- I've been following lawsuits against the Cellphone Industry that were filed back in 2001 that involve people claiming that cellphone radiation gave them brain cancer. The stories of their phone use and correlating medical issues is compelling.
- It's ridiculous that the cases are STILL pending. Appeal after appeal, moving from local courts to federal courts and now- as of September 2022- landing in D.C. Superior Court with a Judge who will decide if the cases can move forward and finally be heard by a jury trial. Murray et al v. Motorola et. al; case no 2001 CA 008479 can be viewed on Live Stream via a link and login directions from SafeEMR- You'll find it at the bottom of this post.
- Over the years as the case faced delay after delay, more brain tumor victims joined the suit and now practically the entire industry is a defendant--including T-Mobile, Samsung Nokia, Sprint, AT&T the FCC and CTIA- the cellphone industry association.
We Know Cellphone Radiation Is Not Innocuous. Here are Cellphone Safety Issues That Brain Cancer Victims In The Lawsuit Have Noted:
- Cellphones and Smartphones are powered by man-made Radio Frequency Waves- unnatural, EMF Radiation.
- The Man-Made Electromagnetic Fields used to power cellphones carry data. The process of sending data (information)on Man Made EMF cause the Radio Waves to polarize.
- Polarized Waves or Information Carrying Radio Waves effect us biogically
- 1,000 of peer reviewed scientific studies link cellphone radiation to negative health effects. EMF radiation has been linked to brain cancer, heart cancer, infertility, DNA and changes to the brain--just to name a few.
- Man made RF radiation is tech toxin and an environmental toxin and is designated a Class 2B possible carcinogen by the World Health Organization.
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The US Federal Communication Commission or FCC continues to regulate and "endorse" cellphone safety-even with the serious lawsuit allegations.
Product approvals for all manner of wireless have and still are based on the FCC’s antiquated recommendation standard from the 1990's. This standard refers mainly to thermal or heat effects, even though the vast majority of the recorded biological effects from man-made non-ionizing environmental radiation are non-thermal. Companies can sell anything as long as it doesn’t exceed FCC approved levels of energy absorption by the body--also known as SAR. In fact the FCC "renewed" their support of cellphone safety a year ago, which resulted in public lawsuit and a ruling that the FCC needed to re-think the way outdated cell phone safety recommendation.
But as it stands-Cellphones out number humans- by double. There are about 7.7 billion of us on Earth while in 2021, the number of mobile devices operating worldwide stood at almost 15 billion, up from just over 14 billion in the previous year.
How the Heck Did this Happen? How did we get to the point where cellphones are everywhere and wireless energy now blankets the world without doing all the research first? Even when we had knowledge of the potential hazards . .
Our Public Policy and Science Expert, Dr. George Carlo explains how the cell phone industry was able to get this technology to market before it was properly tested. His book, Cellphones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age details industry corruption and how research about health impacts has been suppressed for years.
A De-Classified US Military Naval Study From over 40 years ago listed health effect after health effect compiled from 2000 studies. You have to see this--it's pretty amazing that it's all type-written and compiled painstakingly by a teamled by one Zorach Glasser. But where was this 176 pages of important warnings when cellphones showed up on the scene?
IMPORTANT RESEARCH BEGAN ALMOST 3 DECADES AGO WITH DR. GEORGE CARLO
Those of you who know me- and Tech Wellness, know that I felt my EMF Sensitivity Syndrome symptoms over 30 years ago when I picked up my first cellphone. I had no idea what it was or what was happening to me and why the holding the cellphone hurt and using it gave me a headache.
A few years later, on the other side of the country, major research on the topic of cellphone safety was underway. To date, the Wireless Technology Research or WTR remains the most seminal work on the topic of adverse health effects and cell phone use. The WTR was founded in 1993 by CTIA, and back then the acronym stood for US Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, but now this trade organization just goes by CTIA and represents the U.S, wireless communications industry.
Dr. George Carlo headed this research project- in fact he was hand-picked by Tom Wheeler who headed the CTIA. The research resulted in some pretty scary findings- of genetic damage to human blood; increased risk of brain neuroepithelial tumors in the subjects where the cell phones on the side of the head where their tumors were found; increased risk of acoustic neuroma with increasing minutes of phone use.
When Dr. Carlo announced his findings with letters of warning to the major Telecom's including letter to AT&T , he was dismissed from his position and disparaged. He admits in his book Cellphones, Invisible Hazards Of the Wireless Age, that he did sell to consumers for $19.95, copies of the "information Package" that he also presented with the letter- and that gave Thomas Wheeler an opening to discredit him and he was fired 2 weeks later.
