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THORNER: CELL PHONE DANGERS: PUBLIC DECEPTION TRUMPS PUBLIC HEALTH (PART 1)

2 december 2015 – “illinoisreview.typepad.com”, by Nancy Thorner

 

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When trying to promote the safety of a product, industry will often compare the safety of their new product to other products already considered safe. Such is the case with ‘smart meters’, often compared to cell phones, despite much evidence that smart meters pose a risk to health, invade one’s privacy, and are potential fire hazards. Might cell phones, those ubiquitous, beloved objects of necessity in today’s society be anything other than safe

“Cell phones cause cancer” declared attorney Jimmy Gonzalez, in front of the Pembroke Pines, Florida City Council.  “It should become crystal clear that cell phones do cause cancer and that the American people are not being properly warned about cell phones.”  

What followed in Pembroke Pines was a cell phone radiation resolution adopted in November 2012 that expressed the city’s “urgent concerns arising from recent medical science reports which advise of the possible and adverse health effects delivered upon those who use cell phones, including, but not limited to, cancer, as a result of the [non-ionizing] radiation emitted by cell phones”.

Recently, the city council in Berkeley, California voted unanimously 9-0 on a Cell Phone Radiation “Right-To-Know Ordinance” that requires wireless retailers to warn customers of possible radiation exposure when purchasing cell phones.  Cell phones sold in Berkeley will now come with a warning notice explaining the dangers of high radio frequency (RF) exposure.

Berkeley is the first city in the nation to have passed a cell phone radiation ordinance since San Francisco was forced to disband a similar ordinance after a two-year court battle with the CTIA (The Wireless Association). San Francisco made the tough decision after it was apparent that an ongoing court case with the CTIA could cost the city $500,000.

Research Suppressed on Health Effects

The CTIA when arguing against the “Right-To-Know Ordinance”, made the claim that consumers would be scared if a warning notice of the dangers of high RF exposure were printed on the package or readily visible at the time of purchase. This is the same information that is printed in the product manual.

It is worth mentioning that the current FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, was once the former CEO of the CTIA and suppressed research on the health effects of cell phone radiation. In a document authored by Richard Conrad, Ph.D., Conrad states:

“Telecom lobbyists manipulate public opinion by making false proclamations through the press.  Their chief lobbyist, ‘fixer’ and generator of spin was Tom Wheeler, who is now the Chairman of the FCC – a classic example of the fox guarding the henhouse – hence the public remains without protection from non-thermal effects.  Business as usual in Washington, but in this case causing unnecessary death, disability and suffering, lack of optimum productivity, and increased health care costs.”

Sadly, Florida attorney Jimmy Gonzalez, mentioned above in his declaration that “cell phones cause cancer”, succumbed to three DIFFERENT cell phone induced cancers. ALL were caused by cell phone radiation exposure.  Each cancer developed exactly where his cell phone was held close to his body.  It was a life destroyed by a tradition of wireless profits superseding the lives of people.

The recent tragic death of “Beau” Biden, the son of Vice President Biden and former attorney general of Delaware, has once again focused attention on what seems to have been the cause of Beau’s death.  Scroll down in this article, which talks about Beau Biden’s brain cancer, where you will find a list of 23 deaths under the heading Political Brain Tumor Stats.  Little more needs to be said. May all rest in peace and may the truth be revealed. 

“Mobilize” is a movie that gives us another look at the potential dangers of cell phones. Here is an excellent rule of thumb to consider: if a study is mentioned in the media or elsewhere that does not find evidence of cell phone radiation creating health effects, check it out to ascertain if the study was industry-funded and is being used as damage control to offset independent studies that do find health effects.

Children and Cell Phone Use

What about the effects of cell phone use on children since it is now the in thing for a child to have his/her own cellphone? NBC News reported how children were being exposed to an exponentially greater amount of radio frequency than any adult will ever be in a lifetime. Dr. Devra Davis, Ph.D., writes:

“Compared with adults, research on children shows that microwave radiation is absorbed twice as much into their brain, up to triple in their brain’s hippocampus and hypothalamus and up to ten times as much into the bone marrow of the skull.  Frightening is that half of the world’s four billion cell phone users are under twenty.” 

Dr. Davis has written an eye-opening book titled “Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Is Doing to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family.” Her book reveals the following:

Cell phone radiation is a national emergency. Emerging evidence is raising significant questions about health risks from cell phone and wireless radiation. Given the size of the potential impact, there is inadequate awareness, research, and regulation. Health experts have long been frozen out of policy-making decisions about cell phones; federal regulatory standards are set by the cell phone industry itself. Cell phone manufacturers have borrowed the playbook of the tobacco industry.

“Consumer Reports” weighs in

Even “Consumer Reports” in the September 2015 edition weighed in on the need to take precautions with cell phone use and issued “A Call for Clarity”, in which clear answers were deemed necessary as to the following substantial issues raised regarding cell phone usage:  

  • The Federal Communications Commission’s cell-phone radiation test is based on the devices’ possible effect on large adults, though research suggests that children’s thinner skulls mean they may absorb more radiation.
  • “Consumer Reports” agrees with concerns raised by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Government Accountability Office about the tests, and thinks that new tests should be developed that take into account the potential vulnerability of children.
  • We think that cell-phone manufacturers should prominently display advice on steps that cell-phone users can take to reduce exposure to cell-phone radiation.

At a time when scientists and the bio-medical community are calling for stronger EMF/RF guidelines, and fifteen countries have issued precautionary health warnings about cell phone radiation and recommendations on how to reduce risks, the wireless industry in the U.S. has opposed precautionary warnings.

Another resource conveying a similar message on institutional neglect is a book by Investigative Journalist, Norm Alster, “Captured Agency: How the Federal Communications Commission is Dominated by IndustriesPresumablyRegulates”, in which Alster explores how the serious health risks of wireless technology are being ignored by regulators and standard setting bodies.

How did we get to this point without a major health alert?

Ann Louise Gittleman, a “New York Times” best-selling author, wrote a book on cell phone concerns titled, “Zapped, Why Your Cell Phone Shouldn’t Be Your Alarm Clock and 1,268 Ways to Outsmart the Hazards of Electronic Pollution”. Before “Zapped” was published, Ms. Gittleman in an article titled, “Accidental Conspiracy”, explained how we got to this point without a health warning.  She wrote:

When it comes to public health, we depend upon our federal and local governments and the media to keep us safe. But what happens when these institutions miss the truth, when they fail to warn us? An unwilling Government, a silent media, an aggressive trillion dollar wireless industry: this is a perfect formula for disaster. Now we will experience the harsh reality and the cruel irony of why millions are suffering ill health at the hands of friendly fire from the very institutions we depend upon to protect us.

This question is often asked in many different situations when information vital to judging a situation is hard to come by:  What did they know and when did they know it?  Ms. Gittlemen likewise tackles that question in, “Accidental Conspiracy” by providing the following revelation:

In 1990 forty scientists at the EPA raised the alarm. They had serious concerns about the carcinogenic effects of electromagnetic fields and low-level Radio Frequency (RF) microwave radiation. They released a draft resolution proposing the classification of RF-EMF fields as a probable human carcinogen. The 393 page report titled, ‘An Evaluation of the Potential Carcinogenicity of Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs)’ raised tremendous controversy with the Federal government and industry groups. The EPA resolution was ultimately silenced by officials in the White House, apparently on the basis that such a classification of RF/EMF as a carcinogen would scare the American public.

Another 21 years would pass, with rampant proliferation of wireless devices, until in May 2011 the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) categorized “radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless cell phone use”. 

Lennart Hardell  (who was part of the World Health Organization committee) and Michael Carlberg later co-published an article (November 2013), entitled,“Using the Hill Viewpoints from 1965 for Evaluating Strengths of Evidence of the Risk for Brain Tumors Associated with Use of Mobile Phones.”   Based on Hill’s viewpoints and his discussion on how these issues should be used, the conclusion of Hardell’s and Carlberg’s review is that “glioma and acoustic neuroma are caused by RF-EMF emissions from wireless phones.” 

Should IARC puts RF-EMF emissions in Group 1?

According to the “Preamble” of the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer): “The classification of RF-EMF emissions from wireless phones should be Group 1, i.e., ‘the agent is carcinogenic to humans’, and urgent revision of current guidelines for exposure is needed.”

With mounting evidence that RF radiation is definitely carcinogenic and the fact that exposure to our population is increasing at an exponential rate, the potential consequences are catastrophic. 

Part 2 will cover mounting evidence that is intended to wake up public perception over its oft-stated rhetoric that cell phone use is perfectly safe.  The main concern being highlighted: RF and EMF cause a breakdown in the communication between cells in the body, interrupting DNA repair and weakening tissue and organ function. 

Also documented are claims pointing to how some segments of the industry have ignored the scientific findings, having repeatedly and falsely claimed that wireless phones are safe for all consumers including children.

Source/Fonte:

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2015/12/thorner-cell-phone-dangers-public-deception-trumps-public-health-part-1.html#more

Wi-Fi: like a mast in your home?

