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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 04:04 PM
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Court victory is a first for cell-phone programmers
October 2, 2005

Sharesa Price thought it was just another in a series of sinus infections. Her head and eyes hurt, and she was vomiting. But then Price had a seizure, and a brain scan found something far more troubling.

"When I got home, the phone was ringing. It was the doctor's office, and they told me, `Brace yourself. Honey, you have a brain tumor.' I was standing by the refrigerator, and I just collapsed, saying, `no, no, no, it can't be a brain tumor,'" she recalled.

After her diagnosis in 1999 and surgery to remove most of the tumor, Price started looking for answers. She became convinced that exposure to radio-frequency radiation on the job, where she programmed cell phones for new customers, had caused the tumor.

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sfl-otumor02oct02,0,6960872.story?coll=sfla-news-health
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PSPS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 05:22 PM
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1. This is bunk! The cell industry-funded studies say so!
And chocolate doesn't cause acne in teenagers because Hershey Corp. says so!

SO STOP SAYING THAT!

SHUT UP!
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 05:28 PM
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2. and you should....
EAT BEEF EAT BEEF EAT A BIG OLE STEER.. (sayeth the Beef Council)
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jayctravis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 05:40 PM
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3. If you're programming cellphones, you should wear your own headset.
Any sort of antenna designed to gather radio frequencies certainly could have an effect on the electricity in the synapses of the brain.
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LeighAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 11:52 PM
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5. Over or under tin foil hat?
No, I'm serious... I don't want to short anything out.
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Angry Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 06:05 PM
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4. Here are some links about protecting yourself
This case should open up a whole can of worms!

Anyways, in the meantime, use your headphones BUT beware that the headphone wire can act as an antenna!
http://www.mercola.com/forms/ferrite_beads.htm

Here's a place where you can purchase the recommended headset and/or the ferrite bead for cheaper:
http://www.lessemf.com/cellphon.html

Here's where you can get a ferrite bead for what it *should* cost, which is about $1:
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=235

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