EMF-Omega-News 21. June 2008

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The Melanoma Epidemic
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5000377/

2 Billion may Suffer from Mobile Cancer by 2020
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5007449/

Interphone Brain Tumors Studies To Date: An Examination of Poor Study Design
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4995909/

Why Brain Surgeons Are Avoiding Cell Phones
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5004400/

The invisible threat
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4994072/

CELL PHONES AND CHILDREN: Review of Israeli bill/warnings and Weizman
ERK study
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3662948/

Interphone: The Cracks Begin To Show
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5005899/

EMR Induces Mold and Yeast Growth: The Evidence
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5003063/

Warn people about ill-effects of mobile phones
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4996341/

Excess use of Mobile phone is a dangerous for humans
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5008368/

Cancer fears over mobile phone mast
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5005791/

14 die of cancer in seven years living next to phone mast with highest
radiation levels in UK
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5004751/

Are You Allergic to Wireless Internet?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5008339/

Ban Under 12s From Mobiles
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5008284/

See The Invisible: Phone masts beam
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5001092/

Phone mast bid rejected in Shard End
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5001150/

Residents protest against more antennas
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5001293/

Glastonbury Wi-Fi
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5008441/

Phone mast will go ahead
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5003522/

Morden man coats home in foil to counter mast's effects
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5004348/

Unhealthy buzz just the beginning of turbulence over transmission line
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4994580/

Are you annoyed at the old style, cheap light bulb is being phased out?
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5003756/

Dementia burden 'could break NHS'
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5003416/

Dangers of Cell Phones: CALL OF 20 SCIENTISTS - L'appel des vingt contre
le portable
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4995204/

Santé: les EHS s'expriment
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5003780/

Next-up news N°609
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Important: Environmental Petition #1 on DECT phones

Hello All,

Canadians, concerned about environmental issues can bring these issues to the attention of the federal government and obtain formal responses be completing an Environmental Petition. The Environmental Petition does not require multiple signatures, detailed reviews and can be as simple as a letter.

"By submitting an environmental petition in writing to the Auditor General of Canada, residents of Canada can ask certain federal ministers and their departments to explain federal policy, investigate or take action on an environmental problem, or examine their enforcement of environmental legislation.

The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development oversees the environmental petitions process on behalf of the Auditor General of Canada. Once a petition is received and accepted, it is forwarded to the appropriate minister(s). Federal ministers respond to petitions on behalf of departments and agencies. When they receive a petition, they are required to provide a response to the petitioner(s) within 120 days. This time period may be extended with notice.

As an integral part of our mandate, the Commissioner's petitions team monitors department responses and reports annually to Parliament on the petitions process. In addition, the Commissioner's team or other audit teams in the Office of the Auditor General conduct audits of issues and commitments raised in petitions responses and report on them to Parliament (Getting Answers: A guide to the environmental petition process, March 19, 2008)."

Attached is an Environmental Petition on DECT Phones, recently submitted to the Auditor General of Canada. It is asking that DECT phones be banned in Canada. Indeed they should be banned globally. Feel free to circulate this petition to those who may be interested and may be able to use it to initiate similar requests in other Countries.

-magda

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Dr. Magda Havas, B.Sc. Ph.D.

Environmental & Resource Studies,

Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 7B8

phone: 705 748-1011 x 7882 fax: 705 748-1569

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Israel: new bill mobile phones for children

----- Original Message -----

From: Eileen O'Connor

Please see enclosed important message from Iris Atzmon with regards to a new bill to be presented in Israel to limit the sales and advertising of mobile phones to children. It mentions Professor Roni Seger's research about the reaction of protein ERK to mobile radiation. You can view this study on the RRT website and read the review from Barrie Trower see below:

From Iris Atzmon

A new bill is presented in Israel to limit the sell and use of cell phones by kids.

The bill was filed by MPs Dov Hanin Michael Malchior with nine more MPs. According to the new bill, any advertising of mobile phone will include a warning that will catch 5% of the advertisement page. Children will not be shown in the advertisement and it will not be directed to children. Children will not be able legally to buy themselves a cell phone (only with an adult). It will not be legal to sell phones without a warning. The warning will say, on a patch of at least the size of 5 cm, "Warning: the health ministry warns that a lot of usage and carrying the device close to the body can increase the risk of cancer, especially among children." Warnings on the damage will be at the sale centres of cell phones, services centres and on the companies' websites. Background: the Knesset (parliament) meeting on the 8 October 2007, in which Prof Roni Seger presented Weizmann institute study results, about the reaction of protein ERK to the mobile radiation. While it is not clear whether there is a clear link to cancer, the results do raise concern especially in view of the use of children. So it is suggested to increase public awareness to the health damage. The basis of the bill is to limit advertising and sale of cell phones, especially the sale to children who are especially vulnerable to the devastating effects of the mobile radiation. The health minister will determine the damage and it will be criminal not to fill the directions of the bill, similar to the directions in the law of tobacco advertisement.

(All the above is translated and summarized from the bill itself).

