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Mitchell Springer

The Precautionary Principle - A Realistic Solution to Cell Phone Radiation? - 0 views

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shared by Mitchell Springer on 17 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Cell Phone
  • those who frequently use cell phones on a certain side of their head are 50% more likely than non-cell-phone-users to develop a tumor in the salivary gland on that side of the head.
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      Mitchell Springer on 17 Nov 09
       
      people are frequently on their cell phones for many reasons and most of the time they have the cell phone on a specific side of their head without the knowledge of the radition coming from the cell phone can be harmful to their body
  • the precautionary principle suggests practices such as using a wired headset instead of a Bluetooth earpiece, and enabling the speaker function rather than holding the phone to your ear. In addition, rather than storing the cell phone in your pocket, keep the phone away from your body between calls. Paramount to the precautionary principle is to limit the use of cell phones whenever possible. Make fewer calls and make shorter ones. Choose a cell phone with low-radiation and limit children's cell phone usage, since their brain cells may be more sensitive to the effects of cell phone radiation.
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      Mitchell Springer on 17 Nov 09
       
      suggested solutions are that wired headset to be used over bluetooth earpiece, placing the phone on speaker when in a call, keep the phone away form the body in between calls, give childreen cell phone that emitt low-radiation and limit their cell phone usage since their brain cells are more senstitive to the radiation effects at a young age
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  • Cell phones and other hand held devices are rapidly becoming a part of our culture. Cell phones are everywhere. They are used by 87 percent of Americans and over 4 billion people worldwide. Students in high school and now even grade school children are using cell phones to talk to each other, and text messaging has become a social norm. We are addicted to cell phones.
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      Mitchell Springer on 17 Nov 09
       
      introducing cell phones to younger children can create a risk factor on their health in the future. since they would want to be more so engaged with the cell phone now that they obtain one, the radiation will spill out faster onto them and it may have a greater effect on the body than to an older person
  • New technologies are emerging to shield the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted from cell phones and other electronic devices. Certain chips can be attached to cell phones and earpieces to counteract the EMR, and special paint coated on your walls can limit EMR from adjacent apartments seeping into yours. These shields may help you if you stay behind them. Those who like to roam can wear special headbands, clothing, hats, gloves, and pendants designed to protect the wearer against radiofrequencies and EMR
    • Mitchell Springer
      Mitchell Springer on 17 Nov 09
       
      cell phone accessories can be used to help prevent the EMR (elecrtomagnetic radiation) from being emitted from the cell phone onto the users body
  • Mitchell Springer on 17 Nov 09
     
    i claim this article in the name of the father, the holy ghost, the mitchell and the springer
  • Mitchell Springer on 17 Nov 09
     
    Research for Criterion D--evaluate the solution
Mitchell Springer

Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep - Health News, Health & Families - The Indepen... - 0 views

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shared by Mitchell Springer on 19 Nov 09 - Cached
  • "making people more alert and more focused, and decreasing their ability to wind down and fall asleep"
  • reporting symptoms such as headaches and impaired cognitive function from mobile phone use. But they proved to be unable to tell if they had been exposed to the radiation in the test.
  • For they show that the radiation did have an effect, even though people could not tell when they were exposed.
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  • Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep,
  • Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep, and causes headaches and confusion, according to a new study.
  • Mitchell Springer on 19 Nov 09
     
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helen g

SentinelSource.com | Archives | Wireless safety questioned - 0 views

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shared by helen g on 15 Sep 09 - Cached
  • — the level of radiation your cell phone sends sizzling toward your skull.
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      helen g on 15 Sep 09
       
      It's really not that most people don't know this, they just put it to the side, being that they think its really not that big of a deal. Cell phones have become such a huge neccesity in peoples lives that they ignore the health risks it may cause.
  • In issuing its rankings, the Environmental Working Group — a nonprofit advocacy group concerned mostly with health problems it associates with pollution — injects itself into a scientific controversy that has simmered for years without consensus.
    • helen g
      helen g on 15 Sep 09
       
      Does this meant that cell phones can cause pollution? If so I think many people including myself are unaware of this fact.
  • behavior problems in children.
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      helen g on 15 Sep 09
       
      What do they mean by behavior problems?
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  • Yet the debate goes on. One recent study in Great Britain found “no evidence that the risk of developing pituitary tumors is associated with cellular phone use.” A Swedish study published this summer did find a correlation between cell phone and cordless phone use and tumors. Yet a third piece of recent research failed to connect tumors to cell phones but said that conclusion is less convincing “because the observation period has been too short.”
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      helen g on 15 Sep 09
       
      The media doesn't want to ultimately say that there is a correlation between cell phones and brain tumors, because they will then be accountable to an extent for sales dropping in cell phones.
  • Use of a Bluetooth device — those blinking blue devices worn on the ear that connect wirelessly to a nearby cell phone — could raise or lower radiation exposure, depending on the circumstances.
    • helen g
      helen g on 15 Sep 09
       
      How would it decrease the radiation? A bluetooth is still an electronic device and peope actually stick it in their ear
  • helen g on 15 Sep 09
     
    This article is about the health problems some people associate with cell phones and what different people think about these risks.
T Graham

Are cell phones safe? Researchers still uncertain | Signal Strength - CNET News - 0 views

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shared by T Graham on 16 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The question over whether cell phones pose a health risk has been debated for years, and researchers say the final answer could still be years away.
  • The Interphone study, which began over a decade ago involving 13 countries and has been funded in part by the wireless industry, was supposed to settle the dispute. But the report's publication has been delayed as researchers disagree over how to interpret the data.
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      T Graham on 16 Sep 09
       
      If the data is that unclear, that means that effects are different for different people.
  • indicates that children absorb twice as much radiation from cell phones as adults do, mostly because their faces and heads are much smaller.
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      T Graham on 16 Sep 09
       
      This ia big health risk because children are pobably the most common users of cell phones.
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  • The question becomes how can you accept the epidemiologic research, if it's not plausible from a biological standpoint?"
  • There are 3 to 4 billion people using this technology throughout the world, so it's an important question to answer."
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      T Graham on 16 Sep 09
       
      With this many people using this technology wouldn't it be harder to slow the problem down, because it would be too hard to keep track of al the users.
  • What is really needed is for the wireless industry to provide detailed usage information."
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      T Graham on 16 Sep 09
       
      The wireless networks would not cooperate with this because they could lose money.
  • T Graham on 16 Sep 09
     
    Leading scientists gathering in Washington, D.C., this week say more research is needed to once-and-for-all determine whether cell phones pose major health risks. Read this blog post by Marguerite Reardon on Signal Strength.
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | Technology | Helping the deaf to 'see sound' - 0 views

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    "Deaf children have been testing software that enables them to see a visual representation of sound waves. Called Lumisonic the software translates sound waves into circles that radiate on a display. It creates a real time representation of sound and is designed to elicit responses quickly in the human brain. "
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