| Until a few years ago, most of the studies on the | | | | result in serious health problems, including tumors, |
| dangers of cell phone electromagnetic emissions were | | | | cancer, and early senility? |
| concentrated on the possibility that the devices may | | | | Along the way, cell phone manufacturers succeeded |
| heat the brain or directly cause cancer. And many of | | | | not only in increasing cell phone use to the current |
| those studies were sponsored or financed either | | | | estimate of 1.5 to 2 billion worldwide cell phone users, |
| directly or indirectly by the telecommunications | | | | but they also succeeded in discouraging funding for |
| industry. | | | | research and influenced protection agencies and |
| Because such studies concluded that thermal | | | | government funded institutes to ignore the dangers. |
| (heating) effects were too minor to pose a serious | | | | Now the situation is changing, mostly due to cell |
| health risk, or no direct link could be made to | | | | phone users actually suffering the effects in |
| cancerous tumors, an impression was created that | | | | ever-increasing numbers and their physicians reporting |
| cell phones were safe. | | | | the effects. Courageous researchers and privately |
| The telecommunication giants that manufacture and | | | | funded studies are recognizing the statistical increases |
| market cell phones, build cell phone towers, and sell | | | | in serious health disorders among cell phone users and |
| air time and communication services, spent many | | | | reporting them. |
| millions of dollars on advertising, publishing statements | | | | New scientific studies are now pinpointing the |
| and manipulating the media into repeating over and | | | | relevant questions, and the real dangers of frequent |
| over that cell phones are safe and health concerns | | | | and long-term cell phone use are becoming evident all |
| are foolish completely ignoring the fact that most of | | | | over the world in countries where cell phones are |
| the studies performed had not looked at the real | | | | popular. |
| questions: | | | | Swedish Study Links Brain Damage to Cell Phone |
| What is the long term effect on the human body | | | | Radiation |
| from cell phone radiation? | | | | A study financed by the Swedish Council for Work |
| What biological interference occurs from exposure to | | | | Life Research and published by the US government's |
| the non-thermal low intensity pulsed microwave | | | | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
| radiation emitted by cell phones? | | | | breaks new ground by looking at how low levels of |
| Does the effect of electromagnetic radiation act as a | | | | microwaves cause proteins to leak across the |
| trigger, setting off malfunctions in the body's immune | | | | blood-brain barrier (BBB). |
| system, brain and nervous systems that in time | | | | |