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FDA and WHO follow up on EMR with some HEARTBREAKING story.
Posted on November 21 2016
INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — You carry your cellphone with you all the time, and it is constantly transmitting invisible electromagnetic energy. For years, there's been debate about that radiation and whether it can cause cancer. A new study suggests there actually might be a hidden danger. 13 Investigates explains what you...
Latest iPhones have almost six times more cancer-causing radiation than competing brands.
Posted on November 20 2016
Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus is bigger, but this is no excuse for Specific Absorption Rate(SAR) radiation exposure levels that are only .01 under the FCC’s legal limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram (W/kg). Although Apple’s phones are catching up to Android’s in terms of size, Apple is still nowhere near catching up...
Using, and even just thinking about portable media may disrupt kids' sleep
Posted on November 14 2016
Children and teens with access to tablets and smartphones at night don't get enough sleep and are sleepier during the day, whether or not they use the devices, according to a new review. The review of 20 previous studies found kids using portable media devices around bedtime were more than...
French cell phone manufacturer warns pregnant women and teens about cell phone radiation
Posted on November 14 2016
The French phone manufacturer WIKO states in their manual for the Pulp 4G smartphone (pp. 21-22): "The maximum SAR value tested on this device when used in its normal position at the ear is 0.114 W/kg and 0.387 W/kg when used close to the body, at a minimum distance of...
Magnetic Field Exposure Before Birth May Contribute to Childhood Obesity
Posted on November 14 2016
The first study to find an association between prenatal exposure to magnetic fields (MF) and childhood obesity risk was published online today in Nature's Scientific Reports. Exposure to a relatively high MF level prior to birth was associated with increased risk of becoming obese or overweight during childhood.In this study,...
What are the SAR values for iPhone’s new smart phones? How should consumers use this information?
Posted on November 08 2016
iPhone 7 Models: Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) or RF Exposure What are the SAR values for iPhone’s new smart phones? How should consumers use this information? Be sure to read the latest Consumer Reports safety warnings about cell phone use. Note: I recommend corded headsets or hands-free use of cell phones,...
Is microwave food unhealthy? Top tech experts give it the all clear
Posted on October 26 2016
You can quickly thaw a frozen meal or warm up something you cooked the day before, thanks to the microwave radiation inside the oven, which has a frequency of 2.45 gigahertz. Microwave food has been cleared by top tech experts. Credit: Franziska Gabbert It does not add anything to the...
New metamaterial could dramatically improve imaging, sensing and communication applications
Posted on October 26 2016
The material, specifically a meta-material because it is has properties not found in nature, could be trans formative for imaging, sensing and communication applications. It could be used for quality control in pharmaceutical production lines, scanning pills at high speeds to look for any defects; to spot cancerous tumors at...
Electromagnetic field emissions from telecom towers well within limits in India
Posted on October 26 2016
Electromagnetic field (EMF) emissions from mobile towers in the country are much below the strict norms enforced by the Department of Telecom (DoT), a senior officer said here on Friday. “There is no scientific evidence backing the claim that EMF radiation from mobile towers, which are below the safe limits...
Doctors Warn Children on Cellphone Use
Posted on October 20 2016
Children should hold cellphones away from bodies, use speaker phone or send text messages, and avoid calls in cars, elevators, trains and buses, says the American Academy of Pediatrics. The AAP, based in Elk Grove, Ill., the nation’s largest group of children’s doctors with 64,000 members, released on Sept. 26...
The design is sleek; the technology impressive - if only it were safe.
Posted on October 19 2016
The design is sleek; the technology impressive; the camera stunning; the sound awesome. And this digital device is even more high-powered – if only it were safe. And big news, there is no headphone jack. Apple™ states “The new AirPods offer a game-changing listening experience. Designed with a huge amount...
Mobile industry urges judges to overturn Berkeley’s radiation warning
Posted on October 19 2016
SAN FRANCISCO—Two titans of the legal world faced off Tuesday before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a case that pits the cell phone industry against the city of Berkeley, California. If the court ends up reversing a lower court’s earlier decision and ruling in favor of CTIA - The Wireless...
