FCC to revisit issue of mobile phone safety

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The last line is "However, no studies have yet produced evidence that it can cause cancer."

Really?  What about the following evidence:

We have evidence that cell phone use is associated with cancer (even in the flawed INTERPHONE study).  

We have evidence that microwave radiation causes DNA breaks in rat brains and in sperm.

We have evidence that 2.4 GHz (used in some cordless phones and Wi-Fi) causes primary tumours in rats (U.S. Air Force Study 1992)

We have evidence that this radiation increases the permeability of the blood-brain barrier, enabling potentially toxic chemicals to enter the brain.

We have evidence that it is associated with an increase in the enzyme ornithine decarboxylase that is linked to cancer.  

We have evidence that it increases free radicals that can cause cancer.

We have evidence that it increases stress proteins and compromises the immune system.

Indeed, we have epidemiological studies, in vivo studies, and in vitro studies (the three key types of scientific evidence) that microwave radiation below FCC guidelines isassociated with AND causes cancer and that the mechanisms involve some combination of free radical production, increased membrane permeability, DNA fragmentation and a compromised immune system.

We also have evidence that some reporters (see below) do not read the science and make statements that are scientifically incorrect.  

-magda

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FCC to revisit issue of mobile phone safety

San Antonio Business Journal by Mike W. Thomas, Reporter

Date: Friday, June 15, 2012, 8:17am CDT

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Mike W. Thomas

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The question of mobile phone radiation and its effect on people will be the subject of a formal inquiry by the Federal Communications Commission    ,Bloomberg reports.

The FCC has not broached the topic of mobile phone radiation in more than 15 years, but with people now using smartphones for longer and more frequent calls, the agency’s chairman has asked members to review their current policies.

The FCC last updated its guidelines setting maximum radiation exposure from mobile devices in 1996.

South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. is currently the world’s biggest vendor of mobile handsets, followed by Finland’s Nokia Oyj    and Cupertino, Calif.- based Apple Inc.   

There were 44 million people using mobile phones in the U.S. in 1996, according to FCC figures. There are now more than 332 million wireless subscribers today. TheNational Cancer Institute    has expressed concerns that radio-frequency energy from phones could affect the brain and other tissues. However, no studies have yet produced evidence that it can cause cancer.