You would never tell your child to pack a gun, why let them pack a cell phone? Could cell phones be as dangerous as a weapon?
New studies indicate actively growing cells as brain, retinal eye, and reproductive organ cells (testes) are highly vulnerable to micro radiation from cell phones causing cancer or cell death. Is this really true? Should a parent wait until the jury is out? I think all parents would agree that it is best to be cautious. We would not let our children eat food that we thought might have spoiled. The risk outweighs the benefit. The questions should be, do the risks of carrying a cell phone outweigh their benefits. Lets weigh the evidence and keep it in perspective of the past. It is said that those that ignore the past, are in danger of repeating it.
In the 1960s, I remember my older cousin presenting me with a cigarette, I shook my head “No” and he said “everyone smokes, even doctors”. He died 30 years later of lung cancer. What does present science tell us. Most disconcerting is a recent study that revealed rats who have very similar brains to humans in that they have the same blood brain barrier and brain cell types. Note that rats exposed to 2 hours of radiation and then sacrificed 50 days later showed multiple areas of dead brain cells in those exposed to radiation versus none in those who were not so exposed.
The University of Pittsburgh’s Cancer Center notes that cell phone use affects our immune system and bone marrow. Other recent reports show that their may be an increase in brain tumors especially of the eye and ear. Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Paul Sung from USC recently warned that having a cell phone in ones pocket might also prove dangerous to a child’s testes and reproductive organs. The reasons why are summarized by a Dr. Agarwal who reports that electromagnetic waves, those from cell phones can cause disturbance in sleep, difficulties in concentration, fatigue, and headaches. Also, increased resting blood pressure, and reduced reduction of melatonin. There are implications that it breaks down the DNA strands that might lead to disease like Alzheimer’s and cancer. A Swedish study also clearly reports “Cell phones damage key brain cells and could trigger early onset of Alzheimer’s disease”.
I have written in the past that Alzheimer’s disease does begin in childhood due to lifestyles that children then carry on into adulthood, which are injurious to their general health and its brain. Now it is clear that cell phones which have proliferated in use by children and recent report noted that children use the computers, cell phones and video games for an average of 8.2 hours per day and, in fact, at least two hours a day was spent on cell phones. Scientific data appears to overwhelmingly indicate very active growing cells are particularly vulnerable to micro radiation from cell phones. The testes and ovaries in males and females, the brain cells especially those in developing children.
Personally, it has been my experience that cell phone micro radiation is a great danger. Electro diagnostic machinery highly sensitive to micro radiation that I sue in my office vibrates 2 to 3 seconds before my cell phone goes off, despite the cell phone being 4 to 10 feet from my equipment.
Yes, this micro radiation is powerful and the question is does it or doesn’t it cause a problem. I do believe that we should always be cautious. I advise strongly that all parents heed this advice because the areas that can be most involved with children are their strongly developing brain especially their learning centers, called the hippocampus, that store information, memory, and is their learning center. Second, are their eyes and third are their ears. These are the areas where nerve cell production and activity is the highest and are most vulnerable to the micro radiation from cell phones. Further, the organs of reproduction which are also developing in our adolescent children and must be protected. Remember most young children and men pack their cell phone in their pants pocket, right next to their testes. What can you do?
1. Don’t buy your child a cell phone unless it is urgent. The risk outweighs the benefit.
2. Limit the time your child spends on their cell phones and do this by checking their
phone usage monthly, just as you would check their phone bill.
3. Use a wired headset or advise using the speaker phone.
4. Make sure that they are not carrying the cell phone on their body especially their
pocket.
Is history repeating itself? Recently, Larry King Live discussed just this cell phone problem on his show. The cell phone companies refused his invitation. Not too different from tobacco companies response 40 years ago.
Are telephones as dangerous as guns? Decide now before it’s too late.
