[ RadSafe ] Cell phone & Cancer Article

Tue Aug 10 06:46:40 CDT 2010

I agree that the true science does not support the postulate of cell
phones causing damage to DNA. Commercial cell phones do not have the
needed energy (or energy density) to cause ionizations/chemical
reactions needed to cause that kind of biological damage. Cell phone
"radiation" and true ionizing radiation are two very different forms of
energy. 

P. S. Could you clarify this sentence? " The cell membrane has huge
microscopic local magnetic fields than power lines and so the magnetic
field added from power lines is insignificant."

v/r

John E. Dixon

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blreider at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:22 AM
To: doug.huffman at wildblue.net; radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Cellphone & Cancer Article

I actually thought that for a lay article the author did a reasonable
job of discussing the political issues as well as the problems with
epidemiological studies. Is providing a discussion really a fault? So
many authors would pick the answer they want based on fear or belief as
you said rather than evaluating data.  This author here has stayed away
from that. 

The Health Physics Society fact sheet on cellphones
http://hps.org/documents/mobiletelephonefactsheet.pdf  states:
"Investigations into possible health effects of mobile phones will
continue into the future, and it will be especially important to
identify if there are any adverse effects in long-term users or
children. The available evidence does not show that the use of mobile
phones or exposure to emissions from their base stations causes brain
cancer or any other health effect." 

People who have not studied radiation effects know that some radiation
is harmful and can't perform the type of evaluations some of us can.  If
all radiation were harmless there would be no need for the field of
Health Physics.  Perhaps it would be worthwhile for one of our HPs or
physicists versed in nonionizing radiation of the wavelengths in
question to provide a response in clear terms stating why there are no
effects expected.  Long ago I went to a fabulous seminar at Yale about
magnetic fields and the cellular mechanisms supporting the conclusion
that living under power lines does not increase cancer rates in animals
(humans).  It was easy to understand and to explain.  Here in two
sentences is the conclusion that I remember: The cell membrane has huge
microscopic local magnetic fields than power lines and so the magnetic
field added from power lines is insignificant.  Therefore it is
impossible that magnetic fields from power lines have any effect on
cancer rates. 

Barbara Reider, CHP

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Huffman <doug.huffman at wildblue.net>
To: radsafe <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
Sent: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 7:06 pm
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Cellphone & Cancer Article

Newsweak?  It's for emotional impact, a.k.a. hysteria.
Cellphone correlation with cancer is THE epitome of "research until the 
esired conclusions are reached."  Well, maybe that's caffeine but still 
he point is made.
On 8/9/2010 17:54, blreider at aol.com wrote:

 Not to bring up the issue of cell phone use and cancer again but...

 http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/05/will-this-phone-kill-you.html

 One of the comments is something that I also thought of when reading
the 
rticle.  Does anyone know why some of the studies used breast cancer as
a 
enchmark for doing cell phone research?

 Barbara Reider, CHP

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