Kids can fry their brains on something other than drugs….
Here is something to think about………or not!
Take three cell phones. Put them on a table. Put some popcorn kernels in the middle, and then call the cell phones. View the YouTube video below….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V94shlqPlSI
Being it has been forwarded and copied, you may have to cut and paste the link in the url. Worth seeing. Very short, under 30 seconds.
This is an article worth reading. I know Lori personally and believe that all this cell phone use is detrimental to our health. She explains why. I have her permission to use this article.
CELL PHONE TOWERS: OUR NEWEST EPIDEMIC
by Lori L Nestel, RN, copyright 2006
It wasn’t too long ago, that you could go driving down a highway and you would see a foreign structure and wonder what it was. Now, a few years later, those foreign structures, cell phone towers, are everywhere you look. This proliferation of new towers is possible because of the telecommunications act of 1996, section 704 specifically, that states they cannot be banned for zoning, aesthetics or health concerns. Since this legislation was written, with the help of our telecommunications conglomerate representatives, all attempts to introduce counter bills into the house or senate have been buried. Due to public outcries about the ugliness of the initial cell phone tower structure, they have become more aesthetically pleasing, sometimes looking like a pine tree, palm tree or cactus. But that may not be a good thing, because there are more around in your daily environment than you would realize. In recent years, an increasing number of cell phone base stations / cell towers have been placed on the grounds of our children’s schools, colleges, and government buildings (including fire stations), and have even been housed in the steeples of churches where our 2, 3 and 4 year old children attend pre-school. They even disappear into the signs of gas stations and flagpoles. But where will they put them next and will we know about it? If cell phones are dangerous aren’t they also?
The technology age is unrelentingly upon us. On one hand, the wireless industry has profoundly transformed our lives, businesses and societies globally. And on the other hand, we have seen the proliferation of Fibromyalgia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ADHD and Autism with more and more people suffering from fatigue, headaches, dizziness, tension and sleep disturbances. Is there a connection and is it impacting our lives and our health? Inside our homes and offices, transmitters send signals (EMR – electromagnetic radiation) to wireless phones systems, wireless sound systems, wireless computer networks and to the closest cell phone tower / base station for your devices to work. This bathes our bodies, our children, pets and co-workers in microwave radiation close to the range of a microwave oven.
For the past 20 years we have periodically seen news articles in print or on TV about the concerns and danger of cell phone use. So what makes cell phones dangerous to use? The invisible, odorless, tasteless, aggressive frequencies that come from your cell phone are viewed as a toxin by the human body. Electromagnetic pollution leads to more rapid aging, elevated blood glucose levels, elevated lipid levels, high blood pressure, increased neuro-regulatory disturbances, and impacts the central nervous, cardiovascular and immune systems. One only has to read the book written by Dr. George Carlo titled, “Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age” to become aware of the dangers involved. His book is the result of a $28.5 million 7 year study funded by the Cell Phone Industry who hired him to prove cell phones are safe for use. Dr. Carlo could not minimize the health risks associated with cell phone use, nor endorse their safe use, thus he was removed from the study by the cell phone industry and the industry sought to discredit him. In an excerpt from his book, “One by one, alarming signs appeared in Dr. Carlo’s research: that cell phones interfere with pacemakers, that developing skulls of children are penetrated deeply by the energy emitted from a cell phone, that the blood brain barrier which prevents invasion of the brain from toxins can be compromised by the cell phone radiation and most startling, that radio frequency radiation creates micronuclei in human blood cells, a type of genetic damage known to be a diagnostic marker for cancer.”
These pictures are an excerpt from Dr. Carlo’ book showing cell phone microwave radiation penetration in the human brain of an adult, 10 year old and 5 year old. In England it is recommended that teenagers under 17 limit and refrain from unnecessary cell phone use. There are solutions —– be sure to check the conclusion of this article.
We live in a world where wellness is often sacrificed for technological advance-ment. Cell phones, just one of the many devices of the wireless age, is now commonplace in everyday life. But who pays the ultimate price? We do, and especially our children who have now become the fastest growing market of the wireless age. Five years ago, the Disney Corporation turned down a $2 million per year licensing fee for the use of Disney Characters…they just signed a $2 billion contract with Sprint. In spite of the eye-opening scientific reports, the cell phone industry continues to grow and expand at a rapid rate with 1.6 billion people using cell phones worldwide. Does that alarm you? No thorough safety testing was ever performed before releasing cell phones into the mass market, even though the wireless industry has always claimed that its technology is safe for use. BUT, the evidence is OVERWHELMING that cell phones pose a very real health risk. In Japan you are not allowed to use Cell Phones on the train due to second hand radiation.
If cell phones are safe, then why are the Cell Phone Companies not insured —they are self-insured. Even Lloyds of London won’t insure them. Part of this is because of 7 State Class Action lawsuits, 10 Brain Cancer lawsuits, and 2 Workman’s Comp lawsuits in California. The next time you purchase your cell phone, please read the fine print. Upon signing a Verizon Cell Phone contract, hidden in the fine print, you agree not to sue the Cell Phone Maker or participate in a Class Action lawsuit. Why is this clause necessary if their phones are safe to use?
