Lloyd Burrell ~ EMF Exposures Destroy Health And Well-Being, Claims Panel Of Top International Scientists

NaturalNews  August 11 2013

Nearly 8 million people worldwide die from cancer on an annual basis. Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death, killing almost 17 million people in 2011; both of these statistics are spiraling out of control. Now three top scientists, Dr. Panagopoulos of the University of Athens , Associate Prof. Johansson of the Karolinska Institute, and Dr. Carlo of the Science and Public Policy Institute, are sounding the alarm bell.

Leaders in their respective fields, Panagopoulos, Johansson, and Carlo, claim electromagnetic field (EMF) exposures significantly below international safety levels exposures are destroying the public’s health and well-being.

Recent study findings

This latest study concluded the present standard of measuring EMFs, Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), to be totally inappropriate. SAR measures the heating effect of EMF based technologies like microwave ovens, cell phones, cordless phones, Wi-Fi and the like. But countless studies have brought to light adverse biological effects at radiation levels significantly below levels where a thermal effect is detected.

Dr. Carlo points out the life-threatening consequences of using SAR as an exposure metric in establishing the outcomes of EMF studies:

• “Studies which show ‘no effect’ are likely “false negatives.”
• “Studies that show an effect are likely under-reporting the true risk.”

He goes on to say “this imprecision….shakes the foundation of the science that we are using to sort out the full range of non-ionizing radiation health effects.”

10 human bodies

At this point the real debate is moving beyond whether or not EMFs harm health and threaten public safety. Even the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified EMF exposure as a possible carcinogen (Group 2B carcinogen). This new research paper elaborates on just how strong these EMFs can be: “For waves emitted by a supposed unidirectional antenna it takes about 10 human bodies in sequence in order to be totally absorbed.”

Like other pioneers in the field of scientific research Dr. Carlo’s, Professor Johansson’s, and Dr. Panagopoulos’s innovative work has been scoffed at by many of their academic peers. Needless to say, their scientific evidence remains unassailable. The researchers stand 100% behind their life altering conclusions.

Scientific database on EMF research unreliable

Much EMF research is skewed by funding and research bias. A prime example of how funding influences research findings is demonstrated by a 2005 meta-analysis on cell phone studies. When comparing research findings and sources of funding, the findings were clear. The majority of industry funded studies found cell phone users had a lower risk of brain tumors; while non-industry funded studies found users had an increased risk.

EMFs not only affect cell phone users, but pretty much anyone else living in this technological age, the young, the old, and everyone else in their path. This exposure results in increased risks not only for leukemia and AD, but reproductive issues, behavioral issues, autism, neurological effects, DNA changes, certain types of cancer, and changes in the blood-brain barrier.

Basic EMF protection

Reducing personal exposure to EMFs is a fairly easy endeavor. Basic EMF protection can be achieved by:

• Texting instead of talking with cell phones
• Setting cell phones on airplane mode when not in use
• Clearing the bedroom of electrical devices
• Replacing Wi-Fi with a hard-wired connection

Taking these simple steps is well worth the effort; the power to reduce EMF exposure and the adverse health effects that stem from them are truly right there at your fingertips.

Sources for this article include

• http://www.scribd.com
• http://www.who.int
• http://www.cdc.gov

About the author: Lloyd Burrell is the author of a new ebook entitled “How To Beat Electrical Sensitivity” which offers a solution to the growing number of people whose health is being compromised by exposure to wireless and similar technologies, see www.electricsense.com/3-free-chapters.html

Since falling prey to a violent reaction to his cell phone in 2002 he has spent the last 10 years researching the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on health. He now offers a complete solution on how to live a healthy life in our increasingly electromagnetic world.

Does ever rising mobile use increase our cancer risk?

MY teenager daughter just loves her new mobile phone. 

By Rachel Borrill

It goes everywhere with her, and I literally have to prise it out of her hands at bed time. I must admit, I am also very fond of my iPhone. I can’t imagine how I survived so long without one.

“Mum, will you get off your phone,” my children will shout. And yes, because of my job and organising their social lives, it can feel like it is permanently attached to my ear. Should I worry?

Well, yes, as according to some scientists my constant use could put me at a higher risk of developing a brain tumour or some other form of cancer.

I can still remember the first mobile phone I ever used. It was Saturday, Mar 31, 1990, and I had been asked by my then newspaper, The Independent on Sunday, to cover a demonstration against the poll tax in London.

“Here take the office phone,” my editor shouted at me as I walked out the door.

