EMR-Updates 1.3.11-1.9.11

EMR-Updates
January 3rd, 2011 – January 9th, 2011
The Newsletter of the
International Coalition for an Electromagnetic Safe Planet

(IC-ESP)
Education! Awareness! Support! Action!
(From denial to acceptance, from ignorance to awareness, from apathy to action, from selfishness to
compassion.)
1. Thousands Of Smart Meters Getting Pulled (Huston News)

2. Commonwealth Club of California “The Health Effects of Electromagnetic
Fields” (ElectromagneticHealth.org)
3. EMF-Omega News
4. Complaint to the BBC (Eileen O’Connor)
5. Sage Associates statement on smart meters
6. SMART’ METERS VIOLATE FCC RADIATION EXPOSURE LIMITS SAYS NEW
STUDY (Joshua Hart, Stop Smart Meters!)
7. BBC would apologise to MPs and to Parliment (Powerwatch)
8. SmartMeter Thought For Today (Wilner & Associates)
9. First A&T cell tower: approved (Rappahannoks News)
10. Doctor advises travellers to avoid being X-rayed (The Vancouver Sun)
11. The risks to children’s health from WIFI and mobile phones (Families
London South West)
12. Sequencing Study Suggests Single Large Rearrangement Events Underlie
(genomeweb)
13. EMF News From Finland (Mikko Ahonen)
14. Letter: Be wise about cell phones (The forcaster)
15. Bees in freefall as study shows sharp US decline (guardian.co.uk)
16. Oestrogen 'may fuel oral cancer' in young women (BBC News)
17. Digital detox: Why I pulled the plug on my family (The Independent)
18. Let WiFI train speed on past (The Peterborough examiner)
19. On-line report titled Assessment of Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation
Emissions from Smart Meters (Sage Associates)
20. Call Today - Comment on Revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act
(The EMR Policy Institute)
21. Duty to Warn. More Bad News About the Psychotropic Drug Revolution.
(Gary G. Kohls, MD)
22. Next-up News Nr 1550 2011 Graph Augmentation valeur CEM/ EMF
Average increase HF 900 MHz 2.5 GHz
23. Wildlife: Where Have All the Bumble Bees Gone? (TIME, Ecocentric)
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24. Health: Problem With Your iPhone Alarm? Here's A Tip: Don't Use Your
Phone As An Alarm (Time, Ecocentric)
25. First Arrests of Smart Meter Protesters in U.S. Made Today in Marin Co.,
California (StimulatingBroadband.com)
26. Warning: Could your TV be ruining your health? (Little Green Blog)
27. RF EXPOSURE LEVELS IN EUROPE (EMFacts Consultancy)
28. Science Update (Powerwatch)
29. Un test pour baisser la puissance des antennes (Le Figaro)
France: A test to lower the emissions of cell towers (Translation from Le
Figaro by Iris Amazon)
30. Latest relay antenna report: Camouflaging human folly - Spain: Are the
phone companies above the law? (Next up news)
31. Supes call for moratorium on SmartMeters PG&E says it will continue to
install meters in West Marin (Pacific Sun.co)
32. EMF and the The Mast Cell Response: learning from Olle Johansson and
others
33. Its official now: Radiation from your cell phone may be killing you (DNA)
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1. Thousands Of Smart Meters Getting Pulled
Huston News By Amy Davis. Tuesday, January 4, 2011
HOUSTON -- Local 2 investigated smart meters Wednesday. For the past three years,
KPRC Investigates has reported on reading errors and technical problems with the new
electric meters.
FIND IT: CenterPoint Energy Smart Meter Deployment Schedule
Now, Local 2 consumer investigator Amy Davis has learned that CenterPoint Energy is
replacing tens of thousands of the new meters.
Apparently, 47,000 of the new smart meters aren't too smart. That's how many
CenterPoint is uninstalling.
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The company explained it this way: one of the big benefits of the new smart meters is that
in the future, they'll be able to connect to your refrigerator or A/C to show exactly how
much electricity each appliance or device is using at any time.
But CenterPoint discovered these 47,000 would not connect to those devices, many of
which aren't even available yet.
CenterPoint said the meters in question were providing accurate reads and that no
erroneous bills were sent out because of them.
Back in March, CenterPoint did identify 5,200 smart meters that were sending inaccurate
readings and overcharging customers. CenterPoint said it fixed those meters and gave all
of the customers refunds through their electric companies.
To date, 900,000 homes and businesses have smart meters in our area. Center Point
hopes to outfit all 2 million customers with the new meters by mid-2012.
If you want to find out when Center Point will be out to install your smart meter, visit
www.centerpointenergy.com.
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2. Commonwealth Club of California “The Health Effects of

Electromagnetic Fields”
VIDEO: Commonwealth Club Program on Health Effects of Cell Phones, Wireless

Technologies & Electromagnetic Fields With Leading Experts
29.12.2010 by emily Category Electromagnetic Health Blog
Commonwealth Club of California

November 18, 2010
“The Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields”
Radiation emitted by cell phones and cell towers has been linked to DNA damage, cancer,
immunological impairment, neurological diseases, impaired fertility and impacts on
neurological function, including cognition, behavior, performance, mood status, and
disruption of sleep. The radiation is also harming animals and nature, and is as much an
environmental as human health issue. The program below from the Commonwealth Club of
California presented riveting scientific and health policy presentations about the little
known consequences of telecommunications technologies, electrification and new utility
technologies like Smart Meters. Important new research was presented on EMF impacts on
DNA, heart function and the role of electrification in the diseases of civilization, such as
heart disease, diabetes, cancer and suicide.
Introductory Remarks –
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William Grant, PhD, Chairman of the Health & Medicine Forum, The
Commonwealth Club, & Camilla Rees, Co-Author of “Public Health SOS: The
Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution”
Watch Introductory Remarks
PDF of Introductory Remarks by Bill Grant, PhD
PDF of Introductory Remarks by Camilla Rees, MBA
PANEL I – History of Electromagnetic Pollution in Our Midst
Moderator: Camilla Rees, MBA, Ms. Rees is Founder

ofElectromagneticHealth.org, Campaign for Radiation Free Schools and theEMF
Help Blog™; Co-Author, “Public Health SOS: The Shadow Side of the Wireless
Revolution” with Magda Havas, PhD, and Co-Author of “Cellphones and Brain Tumors:
15 Reasons for Concern” with the International EMF Collaborative. She has spoken
widely on this topic, including at a U.S. Congressional briefing on wireless hazards in 2010.
She is an Advisor to theInternational EMF Alliance.
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Eileen O’Connoris Director of the Radiation Research Trust in the U.K., one of
Europe’s most effective health advocates on the subject of electromagnetic fields, and
founding Board Member of the International EMF Alliance, a consortium of global EMF
advocacy groups. Nine years ago, Eileen learned she had breast cancer, and was living in a
cancer cluster within 100 meters of a cell tower. With the support of leading scientists,
CEOs and politicians, Eileen became a health catalyst who has educated the British
Parliament, UK Health Protection Agency, WHO and the European Union on this emerging
public health issue.
Watch Panel I – Eileen O’Connor, Director, Radiation Research Trust (U.K.)
Download Slides from Eileen O’Connor’s Presentation (Powerpoint)
Read T-Mobile & Deutsche Telecom Report Outlining Biological Effects from Cell
Phone Technologies
Olle Johansson, PhD, Associate Professor and head of the Experimental Dermatology
Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and
Professor, The Royal Institute of Technology. Dr. Johansson is a leading world authority in
the field of EMF radiation and health effects. He has published more than 500 original
articles, reviews, book chapters and conference reports within the field of basic and
applied neuroscience. His interests include the health effects of man-made electromagnetic
fields, as well as the functional impairment electrohypersensitivity.
Watch Panel I – Olle Johansson, PhD
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Starling W. Childs, M.S. is a geologist, forestry consultant, and adjunct faculty member
at theYale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, who has focused on the
effects of electromagnetic radiation on wildlife and nature. He is President of the
Berkshire-Litchfield Environmental Council and a partner in EECOS, an environmental
land-use consulting firm. He is heir to Great Mountain Forest in Norfolk, CT, a 6,000-acre
privately-held property, home to many ongoing environmental research and educational
projects as well as experiential education for Yale Forestry graduate students in resource
mapping, land navigation, wildlife inventory, etc. (3 min video)
Watch Panel I – Starling W. Childs, M.S.
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Magda Havas, PhD is Associate Professor of Environmental & Resource Studies at Trent
University, Canada, where she teaches and does research on the biological effects of
environmental contaminants, including radio frequency radiation, electromagnetic fields,
dirty electricity and ground current. She has served as expert witness on matters dealing
with electrical pollution in both Canada and the United States. Dr. Havas was the author of
a 50-page scientific analysis on the potential adverse health and environmental impacts of
a proposed citywide Wi-Fi initiative in San Francisco in 2007. Havas is author of the new
BRAG Antenna Ranking of Schools Report, which teaches schools how they can assess
radiation risk from neighborhood cell towers and antennas, and educates on minimizing
microwave radiation in schools generally. She has conducted groundbreaking scientific
research on the health impacts of electromagnetic fields, including demonstrating
connections between wireless radiation and heart irregularities and diabetes. Dr. Havas is
co-author of “Public Health SOS: The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution”,
published from questions asked at a forum on EMF & Health at the Commonwealth Club in
2008, widely distributed globally to educate governments and the media on biological
effects of microwave radiation. Dr. Havas is the creator of an important new EMF
educational series, “Zory’s Archives”, summarizing thousands of previously classified
U.S. military research studies and translations from Eastern European and Russian
research demonstrating it has been well known, since at least the 1950s, that radiation of
the kind used by cell phones and Wi-Fi networks is extremely harmful to health.
www.magdahavas.com.
Watch Panel I – Magda Havas, PhD
Panel I Q&A
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Watch Panel I Q&A
Nature Slide Show for Breaks with Song “Who Imagined?” by Joanne
Shenandoah
Scenes of nature by various photographers, including Brian Luke Seaward, set to the song
“Who Imagined?” by Grammy Award Winning Singer Joanne Shenandoah. Background for
breaks at the Commonwealth Club program on “The Health Effects of Electromagnetic
Fields” November 18, 2010. Much gratitude to all photography contributors.
Watch Video for “Who Imagined?”
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PANEL II – Perspectives on the Science: Impacts on DNA, Cells, Organs and the
Body’s Regulatory Systems
Moderator: Elizabeth Kelley, MA is Founder of Electromagnetic Safety Alliance, Inc.

Ms. Kelley has been actively engaged in international efforts to address the potential
harmful effects of electromagnetic fields from a health and public policy perspective for
over 14 years. She formerly directed the International Commission for
Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS), a scientific organization, headquartered in Italy. She
also was a public policy analyst for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in
Washington D.C. Her father, Floyd L. Goss, a prominent electric engineer with the Los
Angeles Department of Water and Power, was a chief designer of the first electric power
grid throughout North America. Ms. Kelley has testified before the national legislative
bodies of the United States, United Kingdom, Japan and Brazil.
Watch Panel II – Elizabeth Kelley, M.A
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See New Report on Mechanisms of Action: “Non-Thermal Effects and Mechanisms
of Interaction Between Electromagnetic Fields and Living Matter” Nov 2010
DNA, Fertility & Developmental Impacts
Martin Blank, PhD, Associate Professor, Columbia University, Department of

Physiology and Cellular Biophysics; Researcher in Biolelectromagnetics; Author of the
BioInitiative Report’s (www.Bioinitiative.org) section on Stress Proteins; Editor of the
journal Pathophysiology’s special issue on Electromagnetic Fields in March 2009; and Past
President, Bioelectromagnetics Society. Dr. Blank holds a PhD from Columbia
University in Physical Chemistry and a PhD from Cambridge University in Colloid Science,
an interdisciplinary (biology, physics and chemistry) department.
Watch Panel II – Martin Blank, PhD
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Cell Phones & Brain Tumors—What Does the Science Show?
Joel Moskowitz, PhD, Director, Center for Family and Community Health, School of
Public Health,University of California, Berkeley. As the UC Berkeley Prevention
Research Center, it is one of 37 Prevention Research Centers supported by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. The center’s mission is to improve the health of families
and communities by establishing linkages between the University and government and
community-based organizations. Dr. Moskowitz was recently involved in a review of 23
case-control studies on mobile phone use and tumor risk, involving 37,916 participants.
The meta-analysis, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology in October 2009, found
that the more robust studies showed using a mobile phone for a decade or longer was
associated with increased risk for developing a brain tumor.
Watch Panel II – Joel Moskowitz, PhD
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Download Slides from Joel Moskowitz’s Presentation (PowerPoint)
Lloyd Morgan, BS, Lead author, “Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for
Concern”, Senior Science Fellow, Environmental Health Trust and Member,
Bioelectromagnetics Society. A retired electronics engineer with 38 years of industrial
experience, Morgan became involved in EMF research and advocacy as a brain tumor
survivor. He is a co-author on two epidemiological papers: “Long-term use of cellular
phones and brain tumours: increased risk associated with use for > or =10 years“
(awarded “one of the top ten articles for 2007 in the journal of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine), and “A new electromagnetic exposure metric: high frequency
voltage transients associated with increased cancer incidence in teachers in a California
school”. He is also author of “Estimating the Risk of Brain Tumors from Cellphone Use:
Published Case-Control Studies” published in Pathophysiology in August 2009.
Watch Panel II – Lloyd Morgan, B.S
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Download Slides from Lloyd Morgan’s Presentation (View in Slide Show Mode in
PowerPoint)
Panel II Q&A
Watch Panel II – Q&A
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Panel III – Underappreciated Risks
Moderator: Camilla Rees, MBA, Ms. Rees is Founder

ofElectromagneticHealth.org, Campaign for Radiation Free Schools and theEMF
Help Blog™; Co-Author, “Public Health SOS: The Shadow Side of the Wireless
Revolution” with Magda Havas, PhD, and Co-Author of “Cellphones and Brain Tumors:
15 Reasons for Concern” with the International EMF Collaborative. She has spoken
widely on this topic, including at a U.S. Congressional briefing on wireless hazards. She is
an Advisor to theInternational EMF Alliance.
Schools, Cell Towers & Dirty Electricity
Magda Havas, PhD is Associate Professor of Environmental & Resource Studies at Trent
University, Canada, where she teaches and does research on the biological effects of
environmental contaminants, including radio frequency radiation, electromagnetic fields,
dirty electricity and ground current. She has served as expert witness on matters dealing
with electrical pollution in both Canada and the United States. Dr. Havas was the author of
a 50-page scientific analysis on the potential adverse health and environmental impacts of
a proposed citywide Wi-Fi initiative in San Francisco in 2007. Havas is author of the new
BRAG Antenna Ranking of Schools Report, which teaches schools how they can assess
radiation risk from neighborhood cell towers and antennas, and educates on minimizing
microwave radiation in schools generally. She has conducted groundbreaking scientific
research on the health impacts of electromagnetic fields, including demonstrating
connections between wireless radiation and heart irregularities and diabetes. Dr. Havas is
co-author of “Public Health SOS: The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution”,
published from questions asked at a forum on EMF & Health at the Commonwealth Club in
2008, widely distributed globally to educate governments and the media on biological
effects of microwave radiation. Dr. Havas is the creator of an important new EMF
educational series, “Zory’s Archives”, summarizing thousands of previously classified
U.S. military research studies and translations from Eastern European and Russian
research demonstrating it has been well known, since at least the 1950s, that radiation of
the kind used by cell phones and Wi-Fi networks is extremely harmful to health.
www.magdahavas.com.
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Watch Panel III – Magda Havas, PhD
Sam Milham, MD, MPH, retired physician-epidemiologist, Washington State Department

of Health; author of new book “Dirty Electricity: Electrification and the Diseases of
Civilization”and Member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society. Dr. Milham is a winner of
the prestigious Ramazzini prize for his pioneering work in the occupational risks for cancer
from electromagnetic fields. He has long been on the forefront of understanding biological
effects from electromagnetic fields and was the first to link workers exposed to EMFs with
higher rates of leukemia in 1982. Milham’s recent research has linked a school cancer
cluster among teachers to ‘dirty electricity’, and has connected diseases such as heart
disease, cancer, diabetes and suicides in the early part of the 20th century, previously
assumed to be a function of urbanization, with electrification. He has also shown that
much cancer in firefighters is due to radiofrequency radiation (RF) exposure, not to inhaled
carcinogens. In addition to the Ramazzini Prize, Dr. Milham was awarded the Washington
State Public Health Association Annual Award and the Robert Carl Strom Foundation
Humanitarian Award.
Watch Panel III – Sam Milham, MD, MPH
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Download Slides from Sam Milham’s Presentation
‘Smart Meters’ – The Shortsightedness of New, Radiation-Emitting Utility

Technologies
Elizabeth Kelley, MA is Founder of Electromagnetic Safety Alliance, Inc. Ms. Kelley

has been actively engaged in international efforts to address the potential harmful effects
of electromagnetic fields from a health and public policy perspective for over 14 years. She
formerly directed the International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety
(ICEMS), a scientific organization, headquartered in Italy. She also was a public policy
analyst for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington D.C. Her
father, Floyd L. Goss, a prominent electric engineer with the Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power, was a chief designer of the first electric power grid throughout North
America. Ms. Kelley has testified before the national legislative bodies of the United States,
United Kingdom, Japan and Brazil.
Watch Panel III – Elizabeth Kelley, MA on Smart Meters and the Electric Grid
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“Heal the World Today” was created by Native American singer/songwriter,

Shelley Morningsong.
Watch the Video
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Panel IV – Toward the Future
Moderator: Sissel Halmoy, M.S., Founder and Chair,

International EMF Alliance, and Secretary General for Citizens’ Radiation Protection
in Norway. Ms. Halmoy holds a Master of Science in Cybernetics, an interdisciplinary field
of study in the structure of regulatory systems. Her career has been in technical
development and project management in military and oil and gas industries, involving
Penguin missiles and subsea oil production technology.
New Recommended Exposure Guidelines—The Rationale?
Olle Johansson, PhD, Associate Professor and head of the Experimental Dermatology
Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and
Professor, The Royal Institute of Technology. Dr. Johansson is a leading world authority in
the field of EMF radiation and health effects. He has published more than 500 original
articles, reviews, book chapters and conference reports within the field of basic and
applied neuroscience. His interests include the health effects of man-made electromagnetic
fields, as well as the functional impairment electrohypersensitivity.
Watch Panel IV – Need for New Exposure Guidelines
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10 Minute Video – Public Health Policy on Wireless Radiation
Gabriel North Seymour, Esq. Gabriel North Seymour is a legal

advocate engaged in fighting corporate bullies and abusive government agencies to protect
individual constitutional rights, environmental resources, preservation of landmarks,
human rights, and birds and wildlife. Her legal practice is heavily focused on the effects of
non-ionizing radiation on nature and wildlife. She follows in the large footsteps of her
father, Whitney North Seymour, Jr., co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council,
and grandfather, Whitney North Seymour, who was President of the American Bar
Association.
David O. Carpenter, MD serves as director of the Institute for Health

and Environment at University of Albany’s School of Public Health. He previously
served as director of the Wadsworth Laboratory of the New York State Department of
Health. Carpenter was recently named to New York’s Renewable Energy Task Force,
charged with implementing plans to reduce electricity use through new energy efficiency
programs in industry and government. Carpenter, who received his doctorate from
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Harvard Medical School, has 220 publications, 37 reviews and book chapters and 12 other
publications to his credit.
Whitney North Seymour, Jr., Esq.

Mr. Seymour is Co-Founder, Natural Resources Defense Council; Board Member,
Center for Responsive Politics (tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and
public policy), former New York State Senator and United States Attorney, Southern
District of New York; Independent Counsel in the Watergate era, and long-time pro bono
attorney focused on electromagnetic fields. A longstanding environmentalist, much of his
work has been focused on the impact of EMFs on wildlife.
B. Blake Levitt is an award-winning science journalist who has

researched the biological effects of nonionizing radiation since the late 1970’s. She is
author ofElectromagnetic Fields, A Consumer’s Guide To The Issues And How To
Protect Ourselves (1995; 2007) for which she won an Award of Excellence from the
American Medical Writers Association. She is also the editor of Cell Towers, Wireless
Convenience? or Environmental Hazard? Proceedings of the “Cell Towers Forum” State
of the Science/State of the Law (2001). Ms. Levitt authored a chapter in Electromagnetic
Environments and Health in Buildings (2004), entitled “Moving Beyond EMF Public
Policy Paralysis”, and also formerly wrote for the New York Times. Ms. Levitt is a member
of the Bioelectromagnetics Society. She has participated in U.S. Congressional briefings
and was an invited speaker at the Royal College of Physicians in London on the
environmental effects of ambient nonionizing radiation.
Watch Commonwealth Club 11-18-10. Panel IV – Public Health Policy Directions
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Closing Words
Camilla Rees, MBA, Ms. Rees is Founder of ElectromagneticHealth.org, Campaign for

Radiation Free Schools and the EMF Help Blog™; Co-Author, “Public Health SOS:
The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution” with Magda Havas, PhD, and Co-Author
of “Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern” with the International
EMF Collaborative. She has spoken widely on this topic, including recently at a U.S.
Congressional briefing on wireless hazards. She is an Advisor to the International EMF
Alliance.
Watch Commonwealth Club 11-18-10. Closing Remarks
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Program was co-organized by the Commonwealth Club and
ElectromagneticHealth.org in association with Citizens for Health, the American
Academy of Environmental Medicine, Radiation Research Trust, EMF Safety
Alliance and the International EMF Alliance. It was sponsored by three Commonwealth
Club Member-Led Forums: Health and Medicine, Environment and Natural Resources
and Science and Technology.
Selected Photos from EMF & Health Event Set to the Song “Heal the World Today”
by Native American Singer-Songwriter Shelley Morningsong
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3. EMF-Omega News
Dear Sir, Madam, Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,
for your information.
Best regards,
Klaus Rudolph
Citizens' Initiative Omega
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/OmegaNews.php
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CELLPHONE AND WIRELESS HAZARDS AND RESPONSES

http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2022/
Mass Animal Deaths: Bird and Fish Deaths around the World
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Health threat to mobile users: JNU study
Its official now: Radiation from your cell phone may be killing you
Thousands of birds fall from the sky in Beebe

Over 100 scientists and physicians at Boston and Harvard universities schools of public
health have called cell phone towers a radiation hazard
Cell Tower Radiation Report sent to DOT (Department of Telecommunications)

Assessment of Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation Emissions from Smart Meters

Call Today: Comment on Revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act

December 2010: Science Update

EMF News from Finland

Calif. County Criminalizes Smart-Meter Installations

Are Wireless Schools Safe?

