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In a study 5 shows the blood from a male, age fifty-five, in calized or not; see Figures 8 and 9. No difference

exposing mice baseline condition. The red blood cells (RBCs) between fingertip and toe blood was observed.
are mostly round and separate, and the plasma
Nine out of ten subjects showed observ-
to cell phones, is relatively clear. able blood changes due to cell phone radiation
clumped RBCs Figure 6 shows the blood from the same exposure. One female subject, age fifty-three,
were found male subject immediately following the carry- did not show a significant effect from exposure
ing condition. The red blood cells are observed in the study. In general, a particular sequence
after short-term to be loosely aggregated. Some of the cells are of blood changes was observed for cell phone
exposure, and no longer round but misshapen. radiation exposure in which the subjects’ RBCs
Figure 7 shows the blood from the same first became sticky and aggregated, and upon
abnormal RBC male subject immediately following the active further exposure, for most subjects, the cells
shapes were use condition. Every RBC appears to be mis- became misshapen. We observed no distinct
observed after shapen. Many of the cells show spikes and are change in other blood factors including platelet
longer exposure echinocytes. aggregation, fibrin, white blood cell morphology
Because subjects were holding the phone and white blood cell motility.

times, which is during the active use condition, their fingers re-
similar to ceived considerable microwave radiation doses. DIET AND BLOOD CELL CHANGES

the results So we compared peripheral blood drawn from the To address the question of whether a higher
fingertip as well as from the toe of one female percentage of WAPF diet served to protect sub-
observed in subject, age fifty-five, in the active use condition jects from blood changes, the Likert scale scores
this study. to determine whether the blood changes were lo- of the blood factors were grouped together as
follows. Baseline scores were subtracted from
the carrying condition scores and also from the
active use scores to yield net blood factor changes
due to exposure. Then the net scores for rouleaux,
other red blood cell aggregates, and protein link-
age were summed and called “net RBC aggre-
gates.” The scores for RBC membrane distortions
and RBC echinocytes were also added together
and called “net RBC shape changes.” Figures 10
and 11, respectively, show the blood scores for
the carrying condition and the active phone use
condition for each of the ten subjects, arranged
in order of percent WAPF diet. In either case,
Figure 5: Baseline condition of male, age 55,
showing normal, healthy blood.

Figure 6: Carrying condition of same male showing Figure 7: Active use condition of same male
aggregated cells and a few misshapen RBCs. subject showing all RBCs are misshapen.
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