December 4, 2011. A growing number of schools are having wireless routers installed across North America despite the fact that many of these schools already have ethernet connections and students are able to access the internet.

I have been asked to give lectures on this topic to many different groups. For those who would like information about Wi-Fi in schools and whether or not it is safe, please watch this video. Click here for video and here for pdf.

Some students, in schools with Wi-Fi, are complaining about ill health that includes headaches, dizziness, nausea, weakness and heart palpitations. Exposure in one school has exceeded Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 guideline but no one in Municipal, Provincial or Federal Health Departments/Ministries is responding.

Teachers concerned about exposure are told to keep quiet and not to speak publicly against School Board Policy.

Parents don’t know if their children are attending schools that have wireless routers as they have NOT been consulted about this and are NOT required to give consent for their children to be exposed to microwave radiation.

Some School Boards are measuring the microwave radiation in the classroom but the measurements are deeply flawed as those doing the monitoring are unqualified and are taking measurements inappropriately. The routers in some schools are hidden behind ceiling tiles and the technicians don’t know where these are.

We are heading for a health tsunami if we expose young children to pulsed microwave radiation generated by Wi-Fi routers in the classroom for the duration of their school education.

The World Health Organization in May 2011 classified this form of radiation as a possible human carcinogen, but this has not affected School Board policy. They can’t get Wi-Fi into schools fast enough.

Those of us who have been studying this issue for decades are perplexed that those responsible for the education of the next generation are so out of touch with reality and are so irresponsible in the decisions they are making that will affect the lives of many young people and their teachers. They are undemocratic in their conduct and, when all else fails, they resort to bullying tactics.  Are these the type of people we want making policy decisions and educating our children and grandchildren?

If you care about the health of students and their teachers, please watch and share this video.  Click here to watch video and click here if your prefer to read it as a pdf.

For more information about Wi-Fi in schools, visit the following websites:

www.safeschool.ca
www.citizensforsafetechnology.org
www.centerforsaferwireless.org
www.emfeffectsonkids.com
www.wiredchild.org

June 10, 2011.   The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPRDSB) is having a public meeting regarding WiFi in schools but only a few select individuals are allowed to present.  Individuals who oppose WiFi installations, in favor of wired installations, are not allowed to present.

I asked to be a presenter but was not given permission despite the fact that new information from various organizations has been recently made available and that I have scientific expertise regarding the health effects of radio frequency radiation.  I was told ” this is not a debate”.

The School Board approved having WiFi installed in KPRD schools earlier this year, despite the fact that parents and others presented evidence that this form of radiation may not be safe and that it was better to err on the side of caution.  Medical Doctors (David Carpenter and Stephen Sinatra) wrote to the school board stating this radiation was not safe.

The recent (May 31, 2011) World Health Organization reclassification of radio frequency electromagnetic fields (which includes WiFi radiation) as a “possible human carcinogen” is being ignored.

The recent recommendations by the Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe (Canada has observer status) that “for children in general, and particularly in schools and classrooms, give preference to wired Internet connections, and strictly regulate the use of mobile phones by schoolchildren on school premises” is being ignored.

Studies at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario) and elsewhere, which show that this radiation (from cell phone and wireless computers) affects sperm quality and may adversely affect reproduction, is being ignored.

Parents are silenced.  Trustees are not returning calls.  Teachers have been disciplined for questioning school board policy.  Teachers who are sensitive to this radiation fear that they will not be able to continue teaching once the WiFi routers are activated.

We asked that wired internet access be used (indeed this is already present at many schools).  But this request was ignored.

If WiFi is installed, we asked that the system be designed so that:

1. WiFi routers can be turned off when not in use;
2. WiFi-free areas be established in schools; and
3. Students-whose parents do not want them exposed-be allowed to use wired computers for internet access. While this would not eliminate their exposure it would reduce it since the highest levels of radiation are near the computers.

We have yet to hear if any of these recommendations are being seriously considered.

We are told that the level of radiation from WiFi in classrooms is so low it can’t possibly have any health effects. Yet, levels of radiation at a school in Collingwood exceeded the Safety Code 6 Guidelines in one classroom nearest the computer!  Click here for this report.  Clearly those making such statements about how low levels are and that they can’t possibly have biological effects are unfamiliar with the research.

