The weblog version of this message is at: http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=546 Due to a few transmission line controversies happening at the moment in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and elsewhere, I thought it was opportune to revisit an old message from June of 2005: The Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment has set a precautionary
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #530: The “Final Report” on RMIT Building 108 Today Final Report evaluation of the brain tumour cluster in RMIT Building 108 ( see previous messages on the RMIT brain tumour cluster) has been released and lo and behold the brain tumour cluster has magically disappeared. All is
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #525: Report power line concerns, cancer society urges B.C. residents CBC News – Health & Science http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/07/11/power-lines.html Report power line concerns, cancer society urges B.C. residents Last Updated Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:54:27 EDT CBC News The Canadian Cancer Society says it’s concerned about plans to upgrade
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #520: Leading UK Cancer Charity takes on EMFs While Michael $$$ Repacholi now tells the world that EMFs and ionizing radiation are not that harmful afterall – and may even protect against cancer (last message), organisations actually working with cancer patients and looking for ways of saving
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #516: Substation move welcomed by staff Sent by Sylvie Hsem: Gloucestershire Echo November 24, 2005 Thursday Substation – move welcomed by staff An electrical substation at Cheltenham Town Hall will soon be moved after it led to fears of a cancer cluster in the building. Staff threatened
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #510: First Meeting of the HPA – Radiation Protection Division EMF Discussion Group From Sylvie Hsem: First Meeting of the HPA – Radiation Protection Division EMF Discussion Group See full report at: http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/understand/radiation_topics/ emf/emfdg/emfdg_minutes_2_3_06.pdf Chilton Thursday, 2 March 2006 Those Attending Sir William Stewart, Chairman (Health Protection
Read more →The weblog version of this message is at: #508: Canadian Cancer Society advises on EMFs While the various cancer organisations in Australia and elsewhere continue to ignore the EMF cancer connection, the Canadian Cancer Society now gives clear advice on the issue. This is an IMPORTANT breakthrough which will be communicated to the many thousands
Read more →I understand that the recent brain tumour cluster at RMIT University’s Building 108 in Melbourne received some discussion at the recent Bioelectromagnetics conference in Cancun, Mexico, with the Aussie Telcos saying that the rooftop antennas have received the all-clear. For once I am in rare agreement with that opinion. HOWEVER the issue is far from
Read more →Note: To get the weblog version of this message go to: http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=494 From Shivani Arjuna: Dear Don, Regarding situations like the one you described at the Queensland Post Office [ message#480] that was next to an electrical substation, a crucial element is overlooked in the readings that are taken. The readings focus on the strength
Read more →From Robert Reidlinger: ‘Dirty electricity’ out of bounds for students School board fences off transformer, closes halls as precautions against EMFs May 18, 2006 Serena Willoughby, Staff Writer, The Economist & sun and The Liberal They’re closing hallways, moving the basketball net and putting up fences at St. Monica Catholic School in Markham, all to
Read more →Before the RMIT building EMF controversy is written off as ‘case-closed’ with both Radiofrequency and ELF magnetic fields being given the all-clear, it is worthwhile to consider another cancer building scare that I was briefly involved with which took place about 5 years ago at the Capalaba Post Office in Queensland. In that case, there
Read more →From Microwave News: Dear Colleagues: The environmental surveys prompted by the brain tumor cluster in Melbourne, Australia, were released earlier today. We have taken a look at the EMF and RF measurements and we don’t think they go far enough to allay public concerns. We have posted a comment on our Web site, http://www.microwavenews.com, together
Read more →While re-reading the EMC Radiofrequency Field Survey of the RMIT building this morning I saw in horror that the last two pages did not print on my printer last night. These pages do in fact mention that ELF measurements were taken so I have deleted the previous message with apologies to all concerned. Not a
Read more →Article sent by Sylvie: http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=762232006 Wednesday, 24th May 2006 Health Tue 23 May 2006 Health fears prompt call to stop building power lines LOUISE GRAY THE building of new power lines in Scotland should be stopped while the potential health risks to children and pregnant women are measured, a government adviser has warned. Professor Denis
Read more →As for the phone tower cancer fears at the Melbourne Australia RMIT building I have to suggest that it is premature to point the blame at the cell phone towers on top of the RMIT building. The TV aerial shots of the building roof show the antennas mounted on a very tall and substantial equipment
Read more →From The Age Melbourne, May 12, 2006: Phone tower cancer fears http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/phone-tower-cancer-fears/ 2006/05/11/1146940676777.html A SPATE of brain tumours among staff has forced RMIT University to close part of its business school and test for radiation emissions from rooftop phone towers. As staff reacted with shock, the university yesterday shut the top two floors of the
Read more →From Katharina Gustavs / Eileen O’Connor: Telegraph 29 April 2006 (United Kingdom) Pylon cancer fears put £7bn blight on house prices By Nic Fleming, Medical Correspondent (Filed: 29/04/2006) Up to £7 billion will be wiped off property values if the Government accepts the advice of experts that homes should no longer be built near overhead
Read more →Powerwatch News: 27/04/2006 http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20060427_hpa_emfdg.asp Summary: At the personal request of Sir William Stewart, Chairman of the UK Health Protection Agency (HPA), a new discussion group has been set up to help develop suitable precautionary advice for the general public regarding exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs). The people invited to participate in this group have considerable
Read more →The ongoing controversy over mobile phones and their base stations, power frequency transmission lines, powerlines and the human health implications of EMF exposure generally, has finally been answered in a ground breaking paper just published in Archives of Diseases in Childhood – the Journal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). Apparently
Read more →From Magda Havas: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060328.wxelectricity28/BNStory/Science/home Does power corrupt? MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail, posted 28/03/06 Kevin Byrne is a man in the prime of his life who feared he had an old man’s problems. Last summer, he was devastated by chronic back pain and thought his hips were about to give out. “I’m thinking,
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