Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.

Before its announcement Tuesday, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health effects had been established.

A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."

What that means is they found some evidence of increase in glioma and acoustic neuroma brain cancer for mobile phone users, but have not been able to draw conclusions for other types of cancers

"The biggest problem we have is that we know most environmental factors take several decades of exposure before we really see the consequences," said Dr. Keith Black, chairman of neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

The type of radiation coming out of a cell phone is called non-ionizing. It is not like an X-ray, but more like a very low-powered microwave oven.

"What microwave radiation does in most simplistic terms is similar to what happens to food in microwaves, essentially cooking the brain," Black said. "So in addition to leading to a development of cancer and tumors, there could be a whole host of other effects like cognitive memory function, since the memory temporal lobes are where we hold our cell phones."

Wireless industry responded to Tuesday's announcement saying it "does not mean cell phones cause cancer." CTIA-The Wireless Association added that WHO researchers "did not conduct any new research, but rather reviewed published studies."

The European Environmental Agency has pushed for more studies, saying cell phones could be as big a public health risk as smoking, asbestos and leaded gasoline. The head of a prominent cancer-research institute at the University of Pittsburgh sent a memo to all employees urging them to limit cell phone use because of a possible risk of cancer.

"When you look at cancer development -- particularly brain cancer -- it takes a long time to develop. I think it is a good idea to give the public some sort of warning that long-term exposure to radiation from your cell phone could possibly cause cancer," said Dr. Henry Lai, research professor in bioengineering at University of Washington who has studied radiation for more than 30 years.

Results from the largest international study on cell phones and cancer was released in 2010. It showed participants in the study who used a cell phone for 10 years or more had doubled the rate of brain glioma, a type of tumor. To date, there have been no long-term studies on the effects of cell phone usage among children.

"Children's skulls and scalps are thinner. So the radiation can penetrate deeper into the brain of children and young adults. Their cells are at a dividing faster rate, so the impact of radiation can be much larger." said Black of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

In February, a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, revealed radiation emitted after just 50 minutes on a mobile phone increases the activity in brain cells. The effects of brain activity being artificially stimulated are still unknown.

Neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta says Tuesday's announcement, "dealt a blow to those who have long said, 'There is no possible mechanism for cell phones to cause cancer.' By classifying cell phones as a possible carcinogen, they also seem to be tacitly admitting a mechanism could exist."

Manufacturers of many popular cell phones already warn consumers to keep their device away from their body and medical experts say there other ways to minimize cell phone radiation.

The Apple iPhone 4 safety manual says users' radiation exposure should not exceed FCC guidelines: "When using iPhone near your body for voice calls or for wireless data transmission over a cellular network, keep iPhone at least 15 millimeters (5/8 inch) away from the body."

BlackBerry Bold advises users to "keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 inch (25 millimeters) from your body when the BlackBerry device is transmitting."

The logic behind such recommendations is that the further the phone is from the body, the less radiation is absorbed. Users can also use the speakerphone function or a wired earpiece to gain some distance.

Users can text instead of talk if they want to keep the phone away from their faces.

Finally, cell phones emit the most radiation when they are attempting to connect to cellular towers. A moving phone, or a phone in an area with a weak signal, has to work harder, giving of more radiation. So users can avoid using their cell phones in elevators, buildings and rural areas if they want to reduce their exposure, experts say.

Source: CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/index.html

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The U.S. economy continues to falter and our elected leaders press on with their attack of the middle-class by giving large corporations tax-breaks to eliminate jobs. Rather than concentrating on repairing our economy and getting our jobs back, our elected officials are instead spending their time to jam their radical social agendas down our throats by using scare tactics to attack the rights of woman, teachers, minority groups and other easy targets. Now is the time we, the people of the U.S. stand up to the new American Taliban and tell them that we are "mad as hell and we are not going to take it any more!"

Even though big oil companies saw record breaking profits this year, the U.S. Senate blocked any attempts to do away with the massive tax-breaks for big oil companies while consumers were struggling with high gas prices. Why don't our elected officials stop sitting around sipping tea and do something for the rest of us for a change?

One way that we all can make a difference is by supporting new technologies to break the strangle-hold that big oil has on this country. Let's stick it to the rich elites by helping new innovations get a foot hold and reclaim our place in this country. Stop sitting around watching reality television and make a difference.  Thanks to the website:  Pure Energy Systems, here are five free energy technologies that are sure to piss-off those who try to maintain control by keeping the rest of us poor and subjugated.

