Cellphone / Mercury study

IRISH INDEPENDENT, Saturday, 24 February, 2007
(Metro ed. page 16)
"MOBILES 'PUT KIDS AT RISK OF AUTISM AND BRAIN TUMOURS'" [by] Breda
Heffernan

Parents who give their children mobile phones are 'tempting fate'
and exposing them to a raft of potential health problems from brain
tumors to autism, an international expert has warned. American
researcher Dr George Carlo told a conference in Dublin yesterday that
he has conducted research which proves that radio waves emitted by
mobile phones are causing cellular damage to users. And the scientist
says a new study he has conducted, to be published next month, shows
a link between electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones and masts
and autism. He called on parents not to give children under the age
of 12 mobile phones as their DNA and cell membranes are especially
vulnerable. Dr Carlo, chairman of the non-profit Science and Public
Policy Institute in Washington, was given more than 20m [euro] by the
American mobile phone industry in 1993 to investigate possible health
risks. After six years of research, he and 200 other scientists from
around the globe concluded that manufacturers need to warn the public
about the dangers posed by mobiles. Speaking at the Irish Doctors'
Environmental Association meeting yesterday, Dr Carlo said his online
database set up in 2002 to record incidents from people who believe
they have suffered adverse health effects received more than 1
million hits in its first six months and over 30,000 complaints were
logged.
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> In early cases, people were linking their symptoms, which ranged
from headaches to sleeplessness, to holding the phone up against
their head. However, in the past two years, the vast majority of
complaints (up to 90%) have come from people who believe their
ailments are due to living next to mobile phone masts.
> There are now 2.4 billion people around the world using mobile
phones with this figure set to rise. "The big problem is that the
wireless infrastructure we have is leading us to a point of no
return. As more people use cell phones and Wi-Fi and as we have
absolutely stupid experiments of putting Wi-Fi in schools, background
radiation is increasing," warned Dr Carlo. He said that rather than
relying on masts and antennas, people should put pressure on
Government and industry to eliminate health risks by replacing masts
with fibre optic cables. He urged people to perform a simple
experiment to see first-hand the dangers of mobile phone radiation.
When the mobile has only one bar of signal strength, locate the
nearest mast and then line up a number of your friends between the
phone and the mast. "The bars will go up and up that is because we
are great conductors for radiowaves," said Dr Carlo. The conference
also heard from severeal dozen members of the public who claim to
have suffered hearing loss, irregular hearbeats and sleeplessness
from mobile phone msts near their homes. John Cummins, from Cahir, Co
Tipperary, said he and his wife Bridget had both suffered hearing
loss while their daughter Rebekah suffered a brain seizure at the age
of 12. Doctors could not explain their health complaints. "At night
we get a humming effect in our eardrums but when we're away from home
we don't get it. "In three streets around the mast over 20 people
have had cancer in the last four or five years and there have been
two cases of MS and Parkinson's."
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"Research with autistic children indicated that their condition
improved significantly when purged of mercury via chelationin an EMF-
free environment. It was discovered that genetic susceptibility and
heavy metals (mercury) in brain cells combined with exposure to
electro-magnetic radiation, especially from mobile phones and masts,
can lead to autistic spectrum disorders. The mechanism is linked to
the cell damage explained earlier (the disruption of cell
communication with high levels of heavy metals trapped in the
nutrient deficient cell). Dr Carlo announced that a study is to be
published inside the next two months outlining the link between EMFs,
mercury poisoning and autism. He raised the issue of Wifi,
particularly its use in schools, and was at pains to express his
disgust that children should be the subject of, what he called, a
'mass experiment'. "cC