Do Scientists Really Think Cellphones Might Cause Brain Cancer?
I've heard this before, and until recvently I thought that it was hog wash! BUT.....what I was unaware of was during phone calls and other data transmissions, cellphone antennas emit radio waves, a form of electromagnetic radiation, or light, which is invisible to the human eye. It is unclear how large doses of these radio waves affect biological tissues. This article might be a lot to take in, but please, pay attention....it can happen to you! Don't roll your eyes,...listen to me!
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization (WHO), has officially labeled cellphone usage "possibly carcinogenic," grouping it in the same risk category as lead, the pesticide DDT and gasoline fumes.
The WHO pronouncement doesn't come with new and definitive evidence of a link between cellphone use and brain cancer. It's based on the results from dozens of studies and simply points to the possibility of a link, the need for caution when using cellphones, and above all, the importance of further study.
From what I understand, there are two types of electromagnetic radiation: ionizing and non-ionizing. Ionizing radiation — including X-rays, UV rays, and gamma-rays — packs enough energy to strip electrons off the atoms it encounters, leaving them positively charged, or ionized. It is well established that large doses of ionizing radiation can cause cancer.
Listen up....What [cellphone radiation] does is similar to what happens to food in microwaves, essentially cooking the brain. I didn't believe this until I was at a neighbors house drinking wine the other night and talking about illnesses and she told me that a doctor that she works with was diagnosed with this type of cancer a few years ago and that he had quite a large tumor on his brain. They removed it and he is doing well now, BUT it scared the crap out of me, an already cancer survivor. So what do we do? How about use your cell phone with limited usage. It's not attached to your hip, and you don't need to be on it 24/7.
Is There a Danger Threshold with Cell Phone Use?
Some cellphone users have interpreted the results of the Inter phone study as meaning that there could be a danger threshold, an exposure level above which cellphone use is dangerous (and below which there is no danger). This is because the study found a spike in tumor rates only among people with the highest level of cellphone use: those who had talked on cellphones for at least a half hour per day for a decade. For less frequent users, no correlation between frequency of cellphone use and cancer risk was apparent. What does this mean for those of us whom for the last decade have lived with our phones attached to our faces for hours on end every day, day in and day out? Sucks to be us?
If the dangers of other forms of radiation are a model for the danger of radio waves, children may be at a greater risk than adults. Children's skulls and scalps are thinner. So the radiation can penetrate deeper into the brain of children and young adults. Their cells are dividing at a faster rate, so the impact of radiation can be much larger. Practice a safer environment, please...life is too short, and remember...cell phones are a luxury, not a necessity.
How can I minimize my radiation exposure?
I know, this sounds so technical, but the facts are that non-ionizing radiation is emitted by a cell phone's antenna, which is usually embedded inside the handheld device itself. The best way to minimize your exposure is to use a headset, which allows you to conduct phone calls without holding your phone to your ear.
The power radiated from the phone drops off rapidly with distance, so some researchers say you can significantly decrease your exposure by simply holding your phone away from your head slightly during phone calls. Some cellphone manufacturers recommend doing this. The Apple iPhone 4 safety manual advises, "When using iPhone near your body for voice calls or for wireless data transmission over a cellular network, keep iPhone at least 15 mm (5/8 inch) away from the body." Blackberry Bold tells users to "keep the Black Berry device at least 0.98 in. (25 mm) from your body when the Black Berry device is transmitting.
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