Untested technology

Cordless phones, Wi-fi, digital baby monitors and other wireless products have become ubiquitous. While their health effects are largely untested, there have been numerous studies of the effects of the electro-magnetic radiation emitted from these devices. All scientists agree that this radiation is dangerous at high levels but it is hoped that the low levels emitted from these household devices are safe. We are not convinced.

Radiation 24/7

The levels of radiation emitted from mobile and cordless phones on standby, and of wi-fi routers, digital baby monitors and bluetooth are a fraction of those of a mobile or cordless phone in use on a call. But this does not mean they are safer.

The radiation exposure from wireless products is a “chronic” exposure, constantly at a low level rather than short bursts of high power. There is evidence that this type of exposure might be more damaging in the long-term. It is thought that when the body first experiences a new source of radiation, it reacts by strengthening its immune defences, but then the immune system begins to weaken progressively as the radiation exposure continues. Read more…

There is evidence that long-term chronic exposure to electro-magnetic radiation has a range of health effects. We also know that children are more vulnerable than adults.

The German and French governments have advised against the use of wireless products like wi-fi and cordless (DECT) phones at home. Read more…

A phone mast in your home?

The clearest evidence that this day-in-day-out low-level exposure might be dangerous is from thestudies of the health effects of mobile phone masts.Two studies have shown significantly increased levels of cancers amongst those living within a few hundred meters of a mobile phone mast. Other studies have demonstrated a host of other symptoms linked with exposure to mobile phone mast radiation.  One study has shown directly that wi-fi can affect children’s cognitive skills like memory, attention and reaction time.

The radiation exposure from a wi-fi router at 5 meters’ distance, a cordless DECT phone base unit at 3 meters’ distance, or digital baby monitor at less than 1 meter are all experienced at roughly the same level as a mobile phone mast only 150 meters away. If any of these are closer, for example if you sleep with a cordless phone next to the bed, it is equivalent in radiation terms to being only about 50 meters away from a mast. Read more…

There is now much annecdotal evidence of people experiencing symptoms in the short term, like headaches, nausea, dizziness and loss of concentration. Read more… For this reason, some government and public bodies have stopped the introduction of wi-fi in some public places and schools.

Read more about the health effects of cordless (DECT) phones…

Wifi may be more damaging to some people than mobile phones…

Cumulative exposure

Even if the power level of one wireless router or computer is small, a child’s environment may include many of these devices at once. Radiation exposure from a wi-fi system comes from the router and each of the computers. A cordless DECT phone emits radiation from the base stations and the handsets. A mobile phone on standby, or worse on a call, also adds to the radiation “load”. 

At school, a set of wirelessly connected computers in a classroom is known to result in exposures much higher than one computer being used alone. The radiiation level has been found to be equivalent to being in the main beam of a mobile phone mast (which official guidelines state should not fall on school grounds without the consent of parents and the school). In 2007 a BBC Panorama programme found that the readings next to a classroom laptop showed radiation at double the level experienced only 100 metres from a mobile phone mast. This exposure from wi-fi is additional to mobile phones, cordless DECT phones and bluetooth used around the children in schools.

So at any one time a child may be exposed to cumulative levels of radiation much higher than each product emits alone. They may be exposed constantly at school and at home, even when asleep.

Formative exposure

This exposure generally starts young and continues throughout children’s lives. Children are now being exposed to wireless products from a very early age and often throughout their developing childhood and teenage years. This is experimental – no-one has any idea of the cumulative effect of such long-term exposure starting at such a formative age.

We know from the scientific studies relating to mobile phones that children are more vulnerable to this type of radiation, absorbing more radiation than adults through their thinner skulls. Given the many studies that show this radiation could be very dangerous, do we not have a duty to protect children from the possibly serious future health effects of this exposure?

Read about the dangers of mobile phones…

Read more about children’s greater vulnerability…

Read more about this global experiment…

Source/Fonte:

http://wiredchild.org/sciencealias/43-what-the-science-tells-us/67-what-the-science-tells-us-wireless-products.html

“The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation” — Dr Devra Davis

[Il 30 novembre 2015, la Conferenza del Decano presso l’Università di Melbourne è stata tenuta dalla prof.ssa Devra Davis riguardo alla domanda: “Quali sono gli effetti sulla salute dei telefoni cellulari e della radiazione wireless?”. 

La dott.ssa Davis, epidemiologa ed esperta di effetti sulla salute delle radiazioni elettromagnetiche, ha delineato l’evoluzione di telefoni cellulari e smartphone e spiegato il background degli attuali standard di sicurezza per le radiazioni elettromagnetiche vecchi di 19 anni, sviluppi politici e legislazione internazionale.

Durante la Conferenza sono stati presentati nuovi studi globali sulle conseguenze per la salute delle radiazioni wireless, compresi quelli riguardanti l’esposizione dei bambini e i relativi rischi.]


Pubblicato il 02 dic 2015

“The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation: what we know, what we need to find out, and what you can do now”
Presented by Dr Devra Davis, Visiting Professor of Medicine at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, and Visiting Professor of Medicine at Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey.

The Lecture
What are the health effects of mobile phones and wireless radiation? While Australia has led the world in safety standards, including compulsory seat-belt legislation, plain packaging on cigarettes, and product and food disclosure legislation, it falls behind in addressing the significant issues associated with mobile phone use. In this Dean’s Lecture, epidemiologist and electromagnetic radiation expert, Dr Devra Davis, will outline the evolution of the mobile phone and smartphone, and provide a background to the current 19 year old radiation safety standards (SAR), policy developments and international legislation. New global studies on the health consequences of mobile/wireless radiation will be presented, including children’s exposure and risks.

The Speaker
Dr Devra Davis is an internationally recognised expert on electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones and other wireless transmitting devices. She is currently the Visiting Professor of Medicine at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, and Visiting Professor of Medicine at Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey. Dr Davis was Founding Director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute —­ the first institute of its kind in the world, to examine the environmental factors that contribute to the majority of cases of cancer.

In 2007, Dr Devra Davis founded non­profit Environmental Health Trust to provide basic research and education about environmental health hazards. Dr Davis served as the President Clinton appointee to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board in the U.S.A. from 1994–­1999, an independent executive branch agency that investigates, prevents and mitigates chemical accidents.
As the former Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services, she has counseled leading officials in the United States, United Nations, European Environment Agency, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, and World Bank.

Dr Davis holds a B.S. in physiological psychology and an M.A. in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh, 1967. She completed a PhD in science studies at the University of Chicago as a Danforth Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1972 and a M.P.H. in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University as a Senior National Cancer Institute Post-­Doctoral Fellow, 1982. She has authored more than 200 publications and has been published in Lancet and Journal of the American Medical Association as well as the Scientific American and the New York Times.

Dr Devra Davis is an internationally recognised expert on electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones and other wireless transmitting devices.

Magda Havas shows the effects of living near Cell Phone Towers

This is honestly one of the best presentations you will see on highlighting the dangers of living near Cell Phone Towers. Held at Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Professor Magda Havas from Trent University gives a thorough presentation to the concerned citizens affected by a recent cell phone tower installation.

Dr. Havas reveals the results from numerous international studies, which conclusively prove that exposure to the radiation from cell phone towers and masts cause dangerous health problems in humans, including cancer and death.

More Cellphone-Cancer proof at http://www.phonescausebraincancer.com/

Original article is located at http://www.phonescausebraincancer.com…

Link to this clip on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijOU7…

Telecom Funded Review on Children and Cell Phone Radiation Should Be Retracted According to Independent Scientists of the Environmental Health Trust

[Un nuovo documento dai ricercatori di Environmental Health Trust svela incoerenze evidenti ed errori sistematici in una analisi finanziata dall’industria Telecom, la quale afferma che la dose di radiazioni al cervello di un bambino durante l’uso del telefono cellulare non differisce da quella degli adulti.

“Il nostro lavoro mostra che la letteratura pubblicata sostiene esattamente la conclusione opposta a quella cui sono giunti Foster e Chou. I bambini che utilizzano i telefoni cellulari assorbono dosi di picco più elevate di radiazioni a microonde rispetto agli adulti”, afferma la Dott.sa Devra Davis, Visiting Professor di Medicina presso l’Università Ebraica, presidente dell’Environmental Health Trust (EHT) e co-autrice del documento.]

New research claims that an industry supported review alleging children and adults absorb the same radiation from mobile phones used biased methods and contains major systematic errors.

Teton Village, WY — (ReleaseWire) — 12/17/2015 — A new paper by Environmental Health Trust researchers exposes glaring inconsistencies and systematic errors in a Telecom industry-funded review alleging that the radiation dose to a child’s brain from cell phone use does not differ from adults. According to the newly published study’s lead author, Dr. Robert Morris, Senior Medical Advisor to the Environmental Health Trust, “Our detailed analysis of this review by two researchers with extensive ties to industry reveals what appears to be a deliberate distortion of the science and a boldfaced effort to downplay potential risks to children using mobile devices. Unless the authors can correct the glaring inconsistencies and internal contradictions in their work, the paper should be retracted.”

