Radiation Science /radiationsciencecom Radiation Science News- Radiation Science Information Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:43:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Cops’ radar guns emit 36 GHz frequency radiation that causes testicular cancer – who knew? /radiationsciencecom/2017-01-09-cops-radar-guns-emit-36-ghz-frequency-radiation-that-causes-testicular-cancer-who-knew.html /radiationsciencecom/2017-01-09-cops-radar-guns-emit-36-ghz-frequency-radiation-that-causes-testicular-cancer-who-knew.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/radiationsciencecom/2017-01-09-cops-radar-guns-emit-36-ghz-frequency-radiation-that-causes-testicular-cancer-who-knew.html Six police officers found out the hard way that hand-held radar guns, kept in their lap while not pointing them at cars, cause testicular cancer over time. A study revealed that six incident cases of testicular cancer developed between 1979 and 1991 for officers who all routinely held their radar devices in close proximity to their testes–thus proving their only “shared risk” factor for health hazards warranting the condition. One Norfolk, Virginia traffic cop said he worked with radar for 12 years, but since he quit using the radar gun, his cancer is in remission.

Irradiation of localized tissues increases risk for leukemia and brain or testicular cancer

Traffic radar guns emit microwave radiation at frequencies between 10.5 GHz and 36 GHz, with enough intensity to enhance tumor growth by several different means. The radiation is capable of disrupting immune function and enhancing the absorption of carcinogenic substances into cells, so although the radar gun itself may not be directly causing cancer, the microwave radiation is indirectly modifying gene expression and increasing cell proliferation rates, according to scientific research, thus leading to increased risk of cancer. Police officers who rest their active radar guns against their chest, next to their head, or in their lap are irradiating localized tissues.

“Radar guns can affect the health if they are not used properly,” says Johnny Mercer, a motorcycle cop who taught police radar for years, and who says that keeping the gun next to the body for long periods of time increases the risk of cancer, like smokers who get lung cancer after years of tugging back on cigarettes. Mercer also compared the radar gun’s radiation emissions to that of microwave ovens, which have been revealed to adversely affect human blood, heart rate, and heart rate variations when people stand within 3 feet of a running “nuker.”

Hampton, Virginia police prefer to set their radar guns in a bracket attached to the dashboard and are no longer allowed to keep the gun across their lap due to its “devastating effects on health, according to the police Chief there. The Virginia State Police troopers mount their guns outside the car, and they too have been instructed by the Norfolk and Virginia Beach police officials to limit their contact with radiation-emitting radar guns.

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health warns of radar gun dangers

Officials at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health are advising police departments to have regular check ups of their radar guns for radiation leakage, and they have advised the cops to mount the units on the outside of patrol cars whenever they can. The guns have been declared unsafe by one radar manufacturing company based out of Kansas called Kustom Signals, Inc.

Of course, the US government and the military downplayed the dangers of the radar guns saying that there was “no problem,” and academic groups said that research was “incomplete” but that the police should “use caution.” That doesn’t change the fact that several police officers are being injured and some are dying who kept the guns in their laps for years. In fact, out of 340 officers, the six cases of testicular cancer all came from officers who said they kept the guns near their family jewels.

For all those concerned now about microwave ovens, in comparison to radar guns, typical kitchen “nukers” produce an average of 2.4 GHz, less than 1/12th that of some radar guns, yet are still capable of causing immediate and drastic changes to the human heart from just three feet away, and with the door closed. According to Dr. Magda Havas of Trent University, people exposed to radiation for just three minutes at 2.4-GHz can experience severe reactions in heart rate changes and altered heart rate variations, indicating an alarm response to stress, also called electrohypersensitivity (EHS) or rapid aging syndrome. This has been studied for decades, as opposed to the police radar guns that are just beginning to “sound the alarms” about cancer (pardon the pun).

Maybe the police need to also get their doctors to check them for heart palpitations, clumping of red blood cells and fluctuations of the parasympathetic nervous system – typical symptoms of radiation exposure from microwave ovens, and not just the radar guns.