In other countries:

Warn people about ill-effects of mobile phones

New Delhi:

http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14695318

Japan urges limiting kids' cell phones

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_bi_ge/japan_no_cell_phones

ERK activation study available on the Radiation Research Trust website along with a review from scientist Barrie Trower:

http://www.radiationresearch.org/research.htm

Mechanism of a short-term ERK activation by electromagnetic fields at mobile phone frequency

Proteins are essential for building blocks (amino acids) genes (DNA – RNA) – body structure – enzymes (chemical protein messengers) – muscles – haemoglobin (for oxygen) – cell membranes (gateways to cells0 etc.
Some essential messages passed around the body are proteins. The EKR/MAPK protein helps make signalling pathways and cell processes. This is normally a controlled release of the EKR/MAPK protein.
For the first time, it has been shown that, below thermal level microwave radiation can cause a cascade (out of sequence) of this protein: i.e. It will flow when it is not required to: or extra proteins will flow. This can cause complications to signalling pathways and cellular mechanisms.
As an example: (conclusion by Barrie Trower)

1. A tumour suppression gene may be disrupted

2. Oncogenes may be stimulated which can lead to cancer

3. Signal structures may change – hence, the body may not be able to function properly (any mechanism e.g. immune system)

4. cells may not function properly (brain, liver, digestive tract, skin, you name it.

5. Any organ may not function properly (inc blood)

Conclusion
You could almost explain every illness and complication known by disruption of signalling mechanisms and cell cycle timing. A very important discovery, well done to the scientists.

Barrie Trower

Click HERE to read the full report.

Kind Regards,

Eileen O'Connor

Radiation Research Trustee

http://www.radiationresearch.org

Motorola: Microwave often leaks

----- Original Message -----

From: Iris Atzmon

Motorola: Microwave often leaks: isn't it a great

"leak" from the presentation, to hear this from a

Motorola guy?...

http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/browse_thread/thread/c848bde8f4f2b6ba#

A presentation titled, INTERPHONE STUDIES TO DATE, AN EXAMINATION OF POOR STUDY DESIGN RESULTING IN AN UNDER ESTIMATION OF THE RISK OF BRAIN TUMORS, was given at this year's Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) meeting (San Diego, CA June 8-12).

The essence of the presentation was there are multiple design flaws in the Interphone Protocol, each resulting in an underestimation of tumor risk. As a result of these flaws, the examination of 10 Interphone studies on the risk of brain tumors from cellphone use, found 60 statistically significant protective results showing use of a cellphone protects the user from brain tumors.

Such results are prima facie evidence of the studies' incapacity to determine if there is a risk. Nevertheless, as shown in the presentation, when the highest exposures are examined (10 years of use or use of the cellphone on the same side of the head as the tumor), the "protective" effect is substantially reduced, suggesting that an increased risk counteracts the design flaw. When these 2 highest exposures are combined, then the Interphone studies do find a risk!

The presentation succeeded beyond my wildest imagination.

When finished there was applause. I believe the applause was because I was giving voice to the feeling of many scientists that bio-electrical research has been "hi-jacked" by industry.

I was expecting angry accusations when question-time came. _There were no questions_ even though the usual suspects (e.g., CK Chou, Joe Elder, Joe Morrissey from Motorola and many other industry shils) were there! My assumption why no questions were asked: the presentation was unassailable.

Joachim Schülz and Maria Feychting, Interphone researchers, were sitting right behind me. When I returned to my seat, I said, "I thought you guys would have asked some questions." They just shrugged.

After the last presentation (there was only one after mine) CK Chou came up to me in his usual ornery manner, asking if I used a cellphone. I said, "No." He asked me if I use a microwave. I said, 'Yes but they are shielded." He replied they often leak. What he was trying to do was to cast me as a hypocrite.

He said Motorola would never do anything to harm its customers. He then added some sort of allusion to the chicken and egg paradox (it made no sense to me) adding Motorola would never harm their chickens. As I walked away I said you will soon see a lot of dead chickens.

As I was leaving the conference facility I saw Joachim walking along. I asked him why he had not asked any questions. He said once I had accused them of conflict-of-interest, there was no point. He then went
on to say defensively that industry had only funded 20% of his German Interphone study's cost. I told him my presentation suggested that any conflict-of-interest could be unconscious. But my assertion that the saying, "Don't bite the hand that feeds you" was relevant, stands. The relevancy, I told him, was that not one of the researchers
discussed the significant findings of a protective effect. He said, he had. As we discussed this further he admitted that the only discussion in his paper was the source of possible errors (selection bias, recall bias, etc.) with no reference to the significant protective effects.

On a previous day Elizabeth Cardis, the head of the entire 13-country Interphone study, presented the Interphone study as part of a Plenary Session. Her presentation consisted of the results published to date. When she was asked when would the full study be released, she said, "Soon ... I hope." She told Louis Slesin, publisher of Microwave News
(http://www.microwavenews.com
http://www.microwavenews.com./index.html) that a new draft was being circulated. It would be great if we could see the previous drafts. Clearly there is an internal debate whether or not to publish the results or how to spin away findings of concern.

I asked Cardis what was the total cost of the Interphone Study and what was industry's contribution. She responded ~10M Euros overall; ~3.2M from Industry.

Because she was leaving prior to my presentation I discussed it with her using a printed copy. She agreed that every flaw I listed exists and each flaw results in an underestimation of risk.

She had said during her presentation, the definition of "regular user was not meant to be a risk factor." As I was walking her through my presentation I asked her why had virtually every Interphone study published the risk of tumors from "regular" use as the primary finding in the studies' abstracts. She rolled her eyes and said something like, "It was not my doing."

Lloyd Morgan
Berkeley, CA USA

PS: In the Cancun BEMS meeting (2006), I got the feeling that the dam was showing signs of stress. In San Diego, I felt that the dam had major cracks and was beginning to leak

Spain treats child phone addicts

Spain treats child phone addicts

Click on the link to the BBC story and have your say.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7452463.stm

Also see news article in today's Telegraph, see below.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2121298/Mobile-phone-addiction-Cli
nic-treats-children.html

And the New York Times article, How Much Radiation Does Your Phone Emit, contains a list of the highest and lowest radiation level mobile phones.

