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The Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association (ORSAA) (http://www.orsaa.org) has been established to provide independent scientific advice about the impacts of wireless technology. A particularly interest will be the impacts of exposure on vulnerable members of the population, such as children, pregnant women, the sick and the elderly. The Association’s executive committee is comprised of Dr Julie McCredden (President), a researcher at the University of Queensland;
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The 2015 Science and Wireless Forum will be held in Melbourne on Tuesday 8th December, from 4 to 7 pm, at Kaleide Theatre, RMIT University, 360 Swanston St. This is a free event, open to the public and hosted by the Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR). The theme of the presentations will be radiofrequency health research. Speakers include ACEBR researchers and Professor Rodney Croft on the topic of international RF safety programs.
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An Australian mother has succeeded in preventing the installation of WiFi in the school attended by her child, who had developed reactions to EMR, especially WiFi and Bluetooth. When her child’s school considered the installation of WiFi, she submitted a comment to the Department of Education’s website reporting her child’s sensitivity, requesting assistance to find a high school without WiFi exposure and raising issues of disability and discrimination.
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At least some evidence suggests that it may be linked with a number of chronic diseases. What is Dirty electricity? Dirty electricity is a term used to describe interruptions to the flow of current running through electrical wiring. Electricity leaves the generating plant that gave rise to it in the form of a smooth undulating sine wave that looks rather like this—although, in reality, over 4800 kilometres separates each of the peaks on this graph.
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There is both enough evidence to say that microwave radiation causes a range of symptoms in humans and a mechanism to explain how this happens. This is the conclusion of an important new paper, published in August, by Professor Martin Pall from Washington State University. Professor Pall argues that microwave radiation activates voltage-gated calcium channels in the cell membrane that allow the passage of calcium.
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Driver distraction It seems that people just can’t stop using their mobile phones—even when they’re driving! Researchers in the US observed two groups of drivers: a thousand while stopped at traffic lights and another thousand while in motion. They found that eight percent of those who were in motion were either talking on their mobile phones or texting.
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A ground-breaking Australian seminar considers the legal implications of EMR-related injuries. The Australian legal community is expressing interest in the link between electromagnetic radiation and injury, in light of a number of international compensation claims and increasing scientific evidence linking adverse effects to exposure.
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There is abundant evidence that wireless radiation produces nonthermal effects on the body, yet international standards only recognise its thermal effects. This leaves not only individuals unprotected, but also the companies that manufacture wireless products, says Professor Martin Pall, writing in the September issue of the International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering and Management.
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The Victorian smart meter rollout has been a costly exercise that has substantially failed to deliver anticipated results. This is the conclusion of the September report of the Victorian Auditor-General, John Doyle. Since 2009, the average household has paid approximately $760 in metering charges which have not been itemised on electricity bills. These costs may reduce in the short term but are expected to increase ’sharply’ from 2024 when the meters are due to be replaced.
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Heather is extremely sensitive to electromagnetic fields and had taken steps to reduce her exposure inside her home. This included replacing a cordless phone with a corded phone, using a wired internet connection and turning off the wireless on her router. However, she still experienced extreme headaches, that verged on migraines, when working near the router and wondered what could be causing them.
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Following a judgment in the Californian District Court, the City of Berkeley will become the first in the US to successfully in introduce labelling for mobile phones. On 21 September, Judge Edward Chen pronounced his decision in a legal battle between Berkeley, whose councillors voted for the labels in May, and the CTIA Wireless Association, which claimed that the labels violated the First Amendment.
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Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is real, can be demonstrated to be real and must be recognised by international authorities. These are some of the conclusions of the 5th Paris Appeal Congress, held on 18 May in Brussels. The Congress brought together some of the big names in Bioelectromagnetics research and looked at the latest research on the condition.
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