 

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NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov

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Microwave ovens ‘fluke’ your heart while they ‘nuke’ your food – alarming studies reveal microwave frequency radiation can affect heart and blood /radiationsciencecom/2016-12-22-microwave-ovens-fluke-your-heart-while-they-nuke-your-food-alarming-studies-reveal-microwave-frequency-radiation-can-affect-heart-rate-and-damage-blood.html /radiationsciencecom/2016-12-22-microwave-ovens-fluke-your-heart-while-they-nuke-your-food-alarming-studies-reveal-microwave-frequency-radiation-can-affect-heart-rate-and-damage-blood.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/radiationsciencecom/2016-12-22-microwave-ovens-fluke-your-heart-while-they-nuke-your-food-alarming-studies-reveal-microwave-frequency-radiation-can-affect-heart-rate-and-damage-blood.html Many health conscious consumers rarely, if ever, microwave their food anymore, but when they do, they probably do not realize that they’re not just destroying the nutritional value of the food, but the “nuker” is negatively impacting their hearts.

The typical microwave frequency radiation coming from “nukers” seen in the average American kitchen is more than enough to screw with your heart rate and your heart rate variability. In fact, just 2.4 GHz, the average frequency produced by microwave ovens (and WiFi routers, by the way) can cause immediate and drastic changes to the human heart.

According to Dr. Magda Havas of Trent University, people exposed to radiation for just three minutes at 2.4-GHz can experience severe reactions in heart rate changes and altered heart rate variations, indicating an alarm response to stress, also called electrohypersensitivity (EHS) or rapid aging syndrome. This has been studied for decades. The response includes heart palpitations, clumping of red blood cells and fluctuations of the parasympathetic nervous system typical of a “fight-or-flight” response.

Dr. Havas also revealed that microwave ovens can lead to blood sugar spikes connected with diabetes. This usually happens when people stand within three feet of the oven while it’s running, like when anxious eaters park themselves directly in front of the microwave oven while waiting for those last few seconds to finish “nuking” their food or beverage.

Unequivocal evidence that microwave frequency radiation affects human heart

For years, bogus research and microwave oven fanatics have claimed that microwave ovens do not produce any immediate biological effects because the ordinary household level is far below federal guidelines. Most of those studies were conducted prior to the new millennium, but now environmental radiation is coming at us from multiple sources, including electromagnetic devices, laptops, WiFi and mobile phones.

Dr. Havas documented his peer-reviewed study and stated the following:

“This is the first study that documents immediate and dramatic changes in both heart rate and heart rate variability caused by an approved device that generates microwaves at levels well below (0.3 percent) federal guidelines in both Canada and the United States.”

Microwave sickness or the ‘microwave effect’ dates back to WWII

Microwave ovens are a form of electromagnetic radiation dating back to radar used during WWII. Microwave ovens emit radiation from high and low energy, and have a wavelength around 5 inches. These waves are generated by a magnetron (derived from magnet and electron), the same function that enabled airborne radar used during the second world war; that’s why microwave ovens were first called radar ranges. “Nukers” emit at 2,450 megaHertz (MHz), equivalent to 2.4 gigaHertz (GHz), causing dielectric heating, meaning the water molecules in the food vibrate violently at extremely high frequencies (millions of times per second), creating molecular friction, destroying nutrients and affecting the heart rate and variability of any person that stands near the oven. This is why it’s extremely dangerous to cook meat, because the blood is affected also, like the molecules in the water in food. Structures of those molecules are ripped apart and forcefully deformed. Some people call it “electric whiplash.”

In fact, microwaves are used in the field of gene altering to weaken cell membranes and to break cells apart. Those damaged cells in humans become targets for viruses, also known as the “microwave effect” or “microwave sickness.” Human tissues can experience the same violent deformations as your food that’s nuked.

Do you use a microwave oven often and also happen to experience unexplained headaches, nervousness, anxiety, dizziness, vertigo, impaired cognition, depression, nausea after eating, vision problems, tooth and jaw aching, or extreme and constant thirst? These are the “geno-toxic” effects of damaging your tissues and interfering with normal heart and brain activity.

