I'm not a scientist. I offer this information to open conversations and to help those who are professionals and researching these issues.
It's not like our scientists aren't aware of the harmful effects of Electromagnetic Radiation. This study was published in 1996:
Single- and double-strand DNA breaks in rat brain cells after acute exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation.
We speculate that these effects could result from a direct effect of radio frequency electromagnetic energy on DNA molecules and/or impairment of DNA-damage repair mechanisms in brain cells.
Our data further support the results of earlier in vitro and in vivo studies showing effects of radio frequency electromagnetic radiation on DNA.
The following video shows just how densely populated Cell Towers have become, as well as a link and instructions for finding out how many Cell Towers and antennas are in your area. The Google Earth .kmz file is woefully understated, as grim as the picture looks.
The following is offered for those who want to look into this possible connection with the rise in Autism and the increase installations of Cell Towers, Antennas, and Electromagnetic Radiation in our lives resulting from WiFi, microwaves, etc.
Here's a couple of charts that show this.
And if the over 1 Million Towers and Antennas most likely do have an affect on all of our brains. Let's not forget the 6,000 Satellites rotating overhead. Good grief, what could possibly go wrong (there some Playing for Change music with this vid):
The Cell Tower Layer (.kmz file) for Google Earth can be found here. I believe it is woefully incomplete.
The tool to find Cell Towers and Antennae in your area can be found here:
THIS IS THE RESEARCH PAPER THAT WAS QUOTED ON THE TELE LATELY:
The March 2012 report "Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 14 Sites, United States, 2008" can be found at this link.
Keep in mind, when reviewing this CDC report, it is for only 14 sites within the US, and the Utah sample is very small.
Who is Protecting the Consumers, the children?
SOME LITTLE KNOWN FACTS
Fact: The Federal Communications Commission sets standards for the amount of radio frequency that can be emitted by a cell phone is based on models of a man's head.
Also, what few parents know is that radio-frequency signals reach much more deeply into children's thinner and smaller heads than ours--—a fact established through the pioneering work of professor Om P. Gandhi, the leader of the University of Utah's electrical engineering department and confirmed recently by studies developed by Niels Kuster and his colleagues in Austria.
While these two engineers may differ on the details of their models of the brain, their work makes it clear that children’s brains differ in important ways from those of adults.
Their skulls are thinner.
Their brains contain more fluid.
Fact: The agency that offers recommendations on cell-phone emissions in the U.S. — the Federal Communications Commission doesn't employ a single health expert.
The standards the FCC adopts are based on advice given by outside experts, many of whom work directly for the cell-phone industry.
Unlike with drugs that are tested before being used, the Food and Drug Administration lacks the authority to set standards for cell phones and can only act if a phone is shown to release hazardous signals.
What's wrong with this picture?
The award-winning Om P. Gandhi worries that all the standards used for phones apply to the "big guy" brain.
In 2004, standards became looser, as a result of a new approach, that basically doubled the amount of radio frequency that could reach the brain of an adult and quadrupled that reaching a child's.
The brain of a child doubles in the first two years of life and keeps on developing until their early 20s.
Gandhi no longer works with the cell-phone industry and none of his grandchildren, or mine, uses a cell phone.
FROM THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, The Stanford Twin Study, Conclusion and I quote:
Our study provides evidence that the rate of concordance in dizygotic twins may have been seriously underestimated in previous studies and the influence of genetic factors on the susceptibility to develop autism, overestimated.
Because of the reported high heritability of autism, a major focus of research in autism has been on finding the underlying genetic causes, with less emphasis on potential environmental triggers or causes.
The finding of significant influence of the shared environment, experiences that are common to both twin individuals, may be important for future research paradigms.
Increasingly, evidence is accumulating that overt symptoms of autism emerge around the end of the first year of life
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MY TWO CENTS WORTH:
So, let's say a couple live in a highly EMR area, and have a highly EMR'd home (wireless, lots of microwave cooking, curb side meter reader, etc) for a few years before choosing to conceive.
Could EMR exposure have an effect on them and, therefore, their ability to produce healthy sperm and ova? This could be easily studied STANFORD.
They succeed and the child invitro is also exposed to the same EMR rates. What are the EMR readings in the ambiotic fluid, if any? This could be easily studied STANFORD.