The risks to childrens health from Wi-Fi and mobile phones

Camouflaging human folly

Community fights to block mast plan

Alleged Dangers of Power Towers at Issue

Telford mobile phone mast plan is rejected

Families furious over mast plan
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A fourth of telecom towers non-compliant on emission norms: Minister

Next-up News Nr 1549

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/Medias.php#1

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/stories/4055/
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4. Complaint to the BBC

Eileen O’Connor
I am lost for words after viewing evidence provided by Powerwatch UK demonstrating the
BBC’s bias reporting and blatant disregard for Tom Watson’s Adjournment Debate on
mobile phones and health in the House of Commons on 20thDecember, 2010. I am
calling for the BBC to apologise to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
Anne Milton, MPs Tom Watson, Bill Esterson and the public they represent.
Download full report here:
http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20110107-bbc-complaint-parliament-live.asp
MPs Tom Watson, Bill Esterson and The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
(Anne Milton) would not have been aware of the misguided comments displayed on the
monitor which did not reflect the debate.
I am a member of Labour MP Bill Esterson’s constituency. He kindly represented serious
concerns with regards to compelling evidence in connection to the dangers of
electromagnetic radiation from mobile phone handsets and phone masts. He also raised
valid and serious concerns about children after reviewing evidence provided by the EM
Radiation Research Trust.
I question the BBC’s vested interests and misuse of licence/tax payer’s money to lobby
Government while using underhanded reporting to undermine a very serious health debate
on mobile phones and phone masts.
The BBC did not reflect on the debate or promote official advice from the Department of
Health leaflet which clearly states that children and young people under 16 should be
discouraged for non-essential calls. In the light of this recommendation the UK Chief
Medical Officers strongly advise that where children and young people do use mobile
phones, they should be encouraged to use mobile phones for essential purposes only keep
all calls short - talking for long periods prolongs exposure and should be discouraged. The
UK CMOs recommend that if parents want to avoid their children being subject to any
possible risk that might be identified in the future, the way to do so is to exercise their
choice not to let their children use mobile phones.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/di
gitalasset/dh_4123981.pdf
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Anne Milton responded to concerns
raised by Tom Watson and Bill Esterson , she said “I am aware of the ability of large
and powerful vested interests to lobby, often very successfully. There are, without
doubt, eye-wateringly large amounts of money at stake in the mobile communications
industry. I assure the hon. Gentleman that I am old enough and cynical enough to apply at
all times an appropriate level of scrutiny and cynicism to all information that comes my
way-always seeking to find out whence it came and who paid for it”. I will be drawing the
BBC’s reporting of this debate to Ann Minton’s attention and encourage her to review the
BBC’s privileged position with regards to reporting on Parliamentary proceedings while
trying to influence the democratic process with misguided information.
I call on the BBC to alert MPs and the general public and especially our children to the
precautionary advice from the Department of Health in order to help protect future
generations from what could turn out to be another public health disaster. I highly
recommend the BBC review the evidence from independent scientists and public health
officials/advocates. Please read the report “Cell phones and Brain Tumours: 15 Reasons
for Concern”.http://www.radiationresearch.org/pdfs/15reasons.asp
I am the Director for the UK EM Radiation Research Trust charity. I will be drawing this
serious disregard and misuse of broadcasting to the attention of fellow Radiation Research
Trust trustees Joe Benton, Labour MP and Dr Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP. Trustee
members of the European Parliament are Liz Lynne, Lib Democrat MEP, and Jill Evans,
Plaid Cymru Member for the European Parliament for Wales. Other members are Devon
based Scots Lawyer and environmentalist, Michael Bell, Graham Philips, Powerwatch UK,
Dr Ian Gibson, doctorate in biochemistry and previous member of Parliament and
Chairman Brian Stein, Chief Executive Samworth Brothers Ltd.
Yours faithfully,
Eileen O’Connor
Director
EM Radiation Research Trust
www.radiationresearch.org
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5. Sage Associates statement on smart meters

A new Post "1338: Sage Associates statement on smart meters" was written on the
January 8, 2011 at 6:31 pm on "EMFacts Consultancy".
From Cindy Sage:
Declaration of Cynthia Sage, Sage Associates

January 4, 2011
My name is Cynthia Sage. I am the owner of Sage Associates, an

environmental consulting firm. My business address is 1396 Danielson
Road, Montecito, California, 93108. I am providing a declaration in
support of A.10-04-018.
I have been a professional environmental consultant since 1972. I

hold an M.A. degree in Geology, and a B.A. in Biology (Zoology) from
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the University of California, Santa Barbara. I am a Senior Fellow,
Department of Oncology, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Orebro
University, Orebro, Sweden (2008-2011).
I served as a member of the California Public Utilities Commission EMF

Consensus Group (1990-1991), the Keystone Center Dialogue for
Transmission Line Siting (a national group developing EMF Policy
1991-1992), and of the International Electric Transmission Perception
Project. Between 1977 and 1981, I served as a member of the
California Board of Registration for Professional Engineers
(Department of Consumer Affairs). I am a full member of the
Bioelectromagnetics Society. I am the co-editor of the BioInitiative
Report, and a founding member of the BioInitiative Working Group, an
international scientific and public health research collabortion. I
was a Lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program, University of
California, Santa Barbara and a founding member of that program, and
developed and taught classes in environmental impact assessment from
1972 – 1981. My publications are attached.
My professional involvement in this area includes constraint analysis,

environmental planning, and impact assessment on EMF and
radiofrequency radiation siting issues for more than 30 years. My
company has provided professional consulting services to city and
county planners, private developers, state and federal agencies and
schools with respect to measurement and assessment of EMF as a part of
land planning and environmental constraints analysis since 1972. I
have been an expert witness who testifies on EMF computer modeling,
impacts on people and property, EMF policy, public perception, visual
impairment and land use issues, and have qualified both in state and
in federal court proceedings as an expert witness in this area.
1. Sage Associates has prepared the Assessment of Radiofrequency

Microwave Radiation Emissions from Smart Meters to document
radiofrequency radiation (RF) levels associated with wireless smart
meters in various scenarios depicting common ways in which they are
installed and operated.
5. The Report includes computer modeling of the range of possible
smart meter RF levels that are occurring in the typical installation
and operation of a single smart meter, and also multiple meters in
California.
6. FCC compliance violations are likely to occur under normal
conditions of installation and operation of smart meters and collector
meters in California, because the public has access to smart meters
installed on their homes.
7. In addition to exceeding FCC public safety limits under some
conditions of installation and operation, smart meters can produce
excessively elevated RF exposures, depending on where they are
installed. RF levels are predicted to be substantially elevated
within a few feet to within a few tens of feet from the meter(s).
9. RF levels associated with smart meters under some conditions of
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installation and operation will produce RF power density levels that
exceed those reported in some scientific studies to result in adverse
health impacts, including headache, sleep disruption, restlessness,
tremor, cognitive impairment, tinnitus, increased cancer risk, and
cardiac problems at distances less than 500 meters from cell antennas,
or at levels over 0.1 microwatts per centimeter squared. 1.2.3.4.5.6
10. Consumers may also have already increased their exposures to
radiofrequency radiation in the home through the voluntary use of
wireless devices (cell and cordless phones), PDAs like BlackBerry and
iPhones, wireless routers for wireless internet access, wireless home
security systems, wireless baby surveillance (baby monitors), and
other emerging wireless applications.
11. People who are afforded special protection under the federal
Americans with Disabilities Act are not sufficiently acknowledged nor
protected. People who have medical and/or metal implants or other
conditions rendering them vulnerable to health risks at lower levels
than FCC RF limits may be particularly at risk.
12. Neither the FCC, the CPUC, the utility nor the consumer know what
portion of the allowable public safety limit is already being used up
or pre-empted by RF from other sources already present in the
particular location a smart meter may be installed and operated.
13. Consumers, for whatever personal reason, choice or necessity who
have already eliminated all possible wireless exposures from their
property and lives, may now face excessively high RF exposures in
their homes from smart meters on a 24-hour basis. This may force
limitations on use of their otherwise occupied space, depending on how
the meter is located, building materials in the structure, and how it
is furnished.
14. In summary, no positive assertion of safety can be made by the
FCC, nor relied upon by the CPUC, with respect to pulsed RF when
exposures are chronic and occur in the general population. 3.5.6
Indiscriminate exposure to environmentally ubiquitous pulsed RF from
the rollout of millions of new RF sources (smart meters) will mean far
greater general population exposures, and potential health
consequences. Uncertainties about the existing RF environment (how
much RF exposure already exists), what kind of interior reflective
environments exist (reflection factor), how interior space is utilized
near walls), and other characteristics of residents (age, medical
condition, medical implants, relative health, reliance on critical
care equipment that may be subject to electronic interference, etc)
and unrestrained access to areas of property where meter is located
all argue for caution.
1. Khurana VG Hardell L Everaert J Bortkiewicz A Carlberg M Ahonen M,
2010. Epidemiological Evidence for a Health Risk from Mobile Phone
Base Stations. Int Journal of Occupational Environmental Health
2010;16:263–267
2. Kundi M Hutter HP Mobile phone base stations—Effects on
wellbeing and health. Pathophysiology 16 (2009) 123–135
3. Sage C. Carpenter DO. 2009. Public Health Implications of Wireless
Technologies. Pathophysiology 16 (2009) 233–246
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4. Hardell L Sage C. Biological effect from electromagnetic field
exposure and public exposure standards. Biomedicine Pharmacotherapy
2008;62:104-109. doi:10.1016/j.bipha.2007.12.004.
5. BioInitiative Working Group, Cindy Sage and David O. Carpenter,

Editors. BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for a Biologically-based
Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF) at
www.bioinitiative.org, August 31, 2007.
6. Carpenter DO Sage CL. 2008. Setting Prudent Public Health Policy

for Electromagnetic Field Exposures. Reviews on Environmental Health
23(2) 91-117.
Under penalty of perjury, I declare that the facts set forth above are
true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Dated January 4, 2011, at Santa Barbara, California.
/s/
Cynthia Sage
http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/?p=1390
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6. SMART METERS VIOLATE FCC RADIATION EXPOSURE

LIMITS SAYS NEW STUDY
Grassroots Groups and Two Dozen Local Governments Renew Demand for Statewide
Moratorium
San Francisco- A study released today reports that wireless ‘smart’ meters being
installed by PG&E and other utilities in California are likely to violate Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) safety limits as they are being
installed and operated. Further, the study found that excessively elevated radiofrequency
radiation levels can be expected throughout homes and businesses where ‘smart’ meters
have been installed, comparable to living within 200 - 600 feet of a major cell phone tower
in many cases. Health risks have been associated in some published studies to levels
commensurate with those of smart meters. The study, carried out by consulting firm Sage
and Associates, finds that associated health impacts may include neurological symptoms
such as headache, sleep disruption,
restlessness, tremors, cognitive impairment, and tinnitus, as well as increased cancer
risk and heart problems such as arrythmias, altered heart rhythms, and
palpitations.[1] [2]
“This study represents an independent refutation of what PG&E and the other
utilities claim are insignificant exposures to microwave radiation from their
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meters,”says Joshua Hart, Director of Stop Smart Meters! “The reality is that ‘smart’
meters emit radiation of a power and frequency that has been linked with DNA disruption,
pathological leakage of the blood-brain barrier (which can lead to neuron death), and
many other health impacts. This report is the final straw- if the CPUC refuses to act,
Governor Brown must order an immediate halt to installation and deactivation of installed
meters pending open public hearings on how this debacle could have been approved in the
first place.”
In other developments, Marin County on Tuesday became the 4th local government, and
2nd county in California to pass an ordinance specifically outlawing installation of
‘smart’ meters- in large part due to health and safety issues. This unanimous decision
follows two successive Board of Supervisors meetings that were packed with outraged
residents demanding that the County government pass legislation to protect human
health. It also follows a blockade of ‘smart’ meter trucks in West Marin last week that
resulted in the arrests of two mothers who blocked installation to
protect the health of their children and community.
People across California have complained about ‘Smart’ meters since the beginning,
including widespread reports of inflated bills, privacy and hacking of personal
information, electrical interference with cordless phones, baby monitors, home security
systems and critical care equipment, and tripping of ground fault interrupters and arc fault
interrupters on electrical wiring that is
needed to protect wiring from electrical surges.
In addition, there have been more than 2000 health complaints submitted to the CA Public
Utilities Commission (CPUC). ‘Smart’ Meters use microwave radiation (similar to a cell
phone) to transmit customer data back to the utility, and are being installed
just as the public learns of evidence that brain tumors and other health damage
can be traced to similar wireless devices. The CPUC, who sanctioned PG&E’s $2.2 billion
program to install 10 million new meters throughout California at the
expense of ratepayers, has not allowed individuals to opt out even in cases of
severe health impacts.
Nearly two dozen local governments* have called for a moratorium. The CPUC’s own
Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) has also demanded public hearings be held to
study potential health risks resulting from exposure to radiation from the meters.
The full report can be downloaded at: http://sagereports.com/smart-meter-rf/
* California local governments demanding a moratorium include: the City and County of
San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Marin County Board of Supervisors, Sonoma County
Supervisor Efren Carrillo, the cities of Sebastopol, Berkeley, San Rafael, Cotati, Fairfax,
Santa Cruz, Piedmont, Scotts Valley, Capitola, Watsonville, Sausalito, San Anselmo,
Belvedere, Monte Sereno, Novato, Morro Bay, San Clemente, Richmond, Ross, Bolinas,
and Camp Meeker.
[1] Khurana VG Hardell L Everaert J

Bortkiewicz A
Carlberg M Ahonen M, 2010. Epidemiological
Evidence for a Health
Risk from Mobile Phone Base Stations. Int Journal of Occupational
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Environmental
Health 2010;16:263–267
[2] Kundi M Hutter HP

Mobile phone base stations—Effects on
wellbeing and health.
Pathophysiology 16 (2009) 123–135
--
Joshua Hart
Director, Stop Smart Meters!
http://stopsmartmeters.org
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7. BBC would apologise to MPs and to Parliment
Powerwatch 07/01/11 News story written by Alasdair Philips and Graham

Lamburn
We claim that the BBC acted in a most inappropriate and rude manner by posting on-
screen comments during Mr Tom Watson's Adjournment Debate in the House of Commons
on 20th December 2010. These comments, some of which were factually incorrect,
contradicted the valid concerns being expressed on behalf of the public by the two MPs.
The adversarial comments were displayed to the nation while the MPs were actually
speaking. We see this as blatant lobbying by a news organisation. The MPs would not have
been aware of the comments. The comments have been quietly removed by the BBC from
the version that is on the BBC i-player.
We noticed the rather empty chamber and are disappointed by the apparent lack of
interest in this important topic by other MPs.
Congratulations to Tom Watson, MP, and Bill Esterson, MP, for raising these
matters.
The two MPs expressed concerns about possible long-term adverse health consequences of
mobile phone use, especially by children and young people.
While the MPs were speaking, the BBC were displaying misleading on-screen text
comments about this topic. We reproduce the comments below, most of which were used
repeatedly. Click on the images below to expand them and see our responses.
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If the BBC wants to challenge the views of MPs then it should do so a current affairs
programme such as Newsnight. It is completely out of order for them to act as judge and
jury and write on-screen comments during MP speeches.
You may download a PDF file (40KB) of the debate.
Alternatively you may download from Hansard.
You may also watch the debate, now without the adversarial comments. (about 45
minutes)
Powerwatch has filed a formal complaint with the BBC about this incident and other people
may also wish to do so, given the evidence we show above.
You may also wish to complain to the BBC about this.

● Complaint type: BBC News
● What is your complaint about: TV News
● Programme title: BBC Parliament - House of Commons - Adjournment debate
● Transmission date: 20/12/2010
● Complaint category: Bias
● Complaint summary: Completely inappropriate and factually incorrect on-screen
text comments while the MPs were expressing their very different views in the
debate.
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8. SmartMeter Thought For Today
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When people complain about neurological symptoms (sickness) associated with
SmartMeters, there is at least one scientific explanation: The human head has a resonant
frequency of approximately 1 GHz. This is relatively close to the transmit frequency of the
SmartMeters (approximately 900 MHz). Resonance, in this instance, means the head acts
like a radio receiving antenna tuned for maximum efficiency (best reception). This is a
phenomenon. Taking this one step further, the human body (ungrounded) is resonant at
70 MHz, and therefore more susceptible to radio frequencies in that portion of the radio
wave spectrum.
We are interested in hearing from people with Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EMH)

because we will be presenting this information to the California Public Utilities Commission
("PUC") as part of our application for modification of the two PUC decisions authorizing
deployment of SmartMeters in California
(seehttp://wilnerandassociates.com/ApplicationforModification2.pdf).
There is another dimension to the SmartMeter war that needs to be discussed, and acted
upon: It is called "psychological warfare." The folks at PG&E have decided they can break
the will of those people that do not want a SmartMeter by convincing them they are on the
losing end of the controversy, and will end up with a SmartMeter whether they want one
or not. When the County of Marin declared a moratorium on SmartMeter installations in
the unincorporated areas of the County, PG&E responded by stating "we will install them
anyway." This is a form of mind control by those folks that keep reminding us they will
listen to our concerns because they care. That is nonsense.
I am hearing from many people from all walks of life telling me that they are really
frightened by this whole thing, and feel helpless. The most frequently asked question is:
"what can we do to protect ourselves?" Do not lose hope. There are a growing number of
people like me that are willing to stand up to the folks at PG&E, and fight for what we feel
has turned into a matter of conscience and freedom.
Here is something else to think about: Under California law, the folks at PG&E can shut off
your power if you put any pollution on their grid. This could be from almost anything: a
computer, router, Wi-Fi, battery charger, and a long list of offending devices PG&E has
identified as polluters. I find this very interesting, almost funny if it was not so sad,
because PG&E can put pollution on the electrical wiring in your house, and you cannot do
anything about it. Well, that appears to be the case, but maybe not.
This problem is not confined to California. We are hearing from people in different states
that are also looking for options.
As you might expect, it is expensive to fight these issues both on the state and federal
level. PG&E has deep pockets, but we do not. Please consider sending us a contribution
so that we can continue to pursue this important public interest issue: www.PayPal.com
(User ID DavidLWilner@aol.com) or send a check to:
Wilner & Associates

P.O. Box 2340
Novato, CA 94948-2340
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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Sincerely,
David L. Wilner
Wilner & Associates
415-898-1200
866-833-3200 (toll-free)
www.WilnerandAssociates.com
P. S. Our application for modification of the SmartMeter decisions was officially accepted
by the California Public Utilities Commission yesterday. Application No. 11-01-002.
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9. First A&T cell tower: approved

Rappahannoks News. BY ROGER PIANTADOSI – JANUARY 6, 2011
In the end, practicality beat out romance.
Facing an audience of more than three dozen Monday night — most of whom applauded
the 15 citizens who spoke out against the first plan to build a cellular monopole in the
county in a decade — the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors shook its collective
head, and then voted 4-1 to approve AT&T’s proposal.
The plan to build a 199-foot monopole near Round Hill Road off U.S. 522 in Boston is the
first of five proposed installations by AT&T — including two other new, 190-foot-plus poles
just west of Sperryville and at the high school, and two proposals to extend existing Sprint
towers at Ben Venue and Amissville to almost the same height.
The Sperryville and high school proposals come Jan. 19 before the planning commission —
meeting at the high school auditorium, not the courthouse — which will, as with the first
project, pass its recommendation on to the supervisors. The planning commission voted
unanimously last month to recommend the supervisors approve the Boston tower.
Piedmont District Supervisor Mike Biniek, who cast the sole vote against AT&T’s plan
Monday, had earlier in the meeting expressed mixed feelings about the project.
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“This coverage map shows a lot of white areas [no signal],” Biniek said to AT&T site
acquisition specialist Ed Donohue before the public hearing began. “All my neighbors are
very disappointed being in the middle of this big dead zone — and that includes my wife.”
To Biniek’s question on whether AT&T had plans to build towers down the F.T. Valley Road
corridor, or in northern Madison County, Donohue said he didn’t know, but he would find
out. Donohue has said that if all five projects are approved, AT&T would provide “robust”
service to 45 percent of county’s residents. (Since there are only about 7,000 of those, it’s
no surprise that AT&T’s plan would provide cell signals to a much higher percentage of
those passing through the county on U.S. routes 211 and 522.)
Later, Biniek said, though he knew the vote before the board was specifically on the
Boston tower, he didn’t think AT&T’s overall plan was “comprehensive” enough, and
couldn’t support it.
“Also, I think 199 feet is not always an appropriate height for our viewshed,” he said.
The words “viewshed” and “comprehensive” — as in the county’s Comprehensive Plan, the
blueprint for the zoning ordinance under which AT&T’s applications are being considered —
came up often in the under-three-minute speeches given by others who stood up during
the public hearing.
Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP) president Rick Kohler

addressed the supervisors at their 2 p.m. meeting to repeat what he’d said to the planning
commission last month — that the Boston tower’s height and placement violated the
comprehensive plan’s intent to protect the county’s scenic and historical assets.
At the supervisors’ 7 p.m. public hearing, Piedmont Environmental Council representative

