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World Health Organization Says Cellphones Cause Cancer ... Oh, And They're Killing Off the Bees As Well
The World Health Organization just issued a report stating that cellphones are "possibly carcinogenic to humans".
Specifically, WHO found "an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless phone use".
The
WHO report notes that a previous study showed increased risk with
increased cellphone use, and recommends taking actions - such as using
hands-free equipment - to reduce exposure to the electromagnetic fields
produced by cellphones.
CNN points out:
The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.
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The
type of radiation coming out of a cell phone is called non-ionizing.
It is not like an X-ray, but more like a very low-powered microwave
oven.
"What microwave radiation does in most simplistic terms is
similar to what happens to food in microwaves, essentially cooking the
brain," Black said. "So in addition to leading to a development of
cancer and tumors, there could be a whole host of other effects like
cognitive memory function, since the memory temporal lobes are where we
hold our cell phones."
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Results from the largest
international study on cell phones and cancer was released in 2010. It
showed participants in the study who used a cell phone for 10 years or more had doubled the
rate of brain glioma, a type of tumor. To date, there have been no
long-term studies on the effects of cell phone usage among children.
"Children's
skulls and scalps are thinner. So the radiation can penetrate deeper
into the brain of children and young adults. Their cells are at a
dividing faster rate, so the impact of radiation can be much larger."
said Black of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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Manufacturers of many popular cell phones already warn consumers to keep their device away from their body.
It should be noted that WHO's findings are not strictly limited to cellphones. Specifically, the report discusses:
radio frequency electromagnetic fields, such as those emitted by wireless communication devices.
As such, the WHO report may give ammunition to those who oppose non-essential rf em fields, such as California residents who oppose the installation of "smart meters" by the local power company.
The
smart meters wirelessly beam electric usage information to the power
company. The utility installed the smart meters on all customers' homes
(without their consent) in order to save the cost of having workers
manually check electric meters.
For those who are surprised that an electromagnetic fields can affect the human body, you are behind the times. As I noted last month:
It
is well-known that humans and animals have many electric currents
inside of us, and that we interact with electric fields and electric
currents outside of our bodies. For example, the pumping of our hearts
is driven by an electrical system, and EKGs measure the electrical activity in our heart:The
[EKG]works mostly by detecting and amplifying the tiny electrical
changes on the skin that are caused when the heart muscle "depolarizes"
during each heart beat.Electrocution can kill by disrupting the heart's electrical system.
Our brains are also largely electrical systems, and EEGs measure electrical activity in our brain:
Electroencephalography
(EEG) is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp produced
by the firing of neurons within the brain.[2] In clinical contexts,
EEG refers to the recording of the brain's spontaneous electrical
activity over a short period of time ....Both EKGs and EEGs use sensors on the outside of our bodies (on the skin) to measure electrical activity occurring inside our bodies.
Some
animals can directly sense electric currents and electric fields of
their prey, or produce electricity to stun or kill their prey. As
About.com notes:Electric
fields are used in numerous ways by animals. Electric eels and some
rays have modified muscle cells that produce an electric charge strong
enough to shock and sometimes kill their prey. Other fish use weaker
electric fields to navigate murky waters or to monitor their
surroundings. For instance, bony fish and some frogs have a lateral
line, a row of sensory pores in the skin, that enables them to detect
electrical current in water.The California Academy of Sciences points out:
Sharks are almost as precise as the best physics laboratories in the country when it comes to sensing tiny electric effects.
They can use this "sixth sense" to find food and even mates, since all
living animals create their own electric fields. When a fish swims, or
even moves its gills, it creates a change in the surrounding electric
field that sharks can detect ....There are many other examples of our interaction with electromagnetism.
Bad for the Bees
Cellphones aren't just potentially hazardous to us.
As Digital Trends recently reported:
Researcher
Daniel Favre of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology has found
that wireless signals cause honeybees to become so disoriented that
they finally just die. [Link] Favre’s team conducted 83 separate experiments that tested bees’ reactions to a nearby cellphone.
