1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:09,843 An exposure level 76 times higher than the radiation limit would cause exactly the same genetic damage as 2 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:14,759 this relatively low-power transmitter in a village. 3 00:00:14,759 --> 00:00:17,120 You have to imagine what that means: 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:25,679 When it comes to radioactivity, health and safety regulations are in place for good reason—it is prohibited. 5 00:00:25,679 --> 00:00:29,039 It is permitted for mobile phones. 6 00:00:29,039 --> 00:00:36,920 But when there’s cell phone radiation, it’s not just for a moment—it goes on for a long time. 7 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,520 And then you can imagine what happens. 8 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:45,079 The muscles, especially those around the arteries, spasm. 9 00:00:45,079 --> 00:00:55,240 Nerve cells transmit impulses; if it happens to be a pain nerve, you will experience constant pain. 10 00:00:55,240 --> 00:01:02,672 This chronic pain can—unfortunately, I have to say—become so severe that, in extreme cases, people have 11 00:01:02,672 --> 00:01:07,560 been unable to bear it and have taken their own lives. 12 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,280 Thank you very much for the kind introduction. 13 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,159 That's very nice. 14 00:01:13,159 --> 00:01:22,075 Even a science program on Bavarian Radio claimed: “Mobile phone radiation can’t possibly be harmful, because 15 00:01:22,075 --> 00:01:30,200 the energy—meaning quantum energy, as we’ve heard—is far too low to break down chemical bonds.” 16 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,400 So it can't be harmful. 17 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:43,120 Excuse me, but even our state-run media spreads this kind of nonsense. And it’s not just Bavarian Broadcasting. 18 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:53,945 It is important to realize that biological effects do not stem solely from chemistry, but that certain substances—such 19 00:01:53,945 --> 00:02:04,319 as proteins—are biologically active simply because of their physical structure and their physical effects. 20 00:02:04,319 --> 00:02:12,871 And for the physicists among you: You might find the term “van der Waals forces” interesting, as their energy lies precisely within 21 00:02:12,871 --> 00:02:17,120 the range of the mobile communications we’re discussing here. 22 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:22,960 But even without any knowledge of physics, you can still understand what’s happening. 23 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,479 Let's take a look at a cell. 24 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:35,599 This is a blue sphere in the picture—a cell surrounded by a cell membrane. 25 00:02:35,599 --> 00:02:45,680 This cell membrane separates the external region outside the cell, which is mostly filled with positively charged particles. 26 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:50,984 Here I’ve marked the calcium ions with small yellow spheres, but they’re not just 27 00:02:50,984 --> 00:02:54,680 calcium—there’s potassium and several others as well. 28 00:02:54,680 --> 00:03:01,439 The cell contains mostly negative particles, such as chlorine. 29 00:03:01,439 --> 00:03:08,095 And just like with “royal children,” the negatively charged particles want to move toward the positively 30 00:03:08,095 --> 00:03:14,319 charged ones and vice versa, but they can’t reach each other because of the cell membrane. 31 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:17,159 But the cell membrane has holes in it. 32 00:03:17,159 --> 00:03:22,520 Holes that allow only one type of particle to pass through. 33 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:28,039 The red dots here are holes that allow calcium to pass through. 34 00:03:28,039 --> 00:03:35,080 There are others that allow potassium to pass through, and still others for different substances, 35 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,639 and so on, but these pores are usually blocked. 36 00:03:38,639 --> 00:03:51,400 Blocked by complex molecules—proteins that prevent the calcium ions from entering. 37 00:03:51,400 --> 00:04:03,120 If you take a closer look at how these holes are clogged, you'll see that they're made up of spiral-shaped particles. 38 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:13,080 And the spirals maintain their shape because the charges are not evenly distributed but attract each other. 39 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:17,319 And so the spiral cannot unwind. 40 00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:22,622 But if we expose it to radiation now, the spiral starts to vibrate—or, in 41 00:04:22,622 --> 00:04:26,040 physicists’ terms, to undergo torsional vibrations. 42 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:35,703 And then it can happen that the vibration becomes so strong that the charged particles are too far apart to attract 43 00:04:35,703 --> 00:04:40,800 each other sufficiently, meaning that the spiral breaks apart. 