3G Waves Causes Headaches, Sharpens Memory 277
jonknee writes "MobileTracker noted that an interesting study on 3G cellular networks has been released out of Amsterdam. The findings were that exposure to 3G waves can cause headaches and nausea (conventional cellular service doesn't have these effects). It also found that those same subjects had better memory and reaction times (conventional cellular networks have the same effect)!"
But what about CDMA2000? (Score:1, Interesting)
alertness (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:alertness (Score:1, Interesting)
I, for one... (Score:2, Interesting)
*ahem*
On a serious note, were the results of this study
pusblished in any credible medical journal?
Cell phone *sharpens* the senses? Seems just a little crazy to me.
Re:alertness (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:I, for one... (Score:5, Interesting)
Heating the brain a little is how it does it. Some of the body's subsystems work more efficiently when warmer than normal operating temperature (that's what a fever is: your body optimizing for fighting infection). Unfortunately, the optimal temperature is not the same for every subsystem, which is why the normal overall blood temperature is 37C. And there's no feedback between the subsystems: to fight infection, your immune system doesn't care if it damages your brain - that's why we cool the heads of people with fevers. So while one part of your brain may work better when a little warmer, there's no telling what the long term effects might be on other parts.
Re:Sharpen the brains is good there... (Score:1, Interesting)
Maybe this will balance them out a bit
I know you were joking, but isn't it about time we pushed the 'neurotoxic' myth about marijuana out of the popular consciousness? It's been disproven many times. The 'study' in which it was found only acheived neurotoxicity by distilling the THC into a fabulously concentrated form and then feeding rats the equivalent of 30 times their own body weight at once. I submit that 30 times one's weight in just about anything is detrimental. A more rational study found less deviation in rational thinking, problem solving, and memory between people who never smoked and people who smoked heavily for decades than was their margin for error. (about 3%, IIRC) While it is true that marijuana use produces free radicals, which can be dangerous, it is also true that increasing your anti-oxident intake can easily compensate. I'm not saying there aren't any bad things about marijuana, just that it isn't neurotoxic.
Re:Great.. More junk science.. (Score:2, Interesting)
I'm now on an assignment where I work with 3G again - and while I still feel the same way occassionally, it's not as bad. It _does_ happen though - and up until today when I saw this piece of research I hadn't even thought about 3G being the culprit (I, as you, know that we live in an ocean of radiation already).
It's a nice explanation that fit what I've experienced myself though. In addition the feeling "blanked out" (sorry, it's hard to describe) my migraine did/has also gotten worse (at least once a week I go home from work with a migraine attack in the works. Sometimes more often).
Idiotic replies not welcome - if you don't have migraine you have no idea
How close were the people to the base stations? (Score:3, Interesting)
If you hold your head directly in front of a microwave transmitter (even a 2G one), you're going to experience some bad effects. If you stand at the bottom of a hill and the transmitter is on top, you should be okay.