermal effects of radio waves on human health.

Cell Phone Cover-Up, Is Your Brain at Risk?
"Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation"
Written by Byron J. Richards, CCN on April 16, 2008 for News With Views
From the article: "The latest stone thrown at the 200-billion-dollar-a-year cell phone industry came from a study by neurosurgeon Vini G. Khurana entitled Mobile Phone-Brain Tumour: Public Health Advisory. His meta-analysis of existing cell phone studies may not contain a lot of new information, but his rather alarming message was carried by media around the world: 'there is a growing body of statistically significant evidence for a relationship between the overall length of use of a mobile phone and the delayed occurrence of a brain tumor on the same side of the head as the "preferred side" for mobile phone usage.' He claimed a 2-4 fold increased risk following 10 years of regular use. (emphasis added) The study, by Dr Vini Khurana, is the most devastating indictment yet published of the health risks."
Read the entire article by clicking here.

Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'
"Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation"
Written by Geoffrey Lean on March 30, 2008 for London's newspaper, The Independent
From the article: "Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry must take 'immediate steps' to reduce exposure to their radiation."
The study, by Dr Vini Khurana, is the most devastating indictment yet published of the health risks."
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Cell Phone Radiation Triggers Measurable Brain Cell Changes in Mere Minutes
"Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation"
Written by David Gutierrez on December 29, 2007
From the article: "As little as 10 minutes on a cell phone can trigger changes in brain cells linked to cell division and cancer, suggests a new study conducted by researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and published in the Biochemical Journal.
"Previously, advocates of cell-phone safety have maintained that the phones cannot cause brain damage because the microwave radiation that they emit is at a level too low to heat the body's cells. But in the new study, changes in biological processes began at an energy level even lower than that used by a typical phone, even without heating occurring...
"There was no direct evidence of cancer inducement in the current study. However, the researchers point out that the changes occurring at the low radiation level were non-thermal in nature, something previously said to be impossible. Thus, the study challenges the entire basis on which cell phones' presumption of safety has been based.
"'The significance lies in showing cells do react to cell-phone radiation in a non-thermal way,' said co-author Rony Seger. 'We used radiation power levels that were around one tenth of those produced by a normal mobile. The changes we observed were clearly not caused by heating.'
"'This helps explain why mobile phone radiation has been linked to increases in cancer tumors,' said consumer health advocate Mike Adams. 'Until now, skeptics have said the radiation wasn't intense enough to cause cells to overheat, but now we're learning there can be significant cellular changes taking place at far lower levels of exposure.'
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The WiFi Blues
Written by Jeffrey Fawcett on July 26, 2007 for The Townsend Letter, a journal on alternative medicine.
This is an excellent article on the health effects of wireless Internet technology, particularly city-wide Wi-Fi service now being deployed in cities around the country, including Minneapolis. This is very important information.
Read the entire article by clicking here.