Don Loock again urged the county to consider asking for more towers at lower heights,
and he and former RLEP president Monica Worth both urged the supervisors to negotiate
with AT&T “rather than just accept their plan.”
“We represent a hole in a major metropolitan area’s coverage map,” Worth said. “I find it
hard to believe a company like AT&T would engage a lawyer and an engineer and others
on this project if there was no Plan B.”
Flint Hill resident Ron Maxwell stressed the safety risks associated with cell phone usage —
and especially texting — while driving, adding: “We all have cell phones, and we use them
everywhere else. Rappahannock is the one safe place we can come home to. I don’t think
the board would vote to increase drunk driving deaths by 20 to 30 percent.”
Kay Wilson stood to tell a story about out-of-state visitors who showed up in “shiny black
cars and silk suits” in Little Washington for a friend’s concert and then spoke to each other
loudly in the Theatre audience to confirm to each other that their cell phones didn’t work.
“And someone local, in the back of the theatre, said, ‘That’s because you’re in
Rappahannock County. Cell phones don’t work here. And that’s the way we like it.’ ”
That got the meeting’s loudest round of applause.
Supervisors Chris Parrish and Ron Frazier, who moved and seconded the resolution to
approve AT&T’s plan, each mentioned that they had heard from many of their district’s
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constituents who urged them to approve AT&T’s plans. Frazier added: “Although I don’t
see many of them here tonight . . .”
Frazier is the supervisors’ representative to the planning commission, whose two meetings
on the first AT&T cell proposal were attended by a public contingent about evenly divided
between support and opposition.
One resident told the supervisors “I want us to shake our heads a bit about the Wal-
Marting of America.” Another, builder Scott McBride, said “I didn’t grow up in
Rappahannock County, I came here — from a very ugly place.
“This [application by AT&T] is the thin edge of the wedge,” he said. “I say if a finger can
be put in the dike anywhere, put it in the dike here.”
Bill Fletcher of Sperryville also cited the dangers of texting and calling while driving, and
warned the supervisors that, as the value of agricultural land decreases, “the only real
value of this land in Rappahannock is its scenic value, and if you destroy that viewshed,
you’re potentially destroying millions of dollars of value, considering what people are
paying to move here nowadays.”
Harold Beebout of Sperryville spoke, as several did, on the opposite danger — of not being
able to make emergency calls.
Washington resident Demaris Miller mentioned the safety issues as well, and urged the
supervisors to accept AT&T’s plan. “I hope we will not allow the perfect to be the enemy of
the good,” she said.
“Also, it’s entirely possible that 20 years from now, we won’t even need these poles — so if
the technology changes, these poles would disappear.”
After the public hearing, both McCarthy and county attorney Peter Luke pointed out that
federal laws prevent any legislative body from “outlawing cell service because we think
people will be hurt if they make cell calls while driving — or because we just don’t like cell
phones.”
“We don’t need to focus the debate on, ‘No cell towers in Rappahannock County,’” Luke
said. “Federal law says you cannot ban them. You don’t want to go there.”
Luke said the supervisors were likewise unable to force cell carriers to build additional
infrastructure — in response to Biniek’s question whether the supervisors could approve
the Boston tower contingent on AT&T adding more service in the southwesternmost part of
the county.
The supervisors, with Bryant Lee and chairman Roger Welch adding their votes, approved
the Boston tower on the conditions that AT&T add a fire-and-rescue antenna to it, if
needed; that if future laws require towers under 200 feet to have warning lights, AT&T
would lower the tower height or make whatever changes would result in no lights; and
that the monopole be painted to blend in with the forest cover and/or sky.
“Frankly,” Welch said just before the vote, “I don’t think we can stick our heads in the
sand any longer . . .
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“No one wants to ruin the viewshed. I was born and raised here, too, and no one
appreciates the viewshed here more than I do.”
“Ten years ago,” said Parrish, “I was sitting where you’re sitting now, and pretty much
saying the same things you all are saying tonight.
“We have cell service in the county, thanks to Sprint,” he said. “But in part because of
changes requested of them, my part of the county got neglected. I have received
numerous calls in support of this tower.”
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10. Doctor advises travellers to avoid being X-rayed

The Vancouver Sun BY DR. W. GIFFORD JONES, SPECIAL TO THE WINDSOR STAR
JANUARY 6, 2011
A passenger gets hand-checked after passing through a full-body scanner at a Transportation Security
Administration screening check-point at O'Hare International airport in Chicago. Photograph by:
FRANK POLICH, REUTERS
What's the biggest problem facing airline travellers today? Ask this question and many
would say it's the long wait at airports, removing shoes, extensive screening procedures
and that "damn pat-down" by airport personnel. But during the public uproar about airport
security some travellers will make a huge mistake.
The U.S. is replacing many metal detectors with more sophisticated equipment, better
described as personal exposure devices. In effect, the technology can detect articles
beneath the clothing along with you-know-what -- and this infuriates many travellers.
There are two types of scanners. The millimetre wave machine is safe, creating an image
of the body by using electromagnetic waves. The other, "backscatter" devices, use low-
energy X-rays to produce a picture of the body. These are not so safe.
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The first thing I did when I read about these new scanners was to call my son, a frequent
flyer. My advice was simple, "Don't let them X-ray you. Let them pat you down as much as
they like, but no X-rays." The last thing he and other flyers need is more radiation.
As you might expect, the U.S. government says that the amount of radiation exposure is
minimal. It claims the amount the body receives is the same as natural radiation exposure
from two minutes of flying. But some authorities believe the radiation dose is higher.
Experts say backscatter machines use low-energy X-rays. This means that "MOST" of the
radiation is absorbed by the skin and, unlike medical X-rays, does not enter the body. This
does not reassure me one bit. And since it's absorbed by the skin, will it cause skin cancer
years from now?
The word "MOST" always worries me. It invariably recalls the time I was urging the
legalization of heroin to ease the agony of terminal cancer patients. My critics, and there
were many, argued heroin was not needed as morphine eased the pain of "MOST" cancer
patients. They never acknowledged what happened if you were not one of the "MOST"
group.
Other problems worry me more. Years ago a research paper was leaked to me that was
shocking. It reported a study that found some X-ray equipment in Canada was exposing
patients to 90 times the normal radiation required for the procedure. In fact, the dose was
reaching lethal limits. It was unconscionable that no government agency was alerting the
public to this problem.
But the problem was not merely faulty machines. Poorly trained technicians were pushing
buttons that caused increased radiation exposure. The worst mistake of all, health
agencies had failed to inspect X-ray equipment machines for years. My column lead to a
commission to correct these glaring errors.
Could this same scenario occur with airport backscatter devices? I don't see how anyone
can guarantee a malfunctioning machine or careless technicians won't eventually expose
passengers to high doses of radiation.
So what error will flyers make? Authorities say that passengers can refuse to have a
backscatter search and opt for the metal detector. But if they choose this course they must
agree to a personal pat-down. This adds time, so many harried flyers will opt for the X-ray
search to get quickly through the gate. It's a bad mistake as radiation is cumulative and
the body can only handle so much before cancer strikes.
I find it humorous that so many people are annoyed at being subjected to a pat-down. Or
having their "you-know-what" seen during a backscatter procedure. Can it be that men are
afraid that their "you-know-what" doesn't quite measure up to standards?
My advice is to forget Victorian modesty. Rather, avoid radiation like the plague.
Remember: a small hole can sink a large ship. Too many bits of a "little radiation" can
produce long-term health risks. Take the pat-down every time. You might even get to like
it. Or as one person remarked, "Look on it as a free massage."
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11. The risks to children’s health from WIFI and mobile

phones
By Patty Hemingway 01/02/2011 8:15 am. Published by: Families London South West
Many of you will have heard that mobile phones may carry health risks. You
probably also know that children are at an even greater risk than adults. You may
wonder why, if that is the case, they do not come with a health warning, like
cigarettes?
Families campaigns:
I Inform yourselves about the danger of EMR (Electro Magnetic Radiation)

C Create a safe zone at home to protect your family
T Tell a friend about it, spread the message
Go to www.familiesonline.co.uk/radiation to see how.
Dr Devra Davis, environmental and public health specialist, research scientist and
grandmother, did not want to believe this either, so she looked at the research for herself,
and what she found out alarmed her so much that she wrote a book, Disconnect: The
Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to
Protect Your family, 2010. She writes that, “Contrary to the firmly held beliefs of many
respected authorities, invisible radio frequency radiation can alter living cells and create
the same types of damage that we know increase the risk of cancer and neurological
disease. [... ] children are growing up in a sea of radio frequency radiation that did not
exist even five years ago.”
My own concerns about cell phone radiation and other forms of digital pulsed microwave
radiation had been aroused a few years ago when I began seeing an increasing number of
children showing symptoms after exposure to mobile phones, mast radiation or wireless
radiation. These included hyperactive behaviour which reverted to normal when the
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children were away from the irradiated environment, skin rashes and eczemas that did not
improve with treatment, night terrors and mood swings, lowered immunity in previously
healthy children, and sudden nose-bleeds. At the same time, concerns were being raised
about some cordless baby-monitors which used wireless technology, and advice was given
not to site them close to the baby’s head, as some babies were showing symptoms of pain
and distress (http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1616128)
A major concern about mobile phones has always been that the near-field plume
of radiation can penetrate deep into a child’s skull because it is so much thinner
and smaller than an adult’s. Standards for phones are set for a large man talking for
half-an hour, although half of the world’s four billion cell phones are used by people under
twenty. The SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) printed on the mobile box relates simply to the
phone’s capacity to heat tissue, as manufacturers and standard setters initially refused to
believe that there could be any other detrimental effect from radio frequency radiation.
This is strange as our bodies run on electrical currents, many of which have been observed
and measured in medical tests, and which are easily disrupted by pulsed frequencies, as
has been demonstrated in a study by Dr Magda Havas and colleagues, showing heart
arrhythmias triggered by DECT (cordless)phones
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EI9fZX4iww). As far as we know, there is no problem
with the radio frequencies used to send out analogue radio signals, but more and more
research is showing that pulsed digital frequencies can have non-thermal effects on living
organisms. In the digital age this poses new health risks depending on a person’s
susceptibility, the density and intensity of the radiation, and the length of time they are
exposed to it.
Children are certainly more susceptible because they are still growing and their
neural circuitry will not be fully formed until they reach their early twenties. Until
then, they need protection from anything that could interfere with their brain’s
development. In France, this research has led to the decision to ban children in primary
school from using mobile phones, and discouraging mobile phone advertising aimed at
children. They are also removing wireless communication systems from public places such
as libraries, and hospitals, after workers complained of feeling ill at work.
Penetration of cell phone radiation into human skull
Adult male
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10 year old
5 year old
835 MHz Pin = 600 mW
Tests conducted by researchers Gandhi, Lazzi and Furse, 1996.
The potential for harm from this form of electromagnetic radiation, is gradually becoming
clearer. The Bioinitiative Report in 2007 was the work of a group of eminent scientists
from different countries, who examined the research to date on the health effects
ofElectromagnetic Radiation, and especially its impact on the immune system,
behaviour, childhood cancers, breast cancer, and brain tumours. This is an epic piece of
work, the summary alone runs to 28 pages, which concludes that some effects can be
shown from existing research and that further research is needed, but until then the safety
standards for exposure need to be revised downwards. In other words, it would be
prudent to adopt the precautionary principle, and there are other independent
scientists and doctors who are also urging caution.
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Dr Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute was one
such scientist who was convinced by the evidence, and so in 2008 he drafted a memo to
staff, warning of the dangers of mobile phones, and urging them to limit their use because
of the risk of cancer. He advises a ten point plan to minimise risk, and top of his list of
precautions is that children should use mobiles only for emergencies, in recognition of the
fact that their growing brain tissue is likely to be more sensitive to the electromagnetic
radiation from mobile phones. (Google his name to read recent articles on him, ed)
Most of the research into the health effects of mobile phones and phone masts, which is
sponsored by the telecoms industry, has found no effect on human health, but studies
carried out by independent scientists almost always find a physiological effect. However,
few researchers look specifically at the effects of mobile phone radiation on children and
young people, even when there is evidence that exposure to carcinogens in young people
come with more serious risks than for adults. Significantly, every study which has looked
at brain tumour risks over ten years of use, or longer, has found an increased risk of
cancer.
That is hardly surprising, but what is more surprising is how little information people have
about the risks, and ways to protect themselves. Only recently, Alasdair Philips
fromPowerwatch, an independent group that investigates the safety of mobile phones,
revealed in the press that safety advice was generally to be found only in the small print in
information supplied by mobile phone manufacturers, and not in the “getting started”
section. Manuals for the Blackberry (The Torch), for example, warn users to “use hands-
free operation if available and keep the device at least 25mm from your body (including
the abdomen of pregnant women and the lower abdomen of teenagers)” when it is
switched on.
So, if you want to protect yourself and your family follow the advice of Dr Davis, and never
carry a live mobile phone next to your body, and always use a headset. You can see her
advice to teenagers on her website,www.environmentalhealthtrust.org, or check out the
guidance from a group of concerned parents, who have looked closely at the science,
www.wiredchild.org
What you can do to protect yourself and your family

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* Keep calls on cordless or mobile phones short
* Text rather than call
* Replace wireless equipment with non-wireless
* Change to a low-radiation or analogue baby monitor
* Turn all wireless equipment off at night, in the car, and when pregnant women, babies or
children are nearby
Concerned? You should be...
Inform yourselves
• www.environmentalhealthtrust.org
–for more on how to use phones safely (includes a page for skeptics!)
• www.wiredchild.org
–news and research into mobile phones usage for children and their parents.
• www.bioinitiative.org
–for Bioinitiative Report
• www.powerwatch.org.uk
–the latest research, clearly explained
• www.es-uk.info
–charity that supports people with symptoms of electrosensitivity
• www.familiesonline.co.uk/radiation
What next?
- Inform yourselves! We've compiled a page with relevant websites, articles in the media,
videos, and campaigns from across the world. See here.
- Create a safe zone at home or at work. Protect yourself and your family, see how here.
•Patty Hemingway (RMANM) is a local family homeopath, with a special interest in

electromagnetic radiation sickness www.pattyhemingway.com
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12. Sequencing Study Suggests Single Large Rearrangement

Events Underlie Some Cancers
Genomeweb. January 06, 2011. By Andrea Anderson
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Cancer causing chromosomal rearrangements don't
always build up over time, but can sometimes occur in one fell swoop, according to a
paper appearing online today in Cell.
Using high-throughput sequencing and microarrays, researchers from the UK and the US
found evidence that a fraction of cancers spawn from cells that have succumbed to sudden
genomic reorganizations involving between a few dozen and several hundred
rearrangements, a phenomenon that they dubbed "chromothripsis." Results from the
team's analyses of hundreds of cancer cell lines indicate that somewhere in the
neighborhood of two to three percent of all cancers — and about a quarter of bone cancers
— involve chromothripsis.
While some cells with catastrophic chromosomal damage undergo apoptosis and die,
corresponding author Peter Campbell, a researcher affiliated with the Wellcome Trust
Sanger Institute's Cancer Genome Project, the University of Cambridge, and
Addenbrooke's Hospital, told GenomeWeb Daily News, others can stitch together an
"alphabet soup of chromosomal fragments" and then go on to not only survive, but to gain
a selective advantage that ultimately leads to cancer.
Past research has shown that many of the point mutations and chromosomal
rearrangements that convert normal somatic cells to cancerous cells take years or even
decades to develop, the researchers explained, often transitioning through one or more
distinct pre-cancerous stages.
"The prevailing dogma of cancer evolution is … one of 'gradualism' in which acquisition of

driver mutations occurs cumulatively over years to decades, resulting in incremental
progression through increasingly malignant phenotypes," they wrote.
While that may be the case for most cancers, Campbell explained, the new findings
suggest some cells undergo rearrangements that dramatically reshape parts of their
genomes in short order — consistent with the apparent rapidity with which cancer appears
in some cases.
"We do know that some cancers appear to develop much more quickly," Campbell noted.
"It may well be that cancers can develop more quickly than the standard model of
development over decades."
The revelation stemmed from the team's efforts to characterize rearrangements in a type
of leukemia known as chronic B cell lymphocytic leukemia.
Using the Illumina Genome Analyzer II, the researchers did massively parallel, paired-end
sequencing to look for chromosomal rearrangements in 10 CLL samples collected from as
many different individuals at Addenbrooke's Hospital in the UK.
One of these individuals not only carried a smattering of focal point changes and
rearrangements on chromosomes 1, 12, 13, and 15, but also a cluster of 42
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rearrangements concentrated on one arm of chromosome 4, the team noted — a pattern
that was strikingly different from the genome-wide changes previously reported for breast,
lung, and pancreatic cancers.
When the team used Affymetrix SNP6 arrays to assess 746 cancer cell lines, they
discovered that around two to three percent of the cancers tested showed evidence of
chromothripsis — findings that they verified through more in-depth sequencing studies of
four lines representing colorectal, thyroid, renal, and small cell lung cancer samples.
Such changes were even more common in the 20 bone cancer samples, they found,
turning up in a quarter of the samples tested.
Given the patterns detected, the team argues that it is extremely unlikely that these
genetic changes accumulated in the cells over time. Instead, the nature and localization of
these rearrangements point to rapid rearrangements in the genome.
While much of the genome is "quite quiet" in cells that have undergone chromothripsis,
Campbell explained, these cells typically have one chromosome, chromosomal arm, or
region of a chromosome that is radically rearranged.
"Using next-generation sequencing, we characterize a phenomenon, which we term

chromothripsis, whereby tens to hundreds of genomic rearrangements occur in a one-off
cellular crisis," the researchers explained. "Rearrangements involving one or a few
chromosomes criss-cross back and forth across involved regions."
Although they emphasized that more research is needed to figure the cause of
chromothripsis, the researchers speculated that it might be a consequence of exposure to
ionizing radiation and/or other environmental exposures.
To explore this possibility, Campbell explained, the team eventually hopes to characterize
tumors that have been exposed to therapeutic radiation as well as cancers that appear to
have been caused by exposure to environmental radiation.
The researchers are also trying to induce chromothripsis in vitro in an effort to learn more
about how it occurs in the body, he noted.
"Whatever the mechanism of damage, the consequences are profound," the team
concluded. "Faced with hundreds of DNA breaks, the cell's DNA repair machinery attempts
to rescue the genome. The resultant hodgepodge bears little resemblance to its original
structure, and the genomic disruption has wholesale and potentially oncogenic effects."
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13. EMF News from Finland
Great, that you like our Chronic Exposure -service!

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I thank you for blogging about it and informing the Buergerwelle-list.
See also:
http://www.chronicexposure.org/limitsICNIRP.html
Another hidden gem, perhaps?

(Talks about corruption and twisting of scientific results. All additions/suggestions
welcome! All Canadian / US sources welcome as well. )
I found your smart meter videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRejDxBE6OE
Here in Finland I try to inform people about this area and I am collecting information about
smart meters:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=10150106996315111&v=wall
(In Finnish, but links are perhaps familiar )
My friends and I, are fighting hard here in Finland:

http://beyondcreativity.blogs.com
Together with my friend, professor in physiology Osmo Hänninen, we met

all child protection authorities and had a presentation about risks:
http://tinyurl.com/mobiiliriski
If you are interested in base station research and power quality

(dirty electricity) research:
http://tinyurl.com/PowerQuality
http://tinyurl.com/PowerQuality
Mikko
Mikko Ahonen
Researcher
University of Tampere
Department of Computer Sciences
Kanslerinrinne 1, Pinni B
33014 University of Tampere
Tel. +358-3-3551 8069 (office)

Tel. +358-3-3462 341 (home)
E-mail mikko.ahonen@uta.fi
Skype ahosmikko (available occasionally)
http://www.uta.fi/~mikko.ahonen/
http://beyondcreativity.blogs.com
http://www.cs.uta.fi/
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14. Letter: Be wise about cell phones
The forecaster Jan 03, 2011
State Rep. Andrea Boland introduced the Children's Wireless Protection Act last winter,
which would have placed warning labels on cell phones. Experts from around the world
testified in favor of Boland's bill, including Dr. Devra Davis, the author of "Disconnect: The
Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done To Hide It, and How to
Protect Your Family." Scientists, doctors, and nurses were all supporters for the bill.
On June 15, San Francisco passed a right-to-know ordinance, making it the first city in the
nation to require cell phone radiation disclosure at the point of sale. On June 30, Ohio
Congressman Dennis Kucinich announced his intent to introduce a bill requiring warning
labels on cell phones.
After being diagnosed with a brain tumor, I learned that cell phone manuals come with
warnings that are being buried in fine print, which nobody reads. I sure didn't. I was
shocked to learn that the manual of the BlackBerry Torch warns "Keep the BlackBerry
device at least 0.98 inches from your body, including the abdomen of pregnant women
and the lower abdomen of teenagers."
I am happy to announce that Portland's mayor, Nicholas Mavodones Jr., has declared
October as Cell Phone Awareness Month. To learn more information about safer cell phone
use go to Campaign For Safer Cell Phones on the Web. Please protect the brain of you and
your family.
Stuart Cobb
Portland
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15. Bees in freefall as study shows sharp US decline
guardian.co.uk. Alok Jha, science correspondent. .Monday 3 January 2011
Disease and low genetic diversity might have caused US bumblebee decline over
the past few decades, say scientists
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Bumblebees are important pollinators of wild plants and crops around the world. Photograph:
RSPB/PA The abundance of four common species of bumblebee in the US has dropped by
96% in just the past few decades, according to the most comprehensive national census of
the insects. Scientists said the alarming decline, which could have devastating implications
for the pollination of both wild and farmed plants, was likely to be a result of disease and
low genetic diversity in bee populations.
Bumblebees are important pollinators of wild plants and agricultural crops around the
world including tomatoes and berries thanks to their large body size, long tongues, and
high-frequency buzzing, which helps release pollen from flowers.
Bees in general pollinate some 90% of the world's commercial plants, including most
fruits, vegetables and nuts. Coffee, soya beans and cotton are all dependent on pollination
by bees to increase yields. It is the start of a food chain that also sustains wild birds and
animals.
But the insects, along with other crucial pollinators such as moths and hoverflies, have
been in serious decline around the world since the last few decades of the 20th century. It
is unclear why, but scientists think it is from a combination of new diseases, changing
habitats around cities, and increasing use of pesticides.
Sydney Cameron, an entomologist at the University of Illinois, led a team on a three-year
study of the changing distribution, genetic diversity and pathogens in eight species of
bumblebees in the US.
By comparing her results with those in museum records of bee populations, she showed
that the relative abundance of four of the sampled species (Bombus occidentalis, B.
pensylvanicus, B. affinis andB. terricola) had declined by up to 96% and that their
geographic ranges had contracted by 23% to 87%, some within just the past two decades.
Cameron's findings reflect similar studies across the world. According to the Centre for
Ecology and Hydrology in the UK, three of the 25 British species of bumblebee are already
extinct and half of the remainder have shown serious declines, often up to 70%, since
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around the 1970s. Last year, scientists inaugurated a £10m programme, called the Insect
Pollinators Initiative, to look at the reasons behind the devastation in the insect
population.
Cameron's team also showed that declining species of bee had higher infection levels of a
pathogen called Nosema bombi and lower genetic diversity compared with the four species
of bee that were not in decline –B. bifarius, B. vosnesenskii, B. impatiens and B.
bimaculatus.
The N. bombi pathogen is commonly found in bumblebees throughout Europe but until
now has been largely unstudied in North America. The infection reduces the lifespans of
individual bees and also results in smaller colony sizes.
The reduction in genetic diversity seen in the declining bees means that they are less able
to fight off any new pathogens or resist pollution or predators. "Higher pathogen
prevalence and reduced genetic diversity are, thus, realistic predictors of these alarming
patterns of decline in north America, although cause and effect remain uncertain,"
Cameron wrote today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Insects such as bees, moths and hoverflies pollinate around a third of the crops grown
worldwide. If all of the UK's insect pollinators were wiped out, the drop in crop production
would cost the UK economy up to £440m a year, equivalent to around 13% of the UK's
income from farming.
The collapse in the global bee population is a major threat to crops. It is estimated that a
third of everything we eat depends upon pollination by bees, which means they contribute
some £26bn to the global economy.
Other identified causes of bee decline include parasites such as the bloodsucking varroa
mite and viral and bacterial infections, pesticides and poor nutrition stemming from
intensive farming methods.
"Pollinator decline has become a worldwide issue, raising increasing concerns over impacts
on global food production, stability of pollination services, and disruption of plant-pollinator
networks," wrote Cameron. "In accordance with the goals of the United Nations convention
on biological diversity to reduce the rate of species loss by 2010, such efforts to elucidate
the causes and ecological impacts of bumble bee decline, in co-ordination with informed
conservation strategies, will go a long way to mitigating further losses."
This article was amended on Tuesday 4 January 2011. The original version suggested that
inbreeding was a cause of the bumblebee's decline; and Sydney Cameron was described
as a 'he'. These mistakes have been corrected
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16. Oestrogen 'may fuel oral cancer' in young women

BBC News 4 January 2011
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The hormone oestrogen could be fuelling head and neck cancers in young
women, explaining why the disease is on the increase in that group, a US team
says.
Writing in Cancer Prevention Research, they said oestrogen helped pre-cancerous cells
move and divide by triggering the activity of an enzyme.
Head and neck cancer, including mouth, tongue and throat cancers, affects up to 9,000
people every year in the UK.
UK experts said the work was interesting, but at an early stage.