As I scientist, who knows how harmful this radiation is, it is impossible for me to remain silent. If it weren’t for the children, I would walk away from this, allow the school board to install WiFi and then document the changes over time.  Some children will remain unaffected but some will become ill immediately and others will become ill over a period of time.  How many will develop cancer and have reproductive problems only time will tell.  The same will happen to teachers.  The question is no longer “if this will happen” but rather “how many will be adversely affected and how quickly”.

No University Ethic Board in North America would grant permission for this type of research (i.e. to expose children, grades K to 12, to low level microwave radiation for hours each day for 13 years and to study the biological effects).  And while schools and libraries in other parts of the world are removing WiFi, the KPRD School Board is going ahead with this experiment despite International Authorities recommending otherwise.

We exposed children to lead, to asbestos, to DDT, to second hand smoke before we realized this exposure was harmful.  Now toys from China with lead paint are returned and make headline news!  Yet we are willing to expose children to microwave radiation in the classroom AFTER we are told this radiation is unsafe at levels below existing federal and international guidelines.  This is willful ignorance and has legal implications.

In a recent letter I sent to Ms Diane Lloyd, Chair KPRD School Board, I shared with her three of my favorite quotes.  I provide them here.

Those of you who are reading this message, please do not let this happen in your community.  Children are precious.  As adults it is our responsibility to protect them.

Minimizing microwave and radio frequency radiation in schools is essential and that means preventing or regulating the use if WiFi and other types of wireless technology inside school buildings and ensuring that antennas (broadcast, radar, cell phone, WiMax) are placed  as far away from school property as possible.

Reducing exposure in the home is equally important.  Sources in the home include cordless phones, cell phones, wireless baby monitors, WiFi and smart meters (electricity, water, gas).  Sources external to the home include nearby antennas and wireless devices used by your neighbors.

June 5, 2011.  The World Health Organization classifies radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic.  What does this mean for Canadians?

After a week-long meeting in Lyon, France, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)—an arm of the World Health Organization (WHO)—classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (otherwise known as radiofrequency radiation or RFR) as a class 2B carcinogen, meaning that it is “possibly carcinogenic to humans”.  Lead and DDT are two examples in the same category, and both are banned for public use in Canada.

PACE calls on governments to ‘take all reasonable measures’ to reduce exposure to electromagnetic fields.  This is an important call to act and becomes even more imperative with the new classification of radio frequencies as possible carcinogenic to humans.  Click here for document.

It turns out that Canada has “observer status” with the Council of Europe as outlined in the following document (click here and here) and as such we are expected to conform with the rules applicable to such agreements. The PACE meets once every quarter-year and the six delegates and/or six substitutes from Canada ARE supposed to attend.  The six representatives and the six substitutes are provided here. Among the representatives are Jean Dorion (Bloc), Percy Downe (Liberal), Michael MacDonald (Conservative), Dean Del Mastro (Conservative) and Massimo Pacetti (Liberal). David Tilson (Conservative) is the chair of this committee.

What does this mean for Canadians?

It means that Health Canada is obliged to go back to the drawing board and revise its guideline for radiofrequency radiation. The current Health Canada guideline is one of the least protective in the world—along with the United States and Great Britain.

It means that medical officers of health need to notify doctors of the potential carcinogenicity of devices that emit radiofrequency radiation: cell phones as well as the neighbourhood cell phone antennas; cordless phones; wireless baby monitors; smart meters for electricity, water and natural gas consumption; WiFi routers in homes, schools, offices and public places including coffee shops, buses, trains, airports, airplanes, hospitals, hotels as well as city-wide WiFi. Broadcast antennas and radar used by airports, marine and military installations also emit radiofrequency radiation.

It means that operation and installation of wireless technology in schools, universities, and hospitals must be halted—possibly reverting to existing wired capability or requiring new wired installations.  Operation and installation of wireless technology in smart meters for electricity and water use also must be halted and redirected to wired technology.

It means that the placement of antennas near schools and homes and on high-rise buildings should be curtailed and, where necessary, shielding be used to minimize public exposure.  Studies show that a minimum distance of 400 meters is necessary to reduce electro-hyper-sensitivity (EHS), which can cause one or numerous symptoms including sleep disturbance, chronic pain, mood and cognitive disorders, dizziness, nausea, heart problems, tinnitus (high-pitched or ringing noises in the ear) and various other symptoms.

