Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Frequency Pollution

Public awareness and education of this massive health hazard is long overdue – especially in the U.S. - and much more of it is desperately needed.

Lloyd Morgan, lead author of the report, Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern, Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone, and member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society puts it this way:

“Exposure to cell phone radiation is the largest human health experiment ever undertaken, without informed consent, and has some 4 billion participants enrolled.

Science has shown increased risk of brain tumors from use of cell phones, as well as increased risk of eye cancer, salivary gland tumors, testicular cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukemia.

The public must be informed.”

In a video presentation on Wireless Hazards given by several speakers including Camilla Rees, MBA, founder of Electromagnetichealth.org filmed at Columbia University Law School, the following list of biological effects of EMF pollution on the human body was detailed:

• Genetic effects
• Cancer
• Cellular/molecular
• Behavioral changes
• Nervous system
• Blood-brain barrier permeability
• Cardiovascular
• Sleeping disorder
• Hormonal disturbance
• Immune system
• Metabolic effects
• Autoimmunity
• Fertility impairment
• Impaired learning

Here’s the full video – Wireless Hazards Panel: An Emerging Public Health and Environmental Issue

“Let me tell you about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees…”

For example, cell tower radiation emissions are interfering with the honeybee’s ability to return to their hives and may be contributing to the worldwide decline in bee population. Bee colony collapse disorder has far-reaching ramifications for today’s agricultural industry which relies on honeybees for crop pollination. (Of course, EMF is only one of several environmental assaults on the health and vitality of bee colonies)

Cell towers are also contributing to the death of migratory birds as well by causing disorientation and navigation difficulties resulting in the disruption of ancient flight patterns.

Worldwide Awareness and Activism

Glimmers of hope however, dance on the horizon. Consider that:

• France has banned cell phone use in primary schools
• Schools in the U.K. are banning cell phones
• U.K. Teachers Union wants no wifi in the schools
• Some communities in the England are dismantling cell towers
• There’s even an EMF Refuge Zone designated in southeastern France
• The European Parliament voted to recommend precautions regarding wireless technologies and cell towers.

More aggressive tones have been set though in instances where cell towers have been bombed in Ireland and towers sabotaged in Australia and Israel.

A Little Late Getting Out of The Gate

• Los Angeles School District called for the return of state and local government’s rights to limit antennas
• The U.S. Governors or Florida, Connecticut and Colorado declared May 2009 “Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Awareness Month”
• And a powerful statement was made recently by the U.S. Senate in a hearing that confirmed the dangers of cell phones.

It’s a beginning at least, but we’ve got a mountain before us to climb.

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