Kind Regards,

Eileen O'Connor
Radiation Research Trustee
http://www.radiationresearch.org

BBC news

Spain treats child phone addicts

Two children in Spain have been admitted to a mental health institution to be treated for addiction to their mobile phones, Spanish media report.

The children, aged 12 and 13, were sent to the clinic by their parents, who said they could not carry out normal activities without their handsets.

They were doing badly at school and lying to relatives in order to get money to spend on their phones.

They have been learning to cope without their phones for three months.

Dr Maite Utges, who runs the Child and Youth Mental Health Centre in Lleida, near Barcelona in north-eastern Spain, said it was the first time the clinic had treated children who were dependent on their mobile phones.

"They both showed disturbed behaviour and this exhibited itself in failure at school. They both had serious difficulties leading normal lives," she was quoted in Spanish papers as saying.

The children had owned their phones for 18 months, and their parents had made little effort to restrict their use before noticing how serious their dependence had become.

'Tip of iceberg'

Dr Jose Martinez-Raga, an expert in addictions, said children who developed a dependency on mobile phones, like those who over-used video games, often became irritable, withdrawn and antisocial, and their school performance deteriorated.

He warned these cases could be the "tip of the iceberg", and that mobile phone addiction "could definitely be a danger in the future".

Fears have been raised in a number of countries about the adverse effects mobile phone use may have on children.

Dr Utges recommended that parents not allow their children to have mobile phones until they reached 16 years of age.

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Mobile phone addiction: Clinic treats children
By Graham Tibbetts

Last updated: 2:30 PM BST 13/06/2008

Two children are learning to live without their mobile phones after becoming so badly addicted to the technology they were admitted to a mental health clinic.
They were brought in after spending an average of six hours a day on their phones, talking, texting or playing games.

Their parents became concerned that the children, aged 12 and 13, were unable to carry out normal activities without their handsets. They were failing at school and deceiving relatives in an attempt to obtain more money for phone cards.

However, it may take a year to wean them off the "drug", said Dr Maite Utgès, director of the Child and Youth Mental Health Centre in Lleida, north-east Spain, where they have been treated for the past three months.

"It is the first time we have used a specific treatment to cure a dependence on the mobile phone," she said.

"They both showed disturbed behaviour and this exhibited itself in failure at school. They both had serious difficulties leading normal lives."

Both children had had their own phones for 18 months and were not controlled by their parents.

"One paid for their phone by getting money from the grandmother and other family members, without explaining what they were going to do with it," said Dr Utgès.

At least two cases of phone addiction have been reported in Britain where young people who were obsessed with their phones and became depressed when the number of incoming calls or messages dropped.

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NY Times article on cell phones:)

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/how-much-radiation-does-your-phone-
emit/index.html?hp

New York Times
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June 11, 2008, 3:31 pm
How Much Radiation Does Your Phone Emit?
Cellphones emit varying levels of radiation, depending on make and model.
(Lisa Poole/Associated Press)
The technology news site CNET has compiled two interesting lists showing which cellphones give off the most and the least radiation.
In publishing the information, CNET editors note the data aren't meant to imply that cellphone radiation poses a risk, nor is it meant to say that the phones are safe. As I recently reported in my Well column last week, the data on cellphone safety is mixed, although a few recent international studies have suggested a link with three types of brain tumors. The Food and
Drug Administration also says there's not enough information to determine conclusively whether cellphones are safe or unsafe.
The charts focus on the specific absorption rate, or SAR, of a cellphone, which is a way of measuring the quantity of radio frequency energy that is absorbed by the body, according to CNET.
For a phone to pass F.C.C. certification, that phone's maximum SAR level must be less than 1.6 W/kg (watts per kilogram). In Europe, the level is capped at 2 W/kg, while Canada allows a maximum of 1.6 W/kg. The SAR level listed in our charts represents the highest SAR level with the phone next to the ear as tested by the F.C.C. Keep in mind that it is possible for the SAR
level to vary between different transmission bands and that different testing bodies can obtain different results. Also, it's possible for results to vary between different editions of the same phone (such as a handset that's offered by multiple carriers).
Four Motorola phones top the list, with the V195s putting out the maximum 1.6 W/kg. The popular BlackBerry Curve 8330 rounds out the No. 5 spot.
To see the full top 10 list, click here.
The list of lowest-radiation cellphones includes the LG KG800 and the
Motorola Razr V3x, which put out 0.135 W/kg and 0.14 W/kg, respectively. To
see all the lowest radiation phones, click here.
If you don't see your phone on the list, the site includes lists of
cellphones by brand name. My iPhone was listed under "other" brands, but I
was interested to learn that its SAR number is 0.974.

Ten highest-radiation cell phones (United States)
Editor's note: When a phone is discontinued by a manufacturer or a carrier,
it will be removed from this chart.
Manufacturer and model SAR level(digital)
1 Motorola V195s 1.6
2 Motorola Slvr L6 1.58
3 Motorola Slvr L2 1.54
4 Motorola W385 1.54
5 RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Sprint) 1.54
6 RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless) 1.54
7 Motorola Deluxe ic902 1.53
8 T-Mobile Shadow (HTC) 1.53
9 Motorola i335 1.53
10 Samsung Sync SGH-C417 1.51

Ten lowest-radiation cell phones (United States)
Editor's note: When a phone is discontinued by a manufacturer or a carrier,
it will be removed from this chart.
Manufacturer and model SAR level
(digital)
1. LG KG800 0.135
2. Motorola Razr V3x 0.14
3. Nokia 9300 0.21
4. Nokia N90 0.22
5. Samsung SGH-G800 0.23
6. Samsung Sync SGH-A707 0.236
7. Nokia 7390 0.26
8. Samsung SGH-T809 0.32
9. Bang & Olufsen Serene (Samsung SGH-E910) 0.33
10. Motorola Razr2 V8 0.36

EMF-Omega-News 14. June 2008

Dear Sir, Madam, Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,

for your information.

