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The Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Man

13 settembre 2015 – “Towards Better Health”

[Cenni storici…]

by Pierre Dubochet, Forum Sécurité, no.1, May 2015

(Translation by Meris Michaels – Sept. 13, 2015)


Forum_Securite_mai_2015Since the use of microwave emitters in the 1930’s, we have observed biological effects. In some cases, harmless, in others, dangerous.

At the end of the 1960’s, microwave experts from Eastern Europe produced a document showing that exposure of workers and members of the military to microwaves at non-thermal levels for many years results in, among others: fatigue, irritability, headaches, nausea, change in heart rate, hypo- and hypertension, somnolence, insomnia, troubles concentrating, skin allergies, increase in numbers of lymphocytes, perturbation of the electroencephalogram, and damage to sense organs.

Exactly the afflictions a growing percentage of people are now complaining about! NASA translated this text under the title “Biological Effect of Microwaves in Occupational Hygiene” in 1970. With “Biologic Effects and Health Hazards of Microwave Radiation”, WHO took the same direction in 1973, emphasizing the cumulative nature of received doses. Science has proven that chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) of microwaves below thermal thresholds leads to functional alterations, at times disabling, at times dangerous.

From the moon to the mobile phone

In 1969, Motorola, the American inventor of the transceiver and walkie-talkie, transmitted the voice of Neil Armstrong, walking on the moon. Its next objective was a GSM mobile phone network. More than 100 million dollars were invested before the commercialization of its radiotelephones in 1983. In the medium term, the mobile phone could well be a colossal financial manna provided that the countless reports signaling risks of exposure to EMF were stifled.

Thus, in 1974, experts like Tanner, Bigu del Blanco and Sierra observed that several minutes of exposure to EMF at 27 MHz emitted by a radio transmitter of 5 watts (a current mobile phone with G of 2 watts) is sufficient to cause a significant loss of myelin(1). This substance surrounds the nerve fiber and conducts nerve impulses. Research has shown that pulsed microwaves – this extremely low frequency (ELF) pulse which optimizes the signal and reduces the technology costs – generate more metabolic disturbances compared to a continuous signal at the same average power density.

We remember the affair at the American Embassy in Moscow disclosed by the press in 1976. The premises were irradiated by microwaves at around 6 V/m(2). Ambassador Stoessel suffered from ocular hemorrhages and a blood disorder. Three men died of cancer, five women underwent a mastectomy linked to cancer. Neither a hypothetical risk nor an abstract risk, exposure to microwave EMF is harmful at non-thermal levels. How does one develop wireless technologies in this context?

First, by taking the lead in legalizing what one calls indicative limit values in toxicology. Second, by replacing the precautionary principle, susceptible to restraining litigation, with the principle of technology watch, that is, observing the health impact over several decades while awaiting the development of scientific methods showing absolute proof of harm. This is the famous “we don’t know”. Two dominant organizations support these strategies: the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and the EMF department at WHO.

Michael Repacholi chaired the study groups at WHO from 1978. He also belonged to a group which established ICNIRP in 1992. Repacholi presided over this commission which comprises twelve other member scientists, some of whom occupy top positions in the industry. Repacholi founded and headed the research department on the effects of EMF at WHO during the period when safety norms were established, between 1996 and 2006. Can we really believe the president of these institutions was actually defending public health?

Can we really imagine this man supporting citizens against aggressive industrialists?  It was the opposite, according to David Leloup of Mediattitudes(3). Repacholi was acting on behalf of the industry. In 1990, this man supported an Australian electricity company against landowners in New South Wales who were opposed to the installation of a high voltage power line (HT) on their property. In 1995, he assisted Bell South in installing a relay antenna near a nursery in Christchurch.

Later, by downplaying studies showing the increase in the risk of child leukemia near power lines, Repacholi supported the Connecticut Light and Power Co. On 3 August 2000, Michael Repacholi, the man who influenced all national radiation protection associations worldwide, admitted before the Court of the Australian Senate that limiting exposure to wireless radiation is not based on science. It was negotiated between trade unions (industrial) and the government of that period.

Anticipating the risk of legal action and buying time

ICNIRP found an approach to safeguard the industry which seemed scientific. A model filled with a homogenous fluid gel was subjected to EMF. At 61 V/m during six minutes, the heating of the gel was inferior to the regulatory thermal capacity of the human body. ICNIRP’s communication was clever: although not specifying any safety or health value, it was perceived as such. It was the tour de force wording of communication specialists destined to anticipate the risk of legal actions relating to products and services.

The numerous bias in the guide published by ICNIRP make this document irrelevant for evaluating realistic exposure limits, but who cares. It used all its influence, including its intimate connections with WHO. Objective: to have high thresholds of exposure accepted in a maximum number of countries. The EMF department at WHO retracted the former “unsafe” proclamations and reverted to the old theory of radiophobia.

