The following are just some excerpt's from some of the books we carry relative to cellular phone useage: -”Since the portables are designed to be operated by being placed against the side of user’s head, a large part (50%-90%) of the transmitter energy is radiated directly into that person’s brain. For communication purposes that absorbed energy is useless. But even more significant is that the absorbed energy acts within the brain to provide dangerous and damaging biological effects. One way to look at the portable cellular telephone is to visualize radio frequency energy is absorbed into the head and brain and converted to heat.”17 -”In reality, microwave ovens are designed to be much less dangerous that portable cellular telephones.”17 -”Portable cellular telephones expose operators to levels of radiation that are much higher than the levels allowed for microwave ovens, and that radiation is focused directly into the brain of each and every user.”17 -”The radio frequency radiation emitted from a portable cellular telephone is better able to heat and cook than is the energy used in a microwave oven. The energy radiating from the portable cellular telephone is deposited deeply into muscle and brain tissue more efficiently then the energy used with a microwave oven.”17 -”Enormous variations in actually absorbed energy…depend on the thickness of the subcutaneous fat layer.”17 -”At 825-45MHZ, the radiating frequency range for the portable the penetration depth into brain tissue is from 2 cm. to 3.8 cm.”17 -”More recent work by N. Kuster 3, O. Gandhi 4,5, G. Louisolo 6, L. Hombach 7, and others proves that substantial amount of the radio frequency radiation is deposited into the user’s brain and converted to heat. These researchers have reported that from 50% to more than 90% of the radio frequency energy is absorbed by the user instead of being transmitted into the atmosphere.”17 -”…The researchers estimate that 72% of the radiated energy was absorbed by and “burnt off in the brain.” Their choice of the phrase “burnt off in the brain” is very appropriate, as that is exactly what occurs. The radio frequency energy is converted to heat, and the resulting heat, when sufficient, cooks the brain cells.”17 -”The electromagnetic field exposure of a portable cellular telephone user depends on the type of antenna and its position.” 11 -”Depending on the type of antenna used, as much as 90% of the radiated energy can be absorbed within the head and brain of the user.”17 -”Most of the temperature rise associated with the energy absorption takes place in the first 60 to 90 seconds of exposure. This finding is inconsistent with the cellular telephone industry’s recommendation which suggests that if users are concerned about the effects of radiation they should make short calls to reduce the hazards of operation. From what the research data indicates, the definition of a short call would need to be much less than one minute – probably less than thirty seconds. In other words, based on these research findings and the industry’s warnings portable cellular telephones should not be used.”17 -”Particularly it is known that radio frequency energy absorption causes heating in tissue that has 3 primary effects: (1) tissue destruction and death; (2) inhibition of normal cell growth through depression of enzyme activity; (3) increase in membrane permeability.”17 -”Earlier research had confirmed the formation of cataracts due to radio frequency radiation exposure.”17 -”A health hazard is present in the event that the user places the tip of the antenna in the immediate vicinity of the eye.” 15 -”Metal-framed eyeglasses, metal implants, orthodontic braces and even metallic jewelry worn about the head will also modify the radiation absorption. The modification can result in significantly higher energy absorption at small, localized regions of the head and brain.”17 -”On August 31, 1990, an antenna technician, Keith Angstadt, was exposed to radio frequency radiation that led to color blindness and his loss of night vision.”17 -”This solid body of evidence that has been built as a research foundation during the 1950-95 time period confirms over and over again what has been established throughout the period. That is: (1) portable cellular telephones expose operators to dangerously and highly damaging levels of radio frequency energy absorption; (2) the manufacturers, service providers, government, and scientists have been aware of the hazards; and (3) The manufacturers, service providers and government have not warned the owners of portable cellular telephones.”17 -”Instead, industry and government have chosen to concentrate the arguments about safety on the nearly impossible task of proving that low-level radio frequency radiation does or does not cause cancer. By focusing attention on this type of research the industry can avoid addressing the known facts.”17 -”It only takes a very short time to destroy living brain tissue. RF energy absorbed within a