Cell Phone Use and Prenatal Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation May Cause Headaches in Children
Posted on October 13 2016
Researchers found that children were at higher risk of developing headaches if they used cell phones or their mothers used cell phones when they were pregnant with them. A new, peer-reviewed study found that children who used cell phones or were exposed prenatally to cell phone radiation were at higher...
AirPods: Are Apple’s New Wireless Earbuds Safe?
Posted on October 13 2016
September 12, 2016 Apple’s new AirPods are wireless earbuds that employ Bluetooth technology to communicate with your smart phone, laptop, or smart watch. According to Apple, “After a simple one-tap setup, AirPods are automatically on and always connected.”The Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for the AirPodsThe left AirPod emits Bluetooth microwave radiation...
Does Wireless Radiation from Cell Phones and Wi-Fi Cause Alzheimer's Disease?
Posted on October 13 2016
Microwaves and Alzheimer's disease Oct 6, 2016 The following paper discusses the research which suggests that long-term exposure to cell phone & other wireless radiation (e.g., Wi-Fi) may cause Alzheimer's Disease. The paper was published in the peer-reviewed journal, Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. The paper is open access and can...
Our headsets are fully compatible with the new iPhone7 headphone adapter . so no worries there.
Posted on September 15 2016
Recently we got a lot of people asking us if our EchoTubeZ headsets will work with the new iPhone 7 headphone adapter. We have checked this out and the EchoTubeZ headsets are fully compatible with the new iPhone 7 adapter. So great news for all those who got them selves the new iPhone 7. Just remember to...
Radiation warning against phones kept in pockets
Posted on September 14 2016
Stuffing your phone into your pants pocket is a convenient go-to, but for men it could have dire consequences, according to research. A new study warns that men in particular need to think twice about where they are keeping their mobile device. A review of 21 research papers on radiation...
Should you worry about cellphone radiation?
Posted on September 14 2016
Chances are, you have a cellphone within inches of you. Maybe you're reading this story on one or you recently made a call or sent a text. There are a whopping 6.9 billion mobile phones in the world, according to the World Health Organization. Obviously, we need and depend on...
CBS SFBAY AREA - Berkeley’s Cellphone Radiation Warning Law Disputed Before Appeals Court
Posted on September 14 2016
n industry group represented by Washington, D.C., attorney Theodore Olson claims the warning is misleading and violates the free speech rights of retailers by forcing them to provide a message they don’t agree with. Berkeley, represented by Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig, contends the message is factually accurate and gives...
Mobile industry urges judges to overturn Berkeley’s radiation warning
Posted on September 14 2016
SAN FRANCISCO—Two titans of the legal world faced off Tuesday before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a case that pits the cell phone industry against the city of Berkeley, California. If the court ends up reversing a lower court’s earlier decision and ruling in favor of CTIA - The Wireless...
Monfredo: How Safe are the Electromagnetic Fields Emitted by Wireless Technology?
Posted on September 05 2016
Technology in the 21st century continues to grow and gives all of us instant information that we never had before, but are we using it in a responsible way? During the past few years there has been much research on the rapidly accelerating artificial, electromagnetic field including the National Grid’s...
5G Wireless Network
Posted on August 31 2016
AS wireless companies prepare to launch the next generation of service, there are new questions about the possible health risks from radiation emitted by cell phones and the transmitters that carry the signals. Concerns about the potential harmful effects of radiofrequency radiation have dogged mobile technology since the first brick-sized...
Cellphone safety measures worth considering
Posted on August 29 2016
There's a new study by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences examining possible links between cellphone use and cancer. As has been true of earlier studies, it offers no definite conclusion. The study subjected rats to the same kind of non-ionizing radiation a cellphone produces. In the study, half...
New study one step closer to linking cell phone radiation and cancer
Posted on August 29 2016
If you were asked what the best place for your cell phone is, you might say your pocket. But a recent study has shown keeping your cell phone on your person may be connected to certain types of cancer. This week on “Take Care,” journalist Dina Fine Maron shares the...
