From Hans Karov Don So far this is the first honest non-biased report from a public health officer! Poki Stewart Namkung, M.D. M.P.H., prepared this report: Health Risks Associated With SmartMeters. (see pages 9-18) A brief summary is here: http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?p=6959 but the upper link is a must read! Regards Hans
Read more →Here is another relevant article for Australia about so called smart grids. It is in the American context but the same is currently being rolled out in Australia where it looks like becoming a major controversy. For example see: http://stopsmartmeters.com.au/author/stopsmartmetersaustralia/ Don By B. Blake Levitt and Chellis Glendinning 22 March 2011 Published in Energy Bulletin,
Read more →Press release: The research group of Professor Lukas Margaritis (Faculty of Biology, University of Athens and the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens), within the framework of the activities seeking for the truth underlining the possible effects of daily life electromagnetic fields, has performed this study as part of the Doctorate Dissertation of
Read more →From Stephen Boone: The book “Smart Meters – Smarter Practices” by Dr. Jamieson (commissioned by the UK EM Radiation Research Trust), comprises 265 pages of research & current knowledge of health & environmental effects from the smart meters. This work is a highly recommended read and can be downloaded (for free) on: Part 1 of
Read more →Why Are Cell Phones Using the Wrong Safety Standards? By Dr. Mercola Excerpt: Over 5 billion people worldwide, about 80 percent of the world’s population, now has a cell phone. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) determines maximum allowed exposures from cell phone radiation, a determination that has the potential to impact
Read more →How Much Sense do Ecological/Medical Limit Values for Protecting Human Health from Environmental Harm Make? Originally published in Russian (2011) By Karl Hecht Berlin, Germany This paper was originally published in 2011 in the Russian Journal Vestnik by Dr. Hecht in order to encourage the members of the Russian section of the International Academy of
Read more →By André Fauteux, Editor (Translated from La Maison du 21e siècle magazine, Quebec (Canada), January 2011) In 2002, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Gro Harlem Brundtland told journalists that microwaves emitted by cellphones made her sick, even if the phone only turned on and hidden in a pocket or purse located up to four
Read more →Article from BBC News: Which? warns of energy smart meter ‘fiasco’ 15 January 2012 Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16565100 The scheme to install new energy meters in every home in the UK should be halted because of spiraling costs, a consumer campaign group has warned. Which? said the government, rather than energy companies, should install the “smart meters”
Read more →Mobile communications and health of population: the risk assessment, social and ethical problems By Yury Grigoriev Published in the Environmentalist online December 20, 2011 Selected extracts Abstract Today world population lives in a new electromagnetic environment, characterized with (i) around the clock enforcement of chronic exposure of all age and gender groups to a wide
Read more →From the blog Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Dariusz Leszczynski As Christmas is over and the New Year 2012 is fast approaching this is the time of the year when we look back at what was achieved during the past 12 months. Let”s briefly look at several areas such as: Research in
Read more →From Dariusz Leszczynski: In my weekly column published at The WashingtonTimes.com I am calling on the BMJ Editor to withdraw the Danish Cohort study. http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/between-rock-and-hard-place/2011/dec/16/cellphone-epidemiologist-raditiation-danish-cohort/ Best, Dariusz
Read more →From Mona Nilsson Link: Brain tumour increase in Denmark by 40% between 2001-2010 15 December, 2011 By Mona Nilsson Tumours in brain and nervous system are increasing in Denmark according to the latest report from Danish Cancer Registry. The increase is seen both in men and women. Among men the number of brain tumours have
Read more →From Lyn McLean, EMR Australia: Australia’s new phone tower code has been approved by the Communications Alliance and will come into effect next year. Swinburn University and the Energy Networks Association conducted public forums with Dr Robert Baan from the International Agency for Research on Cancer in late November. These and other details in the
Read more →Commentary in The Washington Times Communities by by Dariusz Leszczynski Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Excerpt: HELSINKI, Finland, December 13, 2011 “” In 2001, I wrote a letter to the editor of the prestigious British medical journal “The Lancet” and called on the WHO to take into consideration the Precautionary Principle in matters of cell phones
Read more →The Telegraph, Wednesday Dec 14, 2011 Chronic fatigue syndrome is ‘major’ cause of school absence: research http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8950705/Chronic-fatigue-syndrom e-is-major-cause-of-school-absence-research.html Rebecca Smith By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor 13 Dec 2011 Chronic fatigue syndrome may be ten times more common than previously thought and be one of the major reasons children are absent from school, researchers have said.
Read more →Notice from the charity Children with Cancer UK: International scientific conference on Early Exposures and Childhood Cancer 24th to 26th April 2012 “” Westminster, London Call for abstracts Childhood Cancer 2012 will address a broad range of early life exposures that have been associated with childhood cancer risk “” including (but not limited to) exposure
Read more →From ABC News, Central Coast NSW: December 8, 2011 Link: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/12/08/3386776.htm?site=centralwest It might not be to everybody’s liking but along with the rest of the country, western NSW is seeing a growing number of mobile phone towers pop up around the place. It’s hardly surprising, given the rapid rate at which we’re turning to smart
Read more →Notice from Dariusz Leszczynski: Column for the Communities@WashingtonTimes.com by darius zleszczynski As of today, December 4, 2011, I am beginning to publish a regular column, on cell phones and health, in the Communities at The Washington Times. I will attempt to publish it regularly, once a week. The first column touches subject of why we
Read more →From Louis Slesin: In August, the British Journal of Cancer published some extraordinary results: Very specific types of weak electromagnetic fields were able to stabilize and shrink liver tumors in advanced cancer patients. It was pretty much ignored. No one believed it. The British Journal of Cancer has now released a follow-up paper by the
Read more →From the blog “between a Rock and A Hard Place: It”s the epidemiology, stupid! Link: http://betweenrockandhardplace.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/”its-the-epidemiology-stupid/
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