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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry but ou uninformed and needto become informed. 
THE WHO states three is evidence! credible evidence. Get all the links here because i cannot plug them all in. Educate yourself please. 
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What Is The World Health Organization(WHO) Position on Wireless and Health?

[b]1. Wireless radiation is classified as a “Possible Human Carcinogen” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization(WHO).[/b]
The WHO/IARC) classified RF-EMF (radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, otherwise known as “wireless radiation”) as a Class 2B Possible Human Carcinogen in 2011 based on credible evidence that linked long term wireless exposure to brain cancer.  
Read The Lancet’s published statement by the IARC from 2011 on cancer risk of wireless radiation.  
Read the April 2013 Published IARC Monograph on Non-Ionizing Radiation, Part 2: Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields detailing the scientific basis for the classification here.

2. The Class 2B classification includes wireless radiation from any transmitting source such as cellphones, baby monitors, tablets, cell towers, radar, other wifi, etc. It applies to RF-EMF in the range of 30 KHz to 300 GHz emitted from any device. This fact is detailed in The Lancet article and in the related press release in 2011. All wireless electronic devices emit RF-EMF (wireless radiation). It does not matter what type of device is the source. While cell phone use at the head results in highest exposures to the brain, many other devices emit lower levels of exposures that can have a cumulative effect on the whole body.

3. The WHO IARC Monograph states that research shows this radiation is absorbed deeper into children’s bodies than into adults. 
The 2013 published Monograph states, “the average exposure from use of the same mobile phone is higher by a factor of 2 in a child’s brain and higher by a factor of 10 in the bone marrow of the skull.” Read these details on page 34 of the World Health Organization’s International Association for Research on Cancer’s published Monograph on Non-Ionizing Radiation, Part 2: Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields.

4. The WHO IARC Director Christopher Wild recommended taking measures to reduce exposures until research on long term exposures is completed in light of the risk classification. 
The 2011 Press Release by the WHO IARC states, &quot;Given the potential consequences for public health of this classification and findings,&quot; said IARC Director Christopher Wild, &quot;it is important that additional research be conducted into the long?term, heavy use of mobile phones. Pending the availability of such information, it is important to take pragmatic measures to reduce exposure such as hands?free devices or texting.”

5.  In 2010 WHO stated that significantly more research is needed. 
The WHO has published a 36-page Research Agenda for Radiofrequency Fields (Wireless) detailing the critical research that still needs to be done with wireless, calling for research that looks at the connection with neurodegenerative diseases, cognition, and cancer—among other endpoints. Please note the following points made in the research agenda:
The agenda states it a high priority to look at “Prospective cohort studies of children and adolescents with outcomes including behavioural and neurological disorders and cancer”. They recommend a “longitudinal design, thereby allowing the study of several outcomes and changes in technology and the use of mobile phones as well as other sources of RF EMF exposure, such as wireless laptops.”
The agenda prioritizes “Effects of early-life and prenatal RF exposure on development and behaviour “ because “there is still a paucity of information concerning the effects of prenatal and early life exposure to RF EMF on subsequent development and behaviour. Such studies are regarded as important because of the widespread use of mobile phones by children and the increasing exposure to other RF sources such as wireless local area networks (WLANs) and the reported effects of RF EMF on the adult EEG. “
Read the Research Agenda here.

[b]6. WHO IARC scientists continue to publish research and commentary in medical journals detailing that there are no safety assurances with wireless. They state an urgent need for well done directed research.[/b]
Dr. Samet, Senior Scientist, Chair of the World Health Organization’s International Agency for the Research on Cancer 2011 RF-EMF Working Group stated, “The IARC 2B classification implies an assurance of safety that cannot be offered—a particular concern, given the prospect that most of the world’s population will have lifelong exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields.” in his 2014 Commentary calling for more directed research published in the journal Epidemiology.

