Re: Blackberry power level 4.9GHz

Dave Holford wrote:
"Michael Coslo" <mjc5@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:g8cmlo$17a4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dave Holford wrote:
If you want to do some good, why don't you rant about X-ray exposure from
CRT's and why everyone should get rid of them in favor of LCD's for
computer
monitors, because I guarantee it is way more a health risk than little
wireless devices.

I spent 5 years in front of large CRTs while wearing a radiation monitor.
When no one showed any sign of radiation the monitoring ceased. Did pick up
some radiation from unrelated sources, but nothing from the CRTs.

Probably getting more radiation from the ionization smoke detector on the
ceiling of my den! Not to mention all the natural sources - bananas for
example.

There is a lot of lead in that CRT glass. That stops the X rays rather nicely.

So I guess the fellow is saying that there is absolutely no effects. And guarantees it also. I'm impressed by the level of confidence he has.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -

The only use of the word guarantee I see it the foregoing is "because I guarantee it is way more a health risk than little wireless devices." in reference to CRT X-rays.


The health risk from an unshielded CRT would be significant. I'm not so sure about the risks from cell phone near field RF (yes, I know the discussion is often far field, but sometimes I think I'm "wrong" because some people don't like John Smith.

At the risk of bringing actual research into this

http://tinyurl.com/6ghw69

It is a pdf with abstract/conclusions of several studies.

A lot of interesting stuff there. I haven't read it all yet - its 76 pages long, but at first blush, it appears that it is unlikely to have carcinogenic effects. Some studies see some things happening, but that doesn't necessarily lead to a carcinogenic conclusion.

At the same time, there are some EEG effects that are very interesting.

Take a look, and try not to focus on only the effects that say "no problem here!" or "problem here!"

Keeping in mind that many of these tests are very specific (as they should be to build a knowledge base) It is not overwhelmingly difficult to come to the conclusion that there might be something going on that is not carcinogenic, but neurological in nature.

Even in one of the tests, there are people who report a warming feeling on their hands and around the side of their head when using a cell phone for an extended time. I'm one of them. While the hand feeling could easily be attributed to the battery discharge warmth, the feeling around the ears is more difficult to ascribe to the batteries.


But the bannanas and granite countertop in the kitchen might be a problem.

There are some granite counter tops that are significantly radioactive. What surprises me is that the fact surprises so many people.

So anyhow, the research is submitted for bathroom reading, People can feel free to discount/invalidate whatever research they don't agree with......

- 73 de Mike N3LI -
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