It means that people who use wireless technology should reconsider how much exposure they are willing to tolerate.  By altering behaviour and replacing wireless with wired technology, exposure can be significantly reduced.  Shielding products are also available that range from clothing to bed canopies.

Scientists have been calling for a change in the classification of radiofrequency radiation for more than a decade and have been demanding that international and national guideless for radiofrequency and microwave radiation be significantly reduced to protect public health.

Finally IARC has recognized that radio frequency radiation is a possible carcinogen.  The next step is for the World Health Organization to acknowledge that RFR also interferes with the body’s reproductive processes, generates stress within the body leading to many of the chronic diseases of the 21^st century and experienced as accelerated aging.

A shortened version of this appeared in the Peterborough Examine , Letter to the Editor, June 2, 2011.

Feb. 7 2011. Oregon state Sen. Chip Shields introduced a bill that would require retailers to put warning labels on cellphones and on packaging of wireless devices, advising consumers of possible risks associated with radio frequency exposure. The label would be affixed on the front and back of the package. It would also be on the back of the cellphone, occupying at least 30 percent of the surface.

Specifically, the bill calls for a label with the following:

WARNING: This is a radio-frequency (RF), radiation emitting device that has nonthermal biological effects for which no safety guidelines have yet been established. Controversy exists as to whether these effects are harmful to humans. Exposure to RF radiation may be reduced by limiting your use of this device and keeping away from the head and body.

“Given the absence of any federal entity with primary jurisdiction to evaluate and regulate health and safety effects of cellular telephones on humans . . . the state of Oregon may lawfully exercise its health and safety and police powers to prohibit cellular telephones in this state unless the cellular telephones and their packaging contain a visible, written label advising consumers of possible risks and steps a consumer can take to reduce the risk of radio-frequency radiation exposure,” the bill states.

The bill is co-sponsored by Health Committee Chair Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson (D), Sen. Alan Bates (D) (co-chair human services subcommittee), Sen. Rod Monroe (D) (co-chair education subcommittee), Rep. Jim Thompson (R) (co-chair health committee), Rep. Ben Cannon (D) (health care, co-vice chair).

The bill is in response to the increased public awareness of many independently funded scientific studies that do show a link between cell phone use and brain cancer, DNA and genetic damage, reproductive problems, dementia and other health problems. Cell phones were introduced to market with no pre-market safety testing by the FDA or the FCC. Senator Shields believes that Oregon is obligated to do what it can to protect its citizens from the potential hazards of cell phone use and that legislation is needed after comparing conflicting quotes from the FCC and FDA websites and cell phone manuals.

FCC and FDA WEBSITE AS OF OCT, 2010

FCC: “The Commission has stressed repeatedly that it is not a health and safety agency and would defer to the judgment of these expert agencies with respect to determining appropriate levels of safe exposure to RF energy.” …..“There is no federally developed national standard for safe levels of exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy”

FDA: “Under the law, FDA does not review the safety of radiation-emitting consumer products such as mobile phones before marketing…”

Health warnings from Motorola and Blackberry manuals

1. Use hands-free if available and keep the Blackberry at least .98 in. from your body, “INCLUDING THE ABDOMEN OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND THE LOWER ABDOMEN OF TEENAGERS”
2. A few animal studies, however, have suggested that low levels of RF could accelerate the development of cancer in laboratory animals. In one study, mice genetically altered to be predisposed to developing one type of cancer developed more than twice as many such cancers when they were exposed to RF energy compared to controls.”
3. “When 20 types of tumors were considered separately however, an association was found between mobile phone use and one rare type of glioma, neuroepithelliomatous tumors”
4. “None of these tests showed any effect of the RF except for the micronucleus assay, which detects structural effects on the genetic material. The cells in this assay showed changes after exposure to simulated cell phone radiation”
5. “Some people who have used mobile phones have been diagnosed with brain cancer.”
6. “When tumors did exist in certain locations, however, they were more likely to be on the side of the head where the mobile phone was used.

What’s that humming in your pants – or lower abdomen?

Most of us are familiar with the controversy over cell phones and risk of brain cancer. The message that texting is safer than talking is starting to sink in especially with the younger generation.  However,  few people understand that as long as the cell phone is turned on and in your “pocket or bra”, instead of your brain – it’s irradiating your reproductive organs every few minutes.