Are MRI's and/or Pet Scans or other brain tests (like the one done on Temple Grandin's unique brain linked below) safe for newborns? If there is a safe test for newborns, a base-line brain reading could be done to watch for any anomalies at birth, and thereafter to see if any anomalies develop. Perhaps this could be limited to parents of one autistic child that are still living in the same EMR exposed home. This could be studied STANFORD.
Stanford has done a huge amount of research and concluded that the signs of autism start to show up at age one. Is this an indicator of EMR exposure in that child's home? This could be easily studied STANFORD.
And so on. I state the obvious above because I don't see other universities doing these studies in conjunction with autism, sadly.
It's as if no one can see the forest through the Cell Towers, many of which are made to look like trees.
HERE'S LINKS TO THE SOURCES OF PICS used in the video above. These pics are attached to articles on autism:
Prevalance of Autism Graph
Columbia University is linking age with autistic child prevalance. Perhaps that's because older couples have had longer exposure to EMR?
San Diego State University
Overconnectivity in Brain Found in Autism
Findings from SDSU's Brain Development Imaging Laboratory differ from current brain connectivity theories.
More about the illustration at the top of the story
Illustration of atypical connectivity patterns observed using functional connectivity MRI. In the typical brain, a simplified example network shows strong connectivity (thick blue lines) between three brain regions (A, B, C).
These three regions are connected more weakly in ASD (thin red lines). However, the network also includes connections with other brain regions (D, E, F) that do not exist in the typical brain (dotted red lines).
This May, 2011 SDSU article also states:
This study is also the first to show that the specialization of cortex in this part of the brain is reduced in those with autism. Whereas in typically developing children, neighboring parts of cortex become increasingly specialized with age, this specialization was found to be impaired in children with autism.
To further demonstrate the actual differences in how a typical brain acts and how an autistic brain acts,
I highly recommend watching these vids about the famous animal rights activist, PhD scientist with autism: Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin's unique brain
October 23, 2011 12:33 PM
Neuroscientist Walt Schneider says studying the brains of people with autism like Temple Grandin - the famous animal welfare advocate - could help identify "sub-types" of autism and how best to treat them.
CMU Researchers Scan Temple Grandin's Brain to Study Autism
Estimated Cell Phone Subscribers Graph
Autism by State Chart 2006-2007
ARTICLE:
The Autism Link, Can Cell Phones Cause Autism? - American Autism Society
"1 in 110 children born today will find themselves somewhere on the Autism Spectrum. Unfortunately, these odds are growing.
While debate has raged for years over the possible cause(s) of Autism, recent studies have found that the commonalities between cases are actually mutations in DNA."
"So many children have been exposed to increasing amounts of electromechanical radiation (EMR) in the past decade. After all, who doesn't have a wireless network for your computers in your house along with several cell phones? And even if you don’t use a cell phone, there are cell towers everywhere which allow those with a phone to connect wirelessly.
The researchers believe that the dramatic increase in the rate of autism must have an environmental component. And their research points to a possible cause. Researchers believe that the increase in exposure to EMR from all of these wireless devices in combination with environmental and genetic factors is creating the perfect storm."
LAB STUDIES:
Mutagenic response of 2.45 GHz radiation exposure on rat brain
Conclusion: The study concludes that the chronic exposure to these radiations may cause significant damage to brain, which may be an indication of possible tumur promotion (Behari and Paulraj 2007).
This study was done to see what chemical changes take place in the brain when exposed to EMR.
EFFECT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FROM MOBILE PHONE ON THE LEVELS OF CORTICAL AMINO ACID NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN ADULT AND YOUNG RATS
ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPOSURE SETUP
The electromagnetic field was generated by a radiofrequency (RF) source which simulated the actual sources encountered in mobile communications such as stations, handsets, etc.
It has been suggested that the brain harm from mobile phone might derive from the proven ability of electromagnetic fields such as those from mobile phone to modify electrophysiological activity in human brain [13] and to alter neurotransmission [1, 16, 23, 25]. Moreover, evidence of oxidative damage was found in the brain tissues when rats were exposed to (RF/MW) radiation [15]. It has been concluded that EMF like the ones emitted from mobile phones influence normal brain physiology, probably by means of changing cortical excitability [7].
YOU WILL FIND A HUGE RESOURCE of research for all sorts of health problems from
Electromagnetic Radiation ( EMR ) And Potential Adverse Health Affects http://www.ecolibria.com.au/Resources/Electromagnetic-Radiation-EMR-And-Potential-Adverse-Health-Affects