There has been an increase in diagnoses of head and neck cancers in younger women over
the last 10 years, but most cases are still seen in men aged 50-74.
Smoking and drinking alcohol are known risk factors.
Cell death
The researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center carried out lab tests which showed oestrogen
triggers the activity of CYP1B1.
However, activity was only seen in pre-cancerous cells, and not in healthy cells or ones
that had become cancerous.
When the research team blocked the activity of the enzyme, pre-cancerous cells were less
able to move and divide.
Dr Margie Clapper, who led the research, said: "CYP1B1 could be a wonderful target in
pre-cancerous lesions of the head and neck, because by attacking it, we might stop these
lesions from progressing or moving to a more advanced stage."
Dr Kat Arney, a spokeswoman for Cancer Research UK, said: "This research has been
carried out using cancer cells grown in the lab, and while it's an interesting finding, more
work is needed before we know for sure what role oestrogen plays in head and neck
cancers."
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17. Digital detox: Why I pulled the plug on my family
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The Independent Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Computer screens flickering. Televisions blaring. Games consoles bleeping. Our

homes have become dominated by electronic equipment. So Susan Maushart
decided it was time to give herself – and her children – a digital detox
Raising three teenagers as a single parent is no Kon-Tiki cruise at the best of times. But
when I decided we should all set sail for a six-month screen-free adventure, it suddenly
came closer to The Caine Mutiny, with me in the Bogart role.
There were lots of reasons why we pulled the plug on our electronic media... or, I should
say, why I did, because heaven knows my children would have sooner volunteered to go
without food, water, or hair products. At ages 14, 15, and 18, my daughters Sussy and
Anni and my son Bill don't use media. They inhabit media. And they do so exactly as fish
inhabit a pond. Gracefully. Unblinkingly. And utterly without consciousness or curiosity as
to how they got there. They don't remember a time before email, or instant messaging, or
Google. Even the media of their own childhood – VHS and dial-up, Nintendo 64 and
"cordful" phones – they regard as relics, as quaint as inkwells. They collectively refer to
civilisation pre–high-definition flat screens as "the black and white days".
My children – like yours, I'm guessing – are part of a generation that cut its teeth, literally
and figuratively, on a keyboard, learning to say "'puter" along with "mama," "juice," and
"now!" They've had mobile phones and wireless internet longer than they've had molars.
Who multitask their schoolwork alongside five or six other electronic inputs, to the
syncopated beat of the Instant Messenger pulsing insistently like some distant tribal tom-
tom.
Wait a minute. Did I say they do their schoolwork like that? Correction. They do their life
like that.
When my children laugh, they don't say "ha ha." They say "LOL." In fact, they conjugate
it. ("LOL at this picture before I Photoshopped your nose, Mum!") They download movies
and TV shows as casually as you or I might switch on the radio. And when I remind them
piracy is a crime, they look at one another and go "LOL". ("Aargh, me hearty!" someone
adds, as if to an imaginary parrot, and they LOL again, louder this time.) These are
children who shrug when they lose their iPods, with all 5,000 tunes and Lord-knows- what
in the way of video clips, feature films, and "TV" shows (like, who watches TV on a
television anymore?). "There's plenty more where that came from," their attitude says.
And the most infuriating thing of all? They're right. The digital content that powers their
world, like matter itself, can never truly be destroyed. Like the magic pudding of legend,
it's a dessert bar that never runs out of cheesecake.
There's so much that's wonderful, and at the same time nauseating, about that. "The
Winter of Our Disconnect" – aka "The Experiment" (as we all eventually came to call it) –
was in some ways an accident waiting to happen. Over a period of years, I watched and
worried as our media began to function as a force field separating my children from what
my son, only half ironically, called RL (Real Life). But to be honest, the teenagers weren't
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the only ones with dependency issues. Although a relatively recent arrival to the global
village, I'd been known to abuse information too. (Sneaking my iPhone into the toilet? Did
I have no self-respect?) As a journalist, it was easy to hide my habit, but deep down I
knew I was hooked.
The Winter of Our Disconnect started out as a kind of purge. It ended up as so much
more. Long story short: our digital detox messed with our heads, our hearts, and our
homework. It changed the way we ate and the way we slept, the way we "friended",
fought, planned, and played. It altered the very taste and texture of our family life. Hell, it
even altered the mouth-feel. In the end, our family's self-imposed exile from the
information age changed our lives indelibly — and infinitely for the better.
At the simplest level, The Winter of Our Disconnect is the story of how one highly
idiosyncratic family survived six months of wandering through the desert, digitally
speaking, and the lessons we learnt about ourselves and our technology along the way. At
the same time, our story is a channel, if you'll excuse the expression, to a wider view –
into the impact of new media on the lives of families, into the very heart of the meaning of
home.
"Only connect," implored EM Forster in his acclaimed novel Howards End, published a
century ago. It must have seemed like such a good idea at the time. In 1910, the global
village was still farmland. The telephone had only recently outgrown the ridicule that first
greeted it. The first commercial radio station was still a world war away. It had been a
scant 60 years since the debut of the telegraph. ("What hath God wrought?" inventor
Samuel FB Morse brooded morosely in the world's first text message.)
Ninety-nine years and one trillion web pages later, "only connect" is a goal we have
achieved with a vengeance. So much so, that our biggest challenge today may be finding
the moral courage to log off.
Today, some 93 per cent of American teenagers are online and 75 per cent use mobile
phones, according to 2010 figures from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Marketing data shows that 92 per cent of teens own an iPod or MP3 player, while upward
of two-thirds own their own computer (and access to one at home is near-universal). But
the most provocative statistics are those that show how intensely our children interact with
their media.
In a large-scale study of young people who use media, conducted in 2005 – ancient
history already – up to a third told the Kaiser Family Foundation they were using multiple
electronic devices simultaneously "most of the time". Researchers calculated that that
meant the average American teenager was spending 8.5 hours a day in some form of
mass-mediated interaction.
By 2010, when Kaiser updated the data, the media bubble continued to swell. Children
aged eight to 18 had now increased their screen time by more than an hour and a quarter
a day, from 6hrs 21mins to7hrs 38 mins – or the equivalent of an average working day,
seven days a week. When multitasking was factored into the equation, the figure
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distended even further: to nearly 11 hours of what researchers now call "exposure". Add
time spent texting and talking on mobile phones – which the Kaiser folk did not even
define as media – and the picture gets downright radioactive.
For Generation M, as the Kaiser report dubbed these eight-to-18-year-olds, media use is
not an activity – such as exercise, or playing Monopoly, or bickering with your brother in
the backseat. It's an environment: pervasive, invisible, shrink-wrapped around pretty
much everything children do and say and think. How adaptive an environment is the
question – and the answer, not surprisingly, seems to depend entirely on whom you ask.
The Pew Project found that, among teens, 88 per cent are convinced that technology
makes their lives easier. A decidedly more ambivalent 69 per cent of parents say the same
– although two-thirds also make some effort to regulate their children's use of media in
some way (rules about safe sites, file sharing, time use, etc).
A 2007 Kaiser study found that nearly one in five parents believed there was no need to
monitor their childrens' screen time closely, while the Pew research showed an astonishing
30 per cent of parents believe that media has no effect on their children one way or the
other.
Maybe that's wishful thinking. On the other hand, maybe it's not wishful enough. "One way
or the other" – to me it's like saying the food we eat, or the air we breathe, or the
communities we live in have no effect on us one way or the other. Or it could be these
parents simply had a hard time imagining life outside the technological bubble - and, if so,
who could blame them? Before undertaking this project, I had a hard time imagining it
myself.
So... how connected, I found myself wondering, is connected enough? As a social scientist,
journalist, and mother, I've always been an enthusiastic user of information technology
(and I'm awfully fond of my dryer, too). But I was also growing sceptical of the redemptive
power of media to improve our lives – let alone to make them "easier" or simplify them.
Like many other parents, I'd noticed that the more we seemed to communicate as
individuals, the less we seemed to cohere as a family. (Talk about a disconnect!)
There were contradictions on a broader scale, too – and they have been widely noted. That
the more facts we have at our fingertips, the less we seem to know. That the
"convenience" of messaging media (email, SMS, IM) consumes ever larger and more
indigestible chunks of our time and headspace. That as a culture we are practically
swimming in entertainment, yet remain more depressed than any people who have ever
lived. Basically, I started considering a scenario EM Forster never anticipated: the
possibility that the more we connect, the further we may drift, the more fragmented we
may become. Or not. Because, just to complicate matters, I happen to believe that the
possibilities held out to us by media are hugely exciting. I am not a golden-ager,
lamenting the decline of the candle in a neon-lit world. Not in the least. I love my gadgets
(and I've got a gazillion of 'em to prove it). I think my life is enhanced by technology. And
I know the world at large is. Yet the idea that there might be a media equivalent of what
micro-finance expert David Bussau calls "an economics of enough" continued to occupy my
thoughts.
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It was an intriguing set of questions – and I was pretty sure I would not find the answers
on Wikipedia. But how on earth could I test my hypotheses/hunches?
That's when I remembered Barry Marshall – the Australian microbiologist who won a Nobel
Prize in 2005 for the simple but astounding discovery that stomach ulcers are caused by
bacteria. Not stress, or spicy foods, or excess acid. Germs. Plain old germs. In retrospect,
it seems so obvious. In the early Eighties, Marshall's theory was dismissed as outlandish –
especially by the pharmaceutical companies that underwrite the clinical trials by which
medical research is tested.
Frustrated but undaunted, Marshall decided to take matters into his own hands... indeed,
into his own stomach lining. He swallowed some of the bacteria in question and waited to
see whether he would develop an ulcer. He did. And the rest – give or take a decade of
intensive further research – is history.
So it occurred to me: If Marshall could use his own life as a Petri dish, why couldn't I?
(Gulp.)
OK, OK. So in the early weeks, we hadn't quite got the hang of "assuming the moral
burden of our own boredom". I was still pretty much carrying the can for all of us – and
offering cash compensation, no less, when I let the side down. That same week, I went to
a barbecue and found myself surrounded by a knot of admiring parents, avid to know how
we were surviving.
Honestly, I hadn't been called "brave" by so many people since the last time I took the
children to midnight mass. One man, the deputy principal of a prestigious private boys'
school, told me he'd recently been ordered to smartwire the residence hall to allow the
boarders "equal access" under the Digital Bill of Rights. "Parents nowadays consider
internet access an 'essential service,' " he explained bitterly. "I think it's nuts, but . . ." He
shrugged. "I guess no one wants their children to feel deprived." I smiled just a little stiffly
at that.
As The Experiment went on I watched as my children awoke slowly from the state of
cognitus interruptus that had characterised many of their waking hours, to become more
focused, logical thinkers. I watched as their attention spans sputtered and took off,
allowing them to read for hours – not minutes – at a stretch; to practise their instruments
intensively; to hold longer and more complex conversations with adults and among
themselves; to improve their capacity to think beyond the present moment, even if that
only translated into remembering to wash-out tights for tomorrow morning.
I'm not saying anybody suddenly went from Hannah Montana to Homer. They didn't
develop an unquenchable thirst for their set texts, or learn to love their trigonometry
worksheets. In fact, they probably did no more homework during The Experiment than
they had done before – Sussy swears she did much less and, though her grades improved
significantly, this may be true. But they all completed their schoolwork far more efficiently,
far more quickly, and with visibly greater focus.
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Sussy's experimental coping mechanisms differed from Anni's and Bill's significantly. The
older children took the opportunity to go out more – shopping, visiting, or clubbing in
Anni's case, and hanging out at the pool or jamming in somebody's garage in Bill's. Sussy
had fewer friends who lived in the neighbourhood, so she faced transportation issues. Her
best girlfriend, my god-daughter Maddi, lived in Melbourne (we are in Perth). Her closest
boy chum, Andy, had just moved with his family to England. Partly for these reasons, her
overall media-time budget probably remained unchanged. She clung to the landline like a
drowning teenager to a liferaft. After school, she'd install herself in the family room and
hold court before an unseen audience for two or three hours at a clip. Many people have
asked me if there was ever a moment when I was tempted to quit. Not counting April 25,
the day I received a phone bill for A$1,123.26 (£715), I can honestly say, no, not at all.
At the most basic level, The Experiment forced us to notice food more—just as we noticed
music more, and sleep, and each other. Before, eating had been a side dish. Now it was
the main course, or at least one of them.
Our approach to cooking changed, too, especially for the girls. They'd started out as
reasonably competent cooks, but by the end of The Experiment they were capable of
turning out entire meals with ease. Our shopping habits morphed in intriguing and
unanticipated ways, too. Before, I'd often shopped for groceries here and there, dashing
up to the supermarket or deli on a need-to-nosh basis. Now, the Saturday morning
shopping trip became an essential weekend ritual, more palatable, less of a burden and
more an event – even an opportunity to bond.
The Experiment also confirmed my strong suspicion that media had been robbing Sussy of
sleep for years. She'd been our family's most militant multitasker, and the one who'd
gravitated to a digital lifestyle at the youngest age. Unplugged, the changes to her sleep
patterns, energy levels, and mood were correspondingly dramatic. The evidence strongly
suggests she is no isolated case. For Generation M, the links between our diurnal habits
and our digital ones are as direct as they are disturbing.
A 2009 study of 100 Philadelphia-area children aged 12 to 18, published in the journal of
the American Academy of Pediatrics found that children who spend more time online also
drink more caffeinated beverages, with a resulting one-two punch to their prospects of
good-sleep hygiene. "Subjects who slept the least also multi-tasked the most," the authors
concluded succinctly.
Anni, as the eldest and most independent, suffered the least inconvenience and probably
underwent the fewest changes; paradoxically, the process of unplugging seemed to give
her the most pleasure. After an initial fit of pique, and pacified by her "incentive" (as I
preferred to think of the cash bribe I'd offered), Anni more than any other child
consistently supported the enterprise. In fact, she'd prefigured it, having spoken in
November 2008 of a plan to undergo a self-imposed Facebook fast for the holidays.
We'd begun the Winter of Our Disconnect in glorious Australian summer. By June the
winter storms began to rip up the southern coast, raining blows on our west-facing front
door and causing the curtains to billow even after the windows were shut tight. That last
month felt longer than the previous five put together. For me, being housebound made our
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screenlessness feel like a hardship for the first time. I longed to curl up with a movie, to
watch 60 Minutes or even Australian Idol (that's how far gone I was) on a Sunday night.
Instead, I brooded and Boggled and fetched more wood.
My woodpile was under the carport, but I started to feel pretty much the same way about
it: which is to say, overly fond. "Dudes, check out my kindling!" I'd urge the children
whenever we passed by. But the truth was, watching the fire was the closest thing to live
home entertainment we had left. And "watching", passively watching, I realised, was
important.
As a strategy for managing the long-term media ecology in our homes, bans and blackouts
are probably as effective as the Three-Day Lemon Detox Diet is for lifelong weight control.
As a consciousness-raising exercise, on the other hand, extreme measures can be
illuminating indeed. No amount of talk (let alone yelling) could ever have persuaded Anni,
Bill, and Sussy of the extent of their media dependencies as eloquently as even a week of
information abstinence. But by six months, the time had definitely come to return to what
our culture (rightly or wrongly) has decided is "normal".
Whenever I tell people about our experiment, the first thing they want to know – after
"How much did you pay them?" – is "What did you learn?" You'll need to read the book
through to the end to get the long answer – but here it is in tablet form.
The Ten Commandments for using modern media

* Thou shalt not fear boredom
* Thou shalt not "multitask" (not until thy kingdom come, thy homework be done)
* Thou shalt not text and drive (or talk, or sleep)
* Thou shalt keep the Sabbath a screen-free day
* Thou shalt keep thy bedroom a media-free zone
* Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's upgrade
* Thou shalt set thy accounts to "Private"
* Thou shalt bring no media to thy dinner
* Thou shalt bring no dinner to thy media.
© Susan Maushart, author of 'The Winter of Our Disconnect: How One Family Pulled the
Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell/Text/Tweet the Tale' is published by Profile
Books at £11.99. To order it at the special price of £10.79 (free P&P) call Independent
Books Direct on 08430 600 030, or visit www.independentbooksdirect.co.uk
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18. Let WiFI train speed on past
The Peterborough Examiner By LUCILLE STRATH. Posted 1 month ago
Re "Parents share their WiFi fears" (Dec. 8) -
At this meeting, concerned parents learned that the claims made for the safety of wireless
Internet technology are unproven. We learned that children with electromagnet
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hypersensitivity are getting sick in WiFi equipped schools, that prolonged radio frequency
exposure is potentially injurious to human growth in the early years of development and of
a fetus in utero, and we learned that the electromagnet field (EMF) surrounding each
student working at banks of wireless computers exceeds what is currently deemed to be
safe and poses a serious health risk.
I am certain that the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board wants only the most
progressive and safest environment for our students. They would not want to implement
any technology that would in any way risk student health. At present there is not
conclusive medical proof that putting children in an environment of industrial strength
EMFs for six to eight hours a day is harmful. There is no proof that it is not. We won't
know this for at least 10 or more years. We do have evidence that it is harmful. Sensitive
children, who during the school year develop unexplained headaches, increased heart rate,
fatigue, and dizziness suddenly improve when removed from a WiFi school.
There is no doubt the school board is under pressure to adopt wireless technology. The
board doesn't want to be left standing at the station as the high tech train streaks by. The
high tech lobby is one of the most powerful lobby groups in industry today. Kids are a
huge market with the possibility of a laptop in every backpack, an ear-bud in every ear.
Why do we have to buy into this powerful marketing scheme? First they will sell us routers
(transmitters), then the supporting software and maintenance. We already have high-
speed fibre optic cable in our schools. As it is, kids can get on the Internet as much as
they want. The World Wide Web is essential for learning and communication; the
important point is that schools should be islands of safety from the WiFi electromagnetic
radiation that is virtually everywhere.
Why is it that Switzerland, France and Germany are advising against WiFi or actively
removing wireless technology from their schools? We have to find out why. We need a
moratorium on the installation of WiFi until we have all the answers.
If in the next decade, the research shows it is harmful, then KPRDSB's decision to not
install WiFi will confirm the strong leadership role our school board has taken in resisting
this powerful, persuasive lobby group. We will have protected our young children. Being
left standing at the station as the WiFi train streaks by may just be the wisest (and safest)
place to be.
Lucille Strath is a high-speed wireless user, a mother, grandmother and former Trent
University teacher who is deeply concerned about the health of young children.
Sound Off is a forum for readers to express their views. The ideal length is 500 words or
fewer. Submissions not used in Sound Off may be published as letters to the editor.
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19. On-line report titled Assessment of Radiofrequency

Microwave Radiation Emissions from Smart Meters
Sage Associates January 1, 2011
Notice of Availability
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Sage Associates has published an on-line report titled Assessment of Radiofrequency
Microwave Radiation
Emissions from Smart Meters, dated January 1, 2011.
Contact: info@sagereports.com
The Report is available for download at:

http://sagereports.com/smart-meter-rf/
About the Report (from the website)

This Report is prepared in support of open discussion on radiofrequency microwave
radiation levels (RF radiation levels) that are produced by wireless electric meters (i.e.,
smart meters) in California. There has been virtually no information made available to the
public, nor to decision-makers on RF radiation levels. Significant unanswered questions still
exist about what levels of radiofrequency microwave radiation will be produced by these
meters.
This question has very important consequences for public health and welfare, because the
public may be subjected to exposures at levels that either violate federal safety limits, or
face chronic exposure levels that have already been associated with adverse health
impacts, or both.
This Report uses computer modeling to predict power density levels that may be present
where smart meters are in operation. The methodology used in this assessment is
consistent with FCC OET 65 equations for prediction of RF power density levels. Many
scenarios are modeled, to bracket the range of reasonably predictable RF exposures in
typical living conditions. Many variables must be considered (installation very close to
occupied space, how many meters are installed on a single wall, how frequently they will
transmit an RF pulse, how powerful the RF radiation pulses will be, how far inside a home
they will penetrate and at what intensities, how much ‘piggybacking’ of RF signals will
occur from neighboring wireless meters, reflections that may increase RF levels, and what
amount of RF wireless exposure may already be present beforehand, etc.)
To date, California’s electric utilities have told the California Public Utilities Commission
only that they will comply with applicable federal safety limits. However, there are
substantial discrepancies in what the FCC compliance testing says is needed for wireless
meters to comply with their safety limits, and the manner in which many meters are being
installed and are operating.
People may use this assessment to further their knowledge about wireless meters, using
the tables that predict RF radiation levels, the tables that highlight potential violations of
safety limits, and the health study-related tables showing RF radiation levels reported to
pose health impacts. Although the authors expect there will be differences of opinion about
the content of this report, we believe it will provide a basis for more educated decision-
making and full disclosure of impacts.
The Report is not intended to be a substitute for disclosure of RF radiation levels by the
CPUC and the electric utilities it regulates. They are responsible to the public to provide
reliable and comprehensive information on impacts from wireless meters.
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20. Call Today - Comment on Revisions to the Americans
with Disabilities Act
For Distribution:
Topic – Possibility of revising the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Regulations to
address accessibility for the disabled to wireless technology and services.
Take Action - Call 1-800-514-0301 to register to make oral comment at the