The Nazis invented the first microwave cooking device

The Nazis created a device to provide mobile food support for their troops when they invaded the Soviet Union. It was all experimental. Then the Russians and the U.S. researched the “safety” of these devices after the war. The Russians later banned the ovens when they figured out how dangerous they were, but not the USA! The FDA approves nearly everything that makes Americans sick, because Big Pharma is there to “rescue” us with expensive drugs, heart surgery, pacemakers and chemotherapy. Go figure.

Highly-cited Swiss clinical study by Hans Hertel reveals destructive effects of microwave ovens on human blood

One of the first food scientists to study the effects of microwaves on the blood and physiology of human beings was Dr. Hans Ulrich Hertel, who along with his biochemistry expert partners, concluded that microwaves resulted in negative health effects, including increased cholesterol levels, decreased numbers of red blood cells, decreased hemoglobin levels (indicating possible anemia) and decreased numbers of leukocytes (white blood cells).

Bottom line? There’s much more to worry about than just the loss of nutrition when “nuking” your food. You may also be “nuking” your blood, damaging your brain and disturbing your heart rate. Easy solution? Use your toaster oven and wait the extra couple of minutes for your food to heat. It’s worth your health and sanity.

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Radiation defense breakthrough announced by Health Ranger; affiliate sign-ups now open, product launch imminent /radiationsciencecom/2016-12-08-radiation-defense-breakthrough-announced-by-health-ranger-affiliate-sign-ups-now-open-product-launch-imminent.html /radiationsciencecom/2016-12-08-radiation-defense-breakthrough-announced-by-health-ranger-affiliate-sign-ups-now-open-product-launch-imminent.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/radiationsciencecom/2016-12-08-radiation-defense-breakthrough-announced-by-health-ranger-affiliate-sign-ups-now-open-product-launch-imminent.html If you’ve read Natural News for very long, you already know we don’t joke around about making history with industry-shaking breakthroughs and discoveries. (See some of our scientific findings published at Labs.NaturalNews.com for examples.) Today I’m announcing one of the most innovative breakthroughs in the history of nutritional supplements, and we are opening our affiliate program to a limited number of affiliates who want to share the good news about these supplements while earning a generous commission for helping protect lives.

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New petition to Obama calls attention to harmful wireless radiation that causes DNA breakage /radiationsciencecom/2016-12-02-new-petition-to-obama-calls-attention-to-harmful-wireless-radiation-that-causes-dna-breakage.html /radiationsciencecom/2016-12-02-new-petition-to-obama-calls-attention-to-harmful-wireless-radiation-that-causes-dna-breakage.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/radiationsciencecom/2016-12-02-new-petition-to-obama-calls-attention-to-harmful-wireless-radiation-that-causes-dna-breakage.html A petition has been launched at Whitehouse.gov asking the lame-duck Obama administration to raise awareness of serious risk of cancer from radiation emitted by wireless technology via cellphones, Wi-Fi connections in the home, schools and public places, microwaves, smart meters and all “Internet of Things” appliances because they are likely damaging our human DNA in ways that predispose us to terrible diseases.

The petition states that the Cancer Moonshot Task Force should publicize the findings of the U.S. National Toxicology Program that regular exposure to RF radiation such as that which occurs during use of cellphones, tablets and other wireless devices cause cancer and double-stranded DNA breaks, Natural Blaze noted.

The program’s report noted:

The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) has carried out extensive rodent toxicology and carcinogenesis studies of radiofrequency radiation (RFR) at frequencies and modulations used in the U.S. telecommunications industry. This report presents partial findings from these studies. The occurrences of two tumor types in male Harlan Sprague Dawley rats exposed to RFR, malignant gliomas in the brain and schwannomas of the heart, were considered of particular interest and are the subject of this report.

The report includes the results of the world’s largest, most well-designed study of its kind, at a cost of about $25 million. Researchers found increased occurrence of rare brain tumors – gliomas – in both male and female rats explosed to RFR. The release of information thus far is considered “partial” because not all of the results are in yet. Scientists expect to have them all sometime next year.

Because of the study’s results, the U.S. National Toxicology Program is recommending that federal regulations be implemented requiring guidelines for lower electromagnetic field exposure.

