How Text Messaging Could Save your Life

Before You Make Another Call…
I’ve written to you about cell phone safety before. Cell phones emit radiation. This radiation penetrates into your head, heating delicate tissues. In fact, it’s the same kind of radiation created by microwave ovens.
You see, microwaves cause water molecules to vibrate violently, producing heat. When you put a cell phone to your ear, it does exactly the same thing… but on a smaller scale.
The cell phone industry says that the amount of radiation cell phones emit is too small to harm you. And they have the tests to prove it.
But a report just published in Electromagnetic Biology & Medicine points out serious flaws in the government’s safety tests. And this is information every cell phone user needs to know.
Cell phone radiation tests are done on a dummy head called SAM - Specific Anthropomorphic Mannequin. SAM is a Plexiglas head filled with fluid – sort of like a skull full of brain matter.
To test the thermal effect of various cell phones, SAM is exposed to 6 minutes of simulated cell phone use.
Now, you’ve probably seen one flaw here already. Lots of people talk a lot longer than 6 minutes. So the results of these tests don’t really apply to a large number of people. But that’s not SAM’s biggest flaw.
SAM’s design is based on the top 10% of U.S. military recruits in 1989. That makes SAM the head of a 6’2”, 220-pound man. In other words, SAM isn’t typical.
In fact, 97% of us are smaller than SAM. And you probably know it takes a lot less time to microwave a little hot dog than a big 5-pound roast.
According to the paper’s authors, a typical 10-year-old would absorb twice the radiation SAM does… and their skull’s bone marrow may absorb up to 10 times the amount.1 that’s way beyond today’s accepted limits.
SAM isn’t just bigger than children, either. He’s about 10 inches and 60 pounds bigger than the average American woman. So a lot of you ladies may be well outside the safe limits, too.
An alternative to SAM already exists. It’s called “Finite Difference Time Domain” – or FDTD. FDTD uses a set of MRI scans of actual people – the Virtual Family – to test cell phone radiation on any part of the body, not just the head. It’s far more accurate than SAM. And because the Virtual Family includes everything from 5-year-olds to adults, it’s far more realistic.
What isn’t realistic is to ask everyone to stop using their cell phones until the controversy is settled. But you can take simple steps to minimize your exposure.
• Send text messages when you can. Messaging keeps the cell phone away from your head.
• Use a wired, hands-free headset. Wireless headsets are better than holding the phone to your ear, but they emit radiation, too.
• Never use your cell phone when reception is poor. Your cell phone emits a stronger signal to overcome the poor reception.
There’s a reason your microwave oven is shielded against leaks. Microwave radiation is dangerous. Cell phones produce far less than a microwave oven, but no one knows what damage long-term exposure may do.
A lot of doctors aren’t taking any chances. When ABC News polled a group of doctors earlier this year, almost a third of them said they use hands-free devices – to limit their exposure.2
Stay Healthy,
Dr Kenneth Woliner, M.D.
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1 Gandhi, O.P., et al, “Exposure Limits: The underestimation of absorbed cell phone radiation, especially in children,” Electromagnetic Biology & Medicine. Oct 14, 2011; doi:10.3109/15368378.2011.622827.
2 Childs, D. and Ahmed, N., “FCC Test to Measure Cellphone Radiation Flawed, Group Says,” ABC News: Good Morning America. Oct. 17, 2011