• 30 NOV 05

    Recording of Olle Johansson interview

    Notice from Robert Reidlinger: Following on from last Sunday’s weblog #330 message about an interview with Olle Johansson and Doug Loranger in Canada, a recording of that interview is now on-line for one week. http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=11398 Your Own Health and Fitness Tuesday, November 29th Researcher Olle Johansson, MD, associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska

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    • 23 NOV 05

    Correction to Olle Johansson’s notice

    For some reason the link to the Canadian TV programs that Olle provided did not come out fully on my message. The full url is: http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/ v2/decouverte/niveau2_5587.shtml It’s the same site as given by Louis Slesin. Don

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    • 23 NOV 05

    Microwave News on Canadian TV programmes

    Dear Colleagues: Radio (TV) Canada’s news program “Decouverte” [Discovery] broadcast a two-part news show on EMFs last Sunday (Nov.20) evening. You can watch both shows on Radio Canada’s Web site: http://radio-canada.ca/actualite/v2/decouverte/niveau2_5587.shtml# The first part is on cell phones and kids and their risk of developing acoustic neuromas and brain tumors. Also cited is the University

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    • 23 NOV 05

    Canadian TV programmes on EHS & Cellphones

    From Olle J0hansson: Dear All, Here is the web link to the video files of the two CBC TV programmes – about health effects of mobile telephony as well as the impairment electrohypersensitivity – that was aired yesterday in Canada: http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/ v2/decouverte/niveau2_5587.shtml Best regards Yours Olle (Olle Johansson, assoc. prof. The Experimental Dermatology Unit Department

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    • 21 NOV 05

    WHO conference impressions, Melbourne 17 Nov.

    WHO EMF PROJECT IMPRESSIONS MELBOURNE 17 NOVEMBER. Written by Rowan Campbell in Melbourne I attended the WHO regional workshop on RF, health effects and policy options, at Swinburne University Melbourne 17th November, and make a report. Unfortunately I missed the opening address of Michael Repacholi, and arrived to about 120 people during the presentation of

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    • 20 NOV 05

    Powerwatch on HPA report

    Update to last message: Please note that Powerwatch will be issuing a detailed and damning indictment of the HPA Neil Irvine report on EHS within the next few weeks. Stay tuned for that one! Don

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    • 19 NOV 05

    Powerwatch on HPA’s EHS report

    http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20051102_electrosensitivity.asp Powerwatch welcomes the Health Protection Agency Radiation Protection Division’s (HPA RPD) release of its long-awaited review “Epidemiology and Management of Electrical Hypersensitivity” by Dr Neil Irvine. We believe that Electrical Hypersensitivity (EHS) affects at least 3% of the British population (maybe 2 million of the 17 million people currently suffering from long-term chronic adverse

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    • 15 NOV 05

    Environmental Sensitivities – A Definition

    From Sylvie: The Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Quebec http://www.aeha-quebec.ca/ Environmental Sensitivities – A Definition Environmental sensitivities can occur when people become sensitive to substances or phenomena in their everyday environment at levels well below what would be considered to be acceptable to “normal” people. Sensitivity reactions can be triggered by scented products, cleaning

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    • 13 NOV 05

    Distress signals from Canada on ES

    From Dr. Magda Havas: Hello Everyone, This just came out in the Toronto Star (November 11 2005). It is an excellent article on electrosensitivity written by Tyler Hamilton who, with his co-author, wrote a series of articles on cell phones that appeared in the Toronto Star this past summer. -magda Toronto Star, Friday November 11,

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    • 12 NOV 05

    Response to “The Asthma Plague”

    Don Please post the following on the EMFacts Web Log. Best regards, Lloyd There is no doubt that the increasing worldwide incidence of asthma is a pandemic. And, there is no doubt that asthma has more than one cause. With that said, I wish to provide evidence that asthma may be linked to an allergic

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    • 10 NOV 05

    The asthma plague

    From Martin Weatherall This is a very interesting article that I found on the Gaurdian website (one of the top London newspapers). If we could provide the reporter and the professor with information about how electrical pollution influences allergies, it may be a great help to our cause. Martin. The asthma plague There are millions