It was the size of a brick, it was very heavy to carry, with a large aerial, and ran out of battery within 15 minutes. When the demonstrators began to riot, I had to file copy from a phone box.

In 1996, Neil Whitfield, a father of six from Wigan, was promoted to sales manager and was given his first mobile phone by the company. “My job required me to use it heavily and after a few months of getting the phone I had to visit my GP as I was suffering from severe headaches,” he recalls.

“The doctor advised me that they were probably caused by driving long distances for work and to take painkillers. The headaches persisted, accompanied by fatigue and memory loss. When my hearing started to deteriorate in my left ear, I went for tests.”

Unfortunately, the neurologist discovered a tumour in Whitfield’s brain, just behind his left ear, the side he held his mobile phone on.

“The specialist asked if I had ever used a mobile phone and when I said; ‘Yes,’ he replied that the mobiles might be ‘the smoking of the 21st century.” I was given five years to live without surgery so underwent a nine-hour operation,” he says. Now completely deaf in his left ear, which affects his balance, Whitfield, 56, still gets headaches and facial twitches. All, he believes, thanks to his Nokia mobile phone. “I am angry that they don’t warn the public,” he says.

So should we be worried about our mobile phone usage ? Are they killing us ? The argument has already lasted over 20 years so what is the truth?

Will we ever find out — or, if we do will it be too late ?

The most comprehensive study was complied in 2011 by the International Agency For Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organisation, after listening to over 30 experts and reviewing all the evidence and data, they decided to reclassify radiation from category 3, with “no conclusive evidence” of causing cancer, to a Group 2B a “possible human carcinogen.”

Dr Timothy Moynihan, a medical oncologist with the Mayo Clinic in Florida, believes that more research is needed to prove a link.

“It often takes many years between the use of a cancer-causing agent, like tobacco, and the observation of an increase in cancer rates. At this point, it is possible that too little time has passed to detect an increase in cancer rates directly attributable to cellphone use,” he explains.

“The bottom line? For now no one knows if cellphones are capable of causing cancer. Although long-term studies are ongoing, to date there is no convincing evidence that cellphone use increases the risk of cancer.”

But Dr Jack Philips, a neurosurgeon for over 30 years at the Beaumont hospital, Dublin, suggests if there was a link, neurologists around the world would have already seen a marked increase in the incidence of brain cancer, especially in countries like America, where the usage of mobile phones is so high.

“Yet we haven’t,” he says. “The incidence of brain tumours has not increased at all in the 30 years I have been practising, and you can quote me on that. We normally see about 80 people with malignant tumours each year.

“I would have expected to see a change. Like always there are contrary reports, some may be based upon poor research or subjective research, which are not objective. The neurologists that I have spoken to feel that the emissions from phones have not led to brain cancer.”

In 2000, Dr Philips was part of a team at Beaumont hospital investigating a link between 73 of their patients suffering from glioma (the most common type of malignant brain tumour) and which hand they held their mobile phone in.

“We believed if there was a link the patient would get the tumour on the side of the head they held their phone too. We didn’t find any side dominant, we found often they had the tumours on the opposite side that they used the phone. Most people hold the phone in their right hand and there has not been a change in the dominance in all of these years,” he explains.

Dr Philips also points out that most of the “alarming” scientific reports tend to focus on the effect of mobile phones on children.

“They argue that the immature brain will be affected by them. The neurologist and paediatricians at Beaumont hospital meet every week, and there has never been a case in 30 years of a child presenting with cancer because of the use of mobile phones. So for me it doesn’t hold water,” he says.

The Irish Cancer Society also agrees that to date the research is “inconclusive’, but suggests more needs to be done to explore the linkage.

Dr Sinead Walsh, the research manager at the ICS, says people should be aware of the “possible risk” until it can be proved otherwise.

“Many studies around the world have found no evidence of an increased risk of cancer due to mobiles, but we cannot yet be sure about the long-term effects of their use,” she explains.

“The Irish Cancer Society recommends that until more conclusive information becomes available people are advised to limit exposure to the potential harm by keeping calls short, using hand free devices or texting.”

No doubt this debate will continue for many years to come, but as for me? Well, my mobile phone is essential for work and keeping track of my children’s hectic lives. But maybe I’ll stop charging it up, next to me as I sleep. And perhaps I will listen more to my children when they shout; “Get off the phone, mum!” At least my monthly bill will be cheaper. 


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Source: http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/does-ever-rising-mobile-use-increase-our-cancer-risk-234661.html

What is NOMOPHOBIA?