And here's an interesting side note: Tom Wheeler worked as a venture capitalist and lobbyist for the cable and wireless industry in the late 70's, 80's and 90's. The FCC is in charge of regulating that industry and Tom Wheeler ended up being the Chairman of the FCC! He was appointed by Obama and he resigned when Trump took office.
I personally have found Dr. Carlo to be incredibly wise and helpful on EMF radiation and the biological effects.
The findings of his research were most recently edified in 2018, by our governments own National Toxicology Program- where these links were found to cellphone radiation:
• Increased incidences of glioma, a rare, aggressive and highly malignant brain cancer.
• Increased incidence of schwannoma (a rare tumor of the nerve sheath) of the heart
• Increases of these cancers were found in both sexes of rats, but reached statistical significance only in males
• Increased incidences of rare, proliferative changes in glial cells of the brain and in Schwann cells in the hears of bot sexes of rats while not a single unexposed control animal developed these precancerous changes.
• DNA damage was induced with both modulations of radio frequency radiation (RFR) in both rats and mice (in the frontal lobe plus other tissues).In fact, the National Toxicology Program NTP concluded that its "largest and most complex" 30 million dollar study, found a connection to cell damage and wireless EMF or Radio Frequency. In an interview with Dr. David McCormick from the Illinois Institute of Technology where the study was performed. A WTHR reporter asked, "In your lab, you found cell phone radiation caused cancer?" Dr. McCormick followed with, "Yes, the results were surprising." The animals were exposed to 10 minutes, on/off increments of RF energy for 9 hours a day.
That's why we recommend Hard Wiring your cellphone to the internet for NO EMF radiation
Unfortunately, the "Wireless-causes-Cancer" belief still isn't ringing true for everyone
Even with all the mounting research, the vast majority of the medical and regulatory groups do not confirm any direct correlation between any disease—from heart disease to autoimmune diseases like cancer to wireless EMF's. In fact, the American Cancer Society comments on the body of probable connection studies this way:
"Finally, the measurement of cell phone use in most studies has been crude. Most have been case-control studies, which have relied on people’s memories about their past cell phone use. In these types of studies, it can be hard to interpret any possible link between cancer and an exposure. People with cancer are often looking for a possible reason for it, so they may sometimes (even subconsciously) recall their phone usage differently than people without cancer. With these limitations in mind, it is important that the possible risk of cell phone exposure continue to be researched using strong study methods, especially with regard to use by children and longer-term use."Then it goes on to point out that agencies from the FDA to the FCC state that there are no conclusive links to health effects and cell phone EMFs. Cellphone Safety Statements Like This One From The American Cancer Association Would Likely Be Different If These Brain Tumor Cases Were Allowed To Go To Trial . . . and Prevailed.
- Tech Wellness is your trusted resource. Our research section is a good place to start if you’re really curious about what scientists are finding out about our beautiful bodies and wireless energy.
- As far as the safe levels of exposure to RF radiation that the government says are acceptable, back in 2012 the United states Government Accountability Office confirmed that these level should be reassessed.
- Also, the makers of the cellphones and watches have a secret warning IN our Cellphones! Go to Settings > General > Legal > RF Exposure for iPhone. Or Go To Apple.com/legal/rfexposure and put in your phone model. Here's a Sample of What You'll find:
- Independent Labs Tested Cellphones To See If They Exceeded SAR standards- Phonegate: The French Government had data on the cellphones and their actual SAR levels that showed that 9 out of 10 exceeded the government's safety standards. They released the information after being sued by a concerned citizen.
- The Chicago Tribune followed suit and tested cellphones in the US and revealed that most cellphones were in fact "leaking more radiation than anyone thought" and far exceeded the FCC's very generous SAR standards. Even though the industry had included the disclosures like the one referenced above, lawsuits were brought against Samsung and Apple for cancer risks.
- One of the largest European Telecom providers put a warning in their recent manual for their WiFi router: "Avoid placing your Speedport router in immediate proximity to bedrooms, children's rooms, living rooms (means also common rooms or lounges,) in order to keep the exposure to electromagnetic fields as low as possible."
Sadly in 2023, Judge Irving, who by the way worked for MCI before he became a lawyer, ruled that NONE of the plaintiffs proposed experts were qualified to testify! I know most of these scientists and I can tell you that they are among the smartest people working in this area in the world.
It remains to be seen if the plaintiffs will regroup and come at the industry a different way. But one thing is for certain: The cell industry really knows how to tie things up and their lawyers must be very convincing. We'll keep you up to date on anay new news with this important case.