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Brain tumour findings strengthen the case for the carcinogenicity of mobile phone radiation. Long-term use of cordless and mobile phones decreases the survival of people with brain tumours and this finding strengthens the evidence that wireless radiation causes brain tumours, say researchers from Sweden. Co-author Lennart Hardell has previously shown that long-term mobile phone use increases the risk of gliomas and acoustic neuromas.
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Could myelin damage account for the symptoms that many people experience when exposed to wireless radiation? This is a possibility that should be taken seriously, say Dr Mary Redmayne and Prof Olle Johansson, writing in the September issue of the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Myelin is a protective layer of fatty membrane that coats the nerves of the central and peripheral nervous systems (CNS and PNS).
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Lyn McLean speaks with Frank Clegg, CEO of Canadians 4 Safe Technology You were President of Microsoft Canada and now you’re CEO of an organisation that promotes the risks of wireless radiation. What caused you to become concerned about this radiation? "I was approached by three different families from our local community who had cell towers right near their homes.
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In what could hardly be considered a master stroke of public relations, Australian authorities have both reneged on their undertakings to the Australian community and alienated the EHS population of the country. On the evening of Tuesday 11th November, Australia’s research consortium, the Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR) and the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute hosted a public forum at Wollongong University on the topic of electromagnetic
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Have you ever wondered why, when you’re surfing the web, your screen produces an advertisement that matches your recent searches? No, it’s not a coincidence. Internet and phone companies amass vast troves of user information—information that is often used for advertising. But that’s not its only use. On 6 October, the ABC’s ‘Four Corners’ program ‘Privacy Lost’ revealed how US intelligence agencies mine this information—both via agreements with search engine
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On 27 October, Andrew Wilkie, Independent MP for Denison in Tasmania, introduced a Private Members Bill for an Act aimed at giving communities more say about the siting of mobile phone base stations. In introducing the bill to the parliament, Mr Wilkie said that he was not trying to stop the construction of the base stations, but to give councils and communities more power and his bill was prompted by the large numbers of complaints he had received from communities around Australia.
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The World Health Organisation recently released a draft review of scientific research on radiofrequency radiation and health published before 2013. Entitled ‘Radio Frequency fields: Environmental Health Criteria Monograph, the incomplete document was opened for consultation by RF experts until mid November. When completed, the document is likely to influence policy of radiation authorities worldwide.
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Canadians for Safe Technology (C4ST) held a ‘Symposium on Health Issues Associated with the Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Radiation’ held at Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, September 12. Among the conclusions of the meeting was: “Radiofrequency fields are a probable human carcino- gen’ (Class 2A)’ whereas the International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified them as a ‘possible’ carcinogen (Class 2B) - Professor Anthony Miller ‘Cell phone
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It’s well known that talking on a mobile phone increases the risks of traffic accidents—even on par with drink driving. But it now been shown to be a risk for pedestrians as well. A study from the Ohio State University, published in April, found that phone-related injuries among pedestrians are increasing, especially among males and people aged below 31.
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A new report by the BioInitiative Working Group finds increased evidence of risk from electrical and wireless sources. The 2012 Report by the BioInitiative Working Group has concluded that evidence of risk from EMR-emitting technologies justifies new standards that greatly reduce public exposure. ‘There is now much more evidence of risks to health affecting billions of people world-wide. The status quo is not acceptable in light of the evidence for harm,’ said Dr David Carpenter
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European Environment Agency advises precaution for mobile phone use. In January the European Environment Agency (EEA) issued a major report which has recommendations for mobile phone users and administrators. ‘Late Lessons from Early Warnings Vol II’ is a 750-page document that considers the risks of new technologies and the consequences of ignoring them. It includes case studies on mercury poisoning, hormone-disrupting chemicals in plastics, nuclear radiation, genetically modified organ
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In the first study of its kind, scientists have found that children exposed to mobile phone radiation early in life were more than usually prone to headaches. The scientists investigated over 52,000 children in Denmark who were part of the Danish National Birth Cohort—a project in which women, pregnant between 1996 and 2002, agreed to provide information about their children over a period of time. When they investigated the exposure of the children, the scientists found that 39%
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