Note that the ENA website link for the Melbourne EMF workshop mentioned in message #1133 has been removed and is being updated by ENA. Currently, as well as Andrew Wood, The opening address, “A New Australian EMF Standard” will be given by Colin Roy and Lindsay Martin from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety
Read more →Safety advocates gain ground in cell phone debate Doubts are emerging about the devices’ long-term effects on health. By Suzanne Bohan Contra Costa Times 09/27/2009 http://www.contracostatimes.com/health/ci_13433632 This month marked a turning point in the quest by U.S. health advocates to gain credibility for their conviction that cell phones pose an underappreciated health risk. Recently, a
Read more →A minor typo. correction to my last notice about the ENS scientific workshop. The workshop speaker is Andrew Wood, not Woods. It has been corrected on the blog site. Don
Read more →On November 17, 2009 the Energy Networks Association (ENA), the peak national body representing the gas and electricity distribution industry in Australia will host an EMF scientific workshop on the proposed Australian power-frequency exposure standard. The workshop will be exploring the scientific rationale for a three-fold increase in allowable exposure limits. This is a radical
Read more →From Elizabeth Kelley, ICEMS: Dear Colleagues and Interested Parties, On behalf of the sponsors and organizers of the “International Workshop on Non-Ionizing Radiation, Health and Environment” which took place on May 18 and 19, 2009, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, we announce the release of the Porto Alegre Resolution. It was initially dated September 15, 2009.
Read more →From Cindy Sage, Sage Associates: What to tell your employer about cell phones and PDAs in the workplace. Neurological Effects of Wireless Technologies Talking Points on Cell Phones and Health Risks Cell Phones 1) Adults who use cell phones for 10 years and longer have about a doubling of risk (200% risk) for malignant brain
Read more →From Businessweek (US): http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2009/tc20090921 _950531.htm Is Cell-Phone Safety Assured? Or Merely Ignored? As Americans rely more heavily on mobile phones, mounting data hint at long-term cancer risks. Concern and research have been sparse By Olga Kharif Russ Faulkner isn’t worried about whether talking on his cell phone might harm his health. He uses his Apple
Read more →From Cindy sage as posted on the CHE-EMF list: PLAIN TALK ABOUT CELL PHONE SAFETY Dear CHE-EMF friends, 22 September 2009 It is time for some plain talk about what you can do immediately to reduce possible risk of malignant brain tumor (glioma) and acoustic neuroma (a tumor of the auditory nerve in the brain)
Read more →The last few messages have bounced back for some subscribers. It appears that the subscription numbers now exceed the max emails per hour allowed and the excess numbers are discarded. I am now trying to fix the problem. No need to reply to this message. Don
Read more →From The Telegraph (UK): Scientists call on US Senate to issue advice on mobile phones Health campaigners are calling for safety advice to be issued with mobile phones after scientists told the US Senate that radiation from handsets could be linked to cancer. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6195023/Scientists-call-on-US -Senate-to-issue-advice-on-mobile-phones.html By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Published: 7:04PM BST 15 Sep
Read more →From Louis Slesin, Microwave News: We’ve posted a short item on the U.S. Senate hearings, with links to various other articles and resources. Go to: http://www.microwavenews.com/ Best, Louis Slesin Editor, Microwave News A Report on Non-Ionizing Radiation Phone: +1 (212) 517-2800; Fax: +1 (212) 734-0316 E-mail: Internet: Mail: 155 East 77th Street, Suite 3D New
Read more →From Alasdair Philips, Powerwatch UK: The U.K. Health Protection Agency (HPA) have Press Released their initial findings on the signal levels from WiFi. Dr Simon Mann, head of the Physical Dosimetry department at CRCE, presented the team’s findings at the HPA’s annual conference at the University of Warwick today. They first made them public at
Read more →From Eileen O’Connor, UK Radiation Research Trust: Video footage is available to view from Monday September 14, 2009 U.S. Senate Congressional hearing on health effects of cell phone use. Washington, DC : 1 hr. 48 min. http://www.cspan.org/Watch/Media/2009/09/14/HP/A/23091/Senate+Appropriation+ Subcmte+Hearing+on+the+Health+Effects+of+Cell+Phone+Use.aspx Last month, the International EMF Collaborative released a report linking cell phone use to cancer, though others
Read more →From Richard Bramhall: Verdict based on failure of ICRP risk model On September 10th a Coroner’s jury in the West Midlands found that depleted Uranium caused the fatal cancer of a soldier – Lance Corporal Stuart Dyson – who served in Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Professor Chris Busby, scientific adviser to the LLRC
Read more →From Dariusz Leszczynski: The fourth blog “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” is available at http://betweenrockandhardplace.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/%e2%80%a2washing ton-conference-and-us-senate-hearing-on-mobile-phones-and-health/ It informs about the forthcoming events in Washington DC – a Conference and a US Senate hearing Best, Dariusz ************************************************** Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, DSc Research Professor; STUK – Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority Guangbiao Professor; Zhejiang University,
Read more →Previous message # 1115 mentioned the report by the International EMF Collaborative titled “Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern, Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone”. Following is more on this from The Bulletin (Philadelphia, Penn., USA) http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/08/31/top_stories/doc4a9aa14099aa7897239842.txt Higher Cancer Rates In Under-18 Cell Phone Users The Advocate By Herb Denenberg, The Bulletin
Read more →From the Environmental Working Group (USA): Published on Environmental Working Group (http://www.ewg.org) News Release – Lower Your Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation Comprehensive Online Guide To Low-Radiation Wireless Devices Published September 9, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. “”- Environmental Working Group”™s (EWG) research team has assembled the most comprehensive online consumer guide ever to cell phone radiation,
Read more →Sourced from Microwave News: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/sussex_county_school_to_close.html Sussex County school to close due to unsafe power lines near playground by Joe Moszczynski/The Star-Ledger (New Jersey, USA) Tuesday September 08, 2009, 6:00 PM NEWTON — As PSE&G seeks state approval to build a high-voltage power line through four New Jersey counties, reviving a heated debate about the safety
Read more →From Lyn McLean, EMR Australia: How can you reduce your exposure to radiation from a mobile phone? How can you have a say about new international guidelines covering wiring and appliances? Find out in the latest issue of “EMR and Health” together with the latest news and research in an interesting, easy-to-read format. For more
Read more →From Frank Nadaud in France: I would like to react on the recent discussion about epidemiology and precaution. Let me take the hardline statistics point of view. Consider the Danish study. In this case, as said in another post, the corporate users have been retreived of the sample. In statistics, this kind of choice has
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