ARE CELL PHONES DANGEROUS?

Dr. Jerry Lee Hoover N.D. 

Electric Magnetic Frequencies (EMF) 


     According to various statistics in the U.S. 90 to 95%of all adults own a cell phone, this does not include thechildren and their cell phones.  The Swedish National Institute for Working  Life found that people using cell phones for 2,000 hours, a total most of us could easilyrack up in a few years, had a 240 percent increased riskfor malignant brain tumors on the side of the head where they usually held their phone.  Scientific studies have confirmed that cell phone use can raise your brain temperature 7 degrees  Fahrenheit. You may have noticed when talking for sometime on your cell phone that the ear you are using the cell phone with gets warmer than usual.  Many scientific EMF studies suggest prolonged exposure to wireless devices cause tumors as well as memory loss and other forms of braindamage.  In general high artificial EMF’s like these have been shown to disturb the human body’s natural energetic field, leading to stress and fatigue as well as DNA changes and degenerative diseases like cancer and many listed below.     Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, president of Environmental Health Trust, sums up perhaps the most alarming EMF issue to date. The fact is, we know that exposure to this unnatural bath of radiation’ damages DNA and impairs natural cellular repair processes, a phenomenon that may lead to cancer. Yet we are proceeding with this large-scale, uncontrolled experiment anyway without warning.the public.


The World Health Organization (WHO) reclassifies microwave radiation from wireless communication devices and mobile phones as Classification Class 2B as possible carcinogen.


         Children and Cell Phones

These three images show the radiation caused by using a cell phone.


     A Russian National Committee advises against cell phone use for children under 18 years of age.  Scientific studies have shown that children’s heads absorb twice the radiation from cell phones due to their thinner skulls and a higher water content in their brains.  It warns of the following health risks to children: disruption of memory, decline of attention, sleep problems, diminished learning, increased irritability and stress.  A Swedish study found that young adults who used cell or cordless phones before the age of 20 have five times the risk of brain tumors. Because children are still developing, they have rapid cellular replication and growth rates that make them especially vulnerable to DNA damage. They also have a longer lifetime exposure to this new pervasive radiation than any previous generation.                     

Cell Phone Facts?

      The cell phone standards we use today for the morethan 7 billion cell phones in the world were set over 17 years ago and have never been updated, despite the fact that the users and uses of cell phones are very different now.  And they’ve never been tested for their safety around children.  We’re in the midst of a huge experiment on ourselves and on our children.  A whole generation of people have been unaware of the risks of wireless radiation, and have not been taking precaution. This is why public health officials are so concerned.  Camilla Rees, of Electromagnetic Health Organization said Dr. Taylor encouraged the audience to be aware that even when your not talking on your phone it is still emitting radiation 24/7 and impacting us if it is turned on and near us, day or night whether you are using the phone or not as your cell phone has a spike in radiation every 900 milliseconds, ( that is more than 100 times every minute ), because it is looking for a signal from the tower…”       

Safety Tips For Using Cell Phones


     Here are some safety tips for those with cell phones,if you can live without a cell phone and just use a land line your better off.  I personally gave up my cell phone over three years ago and seem to get by fine with only myland line. I have less interruptions throughout the day and before cell phones existed we seemed to get by.  But if you cannot live without your cell phone it is better to text instead of talking whenever possible.  A cell phoneis a microwave antenna which generates microwave radiation.  We know that microwave radiation penetrates into the brain when you hold the cell phone next to yourear, the farther away from your ear the better reducing the amount of radiation going into the brain.  Better yet use speaker mode to keep your phone as far away from your head as possible.  A headset can also minimize yourexposure, choose a headset with hollow air tubes instead of the usual wires. Don’t use your cell phone if the signalis weak unless an emergency, as your phone has to workharder with a weak signal and will be emitting more EMF’s.  Also cell phones emit more radiation when transmitting information compared to receiving information. Go offline, turn off your cell phone when you’re not using it.  It is best not to have your cell phone on you, the farther away from you the better.  Men and women who want to have healthy children need to take special precautions to protect their reproductive organs and should not keep phones in their front pockets or close to their abdomens. Women who are pregnant shouldavoid using cell phones. Avoid tight spaces (buses,elevators, trains, and subways) where your phone has to work harder get a signal out through metal, causing more radiation.Buy low, choosing a phone with a low SAR (specific absorption rate) number.


Cordless Phones And EMF’s

Replace your cordless home phone with a corded phone, as cordless phones continuously emit microwaveradiation at full power as long as the base station is plugged into the electric outlet.  That means radiation is emitted 24 hours a day whether the phone is being used or not.      