(1.) Nuclear > Cold Fusion >
Andrea A. Rossi Cold Fusion Generator - Italian inventor, Andrea Rossi's energy amplifier produces useful power from the fusion of cheap and ubiquitous hydrogen and nickel into copper at relatively low temperatures and pressures, with no residual radiation. They claim to be going into production with a 10 kW industrial product that is reliable, safe, and cheap. Verification is being done by the historic University of Bologna. (PESWiki; [updated March 22, 2011)

- The technology offers the ability to produce large quantities of energy via the fusion of nickel powder and hydrogen gas. One hundred grams of nickel and a similar amount of hydrogen can fuel a 15kW system for six months.

- Energy generation is estimated to cost around 1 cent / kW-h.

- Multiple tests by third parties including the Swedish Skeptics Society, scientists from the University of Bologna, and others have successfully validated the technology.

- The one year research program with the University of Bologna continues, and Andrea Rossi is about to start a similar program with the University of Uppsala in Sweden.

- Defkalion Green Technologies Incorporated has been given a license to manufacture and sell E-Cat units in the Greek and Baltic markets. This October, they will be opening up a one megawatt plant composed of approximately 300 modules each rated at 2.5 kilowatts. Defkalion will use the output to power a manufacturing facility that can produce 300,000 units a year.

- Defkalion has obtained all government approvals and safety certifications required to manufacture and sell the E-Cat units in Greece.

- Ampenergo has obtained the rights to the technology in North America. They will share royalties with Andrea Rossi's company, Leonardo Technologies, and will be opening up a one megawatt plant in the USA by the end of this year.

(2.) Gravity Motors > Hidro >
James Kwok's "Hidro" Tech Floating to the Top - James Kwok's "Hidro" commercially available technology allows for energy to be harvested from gravity induced pressure differentials in columns of water. "Ash" from Panacea-BOCAF recently visited Hidro, witnessed a demonstration, and performed tests. Two independent groups have also confirmed Kwok's claims. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; April 17, 2011)

- The technology offers the ability to produce energy by combining the effects of boyancy and gravity in a column of water. Extraction of thermal energy from air and water may also play a role.

- Private demonstrations have taken place that validate that the technology works as claimed.

- A 50 kW plant is currently being constructed.

- 50 kW, 250 kW, and 1 mW plants are planned on being offered.

- The company is in the process of screening potential licensing partners.

(3.) EVs > Electrostatic / Electromagnetic >
Aviso's Self-Charging Electric Car, MEG, and Repelling Force - Filipino inventor, Ismael Aviso, has demonstrated a bare bones electric vehicle with an 11-kW DC motor running on just one 12-volt battery, which is kept charged via a Tesla-like antennae circuitry that draws electrostatic energy from the surroundings, validated by the Philippine DOE. He hopes to introduce plans and kits commercially soon; may open source.... (PESWiki; [updated March 22, 2011])

- The technology offers the ability to extract energy from the ambient environment to power electrical loads of all kinds.

- He has posted a series of videos to Youtube explaining his circuit that collects free energy from the ambient environment.

- The over heating problem that limited the performance of his self-charging electric vehicle has been resolved.

- Work is being performed to more optimally "close the loop" in his circuit. Previously, the high frequency harmonics produced by his circuit would produce significant loses of energy. This issue is now being resolved with the help of professional RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) engineers.

- He is working on a "Universal Motor" that would more efficiently make use of the high voltage output from his circuit. It will utilize his repelling force technology.

- A new self charging electric vehicle prototype using the "Universal Motor" and the improved circuit (with fewer losses) is currently being built. It will have improved performance and a higher top speed. Potentially, it may never need to be recharged from mains power, because the circuit will power the motor while keeping the battery topped off.

(4.) Noble Gas Engines / Plasma >
PlasmERG's Noble Gas Engine - Nobel (inert) gas engine patterned after the Papp Engine, would cost 1/3 what a comparable output engine would cost, while its fuel would cost a few dollars per month -- negligible; totally revolutionizing the renewable industry. Nine months of running time logged. Company is gearing up to go into production. (PESWiki; [updated March 22, 2011])

- The technology offers the ability to produce balls of plasma (similar to ball lightning) in a mixture of Noble Gases. A combination of fusion, fission, and perhaps energy extraction from the zero point energy field produce a force that can push a piston in an engine. The technology holds the potential to replace all internal combustion engines.

- Funding is being sought to take the engine into full scale production.

