Gold Coast Sun (Australia) January 9, 2008 Wednesday Powerlines gone from Marymount But victory quite costly COLLEEN DAVIS Marymount College has won an 18-year battle to remove powerlines that bisect the school’s grounds. But it has come at a cost of $600,000 after the Gold Coast City Council reneged on a deal to pay one-third.
Read more →From Joanne Mueller: Star Tribune (Minnesota) http://www.startribune.com/business/13489261.html Cows are dying, and farmers think they know why In lawsuits filed against utilities, some farmers contend stray voltage from overloaded power lines nearby has killed their cattle. Xcel Energy argues the cow deaths could be blamed on other factors. By H.J. CUMMINS, Star Tribune Last update: January
Read more →From Lucinda Grant: Please see attached Russian EMR Report posted to the WHO site under the Russian Federation. I believe the Russians know the most about the EMR health issue, at least they did in the last generation. I would like to see doctors and scientists worldwide get connected with doctors and scientists in Russia/former
Read more →From Katharina Gustavs Dear Don, My English translation of Gerd Oberfeld’s paper on “Environmental Medicine Evaluation of Electromagnetic Fields,” which is part of the Environmental Medicine Diploma Course of the Austrian Medical Association, is now available online at the VDB (German Association of Building Biology Professionals) web site: www.baubiologie.net/docs/elektrosmog-environmental-medicine-evaluation-2007.pdf You may find this discussion of
Read more →Note in the following translation from the German original where a “minimum distance of 200 metres is to apply for overhead lines to residential buildings in rural areas, and for the urban areas, at least 400 metres will be necessary”. From Ingrid Dickenson: http://www.bmu.de/pressemitteilungen/aktuelle_pressemitteilungen/pm/40107.php BMU-Pressedienst no. 271/07 Berlin, 12.10.2007 Federal and State governments have prepared
Read more →The New Zealand Herald August 21, 2007 Tuesday Pylons major health hazard inquiry told Living near high-voltage power lines increases the risk of childhood leukaemia, miscarriage and other ill health, a medical expert has told a board of inquiry. However, the Ministry of Health and Transpower are comfortable with existing standards and are pushing for
Read more →The following local newspaper article is about the study mentioned in message #753: “New Australian transmission line study & risk of cancer” (June 27). It took the paper about 6 weeks to get around to reporting on it but when they did it is the feature article on page 1. The next big news will
Read more →Powerwatch notice sent via. Hans Karow: Brenda Short LLB(Hons) LLM, our legal advisor, has worked hard to produce an exceptional 100 page document titled “Further legal considerations in relation to EMFs, powerlines and a precautionary approach, following the SAGE report published April 2007”. This document considers in further detail whether existing legislation could be applied
Read more →Following is the summary and intro to a new paper on the public health impact of EMR. I have the pdf file of the paper for those interested. Don **************************** Fielding a current idea: exploring the public health impact of electromagnetic radiation Stephen J. Genuis Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, 2935″”66 Street, Edmonton, AB,
Read more →From OHS Alert – The source for OHS and workers’ compensation news in Australia http://www.ohsalert.com.au/nav?id=34458&no=601877886 ELF-MF exposure linked to myeloid leukaemia and Hodgkin’s disease Wednesday 25th July 2007 3:34 pm EST A Swiss study has found some evidence that exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) is associated with the development of myeloid leukaemia
Read more →The following summary of new research from the Imperial College, London, is confirmation of earlier findings from the Swedish Union of Clerical and Technical Employees in Industry and is examined in detail in their 1999 publication “No Risk in the IT Environment”. What is not mentioned in the below study,however, but examined in “No Risk”
Read more →From Betty Venables: Don, Your entry #772 on the ELF/EMR health issue from Cindy Sage is the best news for quite a while. And quite timely as we find ARPANSA is having such difficulty in designing an adequately protective health standard. The term “biologically based” is most appropriate to describe a health standard that has
Read more →Following is the latest progress report from the Australian Government’s Radiation Health Committee on its proposed new exposure standard for extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic and electric fields. Although the standard will apparently contain a precautionary element, as I understand it, advising people how to reduce their exposures if they are concerned, the most notable
Read more →PRESS RELEASE July 20, 2007 Contact Information: CL Sage@ sage@silcom.com Expected release date: 31 August 07 (Internet- Full Public Access) BioInitiative: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF) An international working group composed of scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals (The BioInitiative) has joined together to document
Read more →Sent by Powerwatch: PRESS RELEASE Embargoed until 00.01 BST Wednesday 18 July 2007 REPORT BY MPs WILL SAVE YOUNG LIVES SAY LEADING LEUKAEMIA CHARITY Leading childhood leukaemia charity, CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA, has welcomed a new report from a Cross-Party Inquiry of senior backbench MPs, which they say adds unprecedented political support to the growing international
Read more →Embargoed until 00.01 BST Wednesday 18 July 2007 MPs INQUIRY BACKS BUILDING BAN NEAR POWER LINES A Cross-Party Inquiry set up to examine in detail the association between High Voltage Overhead Transmission Lines and an increased risk of childhood leukaemia will today (10.30am, Wednesday 18 July 2007) publish its recommendations to Government. Top of their
Read more →PRESS RELEASE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ROYAL COMMISSION INVITES COMMENTS ON TOPICS FOR FUTURE STUDY The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution1 today issued a short list of topics it is considering for its next study, and is inviting comments on these. It would also welcome suggestions on other topics that it should consider for
Read more →News flash from Powerwatch: http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20070717_who_emf_precaution.asp Summary: For the first time on this issue, WHO have recommended that a precautionary approach should be adopted with regards to ELF EMFs. Following on the findings of the Draper report (June 2005) and the recommendations in the SAGE report (April 2007), this is a very important step for enabling
Read more →Extract from the Internal Medicine Journal (online article) Published on behalf of the Adult Medicine Division of the Royal Australasian College of PhysiciansResidential exposure to electric power transmission lines and risk of lymphoproliferative and myeloproliferative disorders: a case-control study * R. M. Lowenthal,11School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia * D. M. Tuck11School of
Read more →From Magda Havas Read the Star article and two abstracts below. Ground Current in Ontario: Thought you might be interested in this article on what Ontario is doing about Ground Current problems. The 10 volts currently used in Ontario is as ridiculous as the 833 mG used for magnetic fields and the 1000 microW/cm2 used
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