Question Has there been an increase in brain
Question: Has there been an increase in brain cancer since wireless cell phone technology was introduced in 1990? 1
American Cancer Society No increase in Brain and Nervous System Cancer No increase Cell Phone use grows from zero to 400 million 1990 2
AIHW 2019 Brain Cancer Data in Australia Age-standardised incidence rates for brain cancer, 1982 to 2015, by sex 3
• Question: Has there been an increase in brain cancer since wireless cell phone technology was introduced in 1990? • Answer: There is no statistical evidence that wireless cell phone use has caused an increase in brain cancer 4
Question: What do the experts say about wireless technology and cancer? 5
World Health Organization What are the potential health risks from 5 G? 6/24/2020 5 G mobile networks and health “To date, and after much research performed, no adverse health effect has been causally linked with exposure to wireless technologies. ” 6
International Committee on Non. Ionizing Radiation Protection • The ICNIRP RF EMF guidelines have taken the above considerations [i. e. , the totality of the available science] into account and protect against all potential adverse health effects relating to exposure to RF EMFs from 5 G technologies. This includes potential differences in the effect of RF EMFs as a function of age, health status, and depth of penetration, the effect of both acute and chronic exposures, and it includes all substantiated effects regardless of mechanism. ” • Accordingly, 5 G exposures will not cause any harm providing that they adhere to the ICNIRP (2020) guidelines. 7
American Cancer Society “ RF waves given off by cell phones don’t have enough energy to damage DNA directly or to heat body tissues. Because of this, it’s not clear how cell phones might be able to cause cancer. ” 8
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) “the weight of the current scientific evidence has not conclusively linked cell phone use with any adverse health problems” 9
Federal Drug Administration “the available scientific evidence to date does not support adverse health effects in humans due to exposures at or under the current limits. " 10
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “currently no scientific evidence establishes a definite link between wireless device use and cancer or other illnesses. ” 11
EU Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (2015) “overall, the epidemiologic studies on cell phone radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation exposure do not show an increased risk of brain tumors or of other cancers of the head and neck region (2). The Committee also stated that epidemiologic studies do not indicate increased risk for other malignant diseases, including childhood cancer. ” 12
• Question: What do the experts say about wireless technology and cancer? • Answer: No major US or world health organization recognizes any adverse health effects from cell phone use 13
• Question: Is there a physical mechanism that can relate wireless cell phone use and cancer or cell damage? • This question is never addressed in any of the documentation that proposes cell phones cause biological harm…Why not? 14
Photoelectric Effect 1905 Albert Einstein 15
Ionization occurs when an incoming photon has enough energy to eject an electron from its orbit (approx. 14 e. V needed) l e ted n ro t c e c Eje c eti n ag m ro t c ele oton g in ph m n o Inc iatio rad 16
energy Low energy No cancer High energy cancer 5 G 17
5 G photons are weak, weak • The photons in sunlight carry 10, 000 to 100, 000 times more energy than 5 G photons • A flashlight emits 100 trillion photons per second, each carries greater than 10, 000 times more energy than 5 G photons • Body heat photons are 1000 times more energetic than the most energetic 5 G photon Does anybody worry about getting cancer from sunlight, flashlights, or body heat?
Question: Quality of the documentation claiming that cell phones cause cancer? Scientific debate or food fight? 19
Standards for scientific rigor • Reputable researchers • Peer reviewed results • Published in a reputable source • Repeatable 20
Cited references frequently contradict the case for 5 G damage? ? ? Akdag MZ, Dasdag S, Ulukaya E, Uzunlar AK, Kurt MA, Taşkin A. Effects of extremely low-frequency magnetic field on caspase activities and oxidative stress values in rat brain. Biol Trace Elem Res. 138(1 -3): 238 -249, 2010. (OX, AS, CC, CE) In conclusion, apoptosis {cell death rate} was not changed by long-term ELF-MF exposure, Aldinucci C, Carretta A, Maiorca SM, Leoncini S, Signorini C, Ciccoli L, Pessina GP. Effects of 50 Hz electromagnetic fields on rat cortical synaptosomes. Toxicol Ind Health. 25(4 -5): 249 -252, 2009. (CS, CC, AE) These results indicate that the physiological behavior of cortical synaptosomes was unaffected by weak pulsed EMFs. de Groot MW, van Kleef RG, de Groot A, Westerink RH. In vitro developmental neurotoxicity following chronic exposure to 50 Hz extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) in primary rat cortical cultures. Toxicol Sci. 2015 Nov 15. pii: kfv 242. [Epub ahead of print The effects of ELF-EMF exposure were small and largely restricted to the highest field strength (1000 μT), i. e. 10, 000 times above background exposure and well above current residential exposure limits. Our combined data therefore indicate that chronic ELF-EMF exposure has only limited (developmental) neurotoxic potential in vitro. 21
New York Times May 19, 2019 Your 5 G Phone Won’t Hurt You. But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise. • RT America, a network known for sowing disinformation, has a new alarm: the coming ‘ 5 G Apocalypse. ’ • RT America taps the ranks of existing anti-cellular activists to wage its 5 G campaign. Some have railed for decades against cellphones, power lines and other everyday sources of electromagnetic waves. Much of their work appears not in reputable science journals but little-known reports, publications and self-published tracts, at times with copious notes of dubious significance. They tend to cite each other’s research. 22
Conspiracy theorists burn 5 G towers claiming link to virus Conspiracy theories linking new 5 G mobile networks and the April 21, are 2020 fueling , coronavirus pandemic arson attacks on cell towers in Europe…ABC News “But there’s no evidence that wireless communications - whether 5 G or earlier versions - harm the immune system, said Myrtill Simko, scientific director of Sci. Proof International in Sweden, who has spent decades researching the matter. The current wave of 5 G theories dates back to January, when a Belgian doctor suggested a link to COVID-19. Older variations were circulating before that, mostly revolving around cellphone radiation causing cancer, spreading on Reddit forums, Facebook pages and You. Tube channels. Even with daily wireless use among vast majority of adults, the National Cancer Institute has not seen an increase in brain tumors. The theories gained momentum in 2019 from Russian state media outlets, which helped push them into U. S. domestic conversation, disinformation experts say. Ryan Fox, who tracks disinformation as chief innovation officer at AI company Yonder, said he noticed an abnormal spike last year in mentions around 5 G across Russian state media, with most of the narratives playing off people’s fears around 5 G and whether it could cause cancer. “Were they the loudest voice at that time and did they amplify this conspiracy enough that it helped fuel its long-term success? Yes, ” he said. The conspiracy theories have also been elevated by celebrities including actor Woody Harrelson who shared a video claiming people in China were taking down a 5 G tower. It was actually a Hong Kong “smart lamppost” cut down by pro-democracy protesters in August over China surveillance fears. ” 23
Scientific American October 2019 Don’t Fall Prey to Scaremongering about 5 G “Activists cite low-quality studies in arguing radio-frequency radiation is dangerous, but the weight of evidence shows no risk” By David Robert Grimes on October 28, 2019 24
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