Mid-term review of the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 Environment – 04-09-2008 – 12:09 In adopting an own-initiative report on the mid-term review of the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010, the European Parliament acknowledges the efforts made by the Commission since the action plan was launched in 2004. It considers, however,
Read more →Here is the latest EU press release, from the EC website, on airport body scanners, October 23, 2008: Note where they call for a scientific and medical assessment of the possible health impact of such technologies. Lets hope they don’t get Michael Repacholi or the Health Council of the Netherlands to to the assessment! Fertile
Read more →From Stelios A Zinelis MD: The European Parliament has voted, rejecting the application of airport scanners by 361 votes(16 voted to apply the technology and 181 abstinences) based on human rights( privacy, integrity, personal data) and the potential health risks. I terms of the ionizing radiation, in the past the diagnostic low dose X-Rays were
Read more →Here is a technology soon to impact on all of us who fly, especially those of you who like to collect “frequent” flyer points – you will now be accumulating more than you thought! Unlike the continuing health controversy over non-ionizing radiation, my understanding of ionizing radiation is that there is no such thing as
Read more →From Powerwatch: http://www.naturalmatters.net/article.asp?article=3828&cat=247 Sense about Science – Misleading on Radiation, EMFs, Health 24/10/2008 Article from http://www.powerwatch.org.uk Sense about science have recently published a very one-sided report entitled “Making Sense of Radiation” on the associations between EMFs and health. Not only did this report only present one side of an argument that has multiple conflicting opinions
Read more →From Microwave News: A spate of spurious stories on cell phone cancer risks that were in the news last week need to be aired and corrected. They also provide yet another reason to get the Interphone study out as soon as possible. Read our latest post at: http://www.microwavenews.com/ Best, Louis Slesin __________________________________________________________ Louis Slesin, PhD
Read more →To All I received the following message and have spoken to the person who sent it. He wishes to remain anonymous because of his employment. An electronic theodolite sends out a laser beam (seen as a red beam at night) and the surveyors who use them can spend quite a bit of time with their
Read more →http://www.anhcampaign.org/news/electro-spin Electro-Spin Dr Damien Downing, ANH Medical Director 8th October 2008 This Monday, 6th October, the Today programme on Radio 4 aired a 4-minute debate on whether wi-fi, mobile phone masts and other sources of radio waves were harmful to health [1]. The idea was rejected by Elaine Fox, a psychologist who helped to write
Read more →Central News Agency English News 7 oct 2008 From Sylvie: Government urged to act to dissuade teenagers from using cell phones (By Elizabeth Hsu) Taipei, Oct. 7 (CNA) A civic group urged the government Tuesday to take action to dissuade children and teenagers from using mobile phones, out of concern over possible electromagnetic radiation hazards.
Read more →From Libby Kelly: Released by New America Media on September 28, 2008 http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=c929d3480e0f8bb18e1762d1d9be1e72 Wireless Antennas: People of Color Are Particularly at Risk New America Media, News Analysis, Elizabeth Kelley, Posted: Sep 28, 2008 Editor’s note: Presently, there are more than two million FCC licensed antennas across the United States alone. This number does not include
Read more →From Iris Atzmon: Mercury release from dental amalgam restorations after magnetic resonance imaging and following mobile phone use Mortazavi SM, Daiee E, Yazdi A, Khiabani K, Kavousi A, Vazirinejad R, Behnejad B, Ghasemi M, Mood MB. Department of Medical Physics, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Pak J Biol Sci.
Read more →From Louis Slesin: At last week’s Congressional hearing on cell phone cancer risks, Dr. Ronald Herberman testified that the incidence of brain cancer has been increasing over the last ten years, particularly among 20-29 year-olds. This could have major implications for the cell phone health controversy. Read our coverage of Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s hearing at:
Read more →ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES VOLUME 116, NUMBER 10, OCTOBER 2008 http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/116-10/forum.html#stro Strong Signal for Cell Phone Effects With 3 billion cell phone users worldwide and more than 260 million in the United States alone””among them 46% of U.S. children aged 8″”12, according to Nielsen Mobile figures released 10 September 2008″”human exposure to low-energy radiation in the
Read more →Note below where it states: “The committee was shown a research paper published this month by the Royal Society in London which found that teenagers who started using mobile phones before the age of 20 were five times more likely to develop brain cancer at the age of 29 than those who did not use
Read more →Don’s comment: 28 September 2008 In today’s Sunday Age (Australia) the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) CEO Chris Althaus dismissed the idea that children were especially susceptible to the radiation of a mobile phone (see last message). This was the same viewpoint Althaus stated in the Hobart Mercury on September 26. According to Althaus “when
Read more →From Jack Verbank: Sunday Age (Australia) http://www.theage.com.au/national/doctors-at-odds-over-mobile-cancer-risk-20080927-4pdw.html?page=-1 Doctors at odds over mobile cancer risk “¢ Stephen Cauchi “¢ September 28, 2008 HIGH-profile Sydney brain surgeon Charlie Teo has made enemies in his profession for many reasons, but not for his opinion on the link between mobile phones and brain tumours. On ABC TV’s Enough Rope
Read more →http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/09/25/cellphones.cancer/index.html?iref=24hours Scientists debate possible cell phone link to brain cancer * Story Highlights * Studies conflict; do not consistently show cell phones cause cancer, expert says * Expert says he cannot say they are definitely dangerous or definitely safe * Children are at higher risk for cancer-causing radiation from phone, scientist says * Woman at
Read more →http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Blotter/story?id=5885440&page=1 Remaining Mute, Cell Phone Execs Refuse to Appear Before Congress Industry Group a No-Show at Hearing On Whether or Not There is a Link Between Cell Phones and Cancer By EMMA SCHWARTZ September 25, 2008 The wireless industry association refused to appear before Congress today on a hearing about whether there is a link
Read more →From Mark and Joanne: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080926011656.0kfws57m&show_article=1 Sep 25 09:17 PM US/Eastern The potential link between mobile telephones and brain cancer could be similar to the link between lung cancer and smoking — something tobacco companies took 50 years to recognize, according to US scientists’ warning. Scientists are currently split on the level of danger the biological
Read more →From Louis Slesin: Robert Hoover, the director of the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program in NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, will testify tomorrow before a House subcommittee chaired by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the former Democratic Presidential candidate, on “Tumors and Cell Phone Use: What the Science Says.” Yesterday, the NCI Cancer Bulletin presented a
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