Dangers from Various SAR levels on Cell Phones September 4, 2006
Posted by healthyself in .000021 W/Kg, .0004 W/Kg, .001 W/Kg, .0021 W/KG, .005 W/Kg, .0317 W/Kg, .05 W/Kg, .13 W/Kg, .14 W/Kg, .26 W/Kg, .4 W/Kg, .58 W.Kg, .6 W/Kg, .75 W/Kg, 1.2 W/Kg, 2 W/kg, 2.4 mW/Kg, 3W/Kg, Cell phone safety.3 comments
SAR | Reported Biological Effects | References |
0.000021 – .0021 W/Kg | Changes in cell cycle and cell proliferation (960 MHz GSM cell phone signal) | Kwee, 1997 |
0.0004 W/Kg | Pulsed cell phone RF caused changes in blood-brain barrier that protects brain from outside harmful chemicals and toxins (915 MHz GSM cell phone) | Salford, 1997 |
0.001 W/Kg | EEG brain waves are altered when exposed to cell phone signal at 0.1 µW/cm2 | Von KIitzing, 1995 |
0.0317 W/Kg | Decrease in eating and drinking | Ray & Behari, 1990 |
.005 to .05 W/Kg | Calcium efflux | Dutta et al, 1989 |
0.14 W/Kg | Elevation of immune response at 100 µW/cm2 | Elekes, 1996 |
0.13 – 1.4 W/Kg | Lymphoma cancer rate is 2.4 times normal with two 1/2 hour exposures per day of cell phone exposure (pulsed digital mobile phone signal 900 MHz) | Repacholi, 1997 |
0.26 W/Kg | Harmful effects to the eyes/ certain drugs can sensitize eyes to RFR | Kues, 1992 |
0.4 W/Kg | Statistically significant increase in malignant tumors at 480 µW/cm2 | Guy, 1984 |
0.58 – 0.75 W/Kg | Biological effect on the development of brain tumors at 18% of standard (836 MHz TDMA digital cell phone signal) | Adey, 1996 |
0.6 and 1.2 W/Kg | DNA single and double strand breaks from RF exposure (2450 MHz) | Lai, 1995 |
2.4 mW/Kg to 24 mW/Kg | Digital cell phone (836 TDMA) at very low intensities cause DNA effects in human cells. DNA effects are direct DNA damage and the rate at which DNA is repaired. Is equal to about 800 µW/cm2 power density | Phillips, 1998 |
2-3 W/Kg | Cancer acceleration in skin and breast tumors at 50 – 75% of standard | Szmigielski, 1982 |