From “The Cell Phone Problem” a Report from Environment & Human Health, Inc.

Whether it’s the increased use of cell phones by children, or the overall increase in cell phone use by adults, human exposure to electromagnetic radiation is happening in ways never dreamed of before. Very young children are using them, teenagers live on them—and some even sleep with them on their pillows, as cell phones are often used as alarm clocks.

What do these exposures consist of and what do they mean for human health?

Whether cell phone use affects the human nervous system and reproduction, causes DNA damage and behavioral changes, or creates addictive behavior, cell phones are now ubiquitous in our lives.
Cell phone technology has changed quickly over time and continues to develop, which means that human exposures also change over time. This report explores what we know about cell phone use, exposures, and human health.

Electromagnetic Radiation

• All cell phones emit a type of radiation called an electromagnetic field (EMF), composed of waves of electric and magnetic energy moving together through space. Different types of electromagnetic energy are categorized by their wavelengths and frequencies and comprise the electromagnetic “spectrum”
• Different radiation frequencies are used by different technologies.Radio waves and microwaves emitted by transmitting antennas are a form of electromagnetic energy collectively referred to as radiofrequency (RF) energy or radiation.
• The RF part of the electromagnetic spectrum consists of frequencies in the range of about 3 kilohertz (3 kHz) to 300 gigahertz (300 GHz). RF energy is used in telecommunications services, including radio and television broadcasting, mobile communication, GPS devices, radio communications for police and fire departments, and satellite communications. Non-communication sources of RF energy include microwave ovens, radar, and industrial uses.
• The complete electromagnetic spectrum consists of both ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. Non-ionizing radiation refers to any type of electromagnetic radiation that does not carry enough energy to remove an electron from an atom or a molecule. Sources of non-ionizing radiation include microwaves, radio waves, cordless phones, wireless networks (wifi), power lines and MRIs.
• Ionizing radiation has high-frequency waves with enough energy toeject electrons from molecules. It can damage the structure of cells in the body (including DNA) and has well-documented effects on human health. Ionizing radiation is emitted by radon, uranium, and other naturally occurring radioactive elements and is used for X-rays, nuclear medicine, and CT (“cat”) scans.
• Decades of research demonstrate that even low doses of ionizing radiation can increase the risk of cancer. The thyroid gland and bone marrow are particularly sensitive to ionizing radiation, especially in children. Leukemia, which arises in the bone marrow, is the most sensitive radiation-induced cancer and may appear as early as a few years after radiation exposure. Other cancers that can result from exposure to ionizing radiation, sometimes decadesafter exposure, include cancers of the lung, skin, thyroid, brain, breast, and stomach.While cell phones are not associated with ionizing radiation, their long-term risks are unknown.

Floww International offers a range of radiation protection products

Ambient man-made electromagnetic fields (EMFs), across a range of frequencies, are a serious environmental issue.
Yet most environmentalists know little about it, perhaps because the subject has been the purview of physicists and engineers for so long that biologists have lost touch with electromagnetism’s fundamental inclusion in the biological paradigm. All living cells and indeed whole living beings, no matter what genus or species, are dynamic coherent electrical systems utterly reliant on bioelectricity for life’s most basic metabolic processes.

Most living things are very sensitive to even very small electromagnetic (EMF) exposures. Living cells interpret such exposures as part of our normal cellular activities (think along the lines of heartbeats, brainwaves, cell division itself, etc.)

Man-made EMF Exposures Aren’t  Normal

The problem is that man-made electromagnetic exposures aren’t “normal.” They are artificial artifacts, with unusual intensities, signaling characteristics, pulsing patterns, and wave forms, that don’t exist in nature. They can also misdirect cells in myriad ways. Every aspect of the ecosystem may be affected, including all living species from animals, humans, plants and even microorganisms in water and soil. We are already seeing problems in sentinel species like birds, bats, and bees.

Wildlife is known to abandon areas when cell towers are placed. Radiofrequency radiation (RF)—the part of the electromagnetic spectrum used in all-things-wireless today—is a known immune system suppressor, among other things. RF is a form of energetic air pollution and we need to understand it as such. Humans are not the only species being affected.

The health of our planet may be in jeopardy from this newest environmental concern—added to all the others. Citizens need to call upon government to fund appropriate research and to get industry influence out of the dialogue. We ignore this at our own peril now.”

