Don't Panic Over Report
that Cellular Phones May Cause Cancer
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Bad news for rats who use cell phones, though.
That’s only if you use them to make phone calls. Nobody does that any more.
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I’ve long considered these scientific studies to be on the level of Global Warming:
One study says that the phones cause cancer.
Immediately, 3 or 4 studies are rushed out to prove that phones do not cause cancer.
Wait 5 years.
A new study says that the phones cause cancer.
Immediately, 3 or 4 studies are rushed out to prove that phones do not cause cancer.
This cycle has been going on for 25 years or so.
I’m guessing that the phones cause cancer.
Although the states have never authorized the feds to tax and spend for such studies, the much-ignored Constitution long overdue for a few delegations of new powers for the feds, I appreciate that the feds have cautioned us about problems with smoking, and now possible problems with cell phones.
In fact, constitutional issues aside, the feds need to start running rats, the four-legged kind, through TSA back-scatter x-ray machines, if those machines are still being used, and look for signs of cancer.
Millennials should start dropping like flies any day now ...
In other words, they exposed the rats for extremely long periods of time to very high doses of the radiation. This has zero applicability to any real-world use of cell phones. Seriously, how many people cover themselves with cellphones while the phones are transmitting for several hours each day?
The radiation in cell phones is not high enough energy to be ionizing, nor is it in the UV range--so it doesn't damage DNA. Since DNA damage is a direct mechanism for the cancerous changes that occur following radiation exposure, this means that the phones aren't likely to cause cancer through this route. And it is difficult to envision another route for them to cause cancer. Through increasing the kinetic energy of cells--well, any heat source does that, so not very likely.
Cell phones function by receiving and emitting radio waves, which are part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Just like visible light, except that they are lower energy than visible light. Typically, the radiation that causes severe health effects is higher energy than visible light; EM emissions above visible light, at the UV and higher energies, cause DNA damage.
Cell phones were once used primarily to make phone calls. Now they are used for everything, with an occasional phone call thrown in. I say no worries.
Studies will always be with us as long as there are government “grants”. People with diplomas need something to do.
My personal opinion is that there may be a higher risk in some people but not necessarily a direct causation in all brain tumors. Cell phones are so ubiquitous and a big part of the economy, there is a vested interest in opposing the results of any study.
Several years ago, phones were even rated as to the power they emitted. It stands to reason that maybe users might want to be more careful just in case.
Most of us are exposed to many other emissions of radio waves due to modern living. Some people have actually located well away from the grid in hopes of avoiding the risk. That is probably a little exteme.
How do I know but what I raise my risk considerably by sitting in front of my big screen imac so long each day?
We have smart meters that broadcast 24/7. They do so in every direction. One is located right outsidee my bedroom window. I was a little uncomfortable about it, but we had no options; I didn't make any waves.
When it came time for the water company to add their smart meter, I became a little concerned. We had to sign off on them. So I tell them I'm not real thrilled to have two emitting waves right outside my bedroom window. So I ask what will happen if I refuse? The answer was under their terms of service, I would be given so much time to comply, then my service would be shut off. IOW we have no viable choice. So I signed. They rigged it in a way I don't fully understand; it runs across the basement and is located on another side of the house where they drive by on a different street to read the meter.
I'm 1/2 mile from a cell phone tower. I don't use my microwave any more but not because of that. I play my radio when I am in bed for long hours. I use to sit close to my short wave radio with a tall antenna, and I ran a wire around the top of the room for better reception.
Then there's radon. I decided what will be will be. We are all at risk for something. The numbers for cancer are now 1 in 3 that in an adult's lifetime they will develop one form of cancer.
They don't really know for sure what causes most cancers. Food additives, smoking, pollutants, Roundup is a culprit now, and the beat goes on.
The bottom line is that maybe people should take care at least enough to turn their phones off at night and keep them away from their bodies where practicable, use ear plugs. It won't stop me from becoming a cell phone user if I decide I want one, and I can't see myself doing much texting even if I got proficient at it because the written word does not replace human conversations, and telephone do not replace face to face conversations.
There will undoubtedly be some societal changes in human interaction due to the way we communicate. The majority will rule.
That’s right.
People shouldn’t worry, they are not canaries.
Because the vast majority of the rats who had the cell phones taped to their heads refused to answer the calls........
Your microwave oven puts out 1000X the radiation that your cell phone or WiFi does. If your cell phone was giving you cancer, you wouldn’t last 10 seconds outside in the sun.