Cell Phone Research
Radio Frequency EMFs (RF EMFs) are considered microwave fields. These fields contribute energy to the body, as well as cause currents within the body, including in the brain. The strength of the microwaves determines whether or not they will “cook” tissue. The most significant measure in terms of the biological effects of RF EMFs is the specific energy absorption rate (SAR) in the tissue. This is an estimated quantity, averaged in time and space and expressed in watts per kilogram (W/kg). The artificial power emitted into the brain by a mobile telephone is a factor (coefficient) of 10 billion times (10,000,000,000) greater than the currents in neurons.
To protect the brain against “chromosome damage,” this coefficient should be 10,000. The brain is also impacted by the radiation from the sun. This natural radiation has a coefficient of about one million (1,000,000).
It is not surprising that with exposures millions of times higher than natural brain currents or the sun, there is increased brain cell damage and an increased risk of brain tumor in a signal strength (dose) response manner from extended use. Whether damage is actually produced must be studied further.
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Frequencies
The basic repetition frequency is 217 Hz for GSM and DCS 1800 systems and 100 Hz for DECT; however, the spectrum also contains a number of higher harmonics due to the narrow pulse. There are also frequencies in the kilohertz (kHz) range. Owing to the complexity of these communications systems, there are also 2 and 8 Hz components in the signal, apart from multiples of 100 and 217 Hz. These are in the brain frequency range (considered ELFs).
Health effects of cell phone signals
What are the safety standards for cell phone emissions?
Cell phone safety standards vary from country to country. In Europe, the standard permits 2 W/kg of brain tissue. The scientific basis for the standards is that they prevent brain tissue from becoming “significantly” heated by the radiation, as heating is believed by some scientists to be the only potential health hazard associated with cell phone emissions.
If there are safety standards, what is the problem?
The problem is that a substantial and growing body of scientific evidence has demonstrated that there are significant and potentially adverse biological effects associated with EMFs from cell phones. These effects are present even in much lower energy fields than safety standards permit. Therefore, many scientists believe that the current safety standards are inadequate.
There is a vigorous and ongoing controversy over many aspects of RF health effects. No one disagrees that serious health hazards exist when living cells in the body are heated, as happens with high-intensity RF exposure (like from your microwave oven). However, scientists are still investigating the health hazards of low-intensity exposure. Low-intensity exposure does not raise the temperature of the living cells in the body. Cellular antenna radiation produces a weak level of RF that does not cause heating or a “thermal effect.” Safety standards are based on induction of thermal effects. A large body of internationally accepted scientific evidence points to the existence of nonthermal effects of RF radiation. The issue at the present time is not whether such evidence exists, but rather what weight to give said evidence.
Internationally acknowledged experts in the field of RF research have shown that RF of the type used in digital cellular antennas and phones can have critical effects on cell cultures, animals, and people in laboratories. These experts have also found epidemiological evidence (studies of communities, not in the laboratory) of serious health effects at nonthermal levels, where the intensity of the radiation was too low to cause heating.
They have found:
- increased cell growth of brain cancer cells
- a doubling of the rate of lymphoma in mice
- changes in tumor growth in rats
- an increased number of tumors in rats
- increased breaks in double and single stranded dna, our genetic material
- 2 to 4 times as many cancers in Polish soldiers exposed to RF
- more childhood leukemia in children exposed to RF
- changes in sleep patterns and REM type sleep
- headaches caused by RF exposure
- neurologic effects, including
- changes in the blood-brain barrier
- changes in cellular morphology (including cell death)
- changes in neural electrophysiology (EEG)
- changes in neurotransmitters (effect motivation and pain perception)
- metabolic changes (of calcium ions, for instance)
- cytogenetic effects (which can effect cancer, Alzheimer’s, neurodegenerative diseases) - decreased memory, attention, and slower reaction time in school children
- retarded learning in rats indicating a deficit in spatial “working memory”
- increased blood pressure in healthy men
- damage to eye cells when combined with commonly used glaucoma medications
More information on concerns about EMFs from cell phones is found here: www.icswebsite.com
Energy levels of selected phones
The Table below shows the estimated energy delivered to the body by the model of the cell phone and whether it’s digital and/or analog. The range of energy readings in Watts/kg for digital phones is 0.24-1.49 and for analog phones is 0.40-1.56. The average is 0.96 and 1.25, respectively. It is assumed that the higher the energy reading, the greater the risk to the person’s head, directly from the phone and/or mast.