In 1958, while the government was preparing the legal basis for nuclear electricity, WHO snubbed its foes in its report 151: The appearance of “a source of energy of such shattering possibilities as atomic power will cause strong psychological reactions, and… some of these will probably have to be considered as more or less pathological.” It repeated this credo with symptoms due to non-thermal exposure to EMF: There also exist certain elements indicating that these symptoms may be due to pre-existing psychiatric disorders, as well as reactions to stress resulting from fear of eventual health effects.

Aware of the safety issues, European insurance companies excluded risks linked to EMF in their coverage. For our federal authorities, protection of health due to EMF is a challenge. In drafting the Ordinance on Protection Against Non-Ionizing Radiation (ORNI), Switzerland, neither exemplary nor rigorous, chose to base itself on the recommendations of ICNIRP. It legalized a density which could go up to 61 V/m for fixed installations emitting between 2 and 300 GHz. Mobile devices (smartphones, Wi-Fi etc.) are excluded from ORNI because “we must be sure not to create unacceptable obstructions to business.”

Science shows that the penetration of EMF is greater in children than in adults. Olsen(4) concluded that children exposed in utero or during the first seven years of their life to low doses of EMF have an 80% risk of behavioral disorders at age seven. Carlo(5) indicated a link between wireless technology and child autism, which is increasing rapidly.

The convenience of Wi-Fi is attractive, but it causes a significant addition of EMF, including to children and young people, fond of wireless. This pollution carries increased risk of neurological and cognitive disorders. We have seen pulsed microwave radiation impairing memory and attention. The risk of headaches and dizziness increases with irradiation. In addition, hyperactivity and chronic insomnia may occur. How to be successful in schooling and studies if the environment affects attention and memory? Can we take the risk of threatening the future of our children? Can we expose them to radiation with cumulative effects in order to avoid a few meters of wire?

Neuchâtel limits use of Wi-Fi in classrooms

The Neuchâtel authorities, as in other countries, have refused the risk of Wi-Fi. Pioneers in Switzerland, they have adopted an ordinance in 2010 whose article 7 stipulates that only wired networks (metallic cables or fiber optics) are authorized in classrooms in preschools, and primary schools. Article 8 authorizes wireless equipment under certain conditions in shared spaces. At the Association Romande Alerte (ARA), we wanted to know if the Ordinance was being adhered to. We have equally focused on nurseries where exposure of very young children to EMF is all the more ill-advised.

Another technician and I visited 18 preschool and primary school establishments (around 15% of the establishments in the canton), announcing ourselves to the officials on the day of evaluation. The doors to some schools and nurseries remained closed due to lack of an official request in writing. In spite of the Ordinance, Wi-Fi routers were irradiating classrooms in preschools and primary schools. Schools and nurseries taken together, we measured Wi-Fi in nearly three out of four locations. Sometimes, the Wi-Fi served to connect a computer and a printer only a few meters apart. In the nursery, four computers for very young children were connected to routers located a few dozen centimeters from their heads.  In addition, sometimes wireless DECT phones and cell phones were further increasing EMF exposure.

In its patent WO2004075583, Swisscom outlined various risks from electrosmog. At the international conference in Salzburg in 2002, eminent independent experts in building biology estimated that an exposure inferior to 0.06 V/m was acceptable long-term. In this regard, only one primary school, one preschool and one nursery school visited could be considered neutral in terms of EMF.

The personnel we met were of good faith but often ignorant about protective measures such as those proposed by the Federal Office for Public Health. Several kinds of confusion were observed. Certain users believed that it suffices to connect a cable to a device (for example, to connect the tablet to the mains) in order to avoid radiation. Others confound Wi-Fi with access to the Internet. There are still many challenges before awareness is raised among all concerned parties. Our investigations have however been fruitful: installations were taken away, and we have established useful contacts with the canton of Neuchâtel service of compulsory education.

Establishing a program of electromagnetic protection in schools is being considered. We hope that the scholastic officials of other cantons as well as business leaders will join us in this campaign.

(1) Science et vie, février 1974.
(2) OMS “La protection contre les rayonnements non ionisants”, 1985, p. 143.
(3) http://www.mediattitudes.info, Téléphonie mobile: trafic d’influence à l’OMS?, 23 janvier 2007.
(4) J. Olsen, L. Kheifets, C. Obel, H.A. “The prenatal and postnatal exposure to cell phone use and behavioral problems in children”, Epidemiology. 2008 Jul ; 19(4);523-9.
(5) 5 T.J. Mariea, G.L. Carlo. “Wireless radiation in the etiology and treatment of autism (…)”, Journal of the Australasian College of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine, Vol.26, No.2, August 2007.

