From Louis Slesin, Microwave News: Lancet Oncology posted a summary of the IARC working group’s decision to classify RF radiation as a possible human carcinogen this morning. In other news, check out our latest Short Takes on: ** The attendance at last week’s Bioelectromagnetics Society meeting in Nova Scotia; ** The U.S. military paying for
Read more →Source: Cindy Sage as posted on the CHE-EMF list: Commentary Cellphone Waves May Bring A Litigation Wave Stephen Riccardulli, Jennifer Kalnins Temple and Lisa Linsky, 06.20.11, 03:00 PM EDT It will be a high burden to prove correlation between phone use and cancer. On May 31, 2011, it was reported that the International Agency for
Read more →Sent in by Blake Levit: Below is a link to a comprehensive piece on CBS News — Henry Lai’s (and my) paper is cited. This writer did a good job with a complicated subject… Blake Trouble with cell phone radiation standard June 2, 2011 9:59 AM By Marguerite Reardon Exerpt: Editors’ note: This is the
Read more →From Bürgerwelle News: 14/06/2011 The FINANCIAL — Brussels, 14 June 2011 ”“ A proposal to update and improve EU rules to protect workers from electromagnetic fields in their daily tasks has just been put forward by the European Commission. The rules are to protect workers like doctors and nurses giving patients magnetic resonance imaging scans
Read more →Sent in by Sharon Noble: From Moneyweek, 10 June 2011 There is no ”¨shortage of stuff ”¨out there to ”¨make investors ”¨feel nervous. ”¨The euro could ”¨get blown apart if a long, ”¨hot summer of protest in ”¨Greece and ”¨Spain boils over ”¨into civil unrest. ”¨The Chinese ”¨economy might suddenly turn down, ”¨removing just about
Read more →Original source: The Spanish website ASQUIFYDE , dedicated to researching the causes of Multiple chemical sensitivity, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and other environmental diseases, characterized as emerging diseases, disabling and neglected. The activities carried out by Asquifyde are aimed at making the government take over the management and prevention of these diseases. (Translation) SUMMARY OF
Read more →From Louis Slesin, Microwave News: Ironically, as many are asking what research should be done after IARC’s decision to designate RF radiation as a possible cancer agent, Australia’s RF research center has closed down. We think we know why. In other news, Anders Ahlbom has resigned from a key Swedish government advisory panel. And two
Read more →From Dariusz Leszczynski, Between A Rock and A Hard Place Blog: As I have written in my previous blog (published yesterday), IARC classification of mobile phone radiation as 2B category carcinogen ”“ possibly carcinogenic to humans ”“ is a big news. So far, WHO evaluation of mobile phone carcinogenicity was based on the reviews by
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