Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Brazil cell dangers, EMFs and VDU, Stray voltage cows, Greenwich tower bill, Georgia Smart Meters, EMFs and Immunoassays, Coke Pepsi 2b carcinogen, Twisted waves, Precautionary Principle

 
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Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution News 

29 March 2012

 
 
Brazil Cell Tower Dangers
 
When the Health Department for the City of Belo Horizonte in Brazil released a cell antenna study that showed an increased risk of cancer if you lived within 500 meters of cell antennas - the city prosecutor wasted no time in suing the cell companies.

The result - they want 500 cell antennas removed - so far 66 have been taken down.

Here is the news report from the local TV station...

http://youtu.be/Kt0G23GXJzc

Bob
 
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Reducing electromagnetic irradiation and fields alleviates experienced health hazards of VDU work.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364840?dopt=Abstract

Pathophysiology. 2012 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Hagström M, Auranen J, Johansson O, Ekman R.
Source
Turku University of Applied Sciences/Telecommunication and e-Business/Radio and EMC Laboratory, Joukahaisenkatu 3C, 20520 Turku, Finland.
Abstract
Word Heath Organisation (WHO) outlined in 2005 recommendations, how to treat people suffering from the functional impairment electrohypersensitivity in its document "Electromagnetic fields and public health". Unfortunately the reduction of electromagnetic fields was not considered as a treatment option. The aim of the current study was to shield the computer user from the emitted electromagnetic irradiation and fields and to correlate that to the subjective symptoms reported by electrohypersensitive volunteers. The irradiation of the shielding cabinets was recorded. They housed either separate computer screens or whole laptops. When the volunteers had used the shielding cabinet for 1-7 years, they were able work with their computers whole working day, Those who had used the shielding cabined for 2-3 months were partially symptom free. The person who had used the cabinet only for 1 week reported some alleviation of her nausea. In conclusion: it seems that reducing the electromagnetic irradiation of the computer can lessen the symptoms of electrohypersensitivity and permit working without problems. Further studies are needed to clarify how the symptoms of different organ systems recover and make computer users to work also professionally.
Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
PMID: 22364840 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
 
Barb
 
 
 
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Voltage problem for dairy cows results in lawsuits, Senate bill

The Iowa Legislature is trying to tackle a shocking bovine problem.  Something known as stray electrical voltage is zapping thousands of the state's dairy cows, giving them jolts that can affect milk production and interfere with breeding schedules.

 
Don
 
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Greenwich delegation backs cell tower bill
 
 
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Georgia Smart Meters
 
SB 459 breezed through the Georgia Senate last night and included an amendment allowing Opt Out Options at no charge. This bill covers ONLY "investor" owned electric companies and does not include gas or water, but it's a great first step that will set a precedent.

The next step is to get it through the Georgia House. If this can happen in Georgia, it can happen anywhere. If you live in Georgia please contact your Georgia HOUSE Representatives (not Federal but State reps) and let them know that you want this bill passed! For more information, go to www.stopsmartmetersgeorgia.org


Ian
 
 
 
 
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EMF Affecting Laboratory Immunoassays
 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09284680

Highlights
► Human Chorionic Gonadotropin was exposed to microwaves emitted from cell phones. ► Cell phones exposure causes profound changes in the HCG during immunoenzymometric assay. ► The exposure results in reduction of HCG scores during the assay. ► Exposure at 0.69 W/Kg gives little loose to a pronounced HCG relative to 1.09 W/Kg. ► These results were obtained by using mobile phones to reproduce the reality of the human exposition.

Abstract
The radiofrequency radiation is of concern in hospital laboratories as the microwaves have many health effects even on immune functions. The aim of this study was, however, to evaluate the effects of cell phone radiation on chorionic gonadotropin immunoassays of human serum. Two cell phones with 0.69 and 1.09 W/kg (head SAR) emitting 900 MHz radiation were used. Sixty wells with five human serum concentrations (0, 10, 100, 250, 500 mIU/mL) were used in three batches. The well heads in each batch were exposed to 900 MHz emitted from these phones, and the 0.69, 1.09 W/kg exposed batches were compared with the unexposed controls. Radiation exposure from mobile phones altered the measured serum levels especially in the wells with 100, 250, 500 mIU/mL hormone concentrations. Exposure at 1.09 W/kg SAR caused a significant loss compared to 0.69 W/kg SAR exposure. In conclusion, the microwave exposures may require attention in laboratories using immunoassays.

-Barb
 
 
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Coke, Pepsi change recipe to avoid cancer warning on the bottles!

Prof.Olle Johansson pointed out:

"Never thought I would trust Pepsi and Coke to be more concerned about
my health and well-being than my own government…"

The new article about the astonishing issue:

http://microondes.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/coke-pepsi-change-recipe-to-avoid-cancer-warning-on-the-bottles/

Michael Heiming
 
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More EMF Danger?
 