PIERRE DUBOCHET, engineer, is a pioneer at Neuchâtel radio where he became technical director of the station. In 1995, he set up a business specialized in multimedia whose products are distributed in more than 160 countries. He undertakes radiation measurements in private homes and conducts EMF audits in businesses in order to safeguard the health of employees and thus, productivity.

To view his site: http://www.pierredubochet.ch

Forum Sécurité

The only magazine dedicated to the theme of safety in French-speaking Switzerland

The Swiss magazine on safety – Forum Sécurité – is the only professional magazine in French-speaking Switzerland dedicated entirely to the theme of safety. It is the counterpart of the Swiss German magazine SicherheitsForum. The themes developed in Forum Sécurité are on organizational, physical, and technical safety, safety at work as well as information security. Subjects discussed include management of safety and risk, technical safety, business continuity, work safety, health protection and its promotion, information security, data protection and that linked to IT security as well as building safety in all its forms, from fire protection to building security in general.

Original article in French:
http://www.pierredubochet.ch/forum-securite-mai-2015.html

 

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Allergia alle onde elettromagnetiche, due genitori denunciano una scuola

14 settembre 2015 – Corriere della Sera / Pediatria, di Simona Marchetti

[Interessante articolo del Corriere della Sera / Pediatria di ieri, 14 settembre 2015.

Ci permettiamo però di fare tre considerazioni in merito alle seguenti affermazioni contenute nel pur meritevole articolo:

“In realtà però l’EHS resta un enigma, perché non esistono prove certe che ne dimostrino l’esistenza. Non a caso, secondo gli esperti coloro che dicono di soffrirne sarebbero invece vittima dell’effetto «nocebo» (ovvero, il malessere si manifesta non appena si viene a conoscenza della presenza di un segnale wi-fi): una teoria che pare trovare l’avallo della stessa Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità che, pur riportando questo disturbo nell’elenco delle malattie, non conferma però che la causa scatenante siano le onde elettromagnetiche.”

1) Non è vero che non esistono prove certe della esistenza della Elettrosensibilità: migliaia (!!) di articoli scientifici riportano l’esistenza di un nesso di causalità tra l’esposizione alle radiazioni elettromagnetiche e l’insorgenza di effetti biologico/sanitari che conducono anche alla Elettrosensibilità.

2) Già nel lontano 1950 i ricercatori russi identificarono quella che definirono “malattia da microonde” in soldati e operai che avevano ricevuto una esposizione professionale giornaliera a radiofrequenze (RF) e apparecchiature a microonde. E negli anni successivi, sempre più prove scientifiche hanno confermato la pericolosità di questo tipo di esposizione.

Adesso, certuni scienziati (e non tutti, come fa intendere l’articolo!), sostengono che esista solo un problema di effetto “nocebo”.
Se si andasse ad indagare la fonte del loro finanziamento, probabilmente si scoprirebbero cose interessanti.

Dunque questo problema deve essere affrontato quanto prima, perché un tempo soldati e operai in certi tipi di settori erano gli unici soggetti ad essere esposti alle microonde, oggigiorno, con la diffusione del Wireless, siamo diventati tutti come i radaristi e ci ammaleremo seriamente, eccome se ci ammaleremo seriamente!

3) La Organizzazione mondiale della Sanità potrà anche non confermare che la causa della Elettrosensibilità siano radiofrequenze/microonde, però il 31 maggio 2011 ha rilasciato un comunicato nel quale dice chiaramente che radiofrequenze/microonde sono dei possibili cancerogeni per l’uomo, inseriti in classe 2 come, tanto per fare un esempio, il piombo.
Difatti la benzina contenente piombo è stata tolta dalla circolazione per ragioni sanitarie. La tecnologia Wireless, invece, sta venendo diffusa come non mai.
Fatevi una domanda e datevi una risposta.]

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Il caso di uno studente che soffre di mal di testa, pruriti, palpitazioni, sintomi della EHS. In Francia un tribunale ha riconosciuto a una donna la disabilità per lo stesso disturbo

Ogni volta che G (nome di fantasia) tornava a casa dal prestigioso istituto elementare che frequentava, lamentava mal di testa e pruriti, che però svanivano col passare delle ore e addirittura non comparivano mai nei fine settimana o durante le vacanze scolastiche. Ma quando gli stessi medici non seppero dare una spiegazione plausibile a quegli strani sintomi, comparsi per la prima volta nella primavera del 2013 e aggravatisi poi lo scorso anno con emorragie dal naso, vertigini, palpitazioni e nausea, i suoi genitori decisero di avviare una ricerca per conto loro. E alla fine – come racconta il sito Dailybeast.com – la causa di tutti i mali di G sarebbe stata identificata nel wi-fi della Fay School di Southborough, Massachusetts, dove il figlio studiava dal 2009 e che, guarda caso, era stato implementato proprio nella primavera del 2013, ovvero quando il ragazzo aveva iniziato a stare male. Da qui la conclusione che il figlio soffrisse di ipersensibilità elettromagnetica (la cosiddetta EHS) e la conseguente richiesta all’istituto di passare alla rete Ethernet o di ridurre le emissioni del sistema wireless installato per alleviare i sintomi di quella che – a loro dire – era da considerare una vera e propria disabilità.