Cloud of worry gathers over wireless health risks
Written by Doreen Carvajal on September 23, 2007 for The International Herald Tribune Business Section.
From the article: "'The exposure to electromagnetic fields is rising, and it's widespread,' said Jacqueline McGlade, executive director of the European Environmental Agency, a European Union institution. 'So, come what may, we should be anticipating that even with a low dose, but with wide exposure, this will require much more inspection.'
"...school officials are looking for reassurance. Teacher associations in Britain are demanding further analysis before schools introduce wireless computer networks, and the city of Frankfurt is being even more cautious - school officials there decided last year not to install wireless systems until there was more health research.
"This month, the French Health Ministry ordered the country's Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety to prepare a review of available scientific information about the effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields from cellphones and Wi-Fi.
"Members of the Green Party in the German Parliament have also pressed the government with similar questions this summer. In response, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection advised limiting use of mobile phones and wireless networks as a precaution until more is known.
"'Our main concern is to keep the total exposure of electric magnetic fields as low as possible, especially in schools and kindergartens,' said Sylvia Kotting-Uhl, a member of the German Bundestag and spokesman for the Green Party on the issue. 'We will force the government to take their own warnings seriously and to favor cable-based technology.'"
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EU calls for urgent action on wi-fi radiation
Written by Geoffrey Lean on September 16, 2007 for The New Zealand Herald.
From the article: "Europe's top environmental watchdog is calling for immediate action to reduce exposure to radiation from Wi-Fi, mobile phones and their masts (towers). It suggests that delay could lead to a health crisis similar to those caused by asbestos, smoking and lead in petrol.
"The warning, from the EU's European Environment Agency (EEA) follows an international scientific review which concluded that safety limits set for the radiation are 'thousands of times too lenient', and an official British report last week which concluded that it could not rule out the development of cancers from using mobile phones...
"The scientific review, produced by the international BioInitiative Working Group of leading scientists and public health and policy experts, says the 'explosion of new sources has created unprecedented levels of artificial electromagnetic fields that now cover all but remote areas of the habitable space on Earth', causing 'long-term and cumulative exposure' to 'massively increased' radiation that 'has no precedent in human history'. It says 'corrections are needed in the way we accept, test and deploy' the technologies 'in order to avert public health problems of a global nature'."
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Germany warns citizens to avoid using Wi-Fi
Published on September 9, 2007 in London's newspaper, The Independent
From the article: "People should avoid using Wi-Fi wherever possible because of the risks it may pose to health, the German government has said.
"Its surprise ruling -- the most damning made by any government on the fast-growing technology -- will shake the industry...
"And Germany's official radiation protection body also advises its citizens to use landlines instead of mobile phones, and warns of 'electrosmog' from a wide range of other everyday products, from baby monitors to electric blankets.
"The Environment Ministry recommended that people should keep their exposure to radiation from Wi-Fi 'as low as possible' by choosing 'conventional wired connections'. It added that it is 'actively informing people about possibilities for reducing personal exposure'.
"Florian Emrich, for (the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection), says Wi-Fi should be avoided 'because people receive exposures from many sources and because it is a new technology and all the research into its health effects has not yet been carried out'."
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BBC Documentary on Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi)
This is a 30 minute clip from the BBC program, "Panorama."
The episode focuses on wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) in England and shows how Wi-Fi is being removed from schools in Europe. They also cover electro-magnetic sensitivity in general and how the Swedish government is helping their EMF-sensitive citizens, who make up 3% of that country's population.
The video clip is no longer available, but you can read the transcript by clicking here.

"The Largest Biological Experiment Ever"
Arthur Firstenberg's excellent review of the medical dangers of cell phone use and exposure to radio frequencies in general. First appeared in the January 2006 issue of the El Dorado Sun Monthly Magazine (archive no longer available). Now available at the website mindfully.org.

The Radiation Poisoning of America
By Amy Worthington, published by the Centre for Research on Globalization in Montreal on October 9, 2007.
A thorough and startling review of the march towards saturation of the inhabitable space on earth with man-made wireless transmissions and their effects on human health. Many case studies are presented documenting these effects. The author also covers the behind-the-scenes politics worldwide, particularly in this country, that has allowed this technology to spread. The article is long but well worth the read.

Safe Wireless Initiative
Former website for Dr. George L. Carlo, Former Chairman and Founder of the Science and Public Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
Dr. Carlo is one of the leading researchers on the health risks of exposure to wireless technologies and information-carrying radio frequencies.
His website is no longer active but when it was, it contained several intervention steps to help protect against the harmful influence of wireless devices. We have obtained a copy of his former website through archive.org.
Click here and scroll down the page to see Dr. Carlo's "Interventions to Maximize Health and Minimize EMR Risks Recommendations."
To link to an archived version of an important medical alert from Dr. Carlo about the dangers of EMF-reduction chips that some folks stick on their cell phone, click here.

