* Posts by Simon Densley

3 publicly visible posts • joined 5 Jun 2007

Mobiles give you brain cancer?

Simon Densley

Look at the research before you comment

I have recently finished reviewing a huge amount of scientific research on this subject. There are hundreds of peer reviewed published studies which I been going through and study after study concludes that mobile phone radiation does affect our biology. Some show it increases headaches, others shows how it damages cellular function or DNA or causes tumours, etc. Around 56% show results that link this radiation to ill health of some sort and even some of the ones that do not find health problems specifically say that major health problems could still come to light in years to come. 80% of epidemiological studies have found an increase in ill health amongst people living near phone masts. The industry is hell bent of burying and discrediting this evidence. Many of the posts here seem to have been written by phone industry PR employees trying to offer some elaborate explanation as to why research like this would be made up or falsified whereas the people with the biggest incentive to falsify evidence is the mobile phone operators themselves. A simple arithmetic calculation shows how research funding affects the results and conclusions: In studies funded by the industry 72% show mobiles are safe and 28% show a links with ill health. In studies without industry funding 33% show mobiles are safe while 67% show links with ill health. If anything the media has shown an awful lot of pro bias towards the mobile phone industry. However this is not surprising when you consider the money they make directly from this industry in advertising revenue.

Netgear promises 3G femtocells by end of year

Simon Densley

Keep it wired

Since Wi-fi was exposed as being potentially hazardous, I’m going to be keeping everything on CAT6 cables. I already have two RG45 sockets in every room in the house and CAT6 cables running to a central switch. As far as I am concerned the health of my family is more important than taking up some technology just because it is there. I have actually done quite a bit of research into it and have seen evidence of cell phone companies covering up their own research when it showed cell phone radiation causing a huge increase in cancer. 3G is apparently even worse than Wi-Fi so as far as I am concerned, keep it wired.

Killer Wi-Fi panics London's chattering classes

Simon Densley

You're not fooling anyone

I see the WiFi and mobile phone industry stooges have been monopolising the letters page with their blinkered and ignorant mocking of the health effects of wireless. I'm just glad the rest of us aren't stupid enough to be fooled by these twerps more concerned about sales of wireless products than people’s health. Keep the independent science coming.