Saturday, April 2, 2011

CELL PHONE RADIATION STORY-NEW YORK TIMES 3-31

New York Times, page B9, personal tech section, "Cellphone Radiation May Alter Your Brain. Let's Talk".

In 2003, I was laughed at by my colleagues for citing some research of Scandinavian source, raising the possiblity of cell phones being a source of ionzing radiation, along with my use of a weird-looking headset called blue tube (not to be confused with blue tooth).

Rebuttal: when a new idea is presented, which goes against the status-quo, and challenges people's comfort:
  • first, it is ridiculed
  • then, it's debated
  • eventually, it becomes the existing paradigm.
So, after years of ignoring the issue, a mainstream source like The Times is acknowledging this possibility.
I would like to clarify a few things in the article:

First, Dr. Mercola contends that blue tooth does not guard against radiation. Instead, he recommends the blue tube, which has a rubber tube, not unlike a physician's stethoscope, running between the phone and your ear.

Also, I would like to put out a caveat for those sleep in close proximity to their phone. I read an article somewhere (I apologize to the author for not having recall), who had a really clever idea: that is, put the phone in "vibrate" mode, on top of a china plate, on the floor. That type of sound will definitely wake you up.

health always,
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