| We take the incredible technological
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| | of internal reflections." In another
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| advances that have been made in the past
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| | study conducted by leading neurosurgeon,
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| 50 years for granted. Technology that
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| | Dr. Leif Salford and colleagues at Lund
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| was once a distant dream is now a part of
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| | University in Sweden the data indicated
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| the fiber and fabric of our culture. A
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| | an "unambiguous link between microwave
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| typical American home is equipped with
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| | radiation emitted by GSM mobile phones
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| microwaves, cell phones, cordless phones,
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| | (the most common type worldwide) and
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| PDAs, computers, and a wide assortment of
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| | brain damage in rats." There are
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| technological gadgetry designed to make
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| | hundreds of studies with correlative data
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| life easier.
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| | indicating that this is far more than an
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| However, what price are we paying for
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| | anti-establishment ploy concocted by
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| these advances and, more importantly,
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| | paranoid believers who fear technology
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| what price are our children paying for
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| | and little green men.
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| living in a world filled with these
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| | Just as the information on the dangers of
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| energy emitting devices?
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| | tobacco was hidden in plain sight, one
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| In spite of the occasional debate on
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| | need only scratch beneath the surface to
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| safety, most of us have come to regard
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| | find warnings about cell phone use.
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| cellular phones as fairly harmless.
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| | Scientists have warned parents to
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| After all, if cell phones were in any way
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| | exercise caution in providing cell phones
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| hazardous to our health, we would know
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| | to children younger than eight years of
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| about it. The sheer accessibility allays
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| | age as there is little known about the
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| any potential fears about their use.
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| | effect of radiation on developing brains.
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| Cigarettes are also widely available but
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| | Paul Brodeur, a noted science journalist,
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| we now know without question that not
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| | was one of the first in the medical
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| only are they harmful to the user but to
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| | community to issue a public alert about
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| those around the user as well. However,
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| | the dangers of EMF. Brodeur warned that
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| widespread tobacco use went on for
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| | introducing your body to new forces such
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| hundreds of years before the connection
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| | as EMF created a condition known as
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| between it and the fatalities it causes
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| | "adaptation stress." In this condition
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| was made. Until then, the vast majority
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| | the body is sent into chaos as it tries
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| of people didn't consider cigarettes,
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| | to adapt to the new forces. Brodeur
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| pipes, or any other form of tobacco use
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| | identified symptoms such as fatigue,
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| hazardous. Are we guilty of being lulled
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| | confusion, lack of concentration and
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| into a similarly false sense of security
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| | focus, headaches, backaches and increased
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| about cell phones?
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| | emotional volatility. Is it a
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| The answer is an emphatic and resounding
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| | coincidence that many of these symptoms
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| "Yes."
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| | which we have come to associate with and
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| Before you dismiss that as an alarmist
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| | label as learning disorders in children
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| cry of an anti-technology fringe of
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| | have increased dramatically over the past
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| society, let's take a closer look.
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| | decade?
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| Estimates indicate that we are exposed to
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| | In another study, conducted by the
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| 100 million times more radiation per day
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| | Spanish Neuro Diagnostic Research
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| than in our grandparents' generation.
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| | Institute, it was found that a cell phone
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| Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) are low
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| | call lasting only two minutes not only
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| levels of radiation which are generated
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| | opens the blood-brain barrier (in
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| by electronic devices. Initial concerns
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| | children and adults) allowing toxins into
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| about radiation were dismissed because of
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| | the blood stream which can attack brain
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| low level of exposure. We learned to
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| | cells, but in children that same two
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| live with microwaves because our homes
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| | minute exposure could disrupt the natural
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| were not filled with other devices. Yet,
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| | electrical activity of their brain for up
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| what is the risk now, when our homes are
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| | to an hour following the call. So
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| filled with electronic devices, our cars
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| | alarming was the data that Dr. Gerald
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| are powered by micro-computers, we are
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| | Hyland, mobile phone adviser to the
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| surrounded by power lines and cell
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| | British Government, was quoted as saying
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| towers, and we spend hours a day with a
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| | "If I were a parent I would now be
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| portable phone held to our ear?
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| | extremely wary about allowing my children
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| Cellular phones generate a field known as
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| | to use a mobile even for a very short
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| Radio Frequency Radiation (RF). A number
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| | period. My advice would be to avoid
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| of studies have concluded that RF from
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| | mobiles."
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| mobile phones poses significant health
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| | The cell phone industry is targeting the
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| risk to users, including headaches,
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| | very profitable children's market. Cell
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| memory loss, autism, brain cancers,
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| | phone makers are marketing "Disney
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| leukemia and learning disorders. The
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| | phones" and kid-friendly versions with
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| Committee on Electromagnetic Energy
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| | parental controls. The industry is no
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| Public Health Issues stated in an
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| | longer content to have the adult and teen
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| Australian Government Discussion paper
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| | market, but in nationwide back-to-school
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| that : "Human exposure of radio
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| | campaigns, they aggressively market to
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| frequency radiation is greatest from
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| | tweens and younger.
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| mobile phone handsets because of the
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| | We may not have all of the answers today,
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| method of use, with the transmitting
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| | but the information we do have is
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| antenna of the mobile phone handset close
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| | alarming. How much more evidence do we
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| to the head. There is evidence that
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| | need before we take the dangers to our
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| localized hot spots or energy deposition
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| | children seriously?
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| in the brain may occur as a consequence
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