Oh god. I bought an iphone and my landline went off for two weeks. I started getting a 'numb' head and my head 'tingled' from its use. I have tried to limit it and have also started to put back in Ethernet rather than the 3 wifi routers I currently have. This might sound stupid, but what scan would you need from the hospital to detect if you have a tumour?
The first is CAT, or Cancer Assisted Tomography. They can shoot high energy cancer rays (a particular type of radiation) through your skull and measure what comes out the other side. Tumors sometimes absorb more cancer rays (also called x-rays) than other tissue, basically creating a shadow they can see. This doesn't work all that great, also the cancer rays are also millions of times more likely to cause cancer than your iphone.
The other type of scan is nuclear magnetic resonance imaging or NMRI. In NMRI, they stick your head into a big magnet. Then they take a big cell phone transmitter, point it at your brain and turn it on (i.e., sending radiation into your brain). This (combined with the magnet) basically turns your brain into a nuclear powered cell phone transmitter. Then an RF coil inside the Nuclear MRI machine picks up the calls your brain makes, and they get a picture out.
Did I use the words nuclear and radiation frequently enough to make you afraid?
Interesting article. Still, I do yoga and meditate so don't feel too stressed. I think I'd feel happier if I get myself checked out. Going to look into it though being in the UK I'll probably have to pay if I want someone to take me seriously
You should look at the studies done on electromagnetic hypersensitivity. A very small segment of the population can "hear" radio waves at certain frequencies (they experience it as a subjective tone very high up in the 15khz range, even if they can't normally hear that high up).
But most people who are placed in controlled and blinded experiments to see if they can detect EMF find that they cannot. There is no good evidence that EMF hypersensitivity is anything more than stress, and seeing a psychiatrist would be of more help to you in this scenario.
Alternatively, I hear homeopathic practitioners are still getting state funding in the UK. Why not use a fake medicine to cure a subjective problem? At least you can be sure there will be no medicinal side effects! ;)
I have an Iphone too, and it seems to be the least shielded device I've ever had (as much as I can't live without it). It is the only device I have that interferes with all my electronics within a few feet whenever it interacts with a cell tower. (I hear a buzz on all my computer speakers).
All PDA phones emit relatively high amounts of radiation.
You can find the radiation level of your phone at the link below. Enter the FCC ID that is located on your phone. The lower SAR, the better. Anything over 1.0 is relatively high and 1.6 is the maximum legal limit. I think the iPhone is around 1.0-1.1.