Protect Your Health With Effective Floww Products

At Floww International in the Netherlands we have been aware of similar statements for many years. Only now, finally, more people worldwide seem to be aware of the enormous health thread of Electromagnetic Radiation.
We have developed a range of radiation protection products which are available online.

Can electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from power lines, home wiring, airport and military radar, substations, transformers, computers and appliances cause brain tumors, leukemia, birth defects, miscarriages, chronic fatigue, headaches, cataracts, heart problems, stress. nausea, chest pain, forgetfulness, cancer and other health problems?

 Numerous studies have produced contradictory results, yet some experts are convinced that the threat is real.

Dr. David Carpenter, Dean at the School of Public Health, State University of New York believes it is likely that up to 30% of all childhood cancers come from exposure to EMFs. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warns “There is reason for concern” and advises prudent avoidance”.

Martin Halper, the EPA’s Director of Analysis and Support says “I have never seen a set of epidemiological studies that remotely approached the weight of evidence that we’re seeing with EMFs. Clearly there is something here.”

Concerns over EMFs Exploded

Concern over EMFs exploded after Paul Brodeur wrote a series of articles in the New Yorker Magazine in June 1989. Because of Paul Brodeur’s reputation. his articles had a catalytic effect on scientists, reporters and concerned people throughout the world.

In November 1989, the Department of Energy reported that “It has now become generally accepted that there are, indeed, biological effects due to field exposure.”

The EMF issue gained more publicity in 1990 when alarming reports appeared in Time, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week and popular computer publications. ABC’s Ted Koppel and CBS’s Dan Rather both aired special segments on EMFs.

In addition to the long-term health concerns, buying a house with high fields will be an economic disaster. In a few years, when power line radiation is as well known as asbestos and radon, a house with high fields will be practically impossible to sell. Already there are hundreds of lawsuits regarding EMFs and property devaluation.

EPA Says the EMF Threat Is Real

By 1990, over one hundred studies had been conducted worldwide. Of these, at least two dozen epidemiological studies on humans indicated a link between EMFs and serious health problems. In response to public pressure, the Environmental Protection Agency IEPA) began reviewing and evaluating the available literature.

In a draft report issued in March 1990, the EPA recommended that EMFs be classified as a Class B carcinogen — -a “probable human carcinogen and joined the ranks of formaldehyde, DDT, dioxins and PCBs.

After the EPA draft report was released, utility, military and computer lobbyists came down hard on the EPA. The EPA’s final revision did NOT classify EMFs as a Class B carcinogen Rather, the following explanation was added:”

At this time such a characterization regarding the link between cancer and exposure to EMFs is not appropriate because the basic nature of the interaction between EMFs and biological processes leading to cancer is not understood.”

Curiously, this rather unusual logic appears on the same page as the following: “In conclusion, several studies showing leukemia, Iymphoma and cancer of the nervous system in children exposed to supported by similar findings in adults in several/ occupational studies also involving electrical power frequency exposures, show a consistent pattern of response that suggest a causal link. ”

When questioned about the contradictory nature of these statements, the EPA responded that it was “not appropriate” to use the probable carcinogen label until it could demonstrate how EMFs caused cancer and exactly how much EMF is harmful.

This explanation does not satisfy many critics who claim that the EPAs upper management was influenced by political and economic considerations exerted by utility, computer and military lobbyists.

Why Take the EMFs Risk?

At Floww International, we sare convinced that EMF radiation is harmful.
This discussion between Research and Lobbyists will continue for a while, but there is no need to take a risk:

Today, radiation protection products are available at such reasonable costs, that it is a “no brainer” to protect yourself against the “possible” hazardhous effects of EMF radiation. Take a look at other articles on this site or check out the radiation protection products.

1. Bedroom Radiation Prevention

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It is important to minimise sources of radiation in the bedroom. You need to work on radiation prevention becauseyour body needs to be able to rest and recuperate while you sleep. This can only happen if your body is not disturbed by radiation. The human body also appears to be more susceptible to radiation while we sleep. And since most of us tend to sleep for six to eight hours a night, our body is exposed to radiation in the bedroom for a prolonged period. Given that this is the case, it is very important to ensure that your bedroom is a ‘radiation-free zone’.

