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December 21, 2004

Cells Killed by Electromagnetic Radiation

By Glenn Fleishman

A new, expensive, multi-year study shows some isolated cells could be affected by cell-phone radiation: The study, the authors freely admit, doesn’t necessarily apply to living organisms, as they were testing the general principle of whether electromagnetic radiation in the range found in cellular telephones—orders of magnitude above the energy given off by a Wi-Fi cards and access points in the home—would damage cells. It did. Cells had their DNA uncoiled a bit and couldn’t always repair themselves. In a biological system, however, other mechanisms might compensate.

I hope that more studies of this scale are conducted to provide more definitive information. It’s clear that there is no smoking gun: there are millions of people who have had the kind of exposure—especially to older, more powerful cell phones—that would show an outbreak of disease if the effect was anything but extremely small. But measuring risk and understanding how to mitigate it is always a good idea.

For myself, I don’t expect that cell phones will show any real risk for adults, but I won’t let my tiny boy use a cell phone (when he’s old enough to talk on a phone)—if there is any substantial risk it’s more likely to affect developing brains. I use a Bluetooth headset for 95 percent of my talking time. Bluetooth puts out less signal strength than Wi-Fi, even.

Posted by Glennf at December 21, 2004 7:50 AM

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