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Methodological Aspects of Epidemiological Studies on the Use of Mobile
Phones and their Association with Brain Tumors
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4978313/

Preliminary Results of a Tumor Promotion Study with UMTS Exposure
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4978290/

Now Half the World Has a Cell Phone: Why That is a Brain Tumor Epidemic
Waiting to Happen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4992489/

New evidence in mobile phone tumour link
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4988986/

Can mobiles make you infertile?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4987771/

Evidence for Effects on the Immune System
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4986570/

Former LQMS Students Believe Cancer Cluster Caused Their Diagnosis
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4987845/

"The Mañana Project": No Action on Tumours Today
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4982363/

Excessive Mobile Phone Use Affects Sleep In Teens, Study Finds
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4984857/

Read my lips: go wireless, get cancer
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4990646/

Mobile towers banned in school, hospital premises
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4984963/

TEPCA protests the Taiwanese government on WiMAX in Taiwan
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4978271/

Residents rally against antenna
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4977338/

Cell towers a health risk at Lodi schools?
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4980287/

O2 loses bid to keep 'temporary' phone mast in Burnham for extra year
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4982980/

Rallying call in fight to get Little Lever mast removed
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4984280/

Residents health fears over monster mast
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4990059/

PEOPLE POWER WINS THE DAY AS MAST PLAN REJECTED
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4990515/

Hard to escape the silent antagonist
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4981114/

Mains wiring transients linked to cancer rates
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/4988114/

Alzheimers: "Aging" - Deterioration not inevitable
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4987914/

How close electric field exposures might drastically interfere with
reproduction
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4992400/

Shops secretly track customers via mobile phone
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4982931/

Insonnia, forse la colpa è del cellulare
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4982505/

Santé Polluée "reportages CEM et EHS"
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4987894/

Next-up news N°599
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4977863/

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http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4982429/

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http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4985259/

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http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4990395/

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http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4992092/

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Go wireless, get cancer / Mobile phone tumour fears

Read my lips: go wireless, get cancer Vancouver Courier http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/letters/story.html?id=08a92fda-96f2-4341-8495-23d6716a9160 Friday, June 13, 2008 To the editor: I read with incredulity the letter published in your paper with the uninformed and biased caption, (Re: "Cell tower critic not switched on to facts," Letters, June 11). As medical science regarding the dangers of various forms of electromagnetic radiation continues to advance, there is little dispute in the peer-reviewed literature about real dangers to citizens. The mean-spirited, dismissive rejoinder by Mr. Wilson to Mr. Bowling is misleading, disrespectful to your readers and simply wrong. It portends a disdain for the health of your people and exhibits a serious lack of knowledge regarding the ever-emerging science regarding the myriad adverse impacts of the electromagnetic spectrum on human health and ecological balance. The incidence of serious illnesses among those exposed to multiple forms of biologically active radiation is dramatically increasing, and includes conditions such as sleep disturbances, unexplained anxiety and various forms of cancer. It is important for citizens to understand that while the complexities of the electromagnetic radiation health-risk issue continue to create fertile ground for mobile phone industry-supported obfuscation, the scientific facts are clear that danger looms for users of wireless devices, those who live in the vicinity of wireless infrastructure and the general public . Dr. George Carlo, Science and Public Policy Institute, Washington, D.C. © Vancouver Courier 2008

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Click on the link below and catch the video link where Laura Sparkes interviews Enrico Grani:

http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/4322700/health/mobile-phone-tumour-fears

Mobile phone tumour fears

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• Reporter: Laura Sparkes
• Broadcast Date: June 12, 2008

David Smith faithfully sold mobile phones for 10 years. Little did he know, he was getting paid to sell something that he believes has now ruined his life.

"I think it would be very foolish, very foolish, to assume there is no relationship and not take any precautions," David said.

"What makes me angry is that they continue to sell these phones without making sure that they are safe."

The evidence is mounting. Brain tumours are on the increase - even neurosurgeons are concerned. The industry stands firm, however, not all of them.

David was just 30 years old when he underwent three operations to remove the tumour as big as a golf ball, around his acoustic nerve.

During the surgery, the nerve was removed and another was accidentally damaged, causing David to lose muscular control in his face.

"I believe mobile phones gave me this tumour and I blame the mobile phone companies," David said.

"I was angry at the mobile phone companies and at the telecommunication companies because they've put this product on the market without the proper research to what it does, I guess they've used us as guinea pigs."

The tumour was situated just behind his right ear.

"I used to use my right ear as my phone ear, but I don't do that anymore because I can't hear out of it," David said. "I used to use the mobile phone maybe one or two hours a day for the 10 years or so before I was diagnosed."

David's tumour is one that studies have linked to mobile phone use.

Professor Bruce Armstrong is head of Sydney University's Public Health Dept. He's spent 10 years looking at the research between mobile phones and brain tumours.

There was evidence of a twofold increase in risk of tumours.

While David is trying to piece his life back together, he worries for the millions who constantly use their mobile.

"You see 10 year olds running around the street using mobile phones, I wonder how they'll affect the development of their brains," said David.

Enrico Grani too blames his brain tumour on heavy mobile phone use over 10 years.