Two articles appeared in April 2007 in London's The Independent on the dangers of wi-fi:
1. "DANGER ON THE AIRWAVES: IS THE WI-FI REVOLUTION A HEALTH TIME BOMB?" By Geoffrey Lean (published: April 22, 2007)
2. "WI-FI: CHILDREN AT RISK FROM 'ELECTRONIC SMOG'" By Geoffrey Lean (Also published: April 22, 2007)
From the articles: "Sir William Stewart, the man who has issued the most authoritative British warnings about the hazards of mobiles, is becoming worried about the spread of Wi-Fi. The chairman of the Health Protection Agency -- and a former chief scientific adviser to the Government -- is privately pressing for an official investigation of the risks it may pose."
"...we are all now living in a soup of electromagnetic radiation one billion times stronger than the natural fields in which living cells have developed over the last 3.8 billion years."

"Scientists demand inquiry over Wi-Fi"
News article from the British Newspaper, The Independent
By Jonathan Owen (published: April 29, 2007)
"The health risks posed by Wi-Fi technology should be investigated by eminent scientists to ensure that a generation will not be damaged by growing levels of 'electronic smog'."
"'The research hasn't been done. Therefore we cannot assume that there are no effects,' said Dennis Henshaw, professor of human radiation at Bristol University. "'I would be in favour of an inquiry into the dangers of Wi-Fi. This technology is being wheeled out without any checks and balances.'
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"Wi-fi: should we be worried?"
News article from the British Newspaper, The Times of London
By Nicki Daniels (published: December 11, 2006)
"Concern about the safety of wireless networks is mounting, with people blaming everything from headaches to cancer on the technology"
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"Health concerns over mobile phone masts (towers) prompt review"
News article from the British Newspaper, The Independent
By Marie Woolf and Geoffrey Lean (published: May 13, 2007)
"Ministers are to investigate arrangements for erecting mobile phone masts (towers) in the light of growing fears that they may cause cancer and other diseases because of 'electronic smog'."
"They will review the exceptionally favourable rules that allow mobile phone companies to escape normal planning regulations and stop councils from considering the effects of the masts on health, even when they are sited near homes and schools."
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"Cell Phone Users 240 Percent More Prone to Brain Tumors"
A posting on the website EMF Radiation News.

Dr. Joseph Mercola
Website for this health and prevention-oriented Chicago-based MD. Do a search on his website for the term "cell phones".

"Long-term use of cellular phones and brain tumours - increased risk associated with use for more than 10 years"
This article was published online on April 4, 2007 in the journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine.
From the abstract: "The available epidemiological studies of long-term cell phone users point to a 'consistent pattern' of increased risks of acoustic neuromas and brain tumors, according to a new analysis by the Hardell- Mild team in Sweden." Click here to read the entire article.

The Association for Comprehensive Neurotherapy
This clinic in Florida treats children with autism. Their website contains a thorough compendium of studies from Europe on the adverse health effects of wireless communications and radio frequencies. Well worth reading if you have a teenager who uses a cell phone (or you use one yourself).

"Health fears lead schools to dismantle wireless networks"
News article from the British Newspaper, The Times of London
By Joanna Bale (published: November 20, 2006)
"Parents and teachers are forcing some schools to dismantle wireless computer networks amid fears that they could damage children's health...many parents and some scientists fear that low levels of microwave radiation emitted by the transmitters could be harmful, causing loss of concentration, headaches, fatigue, memory and behavioural problems and possibly cancer in the long term. Scientific evidence is inconclusive, but some researchers think that children are vulnerable because of their thinner skulls and developing nervous systems."
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"Harmful Frequencies Generated by TDMA (Cell Phone) Technology and Non-Thermal Effect at Very Low Power Density"
A posting by a fellow Building Biologist, Larry Gust, containing a Lancet article discussing the effects of low frequencies from wireless communications on human health. This is an excellent primer on the basics of cell phone technology and brings to light the fact that even low frequency radiation in very low power densities, generally thought to be harmless, in fact has a damaging effect on subtle bioelectrical processes with which the frequencies resonate within our bodies.
From the article: "Although safety guidelines -- to which mobile telephones and their base-stations conform -- do protect against excessive microwave heating, there is evidence that the low intensity, pulsed radiation currently used can exert subtle non-thermal influences... The radiation used is indeed of very low intensity, but an oscillatory similitude (emphasis added) between this pulsed microwave radiation and certain electrochemical activities of the living human being should prompt concern."
To read the entire article, click here.