La denuncia in tribunale

Ma quando i vertici della scuola si sono rifiutati di cooperare, i genitori di G hanno portato la Fay in tribunale, asserendo che «avesse volutamente ignorato gli studi scientifici dietro alla EHS». Studi come quello condotto nel 2013 da due scienziati dell’Indiana, dove gli autori convengono che «i campi elettromagnetici possono modificare le funzioni neurologiche e il metabolismo cellulare» che sono infatti finiti nelle 45 pagine della denuncia, molte delle quali ruotano attorno alla definizione stessa di «ipersensibilità elettromagnetica» e alla conferma che non si tratti «di una condizione ipotetica» bensì di una disabilità «che possa compromettere gravemente le funzioni neurologiche e respiratorie dell’individuo, limitandone sostanzialmente l’attività», come puntualizzato anche nell’Indoor Enviromental Quality dello United States Access Board.

L’ipersensibilità elettromagnetica esiste?

In realtà però l’EHS resta un enigma, perché non esistono prove certe che ne dimostrino l’esistenza. Non a caso, secondo gli esperti coloro che dicono di soffrirne sarebbero invece vittima dell’effetto «nocebo» (ovvero, il malessere si manifesta non appena si viene a conoscenza della presenza di un segnale wi-fi): una teoria che pare trovare l’avallo della stessa Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità che, pur riportando questo disturbo nell’elenco delle malattie, non conferma però che la causa scatenante siano le onde elettromagnetiche.

Il precedente in Francia

Tornando al caso del piccolo G, c’è però un precedente che potrebbe dar ragione ai suoi genitori nella denuncia contro la scuola: il mese scorso, infatti, un tribunale di Tolosa, in Francia, ha riconosciuto come handicap l’ipersensibilità alle onde elettromagnetiche, stabilendo un’indennità di 800 euro al mese per tre anni (eventualmente rinnovabile) alla 39enne Marine Richard, costretta a trasferirsi in uno sperduto paesino dei Pirenei per evitare qualsiasi contatto con reti cellulari o wi-fi e altre fonti elettromagnetiche che possano provocarle gravi reazioni allergiche.

Articolo originale al seguente link:

http://www.corriere.it/salute/pediatria/15_settembre_14/allergia-onde-elettromagnetiche-due-genitori-denunciano-scuola-97b43668-5af1-11e5-8ba2-883e928384e2.shtml

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Electrohypersensitivity: State-of-the-Art of a Functional Impairment

[Storico e fondamentale articolo del prof. Olle Johansson, neuroscienziato del Karolinska Institute, che descrive l’Elettrosensibilità come compromissione funzionale.
In Svezia l’Elettrosensibilità è riconosciuta come invalidità.]

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 25: 245–258, 2006
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ISSN 1536-8378 print
DOI: 10.1080/15368370601044150

By:
OLLE JOHANSSON – Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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Keywords
Dermatoscience
Electrohypersensitivity
Impairment
Immunohistochemistry
Neuroscience

ABSTRACT

Recently, a new category of persons, claiming to suffer from exposure to electromagnetic fields, has been described in the literature.
In Sweden, electrohypersensitivity (EHS) is an officially fully recognized functional impairment (i.e., it is not regarded as a disease).
Survey studies show that somewhere between 230,000– 290,000 Swedish men and women report a variety of symptoms when being in contact with electromagnetic field (EMF) sources.
The aim of our studies has been to investigate possible alterations, in the cellular and neuronal systems of these persons’ skin.
As controls, age- and sex-matched persons, without any subjective or clinical symptoms or dermatological history, served. Immunohistochemistry using antisera to the previously characterized marker substances of interest has been utilized.
In summary, it is evident from our preliminary data that various alterations are present in the electrohypersensitive persons’ skin.
In view of recent epidemiological studies, pointing to a correlation between long-term exposure from power-frequent magnetic fields or microwaves and cancer, our data ought to be taken seriously and further analyzed.