“Our paper shows that the published literature supports exactly the opposite conclusion to that reached by Foster and Chou. Children using cell phones absorb higher peak doses of microwave radiation than adults,” states Dr. Devra Davis, Visiting Professor of Medicine at The Hebrew University, President of Environmental Health Trust (EHT) and a co-author of the paper.

BACKGROUND
In 2014, Chou and Foster published a review of 23 publications that had used computer models to compare the dose of microwave radiation absorbed by the brains of children and adults. In that review, the authors concluded that the published literature showed no consistent difference between adults and children with respect to the peak absorbed dose of microwave radiation.

RESULTS OF THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW
In this newly published critique of the 2014 review, EHT researchers found glaring internal inconsistencies and systematic errors in the presentation of data by Foster and Chou. They found summaries of the 23 studies, as quoted by Foster and Chou, support the opposite conclusion that at a fixed level of exposure, children absorb higher peak doses of radiation than adults.

The researchers point to a graphical Figure by Foster and Chou that purports to summarize results abstracted from individual studies. This graphic indicated 25% of the results showed higher peak doses in children, 30% showed little or no difference, and 46% showed higher peak doses in adults. Yet, when the authors of those same studies summarize their findings, summaries quoted by Foster and Chou, most reached the opposite conclusion. “Contrary to what Foster and Chou assert, the majority of studies find that children do absorb greater doses of microwave radiation from mobile phones than adults,” said Morris, noting that 57% of studies concluded that doses are higher in children, while only 10% concluded that doses were higher in adults. These inconsistencies are summarized in Figure 1.

“The probability of this discrepancy occurring by chance alone is less than 1%. This leaves only two possible explanations. The first possibility is that many authors of the 22 individual studies misinterpreted and/or misrepresented their review findings in their text summaries. This seems unlikely given the number of authors involved and the fact that the peer review process would need to have failed repeatedly for this to occur. The only other explanation is that a bias in the methods used by Foster and Chou introduced a systematic error in their abstraction of review results,” stated the authors.

“The authors are heavily supported by the cell phone industry,” states co-author Lloyd Morgan describing how the Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF) funded the 2014 Chou and Foster review and earlier had sent Foster to Greece to Co-Chair a Workshop on the this very topic with CK Chou who was then Chief EME Scientist for Motorola. Ken Foster’s research is also often funded by industry organizations such as the Wi-Fi Alliance. “CK Chou seems to have been at the forefront of protecting industry’s interests for many decades. He was a Motorola executive while serving on the IEEE Committee that created the exposure limits adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He still chairs the IEEE Committee that will likely be involved in considering the FCC’s adoption of even higher exposure limits than exist today,” explains electrical engineer Lloyd Morgan, co-author of the paper.

The authors also summarize two key additional problems with Foster and Chou’s paper. They state that no clear protocol was specified for the identification of the reviewed studies. They question why Foster and Chou spend almost half of their discussion “focusing on papers that are more than a decade old, but say nothing about half of the studies published in the past decade, most of which contradict their primary conclusion.”

“The evidence is clear and compelling,” states Davis, “Children absorb more radiation than adults and their brains are especially vulnerable.” She refers to a newly published paper by researchers at the Federal Universities of Brazil in which sophisticated modeling of the absorption of cell phone radiation in the brains of children “confirms that substantially higher radiation doses occur in younger children as compared to adults.”

In summary, the authors conclude that the published literature supports exactly the opposite conclusion to that reached by Foster and Chou. The published literature supports a conclusion that children using cell phones absorb higher peak doses of microwave radiation than adults. “Either the majority of the original authors in the published literature misrepresented their own results or Foster and Chou have misrepresented the result of those studies. It appears that cell phone industry authors have produced cell phone industry results.,” states Morris.

The paper Children Absorb Higher Doses of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation From Mobile Phones Than Adults can be accessed at this link http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7270279. The IEEE/Access is one of the world’s leading engineering and scientific magazines.

A graphic abstract for this paper by the Environmental Health Trust can be found at this linkhttps://youtu.be/J5MMhm70lCY

About The Authors
Robert D. Morris, MD, PhD, is a physician and an environmental epidemiologist. He has taught at Tufts University School of Medicine, Harvard University School of Public Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin and has served as an advisor to the EPA, CDC, NIH, the President’s Cancer Panel and worked with the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Environmental Epidemiology and with the National Cancer Institute.

Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, is President of the Environmental Health Trust, a non-profit scientific and policy think tank. She is currently Visiting Professor of Medicine at The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical Center and Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School and was Founding Director of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology of the U.S. National Research Council and Founding Director, Center for Environmental Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. President Clinton appointed Dr. Davis to the newly established Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, and she is a former Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Lloyd Morgan is an Electronic Engineer by training with 38 years of industrial experience to the VP level in Silicon Valley and is a Board member with the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS), theInternational EMF Alliance and Senior Research Fellow with the Environmental Health Trust(EHT). He has been involved in the study of exposure to electromagnetic fields and resultant health problems since 1995. He continues to carry out critical analyses of epidemiological studies in the field and presents findings to local expert forums in Teton County, as well as nationally and internationally. His paper on the brain modeling of cell phones with Dr. Gandhi, Dr. Herberman and Dr. Davis, was one of the most widely cited papers in the field.

About Environmental Health Trust
Environmental Health Trust (EHT) educates individuals, health professionals and communities about controllable environmental health risks and policy changes needed to reduce those risks. Currently, EHT is raising awareness on how to reduce exposure to cell phone and wireless radiation. The Environmental Health Trust maintains a regularly updated database of worldwid e precautionary policies detailing how countries are taking action to protect public health and features lectures of EHT experts. Please visit http://www.EHtrust.organd on Facebook.

Dr. Devra Davis Delivers the Dean’s Lecture at the University of Melbourne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwyDCHf5iCY

10/12/2015 Newsweek: Short-sighted Savings Endangers Flint Kids, by EHT Advisor Robert Morris MD PhD

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Elettrosmog, tribunale francese sancisce l’invalidità civile

[Citiamo:
«E’ fisiologico che interessi economici, l’inerzia del mondo accademico e i tanti passaggi burocratici ostacolino il fluire delle conoscenze scientifiche, anche quando ne va della salute pubblica. I nostri risultati su benzene, formaldeide e stirene, ad esempio sono stati recepiti dopo oltre 20 anni dalla pubblicazione dei dati. Tutti ostacoli che sono sempre esistiti, che vanno combattuti giornalmente, ma che non ci hanno mai fermato».
Come quando, nel 2011, la dottoressa, in qualità di esperta di Mtbe, un additivo cancerogeno della benzina verde, mise a tacere gli avvocati della Exxon Mobil Corporation, in seguito condannata a risarcire 160 famiglie di Jacksonville (Maryland, USA) con la cifra di 1,5 miliardi di dollari per aver inquinato dolosamente le falde acquifere di un quartiere residenziale attraverso una falla nella cisterna di un distributore di benzina.]

23 novembre, 2015 – “www.pressenza.com”, di Massimo Nardi

E-smog

Storica sentenza a Tolosa: il giudice ha riconosciuto una pensione di invalidità per “ipersensibilità elettromagnetica” ad una donna di 39 anni, che percepirà, per i prossimi tre anni, 800 euro al mese. Degli effetti dei campi elettromagnetici sull’uomo ne abbiamo parlato con la Dottoressa Fiorella Belpoggi, Direttore del Centro di Ricerca sul Cancro “Cesare Maltoni” dell’Istituto Ramazzini di Bologna.

Il Tribunale di Tolosa ha riconosciuto una pensione di invalidità per “ipersensibilità elettromagnetica” ad una donna di 39 anni. E’ il primo caso giuridico in materia e rappresenterà indubbiamente un precedente da qui in avanti. Marine Richard, questo il nome della donna, si è vista riconoscere dal giudice un deficit funzionale dell’85% e un indennizzo di 800 euro al mese per tre anni, eventualmente rinnovabile. Lei, ex documentarista e drammaturga, ha dovuto abbandonare la società per rifugiarsi in una casa sui Pirenei, vivendo così isolata, lontano dal wi-fi e da tutti i campi elettromagnetici, causa primaria dei suoi continui mal di testa, formicolii, insonnia.
La nuova casa rappresenta una vera e propria “zona bianca”, un luogo vergine o quasi, esposto a limitati livelli elettromagnetici. Ricordiamo che numerose pubblicazioni scientifiche recenti hanno dimostrato che i campi elettromagnetici non ionizzanti (EMF) influiscono sugli organismi viventi a livelli ben inferiori a molte linee guida sia nazionali che internazionali. Gli EMF includono le apparecchiature che emettono radiazione a radiofrequenza (RFR), quali i cellulari, i telefoni cordless e le loro stazioni base, il wi-fi, le antenne di trasmissione, gli smart-meter e i monitor per neonati, oltre alle apparecchiature elettriche e alle infrastrutture utilizzate nel trasporto e consegna di elettricità che generano un campo elettromagnetico a frequenza estremamente bassa (ELF EMF).
Il caso Richard ci riporta all’Appello di 190 scienziati all’ONU, in cui si chiedeva, tra le altre cose, la creazione di zone bianche nella nostra società. Tra i firmatari c’è anche la Dottoressa Fiorella Belpoggi, Direttore Centro di Ricerca sul Cancro Cesare Maltoni dell’Istituto Ramazzini di Bologna, con cui abbiamo approfondito l’argomento.

