Study to find (if)! excessive cellphone use causes cancer.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008



Fried brains.


Issued as a SERIOUS health warning to the average Indian, especially children, young girls (who have mobiles STUCK to their ears all the while).


While you read the article snippet below, do glance at this extensive PDF researched by Dr. Khurana.

http://tinyurl.com/63ojks


A note to the powers to be:

1. Ban all cell phone towers within a vicinity of 1 km from schools.
2. Ban all cell phone towers within a vicinity of 1 km from ALL educational institutions.

You DID ban liquor and cigarette shops, did'nt you?? And honking near hospitals?

Educate housing societies on the dangers of cell phone masts on their buildings.

Some of the political types can this further from here. I'm a re-search type, heh.


A study commissioned by the Union health minister will look at the effect radio frequency radiation (RFR) has on neurological disorders like cognitive impairment, depression and sleep-related disorders. Scientists will look at whether excessive mobile phone use changes the white matter of the brain and causes physiological abnormalities.

They will also study RFR's effect on reproductive health like menstrual cycle, hormonal changes in women, its effect on male reproductive functions and whether it causes abnormalities in the male reproductive tract.

According to ICMR deputy director general and lead investigator R S Sharma, the study will also see whether excessive mobile use can cause cancer or increase the spread of cancerous cells in those already affected.

Dr J Behari from JNU's School of Environmental Sciences recently conducted a pilot study on 20 rats, who were subjected to two hours of RFR for 35 days in a sample chamber. "We found significant double strand DNA break in sperm cells that could mutate and cause cancer, significant lowering of sperm count and reduction in testis size. The human study would be path breaking," Dr Behari told TOI.

Can mobiles make you infertile?

NEW DELHI: In a recent pilot study done at Jawaharlal Nehru University, rats subjected to radiation from mobile phones were found to have damaged DNA and low sperm count, leading to infertility and reduction in testis size. The Union health ministry now wants to find out whether excessive cellphone use could be having the same adverse effects on your health.

The ministry has commissioned India's first largescale study on the effects of radio frequency radiation (RFR) from mobile phones on humans. Initiated by Union health minister A Ramadoss and to be spearheaded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, which has just completed finalizing the protocol, the five-year study will be conducted by JNU's School of Environmental Sciences and three departments of AIIMS — obstetrics and gynaecology, neurology and biochemistry.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Can_mobiles_make_you_infertile/articleshow/3118392.cms

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