Health Effects of Cell Phones and Wireless Radiation- Published Credible Science

Examples of Science on  the Health Effects of Cell Phones and Wireless Radiation

Cancer 

• A Yale study funded by the American Cancer Society found elevated thyroid cancer risk in heavy cell phone users with specific genetic susceptibilities (Luo et al. 2020). 
• A  2020 met-analysis found that cell phone users cumulative cell phone use over 1000 hours statistically significantly increased tumor risk (Choi et al 2020).  
• Several publications assert that the current body of evidence has significantly increased and cel phone radiation is proven Group 1 human carcinogen (Miller et al 2018, Peleg et al 2018 Carlberg and Hardell 2017, Belpomme et al 2018,)  The Environmental Working Group published a landmark study analyzing the findings of tumor and heart damage in the National Toxicology Program study and concluded that FCC limits should be strengthened by 200 to 400 times to protect children according to current risk assessment guidelines (Uche 2021). 
• Research has found  women who carry cellphones in the bra have elevated breast cancer risk (West et al 2013, Shih et al 2020). 

Reproduction

Nervous System Impacts 

• The American Academy of Pediatrics has long recommended that U.S. wireless radiation regulations be updated to protect children and pregnant women as U.S, regulations are based on an adult male (a 220-pound man’s head, not a child’s smaller head).  (Ghandi 2012, AAP 2012 & 2013).
• Research on pregnant women has linked prenatal cell phone radiation exposure to emotional/behavioral problems (Divan et al 2012, Sudan et al 2016) and hyperactivity (Birks et al., 2017) in their children. 
• Wireless exposure is linked to brain damage (Tan et al., 2017), memory problems (Shahin et al., 2018), hyperactivity (Aldad et al., 2012), cellular impacts (Fragopoulou et al., 2018) and impacts in brain regions critical to memory and learning (Dasdag et al 2015, Shahin et al, 2018, Obajuluwa et al 2017, Tan et al., 2021, Hasan et al., 2021).  
• Cell phone radiation has been found to alter brain activity (Volkow et al 2011, Bin et al 2014), impact neurotransmitters and alter neuron development (Kaplan et al, 2015, Li et al 2021, Chen et al 2021).
• A  replication study on teenagers found memory damage to the area of the brain most exposed to cell phone radiation when the phone is held close to the head (Foerster et al 2018).

Environment

• Research has found that cell antenna radiation can injure trees  (Waldmann-Selsam, C., et al. 2016). 
• A 2021 research review on effects to wildlife published in Reviews on Environmental Health references more than 1,200 scientific references which found impacts to wildlife from even very low intensities of non ionizing EMFs including impacts to orientation and migration, reproduction, mating, nest, den building and survivorship (Levitt et al., 2021a, Levitt et al., 2021b,  Levitt et al., 2021c).  The authors state that the current body of science should trigger urgent protective regulatory action. US and international safety limits for RF-EMF are not designed to protect wildlife despite the fact that birds perch on cell tower antennas and many species’ habitat is in the air close to cell antennas.

Things Industry Can Do To Support Healthier Technology 

Cell Phones

• Aps do not need to be always updating. 
• Cell phones and wireless devices antennas should turn off when close to the body. 
• Consumers should be informed that they should keep the phone away from the head- in clear easy to read accessible instructions. 

General Recommendations

• Promote robust wired networks instead of everything wireless all the time. 
• Portable devices such as cell phones and laptops should be easily plugged into ethernet so you don’t always have to use Wi-Fi. . 
• When corded connections are in use, wireless antennas automatically go off. 
• Bring to market speakers, printers and peripherals that are corded rather than wireless. If they are wireless then they should have a hard switch that turns all wireless antennas off. 
• Wireless antennas should automatically go to the lowest power rather than be at highest power all the time (i.e Wi-Fi  modems in small apartments do not need to be set at the same power as Modems designed for larger homes.)

• Fund research and design to reduce RF emissions to as low as possible. 

• Utility meters can easily be wired rather than wireless so that you monitor energy demand and supply. 

Examples of Consumer Safety Initiatives 

Numerous countries have more protective cell tower radiation emission limits compared to the USA- Italy, China, Russia, India and several European countries. 

France: A  2019 Ministerial order stated consumers should be informed to use a hands-free or speakerphone, limit frequency and duration of calls for children, keep away from the belly of pregnant women, Keep away from the lower abdomen of adolescents.”

Belgium: In 2013 the government has banned the sale of phones designed for young children. 

Cyprus: Multimedia campaign with full scale bus ads, brochures and videos for teens and parents. 

French Polynesia: Multimedia campaign to reduce exposure-  video, posters and brochure promoted on television, radio, and social networking platforms translated into Tahitian and French.  

Republic of Korea: “Children are advised to avoid using cell phones whenever possible.” –  Gov Webpage  

https://ehtrust.org/health-effects-of-cell-phones-and-wireless-radiation-published-credible-science/ Source: Environmental Health Trust