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OLLE JOHANSSON – Electrohypersensitivity State-of-the-Art of a Functional Impairment

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Disturbance of the immune system by electromagnetic fields—A potentially underlying cause for cellular damage and tissue repair reduction which could lead to disease and impairment

[Uno dei fondamentali lavori del prof. Olle Johansson, in cui si dimostra l’impatto delle radiazioni elettromagnetiche sul sistema immunitario.]

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Pathophysiology 16 (2009) 157–177

By:
Olle Johansson – The Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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Article history
Received: 23 August 2008
Accepted: 30 January 2009

Keywords
Immunology
Radiofrequency fields
Magnetic fields
Power-frequency

ABSTRACT

A number of papers dealing with the effects of modern, man-made electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on the immune system are summarized in the present review.
EMFs disturb immune function through stimulation of various allergic and inflammatory responses, as well as effects on tissue repair processes.
Such disturbances increase the risks for various diseases, including cancer.
These and the EMF effects on other biological processes (e.g. DNA damage, neurological effects, etc.) are now widely reported to occur at exposure levels significantly below most current national and international safety limits.
Obviously, biologically based exposure standards are needed to prevent disruption of normal body processes and potential adverse health effects of chronic exposure.
Based on this review, as well as the reviews in the recent Bioinitiative Report [http://www.bioinitiative.org/] [C.F. Blackman, M. Blank, M. Kundi, C. Sage, D.O. Carpenter, Z. Davanipour, D. Gee, L. Hardell, O. Johansson, H. Lai, K.H. Mild, A. Sage, E.L. Sobel, Z. Xu, G. Chen, The Bioinitiative Report—A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF), 2007)], it must be concluded that the existing public safety limits are inadequate to protect public health, and that new public safety limits, as well as limits on further deployment of untested technologies, are warranted.

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OLLE JOHANSSON – Sistema immunitario e CEM

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Some ocular symptoms and sensations experienced by long term users of mobile phones – Effets oculaires en relation avec l’utilisation d’un téléphone mobile cellulaire

[Disturbi oculari ed utilizzo del telefono cellulare.]

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Pathologie Biologie 53 (2005) 88–91

By:
Hasan H. Balik a, Dilek Turgut-Balik b, Kemal Balikci c, I. Cem Özcan d

a Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Firat, Elazig, Turkey
b Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, University of Firat, Elazig, Turkey
c Department of Informatics, University of Firat, Elazig, Turkey
d University Health Centre, University of Firat, Elazig, Turkey

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Article history
Received: 26 January 2004
Accepted: 17 March 2004
Available online: 09 April 2004

Keywords
Eye
Ocular symptoms
Mobile phone
Long term use
Microwave

ABSTRACT

In this study, a survey was conducted to investigate the possible effects of long term usage of mobile phone (MP) on eyes. The studied symptoms are blurring of vision, redness on the eyes, vision disturbance, secretion of the eyes, inflammation in the eyes and lacrimation of the eyes.
There is no effect on redness on the eyes and vision disturbance, but some statistical evidences are found that MP may cause blurring of vision, secretion of the eyes, inflammation in the eyes and lacrimation of the eyes.
These results suggest an awareness of the symptoms and sensations.

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OCULAR

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Effects of intensive and moderate cellular phone use on hearing function.

[L’utilizzo prolungato del telefono cellulare causa disturbi uditivi.]

Electromagn Biol Med. 2006;25(1):13-21.

By:
Oktay MF1, Dasdag S.

1Department of Otolaryngology, Medical School of Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of radiation emitted by mobile phones on the hearing of users. The study was carried out on three groups: 1) 20 men who have used a cellular phone frequently and spoken approximately 2 h per day for four years; 2) 20 men who have used a cellular phone for 10-20 min per day for four years; and 3) 20 healthy men who have never used a cellular phone (the control group). Brainstem evoked response audiometric (BERA) and pure tone audiometric (PTA) methods were used to measure the effects of exposure on hearing function of the subjects. In BERA measurements, I-III, III-V, and I-V interpeak latencies were evaluated. Interpeak latency of subjects in two experimental groups was compared to that of subjects in the control group. The BERA results showed no differences among the groups (p > 0.05). In PTA measurements, detection thresholds at 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, 4000 Hz, and 8000 Hz frequencies were measured in all three groups. No differences were observed between moderate mobile phone users (10-20 min. per day) and control subjects. However, detection thresholds in those who talked approximately 2 h per day were found to be higher than those in either moderate users or control subjects. Differences at 4000 Hz for both bone and air conduction for right ears, and 500 Hz, and 4000 Hz bone and air conduction for left ears were significant for mean hearing threshold. This study shows that a higher degree of hearing loss is associated with long-term exposure to electromagnetic (EM) field generated by cellular phones.

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Alterations in TSH and Thyroid Hormones following Mobile Phone Use

[Questo è uno studio sull’uomo.
Alla luce di una simile evidenza, si può supporre che i casi in crescita esponenziale di ipotiroidismo abbiano in questa noxa esogena un fattore eziologico preminente.]

