More on Cell Phone and EMF Health Risks

For almost twenty years I have been writing about the risk of EMF and cell phone use to your health. This new study is of concern because we do know of the real impact of oxidation stress on the body.  Perhaps it is time to rethink your reliance on cell phones, tablets,and all microwave devices.

Cellphones cause oxidative stress, may up cancer risk
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 6 (UPI) — There
is considerable oxidative stress on the tissue and glands close to a
cellphone when in use and this may increase cancer risk, Israeli
researchers say.

Dr. Yaniv Hamzany of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of
Medicine and the Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department at the
Rabin Medical Center looked for clues in the saliva of cellphone users.

Since the cellphone is placed close to the salivary gland when in
use, he and fellow researchers Raphael Feinmesser, Thomas Shpitzer, Dr.
Gideon Bahar and Rafi Nagler of Tel Aviv University and Dr. Moshe Gavish
of the Technion in Haifa examined the saliva content of 20 heavy-user
patients, defined as speaking on their phones for a minimum of 8 hours a
month.

Most participants speak much more, Hamzany said, as much as 30-40
hours a month. Their salivary content was compared to that of a control
group, which consisted of deaf patients who either do not use a
cellphone or use the device exclusively for sending text messages and
other non-verbal functions.

The study, published in the journal Antioxidants and Redox Signaling,
found compared to the control group, the saliva of heavy users showed
indications of higher oxidative stress — a process that damages all
aspects of a human cell, including DNA — through the development of
toxic peroxide and free radicals — a major risk factor for cancer.

Although the study didn’t uncover a conclusive “cause and effect”
relationship between cellular phone use and cancer, the research adds to
the building evidence cellphone use might be harmful in the long term,
the researchers said.

SOURCE: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/08/06/Study-Cellphones-cause-oxidative-stress-may-up-cancer-risk/UPI-40681375764470/#ixzz2bCzYApRt