For the more than 120 million Americans and over 500 million people world-wide currently using wireless phones, this thoroughly researched and documented cautionary work is an essential guide. Dr. George Carlo was hired by the cell phone industry in 1993 to study the safety of its product. In 1999, his research funds were not renewed, and the industry sought to discredit him. His findings on the dangers posed by the microwave radiation from cell phone antennas—disrupting cardiac pacemakers, penetrating the developing skulls of children, compromising the blood-brain barrier, and most startlingly, inflicting genetic damage that is a known diagnostic marker for cancer—are given clear voice as Carlo brings his case to the public in this examination of the hard science and the shady politics of a reckless high-tech industry now mired in personal injury and class-action litigation.

 

Dedication
Introduction
Chapter One: When Science Meets Politics

Chapter Two: Follow-the-Science: No Problems, But No Tools

Chapter Three: Follow-the Politics: High and Inside

Chapter Four: Follow-the-Science: Henry's Comet

Chapter Five: Follow-the-Politics: The Care and Feeding of Watchdogs

Chapter Six: Follow-the-Science: Heart-Stopping Phone Calls

Chapter Seven: Follow-the-Money: Caught in a Litigation Vise

Chapter Eight: Follow-the-Science: Interesting but Inconclusive Findings

Chapter Nine: Follow-the-Money: Turning Off the Spigot

Chapter Ten: Follow-the-Science: Red Flags

Chapter Eleven: Follow-the-Science: More Red Flags

Chapter Twelve: Hoisting the Red Flags

Chapter Thirteen: When Science Collides with Politics

Chapter Fourteen: Protect the Children

Chapter Fifteen: Follow-the-Science: Confirming Evidence

Chapter Sixteen: Myopic Watchdogs

Chapter Seventeen: Follow-the Science: Piecing Together the Cancer Puzzle

Chapter Eighteen: Safety First—Health Recommendations

Acknowledgments