fraction of a second can be enough to damage and modify the structure of brain cells and molecules. For example, a few seconds of intense exposure is enough to kill laboratory rabbits with radio frequency radiation.”17 -”For human brain tissue less than 5 mW/g is sufficient to cause a temperature rise that initiates tissue damage.”17 -”It should be understood that a cumulative effect is the accumulation of damage resulting from repeated exposures each of which is individually capable of producing some small degree of damage. In other words, a single exposure can result in covert thermal injury, but the incurred damage repairs itself within a sufficient time period, for example, hours or days, and therefore is reversible and does not advance to a noticeable permanent or semi permanent state. If a second exposure or several repetitive exposures take place at the intervals shorter than that needed for repair, damage can advance to a noticeable stage.”17 -”Recall that hot spot absorption is a term that researchers themselves have taken to describe exactly what is happening at specific locations within the brain – or any other tissue mass. That is, excess radio frequency energy is being deposited into some small region of the brain.”17 -”Which regions of the brain will be subjected to “hot spot” absorption depends on a number of factors related to head size, shape, curvature, subcutaneous fat layer thickness, internal skull structures and voids within the skull.”17 -”Equally important, “hot spots” are dependent on the type of antenna, the physical structure of the telephone and how the user holds the telephone during operation. All of these variables combine to create a complex matrix of enhancement mechanisms to provide different energy absorption “hot spots” for users. Unless the radiation elements including antenna and telephone case, are far from the head of the user “hot spots” should be expected. This information was well understood by cellular telephone manufactures during the development phase of the 1970’s. Their own publications acknowledge as much.”17 -”Consider now the same structural features of the heads of children and smaller adults. The curved area behind and above the ears is more severe, and the total width of the head is correspondingly reduced. Since “hot spots” absorption is a function of head curvature, some humans, both children and adults, are more susceptible to this type of “hot spot” formation.”17 -”Long before the introduction of cellular telephone researchers provided data that indicated that children absorb approximately 50% more radiation within their heads than do adults.” 22 -”Clearly this indicates an increased risk of “hot spot” absorption within the brains of woman and children with small children being at maximum risk of “hot spot” absorption within their brains. Keep in mind that this is an additional “hot spot” formation mechanism that may be present along with the other “hot spot” absorption described earlier.”17 -”There were no cellular telephones on the market at that time (1972-1976), but they were under development in the research labs. All of which means that this alarm raised about “hotspot” RF energy absorption related to head size and children has been known in the industry since long before the very first portable was put into the anxious hands of the very first customer.”17 -”Therefore, we would expect that operation of a portable cellular telephone in close proximity to energy-reflecting surfaces, such as automobiles or metal structures, would result in enhanced energy absorption within the head and brain of a user.” 24 -”A secondary effect is that as the signal received by the “cell site” is weakened the portable will receive coded instructions to increase its radiated power level. This provides even more radiation to be absorbed within the user’s head.”17 -”For example, a portable telephone user may initiate a call while standing on a city sidewalk with no reflecting surfaces nearby, in which case the absorbed radiation although excessive and dangerous, would not be enhanced by reflecting surfaces. Then, during that phone call a truck or bus or even an automobile may drive up and stop alongside the caller, in which case the reflection mechanism occurs and the enhancement that may occur in the presence of reflecting surfaces that cannot be seen. Examples would include the metal framing of buildings, metal office furniture, and even the reflections from steel and cast iron bathtubs.”17 -”It would be a fairly safe conclusion that the cellular telephone industry has failed to warn users about the enamel radiation absorption related to operating a portable cellular telephone (1) while in an automobile or bus (2) in or near metal-framed buildings, (3) in close proximity to metal windows screens or metal window shades (4) close to metallic office furniture, (5) near large metal objects, (6) while wearing metal-framed eye glasses, or (7) near any other type of radio frequency radiation reflecting objects.”17 -”…by 1982 the cellular telephone had developed within its research and engineering laboratories the first generation of portable telephones. At the same time, the research community had warned the manufactures that: (1) The work related to safety has not been performed; (2) the overwhelming indications are of a hazard to near-zone exposure; (3) many types of “hotspot” – generating mechanisms compound the effects of even low-level radio frequency radiation exposures; and (4) humans cannot be used for the potentially deadly DNA breaks.” 