The petition would need to garner 100,000 signatures by Dec. 20, in order to solicit a response from the White House.

As early as 2013 we reported that cellphone radiation may be causing increased incidents of brain cancer in children. According to researchers in New Zealand, the more children use cellphones when they are young, the bigger the chance they will develop deadly brain tumors by the time they reach their teenage years. What was even more alarming is that researchers found that more than 90 percent of kids who participated in the study – with an average age of 12 – were heavy cellphone users.

In 2014, Natural News reported that cellphone radiation could be causing health problems. Researchers from the University of Exeter in the UK found a small but consistent drop in sperm quality in men who stored their cellphones in their pants pocket. They believed that their findings may have helped explain, in part, a global drop in sperm count due to RFR emitted by cellphones.

“Studies indicate that approximately 14% of couples in industrialized countries experience difficulty conceiving. Male infertility is believed to be responsible in approximately 40% of cases,” we reported, citing the study.

In January Natural News founder/editor Mike Adams reported on a fascinating new study that found cellphone RFR can accelerate the release of toxic mercury from dental fillings. The Pakistani study found that MRI and microwave radiation emitted from cellphones can “significantly” cause a release of mercury from dental amalgam restoration, meaning that the more you hold a cellphone to your jaw, you drive electromagnetic energy into any mercury fillings in your mouth, heating them up just enough to boost their release of poisonous mercury.

“It is well known that metallic dental fillings respond to electromagnetic radiation. This is due to the laws of physics that describe how metals are influenced by the kind of electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones,” Adams wrote.

As the Internet of Things continues to grow unabated, the more at risk humans will be of developing brain cancers that may be rare now but which will become much more common.

Sources:

NaturalBlaze.com

Biorxiv.org

EMFScientist.org

NaturalNews.com

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Dusty with a Chance of Radiation: Mars Weather Forecasting Will Be Critical /radiationsciencecom/2016-10-27-dusty-with-a-chance-of-radiation-mars-weather-forecasting-will-be-critical.html /radiationsciencecom/2016-10-27-dusty-with-a-chance-of-radiation-mars-weather-forecasting-will-be-critical.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/radiationsciencecom/2016-10-27-dusty-with-a-chance-of-radiation-mars-weather-forecasting-will-be-critical.html Weather on Earth is often a hazard for travelers; after all, snowstorms, hurricanes, floods and other events can make it dangerous to drive or fly. Space travelers have a similar problem when dealing with space weather.

Article by Calla Cofield

As NASA plans to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, work is underway to study how the space weather environment will impact their journey. Explosive “storms” that erupt from the surface of the sun regularly create showers of harmful radiation. Part of NASA’s plan for a trip to the Red Planet will have to include space weather forecasting, monitoring and safety measures.

Forecasting space weather is also beneficial to people on Earth, especially as humans become more and more dependent on satellites for things like GPS and telecommunications. During a public event hosted at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., yesterday (Oct. 25), scientists discussed current efforts to help all Earthlings cope with space weather events. [Sun In 3D Presented By NASA’s STEREO Mission | Video]

Space weather, also known as solar weather, refers to the light, energy and particles that stream off of the sun. The so-called solar wind is a constant stream of particles that stretches all the way beyond Pluto, creating an envelope around the solar system. The sun also releases sporadic, intense bursts of light (solar flares) and eruptions of charged particles (coronal mass ejections, or CMEs). When these particles strike Earth’s magnetic field, they can create the natural light show known as the auroras.

The particles released by the sun are a type of radiation, and can cause physical harm to humans. People on Earth are protected by Earth’s atmosphereand its magnetic field, but without proper shielding, astronauts are exposed to these harsh weather events.

Scientists are interested in finding out exactly how much radiation astronauts will be exposed to during a trip to the Red Planet and once they get there, John Grunsfeld, a former astronaut who now serves as associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said at the event. (Mars doesn’t have a magnetic field that protects it from space radiation, and its atmosphere is much thinner than Earth’s.) Specific questions need to be answered about when astronauts are most vulnerable to space radiation, how that dose will affect the human body over long periods of time, and how to mitigate the health risks of space radiation, he said. (Some of those questions were answered by the rovers that NASA has sent to Mars.)