Dottoressa Belpoggi, quali sono gli effetti dell’esposizione ai campi elettromagnetici non ionizzanti (EMF) sull’uomo?
«Gli effetti sono tanti e sono stati pubblicati oltre 21.000 articoli sull’argomento. Noi al Centro di Ricerca sul Cancro Cesare Maltoni dell’Istituto Ramazzini ci siamo occupati degli effetti cancerogeni dei campi elettromagnetici a diverse frequenze, da soli o in associazione con altri cancerogeni quali radiazioni ionizzanti e formaldeide. L’Agenzia Internazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro (IARC) ha classificato I campi magnetici a bassa frequenza e a radiofrequenza come possibile cancerogeno umano (Gruppo 2B), di cui fanno parte 288 agenti».

E sugli animali? In particolare gli esperimenti fatti sui ratti dimostrano risultati inquietanti.
«Sono stati fatti molti studi, ma molti sono risultati limitati nel design sperimentale e nella loro predittività per l’uomo. L’Istituto Ramazzini ha deciso di effettuare un mega-esperimento sui campi elettromagnetici che fosse dirimente, sia per i cittadini che per le agenzie regolatorie, circa la cancerogenicità dei campi magnetici a bassa frequenza (50 Hz) e delle radiofrequenze (1,8 GHz), da sole o in associazione ad altri cancerogeni chimici o fisici. I primi dati che abbiamo pubblicato mostrano un aumento statisticamente significativo di tumori mammari dovuto all’associazione tra campi elettromagnetici e radiazioni a bassissime dosi (10 rad).

Nonostante la pubblicazione di molti dossier che dimostrano effetti negativi, dati alla mano, la comunità scientifica è ancora molto divisa. Perché secondo lei? Dobbiamo pensare che molti scienziati sono sul libro paga di governi e industrie?
«E’ fisiologico che interessi economici, l’inerzia del mondo accademico e i tanti passaggi burocratici ostacolino il fluire delle conoscenze scientifiche, anche quando ne va della salute pubblica. I nostri risultati su benzene, formaldeide e stirene, ad esempio sono stati recepiti dopo oltre 20 anni dalla pubblicazione dei dati. Tutti ostacoli che sono sempre esistiti, che vanno combattuti giornalmente, ma che non ci hanno mai fermato».
Come quando, nel 2011, la dottoressa, in qualità di esperta di Mtbe, un additivo cancerogeno della benzina verde, mise a tacere gli avvocati della Exxon Mobil Corporation, in seguito condannata a risarcire 160 famiglie di Jacksonville (Maryland, USA) con la cifra di 1,5 miliardi di dollari per aver inquinato dolosamente le falde acquifere di un quartiere residenziale attraverso una falla nella cisterna di un distributore di benzina.

In passato abbiamo parlato del libro di Martin Blank, “Overpowered: What science tells us about the dangers of cell phones and other wifi-age devices”, in cui l’autore analizza ed espone gli studi che correlano i cellulari e le alterazioni biologiche negli esseri viventi. E’ una tesi plausibile?
«Martin Blank, come Lennart Hardell, David Gee e tanti altri membri del Collegium Ramazzini (unaccademia indipendente con 180 membri da tutti il mondo) sono stati tra i primi ad evidenziare i rischi correlati ai campi magnetici. A partire dal Prof. Cesare Maltoni, che già 20 anni fa ne cominciò a denunciare i rischi».

Nell’appello all’Onu, in cui lei è anche firmataria, 190 scienziati chiedono l’abbassamento dei limiti quantitativi all’esposizione. In Italia, per esempio, la regolamentazione è stabilita dal Decreto Ministeriale n.381 del 10 settembre 1998, e dalla Legge quadro sulla protezione dalle esposizioni a campi elettrici, magnetici ed elettromagnetici”, datata 22 febbraio 2001. Ma, nella maggior parte dei casi, sono leggi disattese e mancano i controlli. Perchè? Politica assente?
«La lassità dei controlli nel nostro Paese non è certo un problema ascrivibile al solo ambito ambientale, ma parlando solo dei cattivi esempi si finisce per dimenticare e non valorizzare adeguatamente chi il proprio lavoro lo fa e bene. E nel nostro paese sono tanti».

Un punto su cui gli scienziati fanno leva è l’impegno da parte dei cittadini, sia come controllori sia come soggetti comportamentali. Cosa ne pensa? E’ l’unico modo che hanno per difendersi?
«La solidarietà tra uomini e donne consapevoli, siano essi cittadini, scienziati o politici, è la miglior difesa».

Lista agenti patogeni IARC

Risultato studio sui ratti

Fonte:

http://www.pressenza.com/it/2015/11/elettrosmog-tribunale-francese-sancisce-linvalidita-civile/

Italy: The Electrosmog Bomb: 1.8 Million Patients

[An interview made in 2013 to our vice president Paolo Orio, translated into English by a foreign site.

Una intervista del 2013 fatta al nostro vicepresidente Paolo Orio, tradotta in Inglese da un sito estero.]

22 novembre 2013, “Towards Better Health”

The electrosmog bomb : In Italy 1.8 million patients
by Alessandro Barcella, La Notizia, 21 March 2013 (translated from Italian by the Google and the Editor of this blog)

The government ignores its own research. At stake, the interests of telephone companies

For the World Health Organization, it represents 1 to 3% of the world population. The data are actually understated because the most recent statistics show 10%. And in Italy? Statistics do not officially exist, although according to the most optimistic ones, the rate should be about 1.8 million. We are talking about so-called “electrosensitive” people, those with a real disease attributed to exposure to electromagnetic fields (both high and low frequency) emitted from a variety of sources. Their “mortal enemies” are everywhere: mobile and cordless phones, mobile phone base stations and power lines, Wi-Fi and laptops. And also civil and industrial radar, iPads or microwave ovens.

A sentence with no escape for some, who, in many countries of the world, are forced to live in caves or in the open countryside.

Paolo Orio, Vice President of the Italian electrosensitivity association [https://www.elettrosensibili.it/], is one of those who is sick. “The symptoms can vary in intensity, duration and location,” he tells us. “These include headache, sleep and memory disturbances, nausea and burning along the whole trunk of the body, or reddening of the skin, changes in heart rate and mood. An “ordeal” for him, which began with the first symptoms back in 1999, after three years of intensive cell phone use. “It all started with a headache, pain in the ear against which I held the phone, even intense itching in the ear canal. I went to the doctor but found no answers because the disease is not yet recognized, that is, included in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) of the World Health Organization. This is because electrosensitivity is the victim of strong conflicts of interest, gigantic, if we consider only the role of the mobile phone industry.

This illness, which concerns a small segment of the population, is neglected, without any minimum guarantee of health care in terms of diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.

“For us, it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to go to the movies, to the theater, in public places like libraries where Wi-Fi is now everywhere, or on main means of transport,” says Paolo Orio. “I have not used a cell phone for 14 years. The car has electronic control unit shielding which immediately warns me of electromagnetic fields, and I switch off the power behind my bed.

Threshholds of danger are arriving much later in our country than demonstrated by international scientific studies.

In Italy, the limit values for “exposure to electromagnetic fields” are 6 volts / meter for high frequencies and, values of 10 and 3 microtesla for low frequencies.

There is a vast body of scientific evidence, with thousands of published studies, however, which show that very low electromagnetic field levels can have biological/health effects on humans and animals – even levels on the order of 0.4 microtesla for low frequencies and 0.2 volts / meter for high frequencies.

There is an urgent need for an “immediate modification of the law as called for by the European Parliament with the historic Council of Europe resolution of 2009”.

What risks does the “exposed” population incur? There are three stages of the disease, and all three are irreversible. The last one, according to research by Professor Belpomme (internationally renowned Paris oncologist) is a pre-Alzheimer’s stage, causing irreversible damage to the neuronal level and from cerebral blood perfusion. This may be compounded by the fact that cell phones are being used at a younger and younger age.

Recently, Belgium decreed a ban on cell phones for children under the age of 7 and Israel has imposed labeling on telecoms operators with the words, “attention, this can cause cancer.”

But Italy is a country where commissioned scientific research has suddenly disappeared. Paolo Orio says, “A few years ago, the National Institute of Health did start a study to assess people with this syndrome. The aims of the study were the evaluation of some parameters that could change in electrosensitive subjects.

The study undoubtedly began with good intentions, but was mysteriously not published. Then recently, came some kind of “joke”. “The decree relating to implementation of 4G or LTE technology has, under Article 14, surreptitiously increased the exposure limits of the law. The decree says that the electrosmog produced by a mobile phone antenna located near a home, courtyard or school should be calculated as the average of the emissions over 24 hours and no more than 6 minutes in daily peak times (as a rule, 13 or 20 minutes for telephone traffic in urban centers). This will widen the basis of calculation and the average daily highs will be offset by the minimum at night when there is less traffic and therefore less electrosmog. A good move, no doubt about it.”

