Here's a Shocker About Electromagnetic Radiation Dangers and Cell Phones

Here's a shocker about cell phones: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which offers recommendations on U.S. cell emissions does not have a single health expert on its payroll. To top this they base these standards on advice given by outside experts, many of whom just happen to work directly for the wireless industry.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not have the power to set the guidelines for cell phone electromagnetic radiation and can only step in if a phone is shown to release dangerous emissions.

The electromagnetic radiation standards became even looser in 2004 when wireless industry designers and researchers discovered a way to change the software used in the phones, increasing the memory and developing the 'smart phone'. This basically doubled the amount of radio frequency reaching into the brain of an adult and quadrupling it for children.

The bone around a child's brain is thinner, their heads are smaller and their brain doubles in the first two years of life and keeps on developing until their early 20s. The electromagnetic radiation dangers are therefore more intense for younger minds.

This fact was established through the early pioneering work of Professor Om P. Gandhi, the leader of the University of Utah's electrical engineering department.

Has anyone ever thought to ask the question about how the amount of radio frequency which is emitted by a cell phone is determined? The standards are set using the head of a 200 lb man who ranked in the top 90th percentile of all military personnel in 1988.

Why should the amount of cell phone radiation entering our brains matter? Our bodies naturally work on electrical impulses, which allow our muscles to move and our minds to think. Note the word naturally however. The electromagnetic energy produced by man to operate microwaves, cell phones, computers, Wi-Fi, power lines and so forth, is man-made and not compatible with the naturally produced currents of our bodies.

Devra Lee Davis, PhD, MPH, Director of the Center for Environmental Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and former environmental health scientist with the National Academy of Science has written in her book, "Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family", that electromagnetic radiation dangers related to human health will not be known for many years.

ABCNews.com spoke with Davis about her cell phone "expose" in October 2010. She believes cell phone radiation has risen to the point of being a National Emergency. Here are some quotes from her interview:

"...Here's what I know about brain cancer: It can take 40 years before it develops after exposure starts... after the bombs fell on Hiroshima, there was no increase in brain cancer 10 years later in the survivors...no increase 20 years later. The increase only showed up... after 40 years of exposure."

"It's not the amount of radiation, it's the nature of the signal... it's the pulsed, digital nature... constantly searching for a connection with a cell tower... in areas of weak reception... the radio signal has to increase as the phone seeks a connection."

Everyone loves the convenience of cell phone technology. I love the convenience of everything the cell phone can do, but we seriously need to protect ourselves from the health problems they are producing, along with all other electromagnetic radiation emitters, such as computers, Wi-Fi, cell phone towers, household appliances, power lines etc.