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    • 10 NOV 05

    Update on Olle Johansson et al papers

    From Olle Johansson: Dear All, Please, note that my coworkers and I have got yet another article published: Rajkovic V, Matavulj M, Johansson O, “Histological characteristics of cutaneous and thyroid mast cell populations in male rats exposed to power-frequency electromagnetic fields”, Int J Radiat Biol 2005; 81: 491-499 This paper emanates from a very fruitful

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    • 09 NOV 05

    British HPA report downplays electrosensitivity

    http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpa/news/articles/press_releases/2005/051103_electrical_sensitivity.htm Press Release 3 November 2005 A Review of Electrical Sensitivity The Health Protection Agency’s Radiation Protection Division today published a review1 of electrical sensitivity. This is a condition which some people attribute to exposure to electromagnetic fields associated with the electricity supply and electrical equipment. However, the use of the term electrical sensitivity in

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    • 29 SEP 05

    Cyprus study by Professor Alan Preece

    Message from Eileen O’Connor, EM-Radiation Research Trust www.radiationresearch.org Hot off the press Cyprus study by Professor Alan Preece you can get a copy on: http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/research/track_analysis/ElectricMagneticFields.htm It’s so obvious; the symptoms reported are due to exposure from the masts rather than anxiety. Good study by Professor Preece, well done. Eileen O’Connor EM-Radiation Research Trust www.radiationresearch.org Executive

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    • 28 SEP 05

    Epilepsy and RF/MW exposure (2 items)

    Two items on this posting: 1) Translated paper by Santini, et al on electromagnetic fields and epilepsy. 2) UK newspaper article about increased seizures in 12 year old girl after a Tetra mast installed near her school. ********************************************************************** 1) Electromagnetic field and Epilepsy Richard GAUTIER, Louis GOUGEON, Roger SANTINI www.csif-cem.org le 04/06/2003 Epilepsy is a

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    • 26 SEP 05

    The continuing saga of electrosensitivity in the UK

    From Mast Sanity The Sunday Mail UK 25 September 2005 THE HUMAN AERIALS ELECTRICAL STORM One in 20 Scots are victims of radio waves from police masts # Fury as 1000 new pylons are erected all over Scotland By Julia Hunt ONE in 20 Scots is at risk from a crippling illness triggered by electromagnetic

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    • 19 SEP 05

    And still more on Hutchinson’s dirty dealings

    The following is from Erik Mar Petursson who’s house was the one about 28 meters from a Hutchinson 3G mast as mentioned in the previous message. Erik´s opinion Created: 4 Jun 2005 I was exposed to a 3G radiation source from 07-08-03 until 05-02-04 on a daily basis. I fell sick, had loss of concentration,

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    • 19 SEP 05

    More on Hutchison 3G dirty dealings

    Since posting the entry titled ‘Dirty dealings by Hutchison ‘ to this list on 14 September I have received the below reply from the family directly affected by the Hutchison 3G mast. I now remember hearing about this case when last in the UK. Imagine a 3G mast set up only 28 meters from the

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    • 18 SEP 05

    ‘EMFs MAKING PEOPLE SICK’

    http://www.yorkregion.com/yr/newscentre/erabanner/story/3041988p-3526681c.html ‘EMFs MAKING PEOPLE SICK’ Sep 17, 2005 Teresa Latchford, Staff Writer As the region searches for a way to meet energy needs for its burgeoning communities, one expert warns health risks must be a major consideration. There are dangers with constant exposure to electromagnetic fields, which are linked to hydro transmission towers, Dr. Magda

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    • 18 SEP 05

    Is the tide slowly turning against ICNIRP’s “end of history” ideology?

    Francis Fukuyama (1992) termed the phrase “The end of history” for his theory that modern liberal democracy has been so successful as a system of government, conquering rival ideologies such as hereditary monarchy, fascism and communism, that it was the “end point of mankind´s ideological evolution”. Fukuyama called it the “final form of human government”,

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