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Dr. George Carlo on Children and Health Damage from Mobile Phones |
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As far as children and cell phones, here is where I am:
As
you know, my first warning on children using cell phones came in 1999
and was echoed loud and clear in my Invisible Hazards book in 2001.
This is not new. We were concerned then about children being more
susceptible to radiation damage than adults because of their active
brain development, exposed DNA and deeper penetration of
electro-magnetic radiation into their smaller heads. A decade later, we
have data confirming those fears: the most recent Hardell study showing
the highest risk of brain tumors in people who began using cell phones
as teenagers; observations in young people and controlled experiments
of cell phone related behavioral anomalies, learning difficulties, and
stunted social development; and we know that the cell phone
infrastructure is playing a role in the current Autism epidemic.
But,
while those observations are being debated amongst scientists and
policy makers, a more serious problem is growing under the radar. Most
alarming is that we understand clearly the mechanism of harm for cell
phone related damage, including epigenetically induced maladaptation.
In effect, the mechanistic data portend that cell phone radiation
exposure in this most vulnerable population of young people is
adversely altering the genome of an entire future generation. With the
pervasive penetration of cell phone use in teenagers globally, an
unprecedented and insidious genetic experiment has reached global
dimensions -- and no one can predict with any degree of certainty,
where it might lead.
Controlling cell phone use in young people is not a choice. It is an urgent necessity.
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Dr. George L. Carlo
The Science and Public Policy Institute
Washington, D.C.
571-277-1332
866-620-445
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