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Add to FavoritesAlthough there is no definitive proof, I believe without a doubt that cell phones pose a serious risk to health.
Numerous test results suggest a direct link to brain tumors as well as a host of other ailments.
One test in particular was especially alarming: two dishes with plant seeds were placed next to each other in the experiment. One dish was shielded from exposure to cell phone radiation, and the other was not. The shielded seeds grew normally and were healthy. However, the unprotected seeds were grossly stunted in their growth and clearly not normal nor healthy.
This experiment alone should make people think twice about unnecessary use of their cell phones.
Cellular phones first came into public use in the early 1980s, although it would be close to fifteen years until they gained wide acceptance with the general population. Because they were mainly a luxury toy for the rich, more of a novelty than anything else, no real testing for safety issues was done prior to their introduction to the market.
Since that time, especially due to public concern, many tests have been done. While some are inconclusive, others point to serious problems.
The most frightening is the possible development of malignant brain tumors on the side of the head where the phone is usually held. In his excellent book, 'Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age', Dr. George Carlo conducted many tests and in-depth studies to research the safety of cell phone use. He was paid by the cell phone industry to perform these tests. Their hope was to put an end to the unease surrounding the issues of public safety and cell phone use.
Carlo's research brought the direct opposite results: instead of proving them safe, they appeared to prove that cell phone radiation does indeed cause cancer and other problems. In light of these findings, the industry tried to pay off Carlo to keep his findings to himself. Fortunately, he had a higher sense of ethics and didn't just shut up and go away. Instead, he wrote the book.
Carlo is by far not the only one to question cell phone safety. Other research by other people all show the same worrisome findings: cell phones are not safe.
Some countries have even banned cell phone towers near hospitals, schools, and homes over health concerns.
Children, especially, are at risk because their bodies are still growing and forming, and because their brains absorb far more radiation from cell phones than adult brains do. For these reasons, children should never use cell phones except in emergencies.
There may even be risks for people in the vicinity of others who are using cell phones, especially in a vehicle where the instruments must work harder to get the signal out.
Other clear problems with cell phones, as testing has suggested, include:
-Difficulty sleeping
-Anxiety
-Irritability
-Reduction in sperm count, can result in infertility
-Short attention span and memory loss
-Increase in estrogen levels
-DNA damage, can result in cancer development
-Leakage of the blood-brain barrier
If you must use a cell phone, it's best if you use it with a headset or on speakerphone, if it has that capability. It is also best if you refrain from using it frivolously. Do not let children play with or use your phone unless it's absolutely necessary.
And for Pete's sake, if you're behind the wheel, hang up and drive!
More info:
'Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age' by Dr. George Carlo and Martin Schram
http://drbenkim.com/ cell-phone-dangers
http://www.rense.com /general60/tetra.htm
www.CellPhoneRadiati onSOS.com
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Believe me, I'll be brief, but it's my belief that cancer is caused by human beings, not things. Even so, for the sake of this debate, let's agree that we have the uncanny ability to create yet another disease in our society. For lack of a better name, let's say this new cancer's name is, "cell-phoma," caused by the excessive need to communicate, through the excessive use of cell-phones in the USA. Okay?
How much sense does it make to create yet another way to get cancer in the USA? If it makes no sense to worry about things that no one, as of yet, has been able to prove is true, then why are we debating such a thing as whether or not the use of our cell phones will eventually lead to the demise of our lives? Do we need yet another thing to dread in our heads day and night? Isn't the economy enough?
Before you throw your cell phone away, please let me tell you the truth about cell phone use. More than likely, should your cell phone have anything to do with your demise, you won't die from cancer. Instead, you'll die because you choose to use your cell phone while you drive, distracted or blind to what you need to see due to text messaging. Either that, or you'll fall in a pit, just because you chose to talk and walk around all over town, too distracted to see the holes in the ground. It could be that you'll be too busy text messaging to see that truck blasting down the street, or maybe you'll worry so much that you'll soon be stricken with cell-phoma to much and often, that you'll attract a non-existing disease to become your reality. I don't know about you, but I don't need yet another thing to fear, fret and stress about, and it seems to me that we have enough to worry about today in the USA. Why do we need to convince everyone we meet that the very thing we constantly do will make us die?
Since there's no such thing as, "cell-phoma," I'd say let's not throw our cell phones away. Instead, let's choose to stop living within a mess of stress. Get off the phone sometimes and get a life. Go outside and smell the roses sometimes. Finding peace of mind, and even while we're on the phone, will reduce the number one cause of cancer too, because you see, it's stress. The mess we create from stress is the number one reason why people die all the time. When we fret, worry and stress, the dis-ease of worrying how, when and why we might get cancer can and does create a disease, like heart attacks, strokes and even mean self made cancers. It's called, "self-fulfilling prophecy," so don't think too much about things you don't need.
I hate to over do the law of attraction thing, but it's no secret that thoughts do become things, and what we believe, whether it's proven right or wrong, becomes our truth or falsely believed reality. What we dwell upon most creates a universal reaction by the law of attraction, which goes into action. It's these thoughts and beliefs that attracts you to the very thing you believe, so If I were you, I'd not choose to think through such a negative view. To think of cell phones as cancer causing agents, each time you use that thing, you'll be attracting what you believe, and what a waste that would be.
If you need to find a cause for cancer, they're everywhere. Go smoke and see how quickly cancer is achieved. Go drink a diet drink, or use a sugar substitute in your coffee or tea. Eat hormone treated meat, or any processed food. Breathe the air anywhere there's a city close by if you need to worry about your demise. Sit in the sun while you talk on the phone all day long on the beach, and I can almost guarantee that you'll get cancer eventually, but it won't be from the cell phone, believe me.
It will be because you think, say and do too much of whatever you negatively choose to think, say and do. That's why I'd advise you not to throw your cell phone away. Just find peace of mind and be stress free. Doing so will reduce your cancer risk dramatically.
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