From Camilla Rees: The video footage from the Commonwealth Club EMF Program, Nov 18, 2010, “The Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields”, is now posted on ElectromagneticHealth.org. You can view it here: tinyurl.com/”298yzdg.
Read more →A new paper by Cindy Sage has been published in Reviews on Environmental Health and the pdf of the paper is available upon request from sage@silcom.com Tragedy of the Commons Revisited: The High Tech-High Risk Wireless World Cindy Sage, MA, Sage Associates, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Reviews on Environmental Health, Volume 25, No. 4, 2010,
Read more →From Jack Verbank: Next asbestos could be in air BUSINESS INSURANCE Link: http://www.businessinsurance.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100912% 2FISSUE0401%2F309129980 By Gloria Vogel Could radio frequency-producing antennas that are essential for the wireless world be the next asbestos for the insurance industry? They could, writes Gloria Vogel, managing director of New York-based Vogel Capital Management. The insurance industry must reassess its
Read more →From Cindy Sage: The statement in the last message that the 2010 Khurana et al review “Epidemiological Evidence for a Health Risk from Mobile Phone Base Stations” is the first published expert review on this issue is incorrect. See: Pathophysiology 2009. Mobile phone base stations””Effects on wellbeing and health Michael Kundi –, Hans-Peter Hutter Pathophysiology
Read more →From Elizabeth Kelley: This is the first published expert review of epidemiological studies on the potential health risks of populations living near cellular antennas. A new study in the International Journal of Occupational Environmental Health reports increased cancer and neurological health risks. It was not until 2003 before there was enough information for community based
Read more →From Cindy Sage: Editorial “” Noxious Neighbors Cindy Sage June 11, 2010 Churches have become the telecom target of choice to place new wireless antenna facilities located in the heart of residential neighborhoods. In most cases, these cell towers would not otherwise get approvals. The invisible burden of constant radiofrequency radiation exposure for homes and
Read more →Note that in the last message #1256:Three new papers on GSM Bioeffects, my antiquated blog program did not recognize the symbol for microwatts (u) and so when I cut and pasted the abstracts it kindly substituted ‘m’ instead. This changed microwatts to milliwatts. Oops! That has been corrected (+ a few typos) on the web
Read more →From Dr. Dimitris J. Panagopoulos, University of Athens: I have attached three newest articles [Abstracts below] showing that: 1) GSM signals can induce cell death for intensities down to 10 microW/cm2, with 6 min exposure for few days. 2) There is a Window of maximum bioactivity of GSM signals at 20-30 cm from a cell
Read more →From Camilla Rees WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report, “The BRAG™ Antenna Ranking of Schools” (“BRAG™ Ranking”), will be unveiled Wednesday by Professor Magda Havas, PhD of Trent University, Canada, along with Citizens for Health, ElectromagneticHealth.org, EMR Policy Institute and Moms for Safe Wireless. Media Teleconference Wednesday, April 28th – 10:00 a.m. Eastern. The BRAG™ Ranking report
Read more →From Georgiy Ostroumov: The most dangerous sources of microwave radiation I should like to tell you about the most dangerous sources of microwave radiation (EMF, RF; electromagnetic fields, radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, high frequency microwave radiation, etc). I am seeing that many people are suffering from microwave radiation but they do not often know about sources
Read more →After being relatively quite lately in Australia as far as mobile phone tower protests (with the notable exception of an army tank being used to take out a number of towers by a disgruntled former Telsta employee) it seems that Telstra’s recent mishandling of a concerned community in Bardon, Queensland has backfired on the carrier
Read more →Message #1203 mentioned the investigative cell phone article by Christopher Ketcham in GQ Mazazine and this message follows it up further. Even though the article is primarily aimed at the American audience the problem is universal: the involvement of political and corporate entities in suppressing and controlling science to protect their interests to the detriment
Read more →From Camilla Rees: Channel 11 TV http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/wpix-cancer-bayville-school,0,7715148.story BY JEREMY TANNERwpix.com 5:27 p.m. CST, January 8, 2010 BAYVILLE, N.Y. (WPIX) – A lawsuit is set to be filed Monday alleging that the cancer afflicting students and teachers of a Bayville school is caused by the dozens of cell phone antennas attached to a nearby water tower.
Read more →From Robert Gregory in New Zealand: Celltower radiation needs independent review Sue Kedgley MP 24 Nov 2009 Subjects: Environment, Health An independent review of New Zealand”s standard for telecommunications facilities is urgently required said the Green Party, in light of a new select committee report. Parliament”s Local Government and Environment committee today released a report
Read more →From Elizabeth Kelly: An important development – the Los Angeles Unified School District unanimously passes a resolution calling for repeal of Section 704 of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 that preempts states and local governments from taking environmental (i.e. human health) effects into account when denying a permit to site a FCC licensed wireless
Read more →I few subscribers to this list have let me know that the web link to the Portland City Council resolution doesn’t work. Libby Kelley indicates that it has been verified and she has provided the text below. There is also the link to the video of the council meeting in which the resolution was approved.
Read more →From Elizabeth Kelly: Dear Colleagues, Watch this video link to see the discussion and affirmative vote by the Portland City Council on a resolution that offers some health protection to neighborhoods from antennas. The City Council asks the FCC to look into health concerns. The video link is below. This vote is an outcome of
Read more →From Stephen Jaramillo: Journal of Pathophysiology devotes entire issue to EMF http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/524214/ description#description Table of Contents: 1. Long-term exposure to magnetic fields and the risks of Alzheimer’s disease and breast cancer: Further biological research Publication year: 2009 Source: Pathophysiology, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 March 2009 Zoreh, Davanipour , Eugene, Sobel 2. The
Read more →A special issue of Pathophysiology on the science and public health/policy issues regarding wireless technologies (cell phones) is now on – line at Elsevier ScienceDirect. Submitted by: Cindy Sage New York: March 16, 2009/ International Scientists Find Harmful Effects from Wireless Technologies and Urge New Safety Rules for Cell Phones Public health concerns and scientific
Read more →From the CHEEMF news group: http://www.healthandenvironment.org/ A scientific study published in the journal Neurotoxicology finds that people who live around mobile phone base stations (cell towers) are at risk for developing neuropsychiatric problems and changes in neurobehavioral function. The prevalence of neuropsychiatric complaints as headache (23.5%), memory changes (28.2%), dizziness (18.8%), tremors (9.4%), depressive symptoms
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