What if you have no mobile with you? We know you can’t even imagine such a situation! A recent survey says that 90 percent of people, aged less than 30 years admit to be suffering from the new age phenomenon called  Nomophobia, or in other words “the fear of a mobile-less life”. Telecom giant Cisco conducted a survey on 3800 people in Australia and pointed out that 9 out of 10 people, categorized under 30 years of age, were addicted to their smartphones and become anxious when their phone went missing.

Cisco chief technology officer Kevin Bloch has been quoted as saying that 20 percent of the people text while driving thus indicating the addictive, compulsive behavior developed through the use of smartphones.

For a majority under 30, smartphones have become a part of  their life – or they have become their life itself. For them, smartphones are a must right from the moment they wake up till they fall asleep.

Dr. Michael Carr-Gregg, official adviser to the Queensland Government on Computer Safety, says this high wavelength love with smartphones is both enabling and crippling at the same time. He adds that people use their devices at least once every 10 minutes for checking texts, emails and social media. That makes it count 96 times per day minus the 8 hours (approximate) of sleep.

Are you one of those with Nomophobia?

‘Offline Glass’ stops your antisocial phone use in bars

How many of you are guilty of texting or messing around on your phone while out with friends, coworkers or family? While you know that it's not polite and conveys a lack of interest the company that surrounds you, you somehow justify it to yourself: "Only this one text," "This work email is really important," etc., etc.

Well, it appears a bunch of techies have come the rescue and designed a beer glass that only stands up straight with a phone underneath it.

The Offline Glass has a wedge on the bottom that prevents it from sitting straight without a phone. (Vimeo screen …The Offline Glass, created by advertising agency Fischer & Friends, encourages folks to come back to real life and engage with humanity. It looks like your average beer glass, except that a wedge on the bottom prevents it from sitting straight without a phone to level it out.

So far, the glass is only available at Salve Jorge bar in San Paolo, Brazil whose above commercial shows how it works.

"The Offline Glass embodies this exactly. It is an invitation for people to come here, after the daily battle, turn off the online world, chat with friends and live in the reality around them, at least for a few hours," bar co-owner Wanderley Romano tells the Telegraph.

But as tech magazines have pointed out, patrons will likely feel uncomfortable placing a pint of liquid with condensation on top of their smartphone.

And then there's the issue of whether the glass fits all models of cell phones, especially ones in cases that become thicker. It could make for a potentially awkward spill.

But if you think this glass is weird, you should check out some of the others on the market.

How about a glass that shows a dog peeing on a fire hydrant? Or a wine glass in the shape of arteries?

Not weird enough for you? Try the wine glass inside a beer mug for those you who want to hold a comfortable mug, but like wine and the look that accompanies it.

23 Pictures That Prove Society Is Doomed

1. This picture of old friends reminiscing about the good old days over a delicious brunch:

2. This adorable picture of star-crossed lovers meeting for the first time:

3. This picture of graduating seniors leaving high school for the last time, finally free from the shackles of standardized education:

4. This inspiring picture of fans rooting for their team at the big game:

5. This picture of friends enjoying a delicious Brooklyn pizza:

6. This picture of a wonderful family giving thanks for all their blessings at Thanksgiving dinner:

7. This picture of best friends heading off on a life-changing road trip across the continental United States:

8. This picture of teens enjoying their last summer vacation, one that will no doubt change their lives:

9. This picture of friends discussing the intricacies of love, life, and everything in between over fine wine:

10. This heart-wrenching picture of brother and sister reuniting after a decade apart:

11. This picture of museumgoers seeing the beautiful paintings of Thomas Cole for the first time, the sort of paintings that bring a tear to one’s eye:

12. This picture of friends getting a little wild while tailgating at the ‘Niners game:

13. This picture of eager moviegoers itching to see this summer’s hottest blockbuster:

14. This picture of a friendly teen capturing a moment he never wanted to forget:

15. This picture of friends getting a bit wild at a birthday party:

16. This heartwarming picture taken mere seconds before the man on the right proposed to his girlfriend:

17. This picture of a nice young lady taking a new photo for her United States passport:

18. This picture showing young love in its purest, simplest form:

19. This picture of the girls watching the exciting conclusion of Pretty Little Liars:

20. This picture of best friends enjoying a delicious burger and a coffee:

21. This touching photo showing the difficulty — and the reward — of parenthood:

22. This picture of a young man viewing the sunset the way it was meant to be viewed — through a tiny screen:

23. And this adorable photo of a baby logging into her very first social network account:

Source: http://prd34.blogspot.ca/2013/06/the-ugly-truth-how-cell-phone-addiction.html