[ RadSafe ] Re: More on cell phones

[Brennan, Mike (DOH)]

Heating from electromagnetic is clearly demonstrated, such as every time
someone uses a microwave.  Heat, in turn, can break chemical bonds,
which is the whole point of cooking.  HOWEVER, there is a rather
important quantity factor that must be considered.  If one drops ten
tons of sand ten feet onto a pane of glass, it will break.  This does
not imply that if one drop a grain of sand per minute, with the wind
blowing some or all of the sand off of the glass, that there is a good
reason to think the glass is in danger.  

My brother-in-law was asking me about this topic at Christmas.  I told
him what I tell the public, and what I practice myself:  If you want to
decrease your risk associated with cell phones, only use them when you
actually have something worthwhile to communicate, and never when you
are doing something that needs your attention. 

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Mike Quastel
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:47 AM
To: Steven Dapra
Cc: RADSAFE; Susan Gawarecki
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Re: More on cell phones

I agree that no significant clinical effects have yet been found with  
microwaves and with cell phones, and I certainly am against the hype  
on the subject. To be the devil's advocate, however, there appears to  
be some local heating to the part of the brain adjacent to the cell  
phone, the biomedical significance of which is not clear. As is well  
known, manifestation of the carcinogenic effects of ionizing  
radiation can be delayed many years, even as many as 25 years after  
the initial exposure. How long have cell phones been around - maybe  
10? It would therefore be wise to reserve judgement on the long term  
consequences of cell phone use and to encourage the use of earphones  
for those who use cellphones intensely.
Mike Quastel MD PhD (Nuc Med)

On Dec 31, 2009, at 4:12 AM, Steven Dapra wrote:

> Dec. 30
>
>         Thank you for posting this, Susan.
>
>         Here is a link to an article by Prof. Park in Forbes about  
> Brodeur and his claim that EMFs cause leukemia, etc., etc.  http:// 
> www.electrowarmth.com/emf.php
>
> Steven Dapra
>
>
> At 04:25 PM 12/30/2009, Susan Gawarecki wrote:
>> Below is a physicist's take on the issue. Bob Park takes no  
>> prisoners!
>>
>> --Susan Gawarecki
>>
>> >From Bob Park's "What's New" 25 Dec 09:
>>
>> 2. WARNING! CELL PHONES ARE FOUND TO EMIT BULLSH*T.
>> >From San Francisco to Maine there is a campaign to require cancer  
>> warning
>> labels on cell phones. Fact: cell phone radiation doesn't cause  
>> cancer.
>> Cancer agents break chemical bonds, creating mutant strands of DNA.
>> Microwave photons cannot break chemical bonds. This is not  
>> debatable. In
>> 1989, Paul Brodeur, a staff writer for the New Yorker, claimed in  
>> a series
>> of sensational articles that electromagnetic fields from power  
>> lines cause
>> childhood leukemia http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN89/ 
>> wn082589.html .
>> Brodeur, however, understood none of this and when virtually every
>> scientist agreed that it was impossible, Brodeur took their  
>> unanimity as
>> proof of a massive cover-up. Other anti-science know-nothings  
>> followed
>> Brodeur's lead, shifting their attack to cell phone radiation.  
>> Cell phones
>> have since spread to almost the entire population, but with no
>> corresponding increase in brain cancer. Case closed.
>
>
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