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Re: Reform Judaism Magazine - Wake Up Call: The Story of One Woman's Quest to Save Lives

Mobile Comparisons — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:03:16 -0000

As you can see the usage of mobile phone is really increasing and many people have a better choice...

Re: Reform Judaism Magazine - Wake Up Call: The Story of One Woman's Quest to Save Lives

Tangible — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:23:12 -0000

The most important facts in this artcle were buried deep within it: cell phones are considered safe by the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and the Federal Communications Commission.

Science is under attack in America, often by well-meaning people. This has led to scare campaigns against vaccines, breast implants, and now cell phones, all driven by emotion rather than evidence. Politicians and media people are happy to pile on, and superstition wins the day.

While, unlike vaccines, restricting phone usage is just an inconvenience, it's a completely unnecessary one. It's unfortunate that RJ magazine has chosen to implicitly join this campaign by publishing this one-sided article.

Re: Reform Judaism Magazine - Wake Up Call: The Story of One Woman's Quest to Save Lives

Ely Zimmerman — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:01:27 -0000

Richard,

I'm glad to hear your cousin will be citing (what I hope will be) peer reviewed epidemiological studies. Based on your note above, I've signed up to get info about his presentation.However, I'd like to point out that while epidemiological studies can point to causal relationships, they CANNOT prove there are no causal relationship between factors. The best they can do is show there is no causal relationship among the factors they studied in the conditions and timeframe of the study. And that is a very important limitation.Knowing nothing about this issue yet, I think Ms. Marks' story and the caution of limiting exposure has a lot more upside than downside.I've already sent this article to my two sons (27 & 21) neither of whom own or intend to own landlines and use cell phones almost exclusively. I also sent it to my wife, a Rabbi who, in addition to having significant cell phone usage, also goes to sleep listening to a variety of recordings.I look forward to learning more on this subject.Ely ZimmermanM.Ed., M.P.H., ICF Certified Life Coach

Re: Reform Judaism Magazine - Wake Up Call: The Story of One Woman's Quest to Save Lives

Richard Stein — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:25:48 -0000

I was intrigued by Ms. Marks article about the dangers of cell phone use, and of course, my heart goes out to her and her husband for their battle with cancer.

But, as luck would have it, shortly before I read her piece, I had just been chatting about the cell phone issue with my cousin, Prof. Bernard Leikind, an atomic physicist, who has published numerous articles on the subject. Here's his lead for a recent article in "Skeptic Magazine: "Microwave radiation from cell phones cannot cause cancer by any
mechanism, known or unknown." He goes on to cite "what all physicists know to be true about what happens when human tissue
or any material absorbs microwave radiation. It is this knowledge that
leads me to assert with such vehemence that cell phones do not cause
cancer. I will also consider two recent, major epidemiological studies
from Europe that correctly showed that there was no relationship between
cell phones and brain cancers."After reading Bernard's articles and looking at the epidemiological studies that both he and Ms. Marks cite, he has me convinced. There are lots of reasons for keeping a cell phone at arms length and opting for blue tooth reception, but brain cancer isn't one of them.Prof. Leikind will be speaking on the subject at the University of California School of Medicine on September 21, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. Visit ethics.ucsd.edu/seminars to learn more.

Re: Reform Judaism Magazine - Wake Up Call: The Story of One Woman's Quest to Save Lives

CABTA — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:40:29 -0000

great article... thank you.

Re: Reform Judaism Magazine - Wake Up Call: The Story of One Woman's Quest to Save Lives

arjunus at youtube — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:28:06 -0000

1998: started at new job. Same time cell towers on my rooftop. First 3. Next year 6. Bad sleep,
2001: Headache
Fatigue
Stress
Sleep disturbances
Skin symptoms like prickling, burning sensations, rashes, muscle pains and aches. Lost my best job.
2004: 15 cell towers on the roof. 23 people in apartment with same health problems.
In contract is written "health effects are no reason to break contract!" So the no health effects are coming! 1600uW/m2 pulsed microwaves in house, bed and living room NONSTOP!
Find out that pulsed microwaves courses health problems. Asked help. Nobody home!
Start shouting at the world "Look out!" All say i was crazy. Mentally ill.
2005: Lost my second job. No money, health very bad. Moved to other house without cell towers on roof.
2006: 200uW/m2 in new house from cell towers outside and devices from neighbors next door.
2007: changes house with special materials. now 0,4uW/m2 bedroom, 0,7uW/m2 in living room.
Did test with cell phone and my blood. Blood looks like cancer situation after 30 minutes using cell phone at my head. GSM1800mhz Nokia.
2009: Most extreme health problems slowly disappear. feeling better now.2011: Started at job for half day work now finally. Look now whats happening world wide at people! Doctors have no idea whats coursing a lot of health problems thats looks easy to solve.

Re: Reform Judaism Magazine - Wake Up Call: The Story of One Woman's Quest to Save Lives

Lloyd — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:35:08 -0000

We live at a time when problems are everywhere, but the horror of cellphones causing brain cancer, with a far higher risk to children than the already high risk to adults, will become the public health calamity of the 21st century, if we do not act.

There is simple change of behavior that can greatly reduce the absorbed cellphone radiation to our head and/or body. Always remember, DISTANCE IS YOUR FRIEND. Keep it away from you at all times. If a cellphone is keep about 6 inches from your head compared to pressed against your ear, the absorbed cellphone radiation will decrease by about 10,000! With such a behavior change, it could be that cellphones would become "safe enough" just like cars, which are not safe, but are "safe enough."

Because our government's regulatory agencies have been captured by the industries they supposedly regulate, we as practicing Jews must protest in every way we can until our government acts to protects its citizens rather that its corporations. Our protest should be for the sake of grandchildren, children and for ourselves.

As Ellen reminds us what the Talmud teaches us, “Who can protest and does not is an accomplice of the act”