Cell Phone
Radiation Dangers – Cancer Specialist Says Act Now To
Protect Yourself
Qlink Pendant
Envi Headsets
Gauss Meter
Home Radiation Protection
Dr Robert Herberman is making waves again. There are two
interesting things to note about Doctor Herberman, firstly
the obvious, he’s a “doctor” so people sit up and take
notice when he speaks, but he also happens to be the Cancer
Institute Director at the University of Pittsburg – so a lot
of people pay attention to what he says.
2 years ago Dr Herberman issued an official memo publicly
stating the grave concerns he had about cell phone
radiation, I first spoke about this back in April. Well a
few weeks back he went on record again, I’ve inserted the
video of his presentation into this post so you can see for
yourself.
This interview is important because Dr Herberman:
- voices concern over the ability of cell phone radiation to
damage DNA
- feels even more convinced, in the light of recent studies
, that cell phones are dangerous and that we should act now
to protect ourselves
She told me about 2 ½ years or so ago, when we were both at
the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, that she was
concerned about the health effects of cell phones. When she
did that, I was really very skeptical, and I said “There are
more things we need to be concerned about than cell phones.”
But she said, “You know, you really should look into it.”
And, I had the opportunity to talk to one of the leaders of
the national Institute of Environmental Sciences who told me
he had looked into it, and was involved in a panel to
examine some of the epidemiologic data, and felt there was
really something to it.
That particularly propelled me to begin to examine the
information. And, the more I read about it, the more
concerns I had – not that there was compelling or conclusive
evidence, but there were a number of hints that were
disturbing. The ability of this range of radiation to damage
DNA is still a bit perplexing as to how that happens, but
the free radicals possibilities is perhaps the best one
that’s been put forward so far.
But, that’s not clear, and then the decreasing sperm
counts…just to make it clear, the reason it was focused on
the men, there were people who were keeping their cell
phones in their front pants pocket. And, therefore, fairly
close to their sperm production that goes on.
The epidemiologic data, which I reviewed very carefully, and
talked to various experts in the field, overall don’t give a
very positive signal. But, what has really struck me, is in
virtually every study that had a significant number of
subjects that were examined after using cell phones
frequently for more than 10 years, there is a signal about
increased risk.
That led me, about 2 years ago, when I was the director of
the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, to send out
an advisory memo to our faculty and staff saying, “I’ve
reviewed these data recently, and I’ve become concerned.”
And although it is still unclear, I advised them to follow
what I think is a very important principal – namely, the
precautionary principal, that if you don’t know, and there
is some concern, do something to prevent rather than wait
until there is conclusive evidence. So, I sent out an
advisory to our staff with 10 points that was nicely
summarized…basically to keep the cell phone away from your
head.
And, particularly, I was concerned because of this increased
absorption of kids to really avoid, or limit, the use of
cell phones. Since I’ve put out that advisory, there was a
publication from the very distinguished epidemiologist in
Sweden that followed teenagers who started using cell phones
in Sweden, and had used them 10 years or more, and for that
group there was a 5 fold increase in the risk for brain
tumors compared to the ones that didn’t use it. And that
particularly increased my concern.
I’m a clinical oncologist by training, and I feel very
strongly that this is a terrible disease, particularly with
the brain tumors. And, should we wait another 10 or 20 years
before it becomes conclusive to send the alarms out about
how it should be used, or rather to take simple precautions.
I strongly believe that what I did a couple of years ago was
the right thing, and I feel even more strongly now than I
did when I put it out.”
Latvia, Riga
Cameroon, Yaounde
Honduras Tegucigalpa
Turkmenistan, Ashgabat
Israel, Jerusalem,
Stamford Connecticut USA
Sweden, Stockholm
Iran, Teheran
Adelaide, South Australia
Alexandria Virginia USA
http://www.emfnews.org/store |