How much more difficult is it to process a vorticity wave signal from multiple antennas than a MIMO signal from a Wi-Fi router or LTE cell phone tower?
 
 
 
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The Precautionary Principle
Electrosmog expert Dr David O. Carpenter is to speak on The Precautionary Principle in the Wireless Age
at the Ecosphere Project environmental fair in Montreal, May 19 2012.
Andre
 
 
 
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The Vibratory Nature of Cellular Activity
 
"In Dr. Lakhovsky's book, The Secret of Life, the basic theories of
the vibratory nature of cellular activity are clearly and thoroughly
documented. Lakhovsky hypothesized that every living bit of protoplasm
emits radiations. He taught that each cell in the human body emits
electromagnetic radiations similar to those from a radio station and
that these radiations are of different frequencies, which act and
interact, producing the normal functioning of the human body.
 
Disease, on the other hand, was held to be something that interferes or changes
these radiations. To overcome disease, there, it is only necessary to
upgrade or bring these radiations back to their normal pattern. Abrams
(Dr. Albert Abrams), although approaching the subject from a different
point of view, arrives at almost an identical conclusion." (pages 300-
301 from the book 'Chronic Fatigue Unmasked 2000' by Gerald Poesnecker)

Joseph

 
 
 
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How Corporations Corrupt Science at the Public's Expense
 
Don
 
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NEWS RELEASE
March 9, 2012

U.S. Brain Tumor Rates Consistent
with Interphone Study Results

Today the National Cancer Institute (NCI) published a paper in the British Medical Journal which used results from the major epidemiologic studies on cell phone use and brain tumor risk (i.e., glioma) to predict trends in the U.S. cancer registry data. The authors concluded that "the U.S. data could be consistent with the modest excess risks in the Interphone study."  This conclusion provides greater credence to the International Agency for Research on Cancer's classification of mobile phone radiation as a "possible human carcinogen" because the experts relied heavily on the Interphone study results.

NCI concluded in their BMJ paper:
"Raised risks of glioma with mobile phone use, as reported by one (Swedish) study forming the basis of the IARC‚s re-evaluation of mobile phone exposure, are not consistent with observed incidence trends in US population data, although the US data could be consistent with the modest excess risks in the Interphone study."
In an interview with Microwave News, I raised some problems with NCI's conclusion:
"Joel Moskowitz of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health takes exception at NCI's characterization of the Interphone risks as "modest." In an interview, he pointed out that the tumor risks among long-term users in Interphone's Appendix 2 was above two. "The doubling of the glioma risk among cell phone users over ten years is neither modest nor trivial," he said. Moskowitz added that the long-term risk in Appendix 2 is not that different from that reported by Hardell."
 -- "NCI on Cell Phones: U.S. Brain Tumor Rates Consistent with Interphone, But Not with Hardell", Microwave News, March 9, 2012.
I encourage you to read the full text of the report on this study by Microwave News which should be posted online soon: http://www.microwavenews.com/.

In my opinion, the complex simulations conducted for this paper make numerous assumptions and raise more questions than they answer. The paper estimates the incidence of glioma in the U.S. in 2008 to be 17.7 per 100,000 which is considerably higher than previous estimates from U.S. cancer registry data.  However, this paper is important because in the past the NCI has employed the cancer registry data to support their position that there is no evidence of excess brain tumor risk due to cell phone use in the U.S. Perhaps this study will encourage the NCI to rethink its denialist position.

Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D.

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Here is the abstract for the paper:

M P Little, P Rajaraman, R E Curtis, S S Devesa, P D Inskip, D P Check, M S Linet. Mobile phone use and glioma risk: comparison of epidemiological study results with incidence trends in the United States. BMJ. 2012;344:e1147. Published online Mar 8, 2012.

Correspondence to: M P Little mark.little@nih.gov

Abstract

Objective In view of mobile phone exposure being classified as a possible human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), we determined the compatibility of two recent reports of glioma risk (forming the basis of the IARC‚s classification) with observed incidence trends in the United States.

Design Comparison of observed rates with projected rates of glioma incidence for 1997-2008. We estimated projected rates by combining relative risks reported in the 2010 Interphone study and a 2011 Swedish study by Hardell and colleagues with rates adjusted for age, registry, and sex; data for mobile phone use; and various latency periods.

Setting US population based data for glioma incidence in 1992-2008, from 12 registries in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) programme (Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose-Monterey, Seattle, rural Georgia, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, and Utah).

Participants Data for 24 813 non-Hispanic white people diagnosed with glioma at age 18 years or older.