7. Many WHO scientists who served as IARC advisors on RF Radiation for the 2011 working group now state that additional scientific evidence indicates that wireless radiation should  be re-classified as a “probable human carcinogen.” 
“Radiofrequency fields should be classified as a Group 2A ?probable? human carcinogen under the criteria used by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (Lyon, France).” Read the 2015 published review by a group of scientists that includes World Health Organization EMF Working Group Experts in the International Journal of Oncology entitled Mobile phone radiation causes brain tumors and should be classified as a probable human carcinogen (2A) (review) which also advises that the as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) principle be adopted for uses of this technology. 
The following experts were part of the WHO IARC’s RF-EMF Review in 2011: 
Dr. Chris Portier “A careful review of the scientific literature demonstrates there are potentially dangerous effects from RF,“ stated Portier, a recently retired CDC Director, Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease in his official call for invoking the precautionary principle with wireless. See also a poster presentation he penned for the conference here. 
Dariusz Leszczynski, WHO IARC expert, former Finnish government researcher, lectures widely on the urgent need for the precautionary principle. See slides from a recent lecture in Belgrade, Serbia attended by governmental officials. Read his laypersons article on the need for the Precautionary Principle here.
Dr. Anthony Miller publishes research, lectures, testifies to government officials on the increased evidence of risk from wireless technology, and has four decades of expertise with the WHO IARC. See his testimony to the City of Toronto against cell towers here. Watch his 2014   lecture at Women’s College Hospital here. Read his published research here. 
Dr. Igor Belyaev &quot;There are many publications showing health effects of radiofrequency radiations. Approximately half of all published papers show such effects. This apparent discrepancy can be accounted for various conditions of exposure, because non-thermal RF effects are critically dependent on various parameters and also biological variables.&quot; Dr. Igor Belyaev is the Head Research Scientist at the Cancer Research Institute at the Slovak Academy of Science in Bratislava, Slovakia. Dr. Belyaev was one of the 30 members of the IARC Working Group tasked with classifying the carcinogenicity of cell phone radiation—the Group that produced the 2013 IARC Monograph. Please watch him speak at the National Press Club at this video link. 
Dr. Lennart Hardell published research in the International Journal of Oncology entitled Case-control study of the association between malignant brain tumours diagnosed between 2007 and 2009 and mobile and cordless phone use concluding, “This study confirmed previous results of an association between mobile and cordless phone use and malignant brain tumours. These findings provide support for the hypothesis that RF-EMFs play a role both in the initiation and promotion stages of carcinogenesis”. Read his scientific blog with a letter to the WHO here.

8. Dr. Hardell is an International Agency for the Research on Cancer expert and now states that wireless “should be regarded as human carcinogen requiring urgent revision of current exposure guidelines.”

Read his 2014 research published in the Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  entitled Decreased Survival of Glioma Patients with Astrocytoma Grade IV (Glioblastoma Multiforme) Associated with Long-Term Use of Mobile and Cordless Phones which determined the use of wireless phones in the &gt;20 years latency group (time since first use) was correlated to decreased survival for those diagnosed with astrocytoma grade IV. The conclusion reads, &quot;Due to the relationship with survival the classification of IARC is strengthened and RF-EMF should be regarded as human carcinogen requiring urgent revision of current exposure guidelines.&quot;

9. In 2015 over 200 scientists appealed to the WHO and the United Nations to take immediate action to reduce health risks of wireless radiation and “the emerging public health crisis related to cell phones, wireless devices, wireless utility meters and wireless infrastructure in neighborhoods.”
Read  the Medical Doctor and Scientists’ Appeal here.  
Read the names of the Doctors and Scientists and their qualifications here.

10. On October 14, 2015, WHO scientists with expertise in wireless radiation wrote a Letter to the  U.S. Secretary of Education detailing children’s unique vulnerability to the health risks of wireless technology. 
The Doctors and scientists call for educating students on safer ways to use technology and for installing safer hardwired technology in school classrooms. 
The letter was penned by top experts in the field including Dr. Anthony B. Miller and Dr. Annie Sasco, who have over 50 years combined expertise with the World Health Organization’s International Agency for the Research on Cancer. Read the Letter HERE. 
Read the bios of these scientists in the press release Expert Docs Urge U.S. Secretary of Education: Play It Safe with Kids - Go Wired Not WiFi. Top medical experts advise schools to stop experimenting on our children: WiFi in Schools is Risky Business that has never been evaluated for safety.

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