Oman Medical Journal 2009, Volume 24, Issue 4, October 2009

By:
Seyed Mortavazi 1, Asadollah Habib 2, Amir Ganj-Karami 3,
Razieh Samimi-Doost, Atefe Pour-Abedi 3, Ali Babaie 3

1 Department of Radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz,
Iran
2 Department of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences,
3 Department of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

ARTICLE INFO

Article history
Received : 05 Aug 2009
Accepted: 07 Sep 2009

Keywords
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)
TSH
T3
T4

ABSTRACT

Objectives: In recent years, the widespread use of mobile phones has lead to a public debate about possible detrimental effects on human health.
In spite of years of research, there is still a great controversy regarding the possibility of induction of any significant physiological effects in humans by microwave radiations emitted by mobile phones.
This study aims to investigate the effects of electromagnetic fields induced by the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) mobile phones on the Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and thyroid hormones in humans.
Methods: 77 healthy university students participated in this study.
The levels of T3, T4 and TSH were measured by using appropriate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits (Human, Germany).
Results: The average levels of T3, T4 and TSH in students who moderately used mobile phones were 1.25±0.27 ng/ml, 7.76±1.73 μg/dl and 4.25±2.12 μu/l respectively.
The levels in the students who severely used mobile phones were 1.18±0.30, 7.75±1.14 and 3.75±2.05 respectively.
In non-users, the levels were 1.15±0.27, 8.42±2.72 and 2.70±1.75, respectively.
The difference among the levels of TSH in these 3 groups was statistically significant (P<0.05).
Conclusion: As far as the study is concerned, this is the first human study to assess the associations between mobile phone use and alterations in the levels of TSH and thyroid hormones.
Based on the findings, a higher than normal TSH level, low mean T4 and normal T3 concentrations in mobile users were observed.
It seems that minor degrees of thyroid dysfunction with a compensatory rise in TSH may occur following excessive use of mobile phones.
It may be concluded that possible deleterious effects of mobile microwaves on hypothalamic pituitary-thyroid axis affects the levels of these hormones.

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Effects of 900MHz electromagnetic field on TSH and thyroid hormones in rats

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By:
Ahmet Koyu a, Gokhan Cesur a,
Fehmi Ozguner a, Mehmet Akdogan b,
Hakan Mollaoglu a, Sukru Ozen c

a Department of Physiology, Suleyman Demirel University, School of Medicine, 32260 Isparta, Turkey
b Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, 32260 Isparta, Turkey
c Academy of Vocational Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

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Article history
Received 28 December 2004
received in revised form 1 March 2005
accepted 1 March 2005
Available online 11 April 2005

Keywords
900MHz electromagnetic field
TSH
T3
T4

ABSTRACT

In this study, the effects of exposure to a 900 megahertz (MHz) electromagnetic field (EMF) on serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and triiodothronine–thyroxin (T3–T4) hormones levels of adult male Sprague–Dawley rats were studied.
Thirty rats were used in three independent groups, 10 of which were control (without stress and EMF), 10 of which were exposed to 900MHz EMF and 10 of which were sham-exposed.
The exposures were performed 30 min/day, for 5 days/week for 4 weeks to 900MHz EMF.
Sham-exposed animals were kept under the same environmental conditions as the study groups except with no EMF exposure.
The concentration of TSH and T3–T4 hormones in the rat serum was measured by using an immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) method for TSH and a radio-immunoassay (RIA) method for T3 and T4 hormones.
TSH values and T3–T4 at the 900MHz EMF group were significantly lower than the sham-exposed group (p < 0.01). There were no statistically significant differences in serum TSH values and T3–T4 hormone concentrations between the control and the sham-exposed group (p > 0.05).
These results indicate that 900MHz EMF emitted by cellular telephones decrease serum TSH and T3–T4 levels.

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Brussels International Scientific Declaration on Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 2015

Dopo il quinto congresso dell’Appello di Parigi tenutosi il 18 maggio 2015 presso la “Royal Academy of Medicine” di Bruxelles ed incentrato sul tema delle ipersensibilità ambientali, gli scienziati Europei, Americani e Canadesi partecipanti hanno deciso all’unanimità di creare un gruppo di lavoro e scrivere una Dichiarazione Internazionale Comune per richiedere un riconoscimento ufficiale di queste nuove malattie e delle loro conseguenze sanitarie in tutto il mondo.

