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  • Magnetic Fields, Cancer & Train Drivers

    Train drivers and other railway workers may be at greater risk of cancer due to the high magnetic fields they're exposed to at work, say scientists.
    Posted in Hodgkin's disease, leukemia, magnetic fields, train drivers

  • Body voltage - should it be measured?

    Should you use earthing products and should you measure body voltage? Alasdair Phillips, director of EMFields and Powerwatch and designer of the EMFields meters we stock, shared his views with us. Alasdair is an internationally-respected authority on testing electromagnetic fields. He said: 'I have real problems with the measurement of “body voltage” as it is usually measured and I need to answer it in a somewhat long-winded way. 
    Posted in Alasdair Phillips, body voltage, EMF

  • Exposure in public places

    To discover how much wireless radiation people are exposed to in public spaces, Swedish researchers measured the fields present in the Stockholm Central Railway Station in Sweden. They took measurements in over 1600 locations and found that exposures measured between 2,817 and 4,891 uW/m2. That's a much higher exposure than the 3-6 uW/cm2 recommended by the independent authors of the BioInitiative Working Group.

    Posted in exposure, wireless radiation

  • WiFi in homes and schools

    When it comes to WiFi, are we exposed to more radiation from routers in schools or in homes? This is what electrical engineer and Director of Powerwatch has to say: (a) The school routers that I have measured have not been worse (i.e. more powerful) than home routers per se. There are also often many of them (1 to 3 routers per classroom or hall are common) which increases the RF power density.
    Posted in children, exposure, schools, WiFi, wireless radiation

  • Reducing EMFs in the workplace

    A slide presentation, 'Precautionary Strategies for Reducing Worker Exposures to Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Magnetic Fields, a Possible Carcinogen' by Joseph Bowman PhD of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH
    Posted in EMF, reducing exposure, workers

  • EMR and depression

    Electromagnetic fields affect calcium channels, increasing calcium levels in cells and triggering a chain of events that leads to symptoms such as depression, according to Professor Martin Pall. This occurs at nonheathing (athermal) levels of exposure - ie levels that comply with Australian and international standards.
    Posted in calcium ion channels, depression, EMF, EMR, Martin Pall

  • Techitis

    Constant use of smart phones is negatively affecting people's health, say experts. Eyesight problems, muscle and joint pain, tissue degeneration and fatigue are all symptoms that have been linked to people's phone use.
    Posted in eye problems, fatigue, pain, smart phones

  • Mobiles and cancer

    A recent paper by Professor Simon Chapman claims that there is no increased rate of brain tumours in Australia that correlates with increased use of mobile phones. Following the publication of this paper, a number of articles have appeared, suggesting that mobile phones don't increase brain tumour rates.
    Posted in brain tumours, mobile phones

  • Impacts of wireless radiation

    Doctors speak about the impacts of wireless radiation at the 'Cell Phones, Wireless And Children’s Health Symposium 2016 Pediatric Academic Societies', May 3, 2016.
    Posted in mobile phones, wireless radiation

  • Magnetic fields, cancer and train drivers

    Scientists analysed health records of Swiss railway workers. They found, not only exposure to high magnetic fields, but also higher-than-normal rates of myeloid leukemia and Hodgkin’s lymphoma/Hodgkin’s disease. Magnetic fields are generated by the flow of electricity and are present wherever electrical equipment, power lines, meter boxes and electrical wiring are found.

  • Mobile phone-cancer study

    A major, $25 million US study has found an increased risk of cancer in rats exposed to mobile phone radiation over a two-year period. The 25,00 rats, exposed for nine hours a day to 900 and 1900 MHz mobile phone signals, developed increased rates of gliomas and schwannomas of the heart.

  • Mobiles and ADHD

    Smart phones are contributing to symptoms of ADHD, according to a study from the University of British Columbia. Scientists asked volunteers to reduce their use of a mobile phone one one occasion and to use their phones as normal on another and then asked them to perform a battery of tests. They found that the more frequently people were interrupted by their mobile phones, the less attentive they became and the more hyperactive.
    Posted in ADHD, hyperactive, smart phones