Harmonic Planet

Conventional thinking and great PR by the Wireless Industry keep assuring the public that cell phones are safe because they don’t generate enough heat to cause a thermal effect like a microwave oven. The problem is that the danger from cell phones does not come from the voltage but rather from the data piggybacking on the RF frequency.

A cell phone signal – or any wireless signal for that matter – is made up of two components: a carrier wave and an information wave. The carrier wave oscillates at 1900 megahertz and is not recognizable at a cellular level and therefore exists in our environment undetected. But if data (be it voice, text or graphics) oscillated at the same level it too would be undetectable.

To get around this, wireless technology packets the data and transmits it on a secondary wave called an information wave that oscillates in the 20-80 hertz range, and therein lies the problem. Our human cells recognize transmissions in the hertz range but unfortunately interpret the information carrying wave as a foreign invader and with invasion comes a defense response that ends up doing harm rather than good.

Picture (as in an episode of CSI or House) a cell phone sitting in a hand. It rings. A finger pushes the TALK button and the hand and phone move up next to the ear. You are visually instantly transported inside the hand through the phone and into the brain to the cellular level.

There are numerous cells floating around in a pool of interstitial fluid; the camera focuses in on just one. The sensory receptor protein on the outside of the cell senses the information carrying wave and begins to vibrate and, like a tuning fork, the information carrying wave vibrates in harmony.

Over the next few seconds dueling banjo-like exchanges take place between the receptor and the wave until the receptor classifies the wave as stranger-danger and initiates a cellular shut down sequence. And the rest as Dr. George Carlo, leading expert on the subject, says is “simple biology.” Except in this case, due to the prolonged exposure and the abundance of wireless technology, there are major unexpected consequences.

As cell phones and other wireless data technologies proliferate so too do information carrying waves—and whenever a person comes in contact with one, this cellular shutdown occurs and lasts for as long as he/she is exposed. When the cells shut down toxins can’t get out, nutrition can’t get in, and cells can’t communicate with each other. Over time this leads to toxin and free radical build-up, genetic mutation, premature aging (and all that implies), illness and disease.

So again, picture this … it’s a typical morning in a Starbucks equipped with wireless internet; the camera pans the crowd. You see three people engaged in cell phone conversations, one sending a text message from a PDA and two surfing the net on laptops. Each device is transmitting to the antenna installed in the back of the store which is in turn is transmitting out.

At each transmission point, the signal gets an electronic push from the device to get it going. This push, like a boat being accelerated through water, creates a wake called a near-field plume. The near field plume emanates approximately five inches for every watt of power. Once the signal is moving it narrows into a beam-like transmission.

As a result of this activity, Starbucks (like the visual from the movie Matrix) is an intricate network of invisible plumes and beams. The camera now pans wide out of Starbucks and flashes before you a montage of wireless offices, schools and workplaces filled with users of cell phones, laptops, wireless networks, game stations, I-Pods, etc.

Pan out wider to see wireless communities, cities and our world blanketed with a dense fog of plumes and beams. As we work, learn, sleep and play in these environments — whether we personally use these gadgets or not — our cells are being bombarded and our cellular function is being compromised.

And most at risk are the children. Disney offers Family Plans and a Kid Starter Plan targeted to 8-12 year olds. Parents are buying cell phones with plans up to 4500 minutes per month based on assurances from studies (funded by the very industry selling the service and with results based on usage of 500 minutes per month) that are inconclusive! Folks, inconclusive does not mean safe!

The CERSA training I attended was conducted by Dr. Carlo and he concluded by saying, “We have five years to fix this or all hell will have broken loose.” I hope you will join me in getting informed and taking every measure you can to make our wireless world a safer place for yourself and everyone you care about.

(This letter was written by my friend Cathy Palochko.  I recently attended the CERSA training in Florida with Dr. Carlo.  CERSA stands for Certified Electromagnetic Radiation Safety Advisor. — Kat Tansey)