- The technology is ready to be taken into mass production as soon as the funding is found.

- The company is presently moving into facilities in Las Vegas and are building testing prototypes.

(5.) OS: Water > as Fuel > Hydroxy > Vehicles on Water >
Freddy's Cell alleged to run pick-up truck on 100% hydroxy - In the tradition of Stanley Meyer, the people at Future Energy Concepts, Inc. dazzled the community in August 2011 with their claim to have run a 2004 Dodge 4x4 pickup truck on nothing but water via their on-board hydroxy gas generator that uses the truck's alternator to electrolyze water. (PESWiki; [updated March 22, 2011])

- The technology offers the ability to produce large quantities of HHO efficiently using very little energy. The HHO can be used to boost the efficiency of vehicles, or run them entirely with HHO.

- The first products will boost the fuel efficiency of vehicles around 30%. 20,000 order have been received for these units which went on sale today, June 3.

Source: Pure Energy Systems
http://pesn.com/2011/06/03/9501838_Free_Energy_Revolution_for_Freedom/

True stories of when ghosts attack by slapping, pushing, strangling, scratching and even beating their victims.

IN HOLLYWOOD GHOST stories, the spirits are nearly always malevolent. For dramatic purposes, the vengeful ghosts are intent on causing harm to the living, either by attacking them physically or scaring them so badly that they want to jump out a window.

The reality is that ghost and haunting phenomena are harmless... for the most part. Residual haunting - the kind that are seem to be recordings on the environment - simply play themselves out. True spirits, or intelligent haunting, are either those who manifest to relay a message or are trapped entities who may not know they are dead. Very rarely, however, do they attack people.

There are famous cases or physical attacks, most notably the Bell Witch haunting and the entity that tormented Esther Cox in Amherst, Nova Scotia. But these are usually classified as poltergeist phenomena, which probably arise from the subconscious of the person or people involved.

So can ghosts attack? Consider the following cases:

SLAPPED BY A GHOST

How would you like to be roused from sleep like this? "One night, I was awakened by a violent slap on the left side of my face," says Aliszabeth, "like [with] someone's open hand." Aliszabeth at first thought it was her "prankster" sister, but then saw by the clock that it was 1:27 a.m., and her sister was sound asleep in another room. And the attack wasn't over. "I felt pulling on my hair so much that it jerked my head around. Then, my down comforter started to be pulled down, or at least it felt like it." Aliszabeth wanted to scream, but felt paralyzed. The ghost, apparently, wanted her attention. Aliszabeth then heard a woman's voice say, "Listen to me... Listen to me..." and the pleas faded off into the darkness.

NASTY LITTLE GHOST

Mary Ann A. also felt the slap of a ghostly hand in 2005 at her aunt's house in Batangas, Philippines. Her attack was preceded by a sighting of the alleged assailant. Mary Ann was relaxing on her aunt's bench swing when she saw small girl in a red dress peeking out of her aunt's front door, and when the toddler realized Mary Ann saw her, she ducked inside. Mary Ann assumed it was the child of a visitor, but when she checked, there was no one in the house except her aunt and her aunt's sleeping child, who was not wearing red.

Mary Ann dismissed the incident as her imagination and returned to the swing for an afternoon nap. "Exhaustion plus cool wind send me into a deep sleep," she says, "only to be awakened by a hard slap from a small hand. As I opened my eyes, I was expecting to see my aunt's kid. I was shocked to find no one with me!"

PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS

Getting slapped is one thing, and getting shoved down some stairs where you could possibly break your neck is quite another. Yet that's what happened to Melanie S. in 1982 while at Gentleman Jim's restaurant (now Ashley's of Rockledge) in Rockledge, Florida. The restaurant had a reputation for being haunted by the ghost of a woman who had been murdered on the nearby railroad tracks in the 1920s. Melanie was there on a double date with friends and were hoping to catch a glimpse of something otherworldly. "We did see the lamp over the salad bar sway continuously all night," she says. "so we were pleased and felt that we had gotten our money's worth."

Melanie was soon to get more than her money's worth, however. "As we were getting ready to go down the stairs, I told my date to get in front of me because I was known to be a klutz and didn't want to fall down the stairs," Melanie says. "So they all got in front of me. We were all making jokes about the ghost and feeling pretty frisky. As we were going down the stairs, I felt a huge shove against my back and fell down the stairs, my wonderful companions moving aside to let me make my way down on my own." Looking back up the stairs, Melanie could clearly see that there had been no one behind her that could have shoved her... no one living, that is.

