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8 July 2011Gulf Islands Driftwood
His group has pointed to problems with the plan to install smart meters across the province, including unknown health risks posed by electromagnetic radiation, the risk of information hacking and increased costs. Anderson's presentation clearly made an ...
One resident broke into tears as she told county supervisors how she and her disabled husband have suffered at the hand of wireless "smart meters," and another in the packed chambers spoke loudly about how the controversial utility program violates his ...
| The Santa Barbara Independent Smart Meter Smack Down Utility companies blistered from all sides over eco-friendly energy meters. |
Phone giants give Burnside resident out of date information on dangers of phone masts
Cell phone use while driving
increases the chance of crashing, according to a recent study, prompting companies, safety groups and the U.S. government to crack down on gadget use behind the wheel.
Boston Globe
Allen said she plans to open discussion about the possibility of placing a cellphone antenna at the high school to generate revenue for schools. Cellphone tower leases can net tens of thousands of dollars in revenue a year. "I'm pretty serious about it ...
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/07/idea_of_cell_tower_at_school_reopens_wireless_bylaw_debate_in_north_andover/
Just look at their listed conflicts
Hi All,
I was asked by several people where the conflict of Swerdlow is written in the paper. For those who maybe wonder about it
but don't ask: Scroll down here to the red letters and see:
Iris
Mobile Phones, Brain Tumours and the Interphone Study:
http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.1103693
Where Are We Now?
Anthony J. Swerdlow
1, Maria Feychting2, Adele C Green3, Leeka Kheifets4,David A Savitz
5 (International Commission for Non-Ionizing RadiationProtection Standing Committee on Epidemiology)
1
Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK;2
Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden;3
Cancer and Population Studies Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research,Brisbane, Australia & School of Translational Medicine, University of Manchester,
Manchester, UK;
4
Department of Epidemiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles,USA;
5
Departments of Community Health and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, BrownUniversity, Providence, USA.
Correspondence to
: Anthony Swerdlow, Section of Epidemiology, Institute ofCancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5NG, UK. (Telephone:
+442087224012; fax: +44 2087224019; email:
anthony.swerdlow@icr.ac.uk)Running title: Mobile Phones and Brain Tumour Risk
Key words: Brain cancer, cancer and radiation, epidemiology.
Acknowledgements. We thank Sharon Squires for secretarial help. This report was
prepared under the auspices of the International Commission for Non-Ionizing
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2
Radiation Protection. The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital
acknowledge funding to the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. Adele Green is partly
supported by a Fellowship from the Australian Medical Research Council (No.
89912).
Conflict of Interest Statement
Funding for research undertaken by MF [=Maria Feychting] and AJS [=Anthony J Swerdlow]
has been provided by a number of sources, including the European Fifth Framework Program; the
International Union against Cancer, which receives funds from the Mobile Manufacturers' Forum and the
GSM Association; the Mobile Telecommunications Health and Research Programme;
the Swedish Research Council; AFA Insurance; and VINNOVA (The Swedish
Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems). VINNOVA received funds from
TeliaSonera, EricssonAB, and Telenor. All funds from commercial sources were via
firewalls. The authors certify that their freedom to design, conduct, interpret, and
publish research was not compromised by any controlling sponsor. AJS [=Anthony J Swerdlow]
holds shares in the telecoms companies Cable and Wireless Worldwide and Cable and Wireless
Communications. AJS' wife holds shares in the BT group, a global
telecommunications services company. MF [Maria Feychting], ACG, [Adele C Green] and AJS
[Swerdlow] are members of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, an
independent body setting guidelines for non-ionizing radiation protection. MF [=Maria Feychting] and AJS
[=Anthony J Swerdlow] serve as advisors to a number of public advisory and research steering groups
concerning the potential health effects of exposure to non-ionizing radiation.
Iris
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