Dr. George Carlo EMF Cell Phone Dangers Interview
www.emfnews.org TV Interview with Dr. Carlo (Campbell Live, TV3) Dr. Carlo talks about the cell phone industry’s marketing towards children and the epidemic projections from cell phone use.George Carlo and Martin Schram are aiming to become information-age Ralph Naders. They ask a question that ought to concern America’s 103 million mobile phone users, as well as those who merely come within earshot of these popular devices: Is the wireless future a threat to public health? “Visit any public building, college classroom, courthouse, or commuter train, and look around: You’ll see people using not just wireless phones but also wireless laptop computers and miniature palm tops,” write Carlo and Schram. “What you won’t see are the microwaves that are criss-crossing a confined space where a number of people who are not even using these instruments are bombarded by these waves.” It sounds creepy. And Carlo, an epidemiologist who once oversaw a multimillion-dollar research project on health for the cellular industry, believes the news is not good: there may be a link between cell phone use and brain tumors. The research is not conclusive, but Carlo and Schram think it’s disturbing enough to warrant government action. Needless to say, the industry that once backed Carlo’s work now considers him persona non grata. Due largely to Carlo’s coauthorship, Cell Phones is unavoidably a one-sided story. Key business figures didn’t agree to interviews. In fact, this might have been a better …
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www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org Youngest at most risk He said: “If there are risks — and we think that maybe there are — then the people who are going to be most affected are children, and the younger the children, the greater the danger. “Parents have a responsibility to their children not simply to throw a mobile phone to a young child, and say ‘off you go’.” Professor Lawrie Challis, who was vice chairman of the Stewart Inquiry and is now chairman of the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme, set up to investigate the health risks of mobile phones, told BBC News: “I would certainly not wish my own grandchildren to use mobile phones more than they had to.” Rosie Winterton, the Public Health Minister, said government guidance stressed that mobile phones should not be over-used by young children. “Obviously there are parents who feel they want to children to have mobile phones for safety reasons, but we are quite clear that they ought to be very careful about over-use. “There is on-going research both in the use of mobile phones and the siting of mobile phone bases.” Since the first Stewart report experts have remained divided over whether the phones pose a risk. ‘Harmful’ Last year a 750-people study by Sweden’s Karolinska Institute suggested using a mobile phone for 10 years or more increases the risk of ear tumours by four times. A Dutch study has suggested mobile phone use can affect brain function, and further research from Europe …
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www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org Youngest at most risk He said: “If there are risks — and we think that maybe there are — then the people who are going to be most affected are children, and the younger the children, the greater the danger. “Parents have a responsibility to their children not simply to throw a mobile phone to a young child, and say ‘off you go’.” Professor Lawrie Challis, who was vice chairman of the Stewart Inquiry and is now chairman of the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme, set up to investigate the health risks of mobile phones, told BBC News: “I would certainly not wish my own grandchildren to use mobile phones more than they had to.” Rosie Winterton, the Public Health Minister, said government guidance stressed that mobile phones should not be over-used by young children. “Obviously there are parents who feel they want to children to have mobile phones for safety reasons, but we are quite clear that they ought to be very careful about over-use. “There is on-going research both in the use of mobile phones and the siting of mobile phone bases.” Since the first Stewart report experts have remained divided over whether the phones pose a risk. ‘Harmful’ Last year a 750-people study by Sweden’s Karolinska Institute suggested using a mobile phone for 10 years or more increases the risk of ear tumours by four times. A Dutch study has suggested mobile phone use can affect brain function, and further research from Europe …
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www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org INFANT DANGER In the journal Pediatrics (vol. 89, no. 4, April 1992), there appeared an article titled, “Effects of Microwave Radiation on Anti-infective Factors in Human Milk”. Richard Quan, MD from Dallas, Texas, was the lead name of the study team. John A. Kerner, MD, from Stanford University, was also on the research team, and he was quoted in a summary article on the research that appeared in the 25 April 1992 issue of Science News. To get the full flavour of what may lie ahead for microwaving, here is that summary article: “Women who work outside the home can express and store breast milk for feedings when they are away. But parents and caregivers should be careful how they warm this milk. A new study shows that microwaving human milk-even at a low setting-can destroy some of its important disease-fighting capabilities. “Breast milk can be refrigerated safely for a few days or frozen for up to a month; however, studies have shown that heating the milk well above body temperature-37°ree;C-can break down not only its antibodies to infectious agents, but also its lysozymes or bacteria-digesting enzymes. So, when paediatrician John A. Kerner, Jr, witnessed neonatal nurses routinely thawing or reheating breast milk with the microwave oven in their lounge, he became concerned. “In the April 1992 issue of Pediatrics (Part I), he and his Stanford University co-workers reported finding that unheated breast milk that was …
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www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org www.emfnews.org Parents should ensure their children use mobile phones only when absolutely necessary because of the potential health risks, an expert is warning. The latest study by Sir William Stewart says there is still no proof mobile phones are unsafe, but warns precautionary steps should be taken. Sir William said children under eight should not use mobile phones at all. In light of the findings, a phone designed for this age group has been withdrawn from sale in the UK. The MyMo phone went on sale five months ago aimed at four to eight-year-olds to use in an emergency. But in a statement, the UK distributor Communic8 said: “Although we feel the product, if used as recommended with parental guidance, is safe, we are not experts in either the radiation or medical fields that Sir William and his team are. “Simple common sense has convinced us that even the remotest possibility of our product becoming a health risk to any child is unacceptable.” Advice ignored Sir William, now of the National Radiological Protection Board, first warned five years ago that children should only use mobiles in emergencies. But he is now concerned that advice is being ignored. Mobile phone operators welcomed the fact that Sir William’s report highlighted the lack of hard evidence linking handsets with adverse health effects. One in four seven to 10-year-olds now own a mobile phone — double the levels in 2001, according to latest figures. www.emfnews.org www …
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