www.naturalscience.org
October 2008
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About the author
Dr. George L. Carlo is the
Chairman of the non-profit Science
and Public Policy Institute in
Washington, D.C. Since 1993, he
has overseen the world’s largest
independent research effort into
the dangers of wireless technology,
with funding that has included
$28.5 million from the mobile
phone industry itself, oversight
by U.S. Government Interagency
Working Groups and peer review
coordinated through the Harvard
University School of Public Health.
He has training in pathology,
epidemiology, medical science and
law, is a Fellow of the American
College of Epidemiology, and has
served on the medical faculties of
The George Washington University,
the University of Arkansas and the
State University of New York at
Buffalo.
Contact Information:
Science and Public Policy Institute
1101 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.–7th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20004
866-620-4459
www.sppionline.org
www.safewireless.org
Illustration 1: The degree of penetration of the near-field plume from the cell-phone antenna into the skull varies
(as shown in the picture on the left), based on a number of factors including frequency, wave-length, field-
intensity and a person’s age. The MRI models above show radio frequency field pentrations by varying age while
other variables are held constant.
Cell phones expose you to near field radiation differently with age
Adult
10-year old
5-year old
Reference: Cell phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age,
by Dr. George Carlo and Martin Schram (2001, Caroll and Graf publishers).
October 2008
“Anything can be faked… by anyone.
In the many years that I have been before
the public, my secret methods have been
steadily shielded by the strict integrity of
my assistants…. But then, so far as I know,
I am the only performer who ever pledged
his assistants to secrecy, honor and
allegiance under a notarial oath.”……
Harry Houdini
It struck me while watching the film
classic, The Great Houdini, the other
night. The most skilled