Risks Of Cell Phone Radiation

Although a quick search on the web will pull up various mainstream news articles declaring the safety of cell phone radiation, there are some lone voices within the scientific community who question if the increasing amounts of cell phone radiation exposure might be increasing cancer risks.

Dr. George Carlo is one of these lone voices.

Dr. George Carlo was hired by the Cell Phone Industry in the ’90’s to head a 30 million dollar research program whose purpose was to prove that cell phones were safe.

After 6 years of research, Dr. Carlo could find no evidence that cell phones were safe.

In fact, his research showed that there was a direct link between cell phone radiation and cancer. [1]

As Dr. Carlo states in his 2002 book titled “Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age: An Insider’s Alarming Discoveries about Cancer and Genetic Damage”:

The big picture is disturbingly clear. There is a definite risk that the radiation plume that emanates from a cell phone antenna can cause cancer and other health problems. It is a risk that affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. It is a risk that must be seen and understood by all who use cell phones so they can take all the appropriate and available steps to protect themselves and especially to protect young children whose skulls are still growing and who are the most vulnerable to the risks of radiation . [2]

Maybe its time for the public to hear from more lone voices within the scientific community on the question of cell phone radiation and cancer risks.

Sources:

[1] Dr. George Carlo, Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age: An Insider’s Alarming Discoveries about Cancer and Genetic Damage (Basic Books, February 9, 2002)

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