Cell Towers and Cellphones. Microwave Radiation, Electromagnetic Pollution, Impacts on Human Health
Posted on August 23 2016
“Electromagnetic pollution may be the most significant form of pollution human activity has produced this century, all the more dangerous because it is invisible and insensible.” — Andrew Weil, MD, bestselling author We live in the information age when we’re bombarded every single day with incoming data to process and interpret whether...
Wi-Fi and mobile phone radiation fears prompt town hall meeting
Posted on August 23 2016
CONCERNS about the health implications of mobile phone masts - and the introduction of free public Wi-Fi in Milford Haven town centre - will be addressed at a public forum next week. Local man Rodney Maile will share his fears of the impact of electromagnetic radiation at the Town Hall...
cell tower proposed for Crossfield Elementary is not needed
Posted on August 18 2016
The plan to build a cell phone tower disguised as a tree at Crossfield Elementary School in Oak Hill will go before the Fairfax County Planning Commission in September. Verizon Wireless is seeking to build the tower at the Fairfax County Public Schools’ elementary school at 2791 Fox Mill Rd. on the Reston/Oak Hill...
Yahoo - Eight ways your gadgets may be harming you
Posted on August 18 2016
adiation from gadgets: Almost all gadgets – cell phones, iPods and iPads, laptops, microwave ovens, etc, emit radiation. While studies have not proven any direct link between cancer and radiation from gadgets, some research has shown that constant exposure to radiation, over a period of time, may affect human cells,...
How to Protect Your kids from Harmful EMF Radiation
Posted on August 17 2016
How times have changed. When I was a child the only screen we had in my house was the TV. Now screens are ubiquitous. It’s becoming the norm to see children, even toddlers with laptops and tablets on their laps, or clutching on to smartphones. The kids are happy because they can...
Cities and states consider cell phone radiation laws
Posted on August 17 2016
Following the lead of Maine and San Francisco, a handful of states and local governments across the U.S. are considering laws that address cell phone radiation concerns. How we got here Maine largely led the way in early 2010 with a bill that would have required warning labels that cell phones may...
Wi-Fi and mobile phone 'radiation' fears prompt town hall meeting
Posted on August 14 2016
CONCERNS about the health implications of mobile phone masts - and the introduction of free public Wi-Fi in Milford Haven town centre - will be addressed at a public forum next week. Local man Rodney Maile will share his fears of the impact of electromagnetic radiation at the Town Hall...
SJ RESIDENTS FIGHT CELLPHONE TOWER PROPOSAL OVER RADIATION CONCERNS
Posted on August 14 2016
"This type of radiation is extremely harmful to the health of those living nearby, within 500 feet. And especially to children and the elderly," explained Alyona Pakhnev, a resident."We're following the regulations. This particular antenna meets the regulatory requirements," said Michelle Yesney with the San Jose Planning Commission. The Planning Commission...
Expert breaks down facts and fears about dangers of mobile radiation
Posted on August 11 2016
A study by the European Union-funded INTERPHONE group and another led by L. Hardell, a Swedish epidemiologist, showed an increased risk (40-170 per cent) of developing glioma, a malignant brain cancer, in people who used a mobile phone for 30 minutes a day over ten years.The idea of mobile phone...
L.A Times -Will the next generation of cellphone service pose health risks?
Posted on August 08 2016
The launch of super-fast 5G technology over the next several years will dramatically increase the number of transmitters sending signals to cellphones and a host of new Internet-enabled devices, including smart appliances and autonomous vehicles. And the move to the new technology comes after unsettling findings from a long-awaited federal...
A bar owner in the UK has built a Faraday cage to stop customers using their phones
Posted on August 07 2016
The owner of a cocktail bar in the UK has turned to physics in an attempt to force his customers to actually talk to other instead of just staring at social media all night. Steve Tyler, who owns the Gin Tub in East Sussex, has built his very ownFaraday cage...
French Senate passes bill to add precautions to wireless networks and mobile phones
Posted on August 02 2016
The French senate has passed a bill in an attempt to introduce additional precautions for the use of wireless networks and mobile phones, such as, turning off wireless networks in primary schools when they are not in use and requiring new mobile phones to include specially designed hands-free kits for...
