28-07-2012, 01:19 PM
Mobile phone radiation and health’ Case study: non-thermal effects of microwave radiations on human brain
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INTRODUCTION
The increased use of mobile phones and other digital wireless systems has increased health concerns as electromagnetic radiations used by them are in the microwave range.
Some of the well-understood effects of microwave radiations are:
Thermal effects
Non-thermal effects
Blood brain barrier effects
Electrical sensitivity
Genotoxic effects
Sleep and EEG effects
And many more
REVIEW
Safety standards and licensing
Lawsuits
Precautionary principles
CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY
The results allowed us to determine the following tendencies:
Microwave stimulation causes increase of the EEG level;
The effect is more intense at beta1 rhythm and higher modulation frequencies
The origin of the effect is different from average heating ,however exact mechanism of the findings is not clear and needs further investigation.
INFERENCE
Electromagnetic radiation such as that emitted by mobile and cordless phones can heat the side of the head or pulse it non-thermally and potentially thermoelectrically interact with its organic electrical content, the brain.
Worldwide availability and use of appropriately shielded cell phones and hands free devices including headsets, increased use of landlines and pagers instead of current mobile and cell phones, and restricted use of cellular and cordless phones among children and adults alike are likely to limit the effects of this physically "invisible" danger
Certain "heavy" mobile-phone users may be more susceptible to developing malignant brain tumour compared with others reporting similar patterns of mobile phone usage, and this may be genetically predetermined if the pattern and source of exposure are the same.
In order to adequately observe and potentially confirm this association, a solid scientific study must observe "heavy" mobile phone users for a period of at least 10-15 years and in this subgroup of "heavy" users examine the relationship between the side of any newly diagnosed acoustic neuroma or atrocystoma and the "preferred side" for mobile phone usage.
PRECAUTIONARY RECOMMENDATIONS
For members of the Telecommunications Industry:
Expedite the research, development and promotion of safe and economical shielding devices for mobile and cellular phones and their Bluetooth and headset accessories - some of these are already available but currently poorly marketed;
Further refine the quality of hands-free "speaker phone" mode.
For members of the Health and Scientific Communities:
Objectively reanalyse all previous large-scale population studies that reported "no link between mobile phones and brain tumours", particularly from the perspectives of whether those "apparently negative or inconclusive studies“ examined:
(i) the length of usage of mobile phones greater than 10 years;
(ii) following a cohort of "heavy" mobile phone users for more than 10 years;
(iii) the occurrence of acoustic neuroma and/or atrocytoma in
the study population (the two types of potentially malignant brain tumours reportedly associated with prolonged mobile phone usage); and
(iv) the concept of "lateralisation" - that is, the relationship between the side of the brain tumour and the "preferred side" for mobile phone usage particularly in "heavy“ users who developed brain tumours;
ENDING NOTE
“Eating everything you want is not that much fun. When you live a life with no boundaries, there’s less joy. If you can eat anything you want to, what’s the fun in eating anything you want to? “
-TOM HANKS.,1956
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INTRODUCTION
The increased use of mobile phones and other digital wireless systems has increased health concerns as electromagnetic radiations used by them are in the microwave range.
Some of the well-understood effects of microwave radiations are:
Thermal effects
Non-thermal effects
Blood brain barrier effects
Electrical sensitivity
Genotoxic effects
Sleep and EEG effects
And many more
REVIEW
Safety standards and licensing
Lawsuits
Precautionary principles
CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY
The results allowed us to determine the following tendencies:
Microwave stimulation causes increase of the EEG level;
The effect is more intense at beta1 rhythm and higher modulation frequencies
The origin of the effect is different from average heating ,however exact mechanism of the findings is not clear and needs further investigation.
INFERENCE
Electromagnetic radiation such as that emitted by mobile and cordless phones can heat the side of the head or pulse it non-thermally and potentially thermoelectrically interact with its organic electrical content, the brain.
Worldwide availability and use of appropriately shielded cell phones and hands free devices including headsets, increased use of landlines and pagers instead of current mobile and cell phones, and restricted use of cellular and cordless phones among children and adults alike are likely to limit the effects of this physically "invisible" danger
Certain "heavy" mobile-phone users may be more susceptible to developing malignant brain tumour compared with others reporting similar patterns of mobile phone usage, and this may be genetically predetermined if the pattern and source of exposure are the same.
In order to adequately observe and potentially confirm this association, a solid scientific study must observe "heavy" mobile phone users for a period of at least 10-15 years and in this subgroup of "heavy" users examine the relationship between the side of any newly diagnosed acoustic neuroma or atrocystoma and the "preferred side" for mobile phone usage.
PRECAUTIONARY RECOMMENDATIONS
For members of the Telecommunications Industry:
Expedite the research, development and promotion of safe and economical shielding devices for mobile and cellular phones and their Bluetooth and headset accessories - some of these are already available but currently poorly marketed;
Further refine the quality of hands-free "speaker phone" mode.
For members of the Health and Scientific Communities:
Objectively reanalyse all previous large-scale population studies that reported "no link between mobile phones and brain tumours", particularly from the perspectives of whether those "apparently negative or inconclusive studies“ examined:
(i) the length of usage of mobile phones greater than 10 years;
(ii) following a cohort of "heavy" mobile phone users for more than 10 years;
(iii) the occurrence of acoustic neuroma and/or atrocytoma in
the study population (the two types of potentially malignant brain tumours reportedly associated with prolonged mobile phone usage); and
(iv) the concept of "lateralisation" - that is, the relationship between the side of the brain tumour and the "preferred side" for mobile phone usage particularly in "heavy“ users who developed brain tumours;
ENDING NOTE
“Eating everything you want is not that much fun. When you live a life with no boundaries, there’s less joy. If you can eat anything you want to, what’s the fun in eating anything you want to? “
-TOM HANKS.,1956