A Real Heat Wave

Although I am not particularly superstitious, paranormal or naive, I have for many years felt something akin to a hot "buzz" from a cellphone against my head and ear, whenever I used the thing for more than a couple of minutes. Not a directly physical kind of heat, since my cellphones stayed relatively cool to the touch, never having the chance to get hot, but a weird sensation.

I went "Haha!" yesterday when I heard a BBC item (read it here) concerning some serious work, at last, done at one of Italy's foremost research facilities, over the notable increase in the incidence of cancer, especially in children, living near the Vatican's short- and medium-wave broadcasting towers. It is worth mentioning here that the wavelengths concerned are less dangerous than those of cellphones, as the former are at lower and less penetrating frequencies, in the hundreds of KHz, and not in the microwave regions (measured in GHz).

Studies exist already, showing the effects of EMR (Electro Magnetic Radiation, which is what this was all about) but for reasons which I will let you guess, they seemingly never get into mainstream news. It would appear that humanity is content to wait another 10-20 years, before it questions whether it was a good thing to put these high-power GHz oscillators next to our kids' heads.

Now, what would you like to bet that if the Vatican was not so unpopular at this time in history -- if they were still, say... as strong as the cellular phone industry and its lobby, none of this recent research would ever have been published? It might give an insight into why the big players in the telephone industry are staying quiet, well aware that if anything ever happens, in a decade or two, their shareholders will likely not be held liable for the various problems.

Listen to your head, and your own brain's private heat sensors. Keep your cellular talk to a minimum, and don't lose your mind in the name of portability. Good old fixed-line telephone sets still work, and it's a great thing to be unreachable sometimes too.