New Study Confirms Electrical Pollution from Cell Phones and WiFi is Hazardous

Posted by: Dr. Mercola 

January 22 2010

An increasingly alarmed army of international scientists have to a controversial conclusion: The "electrosmog" that first began developing with the rollout of the electrical grid a century ago and now envelops every inhabitant of Earth is responsible for many of the diseases that impair or kill them.

Recent study showed that exposure to high-frequency voltage transients, or "dirty electricity", can greatly increase your risk of melanoma, thyroid cancer, and uterine cancer. Transients are largely by-products of modern energy-efficient appliances which tamp down the electricity they use.

This manipulation of current creates a wildly fluctuating and potentially dangerous electromagnetic field that not only radiates into the immediate environment but also can back up along home or office wiring all the way to the utility, infecting every energy customer in between.

Recently, several developments have highlighted the growing hazards of EMF pollution  and the crucial need to address them. In 2007, the Bioinitiative Working Group released a 650-page report citing more than 2,000 studies (many very recent) that detail the toxic effects of EMFs from all sources. Chronic exposure to even low-level radiation (like that from cell phones), can cause a variety of cancers, impair immunity, and contribute to Alzheimer's disease and dementia, heart disease, and many other ailments.

In addition, every single study of brain tumors that looks at 10 or more years of use shows an increased risk of brain cancer. A recent study from Sweden is particularly frightening, suggesting that if you started using a cell phone as a teen, you have a 5 times greater risk of brain cancer than those who started as an adult.

Sources:

  MSNBC January 18, 2010