United States Department of Justice (DOJ) ADA Hearing on January 10, 2011.
Call as soon as possible as they encourage you to call 5 days in advance whether
you intend to comment in person or by phone. Comment yourself and forward this
information to folks you know with Implanted Medical Devices or who experience
hypersensitivity to electromagnetic fields.
ALTERNATIVE:
Take Action - Submit written comment to the United States Department of Justice
(DOJ) by January 24, 2011. Submit comment yourself or forward this information to
folks you know with Implanted Medical Devices or who experience hypersensitivity to
electromagnetic fields.
TAKE ACTION
Tell the DOJ in CRT Docket No. 110 (also RIN 1190-AA61) - related to web access - or in
CRT Docket No. 113 (also RIN 1190-AA64) - related to equipment and furniture - how
increasing wireless electromagnetic radiation has made and will make it more difficult for
you to work, access services of State and Local Governments, and/or public
accommodations by causing a disabling functional impairment for you or by rendering
treatments for your disability ineffective due to electromagnetic interference.
The DOJ Dockets address hearing, speech and vision disabilities. Your input is
needed so that the DOJ includes the functional impairment brought on by
environmental exposure to wireless devices in this proceeding.
WHY?
Unless we educate our government about the disabling functional impairment wireless
communication can cause for those with radiofrequency sickness and medical implants, it
may assume that making all libraries, public buildings, public spaces, shopping malls,
hotels, motels, transportation services, etc., wireless will help all disabled Americans. The
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Disability Rights section of the DOJ is updating its rules for the ADA. It is studying how to
help people who are disabled gain access to Web information, and to Services of State and
Local Government Entities, and Public Accommodations that use wireless technology. It
seeks input on how its rules on equipment and furniture need to be updated to improve
accessibility for the disabled. See *** below for points to include.
HOW?
Call 1-800-514-0301 to register to comment orally at the United States
Department of Justice (DOJ) ADA Hearing on January 10, 2011.
Each speaker is allotted five minutes. You will be phoned ahead of your
appointed time by DOJ staff.
Additional information about the public hearing can be found at

http://www.ada.gov/anprm2010/anprm_nov-jan_2010.htm
The hearing is being held January 10, 2011,

from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., PST,
at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis,
55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Please support your oral comment with a written comment which can be submitted as
follows:
Submit comments, identified by RIN 1190-AA61 (or Docket ID No. 110) and RIN
1190-AA64 (or Docket ID No. 113), by any one of the following methods:
Electronic: Link to the original docket related to websites and accessibility. Federal
eRulemaking Web site: www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web site's instructions for
submitting comments. Direct link:
http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#submitComment?R=0900006480b20
b1a
Regular U.S. Mail:

Disability Rights Section
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 2885
Fairfax, VA 22031-0885
Overnight, courier, or hand delivery:

Disability Rights Section
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
1425 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 4039
Washington, DC 20005.
DEADLINE: Postmarked or filed electronically by January 24, 2011.
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***Enough comments submitted on the topic of radiofrequency sickness as
discussed below could have very positive results. Please read and participate.
While access to the internet has tremendous potential value for people with disabilities, the
Department of Justice needs to recognize that wireless technology emitting microwave
radiation in workplaces, public buildings, places of public accommodation (government
buildings, hospitals, doctor's offices, schools, airports, airplanes, buses, trains,
restaurants, shopping malls, museums, etc), transportation, and other areas of American
life is seriously limiting the ability of a growing segment of the American population to
participate in civil society and community life.
The DOJ Dockets address hearing, speech and vision disabilities. Your input is needed so
that the DOJ includes the functional impairment brought on by environmental exposure to
wireless devices in this proceeding.
The microwave radiation from wireless technology causes serious functional impairment to
many whose symptoms have been characterized under the name radiofrequency sickness.
The symptoms can range from discomfort to life-threatening depending on the exposure
and the individual involved. Please see “Provocation Study using Heart Rate Variability
Shows Radiation from 2.4 GHz Cordless Phone Affects Autonomic Nervous System” (Eur. J.
Oncol. Library, vol. 5) at http://electromagnetichealth.org/wp-
content/uploads/2010/10/Havas_HRV_Ramazzini1.pdf to read about how potentially
serious the effects can be on the heart.
The ADA Dockets ask a number of questions related specifically to different aspects of
website and physical accessibility. At the end of the Docket 110 - related to internet
access – is the question: " Are there additional issues or information not addressed by the
Department's questions that are important for the Department to consider?” Please
provide as much detail as possible in your response."
Docket 113 relates to furniture and equipment. WiFi deployed in a building, wireless
inventory systems or communications systems, etc., would all constitute problematic
furniture and equipment.
Please submit your testimony under both dockets.
Below are some points to consider and incorporate in your comments. Please be sure to
personalize your comment with examples from your experience. You do not need to worry
about providing a comprehensive summary of the science. The EMR Policy Institute will
cover that in its comment.
Points:
● DOJ should issue a supplemental NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making) to
explicitly address radiofrequency sickness and related environmentally-induced
functional impairments. Accommodations for disabilities in hearing, speech and
vision do not address all disability issues for emerging electronic technologies.
● Radiofrequency Sickness, a functional impairment which is caused by exposure
to transmitted radiofrequency radiation and electrical pollution, needs to be
clearly addressed by the DOJ in the rules governing Title I, Title II and Title III
of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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● ADA rules need to explicitly reflect the very serious nature of radiofrequency
sickness and require that workplaces, public places and places of public
accommodation provide internet access on wires or fiber optic cables only.
(List examples of places you are excluded from due to your environmentally-
induced functional impairment.)
● ADA rules also need to explicitly require utility companies to exempt persons
with radiofrequency sickness from installation of transmitting utility meters at
their homes and neighboring homes. Persons with relatives with
radiofrequency sickness should be able to request this accommodation as well
so that sufferers is able to visit and are not excluded from family life due to
transmitting meters.
Additional actions the DOJ should consider:
● The preemption of state and local authority over emissions from Personal
Wireless Services Facilities found in Section 704 of the 1996
Telecommunications Act is an unreasonable restriction of the right to free
speech and to redress of grievances and should be repealed.
● Persons with radiofrequency sickness need an entity where they can file
complaints and that can and will take action on their behalf. Thus far, the
Consumer Product Safety Commission, FDA, and FCC have refused to fulfill
these roles.
● Radiofrequency radiation exposures increase risk of disease among the whole
population and in the natural world. True safety regulations need to be enacted
to protect the health of the public (including babies, children, pregnant women,
the ill, persons with Implanted Medical Devices) and the environment during
real-life daily exposures experienced from multiple real-life sources of wireless
technology and electrically-polluting devices (seewww.electricalpollution.com
for more information). The EPA’s efforts to do this were halted in the 1990s. It
time for the EPA to complete this work. Under the current inadequate
guidelines the number of people who are succumbing to radiofrequency
sickness is rising daily.
● There should be a nationwide moratorium on additional antennas and additional
wireless devices until true safety regulations are in place.
Please try to make as many of these points as possible in the context of your personal
experience. It is essential that a significant number of people file comments. We need
numbers or we will be ignored so please pass this on to other affected individuals. The
Department of Justice does have a history of listening where other agencies have
not. Do help us and help yourself by filing a comment.
If you are concerned about having personally-identifying information posted on

the internet, please read the instructions in the dockets below for instructions on how to
avoid that when filing your comment.
http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b20
b1a Link to the DOJ docket related to websites and accessibility.
http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b20
b7a
Link to the DOJ docket related to furniture and equipment.
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P.O. Box 117 | Marshfield, VT 05658 US
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21. Duty to Warn. More Bad News About the Psychotropic

Drug Revolution.
Excerpts from Prozac Backlash (pub. 2000), by Joseph Glenmullen, MD

Excerpted, with minimal editing, by Gary G. Kohls, MD
Doctors are expected to practice according to the "professional standards of the day."
Prescribing Prozac has become the standard and is much more easily defended than
refusing to prescribe it.
Antidepressants "chemically alter, distort and, more especially, stifle feelings."
Italian psychiatrist Giovanne Fava of the University of Bologna questioned whether or not
"psychotropic (psychiatric) drugs actually worsen, at least in some cases, the progression
of the illness which they are supposed to treat." (Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology,
Oct. 1995)
Fava said that some of the changes may be irreversible, as in tardive dyskinesia, the tics
discussed in the previous chapter, which, to date, are our best example of permanent,
drug-induced changes in the brain. Studies of major tranquilizers, anti-depressants, and
lithium suggest that even partial abrupt removal of a drug (such as cutting the dose in
half) may be sufficient to induce an excess risk of relapse or recurrence of illness (which
may be actually withdrawal from a dependency-inducing drug). (Baldessarini,
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1995)
In the earlier section of this chapter on withdrawal syndromes, I described a group of

experts meeting at an Arizona resort under the auspices of Eli Lilly. In one of their reports,
published in 1997 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, the group advocated using the
euphemism "antidepressant discontinuation syndrome" rather than "withdrawal" because
"unfortunately, the public often perceives wrongly that antidepressants-like alcohol and
barbiturates-are addicting." The public's opinion that antidepressants are drugs of
dependence seems much closer to the reality than the exactly opposite orthodox (medical)
view.
Lilly advertisements state: "Like other antidepressants, Prozac isn't habit forming." No
wonder so many patients are not informed either about serious withdrawal syndromes or
dependence.
The wearing off of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and the other serotonin “boosters” now dominates
discussion at many psychiatric meetings. Systematic studies are confirming what has been
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seen clinically and are finding that (effects of)their drugs will wear off in at least 30-40%
of patients.
In her book, Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wuirtzel characterizes her psychopharmacologist's

Manhattan office as the "Fifth Avenue Crack House, because all he really does is write
prescriptions and hand out pills. I don't trust him. He's the pusherman."
In her 1998 memoir, Prozac Diary, Lauren Slater describes initially feeling "high," "blissed
out" "delightfully drugged," like a "junkie" on Prozac.
Slater later suffered from what her psychopharmacologist called "Prozac Poop-out." "But
we can always up your dose" (from 60 mg to 80 mg), which she did. She has been unable
to get off the Prozac, having tried many times, so that by the time her book came out, she
had been on the drug for 10 years.
Withdrawal, dependence, and wearing off are further evidence of Prozac backlash: they
are a triad of closely related side effects all resulting from the brain's reaction to drugs
that target the central nervous system.
Chronic (drug) administration drives the production of adaptations, including regulation of

neural gene (brain cell DNA) expression.
A much more ominous possibility has emerged: neurotoxicity, that is, the possibility that
some central nervous system drugs are toxic to the brain, damaging or destroying critical
parts of brain cells. Evidence of neurotoxicity has now accumulated in association with the
once popular prescription antidepressants cocaine and amphetamines; the recently
withdrawn diet pill Redux (fenfluramine); and the currently popular street drug MDMA, or
"Ecstasy."
Like the Prozac group, all these drugs “boost” serotonin. To varying degrees, they also
boost other neurotransmitters-that is, adrenaline or dopamine. All of them work primarily
by one or both of two mechanisms: Reuptake “inhibitors" like the Prozac group block the
reabsorption of neurotransmitters by brain cells (where the neurotransmitter is stored for
future use). Cocaine resembles the Prozac group in that it is primarily a reuptake inhibitor.
Other drugs are primarily "releasers" (aka, “agonists”); they boost neurotransmitter levels
by causing cells to release more neurotransmitters. Redux is an example of a drug that is
both a reuptake inhibitor and a releaser. In fact, the distinction between reuptake
inhibitors and releasers is blurred: Most of these drugs, including the Prozac group, have
been reported to do both, depending on the dose.
In 1997, Redux was abruptly withdrawn from the market because of potentially fatal heart
valve damage. But scientists were also concerned about potential brain cell damage from
neurotoxicity caused by the drug. Numerous studies of laboratory animals indicate Redux
(fenfluramine) destroys the elaborately branching tentacles of serotonin neurons as they
reach out to communicate with other neurons. In other words, the drugs destroy the
terminal branches, called axons, of their target cells. Researchers euphemistically refer to
this type of damage as axonal "pruning."
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Redux's "brain serotonin neurotoxicity" may become "manifest only with advancing age."
The neurotoxicity of Redux is often compared to that of Ecstasy (MDMA).
Studies of Ecstasy have shown that when damaged neurons sprout new branches, the
rewiring of the brain is "highly abnormal," a chaotic jumble that does not follow the
original pattern. Most alarming, researchers are concerned that the neurotoxicity could
cause "increased risk for developing age-related cognitive impairment." Indeed, they are
explicit that the "aberrant re-innervation (abnormal rewiring of brain cells) such as that
seen after Ecstasy injury may also occur during the course of neuro-degenerative diseases
(e.g., Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease)." This is especially worrisome because
patients with Alzheimer's-type dementia "have significant 5-HT (serotonin) deficits in brain
regions implicated in learning and memory" as well as deficits in other neurotransmitters.
High levels of neurotransmitters may result in their being converted into neurotoxins.
Serotonin is very easily converted (metabolized) into a serotonergic neurotoxin. Excess

serotonin lingering in the junctions between brain cells is thought to be particularly
vulnerable to being converted into toxins.
In the August 1997 issue of the JAMA, McCann and her group (at the NIMH) have also
speculated that neurotoxicity may explain why serotonergic drugs like Redux wear off in
patients (“tolerance”): Damage to their target cells renders the drugs ineffective.
Tolerance might be related to the loss of serotonin axons (terminal branches), since these
axons are believed to mediate the drug's effects.
Levels of serotonin drop because the cells are damaged or destroyed. Also, the levels of
receptors normally found on the cells are reduced.
In the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Dr. Mark Molliver of the Department
of Neuroscience and Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said
that " it is even possible that pruning serotonin neurons may be therapeutic in some cases.
Possibly you have done some psychosurgery (such as lobotomy) on your patients and
made them better that way." Another panel member, Dr. John Blundell of the
University of Leeds, England, was so shocked by this idea that he said, "I hope this
discussion isn't being transcribed." but, of course, it was.
Some neurotoxicity researchers argue that cocaine is a better comparison with Prozac than
Redux is. This is because cocaine, like the Prozac group, boosts neurotransmitter
concentrations (but only temporarily in the synapse) by blocking their reuptake back into
the cells that release them.
Cocaine is neurotoxic to specific groups of cells in two other neurotransmitter systems,

acetylcholine and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).
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Another finding in the cocaine research is that lower, continuous doses of the drug are
neurotoxic, whereas higher, episodic doses are not. In other words, a low dose over a
longer period of time may be more dangerous than a high dose over a shorter period of
time. Prolonged plasma (and therefore brain) levels are more crucial in producing
neurotoxicity than higher but more transient plasma levels.
After eight months, the level of Prozac in the brain is roughly twenty times the level in the
blood.
Dr. Hoehn-Saric at Johns Hopkins reported patients on Prozac and Luvox whose emotions
were so blunted that their "apathy and indifference" resembled that of patients with
damage to the frontal lobes. (Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Oct 1990).
Here again, the effects of serotonin-enhancing medications are being compared to a

chemical lobotomy.
The explosion of published studies about the neurotoxicity of cocaine, amphetamines, illicit
diet pills and street drugs like Ecstasy is impressive. By contrast, there is a striking
scarcity of studies on current heavily prescribed drugs like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox,
Wellbutrin (also known as Zyban), Effexor, Serzone, and others. Given the enormous
amount of research on neurotoxicity, one has to wonder at the large number of studies of
illegal drugs and so few on drugs being prescribed to millions of people, most of whom are
unaware of the potential risks.
Most of the people who sit on review boards are researchers with ties to the
pharmaceutical companies that fund most of their research. Just one reviewer opposed to
a study can easily raise objections that block it.
Is neurotoxicity one of the causes of Prozac backlash? Is it the mechanism by which the
Prozac group causes the neurological side effects discussed in the previous chapter,
including drug-induced parkinsonism, and disfiguring tics? Does neurotoxicity sensitize
brain tissue, worsen the long-term progression of psychiatric conditions, and leave people
dependent on the drugs? Might neurotoxicity explain the development of tolerance and the
drugs wearing off? Is neurotoxicity responsible for memory loss, cognitive deficits, and
personality changes on the drugs? Could damage of this type contribute to the
development of senile tics, gait disturbances, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or
other neurological conditions later in life?
The mechanisms of action of Redux (fenfluramine), Prozac, and Zoloft were directly
compared in a study by a group of Italian scientists in Milan headed by Dr. Silvio Garattini.
The study was published in 1992 in the International Journal of Obesity in an article
entitled “Progress Report on the Anorectic Effects of Redux, Prozac, and Zoloft”. Garattini's
research showed that in addition to blocking reuptake of serotonin all three drugs release
5-HT (serotonin). Prozac affected storage of serotonin as well.
Surely we already know enough to indicate these drugs should be prescribed far more
cautiously than they typically are today.
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Regarding the extraordinary lack of much-needed studies, Dr. Donald Klein, professor of
psychiatry at Columbia University said, "the industry is not interested, NIMH is not
interested, and the FDA is not interested. Nobody is interested. What balks everybody is
that it would be expensive and difficult. I think the industry is concerned about the
possibility of finding long-term risks."
Dr. Kohls warns against the abrupt discontinuation of any psychiatric drug because of the
common, often serious withdrawal symptoms that can occur with the chronic use of any
dependency-inducing psychoactive drug, whether illicit or legal. Close consultation with an
informed physician who is familiar with treating drug withdrawal and who is also willing to
read and study the above book and articles and become familiar with the poorly
understood dangers of these drugs.
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22. Next-up News Nr 1550 2011 Graph Augmentation

valeur CEM/ EMF Average increase HF 900 MHz 2.5 GHz
- Antennes relais 2011: Augmentation valeur constatée (champs proches 100 m) CEM
HF 900 MHz - 2,5 GHz.
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-2011 Phone masts: average increase observed (near field 100 m) HF EMF 900MHz -
2,5 Ghz.
.5 GHz
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23. Wildlife: Where Have All the Bumble Bees Gone?

by BRYAN WALSH Monday, January 3, 2011
Scientists call it the Beepocalyspe. (OK, not scientists, but I like to

call it that.) In late 2006, whole hives of honey bees began dying overnight for reasons
that are still unclear. Scientists called it colony-collapse disorder (CCD), and it's as scary
as it is mysterious. Adult bees simply leave the hive, ostensibly in search of pollen, only to
die somewhere in the open. Reported death rates in bee colonies in the U.S. were 29% in
2009 and rose to 34% in 2010. (Data from the Department of Agriculture's CCD Progress
Report—download a PDF here.) It's still unclear what's behind CCD—recent studies have
suggested that it might be due to a combination of viral and fungal infections—but there's
no doubt about the impact that sustained bee loss would have on the agricultural sector.
About 130 crops in the U.S.—worth some $15 billion a year—depend on pollination from
the honeybee alone in the U.S., and it's scary to think what might happen to the world
food supply if CCD can't be curbed.
Get ready for more bad news—it's not just the honeybees that are disappearing. North
American bumble bees have been steadily dwindling, vanishing from their long-established
habitat. Bumble bees aren't as well-known as honeybees, but they're important pollinators
as well, especially for tomatoes and berries. While there have been anecdotal reports from
beekeepers and other observers about population declines for bumblebees, however there
hasn't been the same concerted effort to track bumble bees. But a new paper published in
the January 3 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) contains the
results of a multiyear study of bumble bee populations, and the numbers are sobering.
According to the study, written by a team of scientists including entomologist Sydney
Cameron of the University of Illinois, the relative abundance of four species of bumble
bees over the past few decades has dropped by more than 90%—and those disappearing
species are also suffering from low genetic diversity, which makes them that much more
susceptible to disease or any other environmental pressures. (Download a PDF of the
paper here.)
As with CCD, it's not clear why bumble bee populations seem to be declining. Cameron
and her colleagues note the possible role of a parasite called Nosema bombi that
commonly found in Europe but which hasn't been fully studied among North American
bumble bees. It's not a smoking gun, but the PNAS paper found that declining populations
of bumble bee species were associated with high levels of parasite infection, while stable
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species were less likely to show frequent infection. Still, the authors write that the parasite
could simply be more common in species that are declining—correlative, rather than
causative.
Indeed, while studies like this one can help us get a grip on the problem of declining
species, it's still not clear what's causing it—which makes the vanishing that much more
eerie. On a day when authorities are trying to figure out why thousands of birds fell from
the sky and thousands of fish died in the rivers in Arkansas, the bee study is a reminder of
all the ways we may be impacting the natural world for the worse—without even knowing
it.
More from TIME on bees:

Why We Should Care About Dying Bees
Postcard from Hughson
New Clues in the Mass Death of Bees
Read more: http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/01/03/wildlife-where-have-all-the-

bumble-bees-gone/#ixzz1FF6OfVZy
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24. Health: Problem With Your iPhone Alarm? Here's A Tip:

