Comments on: Debate on Cell Phone Radiation Continues http://business-ethics.com/2010/06/12/2419-debate-on-cell-phone-radiation-continues/ The Magazine of Corporate Responsibility Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:28:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Josh Finley http://business-ethics.com/2010/06/12/2419-debate-on-cell-phone-radiation-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-1469 Josh Finley Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:32:34 +0000 http://business-ethics.com/?p=3503#comment-1469 The microwave-brain tumor question is a total red herring that, if the public is dumb enough to keep buying it, will prevent any progress from being made on the issue for decades. It was discovered during WW II that microwaves could cause all sorts of strange health problems among radar operators, even at sub-thermal power densities (i.e. at power densities lower than those required to literally cook flesh, which is what current "safety" standards are based on). Some of the more cruel operators even entertained themselves by using their equipment to shoot birds from the sky. The fact of microwaves ability to interfere with proper functioning of biological systems was exploited by both sides throughout the cold war–the Soviets even went so far as to bombard the US embassy with microwaves, and successfully caused a lot of bizarre health issues for State Dept. workers, including cancer. There is an entire stealth-warfare industry, born after WW II, which manufactures products designed to interfere with basic biological functions by using low-power microwaves. One guy who worked for the British government on microwave warfare in the 60's and 70's has even been nice enough to summarize the effects of different modulation frequencies on people and post them in an open letter (available at http://weepnews.blogspot.com/2009/01/open-letter-open-letter-from-barrie.html). The point here is that we've known for a long time that microwaves harm living things, even at low power. The telecom industry can pay large numbers of highly-credentialed scientists to say otherwise, but that's not really the point (see also: tobacco, asbestos). The technology has already found innumerable military applications, and the "soft-kill" industry continues to grow to this day. Why exactly the microwave band was deemed a good idea to deploy for global telecommunications is anybody's guess, but it definitely wasn't out of ignorance of the effects that such frequencies can have on living systems. The microwave-brain tumor question is a total red herring that, if the public is dumb enough to keep buying it, will prevent any progress from being made on the issue for decades. It was discovered during WW II that microwaves could cause all sorts of strange health problems among radar operators, even at sub-thermal power densities (i.e. at power densities lower than those required to literally cook flesh, which is what current "safety" standards are based on). Some of the more cruel operators even entertained themselves by using their equipment to shoot birds from the sky. The fact of microwaves ability to interfere with proper functioning of biological systems was exploited by both sides throughout the cold war–the Soviets even went so far as to bombard the US embassy with microwaves, and successfully caused a lot of bizarre health issues for State Dept. workers, including cancer.

There is an entire stealth-warfare industry, born after WW II, which manufactures products designed to interfere with basic biological functions by using low-power microwaves. One guy who worked for the British government on microwave warfare in the 60's and 70's has even been nice enough to summarize the effects of different modulation frequencies on people and post them in an open letter (available at http://weepnews.blogspot.com/2009/01/open-letter-open-letter-from-barrie.html).

The point here is that we've known for a long time that microwaves harm living things, even at low power. The telecom industry can pay large numbers of highly-credentialed scientists to say otherwise, but that's not really the point (see also: tobacco, asbestos). The technology has already found innumerable military applications, and the "soft-kill" industry continues to grow to this day. Why exactly the microwave band was deemed a good idea to deploy for global telecommunications is anybody's guess, but it definitely wasn't out of ignorance of the effects that such frequencies can have on living systems.

]]> By: Martin Weatherall http://business-ethics.com/2010/06/12/2419-debate-on-cell-phone-radiation-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 Martin Weatherall Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:58:59 +0000 http://business-ethics.com/?p=3503#comment-1458 The jury is NOT still out! The harmful effects of microwave radiation have been known and extensively studied for sixty five years. See www.bioinitiative.org for the scientific information. There is far more evidence that microwave radiation is harmful, than there is for cigarette smoking. For more information you can search: Microwave Sickness, or the Health Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation. The evidence is there, you just need to look for it. The jury is NOT still out!

The harmful effects of microwave radiation have been known and extensively studied for sixty five years. See http://www.bioinitiative.org for the scientific information.

There is far more evidence that microwave radiation is harmful, than there is for cigarette smoking.

For more information you can search: Microwave Sickness, or the Health Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation.

The evidence is there, you just need to look for it.

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