Purchase Cell Phone Radiation Shielding and Reduction Devices from the Following Retailers
(some websites also contain research citations):

Less EMF
A resource for information on and products for detecting and shielding electric, magnetic, and radio frequency fields, including air tube earphones and "snap beads," which are small ferrite beads that close around the wire of your earphone like a clam shell. We recommend you get two and place one near the bottom of the cord where it plugs into the phone and place the second one about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way up the wire. This reduces exposure to the radiation picked up by the cord through resonance from the signal being broadcast from the antenna of your cell phone as well as from other cell phones and cell towers in your neighborhood.
If your cell phone does not support the air tube ear phone, even with an adapter, then use the wired earphone supplied by the cell phone manufacturer and place snap beads on the wire as described above. Do whatever you can to get the cell phone away from your body (don't put it in your pocket when you are on a call). Also, we don't recommend using a Bluetooth, as this is more cumulative exposure to harmful information-carrying radio waves, which have no safe exposure limit;
518-432-1550, 888-537-7363.

Radio Frequency Safe
A resource for products to protect from cell phone radiation. Distributors of the RF3 air tube earphone for cell phone use as part of the "Gold Headset Package", which also includes a Wire Guard (also known as a "snap bead") and microwave shield. Also includes important information on the dangers of cell phone use and how to protect yourself; 727-643-5440.

Safe Wireless Initiative
Former website for Dr. George L. Carlo, Former Chairman and Founder of the Science and Public Policy Institute in Washington, DC.
Dr. Carlo is one of the leading researchers on the health risks of exposure to wireless technologies and information-carrying radio frequencies.
His website is no longer active but when it was, it contained several intervention steps to help protect against the harmful influence of wireless devices. We have obtained a copy of his former website through archive.org.
Click here and scroll down the page to see Dr. Carlo's "Medical Alert: Cell Phones, Cordless & WiFi Wireless Communication Produces Dangerous Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR)." He provides "Interventions to Maximize Health and Minimize EMR Risks Recommendations from the Safe Wireless Initiative."

Note about safe use of cell phones in cars: When I am in my car, I use a hands-free option with an air tube ear phone plugged into my cell phone. There is still a problem, however, from frequencies coming from the cell phone broadcast signal when I am on a call. This occurs because some of the transmitted signal from the onboard antenna inside the cell phone is reflected back inside the car by the sheet metal surrounding you. This causes a concentration of power to higher levels than if you were talking on the cell phone outside your car.

Furthermore, the cell tower senses that the signal has weakened when you make your call from inside the car. This happens because of this reflection, which keeps part of the broadcast signal that is coming from your cell phone inside the car. As a result, the tower sends an instruction to the cell phone to increase its transmitted power output. You stay better connected to the tower but your body absorbs more radiation. (Also the cell phone battery goes down faster.

To reduce the ill effects of the cell phone antenna transmitting inside my car, I plug an external antenna cord into a jack on the back of my cell phone. The external antenna sits on top of my car, held in place by an earth magnetic base. The antenna is positioned right over my head because there is a "dead spot" directly under the antenna. Also, since the antenna is located outside the car above a metal sheet (the roof of the car), I am protected underneath that metal sheet. I am also below what is called the "ground plane" of the external antenna above me.

Finally, when I plug the external antenna cord into the back of my cell phone, this disables and shuts off the on-board antenna inside the cell phone so I am not broadcasting from inside the car. I had to purchase a refurbished cell phone to get an external antenna jack because newer models do not have them.

To order a roof-top antenna for your car, link to the Alternative Wireless online store listed below:

Alternative Wireless
An online source of rooftop-mounted external cell phone antennas for your car as well as other cell phone accessories;
888-399-4932.

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