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December 20, 2010
“Despite what the mobile phone lobby continues to tell us, all those studies have one thing in common. The issue of whether mobile phone use increases the risk of brain cancers remains open. The link between phones and cancer may turn out to be like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, in the case of which our original fears did not come to fruition, or it may turn out to be like the link between tobacco and lung cancer. The truth is that we simply do not know. Further independent research over a longer period is needed. At this point I must issue a statistics health warning. Matt Parker has implored me to make it clear that we will never reach the point of saying, “Mobile phones do not cause cancer”; there will merely be more and more studies showing that there is no reason to believe that they do not.”
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Filed in: Policy News, UK
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“It’s time to start demanding safer cell phones from manufacturers and higher safety standards from U.S. regulators – not to try and remove them from society,” says Devra Davis, Ph.D., former epidemiology professor at University of Pittsburgh and author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family (Penguin Group).
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Filed in: Policy News, US
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As with any new technology, when cell phones were first introduced several decades ago, consumers and researchers worried they might pose some health risks. Through the years, the focus has been primarily on the impact of radiation emitted from the cell phone’s antenna as it transmits a wireless signal. Yet, after hundreds of studies have been published looking into the risks of this radiation, the verdict remains the same: Either cell phones will kill us or they won’t.
Read more: http://www.mainstreet.com/article/smart-spending/technology/real-risks-cell-phone-radiation?page=1
Filed in: Policy News, US
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Local residents have the right to oppose land permit applications for the construction of cell phone towers, said the Eastern District Court of Virginia in Alexandria last month.
On November 10th the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria upheld a decision by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to prevent construction of a cell phone tower at the Masonic Lodge on Fort Hunt Road. Cingular appealed the decision to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond last week.
Read more: http://forthunt.patch.com/articles/court-supports-fort-hunt-residents-right-to-oppose-cell-phone-tower
Filed in: Policy News, US
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Although it has not yet been clearly proven that exposure to electromagnetic radiation (EMR) poses a danger to schoolchildren’s health, a joint session of the Knesset Interior and Labor, Social Affairs and Health committees declared on Monday that a program should be launched to minimize such exposure as a cautionary measure.
Original Link: http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=196395
Filed in: Israel, Policy News
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“I am deeply concerned about the experiment we are conducting on our children and grandchildren,” says the author of Disconnect: The Truth about Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family. “People are putting iPhones that play white noise under the pillows of babies to help them sleep. iPhones and babies are a horrifying combination.”
Original link: http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/hers/Teach+your+children+wary+cellphones+expert/3878912/story.html
Filed in: Canada, Policy News
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There’s growing evidence that cellphones cause damage to other cells besides brain cells in the biological system, said Dr. Devra Davis, who will be speaking about how cellphones hurt their users at a public seminar entitled Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family, at Congregation Machzikei Hadas at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Original Link: http://fwix.com/ottawa/share/afb7e3ddd1/cellphones_present_hidden_risks_doc
Filed in: Canada, Policy News
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The buzz emanated from cell phones and WiFi devices. Or, more specifically, from the current debates – both local and global – surrounding these technologies. Not one to shy away from controversy, Dr. Davis tackled questions regarding the health affects of microwave radiation, cell phone use, wireless technology, as well as the widespread use of carcinogens in our society and around the world. Her tough stance and pragmatic approach garnered several rounds of spontaneous applause.
Original Link: http://www.trentu.ca/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=/Channels/Admissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=DC70E58F-5D33-4668-9BAF-968407E61639
Filed in: Canada, Policy News
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“I am deeply concerned about the experiment we are conducting on our children and grandchildren,” says the author of Disconnect: The Truth about Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family. “People are putting iPhones that play white noise under the pillows of babies to help them sleep. iPhones and babies are a horrifying combination.”
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Teach+your+children+wary+cellphones+expert/3875709/story.html#ixzz16nKjcZPt
Original Link: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Teach+your+children+wary+cellphones+expert/3875709/story.html
Filed in: Canada, Policy News
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“The fact that we don’t know everything about cell phones doesn’t mean that everything is fine,” says Devra Davis in her new book Disconnect: The Truth about Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It and How to Protect Your Family.
An environmental activist, cancer epidemiologist, author, and advocate for the precautionary principle, Davis maintains heavy cell phone use over many years may threaten one’s health. In an event to be held in Toronto on Monday, November 22, Davis will speak about her new book which is raising some serious issues and garnering much media attention.
Original link: http://www.whsc.on.ca/whatnews2.cfm?autoid=649
Filed in: Canada
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