Con questa Dichiarazione, oltre ad invitare enti ed istituzioni nazionali e internazionali (ed in particolare l’OMS) ad assumersi con urgenza le proprie responsabilità in termini di riconoscimento di Elettroipersensibilità e Sensibilità Chimica Multipla come malattie reali, includendole conseguentemente nella Classificazione Internazionale delle Malattie (ICD), hanno invitato le suddette istituzioni a: 1) adottare semplici misure cautelari di prevenzione dei danni da esposizione ai Campi Elettromagnetici, 2) informare le popolazioni in merito al problema, 3) nominare dei veri e propri gruppi di esperti indipendenti per valutare i rischi sanitari in totale obiettività scientifica (cosa che allo stato attuale non accade).

Testualmente viene detto:

“We, physicians, acting in accordance with the Hippocratic Oath, we, scientists, acting in the name of scientific truth, we all, medical doctors and researchers working in different countries worldwide, hereby state in full independence of judgment,

 that a high and growing number of persons are suffering from EHS and MCS worldwide;
 that EHS and MCS affect women, men and children;
 that on the basis of the presently available peer-reviewed scientific evidence of adverse health effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and various chemicals, and on the basis of clinical and biological investigations of patients, EHS is associated with exposure to EMFs and MCS with chemical exposure;
 that many frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum (radio- and microwave-frequencies as well as low and extremely low frequencies) and multiple chemicals are involved in the occurrence of EHS and MCS respectively;
 that the trigger for illness can be acute high intensity exposure or chronic very low intensity exposure and that reversibility can be obtained with a natural environment characterized by limited levels of anthropogenic EMFs and chemicals;
 that current case-control epidemiological studies and provocative studies aiming at reproducing EHS and/or MCS are scientifically difficult to construct and due to the present design flaws are in fact not suitable to prove or disprove causality; in particular because objective inclusion/exclusion criteria and endpoint evaluation criteria need to be more clearly defined; because responses to EMFs/chemicals are highly individual and depend on a variety of exposure parameters; and finally because test conditions are often reducing signal-to-noise ratio thereby obscuring evidence of a possible effect;
 that the nocebo effect is not a relevant nor a valid explanation when considering scientifically valuable blind provocation studies, since objective biological markers are detectable in patients as well as in animals;
 that new approaches are emerging for clinical and biological diagnosis and for monitoring of EHS and MCS including the use of reliable biomarkers;
 that EHS and MCS may be two faces of the same hypersensitivity-associated pathological condition and that this condition is causing serious consequences to health, professional and family life;
 finally that EHS and MCS ought therefore to be fully recognized by international and national institutions with responsibility for human health.

In view of our present scientific knowledge, we thereby stress all national and international bodies and institutions, more particularly the World Health Organization (WHO), to recognize EHS and MCS as true medical conditions which acting as sentinel diseases may create a major public health concern in years to come worldwide i.e. in all the countries implementing unrestricted use of electromagnetic field-based wireless technologies and marketed chemical substances.
Inaction is a cost to society and is not an option any more.

Although our scientific knowledge still remains to be completed, we unanimously acknowledge this serious hazard to public health, urgently requiring the recognition of this condition at all international levels, so that persons can benefit from adapted diagnostic tools, innovative treatments, and above all, that major primary prevention measures are adopted and prioritized, to face this worldwide pan-epidemic in perspective.

According to the present scientific knowledge and taking into account the precautionary principle, we unanimously recommend that true information in the use of chemicals and wireless technologies be made accessible to the public and precautionary regulation measures applying particularly to children and other vulnerable population subgroups be urgently taken as it should be the case regarding chemicals in the application of the European Registration Evaluation Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation.
To fulfill these objectives, we unanimously request that institutional committees designed for evaluating the risks of EMFs and chemicals be constituted by scientists acting in clear science-based independency and so exclude any experts with industry affiliation.

We therefore ask all national and international bodies and institutions to be aware of this critical environmental health issue and to take urgently their responsibility, more specifically WHO, updating its 2005 and 2014 consideration on EHS and recognizing EHS and MCS as part of the WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD) as it is already particularly the case in Germany and Japan which classified MCS under a specific code. EHS and MCS should be represented by separate codes under the WHO ICD in order to increase awareness by the medical community, governments, politicians and the general public; to foster research on the population that acquires these pathological syndromes; and, to train medical doctors on effective medical prevention measures and treatments.”

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Promemoria: Brussels International Scientific Declaration on Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 2015

ANTEFATTO:

Dopo il quinto congresso dell’Appello di Parigi tenutosi il 18 maggio 2015 presso la “Royal Academy of Medicine” di Bruxelles ed incentrato sul tema delle ipersensibilità ambientali, gli scienziati Europei, Americani e Canadesi partecipanti hanno deciso all’unanimità di creare un gruppo di lavoro e scrivere una Dichiarazione Internazionale Comune per richiedere un riconoscimento ufficiale di queste nuove malattie e delle loro conseguenze sanitarie in tutto il mondo.

