* - Cell Phone Radiation : The Silent Predator

Did you know that cell phone usage in the United States has increased from 34 million to 203 million in the last ten years? That's just in the US folks, let's not forget about the estimated two billion cell phones worldwide. While the cell phone has revolutionized the communications industry as a convenience for some and a necessity for others, one topic that is being overlooked is the long term effect that cell phone radiation is having on our physical bodies.

According to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, specific absorption rate, or SAR, is "a way of measuring the quantity of radio frequency (RF) energy that is absorbed by the body." While every phone may emit variant levels of radiation, the fact remains. Cell Phones to this day have never been tested for safety. Due to this fact, research groups have begun to try and understand what types of effects cell phone radiation is having on the human body. The initial findings are quite alarming.

The Wireless Technology Research Center, under the direction of Dr. George Carlo, began their study on the effects of transmitted radiation from cell phone technology. One thing became evidently clear, cell phone radiation caused DNA damage, impaired DNA repair, and interfered with cardiac pacemakers. European research confirmed Dr. Carlo’s findings. Studies suggest that cell phone radiation contributes to brain dysfunction, tumors, and potentially to conditions such as autism, attention deficit disorder, neurodegenerative disease, and behavioral and psychological problems. This, coming from a device we place next to our heads every day for lengthy periods of time.

There are things that we can do, however, to minimize the radiation that we are being exposed to from our cell phones daily. Tune in this Saturday when I'll be having Shelley Kalnitzky from WaveShield talking about more startling statistics as well as your options to protect yourself from today's technology. You don't want to miss it.