Magnetic Fields and Cancer

[MrGamma]

Hello,

I am concerned at some of the studies which investigate cancer and DNA Damage to brain cells and such.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/02/040219075606.htm

Now I understand that there is a big hype around the radiation of cellphones potentially causing cancer. It's electromagnetic energy of sorts.

The above article claims that Electro-Magnetic energy in the 60 hertz range can cause cell damage to the brain.

Is this not the same thing as cancer? Irreversible cell damage which eventually spreads?

How can one differentiate between the damage done from Cell Phone Radiation and Electro-Magnetic AC energy?

Additionally, It worries me to think that my audio headphones could be doing any sort of damage as well. Does DC power emit an entirely different energy field in terms of what the 60 Hertz AC study was founded on?

Any additional reading material would be of great interest. Thank you.

[russ_watters]

This smells funny to me.

However, to answer your questions - 60hz magnetic fields are what you get from home electricity. AC power is at 60 hz. Cell phones operate at ~900 or ~1900mhz.

Cancer is not damage to cells. Cancer is cells that reproduce in an uncontrolled fashion.

DC power has no frequency. That's what "DC" means!

[MrGamma]

I thought it meant Alternating Current and Direct Current. From what little I know of it...

So what you're saying is sort of what I thought. That this 60 hertz of electromagnetic fields which caused the death of cells, really has nothing to do with the current belief that cell phones might cause tumors.

That's what I am trying to differentiate. The difference bewteen cell phone radiation and electro-magnetic radiation.

One being caused by radio waves, cell phones. And one through electro-magnetism, or AC power.

I mean they are both in the electromagnetic spectrum. I am just trying to understand how similar these studies are to each other or how vastly different the experiment and the results are from each other.

Cell Phone Radiation and Cancer vs. Electromagnetism and DNA Cell Brain Damage.

When you say it smells funny, are you considering the experiment I posted to... or my current mis-understandings of what it's all about?


Basically... are you saying nothing can emit radiation without a frequency and thus DC power cannot emit radiation? So my headphones are entirely free from any sort of electro-magnetic radiation? I am asking because I don't know...