If someone needs to reach me – here I am.

How does your cell phone company know where you are? Your cell phone regularly sends out a VERY powerful blast of radiation (up to a few miles) to notify the nearby cell towers of your location.  At least once in every 5 minutes, your cell phone and the closest towers act like a GPS system and they triangulate your position.  If someone tries to reach you on your cell phone, your cell phone provider knows where you are located because they have a record of you that was stored from you last “check in” a few minutes ago and it routes the call to the towers nearest to you.

So – depending on how many minute intervals you have set your phone to fetch your email messages and how often your phone checks in to the closest towers – you could be irradiating your body every few minutes for at least 10 seconds. If you keep your phone in your pocket, you are giving your vital reproductive organs a large dose of microwaves. If you keep it on your hip in a holster – your pancreas is getting radiated. If it’s in your bra – or seat belt holster – you are radiating your breasts and heart. The only way to shut off the radiation is to put it in “airplane mode”  or  TURN IT OFF!

The iPhone radiates your body every  5 minutes  - turn on airplane mode to stop this from happening.

Infertility and cancer is on the rise.

Testicular cancer for 15 – 35 year old men is now the highest age group for this cancer-not old men. Infertility clinics are a booming business. Why is the media focus on brain cancer and cell phones? The rates of prostate cancer  and breast cancer started to climb in the mid 1980′s – roughly the same time wireless cordless and cell phones were commercially introduced . Prostate cancer affects one in 7 men and breast cancer one in 9 women.

Why are there no studies comparing testicular and prostate cancer rates and cell phone use? I can only assume it is – don’t look and you won’t find…or is it – don’t tell what you have found….

January 10, 2011.  The purpose of my website it to provide information about different types of electromagnetic pollution and what people can do to protect themselves and to regain their health. I try to present scientific information to a lay audience in a way that they will both understand and recognize the importance of the information.

While many people visit my website, a lot more watch the youtube videos that I create. Even kids watch these videos and it is important to reach the next generation.

Perhaps you have seen “Planet Irth” (April 2010) about a planet that becomes inundated with electrosmog and the irthlngs are warned by sensitives that this is not a good thing but no one listens.  Click here to watch this video.

Or you may have seen “Taming the Microwave Dragon” (December 2010) told in a fairy tale style with a similar message to Planet Irth.  Click here to watch this video.

Well, the newest in this “series” is called “Population Control & Microwave Radiation.”  It ponders the concept that some “elite group” is using microwave radiation to control the size of the human population. This video is deliberately intended to be provocative. Click here to watch this video.

Am I a supporter of conspiracy theories?  NO. Those with wealth and power have always tried, and will continue to try, to increase their wealth and power (combination of both greed and insecurity) and they will manipulate situations in their favor. This is not new. However, I believe that we do more damage to this planet and its inhabitants than that done by some elite group by a combination of greed, stupidity, and insecurity (both real and imaged) at all levels of society.

All of my youtube videos are meant to inform the audience about the harmful effects of electrosmog and what they can do to reduce their exposure and to protect themselves, if they choose to.  Drawings and cartoon characters make the “medicine” of the message more palatable and bring it to the attention of  younger audiences, who are increasingly becoming hooked on wireless technology.

“Knowledge is power” and these videos are meant to empower those who watch them.

August 16, 2010.  Pick of the Week #6:  Clinical & Hygienic Aspects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields.

Dodge, CH.  1969.  Clinical and Hygienic Aspects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields:  A Review of the Soviet and Eastern European Literature.  Biological Effects and Health Implications of Microwave Radiation, Symposium Proceedings, Richmond, Virginia, September 17-19, 1969 (BRH/DBE 70-2) (PB 193 898).

Christopher Dodge, affiliated with the Library of Congress, wrote the first comprehensive review of the world (especially the Soviet and Eastern European) literature on the biological effects of microwaves in 1964.  The current document was written 5 years later during which time the author was with the Biosciences Division, U.S. Naval Observatory, in Washington, D.C. This document concentrates on human clinical studies and occupational hygiene surveys of microwave exposure and is well worth reading.

What is clear is that by the late 1960 the Soviet and Eastern European scientists had conducted numerous studies on the effects of microwave radiation on humans, that biological and health effects were documented for a range of frequencies at non-thermal levels, and that this information was available to the U.S. military.  Why this science was not taken more seriously, why guidelines were not influenced by this research, and why we are still debating thermal vs non-thermal effects is a mystery that I leave for historians and philosophers to debate.