There are several simple precautions you can take to minimise radiation in the bedroom:

• Leave your mobile phone outside your bedroom.
• Watch television in another room than the bedroom.
• Move your radio alarm clock away from the head of the bed.
• Remove plugs from sockets wherever possible in the bedroom.
• Forget about an electrically adjustable bed or a waterbed.
• Remove any electric blankets.

2. Reduce Mobile Phone Radiation

The provisional results of a study commissioned by the World Health Organisation suggest that there is a direct link between cancer and the use of mobile phones. Careful or limited use of mobile phones, as a radiation prevention measure, may help to prevent related symptoms.

• Use the speaker function as much as possible.
• Keep your calls short.
• Do not use a wireless headset.
• Use your mobile phone as little as possible.

3. Workplace Radiation Prevention

People often spend hours in the same place in an office. So it is also very important to take precautions in the workplace.

• Have the screen and the computer as far away as possible.
• Switch your computer and the screen off when you are not using them.
• Avoid using fluorescent and energy-efficient light bulbs, and lights with transformers or dimmer switches.
• Use floor coverings, wall coverings and ceilings made of natural materials.

4. Get Floww Radiation Prevention Products

On top of these personal prevention measures you can transform the remaining harmfull radiation into a different wavelength which is acceptable for your body cells. Floww Radiation Prevention Products are made to do just that.

What is Radiation?

(Electromagnetic) radiation is essentially energy that is transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles. These waves differ in terms of their type, wavelength and frequency and can be flowing or blocked, which is what happens when they are briefly interrupted by a mobile or cordless phone for example. The length of the wave is directly related to the frequency (the number of waves per second). At the low-frequency end of the spectrum it is possible to make a distinction between electrical fields and magnetic fields. We do not make this distinction here. We refer to both as radiation.

Sources of Radiation Need Radiation Protection

Most people know that mobile phones emit radiation. But there are also many other sources of radiation that can be experienced as very disturbing; that’s why we all need to work on our radiation protection or radiation prevention.

Examples of radiation sources at home which need radiation protection:

• cordless phones
• computers
• televisions
• dimmer switches and lighting transformers in the home
• energy-efficient and fluorescent light bulbs
• the electrical system in the homemicrowaves
• waterbeds
• baby monitorshalogen transformersinduction hobselectrically adjustable beds
• electric blankets wireless communication networks (Bluetooth, DECT, WiFi)

Radiation Protection From Sources Outside Your Home

When you’re out on the road there are many potential sources of radiation as shown below. People need to take radiaton protection measures in order to prevent the adverse effects of radiation.

• GSM and UMTS masts
• high-voltage cables
• power supply systems for trains and trams
• satellite transmittersterrestrial radiation (the radiation emitted by the earth)radarstransformer cabinets

Physical Ailments and Hypersensitivity

There are various factors that determine whether radiation has an adverse effect on a person’s health.Among other things these include:

• the frequency of the radiation (the number of waves per second)
• the intensity of the radiationthe shape of the radiationthe duration of exposure to the radiationthe sensitivity of the person exposed to the radiation

Since we are all different, we experience the effects of radiation differently. The symptoms that can occur depend on the individual. The intensity of the reaction to radiation also differs from one person to another. People who experience severe symptoms as a result of exposure to radiation are said to suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS). It is also common for people to (initially) experience less pronounced sensitivity to radiation. However, ailments such as fatigue and headaches should not be ignored. Many electro-hypersensitives have found that symptoms that start out as mild can become more severe.

Ailments linked to radiation include:

• chronic fatigue
• stress
• headaches
• lack of concentration
• listlessness
• nausea
• dizziness
• restlessness (disorders such as ADHD)
• psychological problems
• high blood pressure
• flu-like symptoms
• muscle pain
• asthmatic conditionsallergies
• skin problems
• a general feeling of being ill at ease

Various studies have shown that there is a link between radiation and certain illnesses.
Some have even suggested that the use of mobile phones increases the risk of a brain tumour.

Radiation protection from mobile phones can be obtained from the floww website.

And recently, the European Council (EC) advised the EU member states to inform people about the risks of wireless Internet and baby phones. The EC wants a ban on WiFi and wireless mobile and DECT phones in schools because of the health risks for pupils.

Radiation is everywhere

As readers of this blog know, radiation has an effect on humans, animals and nature, like plants and trees. Floww radiation protection products (Floww Health Technology) are not only used by humans but now also by animals such as in professional equestrian sports and livestock farms.

