Canada Pharmacy Reports Fetal Contact to Cellphone Radiation Linked with ADHD

Canada pharmacy shows experiments concerning mice, fetal exposure to cellphone radiation appeared to cause indications in offspring that resemble attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in human kids. 

"The hypothesis was that the developing brain might be more susceptible to these types of insults," said senior researcher Dr. Hugh Taylor, a professor and chief of the division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility in the department of obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences. 

"We found they seem to have behavioral changes like ADHD. I don't want to sensationalize this -- mice don't have ADHD -- but they had problems with memory, impulsiveness and hyperactivity," he explained. 

"But, these studies were largely dismissed because there are many other things that correlate with cellphone use," he said. "This study is the first one that shows that there is a cause-and effect-relationship," at least in rodents, he said. 

"The findings cannot therefore be directly extrapolated to women, but they do indicate that cellphone exposure during pregnancy may have effects," Taylor said. "We need to start thinking about how much is safe in humans and limit that exposure," he said. Though generic Effexor can widely help in ADHD, it should not be the first resort if it can be prevented in the first place. 

"I think we need to be careful about radio-frequency exposures in pregnant women," he said. "The radiation may have consequences for the developing brain." 

"The explanation for this finding isn't clear," Taylor said. "It might be due to heating of the developing brain cells or electrical changes in these cells," he theorized. 

"Taylor noted that you don't have to be talking on the cell phone to be exposed to radio-frequency radiation: There is always radiation transmitted as long as the cellphone is on," he said. 

Speaking for the cellphone industry, John Walls, a spokesman for the CTIA-The Wireless Association, said that "the peer-reviewed scientific evidence has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices, within the limits established by the FCC, do not pose a public health risk or cause any adverse health effects." 

Dr. Francene Gallousis, a perinatologist at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., said that "I think there is something to all this, but I don't know exactly what it is or how concerned we should be right now." 

"It can't be ignored -- it needs to be looked into," she added. 

Gallousis did suggest that "to be safe, women should limit their exposure to cellphone radiation." She advised them "to try to limit the time talking on the cellphone and to not leave it on if it doesn't have to be." 

Dr. Nagy Elsayyad, an assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, has looked at cellphone radiation and the risk for cancer. He also believes that it's still too early to tell if the effects seen in mice translate to humans.

"These finding are interesting, but very preliminary," he said. "This is hypothesis-generating research, so it's too early to jump to any conclusions, but it's worth putting research money into." Especially if to buy Effexor as a non-stimulant medication can be eradicated. 

The effect of mobile phone radiation on human health is the subject of recent interest and study, as a result of the enormous increase in mobile phone usage throughout the world (as of June 2009, there were more than 4.3 billion subscriptions worldwide). Mobile phones use electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range. Other digital wireless systems, such as data communication networks, produce similar radiation.