Cell phones now function with microwave technology – just in smaller doses. I ask you, would you put your head in a microwave oven and turn it on? I don’t think so. We all have been warned that microwaves are dangerous, especially for someone using a pacemaker. BUT, that is what is occurring every time you choose to converse on your cell phone — you are bombarding your head with microwave radiation. It only takes 1 minute to heat a cup of water to boil. It is alarming when you realize the human brain cells are composed of 90 percent water. There is now undeniable evidence that microwave radiation from cell phones has the ability to heat up the underlying tissues in the area of the head where the phone is held. This heating or thermal effect may cause you to experience symptoms like headache, fatigue, tissue swelling, tingling, insomnia, memory impairment, and learning difficulties. With continued exposure, there are potentially severe long-term damages like tumors and cancer. Just a 2-minute phone call can alter brain activity up to one hour. With 500 minutes of cell phone use per month you have a 300% increased probability of developing brain cancer. The average child uses a cell phone 2,600 minutes per month. Do you think our children might be in danger? In 2006, there will be 40,000+ new cases of brain tumors and eye melanoma diagnosed worldwide attributed to cell phone usage. If the current trend continues, there will be 500,000+ new cases of tumors per year by the year 2010. Is it really only a coincidence that brain cancer has increased by 25 percent since the introduction of cell phones? Studies show that brain tumors have replaced leukemia as the #1 life-threatening disease for children in Australia, Europe and the UK. Brain tumors are the #2 killer of our children in the US. The radiation from cell phones damages the areas of the brain associated with memory, learning, and movement– and may play a factor in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Robert O. Becker, M.D. showed in his 1990 book, “Cross Currents, The Perils of Electropollution”, how our human bodies and immune systems are being adversely affected by man-made electromagnetic fields from power lines, radar, microwaves, satellites, am radios, cell phones, computers, video display terminals, and even electric appliances. In his book, Dr. Becker pointed out that radiation once considered safe, is now correlated with increases in cancer, birth defects, depression, learning disabilities, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease and Sudden Death Syndrome. It also damages cellular DNA and its ability to repair itself.
Have you ever wondered why diabetes, obesity, ADHD and several other diseases are still on the rise in spite of our medically and technologically advanced society? Fifty to One hundred years ago, these disorders were a rarity or did not exist.
Other organs that are at greater risk because of their increased water content are —the stomach, intestines, bladder & testes. Men of all ages, take note, if you carry your cell phone at your waist or in your pocket, use a laptop computer or play video games, you are playing “Russian roulette” with your fertility future. It has been documented in European studies that men can experience a 35 percent reduction in their sperm count. In the last 20 years alone, there has been an increase in testicular cancer by 50 percent.
Children are even more vulnerable to EMF radiation, no matter what the source, for several reasons. First, their skulls are much thinner than an adults’, thus radiation penetration is 3-4 times higher. Second, their brains have more fluid content. Lastly, their bodies have not yet fully developed. “Children under the age of eight should not use mobile phones, parents were advised last night after an authoritative report linked heavy use to ear and brain tumors and concluded that the risks had been underestimated by most scientists.” – statement made by Professor Sir William Stewart, chairman of the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), to the London Times in January 2005. He also stated, “If there are risks – and we think there may be risks – then the people who are going to be most affected are children, and the younger the child, the greater the danger.” The World Health Organization met in Toronto, July 2005, and are warning Canadians to limit cell phone use, especially with children. For more research and answers on this problem, please visit website listed at end of this article.
Where does this cell phone reception come from? Cell phone towers. There is overwhelming documentation about the concerns of cell phone use and the negative health effects it has on the human body. What people need to remember is that electro-pollution exposure is cumulative. Just like the dangers of smoking and exposure to asbestos, radiation from cell phones is cumulative and the long-term effects may not be known for years.
But what about cell phone towers? “Common sense” will tell you there is a connection or your phone wouldn’t work. Let’s look back to the 1950’s to 1970’s during the Cold War when Russia directed a low intensity radar signal towards the U.S. Embassy in Russia. The documented results were elevated mutagenesis and carcinogenesis among the employees and dependents that were chronically exposed with elevated leukemia rates in adults and children. In New Zealand, cell phone towers are prohibited on school property because of possible health effects. Dr. Neil Cherry, a biophysicist, has measured accelerated aging, increased cell death and cancers caused by radio frequency microwaves from cell phones and their relay towers. With the brain being bombarded repeatedly by cell phone pulses, he warns that headaches, fatigue, lethargy, nausea, dizziness, depression, arteriosclerosis and even Alzheimer’s can result from frequent or prolonged calls on cell phones.
We are a society of convenience addicts, who are placing everyone at risk with every technology device we incorporate into our daily lives. Our children are being exposed to a 100 million times more electro-pollution than our grandparents ever were. What are we doing to our children, our future generations, and ourselves? Are we slowly drowning our society in a pool of invisible pollution? What new epidemic &/or “unexpected” disorder is just around the corner? If cell phones are so dangerous, then it goes without saying that cell phone towers are as well. Just like the problems associated with “second-hand” smoke, there are similar risks and concerns with “second-hand” electro-pollution that should not be taken lightly. The proliferation of our telecommunications industry is creating an invisible, hazardous pollution that is growing unchecked. Every time you use your cell phone you become a part of the largest uncontrolled study on wireless technology ever being conducted on humans.
To gather more information about this ongoing problem, visit the following website: http://wireless.EMF411.com (do not add www into the address).
Do your part and take a proactive approach in your health, the health of your children and the health of generations to come. The safety of our children and future generations to come, depends on what we, as adults, do today. It’s not too late — HELP PROTECT OUR CHILDREN and improve the quality of everyone’s life!
Lori L Nestel, RN, President
Avenues 2 Wellness, LLC
avenues2wellness@comcast.net
(609) 534-2202