44 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,439 This is shown here. 45 00:04:43,439 --> 00:04:51,279 In the cell membrane—specifically in these calcium channels—it looks like this: 46 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:59,240 In a channel like this, there are spirals; I've only drawn two here, but in reality there are four. 47 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:08,431 When the radiation strikes them, these spirals may, under certain conditions—if the radiation is strong 48 00:05:08,431 --> 00:05:17,800 enough—unravel, lose their rigidity, and allow calcium ions—the positively charged particles—to flow in. 49 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:31,879 Well, that’s not an unusual process in itself; for example, when you contract a muscle, calcium flows into the muscle cells. 50 00:05:31,879 --> 00:05:38,279 In other words, calcium causes muscle cells to contract. 51 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:46,399 In nerve cells, calcium triggers the transmission of a nerve impulse, so there’s no problem there. 52 00:05:46,399 --> 00:05:54,279 But when there is cell phone radiation, it’s not just for a moment—it goes on for a long time. 53 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,519 And then you can imagine what happens. 54 00:05:56,519 --> 00:06:02,439 The muscles, especially those around the arteries, spasm. 55 00:06:02,439 --> 00:06:12,519 Nerve cells transmit impulses; if it happens to be a pain nerve, you will experience constant pain. 56 00:06:12,519 --> 00:06:19,846 This chronic pain can—unfortunately, I have to say—become so severe that, in extreme cases, people have 57 00:06:19,846 --> 00:06:24,120 been unable to bear it and have taken their own lives. 58 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:30,519 Unfortunately, that's true; I know of several cases like that—it's terrible. 59 00:06:30,519 --> 00:06:38,879 Okay, so what happens now when the calcium enters the cell? 60 00:06:38,879 --> 00:06:43,360 Then a whole chain of reactions takes place. 61 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:49,199 These reactions—I've shown only one of the chains here, but there are several. 62 00:06:49,199 --> 00:06:53,000 The endpoint of the blue boxes is important. 63 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:59,319 As you can see, free radicals and oxidative stress are present. 64 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:11,000 And this oxidative stress consists of highly reactive chemical compounds that, among other things, attack genetic material—DNA. 65 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:19,439 Incidentally, the end result of this has already been studied in numerous experiments many, many years ago. 66 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:26,439 I believe there are well over 100 scientific studies that examine this effect. 67 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:32,514 And right now we're in the midst of another boom period, with new research on this topic 68 00:07:32,514 --> 00:07:36,160 being published constantly, almost every week. 69 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:45,607 The best-known study was the so-called “Reflex Study,” commissioned by the EU, which subsequently garnered 70 00:07:45,607 --> 00:07:56,480 significant public attention and was vigorously opposed by the industry—with outrageous smears and other terrible things. 71 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:03,399 We won't go into that now—maybe my neighbor, Mr. Scheidsteger, will. 72 00:08:03,399 --> 00:08:11,970 Well, as I said, these chemical reactions lead, among other things, to genetic changes, and 73 00:08:11,970 --> 00:08:16,839 these genetic changes have two possible outcomes. 74 00:08:16,839 --> 00:08:26,560 Either cancer or poor genetics for the next generation. 75 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:37,000 Let’s first take a closer look at how we can quantify genetic damage. 76 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:43,960 Of course, you can examine the DNA in individual cells to look for damage. 77 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:52,759 We've recently achieved something that people didn't think was possible. 78 00:08:52,759 --> 00:08:59,799 As you know, before cell division, the genetic material organizes itself into chromosomes. 79 00:08:59,799 --> 00:09:10,720 If DNA, the genetic material, is damaged, damaged chromosomes are also produced. 80 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:18,840 And there’s one type that’s particularly interesting: the so-called dicentric chromosomes. 81 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:30,600 They are used in radiation exposure assessments to determine the amount of radiation a person has been exposed to. 82 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:38,409 You should know that: Dizentric chromosomes are caused almost exclusively by radiation—not by chemical factors, 83 00:09:38,409 --> 00:09:42,559 not by other environmental factors, but only by radiation. 