10 Things You Can Do to Reduce the Cancer

10 Things You Can Do to Reduce the Cancer

10 Things You Can Do to Reduce the Cancer
Risk from Cell Phones
1. Children should only use cell phones next to their heads for
emergencies. Children’s skulls are thinner than adults’ and their
brains are still developing. Hence, radiation from cell phones
penetrates more deeply into their brains and is likely to cause
more damage. Texting (while holding the phone away from their
body) is still fine for kids!
2. While talking on your cell phone, try to keep the cell phone
away from your body as much as possible. The amplitude of the
electromagnetic field (radiation) is one fourth the strength at a
distance of two inches and fifty times lower at three feet.
Whenever possible, use the speaker-phone mode or a wired
headset (not a Bluetooth).
3. Avoid using your cell phone when the signal is weak or when
moving at high speed, such as in a car or train, as this
automatically increases power to a maximum as the phone
repeatedly attempts to connect to a new relay antenna.
4. Avoid carrying your cell phone on your body at all times. Do
not keep it near your body at night such as under the pillow or on
a bedside table, particularly if pregnant. You can also put it on
.flight” or “off-line” mode, which stops electromagnetic emissions.
5. If you must carry your cell phone on you, make sure that the
keypad is positioned toward your body and the back is positioned
toward the outside so that the transmitted electromagnetic fields
move away from you rather than through you.
6. Only use your cell phone to establish contact or for
conversations lasting a few minutes, as the biological effects are
directly related to the duration of exposure. For longer
conversations, use a land line with a corded phone, not a cordless
phone, which also uses electromagnetic emitting technology
similar to that of cell phones.
7. Switch sides regularly while communicating on your cell phone
to spread out your exposure. Before putting your cell phone to
the ear, wait until your correspondent has picked up. This limits
the power of the electromagnetic field emitted near your ear and
the duration of your exposure.
8. When possible, communicate via text messaging rather than
making a call, to limit the duration of exposure and the proximity
to the body.
9. Avoid using your cell phone in places like a bus, where you can
passively expose others to your phone’s electromagnetic fields.
10. Choose a device with the lowest SAR possible (SAR = Specific
Absorption Rate, which is a measure of the strength of the
magnetic field absorbed by the body).
Cell Phone Radiation and
Health—The Inside Story
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, President
Environmental Health Trust
Jeanne C. Ball, Consultant
Renee Glick, Jackson Action Team
www.ehtrust.org
February 7, 2011
Environmental Health Trust?
A Teton-County Based non-profit, we promote
environmental wellness, by:
• Educating communities & health professionals
• Conducting research
• Developing policies
to reduce avoidable environmental health risks.
Issues that we cover include: asbestos, radon,
breast cancer, air pollution and cell phones.
Cell phones are microwave radios
Cell signals penetrate the brains
of children more than adults
Cell phone
standards are
based on a heavyset 6 foot tall man
NOT a young child
900 MHz the SAR maximum
occurs in the center of the case
(w 15 mm spacer for 10 gm)
1800 MHz SAR max occurs at
edge of case, Christ et al, 2010
(b) The "Visible Man" model
Atomic Bombs in Japan, 1945
No increase in brain tumors was found in
survivors
until 40 years later.
In most epidemiological studies, cell
phones do not increase brain cancer
Until after at least ten years of heavy
use
Heavier Cell Phone Users Have
Reduced Sperm Count in Several
Different Studies
No
Millions/ml
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
Sperm count 30
20
10
0
normal
<2 h/day
2h/day
>4 h/day
Typical cell phone use reported
Agarawal, Cleveland Clinic, 2008; and seven other
studies
Parotid or Salivary Gland
Tumors Tripled in Israel
1 in 5 under age 20
Israeli Dental Association
Warning
• One in every five rare malignant tumors
of the cheek occurs in someone under
age 20
• Young people should limit direct
exposure of the head to microwave
radiation from cell phones
FRANCE, DECEMBER 2008
French Government
Restrictions on Cell Phones,
January, 2009
• Ban advertising to children under 12
• Ban design of phones to be used by those
under six.
• Handsets all sold with phones w SAR posted
• City of Lyon official advertising campaign to
discourage the use of the phones by children.
How to Protect Your Family
• France, Finland, Israel, and the
European Environment Agency advise
reducing direct radiofrequency radiation
to the brain
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Use speakerphone
Use earpieces
Do not keep phone on the body
Avoid use in areas of weak signals
Limit children’s use of phones next to brain
Precautions Noted by the FCC,
FDA, and ACS as of September,
2010
• Use an earpiece or headset.
• Avoid continually wearing a wireless earpiece
• Keep wireless devices away from your body
when they are on
• Use speakerphone
• or purchase a low SAR phone to reduce
exposure to the head.
• Consider texting rather than talking, but don’t
text while you are driving.
• Can limit talk time
Fine Print Warnings
Fine Print Warnings
(iPhone 4)
Blackberry and Pacemakers
• Always keep the BlackBerry device
more than 7.88 inches (20 cm) from the
pacemaker when the BlackBerry device
is turned on.
Do not carry the BlackBerry device in your
breast pocket.