Wireless Internet Routers or WiFi


       Since the introduction of WiFi in 1997 researchers  have  preformed  hundreds of studies to explore the use of WiFi.  The results were shocking on how WiFi negatively affected health and brain health. WiFi uses  dangerous electromagnetic fields to send their signals to your computer. WiFi uses radio frequency microwave radiation to transmit information back and forth through the air. It operates at a frequency of 2.4 GHz, about the same as a microwave oven. If you have a wireless Internet router set up in your home or office you are receiving massive EMF exposure 24 hours a day even when your computer is turned off. This level of radiation is considered by scientists and health experts as potentially dangerous.     What has brought this information to light is that the majority of schools now in the U.S. have WiFi  and some of the students who attend these schools are having headaches, heart problems, breathing problems, etc. when they are at school, but the problems  disappear once they leave the school grounds. So far in the U.S. the schools are not addressing this problem and many of the parents are having to remove their children from the public schools and home schooling their children who are affected by WiFi.     In Europe they realized this was a serious problem and so they took action.  The influential Council of Europe, which consists of 47 member states, recommends WiFi be banned from schools.

 Harmful Health Effects Of WiFi Radiation 


    Scientific studies have shown that sleeping in a home or in an apartment building with many WiFi signals can create chronic sleep problems from the constant bombardment of electromagnetic radiation. There is already evidence that exposure to radio frequency radiation in excess leads to disease. And exposures have grown dramatically in the last few years. An International working group of leading scientists,researchers and public professionals are bringing scientific concerns about electromagnetic radiation.      Their 2007 report, The Bio Initiative Report includes studies showing evidence that electromagnetic fields induces stress,  headaches, ringing in the ears, insomnia, itching, skin rashes, affects the immune system, fertility, affects neurology and behavior,causesleukemia, breast cancer, effects DNA and cell growth, fetal abnormalities, heart conditions, memory loss and impaired brain function, etc. This electromagnetic radiation does not effect everyone in the same way.  Some individuals show obvious signs of being affected while others show no outward sign of being effected.  But in realty there bodyis also being bombarded with electromagnetic radiation even though they show no outward sign of being effected. But exposure to these individuals over a longer period of time will eventually cause harm.

Conflicts Between Scientific Studies       

As I was doing the research on this article I found that therewas a conflict between different scientific studies involving cellphones, WiFi, cell towers, etc.  The scientific studies that said there was no harm to humans were funded by these same industries who had an interest in cell phones.  The scientific studies done by private industries said there was definite proof of harm to the human body.    The cell phone industry is one of the fastest growing and strongest global industries in the world today and is even stronger than the pharmaceutical industry. As a multi-trillion dollar industry that fundsmedia around the world they are capable of making
sizable political donations and persistent lobbying efforts that dictate government policies, and that also influence scientific studies carried out at universities and prominent cancer institutes.     

Here are statements taken from a cell phone booklet that comes with each cell phone sold.  The Food and Drug Administration, (FDA) says this when asked the question do wireless phones pose a health hazard?  The scientific evidence does not show that any health problems are associated with using wireless phones.  There is no proof however, that wireless phones are absolutely safe.  Under the law, the FDA does not review the safety of radiation-emitting consumer products such as wireless phones before they can be sold. 

In Conclusion 

     After doing all my research on this subject I find it depressing on how we have to live today in this so called modern world being bombarded with electromagnetic radiation from so many sources that is slowly destroying our health and it is next to impossible to shield yourself from all electromagnetic radiation 24 hours a day. In this new electronic age we are placing high powered microwave transmitters, (cell phones), close to our brain and are participatingin one of the largest unauthorized biological experiments ever conducted involving billions of persons. Thus far this experiment isproving to be dangerous to ones health and most people are noteven aware of the dangers.  I hope this information will encourage you to make some changes.  There is plenty of science showing harm to warrant taking action now. Our health is the greatest assetwe have and it seems that all this new technology is slowly destroying humanity.  It is my prayer that this information has opened the readers eyes to how dangerous electromagnetic radiation is to ones health and that you will take this valuable information and follow it and also share it with your family and friends. 

About the Author

Dr. Jerry Lee Hoover N.D. is retired and lives inGranada, Nicaragua.  Is the author of three books, NATURAL MEDICINE which has 47 chapters on just about every topic, high blood pressure, arthritis, diabetes, etc. His book is also in Spanish and can be down loaded free from his web site, (www.cancernaturalcure.com) His second book Natural Ways To Prevent Cancer was published 3 years ago and can be purchased through Amazon Kindle His latest book Radiation From Cell Phones, WiFi,  can also be purchased through Amazon Kind