84 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:51,526 And that is why it is legally recognized that the number or frequency of dicentric 85 00:09:51,526 --> 00:09:58,399 chromosomes is a reliable measure of radiation exposure. 86 00:09:58,399 --> 00:10:07,039 We—that is, a group of which several of us are members—have compared two villages. 87 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:15,399 One village had a cell tower—not even a particularly tall one—and the other had none. 88 00:10:15,399 --> 00:10:22,229 Otherwise, the population or the segment of the population under study was compared in 89 00:10:22,229 --> 00:10:26,279 minute detail, just as is done with radioactivity. 90 00:10:26,279 --> 00:10:34,158 In other words, they wanted to be as precise as possible about everything—from people’s medical 91 00:10:34,158 --> 00:10:39,399 history and eating habits to their cheese consumption. 92 00:10:39,399 --> 00:10:45,399 And he just picked out a corresponding number of people. 93 00:10:45,399 --> 00:10:56,681 In the people exposed to the radiation—as I said, a perfectly ordinary, not particularly powerful cell phone tower on the roof 94 00:10:56,681 --> 00:11:06,978 of a house in the village—it caused anaberrant chromosomes, the kind that would result from exposure to radioactive 95 00:11:06,978 --> 00:11:12,440 radiation at the threshold level over a period of 76 years. 96 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,480 In other words: 97 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:25,826 Since the (radioactive) radiation was present in very high levels for only one year—a level 76 times higher than the 98 00:11:25,826 --> 00:11:36,879 radiation limit—it would cause exactly the same genetic damage as this relatively weak transmitter in a village. 99 00:11:36,879 --> 00:11:39,200 You have to imagine what that means. 100 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:47,840 When it comes to radioactivity, health and safety regulations are in place for good reason—it is prohibited. 101 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:53,080 It is permitted for mobile phones. 102 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,279 Let's go back to that—what does that mean in practice? 103 00:11:57,279 --> 00:12:02,480 One outcome is cancer; we've already talked about that. 104 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:11,480 There are countless studies examining the link between cell phone use and cancer. 105 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:16,639 I've just picked out a few of the most important ones—perhaps the most famous ones. 106 00:12:16,639 --> 00:12:25,893 The first study is by Hardell, who specifically investigated whether there is an increased incidence of 107 00:12:25,893 --> 00:12:33,080 brain tumors among people who talk on the phone with a mobile device held to their ear. 108 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,200 And he found out: 109 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:43,109 There is an increased incidence of brain tumors: specifically, if you hold the phone in your right hand, the tumor 110 00:12:43,109 --> 00:12:50,879 tends to develop on the right side, and if you hold it in your left hand, it tends to develop on the left side. 111 00:12:50,879 --> 00:12:55,320 The second point here from the National Toxicology Program. 112 00:12:55,320 --> 00:13:03,759 It is also a study that was commissioned by the government—specifically, the U.S. government. 113 00:13:03,759 --> 00:13:12,828 Researchers exposed several thousand mice and rats to radiation and found that certain 114 00:13:12,828 --> 00:13:17,679 types of cancer were caused by the radiation. 115 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,759 Statistically sound and well-documented. 116 00:13:20,759 --> 00:13:26,120 However, the radiation levels in these studies were relatively high. 117 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:30,480 Then we said, “Well, the radiation levels are much lower here.” 118 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:40,265 That is why Ms. Belpoggi conducted the same studies in Italy using radiation levels slightly above our limit and also 119 00:13:40,265 --> 00:13:45,639 well below our limit, and she reached the same conclusion. 120 00:13:45,639 --> 00:13:54,425 In other words, even at levels well below our threshold, it has been shown that cancer develops in animals—specifically 121 00:13:54,425 --> 00:13:59,159 in rats—albeit only certain types of cancer, but still. 122 00:13:59,159 --> 00:14:05,720 And Professor Lin originally worked in the mobile communications industry. 123 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:14,159 Based on these experiments, he said, “It is now beyond doubt: Cell phone radiation causes cancer!” 