Since the advent of the backyard
string and cups
phone we've enjoyed an unprecedented expansion and integration of
telecommunications in our lives.
I personally remember times when there were no mobile
phones and if you really want to go back I remember when there was no
color TV.
I'm only 33 years old, which is a terrifically fast
technological change.
I'm constantly told by friends, family and business
associates how good it was before mobile phones.
No constant messaging and calls, no constant need to
answer the phone.
As an electronic engineer myself
I understand
electro-dynamics and the atomic phenomenon and physics, I also
understand the danger
of radiation and the effects it can have on a person.
You see radiation is not a substance or mass, it is
an effect an actual dispersion of normal atomic structure.
There are certain effects from it on organisms and
elements.
They can be a source of your research.
I can account my direct observations and I can say I’ve
seen the effects radiation has had on people.
I have worked in Nokia's GSM
manufacturing and
testing areas, Telstra's metro and rural base-station sites and,
massive corporate
remote monitoring buildings.
I was trained as Senior Telecommunications Technical
Officer by a man who I hold a great respect for. He used to ride a
horse
through the WA interior fixing and commissioning landline phones. The
stories
he told were wondrous and undeniably faithful
to the true rigours of Australian rural
life.
My last boss who I also greatly
admire was the State
Supervisor for managing the AC, DC, UPS and diesel generator backup
power
systems for the telecommunications.
He was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Before his role
as State Supervisor he was an outback radio technician, commissioning,
fixing
and testing the site-to-site repeater stations across the WA interior.
He was constantly on the mobile phone; rarely did I
see him without the mobile to his ear as he managed many interior
contractors
on top of his supervising duties.
This is easily dismissed by
those who haven't the
education in this field, but does not deter me from telling my side of
the
story to you.
The carrier frequency used to transmit mobile phone
signals is the similar frequency that is used in a microwave to heat
and cook
food.
My intention is not to scare or
vindicate my opinions
and observations given above. My intention is to show you that although
many a
corporation and representative will advocate a product, rarely do they
know
what its real effects and dangers are, whether they’re deemed
acceptable or not.
It is simply not their job.
Those whose job it is are not accountable and have
their responsibility negated by political and commercial policies.
These policies are the result of heavily vested
interest groups that are enabled purely by the fact of overwhelming
seats of
power, whether by money or inheritance.
My personal and professional advice to those who take the time to read this is to treat this technology with the respect it is due, keep your phones a good 1 meter away from you when you sleep and don't use them unless it is necessary. Use a landline if it is nearby. The advent and increased use of the SMS facility is a good thing in my opinion, it has allowed a relief from over usage.
Although we would like to speak of lighter and happier things when we talk of our grand burst in communications technology, it is a fact that there is much left behind unfinished, it should be finished before it is given to people to use like a fork at the dinner table.