| Manufacturer | Model Number | SAR Rating (W/kg) digital | SAR Rating (W/kg) analog |
| Audiovox | 9000 | 0.85 | 1.28 |
| Audiovox | CDM-135 and CDM-135XL | 0.529 | 1.09 |
| Audiovox | CDM-3300 | 0.7162 | 1.4514 |
| Audiovox | CDM-4000 | 1.00 | |
| Audiovox | CDM-8000 | 1.19 | 0.794 |
| Audiovox | HGP2000E | 0.7496 | |
| Audiovox | PCX-1000XL | 0.9766 | |
| Audiovox | PCX-1100XL | 1.48 | |
| Denso | Touchpoint | 0.9598 | 1.3342 |
| Denso | TP2100 | 1.38 | 1.22 |
| Denso | TP2200 | 1.44 | 1.37 |
| Ericsson | A1228C | 0.795 | 1.34 |
| Ericsson | A1228D and 1228LX | 0.823 | 1.35 |
| Ericsson | A1228di | 0.823 | 1.35 |
| Ericsson | A2218z | 0.655 | |
| Ericsson | CF-768 | 0.725 | |
| Ericsson | I888 World | 0.69 | |
| Ericsson | KF-688 and DF-688 | 0.477 | 1.32 |
| Ericsson | KF-788 | 1.35 | 1.56 |
| Ericsson | R280 | 1.19 | 1.41 |
| Ericsson | R380 World | 0.58 | |
| Ericsson | T18d | 0.805 | 1.4 |
| Ericsson | T28 World | 1.49 | |
| Kyocera | QCP-2035 | 1.28 | |
| Kyocera | QCP-6035 | 1.41 | 1.35 |
| LG IC | LGC330W | 0.6698 | 1.2902 |
| LG IC | TP1100 | 1.39 | |
| LG IC | TP3000 | 1.41 | |
| Mitsubishi | Trium Galaxy G-130 | 0.35 | |
| Mitsubishi | T200 | 1 | 1.11 |
| Mitsubishi | T250 and MT254 | 0.54 | 1.29 |
| Motorola | G520 | 0.457 | |
| Motorola | i85s | 0.638 | |
| Motorola | i500plus | 0.69 | |
| Motorola | i550plus | 0.69 | |
| Motorola | i700plus | 0.69 | |
| Motorola | i1000plus | 0.43 | |
| Motorola | i2000plus | 0.79 | |
| Motorola | M3090 | 0.541 | 1.16 |
| Motorola | M3097 | 0.53 | 1.45 |
| Motorola | M3682 | 0.457 | |
| Motorola | SC-3160 | 1.03 | 1.52 |
| Motorola | StarTAC 7762 | 0.58 | |
| Motorola | StarTAC 7790i | 0.42 | 1.36 |
| Motorola | StarTAC 7860 | 0.24 | 0.54 |
| Motorola | StarTac 7867 | 1.38 | 1.34 |
| Motorola | ST7767D | 1.38 | 1.34 |
| Motorola | ST7797, P8097, and T8097 | 0.39 | 1.25 |
| Motorola | ST7868 and ST7868W | 0.84 | 1.53 |
| Motorola | Talkabout 2297 | 0.35 | 1.1 |
| Motorola | Talkabout T8167 | 1.38 | 1.34 |
| Motorola | Timeport L7089 and P7389 | 1.00 | |
| Motorola | Timeport P8167 | 1.38 | 1.34 |
| Motorola | V2267 | 1.24 | 0.99 |
| Motorola | V2282 | 0.90 | |
| Motorola | V3682 | 1.04 | |
| Motorola | V60c | 0.42 | 0.397 |
| Motorola | V8160 | 1.30 | 1.51 |
| Motorola | V8162 | 1.35 | |
| Neopoint | NP-1000 | 1.38 | |
| Nokia | Digital 5160 | 1.45 | |
| Nokia | 252 | 1.34 | |
| Nokia | 252N | 1.34 | |
| Nokia | 282 | 0.78 | |
| Nokia | 282N | 0.78 | |
| Nokia | 2160 | 0.76 | |
| Nokia | 2170 | 1.40 | |