What can one do individually, then, to reduce the risks? “For we who are sick,” said Orio, “avoid using cell or cordless phones (replace them with landlines), get rid of Wi-Fi, replace low energy consumption light bulbs.

The healthy use of your mobile phone is with a headset. If you have Wi-Fi, at least turn it off at night, replace the handset with a fixed phone and do not place the laptop on your lap when using Wi-Fi, because it is proven to reduce male fertility.

At the legislative level, Associations should demand policy changes: the rapid recognition of electrosensitivity as a pathology, which in Sweden is even classified as a disability. Secondly, a reduction in exposure limits, as international agencies and groups of independent scientists free from conflicts of interest have requested.

And maybe the example of elsewhere in Europe of “electrosmog-free areas” where you can rest for a few moments. And finally, prevent new segments of the population (especially children and adolescents) from getting sick. A pious wish perhaps, in a country where new mobile phone masts are defined by the policy “primary infrastructure works.”

Original article in Italian:
http://www.lanotiziagiornale.it/la-bomba-dellelettrosmog-in-italia-18-milioni-di-malati/

Source/Fonte:

http://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/italy-electrosmog-bomb-18-million.html

Smart phone radiation concerns – Devra Davis speaks about the health risks associated with mobile phone use in a television interview

November 24, 2015

http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/today/today-takeaway/2015/november/mobile-phone-radiation/

HEALTH CONCERNS
Experts say chronic mobile phone use increases cancer risks.

Electrical Sensitivity & Hypersensitivity – Sensibilità ed Ipersensibilità Elettromagnetica

[Interessante articolo che consente di capire qualcosa di più sulla Elettrosensibilità/Ipersensibilità Elettromagnetica.
La traduzione in Italiano segue la versione in lingua originale.]

Tuesday, 03 November 2015, “www.ei-resource.org”

Information kindly provided by www.powerwatch.org.uk

What is Electrical Hypersensitivity (EHS)?

Electrical hypersensitivity (EHS) is a combination of up to three factors:

1. a natural sensitivity, similar to other idiopathic or allergic reactions, which is not typical of the general population.

2. sensitisation by some trigger, which could be one, or more, of a variety of commonly encountered substances.

3. sensitisation by some incident, which has the capability of damaging the bioelectrochemical communication within the body.

Some people are electrically sensitive, that is they are aware of the presence of electromagnetic fields (EMFs), but are not adversely affected by them. Other people may or may not be aware of the presence of EMFs, but can become seriously ill in their presence. These people we refer to as electrically hypersensitive (EHS). People who have developed EHS have a physiological disorder, characterized by neurological and idiopathic reactions, that noticeably appear or intensify near sources of EMFs such as electrical appliances, especially VDUs (computer monitors), power lines, fluorescent lights, mobile phones, cordless phones, wireless computers (wLANs), mobile phone base stations, etc.

Being EHS means experiencing recurring feelings of stress or illness when near an EMF source. Any noticeable, recurring ill health that is triggered by an electromagnetic field, and that diminishes or disappears away from the EMF source, constitutes a case of electrical hypersensitivity. While symptoms may diminish quickly after the exposure is reduced, it can take several days, weeks or occasionally months if the person has become severely sensitised, for the effects to disappear.

It is not yet known whether EHS is an independent condition, or a kind of Multiple Environmental Sensitivity Syndrome, linked possibly also to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome.

For EHS sufferers living in a high EMF environment, it is like a person with auditory sensitivity trying to carry on normal life with someone shouting in both ears all the time.

Many electrically sensitive people seem to have quite dry skin and can carry high electrostatic charges on their body. Not only can other people experience a ‘zap’ when touching the person, but the electrostatic charges can also be transferred to electronic equipment causing equipment to malfunction. This can sometimes give an appearance of clumsiness or ineptitude, which can lead to a lack of confidence in using electrical equipment. This is quite concerning when young people, even in pre-school nurseries, are being exposed to computers, and they may develop this sensitivity, which can lead to a lifelong lack of confidence and self-esteem problems.

How many people does EHS affect?

People who have EHS develop different symptoms, for reasons that are poorly understood. Some people will react to power-frequency electric fields, some to magnetic fields and some to both. They may (or they may not) also react to radiofrequency fields such as those transmitted by the mobile phone networks, some reacting to the phones, some to the masts, and some to both. Some people will onlyreact to radiofrequency fields and not to power-frequency fields. Some people will even react to sunlight, another part of the EMF spectrum.

Because of this the condition is not an easy one to diagnose. People with EHS often cannot go into hospital, even to visit. Hospitals are full of electrically powered equipment, some giving off very high EMFs, and hospitals have fluorescent lights, a common trigger for EHS and intolerable to most EHS people.

The incidence of EHS seems to be slightly higher in women than in men, and there appear to be significant day to day variations in their sensitivity. Many people with EHS have lower incomes and may be unemployed. These variations may be explained, at least in part, by difference in Health and Safety practices, especially with regard to chemical (and other) exposures in lower paid jobs, and the fact that EHS can lead to the inability to work in a ‘normal’ environment.

The social, work and financial lives of EHS sufferers are likely to be affected by the fact that fluorescent lights are used in public offices (making it hard to make claims for, or to draw, Social Security benefits), shops, libraries, theatres, cinemas, concert halls, restaurants, churches, trains, trams and buses.

A study by the Irish Doctors Environmental Association reported that half the people reporting ill-health effects as a result of living near to mobile phone base stations were unable to work due to the severity of the symptoms. They also led a very restricted social life, feeling like ‘prisoners’ in their own homes, which were not always comfortable places for them to be either.

Even cars have electrical and electronic equipment (power wiring, fan motors, computerised controls and dashboards) that can disturb electrically hypersensitive people, especially in the front seat.

Many trains, railway stations and planes now contain wireless computing systems, so that passengers can access the internet ‘on the move’. City centres are being covered by WiMAX systems, making access for EHS sufferers ever more difficult. Neighbours who are ‘ham’ radio operators can, even unwittingly, make an EHS neighbour’s life almost unbearable. A nearby lamp-post height mobile phone mast can make a house uninhabitable by an EHS person. They may not even be able to go down a road where one of these masts is situated. This makes living a ‘normal’ life almost impossible in severe cases of EHS.

It is generally accepted that probably between 3% and 7% of the population are EHS to some degree and maybe up to 35% show some mild indications of electro-stress.

What are the initiators of EHS?

Electrical hypersensitivity can have a variety of causes; computer monitors (VDUs), fluorescent lights, mobile and cordless phones are believed to be among the most common initiators of the problem; working in high magnetic fields, MRI scans, wireless computing systems, chemical overload, ‘closed head’ injury, allergy, low energy lamps, trauma, electric shock, metallic implants, even lightning strikes are other initiators. Many people experience an abrupt onset of symptoms following exposure to a novel EMF such as fields associated with a new computer, a new phone or new fluorescent lights.

Working in high electromagnetic fields can produce sensitivity. Drivers of electric trains are members of a group in which hypersensitivity can lead to very dangerous consequences. 10 – 25% of UK train drivers report ‘missing time’, time in which they were unaware of their surroundings. However brief this ‘absence’ may be, if it is at a critical place, e.g. coming up to a red light, it is possible that this could lead to fatal accidents.

British biophysicist Peter Alexander said, “Once the individual is sensitized to an agent the initial aggressor is immaterial. The biological reaction will be the same to all agents.” EHS commonly also develops with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Computer monitors, and many other electronic items, give off quite toxic volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) when the cases and electronic components ‘burn in’ from new.

According to the UK’s Building Research Establishment, and a separate Australian study, new houses 1-2 years old can emit many times the level of potentially carcinogenic volatile organic compounds as houses built just 10 years ago. The sources include formaldehyde from treated wooden floors and furniture, toxic compounds from fresh paints and solvents, and hormone disrupting chemicals from carpets and vinyl flooring.

 

Symptoms

Try the questionnaire at the end which includes most of the symptoms experienced by people with electrical hypersensitivity.

 

Tips for avoiding electrical hypersensitivity

Reduction of exposure in the house

There are two main sources of EMFs inside the home. The house wiring, and electrical appliances. Check your house wiring to ensure that field levels where you sleep and sit for extended periods, the two places where your biological systems are at their most vulnerable, are low.

Check the levels from all electrical appliance, especially near the bed and those which have a motor and heater. If you are unsure keep all electrical appliances at least a meter away from your pillow (including un-earthed bedside lights), clock radios, TVs, etc. Cordless phones and mobile phones should not be in the bedroom as they both give off high fields. Cordless phones emit microwave radiation all the time, mobile phones emit at maximum strength intermittently when on standby, and the re-charging unit gives off power-frequency fields as well.

Do not use an induction hob in the kitchen, and keep your distance from all electrical appliances when in use, especially if you are pregnant, are attempting to conceive (men and women) or if you have a compromised immune system due to ill-health or age.

Reduction of exposure at work

Many offices are full of electronic and electric appliances, computers, faxes, printers, photocopiers, air conditioners, de-humidifiers, electric fans, etc. Phones and burglar alarms can use microwaves. Computers are increasingly networked using microwaves. All these can make working life unbearable for the EHS office worker.

