Why children absorb more microwave radiation than adults: The consequences

Author: L. Lloyd Morgana, , , Santosh Kesarib, Devra Lee Davisa
Affiliation: a Environmental Health Trust, USA b University of California, San Diego, USA
Conference/Journal: Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure
Date published: 2014 Jul 15
Other: Special Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.jmau.2014.06.005 , Word Count: 287


Computer simulation using MRI scans of children is the only possible way to determine the microwave radiation (MWR) absorbed in specific tissues in children. Children absorb more MWR than adults because their brain tissues are more absorbent, their skulls are thinner and their relative size is smaller. MWR from wireless devices has been declared a possible human carcinogen. Children are at greater risk than adults when exposed to any carcinogen. Because the average latency time between first exposure and diagnosis of a tumor can be decades, tumors induced in children may not be diagnosed until well into adulthood. The fetus is particularly vulnerable to MWR. MWR exposure can result in degeneration of the protective myelin sheath that surrounds brain neurons. MWR-emitting toys are being sold for use by young infants and toddlers. Digital dementia has been reported in school age children. A case study has shown when cellphones are placed in teenage girls’ bras multiple primary breast cancer develop beneath where the phones are placed. MWR exposure limits have remained unchanged for 19 years. All manufacturers of smartphones have warnings which describe the minimum distance at which phone must be kept away from users in order to not exceed the present legal limits for exposure to MWR. The exposure limit for laptop computers and tablets is set when devices are tested 20 cm away from the body. Belgium, France, India and other technologically sophisticated governments are passing laws and/or issuing warnings about children's use of wireless devices.

Abbreviations
MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; MWR, microwave radiation; CNS, central nervous system; FDTD, finite-difference, time-domain; GBM, glioblastoma multiforme (also called glioblastoma); cm, centimeter
Keywords
Tumors; Myelin; Carcinogen; Fetus; Children; Latency

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