Don't Use Your Phone As An Alarm
Time. By BRYAN WALSH, Monday, January 3, 2011
iPhone users around the world experienced a rude

awakening on New Year's Day. Or rather, they didn't—because of a glitch in the iPhone's
calendar software, alarms set over the weekend failed to go off, causing tens of thousands
of people around the world to be late, at least according to the tweets. It's unclear just
how widespread the problems have been or exactly why the glitch happened—Apple hasn't
offered an explanation, though a support page on its website told users to set their clocks
to "recurring alarms," rather than one-time alarms. Even so, some users were still
reporting problems with their iPhone alarm clocks on January 3, the first working day of
the new year.
I'm an environment writer, not an IT expert, so I can't help you fix your phone. But here's
a tip for all of those angry Appleistas trying to figure out how to wake up on time if their
iPhone alarm isn't working: do not use your cell phone as an alarm! As I wrote in a piece
last year, while there's no unassailable evidence yet of a link between cell phone use and a
higher risk of cancer, there's enough worrying data out there to make it worthwhile to
reduce your exposure to cell phone radiation whenever possible:
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But a number of scientists are worried that there has been a dangerous
rush to declare cell phones safe, using studies they feel are inadequate
and too often weighted toward the wireless industry's interests. An
analysis published by University of Washington neurologist Henry Lai
determined that far more independent studies than industry-funded
studies have found at least some type of biological effect from cell-
phone exposure. (See pictures of the cell phone's history.)Several
countries — including Finland, Israel and France — have issued
guidelines for cell-phone use. And San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom,
who began researching the issue when his wife was expecting their first
child, is hoping his city will adopt legislation that would have
manufacturers print radiation information on cell-phone packaging and
manuals and require retailers to display the data on the sales floor.
With 270 million Americans and 4 billion people around the world using
cell phones — and more signing up every day — a strong link between
mobiles and cancer could have major public-health implications.
As Devra Davis—an epidemiologist and toxicologist who focuses on the environmental

causes of cancer—wrote in her 2010 book Disconnect, there's enough evidence out there
now to at least suggest caution with cell phone use, and possibly a lot more, as I posted in
September:
She found evidence of studies, some decades old, showing that the
radio-frequency radiation used by cell phones could indeed have
biological effects–enough to damage DNA and potentially contribute to
brain tumors. She found that other countries—like France and Israel—
had already acted, discouraging the use of cell phones by children and
even putting warning signs on handsets. She found evidence of
increases in certain kinds of brain tumors among unusually young
patients who were heavy users of cell phones. And, just as she saw with
tobacco and lung cancer, Davis discovered that the wireless industry—
often with the help of governments—had fought independent scientists
who studied cell phones, and helped produced questionable science that
effectively clouded the issue. "This is about the most important and
unrecognized public health issues of our time," says Davis."We could
avert a global catastrophe if we act."
And if you read the fine print of the instruction manuals that come with cell phones, as
TIME's Michael Scherer pointed out last year, you'll notice that wireless companies
recommend that you should keep your handset about an inch away from your body—
something government safety standards assume, even though few of us actually use our
phones that way:
We are a nation grown numb to the seemingly endless fine print that
accompanies our purchases. But every now and then a product is sold
with a warning that should command attention. Consider the little-
noticed bit of legalese that comes in the safety manual for Apple's
iPhone 4: "When using iPhone near your body for voice calls or for
wireless data transmission over a cellular network, keep iPhone at least
15 mm (5/8 inch) away from the body, and only use carrying cases, belt
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clips, or holders that do not have metal parts and that maintain at least
15 mm (5/8 inch) separation between iPhone and the body," the
warning reads.
Similar warnings against carrying cellular and smart phones in a closely
sewn pocket show up throughout the industry. The safety manual for
Research in Motion's BlackBerry 9000 phone tells users that they may
violate Federal Communications Commission (FCC) guidelines for radio-
frequency energy exposure by carrying the phone outside a holster and
within 0.98 inches (2.5 cm) of their body. The safety manual of the
Motorola W180 phone tells users to always keep the active device one
full inch away from their body, if not using a company-approved "clip,
holder, holster, case or body harness." (See the top 10 iPhone
applications of 2009.)
You can reduce your exposure to cell phone radiation—and any potential health hazard—
simply by keeping the phone away from your body, texting more often and by using a
headset when making and receiving calls. That's what I do myself—it's a slight
inconvenience, but one that seems worth it. But most of all, you should not use your
phone as an alarm, keeping an active device next to your bed—and your head—for hours
as you sleep. (And as Davis pointed out in a post recently, you really shouldn't use a
smartphone as a pacifier for babies—young children have thinner skulls and are more
vulnerable to radiation than adults.) Using an old-fashioned alarm clock will prevent an
extra dose of radiation—and given the glitches with the iPhone, it might just get you to
work on time too.
Read more: http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/01/03/health-problem-with-your-

iphone-alarm-heres-a-tip-dont-use-your-phone-as-an-alarm/#ixzz1FF8Zk1NP
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25. First Arrests of Smart Meter Protesters in U.S. Made

Today in Marin Co., California
StimulatingBroadband.com 12/29/2010 San Francisco
Should the Wireless Sector be Concerned with Increasing EMF Militancy ?

Two activists protesting the deployment of smart meters by Northern California's Pacific
Gas & Electric Corp. (NYSE: PCG) today became the first anti-smart meter campaigners in
the U.S. to be arrested for their actions.
Katharina Sandizell-Smith and Kristin McCrory were accused of blocking a public street in
Inverness Park, California this morning and arrested by Marin County Sheriff's Deputies. In
a variety of venues, groups associated with today's arrests allege that wireless smart
meters emit levels of electromagnetic frequency (EMF) radiation that are harmful to
human health.
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Marin County Sheriff's Deputies arrest Katharina Sandizell-Smith (left) and
Kristin McCrory (right) in Inverness Park, California this morning.
Photo: Courtesy of Scotts Valley Neighbors Against Smart Meters
Today's arrests mark a new flash point among anti-smart meter groups scattered around
the nation and electric utilities installing the terminals which are key elements of the
emerging American smart grid infrastructure.
In comments of this afternoon to this publication, spokesperson Joshua Hart of the group,
Scotts Valley Neighbors Against Smart Meters, that organized the protest went further
than voicing the group's continued criticism of PG&E's smart meter effort. He warned the
U.S. wireless industry of an increasing militancy, as activists fighting what they see as the
harmful impacts of a variety of EMF applications present throughout society.
"The wireless industry needs to look itself in the mirror and decide whether they are going
to follow the tobacco industry's route of denial and deception, burdening a generation with
lasting health impacts or invest in high speed fibre optic, wired and stable connections for
our future telecommunications needs", said Hart in an email in response to our questions
about today's arrests.
"There is a growing revolution across the country against forced wireless smart meters,
and other microwave radiation near people's homes. Government and industry would be
wise to take note," concluded the spokesperson of the group named , based in Santa Cruz
County, California.
Hart agreed with our estimate that today's arrests in Marin are the first in the United
States staged by anti-smart meter protesters. This assessment is concurred with by
another leading anti-smart meter organizer, Sandi Maurer of Sebastopol, CA. Ms. Maurer is
a co-founder of the EMF Safety Network.
While several California legislators and consumer groups have criticized various aspects of
PG&E's smart meter roll out as it effects ratepayers, these two groups have instead
focused on what they see as the EMF ramifications of the large scale deployment.
Concerns about the perceived harm of EMF radiation have been voiced for years by
citizens opposed to the construction of wireless antenna sites. The new focus on smart
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meters has however caught the U.S. wireless industry by surprise at a time it is greatly
increasing its capital investment in 4G broadband networks.
Activists allege that the peak or pulse radiation emitted by wireless smart meters, as the
terminals cycle through bursts of near real time data delivery, should be further
investigated and limited by federal equipment certification processes. They routinely state,
in testimony to state utility regulators and in other venues, that this issue of peak
radiation has not been properly studied by either the utility or wireless sectors.
"Who Are Those Guys"?

Coming on the heels of passage in June of San Francisco's local ordinance requiring EMF
warning labels on all wireless devices sold in the city, calls in Congress for further radiation
studies, and EMF activism around smart meter installation programs in other California
locations, one wonders if a tipping point of negative public opinion may loom on the
horizon.
Marin County, California, like its more famous sister county across the Golden Gate, San
Francisco, is one of the most progressive polities in the nation. Should the American
wireless sector see concerns about EMF issues in Marin, in San Francisco, and in other
areas of the Golden State as early telltales of a potential national trend, or as outliers
easily dismissed?
"Yes," said Sandi Maurer answering our question about the possible importance of today's
apparently planned arrests, "today is significant in terms of the movement" toward what
she calls "prudent use" of wireless.
"There is a certain part of the population, I can't guess how large it is, that avoids the use
of wireless for health reasons," said Maurer of the EMF Safety Network. She pointed out
that for those people wary of EMF radiation from a variety of sources, the perception that a
utility will install a wireless meter in one's home without an "opt out" provision is
upsetting.
Advocates for smart grid investment nationally -- investment which has been given an $11
billion jump start by federal stimulus funding ($3.4 billion dedicated to smart meters)
appropriated by Congress for programs of the U.S. Department of Energy -- can be
forgiven for regarding two arrests in bucolic and tony West Marin as being apropos of
nothing.
Coupled with consumer protection concerns over billing accuracy, and over capital costs
loaded onto the rate base, will the growing militancy focused on smart meters argue for
some state level regulatory second looks? Will these, in turn, result in even further slowed
deployments of this essential end equipment needed to capitalize the larger national smart
grid infrastructure?
Should the industry and the regulators, perhaps, be like Butch and Sundance and at least
deign to ask "Who are those guys"?
Our Take: Two Industries Need to Take A Closer Look in 2011

We believe wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers will be paying closer attention
in 2011 to how smart meter deployments may become, surprisingly to many of us, drivers
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of an elevated concern with EMF issues by some U.S. consumers. We think the smarter
utilities and regulators will be doing the same. We think that's a good thing.
Yes, yes, we've heard all the arguments that people concerned about this stuff are crazy.
Here's the deal: We in the telecom industry make our living in a sector that is regulated at
all 3 levels of government. We've permitted wired and wireless technologies since before
most people even knew what cable television was. We've been preaching in favor of the
smart grid over broadband since before those terms were in common use. Despite what
we might like to think, we don't have a god given right to dig up a street, site a tower, or
receive public sector subsidies. We do all those things, and more, because our customers
want our services.
When fellow Americans, no matter how few and no matter how vilified, are going into the
streets to get arrested about something our industry is doing, is that really a good thing
for us? Anyone that thinks it is a good thing has never actually done the hard work of
permitting, licensing, or deploying the technologies that drive our country's economy.
Let's drop back and listen, do some more studies, allow opt outs when necessary. The big
power monopolies, like PG&E, trace their ancestry back to the robber baron era. They
often remind us of that. Let's remember that many of us in competitive telecom grew up
fighting another monopoly called the Bell System. We had the American consumer on our
side as we did. Let's remember that too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRnyIW3pE5A&feature=player_embedded
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26. Warning: Could your TV be ruining your health?

Little Green Blog . By Mrs Green on Monday, 3 January 2011
Electromagnetic fields represent one of the most common and fastest growing
environmental influences, about which anxiety and speculation are spreading. We are all
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exposed to varying degrees of EMF in our daily lives, and the levels will continue to
increase as technology advances.
The appliances we take for granted in our modern lives such as washing machines, fridges,
microwave ovens, TVs, computers, vacuums, electric heaters, power tools, immersion
heaters, DECT phones down to hairdryers, sewing machines and lighting all produce EMFs.
Electrical fields
Particularly high electrical fields are given off by those appliances which are not earthed
(i.e. they have only a neutral (blue) and a live (brown) wire).
Some experts are convinced that EMFs have a hugely detrimental effect on our health, yet
numerous studies have produced contradictory results. There are those that will go as far
to say that living in a house with a DECT is like living in a house with a mobile phone mast.
Others will scoff at the idea and tell us that EMFs are perfectly safe.
Ill health
EMFs have been linked with miscarriages, birth defects, various cancers (particularly
childhood leukaemia), chronic fatigue, headaches, stress, nausea and heart problems as
well as other health conditions.
In his speech to the Natural Resources Committee of the Nebraska State Legislature,
award-winning author, Paul Brodeur said,
“a majority of the medical and scientific studies published in the peer reviewed medical
literature show that children living in homes near high voltage or high current power lines,
as well as workers exposed to power-frequency electromagnetic fields on the job, are
developing cancer at significantly higher rates than children and workers who are not
exposed or who are less exposed.”
and
” most of the so called “negative” studies that have been cited by previous witnesses and
by electric utility officials as finding no cancer hazard associated with electromagnetic
fields are not, in fact, peer reviewed studies of cancer in human beings. Most of these
negative studies do not contain any original data, nor have they been subjected to peer
review. Most of them simply contain the undocumented opinions and assertions of
members of ad-hoc committees, who are often paid consultants of the electric utility
industry.”
Full transcript of Mr.Brodeur’s speech can be found here.
Electromagnetic fields
Conversely, the NRPB (National Radiological Protection Board) said
“Laboratory experiments have provided no good evidence that extremely low frequency
electromagnetic fields are capable of producing cancer, nor do human epidemiological
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studies suggest that they cause cancer in general. There is, however, some
epidemiological evidence that prolonged exposure to higher levels of power frequency
magnetic fields is associated with a small risk of leukaemia in children. In practice, such
levels of exposure are seldom encountered by the general public in the UK. In the absence
of clear evidence of a carcinogenic effect in adults, or of a plausible explanation from
experiments on animals or isolated cells, the epidemiological evidence is currently not
strong enough to justify a firm conclusion that such fields cause leukemia in children.
Unless, however, further research indicates that the finding is due to chance or some
currently unrecognised artefact, the possibility remains that intense and prolonged
exposures to magnetic fields can increase the risk of leukemia in children.”
A full transcript of their findings can be read here.
Carcinogen
In a draft report issued in March 1990, the EPA recommended that EMFs be classified as a
Class B carcinogen — -a “probable human carcinogen” and joined the ranks of
formaldehyde, DDT, dioxins and PCBs.
After the EPA draft report was released, utility, military and computer lobbyists came down
hard on the EPA. The EPA’s final revision did NOT classify EMFs as a Class B carcinogen
Rather, the following explanation was added:
“At this time such a characterization regarding the link between cancer and exposure to
EMFs is not appropriate because the basic nature of the interaction between EMFs and
biological processes leading to cancer is not understood.”
Children
Curiously, this rather unusual logic appears on the same page as the following: “In
conclusion, several studies showing leukemia, Lymphoma and cancer of the nervous
system in children exposed to supported by similar findings in adults in several/
occupational studies also involving electrical power frequency exposures, show a
consistent pattern of response that suggest a causal link. ”
When questioned about the contradictory nature of these statements, the EPA responded
that it was “not appropriate” to use the probable carcinogen label until it could
demonstrate how EMFs caused cancer and exactly how much EMF is harmful.
This explanation does not satisfy many critics who claim that the EPAs upper management
was influenced by political and economic considerations exerted by utility, computer and
military lobbyists.
Trust yourself
So, I could write several pages of regurgitated ‘evidence’ backed by scientific reports, but,
depending on who is financing the studies and where I go for my literature, we’re not
going to get a definitive answer.
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The purpose of this short article then is not to convince you one way or another about the
potential dangers of EMFs, but to offer practical and helpful suggestions to help minimise
your exposure to EMFs at home, if they are of concern to you.
The following first appeared in “Natural Health and Beauty” magazine, October 2005. I
have expanded on it for the site, as I had limited space for the magazine article.
Next time, I’ll share 12 tips for ‘prudent avoidance’ of EMFs.
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27. RF EXPOSURE LEVELS IN EUROPE

A new Post "1337: RF EXPOSURE LEVELS IN EUROPE" was written on the January 4, 2011
at 8:23 am on "EMFacts Consultancy".
From Katharina Gustavs:
In 2009 the EU established a "European Health Risk Assessment Network

on Electromagnetic Fields Exposure."
Here is the report on what Europeans are exposed to:
http://efhran.polimi.it/dissemination.html
Excerpts from the conclusions:
"The general RF exposure level of the population from the fixed RF sources including LF/MF
broadcast, VHF broadcast, UHF TV and telecommunications is very low. The range is
between 0,01-1 V/m in Europe that is many times below the exposure limits of EU
recommendations. The results of exposure measurements show that more than 60% of
recorded total EMF exposures were below 1 V/m, less than 1% above 6 V/m and only less
than 0.1% were above 20 V/m field strength. The relevant European recommended
exposure limit for the public is in the range of 28 V/m to 87 V/m. Otherwise the
contribution of the RF exposure from wireless telecommunication technology is
continuously increasing and now is above 60 % of the total exposure."
"The major part the RF public exposure comes from mobile and wireless portable devices,
not from the fixed transmitters. The cumulative dose may also be affected by the radiation
effectiveness of the phone, network coverage, environmental and user factors. The indoor
RF exposure seems to be increasing faster than outdoor exposure due to the
widespreading of home wireless devices. This will considerably
increase the complexity of epidemiological studies. The dominant source with respect to
local and cumulative exposure will, however, be the cellular and portable phone."
Source:
http://efhran.polimi.it/docs/D4_Report%20on%20the%20level%20of%20exposure%
20in%20the%20European%20Union_Oct2010.pdf
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In the opinion of the authors of the EFHRAN report, the risk analysis of the most recent
publications has "not necessitated any revisions to the existing consensus."
And this is what they had to say about the Interphone study and the need for further
research:
"Results of the international analyses of glioma and meningioma risk
in the Interphone study have been published. While an association between mobile phone
use and risk of these diseases has not been demonstrated, the study does not either
demonstrate an absence of risk. There is at this time inadequate evidence for all endpoints
considered. Given that the majority of subjects in Interphone were light users compared to
users today, particularly young people, and as the study did not include subjects who used
phones for more than 12 years, further research is needed to evaluate the possible
association between RF exposure and risk of tumours.
While increased responsiveness to RF fields has not been demonstrated in provocation
studies, even in subjects that self-report hypersensitivity, the possibility remains that
longterm mobile phone use may induce symptoms, such as migraine and vertigo,
and further work is required to clarify this issue."
http://efhran.polimi.it/docs/EFHRAN_D2_final.pdf
The above numbers may sound reassuring to government and industry. I am disturbed,
however, that over 40% of the EMF measurements were above 1 V/m (ca. 3000 µW/m2)
when most precautionary guidelines call for threshold levels below 0.6 or even 0.2 V/m.
And it looks like we just got started on wireless so the exposure levels will continue to
increase...
Katharina
http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/?p=1389
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28. Science Update

Powerwatch 27/12/2010
The following is a quick summary of another twenty papers that have come out over the
last few months related to effects of electromagnetic radiation. Some of the papers are
notable papers that have been published very recently, others are papers that were
published a few months ago that have not yet made it to one of the Science Updates.
1. P Augner C et al, (June 2010) Effects of exposure to GSM mobile phone base station
signals on salivary cortisol, alpha-amylase, and immunoglobulin A, Biomed Environ Sci.
2010 Jun;23(3):199-207. [View Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
The present study aimed to test whether exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields
(RF-EMF) emitted by mobile phone base stations may have effects on salivary alpha-
amylase, immunoglobulin A (IgA), and cortisol levels. Fifty seven participants were
randomly allocated to one of three different experimental scenarios (22 participants to
scenario 1, 26 to scenario 2, and 9 to scenario 3). Each participant went through five 50-
minute exposure sessions. The main RF-EMF source was a GSM-900-MHz antenna located
at the outer wall of the building. In scenarios 1 and 2, the first, third, and fifth sessions
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were "low" (median power flux density 5.2 microW/m(2)) exposure. The second session
was "high" (2126.8 microW/m(2)), and the fourth session was "medium" (153.6
microW/m(2)) in scenario 1, and vice versa in scenario 2. Scenario 3 had four "low"
exposure conditions, followed by a "high" exposure condition. Biomedical parameters were
collected by saliva samples three times a session. Exposure levels were created by
shielding curtains. In scenario 3 from session 4 to session 5 (from "low" to "high"
exposure), an increase of cortisol was detected, while in scenarios 1 and 2, a higher
concentration of alpha-amylase related to the baseline was identified as compared to that
in scenario 3. IgA concentration was not significantly related to the exposure. RF-EMF in
considerably lower field densities than ICNIRP-guidelines may influence certain
psychobiological stress markers.
2. P Martinez-Samano J et al, (December 2010) Effects of acute electromagnetic field

exposure and movement restraint on antioxidant system in liver, heart, kidney and plasma
of Wistar rats: a preliminary report, Int J Radiat Biol. 2010 Dec;86(12):1088-94. Epub
2010 Aug 11 [View Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the early effects of acute (2 h) exposure to
extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF), as well as movement restraint
(MR) and the combination of both on the antioxidant systems in the plasma, liver, kidney,
and heart of rats. Twenty-four adult male Wistar rats were divided in two groups,
restrained and unrestrained. The restrained animals were confined into an acrylic tube for
120 min. Half of the animals of each group were exposed to ELF-EMF (60 Hz, 2.4 mT)
during the period of restriction. Immediately after treatment, reduced glutathione (GSH),
catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances
(TBARS) were measured in tissues. GSH concentration was significantly lower in the heart
of all experimental animals when compared to the control group; furthermore, the
decrease was higher in the liver of restrained animals. SOD activity was lower in the
plasma of restrained and EMF exposed animals compared to unrestrained rats. There were
no significant differences in CAT activity and TBARS levels among all the experimental
groups vs. the control group. Two hours of 60 Hz EMF exposure might immediately alter
the metabolism of free radicals, decreasing SOD activity in plasma and GSH content in
heart and kidney, but does not induce immediate lipid peroxidation. Oxidative stress
induced by movement restraint was stronger than that produced by EMF.
3. N Mohler E et al, (September 2010) Effects of everyday radiofrequency

electromagnetic-field exposure on sleep quality: a cross-sectional study, Radiat Res. 2010
Sep;174(3):347-56 [View Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between exposure
to various sources of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMFs) in the everyday
environment and sleep quality, which is a common public health concern. We assessed
self-reported sleep disturbances and daytime sleepiness in a random population sample of
1,375 inhabitants from the area of Basel, Switzerland. Exposure to environmental far-field
RF EMFs was predicted for each individual using a prediction model that had been
developed and validated previously. Self-reported cordless and mobile phone use as well
as objective mobile phone operator data for the previous 6 months were also considered in
the analyses. In multivariable regression models, adjusted for relevant confounders, no
associations between environmental far-field RF EMF exposure and sleep disturbances or
excessive daytime sleepiness were observed. The 10% most exposed participants had an
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estimated risk for sleep disturbances of 1.11 (95% CI: 0.50 to 2.44) and for excessive
daytime sleepiness of 0.58 (95% CI: 0.31 to 1.05). Neither mobile phone use nor cordless
phone use was associated with decreased sleep quality. The results of this large cross-
sectional study did not indicate an impairment of subjective sleep quality due to exposure
from various sources of RF EMFs in everyday life.
4. - Danker-Hopfe H et al, (September 2010) Do mobile phone base stations affect sleep
of residents? Results from an experimental double-blind sham-controlled field study, Am J
Hum Biol. 2010 Sep-Oct;22(5):613-8 [View Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
The aim of the present double-blind, sham-controlled, balanced randomized cross-over