The team found that honeybees made 10 times the amount of noise when a
cell phone made or received a call than they did when the phone was in
off or standby mode. As Fast Company
reports, this noise (generally known as “worker piping”) usually
signals the bees to leave the hive. But when the reaction is triggered
by a cellular signal, the bees just became tragically befuddled.
So, what about a cell phone signal makes bees suicidally crazy? As
Favre’s report explains: “Worker piping in a bee colony is not frequent,
and when it occurs in a colony, that is not in a swarming process, no
more than two bees are simultaneously active…The induction of honeybee
worker piping by the electromagnetic fields of mobile phones might have
dramatic consequences in terms of colony losses due to unexpected
swarming.”
It’s the “dramatic…colony losses”
part that everyone should be concerned about. Honeybees are responsible
for pollinating about 70 percent of the 100 or so crops on the entire
planet that humans use for food.
So-called “colony collapse disorder”
among the world’s bee population has been recorded since 1972. But it
wasn’t until 2006 that the drop in the bee population took a nosedive,
with beekeepers noting a 30 to 90 percent loss of their bee colonies,
up from 17 to 20 percent in previous years.
Favre’s study corroborates a 2008 report that showed that honeybees
would not return to their hive when a cell phone was placed nearby,
which sparked the theory that wireless signals are the problem.
(There are a number of other reasons bees are dying, as well.)
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Bluetooth headsets pretty much eliminate the (alleged) cell-phone-near-the-head-causing-cancer problem.
World Health Org, same people who believe AZT, perhaps the most lethally poisonous chemical ever adopted as a medical drug, would cure AIDS. Guess they view poisoning a patient to death (rather quickly too) as curing.
These "health" organizations are dangerous to your health. They're staffed by people so horribly brainwashed they're insane.
This drivel is a new low for (G)utless (W)imp. If it doesn't provoke TD to revoke his contributor privilege, it would appear TD cares nothing about the integrity of ZH.
FYI - Seems like this is the first step in being able to regulate cell phones. You know, like if there is a demonstration (say against a government) and too many people (obviously terrorist insurgents) are in an area on their phones (filming police with nightsticks helping people move along), they may have to be shut down for everybodies one's (to keep police action from being misinterpreted) and save people from cancer!........
Potential solution:
http://www.humanfirewall.com/humanfirewallGB.htm
...if I recall, the Bee's are being killed by the cheaper ''high yeild'' tobacco based pesticide err http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_XnvZAcM0U something but, whatever, look at all the killing of bugs, Bats, Birds, Fish etc... drought, flood, great quakes, tsunami, meltdowns, BP Gulf, wars, rumors of wars, and weird names for NASA missions, like it's R Q to blast off and party like it's 1999 in 2016 because, the Lizard King Osiris is on mission. http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=15549
I did some guerilla gardening in my town after I bought some 1/2 pound mixed prarie flower seed bags on ebay. I went on a mission in September and seeded all the rough weedy bits around near where I live....haha you would not believe how it looks this year....At least 15 sorts of flowers including foxgloves, poppies, giant daisies and those big purple-ball fellas you see in churchyards......and not a weed in sight!! I think I have actually discovered a natural weed killer.....guerilla planted prarie flowers!
And you should just see the veritable bee-fest that is now going on in them!!
Simple pleasures eh!!
Cheers!
I do that and plant apple trees and pumpkins. Makes me smile. Cheers=)
You people are all conspiracy idiots, the government says cell phones are safe...therefore, they are safe.
God bless America!
So let's see, according to TPTB:
Yeah, that's the ticket.
And as for the bees, kindly disregard those agricultural tanker trucks with the hazard logos on the back. They have nothing to do with it, really...
toxic sludge is good for you
"yet" and "as far as we know" are orthogonal ideas, but important modifiers in your statement.
It's very simple physics. Cell phones are 500mW electromagnetic energy emitters ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBm ) just like this laser is a 500mW electromagnetic energy emitter ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=680xwwEs7Lg ). Energy deposition affects matter. Your brain is made of matter. Just because you can see lasers because they are in the visible part of the spectrum and you can't see radio waves because they are in the non-visible part of the spectrum doesn't mean they don't have an effect.
