Posted on 03/03/2017 4:32:03 PM PST by blam
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — After keeping it hidden for years, California’s Department of Public Health has released a draft document outlining health officials’ concerns about cellphone radiation exposure.
The previously unpublished document was released this week after a judge indicated she would order the documents be disclosed in the case Moskowitz v. CDPH.
Joel Moskowitz, Ph.D., who is the director of the Center for Family and Community Health at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, sued the state in 2016 under the California Public Records Act to get the document released.
The document is dated April 2014, but Moskowitz says the document was originally prepared seven years ago and updated several times, but never released to the public.
He previously told KPIX 5 why he decided to sue the state.
“I would like this document to see the light of day because it will inform the public that there is concern within the California Department of Public Health that cellphone radiation is a risk, and it will provide them with some information about how to reduce those risks,” Moskowitz.
The two-page document, which the Department of Public Health first emailed to the San Francisco Chronicle on Thursday afternoon, looks like any other fact sheet released by the state, except that this one has, in big bold letters “Draft and Not for Public Release” stamped across the pages.
Among the information in the document, which is titled simply, Cell Phones and Health, are summaries of scientific studies that suggest long-term cellphone use may increase the risk of brain cancer, among other health problems.
The draft fact sheet states that radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs), a type of radiation, are emitted from cellphones and that because they are “used frequently and kept close to the head and body, cellphone EMFs...
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(Excerpt) Read more at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com ...
Oh boy, another Prop 65 warning label: “Known by the state of California to cause cancer.”
Heh, great post!
Color TV has been said to emit radiation...
If you sit 6 inches away from your color TV for 24 hours a day for 6,046 years, you’ll die....
FREAK-A-ZOID stuff
This will have the same impact that the Prop 65 cancer warning signs have which are plastered on EVERY product you buy and on EVERY building you enter. Zip, Zilch, Nada.
Electro-magnetic radiation (EMF) is produced by all alternating current sources. Your hair dryer, since it has a stationary brushes in contact with the revolving commutator, releases electro-magnetic radiation as current reversal occurs as the rotor rotates from pole to pole. Both your computer and monitor creates emit EMFs. Here is the List:
Sources of EMF:
Power Lines:
An enormous amount of electricity is created at power generating stations and sent across the country through wires that carry high voltages. All power lines radiate electromagnetic fields.
Transformer:
EMFs near a transformer can be quite high, but due to its small structure, the field strength diminishes rapidly with distance, as it does from any point source.
Home Wiring:
Loop wiring in the home may create large EMF.
Computers:
Computers are a complicated subject. Know this: EMFs radiate from all sides of the computer. Thus, you must not only be concerned with sitting in front of the monitor but also if you are sitting near a computer or if a computer is operating in a nearby room.
Electric Blankets and Water beds:
Electric blankets create a magnetic field that penetrates about 6-7 inches into the body.
Electric Clocks:
Electric clocks have a very high magnetic field, as much as 5 to 10 mG up to three feet away. If you are using a bedside clock, you are probably sleeping in an EMF equivalent to that of a power line.
Fluorescent Lights:
Fluorescent lights produce much more EMFs than incandescent bulbs. A typical fluorescent lamp has readings of 160 to 200 mg 1 inch away.
Microwave Ovens and Radar:
Microwave ovens and radar from military installations and airports emit two types of radiation–microwave and ELF.
Telephones and Answering Machines:
Telephones can emit surprisingly strong EMFs, especially from the handset. This is a problem because we hold the telephone so close to our head.
Electric Razors and Hair Dryers:
Electric razors and hair dryers emit EMFs as high as 200 to 400 mG.
My cousin was a telemarketer for years
Did he use a cell phone as a telemarketer?
You left out spectral activity.
The ghost hunters use EMF all the time to detect ghost and the like.
Pesky as heck!
So at some point I guess I should fell ashamed of sticking my brother’s head in the microwave and turned it on?
Logical, that is just what I was going to post. And I live here.
Billions of cell phones and no one harmed except by exploding batteries!
Some people will believe anything.
It is only the “Free Obama Phones” that cause brain damage and its effect has been quite evident for several years now.
Radiation damage is somewhat random. But there are strong indications that small doses do no harm.
It is all about the dose. You see the same thing with chemical poisons. A “fatal” dose is determined by the effects. When half the population dies from a dose, that is the LD50 level (lethal dose, 50%) terminology.
There are many items that are essential for life that are lethal in sufficient quantities.
“Color TV has been said to emit radiation...”
CRT TVs do emit a tiny amount of x-ray radiation ... If a B+ voltage regulator in a TV starts to fail, there’s a chance the TV can generate slightly more tiny amounts of x-ray radiation. The B+ voltage plays a role in regulating the high voltage needed by a CRT.
I’d want to see the effects of cell phone radiation compared to the effects of solar radiation. It’s probably like being in light shade at the very very worst.
OMG, think of the episodes of Ozzie and Harriet that have streamed through my body from Direct TV and Wifi. Scarey!
From an engineering standpoint, this is all old news, not surprising, and lots of people do take precautions. The PDF is so high-level that I don’t know what the problem is in reporting it. Would be helpful to see some stats and engineering data. Definitely not dismissing this, and people with kids should give it consideration and not rejection because of source or inconvenience.
Everything that you need, enjoy, or find useful is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and cancer.
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