Con questa Dichiarazione, oltre ad invitare enti ed istituzioni nazionali e internazionali (ed in particolare l’OMS) ad assumersi con urgenza le proprie responsabilità in termini di riconoscimento di Elettroipersensibilità e Sensibilità Chimica Multipla come malattie reali, includendole conseguentemente nella Classificazione Internazionale delle Malattie (ICD), hanno invitato le suddette istituzioni a: 1) adottare semplici misure cautelari di prevenzione dei danni da esposizione ai Campi Elettromagnetici, 2) informare le popolazioni in merito al problema, 3) nominare dei veri e propri gruppi di esperti indipendenti per valutare i rischi sanitari in totale obiettività scientifica (cosa che allo stato attuale non accade).

Testualmente viene detto:

“We, physicians, acting in accordance with the Hippocratic Oath, we, scientists, acting in the name of scientific truth, we all, medical doctors and researchers working in different countries worldwide, hereby state in full independence of judgment,

 that a high and growing number of persons are suffering from EHS and MCS worldwide;
 that EHS and MCS affect women, men and children;
 that on the basis of the presently available peer-reviewed scientific evidence of adverse health effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and various chemicals, and on the basis of clinical and biological investigations of patients, EHS is associated with exposure to EMFs and MCS with chemical exposure;
 that many frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum (radio- and microwave-frequencies as well as low and extremely low frequencies) and multiple chemicals are involved in the occurrence of EHS and MCS respectively;
 that the trigger for illness can be acute high intensity exposure or chronic very low intensity exposure and that reversibility can be obtained with a natural environment characterized by limited levels of anthropogenic EMFs and chemicals;
 that current case-control epidemiological studies and provocative studies aiming at reproducing EHS and/or MCS are scientifically difficult to construct and due to the present design flaws are in fact not suitable to prove or disprove causality; in particular because objective inclusion/exclusion criteria and endpoint evaluation criteria need to be more clearly defined; because responses to EMFs/chemicals are highly individual and depend on a variety of exposure parameters; and finally because test conditions are often reducing signal-to-noise ratio thereby obscuring evidence of a possible effect;
 that the nocebo effect is not a relevant nor a valid explanation when considering scientifically valuable blind provocation studies, since objective biological markers are detectable in patients as well as in animals;
 that new approaches are emerging for clinical and biological diagnosis and for monitoring of EHS and MCS including the use of reliable biomarkers;
 that EHS and MCS may be two faces of the same hypersensitivity-associated pathological condition and that this condition is causing serious consequences to health, professional and family life;
 finally that EHS and MCS ought therefore to be fully recognized by international and national institutions with responsibility for human health.

In view of our present scientific knowledge, we thereby stress all national and international bodies and institutions, more particularly the World Health Organization (WHO), to recognize EHS and MCS as true medical conditions which acting as sentinel diseases may create a major public health concern in years to come worldwide i.e. in all the countries implementing unrestricted use of electromagnetic field-based wireless technologies and marketed chemical substances.
Inaction is a cost to society and is not an option any more.

Although our scientific knowledge still remains to be completed, we unanimously acknowledge this serious hazard to public health, urgently requiring the recognition of this condition at all international levels, so that persons can benefit from adapted diagnostic tools, innovative treatments, and above all, that major primary prevention measures are adopted and prioritized, to face this worldwide pan-epidemic in perspective.

According to the present scientific knowledge and taking into account the precautionary principle, we unanimously recommend that true information in the use of chemicals and wireless technologies be made accessible to the public and precautionary regulation measures applying particularly to children and other vulnerable population subgroups be urgently taken as it should be the case regarding chemicals in the application of the European Registration Evaluation Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation.
To fulfill these objectives, we unanimously request that institutional committees designed for evaluating the risks of EMFs and chemicals be constituted by scientists acting in clear science-based independency and so exclude any experts with industry affiliation.

We therefore ask all national and international bodies and institutions to be aware of this critical environmental health issue and to take urgently their responsibility, more specifically WHO, updating its 2005 and 2014 consideration on EHS and recognizing EHS and MCS as part of the WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD) as it is already particularly the case in Germany and Japan which classified MCS under a specific code. EHS and MCS should be represented by separate codes under the WHO ICD in order to increase awareness by the medical community, governments, politicians and the general public; to foster research on the population that acquires these pathological syndromes; and, to train medical doctors on effective medical prevention measures and treatments.”

COSA STA PER ACCADERE:

Una risposta a questa Dichiarazione è attesa per il 15 settembre 2015.

Al seguente link potete trovare il PDF della versione integrale della Dichiarazione Scientifica Internazionale 2015 su EHS ed MCS:

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