"I had an analogue phone it was like a toy, you know what I mean, you get a new toy you talk on the phone," said Enrico.

He was diagnosed with a meningioma in the right parietal globe.

After the operation, he was in a coma for three days and suffered a stroke.

"I blame the cell phone industry blinded by greed, they've known about this for many, many years but they still deny it," said Enrico.

None of this surprises those in the business of brain surgery. One prominent Canberra Neurologist has written a research paper on the link between mobile phones and brain tumours. He believes mobile phones will be the next great public health issue and he compares their effects with those of smoking and asbestos. He's calling on government and industry to take immediate steps to reduce exposure of consumers to mobile phones.

As a Neurosurgeon Richard Bit-tar has seen a rise in brain tumours in the last 15 years, but says its hard to point the finger solely at mobile phone use. Yet Richard tries to use his mobile phone only on loudspeaker or uses a nearby landline when possible.

"There is certainly an element of concern not only from myself but from a lot of my colleagues. A lot of my neurosurgery colleagues go even further and really try and minimise the amount of mobile phone use they engage in, that reflects an underlying concern that there may well be a relationship," said Richard.

His warning to consumers?

"Minimise the amount of time you spend with your mobile phone up against your ear."

We asked the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association's Chris Althaus if he was worried about getting a tumour: "No."

Does he use his phone every day?

"I use it every day and I use it a lot every day, I'm very comfortable personally with the way the research effort conveys to markets like Australia and globally the level of safety you can enjoy when using a mobile phone," said Chris.

But David had a different view.

"It's ruined the life I had previously had, all these plans and ideas and so much hope for the future and now that's all changed. I've had to reevaluate everything," said David.

Santa Fe, Wi-Fi continued

In Santa Fe, Wi-Fi plan opposed by 'electrically sensitive'

Associated Press Newswires 10 juin 2008
By DEBORAH BAKER

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Camp out in a coffee shop or hole up in a hotel, but don't bother lugging your laptop to the library.
A proposal to put free wireless Internet service in public libraries and a handful of other buildings in Santa Fe has been delayed by objections from residents who say they are electrically sensitive.
"These are our last refuges," complained Arthur Firstenberg, a leading opponent of the Wi-Fi plan.
Firstenberg, who contends Earth is being engulfed in electromagnetic pollution -- "electrosmog" -- says he suffers headaches, nausea, discomfort in his chest and difficulty breathing when he encounters cell phones and other wireless technology.
Putting wireless in city buildings -- only one area of City Hall has it now -- amounts to installing barriers for him and others who are electrically sensitive, he argues.
The City Council asked the city attorney last month to research whether the opponents are covered by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. He concluded no: There's no legal case in which electromagnetic hypersensitivity, or EHS, has been found to be a disability, and no case in
which WiFi has been identified as the cause of EHS.
The council is expected to consider that report on Wednesday, and Councilor Ronald Trujillo hopes it will put an end to a debate that has been lingering for a couple of years.
Trujillo, a co-sponsor of the Wi-Fi plan, says he sometimes feels the nearly 400-year-old city "is a little behind the times."
"It's not 1692. It's 2008," he said. "Santa Fe needs to embrace this technology. It's here, and it's not going away."
Santa Fe's public libraries log more than 870,000 visits a year in a city of about 66,000. The 15 or so hard-wired computers at each location are in use "every minute we are open" and patrons seeking computer time must be turned away, said Pat Hodapp, the city's director of libraries.
Hodapp said an informal survey shows that since January, about 150 patrons a month have inquired about wireless.
"We have to inform them we don't have that available. They're astonished," added Hodapp, who first proposed the wireless plan to the city after a benefactor gave the library about $20,000 -- which remains unspent -- to buy laptops.

Public libraries are the number one point of online access for people who don't have the Internet at home, work, or school, according to the American Library Association. Nearly two-thirds of public libraries in the U.S. now offer free wireless access, the ALA says.
In Santa Fe, a town heavily dependent on tourism, library patrons also include many out-of-towners who want to check e-mail, secure boarding passes, and get tips on what to see while they're here, Hodapp said.
A new downtown convention center will open this fall and convention-goers will expect Wi-Fi in the building, said Simon Brackley, president of the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, which has lobbied for the proposal.
"We would be irrationally unique not to have it available," Brackley said.
Actually, Santa Fe would be following the lead of the small northern California community of Sebastopol, where the city council in March voted to rescind an agreement made last year to allow a Santa Rosa-based company to provide free WiFi throughout the town.
The Sebastopol mayor cited concerns from citizens about possible health hazards.
Not all librarians in Santa Fe are on board with the proposal: In a letter to a local newspaper, six of them suggested Wi-Fi would preclude access for library users -- including epileptics -- who are adversely affected by electromagnetic fields. And they said it would be a boon only to those who can afford to buy laptops.
Proponents of Wi-Fi say there is no credible, verified link between the medical complaints and wireless technology.
They point to a 2005 World Health Organization fact sheet on electromagnetic hypersensitivity, or EHS, that says while the symptoms of EHS "are certainly real" and can be disabling for those affected, "there is no scientific basis to link EHS symptoms to EMF (electromagnetic field) exposure."
Firstenberg, who says his medical career was derailed 26 years ago by his electrical sensitivity and who now lives on Social Security disability payments, founded the Cellular Phone Task Force in 1996 to fight the proliferation of cell phone technology. He left his home in Mendocino, Calif., in 2004 to try to escape the bombardment of wireless.
Firstenberg says he knows Wi-Fi opponents whose symptoms include epilepsy, seizures, asthma attacks and heart arrythmia.
"It can be serious, and it affects more people than you may think. ... We are the canaries that other people should be paying attention to, as a warning that something is wrong," he said.