Campaign for Safer Cell
Phones—under development
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Warning labels for cell phones
Use an earpiece or speakerphone
Don’t keep phone on and on the body
Text message rather than talk
Ban apps to be played next to babies’
heads
Jackson Schools Campaign
underway: Poster and Video
Contest for Safer Cell Phones
• Pam Shea - approved school wide
contest K-12
• Tom Radkey - liaison for parent teacher
communication
• Materials to be distributed in English
and Spanish
• Davis and others to provide school-wide
program presentations
• Sponsorships evolving and include
Sponsors of School Wide
Campaign
• Environmental Health Trust
• YUBZ headset manufacturers
Knobe's Radio shack
Dynamic Custom Homes (DCH)
Others to be invited:
Teton County Board of Health
Jackson Pediatrics
Pamela Stockton Interior Design
Proposed schedule for
School-wide Cell Phone Safety
contest
• February 15 Contest Announcing
Posters to be distributed in English and
Spanish to Parent-Teacher Night
• Student assemblies featuring multimedia presentations by Jackson Action
Team members, with Devra Davis &
Team Members
• March 1 Entries to be submitted
• March 15 Winners to be announced at
each grade level
Models Wanted – No Experience
Necessary
Must be willing to protect their brains and practice safe
phone
What’s Next for Environmental
Health Trust?
• YouTube Public Service Announcement
Contests with Local Teens winning feature to
be shown in theatres during Spring Break
• Expanding Business Campaign for Safer Cell
Phones nation-wide
• Scientific Research Program on brain
modelling, experimental studies and
epidemiology of rare events
• Global Campaign for Safer Cell Phones in 14
nations
Global Campaign Underway
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Australia, Don Maisch
Austria, Wilhelm Mosgeller, U of Vienna
Britain, Vicki Fobel, Mobiwise
Canada, Rodney Palmer, Jake Cole,
Prevent Cancer Now
• Scotland, Eileen O’Connor,Radiation
Research Trust
• Finland, Mikko Ahern,
• South Africa, Carl Albrect, Cancer
Assoc
Guerilla Sticker Campaign
The world is not dangerous because of
those who do harm but because of those
who look at it without doing anything.
• Albert Einstein
www.ehtrust.org
THE FACTS ON CELL
PHONES
KEEPING YOU SAFE
More than 4,000,000,000 people have
cell phones. Half of them are under 20.
ALWAYS USE A HEAD SET
By using a speaker or earphones when on
a cell phone, it reduces the amount of
radiation you are exposed to.
•
Cell phones emit radiation 24/7
•
Radiation from cell phones can
cause cancer and other diseases.
DO NOT CARRY A CELL PHONE
IN YOUR POCKET
Even when a cell phone is not in use it
emits radiation.
•
ear over a long period of time
WHEN THE SIGNAL IS LOW,
increases the chance that you
When the signal is low, the amount of
radiation increases.
will get a brain tumor.
•
DON’T SLEEP NEAR YOUR
Holding a cell phone next to your
People who start using a cell
phone as teenagers and do not
You may be sleeping, but your cell phone is busy
emitting radiation.
practice safe cell phone use are 4
or 5 times more likely to develop
a brain tumor.
OUR JACKSON SPONSORS
LA VERDAD SOBRE LOS
TELEFONOS CELULARES
MANTENIENDOTE FUERA DE
PELIGRO
Mas de 4,000,000,000 personas tienen
USA SIEMPRE AUDIFONOS
celulares.
Cuando usas audifonos, reducas la
cantidad de radiacion a la cual te
expones.
de 20.
NO LLEVES TU CELULAR EN
EL BOLSILLO
Un celular que no esta en uso tambien
emite radiacion.
CUANDO LA SENAL ESTA
BAJA, NO USES TU CELULAR
•
Celulares emiten radiacion 24/7
•
La radiacion de los celulares puede
causar cancer y otras enfermedades.
•
Mientras tu duermes, tu celular esta emitiendo
radiacion
Poner tu celular serca de tu oido por
largo tiempo aumenta la posibilidad
Cuando la senal esta baja, la cantidad
de radiacion es mas alta.
NO DUERMAS SERCA DE TU
CELULAR
La mitad de ellos son menores
que desarolles un tumor cerebral.
•
Personas que empiezan a usar un
celular
como
adolescentes
y
no
practican el uso del teléfono celular
seguro
son
probables
cerebral.
OUR JACKSON SPONSORS
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4
a
5
desarollar
veces
un
mas
tumor
Love art and technology?
Want to make a difference in
the lives of millions?
Enter our contest!
Submit a drawing, photograph, or 2-minute video of any of following:
* How to use a cell phone safely
* Why safe cell phone use is important
To see an example, go to www.youtube.com/envonc
and watch “Practice Safe Phone”!
One submission per person. Put down your name, grade,
school, teacher, and a phone number.
Express yourself. Have fun. And help us save lives.
Winners get a free Yubz headset and will be featured in the
local movie theater and other publications.
All submissions should go to Renee Glick (307.413.1579)
and should be either printed or on a disk.
Drop them in the box by the main office of your school.
MUST be received by March 1, 2011.
Brought to you by:
&
www.ehtrust.org
www.yubz.com
Ama el arte y la technologia?
Quiere hacer la diferencia
en las vidas de milliones?
Entre en nuestro concurso!
Submita un dibujo, fotografia, o un vidio de 2 minutos
de qualquera de los siguientes:
* Como usar un celular con seguridad
* Porque al uso seguro de un celular es importante
Para ver un ejemplo vaya a www.youtube.com/envonc y mire
“Practice Safe Phone”!
Una entrada por persona. Escriba su nombre, grado,
nombre de escuela, nombre de maestro, y su telefono.
Expresate tu mismo. Diviertete. Y ayudenos a salvar vidas.
Los ganadores obtienen un YUNZ audifono y moshara en
la cinema local y otras publicaciones.
Todas las submisiones deben ir a Renee Glick
(307.413.1579) y deben ser impresas o en un disco.
Pongalas en la caja en la oficina principal de su colegio.
Debe de ser recibida a March 1, 2011.
Brought to you by:
&
www.ehtrust.org
www.yubz.com