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Study of the Health of People living in the Vicinity of Mobile Phone Base Station
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19.02.2006
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Samenvatting Zwitsers Onderzoek UMTS
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07.06.2006
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Vergeleken met de controlesituatie (geen blootstelling) leidde geen van de beide UMTS-
blootstellingen van 1 of 10 V/m tot een verandering van het welbevinden. Dit geldt zowel voor
de uitkomsten van het onderzoek met de nieuwe, gevalideerde vragenlijst als voor dat met de
oorspronkelijke vragenlijst uit het TNO-onderzoek. Onafhankelijk van de sterkte van het
UMTS-veld rapporteerden elektrogevoelige proefpersonen meer symptomen.
De proefpersonen waren bovendien niet in staat om UMTS elektromagnetische velden waar
te nemen. Elektrogevoelige proefpersonen schatten de veldsterkte in het algemeen hoger in
dan de niet-elektrogevoelige proefpersonen, maar ook deze inschatting was onafhankelijk
van de daadwerkelijk aangeboden veldsterkte.
Met betrekking tot de cognitieve prestaties kon geen consistente invloed van UMTS-velden
worden aangetoond. In totaal werden de resultaten van 44 tests geanalyseerd. Bij 42 tests
werden geen effecten geconstateerd. Echter bij 10 V/m werd in een van de tests in de
elektrogevoelige groep ten opzichte van de controlesituatie een minieme toename van de
reactiesnelheid vastgesteld. In de niet-elektrogevoelige groep verminderde, eveneens bij
10 V/m en ten opzichte van de controlesituatie, de nauwkeurigheid bij een andere test met
ongeveer één procent.
De dosimetrische berekeningen wezen uit dat het maximum in het specifieke absorptietempo
in hersenweefsel bij 10 V/m ongeveer een factor 100 lager was dan de grenswaarde die de
ICNIRP5 heeft aanbevolen en zodoende tot een factor 100 lager was dan bij gebruik van een
mobiele telefoon.
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Research into effects of electrostatic and zero magnetic fields on psychophysiologic state of human
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18.04.2006
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REFLEX Project Summary
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19.02.2006
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REFLEX (Risk Evaluation of Potential Environmental Hazards from Low Energy Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposure Using Sensitive in vitro Methods) was a 3-year joint research project within the 5th EU Framework Program. Among the 12 participating research groups, the IT'IS Foundation/ETH was responsible for providing the exposures (signal definitions, exposure setups and technical quality assurance) of all subprojects. Direct comparison of the results was possible between the participants by maintaining common, strictly controlled exposure conditions. REFLEX reported several genotoxic effects as well as effects on gene expression.
The IT'IS Foundation is committed to conducting replications and extensions with the utmost scientific scrutiny in the shortest possible time. Experiments are currently being conducted at the BioCenter in Basel, the Department of Human Biology and Genetics in Kaiserslautern and the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority.
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Probable health effects associated with mobile base stations in communities
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19.02.2006
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Dr Neil Cherry - June 2000 Abstract
In 1995 a New Zealand Environment Court (as the Planning Tribunal) decided to set a public exposure limit of 2m W/cm2 for from a BellSouth GSM cell site. This was based on evidence of biological effects, including calcium ion efflux, enhanced ODC activity and EEG change down to 2.9m W/cm2. There was also epidemiological evidence of childhood leukaemia at 2.4m W/cm2. The primary expert witness for BellSouth was WHO staff member Dr Michael Repacholi from Australia. He stated that there was no evidence of adverse effects below the international guideline of SAR = 0.08W/kg because the only effect of RF/MW was tissue heating. The Court's decision rejected this position and set the exposure level of 1% of the standard. The decision also stated that this should be revised with new evidence. Subsequently two Australian studies were carried out to assure the public that both cell phones and cell sites were safe. Both of these studies, Hocking et al. (1996) and Repacholi et al. (1997), showed that leukaemia/lymphoma was more than doubled for people and mice.
It is now clear that the results of both of these were quite predicable from earlier human and rodent studies. This includes studies that are claimed by ICNIRP, WHO and Dr Repacholi (both in reviews and in the Environment Court) to show that there were no adverse effects. To this day cell phone companies and some government bodies, such as the U.K independent expert committee, chaired by Sir William Stewart, that included Dr Repacholi, still claims that there is no evidence that cell phone radiation is harmful. There is a large and growing body of published scientific studies that show that this is not true. This includes Dr Repacholi's own research. Over forty cell phone radiation studies are cited here. They show that cell phone radiation mimics the biological and epidemiological studies for EMR over the past 4 decades. This includes DNA strand breakage, chromosome aberrations, increased oncogene activity in cells, reduced melatonin, altered brain activity, altered blood pressure and increased brain cancer.
Analogue cell phones use FM RF/MW signals and digital cell phones use pulsed microwaves that are very similar to radar signals. FM radio, radar exposures cause significant and dose response increases in brain cancer, leukaemia and other cancers, and cardiac, neurological and reproductive health effects. Hence it is highly probable that cell sites and cell phones are causing many adverse health effects. Already cell phone radiation has been shown to significantly increase all these effects.
Public health surveys of people living in the vicinity of cell site base stations should be being carried out now, and continue progressively over the next two decades. This is because prompt effects such as miscarriage, cardiac disruption, sleep disturbance and chronic fatigue could well be early indicators of the adverse health effects. Symptoms of reduced immune system competence, cardiac problems, especially of the arrhythmic type and cancers, especially brain tumour and leukaemia are probable. However, since cell phone radiation has already been shown to reduce melatonin, damage DNA and chromosomes, surveys should look for a very wide range health effects and not be limited to a narrow set. In carrying out health surveys, the researchers must be mindful of the actual and realistic radiation patterns from cell sites and not to make the mistake of assuming a simple, uniform radial pattern.
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