Kids Create Winning Videos, Lead the Way in National Cell Phone Safety Awareness

Campaign Sponsored by Environmental Health Trust

Determined to protect children from the dangers of cell phone irradiation, the E
nvironmental Health Trust recently launched the Campaign for Safer Cell Phones,
and the Get Wired Action Program in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to serve as a model f
or communities across the nation and around the globe.
Jackson, WY, May 21, 2011 -- Dozens of enthusiastic schoolchildren from Jackson
Hole, Wyoming created videos about how to use a cell phone safely, and why safe
cell phone use is important, by participating in the Environmental Health Trust'
s (EHT) "Get Wired" Safer Cell Phones Youtube Video and Poster Contest. Winners
will showcase their videos at Jackson’s Teton County Library on Monday, May 23, fr
om 4 pm to 5 pm.
Spearheaded by volunteer stay-at-home-mom Renee Glick, on EHT’s behalf, with the a
pproval of the Teton County School District and the Jackson Town Council, childr
en throughout the K-12 Jackson Hole community participated in the contest. Winne
rs were announced in late April, and each received a “cool” YUBZ retro headset to pl
ug into their cell phones and help minimize personal exposure to potentially dan
gerous microwave cell phone radiation. YUBZ helped sponsor the event by acceptin
g Glick’s invitation to provide fun, age-appropriate headsets to winners from each
grade in every K-12 school throughout the district.
"I get my own Y-U-B-Z!" declared six-year old Taylor Glick, who, inspired by her
mom’s efforts, entered the winning video for the kindergarteners at Wilson Elemen
tary. Taylor’s little sister, preschooler Ryan Glick, though not a contest partici
pant herself, was nonetheless equally excited. "I learned the word ‘radiation!’” she e
xclaimed.
Little kids aren’t the only ones learning about radiation, as the winning video fr
om four Wilson fifth graders makes clear. Tait Bjornsen, Kirsten Wuerderman, Kam
ryn Lunde and Emery Rheam’s video features a grandmother scolding at a grandfather
because he was not using his cell phone safely.
"I was really surprised,” said Kirsten. “I didn t know cell phones could cause radia
tion. The most important thing I learned was that you should really not use cell
phones the way people normally do." Fellow Wilson students Eric Woodson and Sop
hia Ortega entered winning drawings for first and fourth grades, respectively.
Over at Journeys Elementary, two third-grade girlfriends, Dylan Kling and Whitne
y Ball, teamed up with Dylan’s first-grade brother, Ridge Kling, to submit a winni
ng video of original lyrics and dance--inspired by Michael Jackson s "They Don t
Care About Us”-- which criticizes failed fine-print government and industry cell
phone safety warnings.
"I don t want a cell phone until I am at least 12," said Dylan. “Yeah,” said Whitney
, “but it s so cool that they make headsets like these, and it makes cell phones s
afer too." "Yeah, this headset is awesome,” Ridge agreed. “I like the design."
EHT’s founder, Teton Village resident Dr. Devra Davis, an internationally recogniz
ed leader on the science behind the dangers of cell phone radiation, applauded t
he students’ creative leadership. “Young people are particularly at risk from the da
ngers of cell phone radiation,” Dr. Davis warned.
Dr. Davis is the author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, Wha
t the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family (Dutton, 2010
), a groundbreaking, in-depth investigation into the history and science of the
dangers of cell phone radiation, Davis features prominently in breaking national
national news on the topic.
Determined to protect children from the dangers of cell phone irradiation, Dr. D
avis recently launched the Campaign for Safer Cell Phones, and the Get Wired Act
ion Program in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to serve as a model for communities across
the nation and around the globe.
The EHT campaign provides access to a toolbox of free downloadable materials suc
h as “safety cards” that list safer cell phone practices, appealing to teachers, hea
lth care professionals, parents, and students alike. The Get Wired Action Progra
m provides a template for communities across the nation and around the world, fr
om Montana to France and Israel, where the dangers of cell phone irradiation are
of growing concern.
"I knew cell phones gave off radiation, but I didn t know how serious it was ove
r a period of time," said Jackson Hole High School (JHHS) sophomore David Gilmor
e, who teamed up with fellow sophomores Garrett Spencer, Sky Roney, and one othe
r student, to submit the winning video “Brain Tumor.” Summit High School’s Sean Colema
n worked with Josh Franz, Zak Bagley and Vivian Eden from JHHS to submit their w
inning video, “Cell Phone Effects.”
"It s really surprising that cell phones might cause cancer," said another JHHS
winner, Morgan Comey, who, along with freshman Dalton Goodrich and junior Marlow
e McGuire, submitted the video “Don t Sleep With Cell Phones.” "I m so stoked,” said M
cGuire. “I never win anything! This is so cool!"
In March, national media attention focused on new studies presented in the Journ
al of the American Medical Association showing that cell phone radiation excites
the brain. In the studies, a team of researchers found that just 50 minutes of
cell phone radiation significantly affects brain function and metabolism of gluc
ose—the brain’s main fuel—in those parts of the brain that receive the most cell phone
radiation. On the same day as the award ceremony, a think-tank of experts organ
ized by Gazi University and EHT will convene at a workshop in Istanbul, Turkey t
o share explosive independent studies on cell phone radiation.
For more information on phone safety, log on to http://www.saferphonezone.com.
About Environmental Health Trust
Environmental Health Trust (EHT) educates individuals, health professionals and
communities about controllable environmental health risks and policy changes nee
ded to reduce those risks. Current multi-media projects include: local and natio
nal campaigns to ban smoking and asbestos; working with international physician
and worker safety groups to warn about the risks of inappropriate use of diagnos
tic radiation and cell phones, promoting research and awareness of environmental
causes of breast cancer, and building environmental wellness programs in Wyomin
g and Pennsylvania to address the environmental impacts of energy development, t
he built environment and radon. EHT was created with the goal of promoting healt
h and preventing disease one person, one community and one nation at a time. Cap
italizing on growing public interest in Dr. Devra Lee Davis’s three popular books,
When Smoke Ran Like Water, a National Book Award Finalist, The Secret History o
f the War on Cancer, and Disconnect--the truth about cell phone radiation, what
industry has done to hide it and how to protect your family, as well as recent d
ocumentary films, the foundation’s website offers clear, science-based information
to prevent environmentally based disease and promote health, for the general pu
blic, children, and health professionals. For more information about getting inv
olved in the numerous special projects spearheaded by the EHT, please log on to
http://www.saferphonezone.com .
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