[ RadSafe ] Maine --- cancer and cell phones

Wed Dec 23 03:58:27 CST 2009

John:

I'm not sure, but they (EPA) put it on the list of Hazardous Substances, so 
I guess EPA could make any statement.

Ed

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From: "John R Johnson" <idias at interchange.ubc.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 9:01 AM
To: "Edmond Baratta" <edmond0033 at comcast.net>; "parthasarathy k s" 
<ksparth at yahoo.co.uk>; "Steven Dapra" <sjd at swcp.com>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Maine --- cancer and cell phones

> Ed
>
> Did the EPA say that carbon dioxide EXPOSURE was hazardous? I thought they 
> said that its effect on the environment was hazardous.
>
> John
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Edmond Baratta" <edmond0033 at comcast.net>
> To: "parthasarathy k s" <ksparth at yahoo.co.uk>; "Steven Dapra" 
> <sjd at swcp.com>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Maine --- cancer and cell phones
>
>
>> Life is harmful.
>>
>> Ed Baratta
>>
>> Remember that EPA says Carbon dioxide is Hazardous to your health!!
>> What's next?? Oxygen??
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "parthasarathy k s" <ksparth at yahoo.co.uk>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:46 PM
>> To: "Steven Dapra" <sjd at swcp.com>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Maine --- cancer and cell phones
>>
>>> Steven Dapra
>>>
>>> Bio initiative working group believes that nonionizing radiation is 
>>> harmful. You can read their report at
>>>
>>> http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/index.htm
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Parthasarathy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Steven Dapra <sjd at swcp.com>
>>> To: radsafe at radlab.nl
>>> Sent: Wed, 23 December, 2009 7:10:22
>>> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Maine --- cancer and cell phones
>>>
>>> Dec. 22
>>>
>>>    This article has been on Yahoo news for a day or two.  Does anyone 
>>> here know anything about Herberman, Morgan, or the Biolnitiative Working 
>>> Group?
>>>
>>> Steven Dapra
>>>
>>> - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>>
>>> Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning
>>>
>>> By GLENN ADAMS, Associated Press Writer Dec 21, 2009.
>>>
>>> AUGUSTA, Maine – A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to 
>>> require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, 
>>> although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and 
>>> industry leaders dispute the claim.
>>> The now-ubiquitous devices carry such warnings in some countries, though 
>>> no U.S. states require them, according to the National Conference of 
>>> State Legislators. A similar effort is afoot in San Francisco, where 
>>> Mayor Gavin Newsom wants his city to be the nation's first to require 
>>> the warnings.
>>> Maine Rep. Andrea Boland, D-Sanford, said numerous studies point to the 
>>> cancer risk, and she has persuaded legislative leaders to allow her 
>>> proposal to come up for discussion during the 2010 session that begins 
>>> in January, a session usually reserved for emergency and governors' 
>>> bills.
>>> Boland herself uses a cell phone, but with a speaker to keep the phone 
>>> away from her head. She also leaves the phone off unless she's expecting 
>>> a call. At issue is radiation emitted by all cell phones.
>>> Under Boland's bill, manufacturers would have to put labels on phones 
>>> and packaging warning of the potential for brain cancer associated with 
>>> electromagnetic radiation. The warnings would recommend that users, 
>>> especially children and pregnant women, keep the devices away from their 
>>> head and body.
>>> The Federal Communications Commission, which maintains that all cell 
>>> phones sold in the U.S. are safe, has set a standard for the "specific 
>>> absorption rate" of radiofrequency energy, but it doesn't require 
>>> handset makers to divulge radiation levels.
>>> The San Francisco proposal would require the display of the absorption 
>>> rate level next to each phone in print at least as big as the price. 
>>> Boland's bill is not specific about absorption rate levels, but would 
>>> require a permanent, nonremovable advisory of risk in black type, except 
>>> for the word "warning," which would be large and in red letters. It 
>>> would also include a color graphic of a child's brain next to the 
>>> warning.
>>> While there's little agreement about the health hazards, Boland said 
>>> Maine's roughly 950,000 cell phone users among its 1.3 million residents 
>>> "do not know what the risks are."
>>> All told, more than 270 million people subscribed to cellular telephone 
>>> service last year in the United States, an increase from 110 million in 
>>> 2000, according to CTIA-The Wireless Association. The industry group 
>>> contends the devices are safe.
>>> "With respect to the matter of health effects associated with wireless 
>>> base stations and the use of wireless devices, CTIA and the wireless 
>>> industry have always been guided by science, and the views of impartial 
>>> health organizations. The peer-reviewed scientific evidence has 
>>> overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices do not pose a public 
>>> health risk," said CTIA's John Walls.
>>> James Keller of Lewiston, whose cell phone serves as his only phone, 
>>> seemed skeptical about warning labels. He said many things may cause 
>>> cancer but lack scientific evidence to support that belief. Besides, he 
>>> said, people can't live without cell phones.
>>> "It seems a little silly to me, but it's not going to hurt anyone to 
>>> have a warning on there. If they're really concerned about it, go ahead 
>>> and put a warning on it," he said outside a sporting good store in 
>>> Topsham. "It wouldn't deter me from buying a phone."
>>> While there's been no long-term studies on cell phones and cancer, some 
>>> scientists suggest erring on the side of caution.
>>> Last year, Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director emeritus of the University 
>>> of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, sent a memo to about 3,000 faculty and 
>>> staff members warning of risks based on early, unpublished data. He said 
>>> that children should use the phones only for emergencies because their 
>>> brains were still developing and that adults should keep the phone away 
>>> from the head and use a speakerphone or a wireless headset.
>>> Herberman, who says scientific conclusions often take too long, is one 
>>> of numerous doctors and researchers who have endorsed an August report 
>>> by retired electronics engineer L. Lloyd Morgan. The report highlights a 
>>> study that found significantly increased risk of brain tumors from 10 or 
>>> more years of cell phone or cordless phone use.
>>> Also, the BioInitiative Working Group, an international group of 
>>> scientists, notes that many countries have issued warnings and that the 
>>> European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for governmental 
>>> action to address concerns over health risks from mobile phone use.
>>> But the National Cancer Institute said studies thus far have turned up 
>>> mixed and inconsistent results, noting that cell phones did not come 
>>> into widespread use in the United States until the 1990s.
>>> "Although research has not consistently demonstrated a link between 
>>> cellular telephone use and cancer, scientists still caution that further 
>>> surveillance is needed before conclusions can be drawn," according to 
>>> the Cancer Institute's Web site.
>>> Motorola Inc., one of the nation's major wireless phone makers, says on 
>>> its Web site that all of its products comply with international safety 
>>> guidelines for radiofrequency energy exposure.
>>> A Motorola official referred questions to CTIA.
>>>
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091221/ap_on_he_me/us_cell_phone_warnings
>>>
>>>
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