|
Research
|
We always need more research so please if you find papers that are not on our list please send us the link or the doc. Looking at all the studies (we only have the tip of the iceberg here - there is in excess of 200 scientific studies that show a health problem from mobile phone technology) it looks as if they've proven a health risk over and over and over again. However the argument the authorities and industry constantly chuck out is "...these studies have not been replicated.. they must be replicated before they can be scientifically accepted..." The implication is always that this has been tried and failed.. this is not true. From what we can gather studies are not replicated because they are not repeated (they are not given funding). If the Government is serious about protecting our health and putting our children before profit then its time they put ourmoney where their mouth is. We guess that if the NEW research programs turn out a health effect they will be rubbished as not replicated. Lets put our taxes into repeating some of these studies so that we can finally get a true picture of the science
|
|
Do Mobile Phones Cure Alzheimer’s Disease? |
 |
 |
 |
|
Comments by Andrew Goldsworthy on a
widely publicised paper by Arendash and co-workers that suggests that mobile
phone radiation may cure Alzheimer’s disease.
I have looked at
the original Arendash et al. paper and things are not quite as reported in the
press.
The radiation was not modulated
The first point I should make is that they used radiation at 918MHz (similar to
a GSM mobile phone in this respect) but it was neither pulsed nor modulated, so
it cannot be regarded in any way as being equivalent to real mobile phone or
Wifi radiation.
Unmodulated radiation is less
biologically active
The non-thermal effects of unmodulated radio frequency radiation are normally
much weaker than modulated radiation and could even produce the opposite effect
(this is called radiation hormesis, which has been studied mostly in relation
to ionizing radiation, but it probably also applies to non-ionizing radiation).
Radiation hormesis
It is
argued that living cells and organisms perceive the damaging effects of the radiation
and put themselves into “repair mode”. This includes boosting enzymes needed
for cellular growth and regeneration and also triggering inflammation to
increase the blood supply to the affected region. Provided these measures are
successful, there may be no observable adverse effects. However, some of these
mechanisms are generic and may also affect other illnesses, so that very weak
radiation may have net beneficial effects, even on systems that are not directly
affected by it. This may be what we are seeing here; mild inflammation of the
brain would increase its blood supply and could stave off the degeneration
normally associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Amplitude modulated waves can weaken
cell membranes and cause illnesses
Amplitude modulated radio waves (such as those used by mobile phones), where the
strength of the carrier wave rises and falls in time with the modulating
waveform, give greater biological effects. This is perhaps because they are
more effective in jerking structurally-important calcium ions free from cell
membranes, which makes them more inclined to leak. The effects of this can be
harmful in many cases (see http://tinyurl.com/5ru6e6
for a proposed mechanism and some of the consequences).
Amplitude modulation can also affect
cryptochrome to increase the risk of cancer
When a
carrier wave is modulated in this way, it generates a range of other frequencies
on either side of the carrier (called sidebands), which contain the
information. Digital transmissions have particularly wide sidebands that
encompass many other biologically active frequencies, including those that
interfere with the activity of cryptochrome,
which some animals use to sense magnetic fields for navigation (Ritz et al.
Nature, Vol. 429, 13 May 2004). Cryptochrome also occurs in most animal and plant cells,
where it is an essential part of the “body clock” that controls their natural circadian
rhythms. It is effects on cryptochrome that probably account for the sleep
disturbances experienced by people living near base stations. It may also
explain their apparent increased risk of getting cancer since the immune system,
which normally disposes of aberrant cells before they become cancerous, is
controlled by the body clock. This is to make the most efficient use of limited
bodily resources, which are switched from physical activity during the day to
the immune system at night. If our natural body rhythms are disrupted or
reduced in amplitude by the radiation, it means that at no time can the immune
system function at maximum strength and we are therefore more likely to develop
cancer.
The take-home story To sum up, it is perfectly possible that unmodulated microwaves could mitigate
the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, but modulated microwaves are likely to do
more harm than good. So now may not be the time to buy granny a mobile phone,
but we should nevertheless look more carefully at the effects of unmodulated radiation. It may really
help, but we still need to proceed with great caution.
Andrew
Goldsworthy BSc PhD
Lecturer in
Biology (retired)
Imperial College London
|
|
|
Some Facts about Cell Phone Radiation by Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy July 2009 |
|
|
|
|
I was an amateur
radio enthusiast before becoming a professional biologist, but kept my interest
in radio throughout a long career as a lecturer at Imperial College London. No
one appreciates more than I the wonders of engineering that have gone into even
the cheapest cell phone, but equally I know the very real dangers that cell
phone signals present to both the user and people living near cell towers.
Unmodulated radio waves are relatively safe
It has been known
since the work of Suzanne Bawin and her co-workers in the mid 1970s that pure
low power radio waves, of strengths similar to those used by cell phones, are
relatively harmless. Pretty much the only damage that can be done by an unmodulated
signal is due to the heating effect of the radiation as it passes through the
body, and the ICNIRP safety guidelines adopted by many governments are more
than adequate to protect you against that.