Cell radiation - mobile and wi-fi radiation health effects
Posted on August 01 2016
For years, I had many disturbing symptoms, which I blamed on other things. But then I got a brain tumour, known to be caused by microwave radiation and I began to do the research. The electromagnetic radiation bombarding us, 24/7 (from cell phones/towers, Wi-Fi routers, cordless phones, etc.) is causing...
CBS PIttsburgh - No Cell Phones, Wi-Fi Allowed
Posted on July 28 2016
GREEN BANK, W.Va. (KDKA) — Would you believe there’s a place where no one can use a cell phone? Where Wi-Fi is not allowed? Where even finding a radio station can be a difficult task? There’s a town in West Virginia a few hours to south of Pittsburgh where all...
Turin could slash Wi-Fi over 'radiation' concerns
Posted on July 26 2016
The plans were outlined last week as the city's new new Five Star Movement (M5S) mayor, Chiara Appendino, presented her council's five-year political plan. “We're aware that we need to consider electromagnetic radiation when we speak about pollution,” reads page 23 of the council's programme. “We would like to take...
The Quietest Place In America: 13,000 Square Miles With No Cell Phones, Radios Or Wi-Fi
Posted on July 25 2016
Modest Green Bank, WV boasts America’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory—a complex so stuffed with delicate instruments that even the slightest touch by electromagnetic waves could ruin the fun. Solution? Wiping out everyday technology for everyone living in the surrounding 13,000 square miles.
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Wi Fi allergies and electrohypersensitivity
Posted on July 19 2016
For over two and a half years, Jenny had been feeling ill, complaining of headaches and exhaustion. She couldn’t concentrate at school and couldn’t sleep at night. Her parents tried a host of solutions to alleviate the problem: They bought a new mattress and thicker curtains to help her sleep;...
Wi Fried: Children and Wireless Devices: Does Wi-Fi harm our health?
Posted on July 19 2016
30 Minute Australian Documentary on Children and Wireless radiation
The 5G Wireless Technology: Potential Health Impacts of Electromagnetic Radiation
Posted on July 18 2016
“If the future wireless signals are found to be harmless to the human health, this project would build consumer confidence in the future telecommunication services. However, if this project shows that the 5G network leads to, or potentially may lead to adverse health impacts, the industry would be required to...
Cancer risk from cell phone radiation: A game-changing global wake-up call
Posted on July 18 2016
The new US government study by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) is hardly a shot in the dark or a one-off event. With this largest best-conducted animal study, we now have three different studies within the past six years where animals develop some of the same cancers from cell phone...
Wireless radiation with 5G frequencies now opened
Posted on July 17 2016
The standard for 5G technology is still four years out. Be that as it may, the commission voted to designate 11 GHz of spectrum for 5G in the 28, 37 and 39 GHz bands as well as “a new unlicensed band at 64-71 GHz.” The related rule making was not immediately available, but...
EMF and EMR research on cell phone radiation danger to health
Posted on July 17 2016
The National Toxicology Program under the National Institutes of Health has completed the largest-ever animal study on cell phone radiation and cancer. The results confirm that cell phone radiation exposure levels within the currently allowable safety limits are the “likely cause” of brain and heart cancers in these animals, according...
FCC Votes Today on Opening Additional Wireless Spectrum for 5G
Posted on July 14 2016
Joel Moskowitz, an expert on radio frequency emissions with UC Berkeley, says there's barely any research on the health effects of 3G and 4G, much less 5G. He notes that a recent comprehensive government study showed a small but significant percentage of male rats exposed to lifelong 2G cell phone...
A Study in Journalistic Skepticism: Cell Phones and Cancer
Posted on July 14 2016
The federal government’s National Toxicology Program released data suggesting that radiation from cell phones might increase the risk that certain rats will develop certain tumors. The NTP, an inter-agency program run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, found occurrences of two tumor types — malignant gliomas in the brain and...
Cell Phones, WiFi Devices, Hotspots, Smart Meters: The Health Impacts of Low Intensity Electromagnetic Radiation
Posted on July 14 2016
In the United States, the deployment of wireless infrastructure (cell tower sites) to support cell phone use has accelerated greatly in the last decades. The spread of cell towers in communities, often placed on pre-school, church day-care, and school campuses means that young children can have thousands of times higher...