In the community

Schools, hospitals, residential homes, shops are all full of fluorescent lighting and other equipment that can provoke idiopathic reactions in the EHS person, making their tolerance level even more sensitised. Most shops have electronic tills, and security tagging devices, for stock control and to prevent theft. All these can produce symptoms for the person with EHS.

Mobile phone street masts are springing up everywhere, in residential areas, city centres, shopping malls, train and bus stations. These can produce very severe symptoms in people with EHS.

Transport

All modern forms of transport (Cars, trains, trams, planes, buses and coaches) can have high levels of electromagnetic fields. Older cars, more basic planes are usually less of a problem. Trains are becoming more of a problem with the addition of wireless computing facilities on board and in stations.

 

Other things you might consider doing to keep as healthy as possible

People with EHS should wear clothes and shoes made of natural materials or even special conductive clothing and footwear that is made for workers in the electronics semiconductor industry. You need to have flooring that is made of natural material, as you build up static charges every time you move your feet. You should ‘earth’ yourself frequently, by touching metal objects, or walking barefoot on the earth. Drink plenty of ‘good’ water, extra to what you take in tea and coffee, which are diuretic. People in general suffer from sub-clinical de-hydration, and it seems to be more of a problem for people with EHS.

Some people with EHS benefit from many complementary health treatments. These have not had a lot of researched done, but there is some information in the book on EHS (below).

For further information see the EMFields website www.emfields.org for the range of Powerwatch publications, ‘Electrical Hypersensitivity, a Modern Illness’ which contains detailed references to the research mentioned in this article, and ‘The Powerwatch Handbook’ which has a chapter on avoiding EHS, and plenty of practical advice on reducing your exposure to potentially damaging electromagnetic fields.

 

Do EMF Shielding Products Really Work?

Many people have brought our attention to adverts for pendants, buttons, towers, etc. that claim they protect the wearer, or the house, from EMFs.

We have tested some of these, and our extensive range of instrumentation show no change whatsoever in electromagnetic fields as a consequence of wearing the item, putting it on a mobile phone or computer or putting it in a room where the electrically sensitive person sits. In fact some mains-driven towers can make the situation worse.

Most companies wrap up their claims in pseudo-scientific jargon, claiming research in some unrecognised ‘scientific’ institution, by some unheard of authority, with poor, to non-existent, research protocols, using units of scale or measurement that have been devised specially for the task. Pictures showing dramatic changes in blood composition, etc. may be on different scales and/or taken in different situations, making them impossible to compare. Unfortunately, the documentation can look quite convincing to somebody without the experience of making sense of scientific research, which we spend most of our working time doing.

Having said that, we freely admit that we are unable as yet to test any very subtle effects on the human immune system that many claim their item makes. Unfortunately the scientifically validatable instrumentation does not exist in most parts of the world to do this, whatever the claims may be.

Russia has a history of making some really major scientific breakthroughs in areas of the subtle sciences, as for a long time they were unable to match the financial inputs of many Western health services. It is certainly an interesting place to watch for new, very genuine, additions to our biological knowledge.

Meanwhile, we suggest two things. Whatever may (or may not) work at a subtle level, is less likely to be effective if you do not also address the gross infliction of EMFs on the human body. You need to remove these before the subtle energies of the body can have a chance at putting right any damage done. Then only buy gadgets with a money-back guarantee. If it works for you, keep it, if it doesn’t return it and get your money back.

We realise that the person with EHS may need sveral weeks, even months, to feel the benfits of EMF reduction. We have no answer for that.

On the Powerwatch website FAQ section (on the menu on the left hand side of the homepage), Q11 (below) is a useful tool for evaluating the claims made by companies. This was a real-life promotion that was brought to our awareness.

11. How do I know whether I can trust the research done to support mobile phone EMF safety microchips?

 

Electrical Hypersensitivity Questionnaire

Do you suffer from electrical hypersensitivity?

 

Score as follows:

If you have the symptom described:

Frequently – score 2
Occasionally – score 1
Never – score 0

 

Do you suffer from:

  1. Numbness, weakness or prickling sensations in your joints or limbs
  2. Feelings of abnormal tiredness or weakness that cannot be explained by your life commitments
  3. Changes in your ability to think clearly or finding it difficult to concentrate, depending on where you are
  4. Aches and pains, cramps or muscle spasms in your joints, bones and muscles in your shoulders, arms, legs, feet, wrists, ankles, elbows and pelvis. Fibromyalgia
  5. Headaches
  6. Tenseness
  7. Restlessness, anxiety
  8. Memory loss
  9. Sleep disturbance, insomnia
  10. Feebleness, dizziness, tremors
  11. A tendency to skin redness, itchiness, rashes, tingling or dry skin
  12. Abdominal pain, digestive problems, irregular bowel movements, sickness
  13. Feeling too hot, fever
  14. A smarting, irritating sensation, a pain, or a feeling as if there is grit in your eyes. Blurred vision or flickering before the eyes
  15. Nosebleeds or blood pressure changes
  16. Heart arrhythmias or irregularities, palpitations or chest pain
  17. Toothache or neuralgia
  18. Hair loss
  19. Hearing clicks, humming, buzzing, hissing or a high-pitched whine
  20. Sensitivity to light, especially fluorescent lights or computer screens (sometimes, though rarer, even daylight)
  21. Bouts of unusual irritability, rage, violence, destructiveness, feeling hostile
  22. Thyroid problems
  23. A generalised feeling of impending influenza that never quite breaks out
  24. Depression
  25. ‘Missing time’, blackouts or convulsions.

If you scored 15 to 25 out of 50, you may be one of the 35 per cent of people suffering from some degree of electro-stress. If you scored more than 25, you may have developed EHS.

» Learn about the associated problem of “dirty electricity

 

Discuss:

Electrical Sensitivity/Hypersensitivity Forums

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Cosa è la Sindrome da Ipersensibilità Elettromagnetica (EHS)?
La Sindrome da Ipersensibilità Elettromagnetica (EHS) è una combinazione di almeno tre fattori:

  1. una sensibilità naturale, simile a quella di altre reazioni idiopatiche o allergiche, che non è tipica della popolazione generale.
  2. una sensibilizzazione innescata da una varietà di sostanze con le quali si viene comunemente in contatto, che possono essere una o più.
  3. una sensibilizzazione per un qualche incidente che abbia la capacità di danneggiare le comunicazioni bioelettrochimiche all’interno del corpo.

Alcune persone sono Elettricamente Sensibili, cioè possono percepire la presenza dei Campi Elettromagnetici (CEM), ma non sono da questi influenzate negativamente.
Altre persone possono percepire oppure no la presenza dei Campi Elettromagnetici, ma possono diventare gravemente malate in loro presenza [ATTENZIONE! E’ per questo che i test effettuati sui soggetti affetti da EHS, aspettandosi che questi percepiscano la presenza dei CEM come prova della loro Elettrosensibilità, sono assolutamente fuorvianti!]. Ci si riferisce a queste persone come Elettromagneticamente Ipersensibili (EHS).
Le persone che hanno sviluppato la EHS hanno un disturbo fisiologico, caratterizzato da reazioni neurologiche e idiopatiche, che chiaramente appaiono o si intensificano vicino a fonti di Campi Elettromagnetici, quali elettrodomestici, soprattutto videoterminali (monitor di computer), linee elettriche, luci fluorescenti, telefoni cellulari, telefoni cordless, computer wireless (WLAN), stazioni radio base di telefonia mobile, ecc.

Essere EHS significa sperimentare sensazioni ricorrenti di stress o malattia, quando si è in prossimità di una fonte di CEM.
Ogni evidente e ricorrente problema di salute che venga provocato da un Campo Elettromagnetico e che diminuisca o scompaia lontano dalla fonte di CEM, costituisce un caso di Ipersensibilità Elettromagnetica. Sebbene i sintomi possano diminuire rapidamente dopo che l’esposizione venga ridotta, possono essere necessari diversi giorni, settimane o talvolta mesi affinché gli effetti scompaiano, se la persona è diventata gravemente sensibilizzata.

Non è ancora noto se l’EHS sia una condizione autonoma, o una sorta di sindrome da sensibilità multipla ambientale, legata forse anche alla Sindrome da Sensibilità Chimica Multipla.

Per chi soffre di EHS vivere in un ambiente ad alti livelli di CEM, è come per una persona con una sensibilità uditiva cercare di condurre una vita normale con qualcuno che le gridi in entrambe le orecchie per tutto il tempo.

Sembra che molte persone Elettricamente Sensibili abbiano la pelle molto secca e possano trasportare alte cariche elettrostatiche sul loro corpo. Non solo le altre persone possono sperimentare uno “zapping” quando toccano la persona Elettrosensibile, ma le cariche elettrostatiche possono anche essere trasferite alle apparecchiature elettroniche provocando in queste dei malfunzionamenti. Questo a volte può dare una parvenza di goffaggine o inettitudine, che può portare ad una mancanza di fiducia nell’uso di apparecchiature elettriche. Tutto ciò è abbastanza preoccupante quando i soggetti giovani, anche in asili nido, sono esposti ai computer e possono sviluppare questa sensibilità, che può portare ad una mancanza di fiducia e a problemi di autostima per il resto della loro vita.

