Exposure to pesticides can cause Parkinson’s http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg18625014.900 26 May 2005 Special Report from New Scientist Print Edition Andy Coghlan SUSPICIONS that pesticides could cause Parkinson’s disease have been strengthened. The more pesticide you are exposed to, the higher your risk of developing the disease, say investigators who have studied almost 3000 people in five European
Read more →Depleted Uranium Bill Introduced into Congress The Lone Star Iconoclast (From Truthout) 01 June Issue Washington, DC – Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA), a medical doctor, on May 17 introduced legislation with 21 original co-sponsors in the House of Representatives that calls for medical and scientific studies on the health and environmental impacts from the U.S.
Read more →Australia’s Mobile Phone Use to Exceed 100% in 3 Years, Predicts IDC 30/05/2005 12:40:21 NORTH SYDNEY, May 30th, 2005 “” Australia’s cellular penetration for the first time last year surpassed “natural saturation,” signifying that every Australian who could be using a mobile phone is already using one, according to IDC”™s latest research into the local
Read more →http://www.electrosensitivity.org.uk/ 29/05/05 The new(ish) Health Protection Agency,HPA, which we understand is subsuming the old National Radiological Protection Board, NRPB, under its grander umbrella as the Radiological Protection Division, RPD, is soon releasing, wait for it, as the HPA/RPD, a report. This is definitely one to watch, of considerable importance to us and anyone who doubts
Read more →WTO Talks a Threat to Environment – NGOs Stefania Bianchi BRUSSELS, May 25 (IPS) – Laws protecting the environment, social well-being and health are increasingly coming under attack at international trade discussions, according to new analysis from a leading environmental group. Friends of the Earth International says a growing number of countries are using negotiations
Read more →Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 RACHEL’S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH NEWS #817 http://www.rachel.org May 12, 2005 Part 1 of 2: A Systemic Approach to Occupational and Environmental Health By Skip Spitzer* There are signs that public awareness about corporate impacts on society is rising.[1] A 1999 industry-sponsored global survey warned that citizens in general feel that
Read more →As for the that Finnish paper on 3G (last message) it turns out to be a Uni prank. The person who earlier sent it to me has since spoken with Topi Mäenpää the “author” (alias Dr. Tech) at Oulu University. Dr. Tech has left his photo at < http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~topiolli/images/virne.jpg > which illustrates who has the
Read more →To All The below message, and link, came in this morning and will probably be doing the rounds on Internet as further evidence that cell phones and 3G in particular, are a health hazard. However the whole paper, supposedly “published” in Nov. of 2002, looks +VERY+ suspect to me for quite a few reasons. Note
Read more →The other day I was asked to supply what information I had on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) to an organisation in the US that is getting increasing reports of ill-health possibly associated with unknown RF sources. In addition to the material available on my web site I managed to dig up in the files an
Read more →Council rejects Telstra phone tower plan 11:49 AM May 24 A proposal by Telstra to build a mobile phone tower on the western side of Lake Macquarie has been rejected by council, after residents revealed its visual impact had been significantly under-estimated. Councillors last night rejected the 30 metre high tower at Teralba after a
Read more →The Sydney Daily Telegraph More mobile phone towers planned May 25, 2005 NEW mobile phone base stations to be built across Sydney will be targeted by a growing number of community protest groups. An investigation by The Daily Telegraph has uncovered dozens of proposed new mobile base stations to be built across Sydney. It follows
Read more →South Natomas Home Covered With Sheet Metal Residents Claim Neighbors Bombarding Them With Radiation POSTED: 8:42 am PDT May 20, 2005 UPDATED: 2:00 pm PDT May 20, 2005 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A home in Sacramento’s south Natomas neighborhood is surrounded by sheet metal, and neighbors are calling it an eyesore. The D’Souza family lives in
Read more →23rd Annual International Symposium on Man and His Environment in Health and Disease Special Focus ————- The Autonomic Nervous System and Its Relationship to Environmental Pollutants Including the Cardiovascular System and Electromagnetic Sensitivity, June 9-12 2005 This event is sponsored by the American Environmental Health Foundation and the University of North Texas Health Science Center
Read more →URGENT NOTICE – Secret Australian Supplement Ban Legislation Imminent- CODEX Looming – It concerns ALL of us!!! Please act in your and your freedom’s interest! From Eve Hillary at Health Freedom CODEX Campaign URGENT NOTICE PLEASE HELP STOP: Secret anti Health Supplement Legislation Being Passed in Aussie Parliament Natural Health Supplements ARE in the Firing
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Read more →Rural mobile phone use ‘riskier’ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4552645.stm Monday, 16 May, 2005, 23:45 GMT 00:45 UK Rural mobile phone users seem to be more at risk, experts say Using a digital mobile phone in rural areas may pose a greater risk of developing brain tumours than it does in urban settings, a study suggests. Researchers
Read more →Tension on towers http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15309289^15346^^nbv^15306-15316,00.html Australian IT News Andrew Colley MAY 17, 2005 THE federal Government may develop new industry rules to ease community concerns about mobile phone towers. Communications Minister Helen Coonan would consider measures to ease tensions between carriers and resident groups, a spokeswoman said. Legislative changes had been ruled out, but Senator Coonan
Read more →Notice from the U.S. EMF Policy Institute: The EMR Policy Institute is seeking donations to support a Supreme Court challenge to the FCC’s RF safety regulations (press release below). For those wishing to make a donation go to: < www.emrpolicy.org > and click on the “Donate Now” button at the bottom of our Home Page.
Read more →On May 3rd on this list I posted an article on how two German high school students investigated the influence of using a mobile phone on the red blood cells. Now we have a American high school student (below) researching for mutations in fruit flies exposed to wireless RF radiation. A growing trend I hope.
Read more →From the Henry Kaiser Foundation Health report on Prescription Drugs http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=29952 Tuesday, May 10, 2005 Some top medical journals have begun “cracking down” on prescription drug studies that “omit key findings” on safety and efficacy or “inconvenient details about how a trial’s design changed partway through” in an “era when articles are increasingly used as
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