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



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