On most days, astronauts in space receive a steady dose of radiation from the solar weather and from radiation coming from outside the solar system. The International Space Station is equipped with shielding to keep that dose as low as possible, but astronauts are more vulnerable during spacewalks, when they are protected only by their suits.

Solar flares and CMEs from the sun could deliver potentially devastating doses of radiation to space travelers. Sections of the space station have additional radiation shielding to protect occupants during these solar events. According to Grunsfeld, a solar storm peppered the lunar surface with a radiation shower between the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions to the moon in the early 1970s. If astronauts had been on the moon at the time, they might have received a radiation dose high enough to require immediate medical attention, he said. Humans traveling to Mars will have to deal with these threats as well.

“We have a plan that looks at all of the risks of going to Mars, and a big part of it is environmental modeling, monitoring and prediction of solar flares and solar events,” Grunsfeld said. “It’s not quite as advanced as terrestrial weather [monitoring] now, where we can see a hurricane and try to predict its path and see where it will go. The sun is much more complicated, so there’s a lot of knowledge that we still need to gain.”

That knowledge is coming from many different places. NASA has a fleet of satellites studying the sun, including the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), which has been in operation for 10 years. STEREO consists of two satellites that orbit on opposite sides of the sun, which essentially provides the satellites with depth perception, and the ability to determine where solar eruptions are coming from and where they are heading. STEREO can let people on Earth know when a CME or solar flare is headed their way.

Space weather monitoring can also deeply impact people on Earth. CMEs can damage satellites in orbit, including those used for GPS and communications. Very powerful CMEs can even cause surges in power grids on the ground.

It can take a CME many hours or days to reach Earth, so it is possible for satellites to go into “safe mode” during these events. This safe mode protects them from damage, as long as a warning system is in place.

Just as local weather forecasts can alert people to hazards that may affect their day, solar weather forecasts and announcements could become increasingly relevant to people on the ground as well as people in space, according to Tamitha Skov, a research scientist for The Aerospace Corporation. Skov, who spoke at the event, is also a “space weather broadcaster” who creates videos that provide a picture of current space weather.

Currently, the Curiosity Mars rover goes into safe mode when a large burst of radiation is headed toward the Red Planet. In the future, these types of broadcasts would warn astronauts on Mars to seek shelter from solar storms, Skov said.

Back on Earth, the forecasts could be just as valuable. In 1986, a massive solar storm hit the Earth and caused a power outage for 6 million people for 9 hours. In addition, Skov said, there were major problems for satellites, leading to the loss of weather satellite images for hours and a shutdown of the Toronto stock market. The Space Shuttle Discovery’s fuel sensor also failed, Skov said.

Storms that size come around only every 25 to 50 years, Skov said, but smaller storms can still have big impacts. And the space business is growing — there are companies that want to offer trips to space for members of the general public, and companies that are using GPS and communications satellites for new technologies such as delivery drones and self-driving cars, Skov said. It appears the need for space weather forecasting is only growing.

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Fukushima Cows Find New Purpose in Radiation Study /radiationsciencecom/2016-09-27-fukushima-cows-find-new-purpose-in-radiation-study.html /radiationsciencecom/2016-09-27-fukushima-cows-find-new-purpose-in-radiation-study.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/radiationsciencecom/2016-09-27-fukushima-cows-find-new-purpose-in-radiation-study.html In an abandoned Japanese village, cows grazing in lush green plains begin to gather when they hear the familiar rumble of the ranch owner’s mini-pickup. This isn’t feeding time, though.

Article by The Associated Press

Instead, the animals are about to be measured for how they’re affected by living in radiation — radioactivity that is 15 times the safe benchmark. For these cows’ pasture sits near Fukushima, a name now synonymous with nuclear disaster.

The area was once a haven for agriculture with more than 3,500 cattle and other livestock. Ranchers who refused a government order to kill their cows continue to feed and tend about 200 of them. The herds won’t be used as food; now science is their mission.