124 00:14:14,159 --> 00:14:22,279 You can also look at this in another study, which again uses official English-language data. 125 00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:29,720 In the UK, the roles differ here... 126 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:34,600 Sorry, I almost forgot—we're still going to Belpoggi: 127 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:45,639 The dose people were exposed to even correlates linearly with the likelihood that the animals developed cancer. 128 00:14:45,639 --> 00:14:53,480 But now back to the British study—this data comes from the UK Health Security Agency. 129 00:14:53,480 --> 00:15:05,840 They studied grade 4 gliomas—which are particularly aggressive brain tumors—specifically tumors that are almost always fatal. 130 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,919 They are classified according to the different regions of the brain. 131 00:15:09,919 --> 00:15:18,559 The green curve represents the majority of brain regions that have not changed much over the years. 132 00:15:18,559 --> 00:15:27,559 The red curve refers only to the frontal lobe, which extends laterally into the temporal lobe. 133 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:34,159 And since the introduction of mobile communications, that number has risen rapidly. 134 00:15:34,159 --> 00:15:38,879 Unfortunately, my statistics stop relatively early on. 135 00:15:38,879 --> 00:15:46,720 It's because I've been lazy that I haven't kept the data up to date since then, but I'll keep at it. 136 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:50,159 Okay, those were the cancer cases. 137 00:15:50,159 --> 00:15:56,274 Now, one could say that if someone wants to be exposed to electromagnetic radiation—and since it’s 138 00:15:56,274 --> 00:16:02,879 possible to avoid at least some of it, though only some—then it’s their own fault if they get cancer. 139 00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:08,399 It's cynical, but it's something people often throw in your face. 140 00:16:08,399 --> 00:16:16,919 One thing for which there is certainly no excuse is the harm done to the next generation. 141 00:16:16,919 --> 00:16:28,360 We conducted a study involving 7,000 irradiated piglets and approximately 10,000 non-irradiated piglets. 142 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:37,974 Exactly in that month—really, in that very month—when the radiation began, the pregnant 143 00:16:37,974 --> 00:16:43,679 sows started giving birth to malformed piglets. 144 00:16:43,679 --> 00:16:48,080 I've recorded a few here. 145 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,960 That's very reminiscent of "Contergan." 146 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:58,868 It is important to note that this radiation—which averaged several hundred microwatts per square 147 00:16:58,868 --> 00:17:07,720 meter—reached a maximum of 1,200 microwatts per square meter, a figure that was even officially measured. 148 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,920 Our threshold is 10 million! 149 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:16,799 But even with this low level of radiation, they develop these deformities. 150 00:17:16,799 --> 00:17:25,396 And if I only count the ones that are visibly affected at birth—not those with internal organ damage, but the ones that are 151 00:17:25,396 --> 00:17:30,680 immediately visible—then we have a 1% rate of damaged piglets. 152 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:37,039 You should know that, genetically speaking, pigs are very similar to humans. 153 00:17:37,039 --> 00:17:45,400 And this isn't just about pigs; we're seeing deformities in cattle as well. 154 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,759 In other words, it spans the animal kingdom. 155 00:17:47,759 --> 00:17:50,200 We've observed this in plants as well. 156 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,640 I don't have any pictures of that here. 157 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:56,200 Now I’d like to ask you to consider: 158 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:02,960 We could have a mobile network that uses only a fraction of the radiation. 159 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:12,079 Will anyone here explain how that works in practice? 160 00:18:12,079 --> 00:18:18,640 The current method is cheaper and generates higher profits for the operators. 161 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,480 Is that really what we want? 162 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:32,759 In other words, are we willing to risk 1% of our offspring having visible defects just to save money? 163 00:18:32,759 --> 00:18:39,039 Please keep in mind that this only applies to visible damage. 164 00:18:39,039 --> 00:18:43,000 They aren't born in humans. 165 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:48,599 It's awful to say, but it's true—these children are being aborted. 166 00:18:48,599 --> 00:18:51,519 You won't find them in any statistics. 167 00:18:51,519 --> 00:18:53,200 But is that what we want? 168 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,400 Is that really what we want, just so it can be cheap? 169 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,559 Thank you very much for your attention.