I think Ole George is on to something here! I just cooked a bag of Orville Reddenbacher Popcorn on my cellphone after a buddy called! Damn, you've convinced me George...
Thanks for the post GW.
Another little tidbit about EM fields that might have health implications: (from Guide to Electronic Measurements and Laboratory Practice, 2nd ed. by Stanley Wolf, p. 42)
"Note that there is also an important relationship between the frequency of the applied current and the minimum current required for fibrillation. [of the human heart] As bad luck would have it (or as Murphy's law dictates), the condition of maximum human susceptibility to electric charge effects occurs at about 60 Hertz, the common power line frequency. At higher frequencies the susceptibility to fibrillation decreases rapidly because such high-frequency current changes direction faster than the heart tissue can respond."
I don't have a cellphone and I don't live near cell towers or high tension power lines, but hey, I'm just a paranoid tinfoil hatter. </sarc>
I do find it rather remarkable that so many people blindly accept official pronouncements of safety with little to no skepticism, given these devices have essentially zero historical track record and very few epidemiological studies. I'm surprised none of the trolls have come out trying to say cell phone radiation is good for you, but I do expect to see it.
This only applies to electrical current running through your body (e.g.when you put your tongue in the electrical socket) and has nothing to do with EM fields coming off power lines.
i saw this japanese worker at reactor 1 in japan, smoking while talking on the cell phone AND he swatted a bee that was on his arm. i think they hanged him.
They are called cell phones because most people using them have an IQ of an amoeba...
This is real people. Stop joking it off. Cellphones are low power microwave ovens. Same frequency, less power = longer time before things get cooked but they still get cooked.
My wife has a friend who was always ALWAYS on her bleeding cellphone. She scored herself a brain tumour RIGHT where her cellphone antenna sat beside her skull.
Limit your kids cellphone use to bare minimum, or get them handsfree kits.
precious
"My Precious" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unico_Anello.png
hehe
Are pecious metals used in cell phones? Like Chinese precious metals?
Perhaps I shall only text for awhile
Pay no attention to your jobless, homeless, debt ridden, hopeless existence. Your real problem is that your cell phone might cause cancer.
As Gene Wilder said in "Blazing Saddles" about the suggestion he might die from drinking, the correct response is, WHEN!
I'm not going to even bother to wade thru all the personal attacks, that I'm sure are in this thread...Ask anyone with RF experience..
But I will share an interesting tidbit...Google: Pong Research..
(Useful product for those that would prefer to stack the deck in their favor..)
That, and all the Supplements to keep the immune system strong..
Can't hurt to be proactive..Be safe all..
The WHO saying that cellphones may cause cancer is a 100% confirmation that it does causes cancer. You guys are just scared about losing your toys. GROW UP!!!!
Good bee info article...."But the bees' last-ditch efforts to save themselves appear to be unsuccessful – the entombing behaviour is found in many hives that subsequently die off, according to Pettis"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/04/honeybees-entomb-hives
Edit: I think it is a few things that is causes colony collapse disorder.
As nearly impossible as it may sound, the WHO might just be an even bigger den of thieves and liars than the IPCC.
The UN should be burned to the ground.
WHO is a joke, many bad conclusions off of old studies, including this one.
It's actually crossed my mind that I may be doing some damage to my ballsack as I peruse the internets with my laptop on my lap.
ummm heat from it will cause your sperm count to go way down and may actually be very bad for you. It is recomended you seldom use a laptop... on your lap.... Why am I having to tell a guy this?
Um ... well ... not to be the bearer of bad news, but if you Google, "state troopers and radar guns and testicular cancer" you might not be too excited about the results.
You are a crackpot and an ongoing shame to Zerohedge. Bee colony collapse was most recently noticed beginning in 2006. In case you didn't know it, we had cell phones before 2006. There is not a single credible scientist who believes that cell phones are the cause of colony collapse. Viruses and pesticides are the most likley cause. Let me guess: The CIA is killing the bees. Douche.
tyler is being sued for copyright infringement by Mystery Science Theater. but he shoulders the costs b/c this flushes out the industry trolls...
