From Cindy Sage on the CHEEMF list: The Swiss ITIS laboratory for testing of RF wireless emissions (headed by the former BEMS president Niels Kuster) has a new paper out (Vermeeren et al, 2010). It investigates whether the ICNIRP public safety standards for Europe and other countries (and similar to the US FCC limits in [...]
From Dariusz Leszczynski’s blog: WHO has released its 2010 Research Agenda for Radiofrequency Fields (http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241599948_eng.pdf). It is new but, to my great disappointment, there is nothing new. The opinion, as expected is very much influenced by the ICNIRP. Out of the 19 experts who met on February 2010 to formulate the new agenda, 10 are [...]
NOTICE My PhD dissertation, The Procrustean Approach Setting Exposure Standards for Telecommunications Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation, is now available as a free download on the website of the International EMF Alliance. http://international-emf-alliance.org/ . Click on the publications box at the top. This is an examination of the manipulation of telecommunications standards by political, military, and industrial [...]
From Devra Davis: BMJ on Conflicts of Interest, WHO and the pandemic flu “conspiracies” Deborah Cohen, features editor, BMJ, Philip Carter, journalist, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, London Key scientists advising the World Health Organization on planning for an influenza pandemic had done paid work for pharmaceutical firms that stood to gain from the guidance [...]
1318: See Microwave News’ “Short Takes”
From Louis Slesin: We have recently added a new column to the Microwave News Web site. It’s called “Short Takes” and features brief news items. Short Takes begins on the right hand side of our Home Page, http://www.microwavenews.com. Among the recent posts are: – ICNIRP’s stunning rejection of precautionary policies for power-frequency EMFs; – An [...]