Quante persone sono ammalate di EHS?

Le persone che hanno l’EHS sviluppano sintomi differenti per ragioni che sono poco conosciute.
Alcune persone reagiscono ai Campi Elettrici delle linee elettriche [nota: in bassa frequenza], alcune ai Campi Magnetici e altre ad entrambi.

Essi possono (oppure no) reagire anche ai Campi a Radiofrequenza [nota: in alta frequenza]  come quelli trasmessi dalle reti di telefonia mobile, alcuni reagire ai telefoni, alcuni alle stazioni radio base (SRB) e alcuni ad entrambi.
Alcune persone reagiscono solo ai Campi a Radiofrequenza e non a Campi delle linee elettriche. Alcune persone reagiscono anche alla luce del sole, un’altra parte dello spettro Elettromagnetico.

A causa di ciò, la condizione non è facile da diagnosticare.
Le persone con l’EHS spesso non possono andare in ospedale, anche solo per una visita.
Gli ospedali sono pieni di apparecchiature ad alimentazione elettrica, alcune delle quali emanano campi elettromagnetici molto alti, e gli ospedali hanno luci fluorescenti, un “trigger” comune della EHS ed intollerabili per la maggior parte delle persone affette da questa condizione.

L’incidenza della EHS sembra essere leggermente superiore nelle donne rispetto agli uomini e sembrano esserci significative variazioni giornaliere nella sensibilità.
Molte persone con l’EHS hanno redditi più bassi e possono essere disoccupate. Queste variazioni possono essere spiegate, almeno in parte, da differenze nelle prassi di Salute e Sicurezza [sul lavoro] specialmente per quanto riguarda le esposizioni chimiche (e altre) nei lavori meno retribuiti, e dal fatto che l’EHS può comportare l’impossibilità di lavorare in un ambiente lavorativo “normale”.

La vita sociale, lavorativa e finanziaria dei malati EHS è suscettibile di essere colpita dal fatto che le luci fluorescenti sono utilizzate in uffici pubblici (il che rende difficile fare richieste per, o attingere a, benefit di Sicurezza Sociale), negozi, biblioteche, teatri, cinema, sale da concerto, ristoranti, chiese, treni, tram e autobus.

Uno studio condotto dalla Associazione per l’Ambiente dei Medici Irlandesi ha riportato che la metà delle persone le quali hanno riferito effetti nocivi alla salute per il fatto di vivere vicino alle Stazioni Radio Base della telefonia mobile, non sono state in grado di lavorare a causa della gravità dei sintomi.
Hanno anche condotto una vita sociale molto limitata, sentendosi come “prigionieri” nelle loro case, che in aggiunta non erano sempre posti confortevoli nei quali vivere [nota: a causa dell’inquinamento indoor e di quello proveniente da fonti esterne, appartamenti/case dei vicini inclusi].

Anche le auto hanno apparecchiature elettriche ed elettroniche (cavi di alimentazione, motori del ventilatore, controlli computerizzati e cruscotti), che possono disturbare le persone Ipersensibili Elettricamente, soprattutto sul sedile anteriore.

Molti treni, stazioni ferroviarie e aerei ora sono dotati di sistemi informatici senza fili, cosicché i passeggeri possano accedere a internet mentre sono in movimento.
I centri urbani sono coperti da sistemi di trasmissione WiMAX, rendendo l’accesso per chi soffre di EHS sempre più difficile.
I vicini che siano radioamatori possono, anche inconsapevolmente, rendere la vita di un vicino con l’EHS quasi insopportabile [nota: ma attenzione, anche i vicini che banalmente  usino il Wi-Fi in casa possono rovinare la vita di un soggetto con l’EHS, costringendolo ad abbandonare la propria abitazione per smettere di soffrire! E ci si chiede se questa sia una cosa accettabile.].
Una vicina Stazione Radio Base della telefonia mobile all’altezza di un lampione può rendere una casa inabitabile per una persona con l’EHS. Essi possono anche non essere in grado di transitare in una strada dove si trovi uno di questi ripetitori. Questo rende quasi impossibile vivere una vita “normale” nei casi di EHS severa.

E’ generalmente accettato che tra il 3% ed il 7% circa della popolazione sia EHS ad un vario livello di gravità e forse fino al 35% mostra alcuni lievi segni di elettro-stress.

Cosa scatena la EHS?

L’Ipersensibilità Elettrica può avere una varietà di cause; monitor per computer (VDT), luci fluorescenti, telefoni cellulari e cordless si ritiene siano tra i promotori più comuni del problema; lavorare in elevati campi magnetici, scansioni con la RM [nota: le Risonanze Magnetiche sono un riscontro anamnestico comune fra gli Elettrosensibili!], sistemi informatici wireless, sovraccarico chimico, traumi cranici chiusi, allergia, lampadine a risparmio energetico, traumi, shock elettrici, impianti metallici, anche fulmini sono altri iniziatori. Molte persone sperimentano un inizio brusco dei sintomi in seguito all’esposizione ad un nuovo CEM come i campi associati ad un nuovo computer, un nuovo telefono o nuove luci fluorescenti.

Lavorare in forti campi elettromagnetici può produrre la sensibilità. I conducenti di treni elettrici appartengono ad un gruppo nel quale l’ipersensibilità può portare a conseguenze molto pericolose. Il  10-25% dei macchinisti britannici riportano un “vuoto temporale”, periodo in cui non erano coscienti dell’ambiente che li circondava. In ogni caso, per quanto questa “assenza” possa essere breve, se è in un luogo critico, ad esempio nell’avvicinamento ad un semaforo rosso, è possibile che possa portare ad incidenti mortali.

Il biofisico britannico Peter Alexander ha detto: “Una volta che l’individuo è sensibilizzato ad un agente, l’aggressore iniziale è irrilevante. La reazione biologica sarà la stessa per tutti gli agenti.”
L’EHS si sviluppa comunemente anche insieme alla sensibilità chimica multipla (MCS).
I monitor dei computer, e molti altri articoli elettronici, emettono sostanze chimiche organiche volatili molto tossiche (VOCs), quando gli involucri e le componenti elettroniche “bruciano” da nuovi.

Secondo il Building Research Establishment del Regno Unito, e uno studio Australiano separato, le case nuove di 1-2 anni possono emettere diverse volte il livello di composti organici volatili potenzialmente cancerogeni rispetto a case costruite solo 10 anni fa. Le fonti comprendono formaldeide da pavimenti in legno trattati e mobili, composti tossici da vernici fresche, e solventi e sostanze chimiche in grado di alterare gli ormoni da tappeti e pavimenti in vinile.

Sintomi

Provate il questionario alla fine, che comprende la maggior parte dei sintomi sperimentati da persone con Ipersensibilità Elettrica.

Suggerimenti per evitare l’Ipersensibilità Elettrica

Riduzione dell’esposizione in casa

Ci sono due principali fonti di Campi Elettromagnetici all’interno della casa. Il cablaggio nella casa [nota: ovvero le linee elettriche] e gli apparecchi elettrici. Controllate il cablaggio della vostra casa per assicurarvi che i livelli di campo in cui dormite e vi sedete per lunghi periodi ti tempo, i due luoghi in cui i sistemi biologici sono maggiormente vulnerabili, siano bassi.

Controllate i livelli [nota: di emissione in bassa frequenza] da tutte le apparecchiature elettriche, in particolare vicino al letto e quelle che abbiano motore e impianto riscaldante. Se non siete sicuri, mantenete tutti gli apparecchi elettrici ad almeno un metro di distanza dal vostro cuscino (comprese lampade da comodino non messe a terra), radiosveglie, TV, ecc.

Telefoni cordless e cellulari non dovrebbero stare in camera da letto poichè entrambi emanano alti Campi [nota: in alta frequenza]. I telefoni cordless emettono radiazioni a microonde per tutto il tempo, i telefoni cellulari emettono ad intermittenza al massimo della potenza quando sono in standby, ed in aggiunta l’unità di ricarica emana Campi in bassa frequenza.

Non utilizzate un piano di cottura a induzione in cucina e mantenetevi a distanza da tutti gli apparecchi elettrici quando sono in uso, soprattutto se siete incinte, state tentando di concepire (uomini e donne) o se disponete di un sistema immunitario compromesso a causa di problemi di salute o età.

Riduzione dell’esposizione sul luogo di lavoro

Molti uffici sono pieni di apparecchi elettronici ed elettrici, computer, fax, stampanti, fotocopiatrici, condizionatori d’aria, de-umidificatori, ventilatori elettrici, ecc.
Telefoni e allarmi antifurto possono utilizzare Microonde.
I computer sono sempre più collegati in rete con le Microonde [nota: Wi-Fi]. Tutto ciò può rendere la vita lavorativa insopportabile per un impiegato d’ufficio che abbia l’EHS.