27 -”In her review (M.A. Stuckly) she also noted the U.S. EPA stated that “the data currently available on the relationship of SAR biological effects show evidence for biological effects at an SAR of about 1 W/Kg.” That is 1 mW/g.” 45 -”This admission by the EPA means that the carcinogenic effects of electromagnetic energy are valid or likely.” 29 -”The EPA, in this report, concedes that “there is a link between exposure to electromagnetic fields and certain forms of site-specific cancer, namely leukemia, CNS, and lymphoma. Of course, in the instances when the exposure is directed at the head and brain of the human subject, as it is with portable cellular telephone use, we should expect that the predominant form of cancer would be central nervous system (brain) cancer.” 29 -”Research work that complements that of Guy presented by L. Andriyenko and A. Serdyuk. They documented an increased incidence of malignant tumors in the large intestines of rats as a result of exposure to pulsed electromagnetic radiation (0.1 –2.5 m w/cm2). The experiments were performed at power density levels lower than typical for cellular telephone exposures. Yet the increase in tumor formation was observed.” 30 -”The data coming from this laboratory seem all to be indication the same conclusion – radio frequency energy emitted from portable telephones causes brain cell modifications.” 32 -”Instead the industry continues to respond with the defense that “there is no proof.” The entire world wide research community is laying the results on the table piece by piece to complete the puzzle. Yet the industry interests refuse to be moved.”17 -”If a cellular telephone operator picks up a portable and makes a call it should be with the knowledge that he will also be modifying the functioning of his brain for about the next week. Every action that occurs within that individuals life during that next week will be affected by the EEG modifications resulting from the portable cellular telephone call.” 33 & 34 -”Lai and Singh repeated the experiments and in 1996 reported again that low-level exposure to radio frequency radiation causes an increase in single and double-strand breaks in DNA” 36 “The memory deficits that have been observed in the laboratory rats have also been indicated in humans exposed to radio frequency radiation.”17 -”Cellular studies provide convincing evidence that RF radiation and other types of electric or magnetic fields can alter living systems via direct nonthermal mechanisms as well as, via heating.” 37 -”In other words, there never has been any evidence to indicate RF radiation is less harmful than x-rays or UV radiation.” 38 -”Industry researchers and industry-sponsored researchers had already consistently determined that the radio frequency radiation to which users are exposed is dangerous.” 39 -”Now we have research reports coming from the US, Sweden, India, Belgium, Croatia and Germany, with others no double to follow, which conclude that radio frequency exposure does cause DNA damage.”17 -”EPA reports: “In the past few years, there has been a marked increase in epidemiological studies reporting an association between cancer and electric and magnetic fields.”17 -”What researchers confirmed nearly 40 years ago has been only grudgingly, quietly, and reluctantly admitted to by the cellular telephone industry; radiation absorbed from portable cellular telephone antennas selectively heats specific parts of the brain of the user.”17 -”One industry manufacturer has boldly stated, in an internal industry memorandum, that the portables are completely exempted from the safety standards. 149 If the exemption were to be removed and portable cellular telephones tested for compliance, it would be found that exposures are well in excess of the safety standards levels.”17 -”That industry data clearly indicates that the cellular telephone manufactures and service providers knew, or should have known, through their own studies that exposure of humans to radio frequency radiation emitted by transmitting portable cellular telephones is dangerous and causes biological and cognitive effects. However, the cellular industry manufactures and service providers never cite this research.”17 -”…exposure to radio frequency radiation results in biological effects to humans, some of which are temporarily disabling, some of which are permanently damaging, and still others that lead to fatal disease.”17