Several weeks ago it was mentioned in the Australian media that replacement Australian troops about to be deployed to Iraq were being warned to stay well away from old destroyed Iraqi tanks and other military weaponry because of the danger of DU dust contaminating the wrecks. No such warnings however to the Iraqi kids who
Read more →Document produced by Dr Grahame Blackwell 21 Feb 20051 1. Study of the health of people living in the vicinity of mobile phone base stations. Santini et al. Pathol Biol (Paris) [Pathologie Biologie (Paris)] 2002; 50: 369 – 73 Found significant health effects on people living within 300 metres of mobile phone base stations. Conclusions
Read more →UCSF report says Philip Morris influenced scientific article Firm suggested to writer that link between SIDS, secondhand smoke be downplayed – Alex Barnum, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, March 7, 2005 Researchers at UCSF reviewing once-secret industry documents have detailed an elaborate effort by a leading tobacco company to raise doubts among doctors and public health
Read more →http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/march05/wakeupcall01.html HENRY LAI HAS A VIVID RECOLLECTION OF HIS INTRODUCTION to the politics of big science. It was 1994, and he had just received a message from the National Institutes of Health, which was funding work he was doing on the effects of microwave radiation, similar to that emitted by cellular phones, on the brain.
Read more →Now that the Australian government is increasing its troop levels in Iraq, those troops should know that the hazards they face are far more than being shot by unfriendly insurgents. For those troops the issue of DU is very much an OH&S topic for this list. Is it really worth bringing home a legacy of
Read more →Hi Don, News from the USA for our USA colleagues… The Public Broadcasting System’s NOW TV show, formerly narrated by Bill Moyers, is airing a story on cellular antennas this coming Friday night on most affiliate stations across the U.S. The perspective they seem to be taking is using siting of antennas as one example
Read more →http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sutter22feb22,0,374779.story?coll=la-home-local CALIFORNIA Town Gives Brave New World an F When an elementary school required students to wear radio frequency IDs, some parents saw the specter of Big Brother. By Eric Bailey Times Staff Writer February 22, 2005 SUTTER, Calif. – This little Northern California farm town is blissfully unaccustomed to turmoil. But recent weeks dished
Read more →Concerned citizens: Apparently many people have questions about mobile phones, base stations and their safety in the community – so the ACA have produced a video (apparently about 6 mins) to reassure you that they are OK… Jeff Watson (ex-This Day Tonight, Four Corners, Towards 2000 (a program which he devised in 1979), Sixty Minutes,
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