THE TRIPPING GHOST

Cassie B. also had an unpleasant experience on a staircase. She and her husband were visiting his older brother's house during the Christmas holidays. Her bother-in-law had warned her that the house was haunted, which she didn't mind because she had been in haunted houses before. But then he revealed that the spirit liked to push people down the stairs!

Sure enough, the ghost didn't disappoint. "I was coming down stairs to look for my husband, when all of a sudden I felt like someone pushed my feet out from under me. I ended up falling down the first four stairs," Cassie says. "Everyone came running to make sure I was ok. They asked me what happened, and I said it felt like someone pushed my legs out from under me and I just fell down the stairs."

CHARLIE HARTWELL'S REVENGE

As rare as ghost attacks are, being shoved on a stairway is one of the most common occurrences, and a number of people also report the feeling of being strangled. This usually happens at night. Char reports that this happened to his father when they were living in a house in Pepperell, Massachusetts - a place they long considered haunted. The family felt it was the ghost of old Charlie Hartwell, a farmer who once lived on the property and died in a fire.

The family had a number of strange incidents: unexplained banging on the walls and doors; TVs, radios and lights going on and off by themselves; tools going missing then reappearing; sliding doors opening by themselves to let the dog out; lights in the barn, where there is no electricity; and more.

"Our ghost Charlie liked to scare my sister for some reason, and really didn't like my dad," Char says. "One time he was sleeping and he said he felt something on top on him and then it started to strangle him! My dad couldn't get up and he started to cry because he was so scared. He held onto his cross that he was wearing and started praying and then it went away."

SHADOW AT THE INN

Roger had a close call with a shadow person that he felt was trying to attack him - and this was in the middle of the afternoon! Back in 1967, Roger was a college student working for the summer at a large motel in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Roger lived with several other employees at an old stone house a few miles down the road, where a brutal murder had allegedly taken place.

It was a bright, sunny Saturday afternoon when Roger was in his bedroom trying to catch a quick nap. "I remember the events clearly," Roger says. "I looked at my clock and it was 1 p.m. as I lay down on my bed and closed my eyes. Instantly I was flushed with extreme fear as I opened my eyes. Then, out of the wall, on this bright and sunny day, came a black shadow man with arms outstretched toward me. Its shape changed slightly as it left the wall and drifted toward me. It was a full torso about six feet tall. I uttered a gasp and again closed my eyes for an instant. I opened them again and it was still drifting toward me, the arms outstretched as if to choke me! I was paralyzed with fear and gave another and louder gasp. It came to within three to four feet of me... then dissipated."

THE LAUGHING ATTACKER

A reader using the name HauntedMichigan also reports an attack by a shadow person, this occurring in 2008 at a casino in Michigan. She was staying at the casino hotel with her two small children and her brother and his wife. "I awoke around 3:30 in the morning to the sensation of a pressure on my side, kind of pushing me down," she says. "I thought it might be one of my daughters pushing me down. I raised my arm out to try to push off whatever was on top of me. I felt something substantial, but definitely not either one of my kids.

"I began to get frightened. I was lying on my side, so I turned my head to my right shoulder to get a glimpse of what was on top of me. I saw a large, dark funnel of no substantial shape. I heard a mocking laugh. I struggled to no avail. I decided to let the entity know that they should get off of me in the name of Jesus Christ. The funnel suddenly hit the ceiling and disappeared."

THE BEATING

What's more terrifying than being attacked by some unseen entity? One of your children being attacked by some unseen entity. That's what happened some years ago, according to Yolanda, who lived with her four children in an ordinary four-bedroom home in Germantown, Pennsylvania. One night as about 10:30, Yolanda was home only with her 14-year-old daughter, Tiffany, who was sound asleep in the back room. "I walked to the bathroom, and on the way out I noticed her door cracked just a little," Yolanda says. "I paid it no mind and headed back to my bedroom and relaxed, until I was startled by her door slamming loudly. I yelled her name twice and I got no response."

Then the horror began. "Before I could get up off the bed I heard her screaming, 'Get off of me!' I ran into her room to find her lying in the dark, shaking and trembling. I asked her what happened and she said that someone was beating her. She had scratches all over her arms. I knew no one was in the house but us two."

Yolanda soon moved her family out of that house - a place she later learned where five people had overdosed on drugs in that back room.

Source: About.Paranormal
http://paranormal.about.com/od/trueghoststories/a/When-Ghosts-Attack.htm

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