Friday, January 22, 2010

Can Cell Phone Usage Really Cause Cancer?



Have you purchased your Christmas present yet? There’s so much technology out there out there you can’t go wrong by giving someone a nice cell phone with all the bells and whistles correct?……..WRONG.

I’m sick of being lied to by the mainstream, saying everything is ok when it’s the exact opposite. Cell phones are no different. I looked into a number of corp. organizations regarding the dangers of cell phone usage. What I mostly found was no clear relationship between cell phone use and brain cancer. I decided to look into the alternative medicine community (that’s where I usually find the truth) and things started to become more clear. I found a study which dealt with cell phones and brain tumors. The study concluded there was a correlation between prolonged cell phone usage and the development of an ipsilateral (same side) brain tumor. In other words people were developing brain tumors on the side of their brains in which they were using cell phones.

Cell phones give off Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR). Defining EMR was a challenge within itself. The following is the most easy to understand definition I could find: “The energy that radiates from all things in nature and from man-made electronic systems. It includes cosmic rays, gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared light, radar, microwaves, TV, radio, cellphones and all electronic transmission systems. Electromagnetic radiation is made up of electric and magnetic fields that move at right angles to each other at the speed of light”. You might agree that, that definition didn’t clear up a thing. At this point I wish I was a scientist. I did find an article (of all places) in the NY times. This article had a small group of Neurosurgeons which stated that they did not hold cell phones to their ears. This article also made reference to Senator Kennedy’s tumor. The tumor Senator Kennedy was diagnosed with was called Glioma, which is a type of tumor that has been associated with cell phone use. Those that study cell phone usage and brain tumors primary concern is the heat generated by the cells phones and the fact that radio frequencies are absorbed mostly by the head and neck. “Some of the research suggests a link between cellphone use and three types of tumors: glioma; cancer of the parotid, a salivary gland near the ear; and acoustic neuroma, a tumor that essentially occurs where the ear meets the brain”

The American Journal Of Epidemiology. Published an Israel study which states “58 percent higher risk of parotid gland tumors among heavy cellphone users. Also last year, a Swedish analysis of 16 studies in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine showed a doubling of risk for acoustic neuroma and glioma after 10 years of heavy cellphone use.”

My goal with this article is not to get you to stop using your cell phones but to make you aware of the possible dangers. I have included two videos with this article. One will provide you with more information on cell phones and brain tumors. The other will tell you have to protect yourself from these dangers.

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