Nella comunità

Scuole, ospedali, case di riposo, negozi sono tutti pieni di lampade fluorescenti e altre attrezzature che possono provocare reazioni idiopatiche nelle persone affette da EHS, rendendo il loro livello di tolleranza ancora più sensibilizzato. La maggior parte dei negozi hanno casse elettroniche e dispositivi per l’etichettatura di sicurezza, per il controllo delle scorte e per prevenire il furto. Tutto ciò può produrre sintomi alla persona con EHS.

Ripetitori di telefonia mobile stradali stanno spuntando ovunque, in zone residenziali, centri urbani, centri commerciali, stazioni dei treni e degli autobus. Questi possono produrre sintomi molto gravi nelle persone con EHS.

Trasporto

Tutte le moderne forme di trasporto (automobili, treni, tram, aerei, autobus e pullman) possono avere alti livelli di Campi Elettromagnetici.
Le auto vecchie, gli aerei più essenziali sono di solito meno problematici.
I treni sono sempre più problematici per l’aggiunta di servizi di computing wireless a bordo e nelle stazioni.

Altre cose che potreste considerare di fare per mantenervi il più sani possibile

Le persone con EHS devono indossare abiti e scarpe fatte di materiali naturali o anche speciali indumenti e calzature conduttivi fatti per i lavoratori nel settore dei semiconduttori  per l’elettronica.
È necessario disporre di pavimentazione fatta di materiale naturale, poiché voi create cariche statiche ogni volta che muovete i piedi.
Dovreste “mettere a terra” voi stessi frequentemente, toccando oggetti metallici, o camminando a piedi nudi per terra.
Bevete molta acqua “buona”, in aggiunta a quella che assumete bevendo tè e caffè, che sono diuretici.
Le persone in generale soffrono di disidratazione sub-clinica e questo sembra essere un grosso problema per le persone con EHS.

Alcune persone con l’EHS beneficiano di molti trattamenti sanitari complementari.
Non c’è stato un gran lavoro di ricerca al riguardo, ma c’è qualche informazione nel libro sulla EHS (in basso).

Per ulteriori informazioni consultate il sito web EMFields www.emfields.org per la serie di pubblicazioni di Powerwatch, “Electrical Hypersensitivity, a Modern Illness” (“Ipersensibilità Elettrica, una Malattia Moderna”) che contiene riferimenti dettagliati alla ricerca menzionata nel presente articolo, e “The Powerwatch Handbook” (“Il Manuale di Powerwatch”) che ha un capitolo su come evitare l’EHS, e un sacco di consigli pratici per ridurre la vostra esposizione ai Campi Elettromagnetici potenzialmente dannosi.

I prodotti per schermare i CEM funzionano veramente?

Molte persone hanno portato la nostra attenzione a pubblicità per ciondoli, bottoni, torri, ecc. che affermano di proteggere dai Campi Elettromagnetici chi li indossa o la casa.

Abbiamo testato alcuni di questi, e la nostra vasta gamma di strumenti non ha mostrato alcun cambiamento nei Campi Elettromagnetici in seguito all’aver indossato l’oggetto, all’averlo messo su un telefono cellulare o un computer o all’averlo messo in una stanza dove si siede la persona elettricamente sensibile. Di fatto alcune torri con alimentazione [elettrica] possono peggiorare la situazione.

La maggior parte delle aziende imbelletta le proprie affermazioni con gergo pseudo-scientifico, sostenendo di aver fatto svolgere la ricerca in qualche istituzione “scientifica” non riconosciuta, da alcune autorità mai sentite prima, con protocolli di ricerca da poveri ad inesistenti, utilizzando unità di scala o di misurazione che sono state messe a punto appositamente per l’attività.
Immagini che mostrano drammatici cambiamenti nella composizione del sangue, ecc. possono essere su scale diverse e/o prese in situazioni diverse, rendendole impossibili da confrontare.
Purtroppo, la documentazione può apparire abbastanza convincente a qualcuno che manchi di esperienza nel dare un senso alla ricerca scientifica, cosa che noi facciamo la maggior parte del nostro tempo lavorativo.

Detto questo, noi francamente ammettiamo che non siamo ancora in grado di testare gli effetti molto fini sul sistema immunitario umano che molti sostengono riesca ad avere il loro oggetto. Purtroppo la strumentazione scientificamente validabile per fare questo non esiste nella maggior parte del mondo, qualsiasi cosa venga affermata.

La Russia ha una storia nel fare alcune scoperte scientifiche davvero importanti  nei settori delle scienze sottili, poichè per lungo tempo non è stata in grado di uguagliare gli ingressi finanziari di molti Servizi Sanitari Occidentali. E’ sicuramente un posto interessante dove guardare per nuove, molto genuine, aggiunte alla nostra conoscenza biologica.

Nel frattempo, vi suggeriamo due cose. Qualunque cosa possa (o non possa) lavorare a un livello sottile, ha meno probabilità di essere efficace se non si affronta anche la grossa inflizione dei Campi Elettromagnetici sul corpo umano. È necessario rimuovere questi prima che le energie sottili del corpo possano avere la possibilità di mettere a posto qualsiasi danno fatto. Quindi acquistate solo gadget con una garanzia di rimborso. Se funziona per voi tenetevelo, se non funziona restituitelo e fatevi dare indietro i soldi.

Ci rendiamo conto che la persona con l’EHS può avere bisogno di diverse settimane, addirittura mesi, per sentire i benefici della riduzione dei campi elettromagnetici. Non abbiamo alcuna risposta in merito a questo.

Nella sezione FAQ del sito Powerwatch (nel menu sul lato sinistro della home page), Q11 (sotto) è uno strumento utile per valutare le affermazioni fatte dalle aziende. Questa è stata una promozione di vita reale portata alla nostra consapevolezza.

11. Come faccio a sapere se posso fidarmi della ricerca fatta per sostenere la sicurezza elettromagnetica dei microchip del cellulare?

Questionario sulla Ipersensibilità Elettromagnetica

Soffrite di Ipersensibilità Elettromagnetica?

I punteggi sono i seguenti:

Se avete il sintomo descritto:

Frequentemente – segnate 2
Occasionalmente – segnate 1
Mai – segnate 0

Soffrite di:

– Sensazioni di intorpidimento, debolezza o formicolio nelle articolazioni o agli arti

– Sensazione di stanchezza anormale o debolezza che non possono essere spiegate dai vostri impegni di vita

– Cambiamenti nella vostra capacità di pensare con lucidità o difficoltà a concentrarvi, a seconda di dove vi trovate

– Dololenzia o dolorabilità, crampi o spasmi muscolari nelle vostre articolazioni, ossa e muscoli di spalle, braccia, gambe, piedi, polsi, caviglie, gomiti e pelvi. Fibromialgia

– Mal di testa

– Tensione

– Agitazione, ansia

– Perdita di memoria

– Disturbi del sonno, insonnia

– Debolezza, vertigini, tremori

– Tendenza ad arrossamenti della pelle, pizzicore, eruzioni cutanee, prurito o pelle secca

– Dolore addominale, problemi digestivi, movimenti intestinali irregolari, indisposizione

– Sensazione di essere troppo caldi, febbre

– Sensazione di bruciore o irritazione, dolore, o sensazione come se ci fosse sabbia nei tuoi occhi. Visione offuscata o tremolio davanti agli occhi

– Sangue dal naso o cambiamenti della pressione sanguigna

– Aritmie cardiache o irregolarità, palpitazioni o dolore al petto

– Mal di denti o nevralgie

– Perdita di capelli

– Percezione uditiva di clic, ronzio, brusio, fischio o sibilo acuto

– Sensibilità alla luce, in particolare di lampade fluorescenti o schermi di computer (a volte, seppur più raramente, anche di luce del giorno)

– Eccessi di irritabilità inusuale, rabbia, violenza, distruttività, sentendosi ostili

– Problemi alla tiroide

– Sensazione generalizzata di influenza imminente che mai del tutto si manifesta

– Depressione

– “Vuoti temporali”, black-out o convulsioni.

Se avete totalizzato da 15 a 25 su 50, potreste essere uno del 35 per cento di soggetti che soffrono di un certo grado di elettro-stress.
Se avete totalizzato più di 25, potreste avere sviluppato l’EHS.

Source/Fonte:

http://www.ei-resource.org/illness-information/related-conditions/electrical-sensitivity/

RADIATION FROM WIRELESS BASE STATIONS, WI-FI, MOBILE PHONES, DAMAGE TO HEALTH – Interview to professor Olle Johansson w/ Spanish subtitles

Interview by Fátima Solé (in English/subtitles in Spanish ) – October 21, 2015 – at Centre Atlètic Laietània- Mataró (Barcelona).

RADIATION FROM WIRELESS BASE STATIONS, WI-FI, MOBILE PHONES, DAMAGE TO HEALTH. — INTERVIEW WITH DR. OLLE JOHANSSON.

RADIACIÓN DE ANTENAS, WI-FI Y MÓVILES, DAÑOS EN LA SALUD. ENTREVISTA AL NEUROCIENTÍFICO OLLE JOHANSSON.

Pubblicato il 08 nov 2015

Fonte:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobilfunk_newsletter/ohL5xf1jXjs