| Nokia | 3390 | .82 | |
| Nokia | 5120 | .38 | 1.02 |
| Nokia | 5170 | 1.45 | |
| Nokia | 5170i | 1.49 | |
| Nokia | 5180 | 1.28 | |
| Nokia | 5180i | 1.32 | |
| Nokia | 5185 | 1.34 | 0.80 |
| Nokia | 5190 | 0.55 | |
| Nokia | 6121 | .50 | 1.07 |
| Nokia | 6120 | .43 | 1.25 |
| Nokia | 6160 | 1.35 | 1.46 |
| Nokia | 6161 | 1.27 | |
| Nokia | 6162 | 1.42 | |
| Nokia | 6185 | 1.07 | 1.53 |
| Nokia | 6185i | 1.41 | 1.03 |
| Nokia | 6190 | 1.29 | |
| Nokia | 7160 | .61 | 1.33 |
| Nokia | 7190 | 1.29 | |
| Nokia | 8260 | .95 | 1.14 |
| Nokia | 8290 | 1.09 | |
| Nokia | 8860 | 1.39 | |
| Nokia | 8890 | .94 | |
| Qualcomm | pdQ-1900 | .2634 | |
| Qualcomm | QCP-860 | .5432 | 1.2487 |
| Qualcomm | QCP-1960 | 1.41 | |
| Qualcomm | QCP-2760 | 1.15 | 1.33 |
| Samsung | SCH-411 | 1.0747 | 1.4785 |
| Samsung | SCH-3500 | .6655 | 1.37596 |
| Samsung | SCH-6100 | 1.2672 | |
| Samsung | SCH-8500 | .969 | 1.43 |
| Samsung | SPH-N200 | 1.3415 | 1.186 |
| Samsung | Uproar | 1.437 | 1.4771 |
| Sanyo | SCP-4000 | 1.4434 | |
| Sanyo | SCP-310 | 1.37 | |
| Sanyo | SCP-400 | 1.35 | 1.38 |
| Sanyo | SCP-3000 | .5811 | 0.8569 |
| Sanyo | SCP-4500 | 1.4 | 1.38 |
| Sanyo | SCP-5000 | .657 | 1.4 |
| Sony | CMB-1200, 2200, 3200 | 1.3906 | 1.3859 |
If your phone is not on this list, you will need to do a web search or contact your manufacturer to get the SAR values for your model to know how high it is.
Protection or shielding
Prevention is better than protection, but I do not expect that most people will give up their cell phones. The question then becomes: how can you protect yourself and still use a cell phone? Protection is especially important in young people, as it is thought that their brains are more strongly affected. The clearest protection solution is to use a hands-free attachment as often as possible, especially during extended calls or for frequent use. Hands-free speakers produce a small EMF signal, but it is much, much less than the phone. Typical hands-free speakers’ emissions are weaker than larger stereo headphones, and much weaker than that of a telephone speaker or television.
Another protection option is to use shielding equipment. Not all shielding is effective. Either the head itself is shielded, or the mast of the phone is shielded. We will continue to review shielding and will offer recommendations for those devices or applications that have been adequately studied.
This is an example of an effective shield:
Tested and quality devices and supplies are available at:
