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For many young women today, tucking cellphones in the bra has become a cool, hip way to have easy access to these electronic devices. Women can jog, drive, shop or sit in darkened movie theaters, quickly responding to tingly vibrations at their breast. Most women have no idea that cellphones are two-way microwave radios that should not be kept directly on the body warns Environmental Health Trust (EHT), a group promoting safer phone use especially for non-adult users and for pregnant users.

A majority of Americans use their mobile phones to access the Internet, and a growing number use their handsets as their primary online device says a survey by Pew Research Center. The survey found 3 out of every 5 mobile phone owners now use their phone to go online. And because nearly all Americans now own a cell phone, this means that half regularly use their phones to surf the internet. The proportion of mobile phone owners who use their phone to go online has doubled since 2009, Pew found. That may raise public health concerns related to exposure to cell phone radiation emissions says Environmental Health Trust (EHT), a group promoting safer phone use especially for non-adult users and for pregnant users.

Dr. Devra Davis, award-winning scientist and founder of the Environmental Health Trust (EHT), will be a guest on the Thom Hartman Radio program Wednesday, July 3, at 1:45 p.m. EST/4:45 p.m. PST, to discuss cell phone radiation and its effects on children.

During the symposium Turkish officials heard from leading experts from the U.S., Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Turkey and Greece, including Dr. Devra Davis, award-winning scientist and founder of the Environmental Health Trust.

The Environmental Health Trust recently joined Jackson Hole Mayor Mark Barron, a strong leader in promoting wireless safety, to announce the names of five students who have been recognized as winners in this year's Student Art, Science and Technology Contest. The contest is held annually by Environmental Health Trust's Jackson Action team to encourage students to look more closely at the facts about wireless technology that is so prevalent in their daily lives and learn how to protect themselves from microwave exposure.

Disconnect: The Truth about Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Is Doing to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family (Plume; September 27, 2011; $16.00) by Dr. Devra Davis, has won a 2013 Silver Nautilus Book Award in the Conscious media/Journalism/Investigative reporting category. The Nautilus Book Awards represents Better Books for a Better World, recognizing books that promote spiritual growth, conscious living and positive social change. Dedicated to excellence and the highest of standards, Nautilus Awards honors and promotes books that inspire and connect our lives as individuals, communities and global citizens.

Environmental Health Trust (EHT), a non-profit that educates individuals, health professionals and communities about controllable environmental health risks and policy changes needed to reduce those risks, lost a revered medical pioneer over the weekend with the unexpected death of Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, EHT’s beloved Chairman since the group’s inception. He was 72 year old.