From Louis Slesin: What’s the status of the long-awaited Interphone study? In an interview with Microwave News, IARC’s Elisabeth Cardis, who is leading this large cell phone-brain tumor study, brings us up to date. Read all about it at: http://www.microwavenews.com Best, Louis Slesin __________________________________________________________ Louis Slesin, PhD Editor, Microwave News A Report on Non-Ionizing Radiation
Read more →From Louis Slesin: The Interphone study on cell phones and brain tumors is not yet finished, but IARC has started a second major epidemiological study. Call it Interphone 2.0. This new project addresses brain tumors and occupational exposures to EMFs and chemicals –and this time the U.S. is participating. Read the complete story at: http://www.microwavenews.com
Read more →From Hans Karov: Just Five Minutes on a Cell Phone Can Trigger Cancer (From the Dr. Mercola website) http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/09/22/just-five-minutes -on-a-cell-phone-can-trigger-cancer.aspx Just five minutes of exposure to mobile phone radio wave emissions can trigger cellular changes that occur during cancer development, according to new research. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, found
Read more →From Louis Slesin, Microwave News: The French Interphone results are out and they are anything but reassuring… Read the complete story at: http://www.microwavenews.com Best, Louis Slesin
Read more →While going through my email messages I find that Andrew Goldsworthy also raises the mobile phone issue with the apparent increase in bipolar disease in the US. Note the statement by Dr. Mark Olfson in the below article “I have been studying trends in mental health services for some time, and this finding really stands
Read more →Here could be a worthwhile avenue of research on mobile phone use by young people. Could mobile phone use be a factor in bipolar disorder and/or should it be considered in treatment? Perhaps the apparent “surge” may be just due to over-diagnosing or better reporting as mark Olfson suggests below but the advice of the
Read more →From Sylvie: New Scientist September 1, 2007 Mobile phones alter cells without heating them; Israeli researchers have identified a mechanism through which low levels of mobile phone radiation could affect the differentiation and division of cells BYLINE: Caroline Williams CELLPHONE makers take great care to ensure their gadgets don’t heat up your brain, but could
Read more →Notice from Iris Atzmon in Israel: A strong article (4 pages) was published today in the monthly magazine “Mint” of Yediot Ahronot – The article critisizes strongly the INTEPHONE study, puts the light on the regular user definition, compares the INTERPHONE to Hardell’s studies, also the notion that non-ionizing radiation cannot harm DNA is contradicted,
Read more →Your Cell Phone! Have You Been Wondering About How Safe It Is? Dr. Marion Blank My work with children brings me into steady contact with parents who are savvy about health issues and keen to provide the best for their families. So I have become accustomed to a scenario that often follows their answering a
Read more →From Martin Weatherall: The attached article (see url) should be read by anyone who uses a cell phone. It is very informative and well worth the time it takes to read. Martin *********************************** Hidden Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation By Sue Kovach Every day, we”™re swimming in a sea of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) produced by
Read more →Sent in by Jack Verbeek: Are Your Cell Phone and Laptop Bad for Your Health? By Stan Cox, AlterNet Posted on July 31, 2007, Printed on August 2, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/story/58354/ In the wee hours of July 14, a 45-year-old Australian named John Patterson climbed into a tank and drove it through the streets of Sydney,
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 →From Dr. Grahame Blackwell: http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2745131.ece Two in three believe radiation from phones damaged their health By Geoffrey Lean Published: 08 July 2007 Two-thirds of Britons believe radiation from mobile phones and their masts has affected their health, a startling official survey shows. And huge majorities are dissatisfied with government assurances about the potential threat. The
Read more →From Jonathan Wilson: When Bad News Is No News Source: http://tinyurl.com/23lsh3 European papers are reporting some troubling research about cell phones that American [and Australian] papers aren’t. By Michael Miner June 15, 2007 THE COLUMBIA JOURNALISM Review plays darts every issue with unworthy journalists, but its Darts & Laurels feature for May and June threw
Read more →The Australian government is apparently doing a massive national mailout with a glossy brouchure explaining all about how the government is safeguarding citizen’s rights under telecommunications. As usual, any thought of safeguarding people’s health is way off the agenda. Sunday 15 April 2007 Telecommunications safeguards: pointing you in the right direction The Minister for Communications,
Read more →From Janet Newton: To All — Action Alert “” April 22, 2007 Your time and effort is needed NOW to invite the staff members of your U.S. Senators and Congressman to a public policy education briefing on the inadequacy of U.S. federal policy regulating the environmental and human health effects of Radiofrequency (RF) radiation. The
Read more →From Iris Atzmon: Dear all, I had the honour to speak with Joseph Friedman this morning. He is excited about his findings as he made a scientific breakthrough. I have yet to read the full paper but meanwhile he told me these findings are stable, they repeated 20 and 30 times and got the same
Read more →From Martin Weatherall: Genetic Engineering News (press release) – New Rochelle,NY,USA Research on Correlation Between Autism, Cell Phones, and Wireless Computers by Tamara Mariea, Apr 16 2007, 3:17 PM EST Exerpt: Today the incidence of autism in the United States is 1 in 150 children, according to published CDC reports, a horrific increase from the
Read more →From Sylvie: http://www.001.be.cx/ Paediatricians warn against mobile phones Tue 13/03/07 – A group of Flemish paediatricians has started a campaign to stop children under 16 years of age from using mobile phones. That’s according to a report by the daily Het Laatste Nieuws. The doctors will act as a sort of pressure group under the
Read more →From Cindy Sage, Sage Associates: Dear friends, Here is our new paper in the Bioelectromagnetics Journal. We measured the ELF (the extra-low frequency EMF) from PDAs like Blackberry and Treo units. ELF is produced during switching of the battery inside the PDA. Note that the measurements were given in microtesla (so multiply by 10 to
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