On top of this, a special research project was started, investigating the effect of Floww radiation protection at farms, to protect crops. The first results are very promising, showing that Floww radiation protection has a positive effect on growth of crops.

Doctors Advise To Use Floww Radiation Protection Products

In October  2002, more than 1000 German professors and doctors have warned against the health risks of radiation (link Freiburger appeal). They especially mentioned children, young people and pregnant women as the most vulnerable groups.

A year later, in 2003, the founders of Floww International decided to focus on these most vulnerable groups, by

• curing people who are affected by radiation
• protecting people and especially children against radiation

Floww International normally gets in touch with these sick people and children through doctors and therapists.
That’s why Floww International’s goal is to further build it’s network of doctors and therapists in every country. On top of that Floww International is looking for professionals working in collaboration with doctors and therapists to install its products.

Increasing numbers of doctors and therapists are advising to use the Floww radiation protection products.
The Floww team has developed a training program for doctors and therapists, teaching how to create a personal radiation analysis, and how to treat the human system charged with radiation. These actions counteract the distortions caused by radiation in the body and protect against radiation.

By: drs. Marc Schechtl, CEO of Floww International

The position of Floww International is clear: radiation has a negative impact on humans, animals and nature, so all living organisms are affected. Radiation disrupts cell communication. Humans, animals, plants, trees, they all consist of cells.
Currently we are exposed to radiation 24 hours a day. Our immune system must be working overtime to keep the harmful  radiation out. Therefore we (humans, animals and nature) are more susceptible to diseases.

Radiation is a Health Risk: An Inconvenient Truth

When I first studied scientific publications of radiation and health in 2003, I was amazed about the amount of scientific studies which had been published already. I asked myself, why is this not known to doctors, therapists and the general public, or are we all ignoring it because it’s inconvenient?

To be quite honest: when I realised that my complaints at work were related to radiation (this was in 1998), my first thought was “what a load of nonsense!”.
I was suffering from fatigue and headaches and had concentration problems and my complaints persisted. Later on, I realised I had to blame the sources of radiation (my telephone and computer at work). My symptoms were causing me stress, nausea and pain and became more frequent over time.

At a certain moment, I really couldn’t function properly anymore. Then I admitted to myself: I must be sensitive to the radiation around me. That was the first step to a solution, although fighting the problem was (and is) not the solution.

It took me five years until I was ready to admit that radiation influenced my health: it was a very inconvenient truth indeed…

Today, I recognise my own reaction in a quote of Schoppenhauer, a German philosopher:
“All truth passes through three stages: first, it is ridiculed, secondly it is vigorously opposed, and thirdly, it is accepted as self-evident”.

Acceptance of radiation as a health risk

Prof. Dr. Adflkofer was the leading scientist of a large European study who found that mobile phone radiation causes DNA damage. This study (REFLEX) was published in 2003. The first years it was ignored, then came the conflict (opposition), while  researchers were accused of fraud by the Telecom Industry. Today, years later, the opposition is dismissed and acceptance is arising: radiation can be harmful. And if you acknowledge the problem the first step to a solution has been made.

Watch an interview with Professor Adlkofer which describes the process of denial, then the conflict and the beginning of acceptance of the effect of radiation on health:

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Now the World Health Organisation (WHO), the European Council and world leading scientists acknowledge the possible harm of radiation. It is clear that we are slowly moving to acceptance of the Truth that radiation influences health. It will take a couple of years until it is self-evident. Then solutions will follow.  Floww Health Technology will be integrated in our communication technologies, like smart phones, e-readers etc.  A radiation-friendly world, a blue planet.

Take a look at Floww solutions which convert radiation to a body friendly wavelength.

The WHO has found evidence that mobile phones can cause cancer. There is a correlation that may be causal.

Cancer also by non thermal effects

The turnaround is remarkable given the WHO’s earlier reluctance. It was previously thought that only a warming effect from radiation is harmful. Most countries took exposure levels into account by only studying thermal damage to health effects.
And most governments assume that as long as you are not heated (microwave effect) you can work and live safely with the radiation from masts and wireless networks around you. The WHO is now apparently concluding that you can become seriously ill from radiation even if it is so “small” is that you are not warmed up.

Now the question is whether governments will see the need to adjust the exposure so that no more towers will be placed in residential areas, schools and hospitals.