Modulated radio waves are not safe
Bawin et al. also showed that the situation
changes drastically when the signal is "amplitude modulated" so that its
strength rises and falls in time with a lower frequency. In particular, they
found that signals that were far too weak to generate significant heat, could
now drive structurally important calcium from the surfaces of brain cells.
Other work showed that pulses with very sharp rise and fall times were even
more effective. The loss of this calcium weakens the membrane and makes it more
likely to leak and gives unwanted biological effects.
Cell phone signals are modulated
Cell phone
signals have to be "modulated" if they are to carry information such as speech
and the various control signals needed to make the system work. Most digital
modulation systems involve sharp changes in signal strength. These occur over a
wide range of frequencies, some of which are biologically active. Furthermore,
they occur at radiation levels many orders of magnitude lower than those
specified by the ICNIRP guidelines. These guidelines are therefore set far too
high to protect us from modulated radiation.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Or: A Very
Dangerous Assumption
Dr. Grahame Blackwell,
June 2009
It's a
well-known truism that nature will exploit every ecological niche, however
small and unlikely. Life is to be found
in the deepest darkest trenches of the oceans, the coldest Arctic wastes, the
smallest crevices in rocks deep underground.
Even in the most abundant and densely-populated environments, if there
is a potential food source or habitat unclaimed then some species will arise or
adapt to make the fullest possible use of it.
..............................
..............................
So what of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation?
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
List of Scientific Studies |
|
|
|
|
A list of published
studies showing links between radition from mobile phones and masts and ill
health
Contents:
1. General Neurological Complaints (12)
2. Measured Neurological Effects (41)
3. Measured Neurological Function (16)
4. Observed Whole Body Response (2)
5. Measured Changes to Body Chemistry (9)
6. Measured Cellular Chemistry Alterations
(21)
7. Cellular Damage and Cell Death (23)
8. Embryo Mortality (1)
9. Blood Brain Barrier (3)
10. Brain Tumours (15)
11. General Cancer (2)
12. Immune Response (2)
13. Effects on Melatonin (9)
14. Sperm Quality (4)
15. Miscellaneous Studies (24)
16. Epidemiological Phone Mast Studies (7)
17. Phone masts' effects on animals (3)
Total of 194
studies
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Mobile Phones and Brain Tumours – A Public Health Concern |
|
|
|
|
By Dr. Vini Gautam Khurana PhD, FRACS
The completion of this paper on February 7, 2008 follows 14 months of objective
research by the author, involving the critical review of over 100 sources in the recent
medical and scientific literature, in addition to Press reports and Internet content. This
paper represents a systematic and concise yet comprehensive review of this area to date
and its findings highlight an emerging global public health concern.
KEY MESSAGES OF THIS WORK:
• Mobile phones are convenient and frequently invaluable, yet exposure to their
electromagnetic radiation is invisible. Therefore, any danger this exposure poses
may be easily dismissed.
• Exposure is long-term and its effects on the body, particularly its electrical
organ, the brain, are compounded by numerous other simultaneous long-term
exposures including continuous waves from radio and TV transmitter towers,
cordless phone base stations, power lines, and wireless/WiFi computing devices.
• A malignant brain tumour represents a life-ending diagnosis in the vast
majority of those diagnosed. There is a significant and increasing body of
evidence, to date at least 8 comprehensive clinical studies internationally and
one long-term meta-analysis, for a link between mobile phone usage and certain
brain tumours.
• Taken together, the data presented below compellingly suggest that the link
between mobile phones and brain tumours should no longer be regarded as a
myth. Individual and class action lawsuits have been filed in the USA, and at
least one has already been successfully prosecuted, regarding the cell phone-brain
tumour link.
• The "incubation time" or "latency" (i.e., the time from commencement of regular
mobile phone usage to the diagnosis of a malignant solid brain tumour in a
susceptible individual) may be in the order of 10-20 years. In the years 2008-
2012, we will have reached the appropriate length of follow-up time to begin to
definitively observe the impact of this global technology on brain tumour
incidence rates.
• There is currently enough evidence and technology available to warrant Industry
and Governments alike in taking immediate steps to reduce exposure of
consumers to mobile phone-related electromagnetic radiation and to make
Mobile Phones and Brain Tumours © 2008, G. Khurana – All Rights Reserved.
www.brain-surgery.us 4
consumers clearly aware of potential dangers and how to use this technology
sensibly and safely.
• It is anticipated that this danger has far broader public health ramifications than
asbestos and smoking, and directly concerns all of us, particularly the younger
generation, including very young children.
Read the full text of this Scientific, Peer-Reviewed Paper at http://www.brain-surgery.us/mobilephone.html
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page 1 of 5 |
© 2010 Mast Sanity. Head Office: 16 CHIPSTEAD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B23 5HA. Registered UK charity no. 1109757
|
|
Advice Line 0844 443 5450 Tue-Fri 1-8pm
(national rate)
Or Send Donations by post to:
Mast Sanity c/o Highfields
Brantham Hill,
Manningtree, Essex CO11 1SD
|