study was to disentangle effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) and non-EMF effects of
mobile phone base stations on objective and subjective sleep quality. In total 397
residents aged 18-81 years (50.9% female) from 10 German sites, where no mobile phone
service was available, were exposed to sham and GSM (Global System for Mobile
Communications, 900 MHz and 1,800 MHz) base station signals by an experimental base
station while their sleep was monitored at their homes during 12 nights. Participants were
randomly exposed to real (GSM) or sham exposure for five nights each. Individual
measurement of EMF exposure, questionnaires on sleep disorders, overall sleep quality,
attitude towards mobile communication, and on subjective sleep quality (morning and
evening protocols) as well as objective sleep data (frontal EEG and EOG recordings) were
gathered. Analysis of the subjective and objective sleep data did not reveal any significant
differences between the real and sham condition. During sham exposure nights, objective
and subjective sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, and subjective sleep latency were
significantly worse in participants with concerns about possible health risks resulting from
base stations than in participants who were not concerned. The study did not provide any
evidence for short-term physiological effects of EMF emitted by mobile phone base stations
on objective and subjective sleep quality. However, the results indicate that mobile phone
base stations as such (not the electromagnetic fields) may have a significant negative
impact on sleep quality.
5. - Thomas S et al, (December 2010) Use of mobile phones and changes in cognitive
function in adolescents, Occup Environ Med. 2010 Dec;67(12):861-6. Epub 2010 Aug 25
[View Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
Several studies have investigated the impact of mobile phone exposure on cognitive
function in adults. However, children and adolescents are of special interest due to their
developing nervous systems. Data were derived from the Australian Mobile Radiofrequency
Phone Exposed Users' Study (MoRPhEUS) which comprised a baseline examination of year
7 students during 2005/2006 and a 1-year follow-up. Sociodemographic and exposure
data were collected with a questionnaire. Cognitive functions were assessed with a
computerised test battery and the Stroop Color-Word test. 236 students participated in
both examinations. The proportion of mobile phone owners and the number of voice calls
and short message services (SMS) per week increased from baseline to follow-up.
Participants with more voice calls and SMS at baseline showed less reductions in response
times over the 1-year period in various computerised tasks. Furthermore, those with
increased voice calls and SMS exposure over the 1-year period showed changes in
response time in a simple reaction and a working memory task. No associations were seen
between mobile phone exposure and the Stroop test. We have observed that some
changes in cognitive function, particularly in response time rather than accuracy, occurred
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with a latency period of 1 year and that some changes were associated with increased
exposure. However, the increased exposure was mainly applied to those who had fewer
voice calls and SMS at baseline, suggesting that these changes over time may relate to
statistical regression to the mean, and not be the effect of mobile phone exposure.
6. P Bartsch H et al, (2010) Effect of chronic exposure to a GSM-like signal (mobile

phone) on survival of female Sprague-Dawley rats: modulatory effects by month of birth
and possibly stage of the solar cycle, Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2010;31(4):457-73 [View
Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
During 1997-2008 two long-term (I and II) and two life-long (III and IV) experiments
were performed analyzing the effect of chronic exposure to a low-intensity GSM-like signal
(900 MHz pulsed with 217 Hz, 100 µW/cm2 average power flux density, 38-80 mW/kg
mean specific absorption rate for whole body) on health and survival of unrestrained
female Sprague-Dawley rats kept under identical conditions. Radiofrequency (RF)-
exposure was started at 52-70 days of age and continued for 24 (I), 17 (II) and up to 36
and 37 months, respectively (III/IV). In the first two experiments (1997-2000) 12
exposed and 12 sham-exposed animals each were observed until they were maximally 770
or 580 days old. In experiment I no adverse health effects of chronic RF-exposure were
detectable, neither by macroscopic nor detailed microscopic pathological examinations.
Also in experiment II no apparent macroscopic pathological changes due to treatment
were apparent. Median survival time could not be estimated since in none of the groups
more than 50% of the animals had died. In the course of two complete survival
experiments (2002-2005; 2005-2008) 30 RF- and 30 sham-exposed animals each were
followed up until their natural end or when they became moribund and had to be
euthanized. A synoptical data analysis was performed. Survival data of all four groups
could be fitted well by the Weibull distribution. According to this analysis median survival
was significantly shortened under RF-exposure in both experiments by 9.06% (95% CI 2.7
to 15.0%) (p=0.0064); i.e by 72 days in experiment III and 77 days in experiment IV as
compared to the corresponding sham-treated animals (III: 799 days; IV: 852 days). Both
groups of animals of experiment III showed reduced median survival times by 6.25%
(95% CI -0.3 to 12.4%) (p=0.0604) compared to the corresponding groups of experiment
IV (53 days: sham-exposed animals, 48 days: RF-exposed animals) which may be due to
the fact that animals of experiment III were born in October and animals of experiment IV
in May indicating that the month of birth affects life span. From the results of the last two
experiments it has to be concluded that chronic exposure to a low-intensity GSM-like
signal may exert negative health effects and shorten survival if treatment is applied
sufficiently long and the observational period covers the full life span of the animals
concerned. The current data show that survival of rats kept under controlled laboratory
conditions varies within certain limits depending on the month of birth. In view of our
previous observations regarding an inhibitory or no effect of RF-exposure on DMBA-
induced mammary cancer during the 1997-2000 period, an additional modulatory
influence on a year-to-year basis should be considered which might be related to changing
solar activity during the the 11-years' sunspot cycle. These potentially complex influences
of the natural environment modulating the effects of anthropogenic RF-signals on health
and survival require a systematic continuation of such experiments throughout solar cycle
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7. - Vermeeren G et al, (September 2010) The influence of the reflective environment on

the absorption of a human male exposed to representative base station antennas from 300
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MHz to 5 GHz, Phys Med Biol. 2010 Sep 21;55(18):5541-55. Epub 2010 Aug 31 [View
Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
The environment is an important parameter when evaluating the exposure to radio-

frequency electromagnetic fields. This study investigates numerically the variation on the
whole-body and peak spatially averaged-specific absorption rate (SAR) in the
heterogeneous virtual family male placed in front of a base station antenna in a reflective
environment. The SAR values in a reflective environment are also compared to the values
obtained when no environment is present (free space). The virtual family male has been
placed at four distances (30 cm, 1 m, 3 m and 10 m) in front of six base station antennas
(operating at 300 MHz, 450 MHz, 900 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 5.0 GHz, respectively)
and in three reflective environments (a perfectly conducting wall, a perfectly conducting
ground and a perfectly conducting ground + wall). A total of 72 configurations are
examined. The absorption in the heterogeneous body model is determined using the 3D
electromagnetic (EM) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) solver Semcad-X. For the
larger simulations, requirements in terms of computer resources are reduced by using a
generalized Huygens' box approach. It has been observed that the ratio of the SAR in the
virtual family male in a reflective environment and the SAR in the virtual family male in
the free-space environment ranged from -8.7 dB up to 8.0 dB. A worst-case reflective
environment could not be determined. ICNIRP reference levels not always showed to be
compliant with the basic restrictions.
8. - Schuz J et al, (August 2010) An international prospective cohort study of mobile

phone users and health (Cosmos): Design considerations and enrolment, Cancer
Epidemiol. 2010 Aug 30. [Epub ahead of print] [View Comments and Links] [View on
Pubmed]
Background: There is continuing public and scientific interest in the possibility that
exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF) from mobile telephones or
other wireless devices and applications might increase the risk of certain cancers or other
diseases. The interest is amplified by the rapid world-wide penetration of such
technologies. The evidence from epidemiological studies published to date have not been
consistent and, in particular, further studies are required to identify whether longer term
(well beyond 10 years) RF exposure might pose some health risk. Methods: The "Cosmos"
study described here is a large prospective cohort study of mobile telephone users
(ongoing recruitment of 250,000 men and women aged 18+ years in five European
countries - Denmark, Finland, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK) who will be followed up for
25+ years. Information on mobile telephone use is collected prospectively through
questionnaires and objective traffic data from network operators. Associations with disease
risks will be studied by linking cohort members to existing disease registries, while
changes in symptoms such as headache and sleep quality and of general well-being are
assessed by baseline and follow-up questionnaires. Conclusions: A prospective cohort
study conducted with appropriate diligence and a sufficient sample size, overcomes many
of the shortcomings of previous studies. Its major advantages are exposure assessment
prior to the diagnosis of disease, the prospective collection of objective exposure
information, long-term follow-up of multiple health outcomes, and the flexibility to
investigate future changes in tech
9. P Esmekaya MA et al, (December 2010) Pulse modulated 900 MHz radiation induces
hypothyroidism and apoptosis in thyroid cells: a light, electron microscopy and
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immunohistochemical study, Int J Radiat Biol. 2010 Dec;86(12):1106-16. Epub 2010 Sep
1 [View Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
In the present study we investigated the possible histopathological effects of pulse

modulated Radiofrequency (RF) fields on the thyroid gland using light microscopy, electron
microscopy and immunohistochemical methods. Two months old male Wistar rats were
exposed to a 900 MHz pulse-modulated RF radiation at a specific absorption rate (SAR) of
1.35 Watt/kg for 20 min/day for three weeks. The RF signals were pulse modulated by
rectangular pulses with a repetition frequency of 217 Hz and a duty cycle of 1:8 (pulse
width 0.576 ms). To assess thyroid endocrine disruption and estimate the degree of the
pathology of the gland, we analysed structural alterations in follicular and colloidal
diameters and areas, colloid content of the follicles, and height of the follicular epithelium.
Apoptosis was confirmed by Transmission Electron Microscopy and assessing the activites
of an initiator (caspase-9) and an effector (caspase-3) caspases that are important
markers of cells undergoing apoptosis. Morphological analyses revealed hypothyrophy of
the gland in the 900 MHz RF exposure group. The results indicated that thyroid hormone
secretion was inhibited by the RF radiation. In addition, we also observed formation of
apoptotic bodies and increased caspase-3 and caspase-9 activities in thyroid cells of the
rats that were exposed to modulated RF fields. The overall findings indicated that whole
body exposure to pulse-modulated RF radiation that is similar to that emitted by global
system for mobile communications (GSM) mobile phones can cause pathological changes
in the thyroid gland by altering the gland structure and enhancing caspase-dependent
pathways of apoptosis.
10. P Ozgur E et al, (November 2010) Mobile phone radiation-induced free radical
damage in the liver is inhibited by the antioxidants N-acetyl cysteine and epigallocatechin-
gallate, Int J Radiat Biol. 2010 Nov;86(11):935-45. Epub 2010 Sep 1 [View Comments and
Links] [View on Pubmed]
To investigate oxidative damage and antioxidant enzyme status in the liver of guinea pigs
exposed to mobile phone-like radiofrequency radiation (RFR) and the potential protective
effects of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and epigallocatechin-gallate (EGCG) on the oxidative
damage. Nine groups of guinea pigs were used to study the effects of exposure to an
1800-MHz Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)-modulated signal (average
whole body Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of 0.38 W/kg, 10 or 20 min per day for seven
days) and treatment with antioxidants. Significant increases in malondialdehyde (MDA)
and total nitric oxide (NO(x)) levels and decreases in activities of superoxide dismutase
(SOD), myeloperoxidase (MPO) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) were observed in the
liver of guinea pigs after RFR exposure. Only NAC treatment induces increase in hepatic
GSH-Px activities, whereas EGCG treatment alone attenuated MDA level. Extent of
oxidative damage was found to be proportional to the duration of exposure (P < 0.05).
Mobile phone-like radiation induces oxidative damage and changes the activities of
antioxidant enzymes in the liver. The adverse effect of RFR may be related to the duration
of mobile phone use. NAC and EGCG protect the liver tissue against the RFR-induced
oxidative damage and enhance antioxidant enzyme activities.
11. P Akan Z et al, (December 2010) Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields

affect the immune response of monocyte-derived macrophages to pathogens,
Bioelectromagnetics. 2010 Dec;31(8):603-12. doi: 10.1002/bem.20607. Epub 2010 Aug
31 [View Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
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This study aimed to determine the effect of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields
(ELF-EMF) on the physiological response of phagocytes to an infectious agent. THP-1 cells
(human monocytic leukemia cell line) were cultured and 50 Hz, 1 mT EMF was applied for
4-6 h to cells induced with Staphylococcus aureus or interferon gamma/lipopolysaccharide
(IFy/LPS). Alterations in nitric oxide (NO), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) levels,
heat shock protein 70 levels (hsp70), cGMP levels, caspase-9 activation, and the growth
rate of S. aureus were determined. The growth curve of exposed bacteria was lower than
the control. Field application increased NO levels. The increase was more prominent for S.
aureus-induced cells and appeared earlier than the increase in cells without field
application. However, a slight decrease was observed in iNOS levels. Increased cGMP
levels in response to field application were closely correlated with increased NO levels.
ELF-EMF alone caused increased hsp70 levels in a time-dependent manner. When cells
were induced with S. aureus or IFy/LPS, field application produced higher levels of hsp70.
ELF-EMF suppressed caspase-9 activation by a small extent. These data confirm that ELF-
EMF affects bacterial growth and the response of the immune system to bacterial
challenges, suggesting that ELF-EMF could be exploited for beneficial uses.
12. P Emre M et al, (September 2010) Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Relation to
Exposure to Magnetic Field, Cell Biochem Biophys. 2010 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print]
We investigated the effect of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF)

with pulse trains exposure on lipid peroxidation, and, hence, oxidative stress in the rat
liver tissue. The parameters that we measured were the levels of plasma alanine
aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase as well as plasma
albumin, bilirubin, and total protein levels in 30 adult male Wistar rats exposed to ELF. We
also determined the percentage of apoptotic and necrotic cells of the kidney extracts from
the animals by flow cytometry method. Apoptotic cell death was further characterized by
monitoring DNA degradation using gel electrophoresis. The results showed an increase in
the levels of oxidative stress indicators, and the flow cytometric data suggested a possible
relationship between the exposure to magnetic field and the cell death. We showed
significantly lower necrotic cell percentages in experimental animals compared to either
unexposed or sham control groups. However, DNA ladder analyses did not differentiate
between the groups. Our results were discussed in relation to the response of biological
systems to EMF.
13. P Cuccurazzu B et al, (November 2010) Exposure to extremely low-frequency (50

Hz) electromagnetic fields enhances adult hippocampal neurogenesis in C57BL/6 mice, Exp
Neurol. 2010 Nov;226(1):173-82. Epub 2010 Sep 15 [View Comments and Links] [View
on Pubmed]
Throughout life, new neurons are continuously generated in the hippocampus, which is
therefore a major site of structural plasticity in the adult brain. We recently demonstrated
that extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELFEFs) promote the neuronal
differentiation of neural stem cells in vitro by up-regulating Ca(v)1-channel activity. The
aim of the present study was to determine whether 50-Hz/1 mT ELFEF stimulation also
affects adult hippocampal neurogenesis in vivo, and if so, to identify the molecular
mechanisms underlying this action and its functional impact on synaptic plasticity. ELFEF
exposure (1 to 7 h/day for 7 days) significantly enhanced neurogenesis in the dentate
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gyrus (DG) of adult mice, as documented by increased numbers of cells double-labeled for
5-bromo-deoxyuridine (BrdU) and doublecortin. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of
hippocampal extracts revealed significant ELFEF exposure-induced increases in the
transcription of pro-neuronal genes (Mash1, NeuroD2, Hes1) and genes encoding Ca(v)1.2
channel a(1C) subunits. Increased expression of NeuroD1, NeuroD2 and Ca(v)1 channels
was also documented by Western blot analysis. Immunofluorescence experiments showed
that, 30 days after ELFEF stimulation, roughly half of the newly generated immature
neurons had survived and become mature dentate granule cells (as shown by their
immunoreactivity for both BrdU and NeuN) and were integrated into the granule cell layer
of the DG. Electrophysiological experiments demonstrated that the new mature neurons
influenced hippocampal synaptic plasticity, as reflected by increased long-term
potentiation. Our findings show that ELFEF exposure can be an effective tool for increasing
in vivo neurogenesis, and they could lead to the development of novel therapeutic
approaches in regenerative medicine.
14. P Kim J et al, (October 2010) Repetitive exposure to a 60-Hz time-varying magnetic
field induces DNA double-strand breaks and apoptosis in human cells, Biochem Biophys
Res Commun. 2010 Oct 1;400(4):739-44. Epub 2010 Sep 15 [View Comments and Links]
[View on Pubmed]
We investigated the effects of extremely low frequency time-varying magnetic fields (MFs)
on human normal and cancer cells. Whereas a single exposure to a 60-Hz time-varying MF
of 6mT for 30min showed no effect, repetitive exposure decreased cell viability. This
decrease was accompanied by phosphorylation of y-H2AX, a common DNA double-strand
break (DSB) marker, and checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2), which is critical to the DNA damage
checkpoint pathway. In addition, repetitive exposure to a time-varying MF of 6mT for
30min every 24h for 3days led to p38 activation and induction of apoptosis in cancer and
normal cells. Therefore, these results demonstrate that repetitive exposure to MF with
extremely low frequency can induce DNA DSBs and apoptosis through p38 activation.
These results also suggest the need for further evaluation of the effects of repetitive
exposure to environmental time-varying MFs on human health.
15. P Yu Y, Yao K, (May 2010) Non-thermal cellular effects of lowpower microwave

radiation on the lens and lens epithelial cells, J Int Med Res. 2010 May-Jun;38(3):729-36
Because of the increased use of modern radiofrequency devices, public concern about the
possible health effects of exposure to microwave radiation has arisen in many countries. It
is well established that high-power microwave radiation can induce cataracts via its
thermal effects. It remains unclear whether low-power microwave radiation, especially at
levels below the current exposure limits, is cataractogenic. This review summarizes studies
on the biological effects of low-power microwave radiation on lens and lens epithelial cells
(LECs). It has been reported that exposure affects lens transparency, alters cell
proliferation and apoptosis, inhibits gap junctional intercellular communication, and
induces genetic instability and stress responses in LECs. These results raise the question of
whether the ambient microwave environment can induce non-thermal effects in the lens
and whether such effects have potential health consequences. Further in vivo studies on
the effects on the lens of exposure to low-power microwave radiation are needed.
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16. P Hardell L et al, (August 2010) Mobile phone use and the risk for malignant brain
tumors: a case-control study on deceased cases and controls, Neuroepidemiology. 2010
Aug;35(2):109-14. Epub 2010 Jun 15 [View Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
We investigated the use of mobile or cordless phones and the risk for malignant brain
tumors in a group of deceased cases. Most previous studies have either left out deceased
cases of brain tumors or matched them to living controls and therefore a study matching
deceased cases to deceased controls is warranted. Recall error is one issue since it has
been claimed that increased risks reported in some studies could be due to cases blaming
mobile phones as a cause of the disease. This should be of less importance for deceased
cases and if cancer controls are used. In this study brain tumor cases aged 20-80 years
diagnosed during 1997-2003 that had died before inclusion in our previous studies on the
same topic were included. Two control groups were used: one with controls that had died
from another type of cancer than brain tumor and one with controls that had died from
other diseases. Exposure was assessed by a questionnaire sent to the next-of-kin for both
cases and controls. Replies were obtained for 346 (75%) cases, 343 (74%) cancer controls
and 276 (60%) controls with other diseases. Use of mobile phones gave an increased risk,
highest in the >10 years' latency group yielding odds ratio (OR) = 2.4, and 95%
confidence interval (CI) = 1.4-4.1. The risk increased with cumulative number of lifetime
hours for use, and was highest in the >2,000 h group (OR = 3.4, 95% CI = 1.6-7.1). No
clear association was found for use of cordless phones, although OR = 1.7, 95% CI = 0.8-
3.4 was found in the group with >2,000 h of cumulative use. This investigation confirmed
our previous results of an association between mobile phone use and malignant brain
tumors.
17. P Lehrer S et al, (June 2010) Association between number of cell phone contracts and
brain tumor incidence in nineteen U.S. States, J Neurooncol. 2010 Jun 30. [Epub ahead of
print] [View Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
Some concern has arisen about adverse health effects of cell phones, especially the
possibility that the low power microwave-frequency signal transmitted by the antennas on
handsets might cause brain tumors or accelerate the growth of subclinical tumors. We
analyzed data from the Statistical Report: Primary Brain Tumors in the United States,
2000-2004 and 2007 cell phone subscription data from the Governing State and Local
Sourcebook. There was a significant correlation between number of cell phone
subscriptions and brain tumors in nineteen US states (r = 0.950, P < 0.001). Because
increased numbers of both cell phone subscriptions and brain tumors could be due solely
to the fact that some states, such as New York, have much larger populations than other
states, such as North Dakota, multiple linear regression was performed with number of
brain tumors as the dependent variable, cell phone subscriptions, population, mean family
income and mean age as independent variables. The effect of cell phone subscriptions was
significant (P = 0.017), and independent of the effect of mean family income (P = 0.894),
population (P = 0.003) and age (0.499). The very linear relationship between cell phone
usage and brain tumor incidence is disturbing and certainly needs further epidemiological
evaluation. In the meantime, it would be prudent to limit exposure to all sources of
electro-magnetic radiation.
18. - Mild KH, Mattsson MO, (August 2010) ELF noise fields: a review, Electromagn Biol
Med. 2010 Aug;29(3):72-97 [View Comments and Links] [View on Pubmed]
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The debate as to whether low-level electromagnetic fields can affect biological systems and
in the long term cause health effects has been going on for a long time. Yet the interaction
of weak electromagnetic fields (EMF) with living cells, undoubtedly a most important
phenomenon, is still not well understood. The exact mechanisms by which the effects are
produced have not been identified. Furthermore, it is not possible to clearly define which
aspects of an EMF exposure that constitute the "dose." One of the groups that contributed
to solving this problem is the Bioelectromagnetics group at Catholic University of America
(CUA), Washington, D.C. Their work has been devoted to investigating the physical
parameters that are needed to obtain an effect of EMF exposure on biological systems, and
also how to inhibit the effect. This is a review of their work on bioeffects caused by low-
level EMF, their dependence on coherence time, constancy, spatial averaging, and also
how the effects can be modified by an applied ELF noise magnetic field. The group has
been using early chick embryos, and L929 and Daudi cells as their main experimental
systems. The review also covers the work of other groups on low-level effects and the
inhibition of the effects with an applied noise field. The group at CUA has shown that
biological effects can be found after exposure to low-level ELF and RF electromagnetic
fields, and when effects are observed, applying an ELF magnetic noise field inhibits the
effects. Also, other research groups have tried to replicate the studies from the CUA group,
or to apply EMF noise to suppress EMF-induced effects. Replications of the CUA effects
have not always been successful. However, in all cases where the noise field has been
applied to prevent an observed effect, it has been successful in eliminating the effect.
19. - Kheifets L et al, (October 2010) Risk governance for mobile phones, power lines,
and other EMF technologies, Risk Anal. 2010 Oct;30(10):1481-94 [View Comments and
Links] [View on Pubmed]
Power-frequency electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) have been present in industrialized
countries since the late 19th century and a considerable amount of knowledge has been
accumulated as to potential health effects. The mainstream scientific view is that even if
there is a risk, it is unlikely to be of major public-health significance. EMFs from cellular
communications and other radio-frequency technologies have increased rapidly in the last
decade. This technology is constantly changing, which makes continued research both
more urgent and more challenging. While there are no persuasive data suggesting a health
risk, research and particularly exposure assessment is still immature. The principal risk-
governance issue with power frequencies is how to respond to weak and uncertain
scientific evidence that nonetheless causes public concern. For radio-frequency
electromagnetic fields, the issue is how to respond to large potential consequences and
large public concern where only limited scientific evidence exists. We survey these issues
and identify deficits in risk governance. Deficits in problem framing include both
overstatement and understatement of the scientific evidence and of the consequences of
taking protective measures, limited ability to detect early warnings of risk, and attempted
reassurance that has sometimes been counterproductive. Other deficits relate to the
limited public involvement mechanisms, and flaws in the identification and evaluation of
tradeoffs in the selection of appropriate management strategies. We conclude that risk
management of EMFs has certainly not been perfect, but for power frequencies it has
evolved and now displays many successful features. Lessons from the power-frequency
experience can benefit risk governance of the radio-frequency EMFs and other emerging
technologies.
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20. P Hutter HP et al, (December 2010) Tinnitus and mobile phone use, Occup Environ
Med. 2010 Dec;67(12):804-8. Epub 2010 Jun 23 [View Comments and Links] [View on
Pubmed]
The mechanisms that produce tinnitus are not fully understood. While tinnitus can be
associated with diseases and disorders of the ear, retrocochlear diseases and vascular
pathologies, there are few known risk factors for tinnitus apart from these conditions.
There is anecdotal evidence of an link between mobile phone use and tinnitus, but so far
there have been no systematic investigations into this possible association. 100
consecutive patients presenting with tinnitus were enrolled in an individually matched
case-control study. For each case a control subject was randomly selected from visiting
outpatients matched for sex and age. The patient's history was obtained and clinical
examinations were conducted to exclude patients with known underlying causes of
tinnitus. Mobile phone use was assessed based on the Interphone Study protocol. ORs
were computed by conditional logistic regression with years of education and living in an
urban area as covariates. Mobile phone use up to the index date (onset of tinnitus) on the
same side as the tinnitus did not have significantly elevated ORs for regular use and
intensity or for cumulative hours of use. The risk estimate was significantly elevated for
prolonged use (greater than or equal to 4 years) of a mobile phone (OR 1.95; CI 1.00 to
3.80). Mobile phone use should be included in future investigations as a potential risk
factor for developing tinnitus.
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29. Un test pour baisser la puissance des antennes