Radiation problem much larger than possible cancer

The focus is now placed by the WHO on cancer, while the problem is much greater and the effect of radiation much larger. The body usually gives many signals before it eventually gets sick, such as fatigue, headaches, concentration problems, stress.

Vitality and immune system

Radiation directly affects our vitality. Our defense mechanism is now 24 hours a day trying to keep radiation outside our system and is running “overtime”. That takes a lot of energy and you can notice that on your vitality.

Cell communication

In addition, radiation disrupts cell communication. Among other specific extremely low frequency ultra-weak magnetic impulses as a byproduct of high frequency radiation similar in shape, strength and frequency of the signals that cells use to communicate and therefore working so disruptive (in biophysical medicine also called “destructive interference”). Cells no longer recognize what is good or not good for them. The result is a lesser absorption of vitamins and minerals and a weakening of the immune system. That is why Floww is aiming to support the immune system en keeping the cell communication in order in radiation polluted environments.

Animals and Nature

In addition, radiation has a direct impact on animals (horses, pets, bees) and nature (plants, trees, plants). Radiation affects everything with cells. Radiation affects All Life Existence.

WHO now suggests that radiation may cause cancer, this is a first step in the right direction. But for an integrated approach, the entire problem should be recognized.

Floww sees as a solution:

Use the energy of radiation to transform the radiation itself into Life Friendly Frequencies:

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Like the radio converts waves into sound, Floww converts radiation into a natural field.

The Floww solution has proven it’s benefits for People, Animals, Nature and Environment.

Most European countries use Guidelines for maximum acceptable exposure to radiation. These values may differ greatly from country to country. Whilst in the Netherlands the government believes the amount of radiation is considered safe, in Russia that same exposure is considered a health risk. Russia uses much stricter exposure limits. Russian scientists wrote in the 60s already about radiation sickness. Perhaps this knowledge led to a much lower exposure limit. Also in the Austrian Province Salzburg, the maximum exposure limits are thousands times more stringent than those in the Netherlands. See info about literature on radiation and health.

Thousands of Radiation Studies

There are thousands (!) of scientific studies showing that radiation has a negative effect on your health when people are exposed to lower levels of radiation. Examples of some leading studies are:

- Wireless Technology Research LLC: Yahoo link between cell phone radiation and genetic damage, increased risk of cancer and increased mortality risk for brain tumors.

- REFLEX (2003) study commissioned by European Union average radiation of a mobile phone can damage DNA.

- BioInitiative: research to over 2000 scientific studies, the safety limits are sometimes thousands of times too high.

- Interphone 2010: a link between mobile phones and brain tumors. The research leader Professor E. Cardis is concerned even if the investigation is not very hard to demonstrate causality.

See the Floww website for research and links.

On top of the many scientific studies there are more and more doctors reporting an increase in specific radiation symptoms after the arrival of a base station (UMTSmast), a wireless home phone, or mobile phone use. More than 1000 German doctors and professors united in the Freiburger Appeal in 2002 (!) are mentioning symptoms such as (chronic) fatigue, headaches, concentration problems, behavioral disorders and stress as a result of radiation.

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At the present time, there are thousands of studies available (and the number is growing), addressing the relationship between radiation and its adverse effects on people’s health. There are, of course, also studies that claim that radiation from mobile phones has no effect on your health.

It is unlikely that there will ever be agreement on this issue between the opposing parties.  For researchers, it is often difficult to perform thorough and independent research because there may  be pressure from their financial sponsor. This argument is supported by the Dutch Journal of Medicine which states “According to a Swiss study, results of research into the biological effects of mobile phones are distorted by their sponsors.” Also the Belgian newspaper “De Morgen”, while referring to a British study, reports that  “Study Results to mobile phone radiation effects are often driven by sponsors”.

Interview with Dr. Davis

Dr. Davis, Nobel Peace Prize winner, former director of the Cancer Institute and professor at Pittsburgh University, addresses the  influence of radiation on health in an interview. She has clearly found  a distinct connection between using mobile phones and the effect on the DNA in the human body and states ” we have seen more tumours at the spot where people hold their mobile phones”.

Many people are not aware that mobile phone companies actually warn the users, in the user manual, to hold the phone at a certain distance from the body. Dr. Davis has also advised the U.S. Senate to call for a more visible warning on mobile phones.

See here the full interview with Dr. Davis:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4bp7Zi_8pk

Floww International offers a dedicated radiation protection device, called the mobileFloww. Click here for more information.