"Children's skulls are thinner"
I guess that means that the Bernank's skull would be impervious... Somebody! Quick! clone his DNA!
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-you-hear-me-now
I wish the astute gentleman had tested the "BRICK".
Guaranteed to roast your head.Great as a weapon also.
Without conclusive evidence, this seems like a scam designed to get people to buy hands free equipment. This was just confirmed as they rolled out a pseudo expert on NBC news who said something like "if you are worried, go hands free". LMAO.
Ahh, its all coordinated. Margin hikes on gold, silver, and oil with margin reduction on Equities. Propaganda everywhere.
When is a conspiracy not a conspiracy, but rather exactly what is happening around you?
Except hands free "equipment" is really, REALLY cheap. Just a cheap pair of ear buds. No big deal. Not something to stir up a cancer scare over, certainly.
I for one certainly think we should outlaw bees owning cell phones.
Ok problem solved.
this just in: banksters on cell phones cause fiat value collapse disorder.
OK then, seroiusly....
Would tin or aluminum foil hats make things better?
Well to answer my own question since I'm the only one equipped to do so, a study funded by the American Tin Foil Hat Council says that by wearing a tin foil hat 24/7, you could probably decrease the risk of brain cancer by some 70%, the risk of getting a bee sting by 300% and extend your life by about 20 years.
Now, there were admittedly some short cuts taken in the study. One was that nobody was willing and able to wear a tin foil hat for any extended period of time and in any case, those that did try had to wrap their heads in duct tape to keep said chapeau on said la tete. Moreover, it was thus somewhat difficult to properly engage a blind test, for even Stevie Wonder figured out he probably looked like a twit with a tin foil hat.
So, being like it is today, if bees and cell phone users wore tin foil hats, thing's probably be just A-OK.
Which brings me to my next question. Would tin foil hats protect us from HAARP?
Think about trans fat, oreo cookies, McDonalds, salt, tobacco... the list goes on... Someone sees big $$ or they wouldn't be doing this.
Example: http://www.banzhaf.net/obesitylinks.html
It's mass death!! Lets fund a bunch of studies and pass some laws!!!!!!!
The State must DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are, fining the hell out of you for using while driving.
It's been known for sometime that heavy cell phone users have a [much] greater chance of developing brain tumors - that was established with 1 G cell phones. Now we have 3G & 4G cell phones that emit much greater amounts of energy AND many tweens are using them for hours every day.
So, the outlook for [another] major public health crisis in 10-12 years, devastating another generation, is coming. Devra Davis wrote an excellent book on the subject and has a web site with a lot of the information. IF you have a child or young friend or relative you care about, sharing the tips on safer useage is an act of kindness, even if it is ignored. Parents should take this seriously.
http://www.disconnectbook.com/cell-phone/10-things-you-can-do-to-reduce-the-cancer-risk-from-cell-phones/
Bottom line, use a Bluetooth whenever possible, or the speaker phone when situation permits.I would definitely limit the use and earphone contact on the youth, esp up till age 16-18.
Whether they do or not, it just makes sense to keep the receiver as far away from your master control center as possible,why take the chance.
As for the Bee's, no doubt it is/has been a serious issue for several years.
The Cell phone causing the issues,I would have to witness the action one had on a hive before I believed that.
We have had microwaves,electrical waves, etc,etc,etc for a hundred years.......
Did not seem to bother them all that time.I am fairly sure there is a fungus, or a biological agent causing the die offs.
if the cell phone are killing the bees i wonder what HAARP is doing?
Killing rap musicians?
Finally, the government doing something POSITIVE for once!
And I'm also sure that Somalian pirates cause chemtrails... Both have gone up in number significantly over the past decade
Millions have been lathering aluminum zirconium tetrachlorohydrex under their armpits for decades and they'll all die anyway. Personally, I prefer to stink, have no friends and live forever.
Rainman,
I am sure your aware that there have been studies suggesting that this very possibly causes Alzheimers.