Le Figaro: Par Delphine Chayet, 05/01/2011
Un premier état des lieux montre que l'exposition réelle de la majorité des habitants serait très faible.
(Crédits photo: Richard Vialeron/Le Figaro)
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Six communes ont été retenues. Elles devraient être 17 à terme. Objectif : étudier
la propagation des ondes.
Peut-on réduire l'exposition aux ondes émises par les antennes-relais de téléphonie mobile
sans nuire à la qualité du réseau? La réponse, très attendue, sera connue d'ici quelques
mois. Après des mois de tâtonnements, l'expérimentation d'une baisse des émissions est
en effet sur les rails. Ce mercredi, le comité opérationnel chargé de piloter ces travaux a
précisé son calendrier: le test grandeur nature est prévu en mars prochain. «Il est temps
de passer à l'action sur le terrain, souligne François Brottes, député (PS) et président de ce
groupe qui réunit associations de riverains et opérateurs, sous l'égide du ministère de
l'Écologie. L'objectif est de trouver un équilibre entre la nécessaire sobriété de puissance
d'émission des antennes et la qualité du service proposé.»
Six communes, correspondant à des situations géographiques diverses, ont été retenues.
Elles devraient être dix-sept à terme. «L'idée est d'étudier toutes les configurations de
propagation des ondes», précise-t-on au ministère. Le quartier d'affaires de Courbevoie,
qui abrite les sièges sociaux de grandes entreprises, mais aussi de nombreux logements, a
été sélectionné en raison de sa très forte densité. Un centre-ville haussmannien -le XIVe
arrondissement de Paris- et un quartier résidentiel moderne, à Grenoble, font aussi partie
des sites pilotes. Dans le Puy-de-Dôme, Thiers représentera une ville pavillonnaire de
13.000 habitants au relief accidenté. Le village alsacien de Kruth, situé dans une vallée du
massif des Vosges, et Grand-Champ serviront, enfin, de modèles pour le monde rural.
Dans un premier temps, chaque commune a procédé à un état des lieux de l'exposition
réelle des habitants sur leurs lieux de vie et de travail, mais aussi dans la rue. Une
modélisation par ordinateur a été complétée par des mesures réalisées sur place durant
plusieurs jours. La couverture téléphonique proposée par chaque opérateur a aussi été
étudiée.
Référence pour l'avenir
Tous les résultats seront présentés à la ministre de l'Écologie, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet,

le 8 février. «Ils sont variables selon les configurations urbaines, mais on se rend compte
que l'exposition est très faible pour une immense majorité de la population», indique un
expert.
Pour les opérateurs, cette étude aura le mérite de mettre au point des données
incontestables qui serviront de référence à l'avenir. Selon François Brottes, l'étude
française est d'ailleurs «regardée de près par d'autres pays européens».
Si le calendrier est tenu, l'expérimentation proprement dite pourra alors débuter. «Nous
verrons, antenne par antenne, quel est l'impact d'une baisse des émissions sur la
couverture téléphonique, SMS et Internet», note-t-on au ministère, précisant que plusieurs
niveaux d'exposition, entre 0,1 et 41 volts par mètre (V/m), seront testés. Un décret,
actuellement en préparation, dégagera les opérateurs de toute responsabilité pendant la
durée de l'expérience (entre 1 et 3 jours selon les villes).
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Parallèlement, une reconfiguration du réseau pour compenser la diminution des émissions
sera testée par ordinateur: installation de micro-antennes, changement d'orientation ou
regroupement d'antennes… «Cela permettra de confirmer que des solutions techniques
existent, même si leur coût financier s'avère très élevé pour les opérateurs», assure
Étienne Cendrier, de l'association Priartem. Du côté des opérateurs, on souligne que «la
pertinence de ces remèdes sera probablement réévaluée». «La multiplication des micro-
antennes, installées sur les façades d'immeubles, donc plus proches des gens, n'est pas
forcément meilleure en termes d'exposition», pointe l'un d'eux.
Les maires, eux, espèrent que l'étude permettra de dégager un consensus social et de
désamorcer les craintes. Certains espèrent même, à l'instar de Michel Chambers, adjoint
au maire de Courbevoie, que l'expérimentation «aboutira à une diminution du seuil fixé
par la loi»
France: A test to lower the emissions of cell towers

Translation from Le Figaro by Iris Amazon
French text of a national paper + google translation, the journalist has made at least one
mistake concerning the name of the organization ???
Six municipalities were selected. They should be 17. Objective: To study the wave
propagation.
Is it possible to reduce the exposure to radiation emitted by the antennas of mobile

telephony without sacrificing network quality? The answer, much anticipated, will be
known within a few months. After months of trial and error, experimenting with a decrease
in emissions is indeed on track. On Wednesday, the operations committee to steer this
work has clarified its schedule: the in situ test is scheduled for next March. "It is time to
take action on the ground, said Francois Brottes, MP (PS) and president of the group that
meets residents' associations and operators, under the auspices of the Department of
Ecology. The goal is to find a balance between the necessary simplicity of transmission
power of antennas and quality of service offered. "
Six municipalities, corresponding to different geographical locations, were selected. They

should be seventeen in the future. "The idea is to study all the features of wave
propagation," says one to the department. The business district of Courbevoie, which
houses the headquarters of large companies, but many homes, has been selected due to
its high density. A downtown Haussmann-the fourteenth district of Paris and a modern
residential area, in Grenoble, are also part of the pilot sites. In the Puy de Dome, Thiers
represent a suburban city of 13,000 inhabitants in rugged terrain. The village of Kruth in
Alsace, located in a valley of the Vosges Mountains, and Grand Champ will, finally, models
for rural areas.
Initially, each district has conducted an inventory of actual exposure of people to their
places of living and working, but also in the street.Computer modeling was supplemented
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by measurements made on site for several days. Telephone coverage offered by each
operator was also studied.
Reference for the future
All results will be presented to the Minister for Ecology Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet,
February 8. "They vary from urban settings, but we realize that exposure is very low for a
vast majority of the population," says an expert.
For operators, this study has the merit of developing compelling data that will serve as
future reference. According to Francois Brottes, the French study is also "watched closely
by other European countries."
If the schedule is required, the actual experiment can begin. "We'll see, for each antenna,
what is the impact of reduced emissions on the cover for phones, SMS and Internet," says
one note to the ministry, adding that several exposure levels, between 0.1 and 41 volts
per meter (V / m) will be tested. A decree is being prepared, to relieve operators from
liability for the duration of the experiment (between 1 and 3 days in different cities).
Meanwhile, a reconfiguration of the network to compensate for the reduction of emissions

will be tested by computer: install microwave antennas, shift or group of antennas ... "This
will confirm that technical solutions exist, even if their financial cost s proves to be very
high for operators, "says Etienne Cendrier, association Robin des Toits (correction here).
From the operators, it is emphasized that "the relevance of these remedies will probably
be re-evaluated." "The proliferation of microwave antennas, installed on the facades of
buildings, thus closer to the people, is not necessarily better in terms of exposure, leading
one of them.
The mayors themselves, hope the study will generate a social consensus and stop fears.
Some even hope, like Michael Chambers, deputy mayor of Courbevoie, that
experimentation "will lead to a decrease in the threshold set by law."
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30. Next up news - Latest relay antenna report:

Camouflaging human folly - Spain: Are the phone companies
above the law?
This relay antenna installation of exceptional size is revealing proof of a real scandal taking
place at the moment in Spain, where business interests take precedence not only over
health but over the law.
In fact the whole project has been illegal throughout its construction, which has been
going on for months in full view of everyone, in spite of several court injunctions.
A first judgement from the Upper Court of Justice in Catalunya (TSJC) was given in 2009
(Sp), confirmed by another on appeal from the Court in Barcelona (Sp) and finally that of
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the High Court of Catalunya of 2010 (Sp), the terms of which demand an immediate stop
to the illegal site, with a penalty of financial sanctions retroactive to 2006!
But what is even more surprising is that the Judge is making the mayor directly
responsible for this illegality since she has been sentenced to pay 1000€ from her own
pocket for every 20 day period if the antenna is not disconnected within the next 10 days!
The Court took this extraordinary measure so that the phone company and the owner
giving the lease would not have time to obtain the necessary permits by due legal process.
As well as the radiation affecting those living nearby, there is pollution going on day and
night from the noise and vibration of air-conditioning units as well as the exhaust fumes
from a powerful electric generator with a tank of 6000 litres of diesel installed in the
cellars of this residential building, which runs at any hour of day and night throughout
the year whenever the mains supply fails, which it often does, in order to provide power
for the antennas and the many cooling units needed for an installation on this scale.
Nevertheless to date nothing has changed, and even with the fines and the penalty of
1000€ to be paid every 20 days the installation is still producing a sizeable profit.
Worse still, in 2011 in spite of two new civil injunctions initiated by a specialist lawyer
David Izquierdo Sanchez, one of which concerns the great number of planning
infringements, the Town Council has granted a new authorisation that is allowing this
incredible and totally illegal situation, of a UMTS installation without any permit, to
continue uninterrupted.
Faced with these facts, the citizen who is obliged to respect the law is fully entitled to ask
the question: why are the mobile phone companies able to disregard the law in a country
that is supposed to be ruled by the law?
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/Antennes_Relais_Camouflees.php#1
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31. Supes call for moratorium on SmartMeters PG&E says it

will continue to install meters in West Marin
Pacific sun: by Jason Walsh, Uploaded: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Marin Supervisors blasted a signal of their own back at Pacific Gas and Electric today,
calling for a year-long moratorium on the installation of the controversial radio-frequency
emitting SmartMeters.
In their 4 - 0 vote, the Supes were acting on an "urgency ordinance" drafted by county
counsel this week in an attempt to halt the placing of the meters in various unincorporated
areas of the county--including all of West Marin, where PG&E installation attempts have
met with protests and acts of "civil disobedience."
The ordinance calls for PG&E to suspend their installations until an impending study of the
meters by the California Council of Science and Technology is released. The meter
guidelines fall under the purview of the California Public Utilities Commission, so any
county level moratorium is basically symbolic.
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PG&E spokesman Jeff Smith, however, has indicated that the utility will forge ahead with
the installations in spite of the Supervisors request. But a similar "moratorium" by the
Town of Fairfax has thus far halted PG&E's installation of the meters--which have raised
health concerns over the use of radio frequencies to track household energy use, and put
the utility on the defensive over how it will use the information gathered from the
SmartMeters.
Last week, SmartMeters installers from Wellington Energy, a company hired by PG&E to
put the controversial radio-frequency meters on Marin properties, found their paths to
multiple residences blocked by neighbors and members of a group called West Marin
Citizens Against Wireless SmartMeters. Sheriff's deputies were called to the scene on Dec.
28 and 29; two women were taken into custody following the Wednesday morning incident
along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard near Inverness Park.
Barry Smith, co-director of the West Marin Community Coalition for Environmental Health
says the utility could resolve the contentious situation by offering an opt-out alternative to
the meters. "It is increasingly baffling why they do not," says Smith. "Why are they in such
a hurry? If this technology is safe and their goal is to reach out to the customer and listen
to their concerns, then why are they trying to install smart meters as fast as possible in
Central and West Marin County? Why forcibly install Smart Meters on an unwilling
customer base when an alternative is readily available?"
______________________________
32. EMF and the The Mast Cell Response: learning from Olle
Johansson and others...
EMF: The Mast Cell Response>
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Attached text:
Mast cells are similar to basophils. Both cell types are created in the bone marrow,
although it is believed they come from different precursor cells. The basophils enter the
blood stream, whereas the mast cells migrate to the rest of the body -- particularly to
connective tissue at areas where the body meets the environment such as skin, lungs,
digestive tract, etc.
They contain granules of histamine and other substances which are involved in a number
of physiologic responses when released into the tissues.
These include:
histamine mediated allergies

inflammation
healing
defense against pathogens
Studies, discussed in the BioInitiative Report Chapter on the Immune System, have found
that non-ionizing electromagnetic fields have an impact on mast cell number, movement,
degranuation, and symptoms produced.
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Attached text:
SCREEN DERMATITIS
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heat sensation
pain
erythema
papules
pustules
Map Branches Comments
● What do they do in our bodies?

0 map
● How are they affected by EMF? comments of 0
● Studies total for this map
● Other links
● "Mystery in the Skin" Interview with Dr. Johansson
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33. Its official now: Radiation from your cell phone may be
killing you
DNA. Published: Sunday, Jan 2, 2011, By Priya Adhyaru Majithia
After many years of debate over the health hazards posed by mobile phones, a recent
report finally establishes it.
The exhaustive report has been submitted recently to the Department of Telecom by Prof
Girish Kumar of IIT-Bombay's department of electrical engineering.
Kumar, who has done extensive research on cell phone radiation and its effects warns
against excessive use of cell phones as they put users, to increased risk of cancer, brain
tumour and many other health hazards. More so in case of children.
The major health hazards of radiation from cell phones and cell towers are as given below:
_A 400% increase in the risk of brain cancer among for teenagers using cell phones.
Children are more vulnerable to cell phone radiation. The younger the child, the deeper is
the penetration of electromagnetic radiation as children's skulls are thinner.
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_Excessive use of mobile phones can also cause cancer in anyone. Use of cell phones for
more than 30 minutes per day for 10 years increases the risk of brain cancer and acoustic
neuroma.
_Cell phone radiation causes irreversible damage to male fertility. Studies have found 30%
lower sperm count in intensive users of mobile phones.
_Cell phone frequencies can cause damage to the DNA of the body's cells. Radiation
causes 'free radical formation' inside the body's cells; the free radicals are known to be
carcinogenic.
_Cell phone frequencies interfere with the functioning of other life-saving gadgets,
including implanted pace-makers, and may, therefore, cause sudden death.
_Mobile phone exposure can activate the stress response in human and animal cells which
causes production of stress proteins. This is proof enough that the body recognises
radiations from cell phones as potentially harmful.
_Electromagnetic fields caused by cell phone and cell tower radiation degrade the immune
system and stimulate allergic\inflammatory responses, including rashes, sores, biting
sensations and lesions.
_People using cell phones for more than 30 minutes a day for more than four years are at
a higher risk of hearing loss. Cell phone radiation can cause tinnitus and damage the
auditory hair cells present in the inner ear. Once damaged, these cells can never
regenerate.
_Frequent use of mobile phones can also damage the visual system in many ways. Cell
phone frequencies (900, 1800 MHz and 2450 MHz) damage epithelial cells and increase
the temperature within the eye.
_Cell phone emissions weaken bones and can cause reduction in melatonin (a type of
antioxidant which is immune system enhancer) levels.
_An increased risk of salivary gland cancer is linked to the use of mobile phones.
_Exposure to electromagnetic fields can cause sleep disorders and neurodegenerative
diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
_Due to consistent electromagnetic background noise, bees and birds become disoriented
and cannot return to their hives and nests. It has adverse effects on animals, plants and
the environment.
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"Doubt is our product," a cigarette executive once observed, "since it is the best
means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds of the general
public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy."
http://www.amazon.com/Doubt-Their-Product-Industrys-Threatens/dp/019530067X
"Not one drop of rain thinks it causes the flood."
______________________________
And the Insanity Continues! Until next time! Wake Up People, Wake Up! Giving up your cell
phone is an act of compassion -- and intelligence.
The EMF Refugees
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January 3rd, 2011 – January 9th, 2011

The Newsletter of the

International Coalition for an Electromagnetic Safe Planet

Education! Awareness! Support! Action!

1. Thousands Of Smart Meters Getting Pulled (Huston News)

1. Thousands Of Smart Meters Getting Pulled

Huston News By Amy Davis. Tuesday, January 4, 2011

FIND IT: CenterPoint Energy Smart Meter Deployment Schedule

2. Commonwealth Club of California “The Health Effects of

VIDEO: Commonwealth Club Program on Health Effects of Cell Phones, Wireless

Commonwealth Club of California

Watch Introductory Remarks

PDF of Introductory Remarks by Bill Grant, PhD

PDF of Introductory Remarks by Camilla Rees, MBA

PANEL I – History of Electromagnetic Pollution in Our Midst

Moderator: Camilla Rees, MBA, Ms. Rees is Founder

Watch Panel I – Eileen O’Connor, Director, Radiation Research Trust (U.K.)

Download Slides from Eileen O’Connor’s Presentation (Powerpoint)

Watch Panel I – Olle Johansson, PhD

Watch Panel I – Starling W. Childs, M.S.

Watch Panel I – Magda Havas, PhD

Watch Video for “Who Imagined?”

Moderator: Elizabeth Kelley, MA is Founder of Electromagnetic Safety Alliance, Inc.

Watch Panel II – Elizabeth Kelley, M.A

DNA, Fertility & Developmental Impacts

Martin Blank, PhD, Associate Professor, Columbia University, Department of

Watch Panel II – Martin Blank, PhD

Watch Panel II – Joel Moskowitz, PhD

Watch Panel II – Lloyd Morgan, B.S

Watch Panel II – Q&A

Moderator: Camilla Rees, MBA, Ms. Rees is Founder

Schools, Cell Towers & Dirty Electricity

Sam Milham, MD, MPH, retired physician-epidemiologist, Washington State Department

Watch Panel III – Sam Milham, MD, MPH

‘Smart Meters’ – The Shortsightedness of New, Radiation-Emitting Utility

Elizabeth Kelley, MA is Founder of Electromagnetic Safety Alliance, Inc. Ms. Kelley

“Heal the World Today” was created by Native American singer/songwriter,

Watch the Video

Panel IV – Toward the Future

Moderator: Sissel Halmoy, M.S., Founder and Chair,

New Recommended Exposure Guidelines—The Rationale?

Watch Panel IV – Need for New Exposure Guidelines

Gabriel North Seymour, Esq. Gabriel North Seymour is a legal

David O. Carpenter, MD serves as director of the Institute for Health

Whitney North Seymour, Jr., Esq.

B. Blake Levitt is an award-winning science journalist who has

Watch Commonwealth Club 11-18-10. Panel IV – Public Health Policy Directions

Camilla Rees, MBA, Ms. Rees is Founder of ElectromagneticHealth.org, Campaign for

Watch Commonwealth Club 11-18-10. Closing Remarks

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CELLPHONE AND WIRELESS HAZARDS AND RESPONSES

Thousands of birds fall from the sky in Beebe

Cell Tower Radiation Report sent to DOT (Department of Telecommunications)

Assessment of Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation Emissions from Smart Meters

Call Today: Comment on Revisions to the Americans with Disabilities Act

December 2010: Science Update

EMF News from Finland

Calif. County Criminalizes Smart-Meter Installations

Are Wireless Schools Safe?

The risks to childrens health from Wi-Fi and mobile phones