CONCERNS OVER THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE TRANSMITTING RADIATION IN YOUR HOME. THIS RADIATION CAN DO SERIOUS DAMAGE. SO JOINING US WITH MORE IS JOE SANDRI. HE IS VP OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS AND GENERAL COUNSEL AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, JOE. WE APPRECIATE IT. SURE. GLAD TO BE HERE. OKAY. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR CULPRITS IN THIS RADIATION, THERE ARE CELL PHONES. AND WE HAVE THESE ON OUR PERSON ALL DAY. SOME OF US EVEN SLEEP IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OUR PHONE. SO WHAT'S THE MAJOR MESSAGE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DANGERS INVOLVED HERE? ONE DON'T HOLD THE PHONE TO YOUR HEAD. THE ACTUAL GUIDELINE LINES IN YOUR PHONE SAY DON'T DO THAT. TWO DON'T SLEEP WITH IT NEAR YOU AND THREE, THE TEST THAT WERE REVEALED THAT WERE, ESSENTIALLY SUPPRESSED FOR YEARS SHOW THESE ARE FCC TESTS. GOVERNMENT TESTS SHOW THAT THE FCC'S OWN GUIDELINES. IT'S OLD AND PATHETIC AS THEY ARE, WERE BEING EXCEEDED. WHEN A PHONE IS TWO MILLIMETERS FROM YOUR HEAD. WOW OKAY, SO UPDATE US ON THIS THIS SITUATION. SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS DATA HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE. IT WAS BEING SUPPRESSED. CORRECT. WE RECEIVED IT THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED A FOIA, A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST. AND WHAT'S TROUBLING IS STUDIES HAD BEEN DONE YEARS PRIOR BUT HAD NOT BEEN REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC. AND THERE HAD BEEN A SERIES OF LAWSUITS IN OTHER CASES ABOUT THESE ISSUES. AND NONE OF THIS HAD BEEN REVEALED IN THOSE SERIES OF LAWSUITS AND OTHER OTHER CASES. WOW. OKAY SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE DANGERS? I MEAN, A LOT OF US, YOU KNOW, WE HOLD THE PHONE TO RIGHT TO OUR EAR WHEN WE WERE TAKING A CALL. WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SAFETY PROTOCOL? THERE BURIED IN THE PHONES IS A NOTICE TO YOU. YOU NEVER SEE IT. BUT IF YOU GO INTO SETTINGS AND THEN GO INTO GENERAL AND YOU GO INTO LEGAL AND REGULATORY, THEN YOU GO INTO RF EXPOSURE, WHICH IS WAY, WAY DOWN IN YOUR PHONE. YOU'LL SEE A NOTICE THAT SAYS, HEY, KEEP THE PHONE ABOUT FIVE MILLIMETERS OR SO FROM YOUR BODY, OKAY? ONE, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NOT AWARE. YOU DON'T SEE IT LIKE ON A CIGARET LABEL. YOU DON'T SEE A HUGE PRINT TELLING YOU THAT. TWO YOU, THERE'S A SERIES OF STUDIES THAT SHOW BOTH BIOLOGICAL AND THERMAL DAMAGE OCCURRING TO YOU FROM THE PHONES. THESE PHONES ARE IN THE SAME, OPERATING THE SAME BANDS AS YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN. SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT'S SUPER CONCERNING. YOU MENTIONED DON'T SLEEP WITH YOUR CELL PHONE NEAR YOU. WHAT IS NEAR I MEAN, IF THERE'S 2 OR 3FT BETWEEN ME AND MY NIGHTSTAND, CAN THE PHONE BE ON THE NIGHTSTAND OR SHOULD WE LEAVE IT IN THE KITCHEN AND THEN COME UPSTAIRS TO SLEEP? IDEALLY, YOU'D LEAVE IT IN THE KITCHEN. THEY'RE THE GUIDELINES, OLD AND PATHETIC AS THEY ARE. SAY, YOU KNOW, DON'T HOLD IT TO YOUR HEAD. BUT THERE'S OTHER, STUDIES, MANY STUDIES THAT SHOW IT'S VERY BAD FOR YOU, FOR YOUR SLEEP HABITS. BOTH THE LIGHT AND THE RADIATION. AND ALSO A LOT OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION FROM CAUSED BY, YOUR SLEEP ITSELF BEING DISRUPTED BY THE ARTIFICIAL LIGHT IN ADDITION TO THE RADIATION. THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR A DOCTOR OR MEDICAL GROUP, BUT ARE WE SEEING NEGATIVE OUTCOMES IN TERMS OF CANCER AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS A RESULT OF RADIATION FROM THESE DEVICES? YET THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH PUBLISHED A STUDY SOME YEARS AGO, LINDA BIRNBAUM WAS THE HEAD OF THE NIH, UNIT THAT DID THE STUDY, DOCTOR LINDA BIRNBAUM, AND THEY SHOWED IN HUMANIZED MICE AND INCREASED LUNG CANCER. THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF OTHER STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT LOW INTENSITY, CHRONIC EXPOSURE CAN LEAD TO CHROMOSOMAL DAMAGE, AS A GERMAN STUDY RECENTLY. OKAY. SO IN JUST A FEW SECONDS, WE GOT TO LET YOU GO, JOE. BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE ONE THING AWAY, FROM YOU? THIS MORNING, WHAT WOULD IT BE? PARENTS OR JUST ANY CELL PHONE USER. KEEP IT AWAY FROM YOUR BODY. DON'T LET YOUR KIDS, HAVE IT NEAR THEM AND GO INTO YOUR PHONE STORE AND ASK FOR THE SAFEST PHONE THEY HAVE, AND THEY'LL PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU WITH ANY COMPETENCY. WHAT IS THEIR SAFEST PHONE. THE INDUSTRY SHOULD START COMPETING ON SAFETY. YEAH, YEAH, REALLY GOOD IDEA THERE. OKAY, JOE SANDRI, WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST
