Examining the Relationship Between Wireless Technology and Brain Cancer
The introduction of wireless cell phone technology in 1990 has raised concerns about potential links to brain cancer. However, studies from organizations like the American Cancer Society and the International Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection have not found evidence supporting an increase in brain cancer due to cell phone use. Experts suggest that RF waves from cell phones do not have enough energy to directly damage DNA or heat body tissues to cause cancer. Overall, there is no conclusive proof that wireless technologies, including 5G networks, pose significant health risks related to brain cancer.
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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 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 World Health Organization What are the potential health risks from 5G? 6/24/2020 5G 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 International Committee on Non- - Ionizing Radiation Protection 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 5G 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, 5G 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 Ionization occurs when an incoming photon has enough energy to eject an electron from its orbit to eject an electron from its orbit ( (approx. 14 eV needed has enough energy approx. 14 eV needed) ) 16
energy Low energy High energy No cancer cancer 5G 5G 17
5G photons are weak, weak, weak The photons in sunlight carry 10,000 to 100,000 times more energy than 5G photons A flashlight emits 100 trillion photons per second, each carries greater than 10,000 times more energy than 5G photons Body heat photons are 1000 times more energetic than the most energetic 5G 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 5G damage??? Akdag MZ, Dasdag S, Ulukaya E, Uzunlar AK, Kurt MA, Ta kin 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: kfv242. [Epub ahead of print The effects of ELF-EMF exposure were small and largely restricted to the highest field strength (1000 T), 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 5G 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 5G Apocalypse. RT America taps the ranks of existing anti-cellular activists to wage its 5G 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 5G towers claiming link to virus Conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and the coronavirus pandemic are fueling arson attacks on cell towers in Europe ABC News April 21, 2020, But there s no evidence that wireless communications - whether 5G or earlier versions - harm the immune system, said Myrtill Simko, scientific director of SciProof International in Sweden, who has spent decades researching the matter. The current wave of 5G 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 YouTube 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 5G across Russian state media, with most of the narratives playing off people s fears around 5G 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 5G 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 5G 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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