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In order to show a link between cell phone radiation and cancer, there are several key studies, which Dr. Carlo (and his team of 200+ scientists worldwide) investigated and reported about, which have labeled him the “whistle-blower to the problems of the cell phone industry”
Dr. Om Gandhi, a highly respected scientist, found shocking penetration rates of radiation in children as compared to adults. These differences in exposure signify potentially serious health risks for children in the area of cancer, genetic damage, disruptions of cellular, immune and nervous system functions. Scientists say that the thickness of the skull in children makes a difference, it is quite thin compared with adults and there is more brain fluid - which means that the radio frequencies can travel through the brain more easily.
As part of its Charter to protect public health and in response to public concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the International EMF Project in 1996 to assess the scientific evidence of possible health effects of EMF. The EMF Project involves international organizations, collaborating institutions and authorities from 53 countries. Among its objectives are to encourage research in this important area and to facilitate the development of internationally acceptable standards for EMF exposure.
A Danish study of 32,000 electrical utility workers exposed to 50-Hz magnetic fields found occupational risk factors for central nervous system tumors, including the question of an EMF-cancer association.
A US study examined a possible association between occupational EMF exposure, measured using computerized data collected by the US National Center for Health Statistics, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
These results are compared to a second analysis, which examined dementia in relation to occupational magnetic field exposure.
There is a substantial body of scientific evidence showing that mobile phone radiation cause significant biological effects. Some of the latest studies:
– The Wireless Technology Research (WTR), a research body sponsored by the cell phone industry, announced in May 1999 that a study performed at Integrated Laboratory Systems in Triangle Park, North Carolina, on human blood cells showed a tripling in chromosome damage caused by cell phone radiation. According to Dr. Carlo, the chairman of WTR, this is a strong link to cancer.
– An Australian study, headed by Dr. Repacholi, published in 1997, showed that mice exposed to cell phone radiation for 18 months for two times half an hour per day had a two times higher risk of developing cancer than unexposed mice.
– In 1997, Dr. Miguel Penafiel and his team of the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, found that cell phone radiation increased the activity of a cancer related enzyme called ornithine decarboxylase (ODC).
– Scientists at Aarhus University in Denmark have in 1997 shown that cell phone radiation accelerates the proliferation rate of human cells.
– Dr. Henry Lai of University of Seattle, Washington, has consistently shown that microwaves change the function of the brain and the secretion of critical brain substances. One of the effects is that learning and short-term memory are impaired. Another effect consistently found by Dr. Lai is DNA damage to rat brains caused by the radiation.
– Scientists at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK, have shown that transgenic nematodes, used to monitor toxic pollutants, become stressed by cell phone EMFs in the same way as they do by toxic chemicals.
Dr. Lennart Hardell, a Swedish cancer specialist, has recently announced the results of a yet unpublished study showing that right-handed cell phone users have a two-and-a-half times increased risk of brain cancer in the right-hand side of the head where they hold their phones. Left-handed cell phone users have the same risk elevation of a brain cancer in the left-hand side of the brain.
EVIDENCE
 There is a substantial body of epidemiological studies reporting an association between ELF fields and cancer. This caused a 28 member scientific panel, convened by the US National Institute of Health Sciences (NIEHS), to conclude in July 1998 that "extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields should be regarded as possible carcinogens". As cell phones, in addition to the microwaves from the antenna, also emit ELF fields from the internal circuitry of the handset body, the research relating to ELF effects also applies to cell phones.
Regarding Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, epidemiological data are scarcer; there have been studies conducted by Dr. Sobel, UCLA, in Finland and Los Angeles, reporting a consistent and significant increase in the risk of Alzheimer’s for occupationally exposed individuals (ELF-type fields) such as seamstresses, power station operators, TV-repairmen, etc. In addition, laboratory studies on cell and tissue cultures report that EMFs induce effects similar to the biological mechanisms believed to be involved in the development of these diseases.
Many users of cell phones have claimed that they feel the radiation from the handsets makes them confused and more forgetful. There is substantial laboratory evidence from studies of animals supporting these claims. Maze experiments with rats have shown that the animals have difficulties locating food in the maze when they have been exposed to cell phone radiation. In addition, scientific studies have revealed that EMF exposures change the production of neurochemicals in the brain and central nervous system, indicating a potential induced change in brain function.
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