Here are a few gems from this document:

1. By 1933 Soviet scientists recognized that electromagnetic fields affected the human nervous system.  Indeed changes to the central (CNS) and autonomic (ANS) nervous system attributed to radio frequency radiation were frequently documented, as were additional effects as shown in Table 1. Frequencies from 30 MHz to 300 GH at both thermal (greater than 10 mW/cm²) and non-thermal (microW/cm² to milliW/cm²) intensities were known to affect the CNS.
2. The most disappointing aspect of the literature cited was the absence of information on the specific circumstances of the irradiation, characteristics of the environment and the conditions of the body exposed, which makes repetition of the studies difficult.
3. Panov et al. (1966) proposed three chronological stages of human response to microwaves (Table 2).
   - The first stage is not marked by severe episodes such as fainting or dramatic changes in pulse or blood pressure and the subject responds to outpatient treatment.
   - The second stage is called the “syndrome of autonomic and vascular dystonia” and the key features include altered pulse including bradycardia (slow) and tachycardia (rapid), either high or low blood pressure, altered ECG and general neuro-circulatory asthenia.  Severe episodes (fainting) may occur and the subject requires hospitalization of unspecified nature or duration.
   - The third stage is called diencephalic syndrome in which visceral dysfunctions and crisis are observed.  Typical episodes include apathic embolic disorders, hypersomnia, hypokinesis, hypothalamo-pituitary-suprarenal weakness, and inhibition of sexual and digestive reflexes.  Panov claims these changes are not always reversible and that subjects require hospitalization.
4. The general subjective complaints resulting from EMR exposure shown in Table 3 resemble symptoms associated with electrohypersensitivity (EHS).
5. Edelwejn (1966) found that the symptoms (Table 3) experienced by Polish personnel exposed to microwave radiation for up to six hours/day depended on the length of employment and degree of exposure. During the first three years, a dramatic response to microwave exposure accompanied by neurotic symptoms was reported.  This was followed by a gradual adaption phase and then, many years later, by the reappearance of neurologic symptoms. Soviet workers exposed to electric and magnetic fields near hydroelectric stations also complained of symptoms in Table 3.  Ospiov (1965) concluded that most subjective symptoms were reversible and that pathological damage to neural structures was insignificant.
6. In one study, a larger percentage of subjects exposed to weak (1 to 100s microW/cm²) and moderate (100s microW/cm²) levels of EMR experienced symptoms than those who were sporadically exposed to intense levels (3000 to 4000 microW/cm²) (see Figure 1 below, note this figure is based on Table 4 of the original document).
7. Pulsed ultra high frequency (UHF) fields [0.3 to 3 GHz] could be used as a form of contactless electrosleep, which was called radio-sleep.
8. Numerous changes were documented in the blood including altered blood sugar, cholesterol and lipids; altered levels of pyruvic acid, lactic acid, and creatinine; as well as hematopoietic [blood forming processes] and biochemical responses to electromagnetic radiation (see Tables 8,9, 10).
9. Effects on the functioning of and damage to the eyes were mostly documented at either acute or chronic thermal levels of exposure (see Table 11).
10. Major endocrine responses included altered functioning of the pituitary, thyroid and adrenal glands.  Damage to sex glands and functions have been frequently documented after chronic exposure to primarily thermal intensities (Table 12).  Decreased spermatogenesis, altered sex ratio at birth (excess females), changes in menstruation, retarded fetal development, congenital effects in newborns, decreased lactation in nursing mothers have been documented as result of thermal exposure (greater than 10,000 microW/cm²).

Figure 1.  Percentage of subjects who responded to weak (1 to 100′s microW/cm2), moderate (100′s microW/cm2), and periodic intense (3,000 to 4,000 microW/cm2) levels of microwave radiation. Based on data in Table 4, Dodge, 1969.  [Note:  U.S. and Canadian guidelines are 1,000 microW/cm2 so the weak and moderate exposures are well below these guidelines.]