Researchers visit every three months to test livestock living within a 20-kilometre radius of the Fukushima plant, where three reactors had core meltdowns after the facility was swamped by a tsunami in 2011. It is the first-ever study of the impact on large mammals of extended exposure to low-level radiation.

The ranchers are breeders, as opposed to those raising cattle to sell for beef, and tend to be attached to their animals. They treat them almost as if they were children, even giving them names. The research gives them a reason to keep their beloved cows alive, and to hope that someday ranching might safely return here.

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Cows stand at Komaru Ranch in Namie town, 12 kilometres north of Japan’s crippled Fukushim nuclear power plant. Ranchers who refused a government order to kill their cows continue to feed and tend about 200 of them as part of a study by researchers who formed the nonprofit Society for Animal Refugee & Environment post Nuclear Disaster. (The Associated Press)

Under a drizzling rain, doctors and volunteers wearing blue Tyvek protective suits draw the cows into a handmade pen of aluminum pipes. Five to six cows line up in the cage and are tied with a rope around their head and through their nose ring for solid support, so they won’t be hurt when the needle draws blood from their neck.

The gentle beasts moo from discomfort. The doctors work swiftly, drawing blood, collecting urine and checking for lumps or swollen lymph nodes. The check-up takes five minutes or less per cow.

Giving ranchers hope

Namie, 11 kilometres northwest of the plant, is a ghost town with no prospect of being habitable for years. But 57-year-old Fumikazu Watanabe comes every day to a ranch to feed 30 to 40 cows owned by seven farmers.

“What is the meaning of slaughtering the cows?” Watanabe said at a worn-out barn where healthy cows used to spend the night tending to their calves. The bones of animals that have died litter the ground outside.

“Keeping the cows alive for research purposes means that we can pass on the study to our next generation instead of simply leaving a negative legacy,” he said.

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A cow is examined by members of the Society for Animal Refugee & Environment post Nuclear Disaster at Komaru Ranch in Namie, Japan. (Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press)

The research team, made up of veterinary and radiation experts from Iwate University, Tokai University and Kitasato University, was established a year after the meltdowns. They formed a nonprofit group called Society for Animal Refugee & Environment post Nuclear Disaster. Members volunteer to take the blood and urine samples and test them.

In 2012, the Japanese government ordered all livestock in the restricted area killed for fear that the breeding cows would continue to reproduce, and that cows exposed to radiation would have no sale value.

Keiji Okada, associate professor of veterinary medicine and agriculture at Iwate University, said the government considered it pointless to study the animals, since it couldn’t determine how much radiation they were exposed to immediately after the disaster.

Okada disagrees. He said the data will help researchers learn whether farmers can eventually work in affected zones.

“There are no precedent studies of animals being exposed to low-dose radiation, and we have no idea what results we are going to get,” he said. “That is exactly why it needs to be monitored.”

Is radiation killing the cows?

So far, the animals’ internal organs and reproductive functions have shown no significant abnormality particularly linked to radiation exposure, Okada said, but it’s too early to draw conclusions about thyroid cancer and leukemia.

Radiation could cause leukemia, but so could mosquitoes, which have infected cattle around the world with bovine leukemia virus.

“Even if we detect leukemia in the cows, we don’t know whether it’s caused by radiation or if it’s a bovine leukemia from a virus,” Okada said. “It is this year’s objective to be able to differentiate the two.”

Many cows have died during the study period, but food shortages have played a role, making it all the more difficult the doctors to determine causes. The dead cows are dissected and the radiation dosage in their organs is measured.

Is radiation killing the cows, or making them sick? Okada said the research team is working toward reaching a conclusion by March. The team worries that the study results could spark overly broad fears that the region will no longer be habitable or fit for agriculture.

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Reseachers visit every three months to test the livestock living within a 20-kilometre radius of the Fukushima plant, where three reactors had core meltdowns after it was swamped by a tsunami in 2011 (Shizuo Kambayashi/Associated Press)

Ultimately, Okada said, the team believes that further monitoring of the animals will show under what conditions it is safe to raise livestock exposed to low-level radiation, and how best to deal with such a leak should it happen again.

