RSS
Twitter
3G Signals Make You Sick, But Smarter
from the not-quite-cancer dept
As the wireless industry is trying to convince people to upgrade to 3G systems, the last thing they need is the widespread belief that the new phones lead to more health problems. Having finally gotten past the point where most people believe mobile phones cause cancer, a new report is coming out saying that 3G cellular signals are causing headaches and nausea. Of course, they're saying that the effect comes from the base station, and not the phone itself - which would suggest that there should be a hell of a lot more headaches and nausea over vast patches of territory where 3G is currently in place. The article also doesn't say whether or not distance from the base station made a difference. At the same time, the report isn't all bad, since it also claims that those in range of the 3G base station found themselves to have better memory and faster response times. So, it makes you sick, but makes you smarter? Tradeoffs... tradeoffs. With such odd findings, I would imagine that many more tests need to be done, which are likely to show that the results of this test mean absolutely nothing. Still, from a PR standpoint, the various wireless carriers probably want to be prepared to respond to questions and complaints (and probably lawsuits) from those who will suddenly start blaming their headaches and nausea on the local 3G tower.
Reader Comments (rss)
(Flattened / Threaded)
No Subject Given
Isn't there a rash of new lawsuits in the US coming out of some reports about higher cancers in children going to rural schools, the land for which just happens to be located nearby (or under) large-capacity power lines? It seems that the land there is almost cheap enough to put a school onto, and people didn't realize - if the reports are true - that the high power is causing these things.
Now, lower the power, reduce the range, and look on the cellular level. Isn't a 3G similar? Are we going to find out, in about 10 years, that the reports of seriously bad findings in this regard have been quashed by the telcos themselves? The rate at which Industry in the US kills reports that aren't beneficial to them but end up being detrimental to humans, it makes me really distrustful of new technology that involves dumping a lot of power at things I locate near my head.
Plus, I really want to look into vitamin B-17.
(reply to this comment) (link to this comment)
Are You Looking into a Computer Monitor?
If so you are getting more EM radiation than a school under a power line - although the above commenter would seem to put electric power under a technology whose bad effects industry must have squashed for 100 years.
As for a phone...I think the jury is still out on that one, but let's think about other items where you are running current (and producing EM radition) near your body:
- Electric Blankets (not too many around any more)
- Hair Dryers
- Electric razors
- How close is your bedside clock radio?
And if you spend a few more minutes you could probably come up with a handful more. The fact is that we run electric gadgets all over us (and if you remember your Maxwell's Equations you know that all are producting EM radiation). The question is whether "white noise" (like from an electric blanket) versus a single higher frequency (like from a cell phone) could make a difference, as is ofcourse the time you keep the radiation near your body.
Whether proven harmful or not we all know the scumbag lawyers will be all over it - scientific proof against a claim has never stopped them from extorting money (see breast implants, Lupus).
(reply to this comment) (link to this comment)
No Subject Given
I don't worry about it, but I do wonder about all the various radio waves and electromagnetic signals that we bombard our body with daily. I wouldn't be surprised if somebody eventually connects it all to cancer, etc.
(reply to this comment) (link to this comment)
Re: No Subject Given
Isn't there a rash of new lawsuits in the US coming out of some reports about higher cancers in children going to rural schools, the land for which just happens to be located nearby (or under) large-capacity power lines?
As convincing as Eddie Murphy is as a politician- it was a movie, man! sheesh
(reply to this comment) (link to this comment)
Interesting!
But I still have to use 3G CDMA, cause we can only accept it whether you like or not.
Without 3G, without cell phone, what can you do in such a sociaty?
(reply to this comment) (link to this comment)
Add Your Comment