July 28, 2010.  Researchers prove damage occurs in the mobility and DNA fragmentation of sperm if near the WiFi transmitter. 24/07/2010 | Romina Martoglio.  From Lavoz.com

Assumptions are well known that the electromagnetic waves radiated by cell phones, microwave ovens, computers and electrical appliances may cause adverse health effects. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has formed a special division for researchers studying the effect of electromagnetic radiation.

As for the effect of these radiations on the reproduction of human beings, some scientific studies have suggested that electromagnetic waves generated by cell phones may affect sperm quality. On the other hand, it is proposed that the use of laptops (Laptop) could affect sperm production due to increased temperature in the testes to be used on the legs.

A group of researchers from Cordoba, members of Nascentis reproductive medicine center, decided to analyze the effect of laptops on the sperm, and concluded that the use of laptop mobility result in damage and fragment the DNA of these cells, to the point that might affect male reproductive capacity.

“We have found that exposure to the laptops connected to Wi-Fi, mobility decreases and increases the damage to the sperm DNA. Although these studies were performed in vitro, our results suggest it could be a cause of low fertility” says Conrado Avendaño.

While we need further research, our first advice is that people avoid using the laptop on your lap, ESPECIALLY if they are connected to Wi-Fi”, states Sánchez Sarmiento..

The direction of this research was provided by Conrado Avendaño, a biochemist specializing in Andrology. He was accompanied by a team of Ariela Mata, a specialist in Reproductive Biology and Chief of the Laboratory of Embryology, Cesar Sanchez Sarmiento, medical director, Andrew Juarez Villanueva, head of Gynecologic Endoscopy and Valeria Martinez, laboratory specializing in Andrology and Embryology.

For this study, they evaluated semen samples from healthy donors with no history of recent illnesses. Each sample was divided into two portions which were placed in separate rooms at a controlled temperature. One of the fractions was incubated near a laptop connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi, thus, to mimic the situation in which men place the machine on their legs.

“After four hours of incubation of sperm under two different conditions, we found that in the group exposed to the laptop, a large percentage of sperm was affected,” said Conrado Avendaño.

Results. There are three factors that were examined to study the sperm quality: if the sperm were alive, if they moved and if the sperm DNA was intact. “The study showed that exposure to these devices did not cause the death of sperm,” said Avendano.

Meanwhile, the analysis of mobility, it was found that in the group exposed to WiFi radiation, there was less sperm that are moving faster and an increase in the amount of stationary sperm.

“This is a sobering if you take into account that the sperm are moving progressively to finally be able to reach the egg and fertilize it, and then form an embryo,” said César Sánchez Sarmiento.

Finally in terms of sperm DNA integrity, was found through a study known as “Tunnel”, which both groups of spermatozoa had a significant difference. “In the fraction exposed to radiation had a significant increase in sperm with fragmented DNA (broken),” said Avendano. Sánchez Sarmiento argues that the importance of this aspect is that reproductive medicine has proven that “one of the causes of changes in fertilization and embryonic development is therefore the break in the DNA molecules of the sperm.”

Photograph of man with laptop computer from London Tech Calendar Collection 2010

For published papers about the effect of cell phones on sperm CLICK HERE

October 2009.

What next? A wrist watch communicator!

With 4 billion cell phones worldwide, we are conducting the largest experiment in the history of this planet. What the long-term consequences of low level microwave radiation and Bluetooth radio waves are is not yet known but studies showing increased risks of tumors, reduced sperm count/motility/viability, and possible behaviour problems experienced by children born to mothers who used cell phones is most disturbing and should be viewed as an early warning indicator of things to come.

Cell phones use microwaves to transmit and receive information. These are the same microwaves generated by microwave ovens to heat food. This energy is sent from your phone (which may be in your pocket close to your reproductive organs if you are using a Bluetooth device like this wrist watch speaker) to a nearby cell phone antenna and is then relayed through multiple antennas until it reaches the person you are talking with. Every time you use a cell phone your exposure increases as does the exposure of those who live near antennas. The more antennas there are the weaker signal your cell phone has to use to send information. However, the more antennas there are the more people who will be exposed on a daily basis to second-hand microwave radiation.

Children are particularly vulnerable to cell phone radiation and advisories from the UK, Germany, France, Russia, India, Belgium, Finland and from the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (US) and the Toronto Board of Health (Canada) warn that children should not use cell phones except for emergencies.

Sadly few are heeding this warning and the price we pay will be the health of our children and their children unless we reduce our exposure.