Yukio Yamamoto, owner of the large Yamamoto Ranch surrounded by a mountain, a river and a vast plain, travels three hours roundtrip from his temporary home to feed his remaining cows.

Yamamoto initially followed government orders to kill his cattle. He watched a mother cow being killed while a calf was still suckling on its milk, and then the calf following that.

“The cows are my family. How do I dare kill them?” Yamamoto said. “If there is a God, I’m sure some day we would be rewarded for the sacrifice we are making.”

He hopes one day to see his barn come to life again, filled with a hundred cows and calves cared for by his children and grandchildren.

Read more at: cbc.ca

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EMF Radiation: How to Protect Your Children /radiationsciencecom/2016-08-09-emf-radiation-how-to-protect-your-children.html /radiationsciencecom/2016-08-09-emf-radiation-how-to-protect-your-children.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/radiationsciencecom/2016-08-09-emf-radiation-how-to-protect-your-children.html In many ways, tablets, cellphones and other electronic devices are a parent’s best friend. These items can help keep children entertained and out of trouble but the truth is that they really aren’t that safe.

If a device is connected to a WiFi network, that means it is emitting harmful electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation. In fact, one of the most dangerous aspects about laptop use is the associated EMF emission. All computers emit EMFs on varying frequencies and it is widely accepted that the radiation exposure is fairly low-level. However, research conducted in recent years has revealed that even low-level exposures still have the potential to cause serious harm.

Laptops, tablets, cellphones and the like are used in close proximity to the body, meaning that even low-levels of EMF radiation still have the potential to create quite the impact. Due to the way these products are generally used, they are also exceptionally dangerous. EMF radiation may seem like it really can’t be that harmful, but it is linked to numerous health conditions and diseases. For example, EMF radiation can cause cancer, brain tumors, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and multiple sclerosis — and that is just the short list. In May of 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement that classified WiFi radiation-type exposure as a potential Class 2B carcinogen.

Dr. Magda Havas, Professor of Environmental & Resource Studies at Trent University in Canada, is a top researcher in the field of EMF radiation and its effects. She has found that WiFi routers can also cause cancer and that there are many other symptoms of exposure to this type of radiation such as cognitive disorders and mood disorders. Dr. Mercola also reports that exposure to EMFs from cellphones and WiFi is making people sick, whether people realize it or not. Headaches, fatigue, insomnia and other aches and pains are some of the more common symptoms that people experience but do not tend to associate with exposure to radiation.

A warning from the Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering & Technology suggests that computer laptops and other such devices should be kept at least 20 centimeters, or about 8 inches, away from the body while in use. Many studies have also indicated that children are particularly susceptible to the harmful effects of EMF exposure. Here are a few tips on keeping your children safe while using their electronics:

  • Use a laptop that is hardwired into the internet via an Ethernet cable, preferably instead of a tablet
  • Laptops, tablets and other devices should be used on desks or tables, not on laps
  • Limit computer/tablet time to specific times of day
  • Some studies indicate computer use is more harmful at night. Avoid computer use for two hours before bedtime.
  • Implement safe search functions and consider installing parental control software
  • Limit cellphone use and do not allow young children to use them often, if at all.

 

Sources:

TheTruthAboutCancer.com

Mercola.com

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Cancer industry: Chemotherapy and radiation treatments are our moneymaking machines /radiationsciencecom/2016-08-01-cancer-industry-chemotherapy-and-radiation-treatments-are-our-moneymaking-machines.html /radiationsciencecom/2016-08-01-cancer-industry-chemotherapy-and-radiation-treatments-are-our-moneymaking-machines.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/radiationsciencecom/2016-08-01-cancer-industry-chemotherapy-and-radiation-treatments-are-our-moneymaking-machines.html Studies show that one in five new cancer cases in the United States involve someone who has had the disease before. Moreover, research has further shown that second cancers, which do not include recurrent cancers, but are completely new types of cancer, have increased 300 percent since the 1970s. First-time cancers have also spiked, increasing 70 percent in the same time frame.

In response to this spike in cancer occurrences, the world of Western medicine has feigned ignorance, claiming that the real reason behind the rising global cancer epidemic remains elusive.