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THEIR VIEW: LIBRARIANS: KEEP PUBLIC LIBRARY WI-FI-FREED
IANA THATCHER,

Let us make one thing clear. Librarians opposed to Wi-Fi in public libraries are the strongest advocates of access to the Internet for all people, with connectivity that is faster and more secure than Wi-Fi can provide. Librarians opposed to Wi-Fi offer alternatives that are viable, legitimate, and do-able, and demonstrate that we needn't abdicate the long-held democratic values, policies and practices of our profession to provide access to the Internet that some would too easily forsake for the fool's gold of a wireless world. A shining example of the alternative in action is the National Library of France, the equivalent of our Library of Congress. France National Library recently placed a moratorium on Wi-Fi and exchanged microwave radiation for wired connections. They based their decision on scientific/medical research demonstrating harm from electro-pollution. The library consists of 15 million holdings located in four tower buildings, a staff of 2,500 employees and a budget of $254 million. The unabashed push by the Santa Fe Public Library administration and board to install Wi-Fi in the Santa Fe Public Libraries runs counter to the long-held policies and practices of librarianship. Let us tell you what librarians ought to be doing. It is our obligation as librarians to provide uncensored information to all people. These ideals, a) no censorship, and b) no barriers to access, are rooted in this profession. The American Library Association Bill of Rights and many other documents, policies and legislative efforts, enshrine these long-held ideals. A responsible administration and board would investigate the issue fully and keep lines of communication open. They would collect materials on electro-pollution and electro-hypersensitivity to provide educational opportunities for the public. Is it not improper, if not unethical, for our public library system to be handing out yes or no questionnaires concerning Wi-Fi without informing the public of the substantial scientific and medical literature which demonstrates harm? What duty is it of the public library to censor information and try to control public opinion? Is that not antithetical to its mission? The profession of librarianship takes access to information for all people very seriously. As librarians, we have never erected barriers to access and make every attempt to dismantle them. It is not acceptable to create barriers for people who are adversely affected by electromagnetic fields, including epileptics. Exposure can induce severe symptoms such as heart arrhythmias and seizures. Wi-Fi is a barrier for these people. The Library Services for People with Disabilities Policy states: "Libraries must not discriminate against individuals with disabilities and shall ensure that individuals with disabilities have equal access to library resources.” Under the facilities section, the policy states: "The Americans with Disabilities Acts requires that both architectural barriers in existing facilities and communication barriers that are structural in nature be removed." This statement indicates that Wi-Fi should be banned. How can the library administration and board disregard their own professional policies? Why is it acceptable to erect barriers to access for these people? Back in the 1970s, librarians brought computers into libraries to ensure that the "have nots" have equal access to the information highway. There is no comparison today with Wi-Fi in libraries. It does not narrow the digital divide or the socio-economic gap as is often claimed by Wi-Fi proponents. It simply perpetuates the inequities in society. Providing a Wi-Fi signal does not magically produce a laptop computer. It only serves those who own a laptop. Why should those who can afford a laptop get a "free" signal while those who can't are relegated to "sign up" for an hour of computer use? It is fallacious to claim that Wi-Fi will free up computers. Laptop users won't free up hard-wired computers because they don't use public access terminals. They have the money to buy a computer(s), unlike those who can't afford to buy one, so there is nothing to "free up.” The question of whether or not to install Wi-Fi in public libraries should not be a matter of convenience, opinion, or trendy and short-sighted decision making, but based upon the long-held traditions and values that librarians uphold for the good of all of us.
This statement, submitted by Diana Thatcher, expresses a consensus of six Santa Fe librarians from academic, public, state and special libraries opposed to Wi-Fi in the Santa Fe Public Library.
Patrons of the Santa Fe Baking Co. and Cafe make use of the restaurant’s free wireless Internet access. Some librarians in Santa Fe, however, oppose Wi-Fi in public libraries, saying that it would not serve the public good.

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In a memo, the city attorney says he couldn't find a legal precedent where "electro sensitivity" was considered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. http://kob.com/article/stories/S474525.shtml?cat=516Updated at: 06/11/2008 07:19:22 PMBy: Gadi Schwartz KOB-TV, and Joshua Panas KOB.com

City attorney releases 'electro-sensitivity' findings

The battle to ban wireless internet in public buildings in Santa Fe hit the city council floor Monday night. In a memo, the city attorney says he couldn't find a legal precedent where” electro sensitivity" was considered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Arthur Firstenberg says he should have looked harder.” I receive social security because I'm disabled, because of electrical sensitivity," said Firstenberg. In fact, Firstenberg has been on disability for close to 20 years, and he says a federal judge ruled electric fields like Wi-Fi are the reason for his condition. "I'm in possession of a letter from an administrative law judge identifying me as being disabled by broadband, essentially Wi-Fi," Firstenberg said. But physicist Bill Bruno says the effects of Wi-Fi on humans needs more research. "There's not a lot of research funds available to work on that stuff, unless you’re funded by the cell industry," he said. City Councilor Ron Trujillo says the city attorney's findings are good enough for him.” There have been no cases that he has found to cause this reaction to these people, so I am hoping that now we can put this behind us and take a vote tonight and implement the Wi-Fi in libraries and community centers as well, "Trujillo said. The Wi-Fi in the city council chambers was turned off so electro sensitive members could attend.

