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The WA S H I N G T O N washingtonspectator.org NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 2020 vol. 46, no. 12 issn 0887-428x SPECTATOR © 2020 The Public Concern Foundation washingtonspectator.org although very few 10-to-15-year-olds get brain tumors, that Wireless Hazards number is also increasing. He adds that “besides promoting cancer, microwave radiation makes lower-grade tumors become By Barbara Koeppel more aggressive.” Robert Kane, an electromagnetics engineer who designed and f you think your cellphone is safe, have you tested wireless devices for Motorola and other firms starting in considered why you believe that? Is it a fact or is it based the 1980s, warned of the dangers in his book Cellular Telephone: I on carefully crafted messages that you’ve read or heard? Russian Roulette (2001). Given his position inside the industry, For the past few decades, the telecom wireless industry and he was able to confirm that cellphone companies knew their its enthusiasts have heralded cellphones as the greatest achieve- products could harm and even kill, but, like the tobacco, asbes- ment of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. But as their use tos, and fossil fuel industries, they kept the news quiet. Besides soars, scientists worldwide worry about their hazards and have the increased risk of tumors, Kane also described hundreds of produced over 2,000 studies that tell a darker tale. They warn studies since the 1950s that found that low-level radiation dam- that the devices and antennas that power them expose humans aged DNA and tissues and caused loss of memory and motor and wildlife to nonionizing low-frequency electromagnetic skills, and cataracts. Kane died of a brain tumor in 2002. fields—also called cellphone, microwave, or radio-frequency The industry rejects the data. Its main trade group, the radiation. These studies indicate that when people and ani- Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, states mals are exposed, they can “wireless devices do not develop brain, thyroid gland, pose a public health risk prostate gland, acoustic for adults or children.” nerve, and breast tumors, Although it admits devices and other diseases. and cell towers emit radio- Not surprisingly, the frequency radiation, it industry argues this type of says this exposure can only radiation is safe, because it cause acute, short-term is unlike the high-frequency overheating of human ionizing radiation used in and animal tissues. But X-rays, which can directly the CTIA also insists this damage DNA. doesn’t happen, because Still, scientists say low fre- the amount of radiation quency doesn’t mean harm- AT&T video advertisment slogan for new 5G plans is minuscule. Instead, it less. For example, based on data from the U.K. Office of National argues that long-term illnesses such as cancer are a fiction of Statistics, Alasdair Philips, an engineer, scientist, and trustee of marginal alarmist researchers. Children With Cancer U.K., found that cases of brain tumors Even the $30 million, decade-long study by a National Insti- (glioblastomas) in Great Britain from 1995 to 2015 mushroomed, tutes of Health division called the National Toxicology Program, from 983 to 2,531. the results of which were released in 2018, didn’t dent industry’s Why? Philips says, “There’s adequate proof that exposure from denials. For two years, NTP scientists exposed rats to cellphone wireless devices affects cancer cells. Even if they don’t start the radio-frequency radiation and found “clear evidence of cancer in cancers, they speed up the rate at which the cancer cells multiply. the male rats’ heart cells, some evidence of increased brain glio- This is true of all the devices—cellphones, tablets, and cordless mas (brain cancer) and adrenal gland tumors, DNA damage in phones people use in their homes—since they have built-in the brains of male and female rats and mice, lower birth weights antennas that communicate with cell towers. of female rats’ offspring, and decreased sperm quality.” Ron “The exposure is quite significant because people hold their Melnick, a senior scientist (now retired) at the NTP who led the devices near their heads for hours while they stream videos design of the study, says they also found tumors in the rats’ pros- and other materials.” He warns that the exposure is particularly tate glands. The numbers were confirmed by a panel of experts. potent when the reception is poor: “At such time, the signal’s Still, the story was squashed: the press mostly ignored or dis- strength can increase by even a millionfold.” missed it. And the U.S. watchdog agencies—the Federal Com- Philips says the upsurge in tumors is mainly among those munications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration, over 50—since this age group typically has more tumors. But, Continued on page 3, WIRELESS 1 november/december 2020 The The Plot Against America machines (there still are). Discrepancies with exit WASHINGTON polls, and problems with numbers of registered SPECTATOR By Hamilton Fish voters relative to actual vote tallies were detected and reported in the responsible media after the Legal Affairs Correspondent Andrew Cohen “America’s national trauma, rooted in our history election, and in their report, a Democrat-led Digital Editor but dramatically exacerbated by the impact of cur- House Judiciary Committee inquiry confirmed the Sophia Fish Copy Editor rent events and the Trump administration’s corrupt suspected fraud. Kirsten Denker and immoral policies. Whether it manifests These kinds of questions continue to plague U.S. Contributing Writers itself in rising levels of rage and hatred, or hope- elections. 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