With the recent dangers of cell tower radiation presented by local citizens in the wake of an AT&T proposed Bald Hills cell tower near the Clearwood Community, the following stories also highlight cell phone radiation issues:
– “Overpowered: The Dangers of Electromagnetic Radiation (EMF) and What You Can Do about It”
The new book by Martin Blank, Ph.D., an expert on the health-related effects of electromagnetic fields:
“Keys, wallet, cell phone…ready to go! Cell phones have become ubiquitous fixtures of 21st century life–suctioned to our ears and stuck in our pockets. Yet, we’ve all heard whispers that these essential little devices give you brain cancer. Could it be true? In 2011, the World Health Organization shocked the international community by confirming that the radiation from cell phones is a possible carcinogen to humans. Many of us are left wondering, as Maureen Dowd asked in the New York Times, are cells the new cigarettes?” quoting Seven Stories Press.
– Precaution or Paranoia? Berkeley May Require Cancer Warning Stickers for Cell Phones
Just as the world supply of mobile phones is reaching one unit for every human being on Earth, here comes Berkeley, with a warning: These things could be hazardous to your health.
Under a proposed city ordinance, every new mobile phone sold in town would carry a sticker advising that the World Health Organization has deemed transmissions from cell phones a possible cause of brain cancer. Berkeley could become the first city in the United States to require such a warning, but the ordinance will likely face a formidable legal challenge, by Sabin Russell, Cal Alumni Assn., UC Berkeley.
– Groundbreaking Study Links Cell Phone Use to Brain Tumors
Read more from The New York Post, in this 2009 report.