BBE/IE: Martin Blank

[BlameThe1st]

Your cellphone is killing you: What people don't want you to know about electromagnetic fields

You may not realize it, but you are participating in an unauthorized experiment—"the largest biological experiment ever," in the words of Swedish neuro-oncologist Leif Salford. For the first time, many of us are holding high-powered microwave transmitters—in the form of cell phones—directly against our heads on a daily basis.

Cell phones generate electromagnetic fields (EMF), and emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR). They share this feature with all modern electronics that run on alternating current (AC) power (from the power grid and the outlets in your walls) or that utilize wireless communication. Different devices radiate different levels of EMF, with different characteristics.

What health effects do these exposures have?

Therein lies the experiment.

The many potential negative health effects from EMF exposure (including many cancers and Alzheimer's disease) can take decades to develop. So we won't know the results of this experiment for many years—possibly decades. But by then, it may be too late for billions of people.

...Most notably, the entire power grid is an EMF-generation network that reaches almost every individual in America and 75% of the global population. Today, early in the 21st century, we find ourselves fully immersed in a soup of electromagnetic radiation on a nearly continuous basis.

...However, while science has not yet answered all of our questions, it has determined one fact very clearly—all electromagnetic radiation impacts living beings.

...As I will discuss, science demonstrates a wide range of bioeffects linked to EMF exposure. For instance, numerous studies have found that EMF damages and causes mutations in DNA—the genetic material that defines us as individuals and collectively as a species. Mutations in DNA are believed to be the initiating steps in the development of cancers, and it is the association of cancers with exposure to EMF that has led to calls for revising safety standards. This type of DNA damage is seen at levels of EMF exposure equivalent to those resulting from typical cell phone use.

Pretty darn sure the whole "cell phones microwave your brains" hysteria was debunked back in the 1990s. Get with the 21st Century, people!

[MrBogosity]

Your cellphone is killing you: What people don't want you to know about electromagnetic fields

Pretty darn sure the whole "cell phones microwave your brains" hysteria was debunked back in the 1990s. Get with the 21st Century, people!

It's more like, it was debunked as soon as scientists discovered the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. In other words, BEFORE cell phones even came out!

[evensgrey]

It's more like, it was debunked as soon as scientists discovered the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. In other words, BEFORE cell phones even came out!

We;re also living immersed in a broad spectrum of EM radiation, including all manner of radio waves. Any health effects of normal intensities or radio waves (as in, not doing things like standing right next to an operating multi-kilowatt transmitter or something equally stupid) are lost in the noise of other minor health effects from other low-impact effects.

[MrBogosity]

We;re also living immersed in a broad spectrum of EM radiation, including all manner of radio waves. Any health effects of normal intensities or radio waves (as in, not doing things like standing right next to an operating multi-kilowatt transmitter or something equally stupid) are lost in the noise of other minor health effects from other low-impact effects.

It used to be that radio DJs operated directly under the transmitter, and they spent every day for DECADES doing that. You'd think that if there were anything at all to this, those DJs would be getting cancer at a MUCH greater rate than the rest of the population!

[Ibrahim90]

hell, if it really were a miniature nuclear weapon (and had no inhibitions), I'd plant it in a couple people's living quarters/offices, just to see them rot.

[MrBogosity]

hell, if it really were a miniature nuclear weapon (and had no inhibitions), I'd plant it in a couple people's living quarters/offices, just to see them rot.

Ibrahim90: the PATIENT terrorist!

(Hey, they could be a sitcom!)

[Ibrahim90]

Ibrahim90: the PATIENT terrorist!

(Hey, they could be a sitcom!)

ROFLMAO!!

well, patience is a virtue.