Results Age specific incidence rates of glioma remained generally constant in 1992-2008 ( 0.02% change per year, 95% confidence interval 0.28% to 0.25%), a period coinciding with a substantial increase in mobile phone use from close to 0% to almost 100% of the US population. If phone use was associated with glioma risk, we expected glioma incidence rates to be higher than those observed, even with a latency period of 10 years and low relative risks (1.5). Based on relative risks of glioma by tumour latency and cumulative hours of phone use in the Swedish study, predicted rates should have been at least 40% higher than observed rates in 2008. However, predicted glioma rates based on the small proportion of highly exposed people in the Interphone study could be consistent with the observed data. Results remained valid if we used either non-regular users or low users of mobile phones as the baseline category, and if we constrained relative risks to be more than 1.

Conclusions Raised risks of glioma with mobile phone use, as reported by one (Swedish) study forming the basis of the IARC‚s re-evaluation of mobile phone exposure, are not consistent with observed incidence trends in US population data, although the US data could be consistent with the modest excess risks in the Interphone study.

http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1147

<Little Inskip NCI 2012 epi studies appleied to registry.pdf>

Web extra: http://www.bmj.com/highwire/filestream/572382/field_highwire_adjunct_files/0

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Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Family and Community Health
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
50 University Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-7360

Phone:  510-643-7314
E-mail: jmm@berkeley.edu
WWW:    http://cfch.berkeley.edu

 
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Barrie Trower Interviews
 
I made an interview with Mr Barrie Trower in December 2011 which covers
a lot of ground.

It can be found directly via
http://www.BarrieTrower.com

Feel free to share with all you like - if you want the 2 DVDs, it can be
arranged with a small donation. I have worked for free since 2003 and
have interviewed many great competences - look under Playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/Creatrix13

Thank you and take care.

Kind regards,
The Human Project / Julius

 
 
 
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Record Law Suit for Health Damage
 
Thirteen years just to get in front of a judge, and lots more time to be spent before this case comes to a close. The federal government claims that it has no liability but has reaped billions in taxes from the sale of a harmful product... 

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/historic-tobacco-suit-hits-canadian-courtroom-27-billion-120011813.html

Hillar
 
 
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Young mobile users risk mental illness
Young people who use computers and mobile phones intensively at greater risk of suffering from insomnia, stress and mental illness, according to a new study. (AFP / Frederic J.Brown)

To constantly be connected and always available is a reality for many young people. Intensive use of cell phones and computers is a serious health risk, according to a new Swedish study.

Communications technology has been rapid and many young people have a strong need to always have contact with friends and keep updated in the news on the internet. But there is a high price as young heavy users of computers and mobile phones pay as insomnia, stress and mental illness.

The student Sara Thomée, along with colleagues at the Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, in four different studies have examined how the mental health consequences of young people who use computers and mobile.

The basis of the survey included the responses from 4100 young people aged 20-24 years and interviews with 32 young heavy users of computers and mobiles.

The results show a clear link between stress, sleep disorders, mental illness and intensive use of cell phones and computers.

- We have explored the effects both quantitatively and qualitatively, and followed up on people a year later. The conclusion is that the intensive use of ICT can have effects on mental health, says Sara Thomée in a statement.

In both men and women there was increased sleep problems and depressive symptoms in frequent mobile use.

- The persons who are experiencing mobile phone's constant availability as stressful are those which highest reporting on mental illness, says Sara Thomée.

Many young people often sit up at night at the computer without taking breaks.

- To frequently use the computer late at night is not only associated with sleep disorders, but also with stress and mental ill health in both men and women, says Sara Thomée.

Thomée calls for preventive public health measures that should also include advice and information to young people on how to use communications technology in a healthy manner.

- They include the need to take breaks, to allow time for recovery with intensive use and to set limits on the availability, says Sara Thomée.

Mona Nilsson, journalist and author who for many years covered the dangers of cell phones and electromagnetic radiation, is not surprised by the results of the study but worried for the young as she feels they are misled by the authorities and industry about the risks:

- It is known since decades, high exposure to electromagnetic fields and cell phone radiation is a strong stressor and that the radiation causes sleep problems and depressive syntom. This is because the radiation affects neurotransmitters and hormones in the brain and affects the function of the central nervous system, says Mona Nilsson The Epoch Times.

Mona Nilsson is of the opinion that schools should take responsibility and stop the use of mobile phones and computers during school hours.

- It's time you go out and recommend that children and teenagers should use the phone only for emergency calls and text messages, and that the massive introduction of laptops and wifi in schools is stopped. We already have too many young people who suffers from psychological problems and the long-term consequences can be very serious if we do not begin to tell the truth about the risks of the wireless technology, says Mona Nilsson.
  

http://www.epochtimes.se/articles/2012/03/10/22953.html
 
 
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