From Powerwatch News: http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20090212_samsung_children_phone_tobi.asp Samsung market phones for pre-teens Electronics giant Samsung are the latest company to completely ignore UK government advice and market a mobile phone designed explicitly for children, the S3030 Tobi. Following in the footsteps of the MyMo and Teddyfone controversies a few years ago, this is the first time a large
Read more →Posted on Electromagnetic Health.org: Medical Director of Switzerland”s Paracelsus Clinic Takes Stand on Hazards of Electromagnetic Pollution – “Electromagnetic Load” a Hidden Factor in Many Illnesses 10.02.2009 by admin Category Electromagnetic Health Blog http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/medical-director-of-switzerland/ Thomas M. Rau, MD, Medical Director of the Paracelsus Clinic February 10th, 2009. Dr. Thomas Rau, Medical Director of the world
Read more →From Microwave News: Call it the end of an era. Motorola, which has by any measure been the dominant force in the RF health arena for more than 15 years, is stepping back from the fray. The field will never be quite the same again. On Friday, February 13, Motorola will close down its RF
Read more →In addition to the recent message #1000 “Electrosensitivity becomes an “inconvenient truth” in Sweden”, published on the list by John and Rigmor Granlund-Lind, Monday December 8th, 2008, http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/?p=1018, it is important to realize that in Sweden electrohypersensitivity (EHS) is definitely not completely denied. In Sweden, electrohypersensitivity is an officially fully recognized functional impairment (i.e., it
Read more →Request from Bente-Ingrid in Denmark: Dear Don The Danish editor Finn Kamper-Jørgensen from the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health has allowed a Editorial written by the Danish professor Jørn Olsen with the title Mobiles Phones and Health in the January number (2009,37,1-3). It`s just another Danish dishonest statement. http://sjp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/37/1/1 I have allready send a sharp
Read more →CBC Marketplace host Wendy Mesley* reveals new evidence about possible health risks facing the newest generation of cell phone users: children. FRIDAY, JAN. 23, 8:30 pm http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/ *a breast cancer survivor responsible for the excellent 2006 program, Chasing The Cancer Answer, which impelled the Canadian Cancer Society to do something more about toxics in everyday
Read more →From the Beaconsfield Action Group: Cheap paint could protect against super-fast wireless (New Scientist) 19 January 2009 by Colin Barras As wireless communications become faster, it’s not just older, slower devices that are left behind. The shielding that protects sensitive electronic equipment like that used in hospitals is becoming increasingly obsolete as new, higher frequencies
Read more →From Libby Kelly, ICEMS: Authority Recommends Restricting Childrens’ Use of Mobiles http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2009/01/authority_recommends_restricting_ childrens_use_of_mobiles_466353.html Olet tässä Authority Recommends Restricting Childrens’ Use of Mobiles published Wed 02:23 PM, updated Fri 10:33 AM The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has recommended restricting the use of mobile phones by children. The Authority says radiation from mobile phones could
Read more →http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1112123/France-cracks-childrens- mobile-phone-use-Britain-ignoring-warnings.html France cracks down on children’s mobile phone use, but Britain still ignoring warnings By Peter Allen and Fiona Macrae 11th January 2009 France has begun a crackdown on children having mobile phones after research linked their use to brain cancer. Advertising mobiles to children under 12 is to be prohibited under the legislation
Read more →From Mast Sanity: Nobel Prize Bought By Pharma Kick Backs Newsmax.com December 12, 2008 Swedish Officials Investigating Nobel Prize Board Celia Farber The Nobel Prize Committee is facing investigation of bribery and corruption after allegedly taking huge payments from a pharmaceutical company that directly benefits from the work of this year’s Nobel Prize winner in
Read more →From Eileen O”Connor Trustee “” EM Radiation Research Trust Please see details. People can request registration but confirmation will be provided in January. 11-12 February 2009, Brussels: Workshop on EMF and Health: Science and Policy to address public concerns Kalina Lewanska European Commission Health and Consumers Directorate-General Unit C7 Risk Assessment B232 02/015 B-1049 Brussels
Read more →From Louis Slesin, Microwave News: A Chinese team has made a breakthrough in explaining how power-line EMFs promote childhood leukemia. We don’t often talk about breakthroughs when we write about EMFs, but this time it’s justified. Read all about it at: http://www.microwavenews.com/XRCC1.html Best, Louis Slesin __________________________________________________________ Louis Slesin, PhD Editor, Microwave News A Report on
Read more →From Mast Sanity: http://www.surgicalneurology-online.com/article/S0090-3019(08)00646-0/fullte xt Surgical Neurology An international journal of surgery and neuroscience Volume 70, Issue 5, Pages 445-446 (November 2008) Cell phones more dangerous than cigarettes! Ron Pawl, MD ron.pawl@hawaiiantel.net In March of this year, Dr Vini G. Khurana, an Australian Neurosurgeon, made news headlines declaring that, based on his research of the
Read more →From MastSanity: Cellphone health study on hold As cellphone use grows around the world, concerns about the devices’ safety are resurfacing. Other nations have released their data on wireless health effects, so why hasn’t Canada? Dec 14, 2008 Tyler Hamilton Business Reporter It’s supposed to be the mother of all studies into cellphones and their
Read more →ABC News: The Health Department is retesting radiation levels at a school on Hobart’s eastern shore. Posted December 8, 2008 20:30:00 Updated December 8, 2008 21:03:00 The testing is being done as part of an investigation into a possible cancer cluster among staff at the Hazelwood school for children with special needs. Staff have been
Read more →From Louis Slesin: With the Interphone results seemingly lost in endless limbo, the BioInitiative Working Group has suggested a new approach. Read all about it at: http://www.microwavenews.com/ Best, Louis Slesin __________________________________________________________ Louis Slesin, PhD 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
Read more →The below article was sent to this list by John and Rigmor Granlund-Lind as a follow-up to the previous message #996: “NO RISK”: A Trade Union Initiative cut short by Industry It is a translation of an article for FEB’s Swedish newsletter Ljusglimten (The Gleam of Light), Don ************************************************************************************ Gunni Nordström let us read your
Read more →At long last the brochure “Wireless Networks (Wi-Fi) Consumer Health and Safety Advice” and associated links are online at: http://www.emfacts.com/wifi/ “The use of wireless devices by consumers is increasing rapidly, yet there is concern in the scientific community that this technology could have adverse side effects. Download our flyer for the facts and recommended precautions,
Read more →When NSW Education Minister Verity Firth was asked (below)about taking a cost-saving option and provide wired internet access points for the roll out of thousands of lap-tops for students she said “the flexibility provided by laptops should not be compromised”. I would ask: But what about the risk of compromising the health of the students?”.
Read more →Message from the Dutch EHS Foundation: Dear colleagues, This is to inform you that the second edition of our Internet publication “Electrohypersensitivity in the Netherlands: A questionnaire survey” by Hugo Schooneveld and Juliette Kuiper (2008) is available with full graphic documentation of: * Demographic data of questionnaire respondents * Self-reported health problems * Identification of
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