Santa Fe City Council OKs plan for wireless By DEBORAH BAKER Associated Press !
Writer Article Launched: 06/11/2008 08:05:18 PM MDThttp://origin.lcsun-news.com/ci_9556282SANTA FE—

The City Council voted Wednesday to proceed with a plan for wireless Internet service in libraries and other city buildings, over the objections of those who say they are electrically sensitive.” My first reaction is, it's a disaster. My second reaction is, they’re inviting a lawsuit," said Arthur Firstenberg, a leading opponent of the proposal. The vote was unanimous to provide free wireless by next year at three public libraries, a new convention center still under construction, city hall, the municipal airport and two recreation centers. Opponents who complain they are sickened by electromagnetic pollution say it will effectively block them from using the libraries and attending City Council or other meetings in city hall. City attorney Frank Katz, who had been asked to determine whether the opponents are covered by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, reported that there's no legal case in which electromagnetichypersensitivity has been found to be a disability, nor has any case identified WiFi as its cause. That "doesn't mean that someone couldn't bring a case," he also cautioned. Julie Tambourine, an advocate for the disabled and homeless, said after the meeting that the legal analysis was flawed, because it didn't take into account those with diabetes, seizure disorders, respiratory ailments and other conditions who can be adversely affected by microwave radiation.” They just seemed to be focused on one particular disability," she said. She also said the opponents could have been accommodated under federal law by having one of the three library branches be designated WiFi-free. City Councilor Patti Bushee proposed taking city hall out of the wireless plan—"since this is the local seat of democracy"—but that motion failed. Other councilors said wireless is a useful tool for them during meetings. The council chambers is the one spot in the city complex now that has wireless. Opponents of Bushee's motion also argued that wireless service bleeds into the council chambers from nearby businesses, so opponents wouldn't gain anything by having the city eliminate it there. Council Ronald Trujillo acknowledged the medical complaints of opponents, but said "right now there is no proof that WiFi does this." "This is technology ... The city needs to endorse this technology," he said.

After reading this last news item, you have to ask - could this be the start of a new form of a Californian 'soap opera'. Should the title be something like' Idiots in Council'? or Cooking your Constituents? or Microwaving your neighbours?

Martin

Health studies / Critic ignorance / Sleep

From Sylvie

The Times of India 11 june 2008
Can mobiles make you infertile?
Kounteya Sinha
NEW DELHI: In a recent pilot study done at Jawaharlal Nehru University, rats subjected to radiation from mobile phones were found to have damaged DNA and low sperm count, leading to infertility and reduction in testis size. The Union health ministry now wants to find out whether excessive cellphone use could be having the same adverse effects on your health.
The ministry has commissioned India's first largescale study on the effects of radio frequency radiation (RFR) from mobile phones on humans. Initiated by Union health minister A Ramadoss and to be spearheaded by the Indian Council of Medical Research, which has just completed finalizing the protocol, the five-year study will be conducted by JNU's School of Environmental Sciences and three departments of AIIMS - obstetrics and gynaecology, neurology and biochemistry.
One of the important spinoffs of the study will involve measuring the wavelength and frequency of RFD emitted from various types of cellphones used in India to see whether or not these conform to international standards.
Study to find if excessive cellphone use causes cancer
A study commissioned by the Union health minister will look at the effect radio frequency radiation (RFR) has on neurological disorders like cognitive impairment, depression and sleep-related disorders. Scientists will look at whether excessive mobile phone use changes the white matter of the brain and causes physiological abnormalities.
They will also study RFR's effect on reproductive health like menstrual cycle, hormonal changes in women, its effect on male reproductive functions and whether it causes abnormalities in the male reproductive tract.

According to ICMR deputy director general and lead investigator R S Sharma, the study will also see whether excessive mobile use can cause cancer or increase the spread of cancerous cells in those already affected.
Dr J Behari from JNU's School of Environmental Sciences recently conducted a pilot study on 20 rats, who were subjected to two hours of RFR for 35 days in a sample chamber. "We found significant double strand DNA break in sperm cells that could mutate and cause cancer, significant lowering of sperm count and reduction in testis size. The human study would be path breaking," Dr Behari told TOI.
The study will recruit 4,000 subjects, who will be divided into five groups - heavy exposure male group (1,000 men who talk on the mobile phone for more than four hours a day), moderate exposure male group (1,000 men who speak for more than two hours but less than four), control group (1,000 men who don't use a cellphone), 500 heavily exposed women and a 500-strong female control group.
Dr Sharma said, "We will also calculate the specific absorption rate (SAR) - how much RFD is absorbed by our body when we speak on the mobile - and the power density - power generated by the phone both inside and outside our head when we talk. This will help quantify the magnitude of damage caused by mobile radiation."
The 4,000 subjects will undergo a series of clinical tests, blood and semen analysis, polysomnography, MRI, ECG, blood chemistry, gynaecological and infertility examinations and DNA tests.
At present, India has 250 million cellphone users. By the end of 2010, this figure is estimated to rise to 500 million. A health ministry official said, "India's tremendous growth in cellular phone use has greatly increased the extent and magnitude of RFR exposure. These new technologies have been introduced without full provision of information about their nature and without prior discussion within the scientific community about its possible consequences for health."

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From Linda Sepp
10-year study tracks health of 200,000 cell users
Updated Tue. Jun. 10 2008 12:16 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080610/cellphone_study_080610/20080610?hub=Health

A new study will track thousands of cellphone users in several countries over the course of a decade to determine whether mobile phone use contributes to adverse health effects.

In total, 200,000 cell phone users in Britain, Denmark and Sweden will be monitored for at least 10 years.