While genetics could be a factor, other influences, such as the food you eat, the water you drink, the air you breathe, the vaccines you inject and even the kind of medical treatment you receive could all contribute to cancer risk. Furthermore, emerging research continues to show that pesticides, heavy metals and hormone mimickers such as BPA and BPS, as well as other environmental contaminants, greatly influence the risk of developing cancer.

Are Big Pharma-induced cancer treatments causing more cancer?

A document by the American Cancer Society (ACS) titled “Second Cancers in Adults” admits that second cancers may be caused by cancer treatment.

“Radiation therapy was recognized as a potential cause of cancer many years ago,” according to the ACS, which also admits that most types of leukemia, including acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), can all be caused by radiation.

Most cancers caused by radiation therapy develop within just a few years of being irradiated, with the disease peaking at five to nine years following exposure. Similarly, chemotherapy drugs have also been linked to different kinds of second cancers, with the most common being myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and AML; ALL has also been linked to these cancer drugs.

Aside from radiation and chemotherapy, other causes include toxins present in tobacco smoke and high levels of industrial-type chemicals such as benzene, synthetic fibers, rubber lubricants, resins, dyes, detergents, drugs and pesticides.

About 13,000 people are diagnosed with MDS each year. Nearly another 20,000 people are diagnosed annually with AML,while approximately 6,000 people are diagnosed with ALL.

This means that at least 40,000 cancer occurrences may be directly attributed to so-called cancer cures. Given that the cancer industry wants nothing more than to generate more funds for their lucrative business, no well-informed individual would want to go through such potentially fatal treatments. Would you?

Sources used:

NaturalNews.com

Fortune.com

Cancer.org

Leukaemia.org.au

DHS.Wisconsin.gov

Cancer.org

GCMAF.TimSmithMD.com

GCMAF.TimSmithMD.com

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Your smart meter is emitting cancer-causing radiation /radiationsciencecom/2016-07-28-your-smart-meter-is-emitting-cancer-causing-radiation.html /radiationsciencecom/2016-07-28-your-smart-meter-is-emitting-cancer-causing-radiation.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/radiationsciencecom/2016-07-28-your-smart-meter-is-emitting-cancer-causing-radiation.html Smart meters are all the rage these days. Utilities like to say that these devices will help to reduce your bills and are more efficient than their analog predecessors, but is the cancer-causing radiation they emit really worth it?

Concerns over the electro-magnetic radiation that is produced by smart meters has continued to grow, despite assurances from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that the broadcasting frequencies emitted by smart meters are totally safe for humans. Of course these claims are rather befuddling, given that in May of 2011, the WHO officially recognized that wireless radiation such as what is emitted by smart meters is potentially carcinogenic.

So, smart meters are totally safe, except for the part where they cause cancer.

Many independent studies have shown that smart meters are associated with the onset of many other health problems, in addition to cancer. People who are consistently exposed to smart meters in their living spaces have reported insomnia, headaches, neuropathy, sinus issues, thyroid problems, hyperactivity and other illnesses that developed after their smart meter was installed.

Waking Times reports, “Smart meters emit high-frequency RF radiation 24/7, from 250mWatts to 2.0Watts. At times, the radiation from a smart meter can be up to 160 times the radiation of a cell phone.” They also go on to note that unlike other devices, you can’t control your smart meter. You can at least choose to turn off your cellphone or your tablet.

Many aspects of modern medicine and technology also increase susceptibility to electro-magnetic radiation. Dental amalgams and heavy metals in our food supply turn our bodies into veritable antennae for radiation! By attracting more electro-magnetic radiation, a person’s body will inherently experience more negative effects and become more susceptible to illness or other side effects.

And as if contributing to the onset of debilitating conditions wasn’t bad enough, lets not forget about the massive invasion of personal privacy that smart meters also come with. Smart meters allow your utility company to know when you wash your clothes and cook dinner. These devices record all your daily activities — not just your energy consumption.

Protect your body and your privacy by saying “no” to smart meters.

 

Sources:

NaturalNews.com

WakingTimes.com

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