The study, to be led by researchers at Imperial College, London, will provide the first official research into concerns that mobile phone use contributes to cancer and other diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

"The studies that have come out previous to this one, essentially indicating there is no link between cell phone use and these particular diseases, these studies have been relatively short term," CTV's London Bureau Chief Tom Kennedy told Canada AM on Tuesday.

"The problem that scientists have is that it can take up to 10 years for these cancers to develop, so therefore we have this very large study that's going to go on for a very long time."

The study, which started on Tuesday, is being undertaken under the guidance of the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Programme.

In a news release the MTHR said the U.K. component of the study will cost 3.1 million pounds. It is being funded jointly by the British government and the mobile phone industry -- though a "firewall" has been established to ensure the research is independent.

In total, 90,000 of the volunteer participants are British.

"This study should add importantly to our understanding of whether there are significant long-term health risks from use of mobile phones," David Coggon, a professor on the management committee of the project, said in a news release.

"The parallel collection of similar data in several European countries will give added value."

Kennedy said several anecdotal studies have suggested cell phone use can lead to an increased number of tumours on the side of the brain where the phone is held, and that heavy phone use can contribute to a reduced sperm count.

"So there have been some disturbing results but the problem again is that they have not been large numbers and the testing has not gone over many, many years," Kennedy said.

Coggon said the massive study -- though it will take a decade for conclusive results to emerge -- should help solve that problem.

"This study should add importantly to our understanding of whether there are significant long-term health risks from use of mobile phones. The parallel collection of similar data in several European countries will give added value," he said.

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The person who wrote the information below is obviously very ignorant about the dangers of electro magnetic radiation! His critizism of Milt Bowling shows his stupidity.

From Sylvie - they attack an activist Bowling

http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/letters/story.html?id=84a77cd6-e1a2-4add-8716-e3f431fe8dd0

Cell tower critic not switched on to facts
Vancouver Courier
Published: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
To the editor:

Milt Bowling ("Holden's cell towers pose health risk," Letters, June 4) really needs to stop his baseless and childish crusade against cellphone towers. In spite of his claims to the contrary, there has never been any solid evidence that these specific antennas pose any danger to the public.

Bowling makes a point of stating these antennas produce "electromagnetic radiation," a fact with which he apparently likes to scare small children. Oh, no! Not (gasp!) radiation!

The fact is, Bowling and everyone else is exposed to more "electromagnetic radiation" standing under an ordinary light bulb than 50 feet from a cell tower. In his apparent technical ignorance, Bowling fails to understand that everything from radio waves to infrared heat to ordinary sunlight is all "electromagnetic radiation." Consult any high school physics text.

Cell tower antennas transmit with a power of 20 to 30 watts. To someone standing as close as 50 feet from one, the energy he is exposed to (even if standing there 24 hours a day) is on average millions of times less than that received by the same person talking for five minutes on a cellphone, while holding its two-to-three watt antenna against the side of his head.

It is strange that for years, people in Richmond lived near AM radio station towers whose output was 50,000 to 100,000 watts, with no evidence of problems. Yet Bowling is claiming that a cell tower antenna with a crummy 20 watt output is dangerous.

There is nothing worse than someone claiming to be expert about something he clearly has no technical understanding of.

Robert Wilson,

Vancouver

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The Globe and Mail 2008 june 10

Globe Life
Teen insomnia linked to cellphone use
SIRI AGRELL
If your child is having a hard time falling asleep, tell her to forget about counting sheep and hang up her cellphone instead.
A new study presented yesterday at SLEEP 2008, the Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, found teenagers who use their cellphones excessively are more prone to disrupted sleep, restlessness, stress and fatigue.
"It is necessary to increase the awareness among youngsters of the negative effects of excessive mobile phone use on their sleep-wake patterns," wrote Gaby Badre, the study's author, adding that lack of sleep can have health risks and affect attention and cognitive abilities.
The study, which adds to a growing body of research about the impact of cellphones on sleep patterns, followed 21 subjects between the ages of 14 and 20, all of whom had regular schedules and no history of sleep problems.
The participants were divided into two groups, one that made less than five calls and/or text messages a day, and the other that made more than 15 calls and/or text messages a day.
The teens were also asked to keep sleep diaries and answer questionnaires about their lifestyle and sleep habits.
According to the results, the young people who used their cellphones excessively had increased restlessness, consumed more energy drinks, had difficulty falling asleep and were more susceptible to stress and fatigue.
One of the subjects sent more than 200 text messages a day. Only one teen turned their cellphone off at night.
Members of the group with the high number of calls woke up more regularly in the night, were more likely to toss and turn, had a harder time getting up in the morning and were more tired before midday. On the weekend, seven of the 11 teens who made the high number of calls woke up after noon. Only two from the other group woke up so late.
It is recommended that adolescents get nine hours of sleep a night.
This is not the first time cellphones have been linked to wakeful nights.
In January, another study, by Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden, found that radiation released by cellphones appeared to cause insomnia, headaches and difficulties in concentration.
The 18-month study followed 35 men and 36 women between the ages of 18 and 45, some of whom were exposed to radiation that mimicked levels received when using cellular phones.
"The ones who were exposed reported headaches, it took longer for them to fall asleep and they did not sleep as well through the night," concluded Bengt Arnetz, who led the study.
Sweet dreams
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine offered the following tips on how to get a good night's sleep. Surprisingly, they did not recommend turning off your cellphone.

Follow a consistent bedtime routine.
Avoid foods or drinks that contain caffeine, and any medicine that has a stimulant, prior to bedtime.
Do not stay up all night to "cram" for an exam or do homework.
Keep computers and TVs out of the bedroom.
Siri Agrell