12 BASIC PRECAUTIONS to minimise exposure to radiation when using a mobile phone
Limit phone calls to those that are absolutely necessary, and restrict these to 6 minutes maximum, which is the time the body needs to adjust. Use a hands-free kit and hold the phone more than 20/30cm away from your body in order to limit the impact of radiation on yourself.
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Do not carry your phone directly on your body, even on stand-by, and do not use it less than one metre away from another person, in order to reduce the effect of 'passive' radiation. .
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Those under 15 should not use a mobile phone at all because they are still growing. With their lighter body weight the radiation is more damaging, especially to the brain, weakening the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB), and to the reproductive organs/ovaries, etc. .
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Any elderly person should be discouraged from using a mobile phone, as well as anyone in a weakened state (the radiation will weaken their organism further), and any pregnant woman. Microwave radiation is readily absorbed by the amniotic fluid in which the embryo and then the foetus develops. .
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Use the phone only in conditions of optimum reception: do not use it in a confined space such as an elevator, basement, underground station, caravan, etc. In these situations the strength of the signal both sending and receiving is much greater thus the radiation is much more intense.
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Do not use the phone while you are in a moving vehicle, including the train, bus, etc, since its antenna will be constantly scanning for contact using the maximum signal strength, and the radiation from both incoming and outgoing signal will be intensified.
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Do not use the phone while in any vehicle, even when stationary. An enclosed metal container produces the "Faraday cage" effect, which maximizes the damaging impact of radiation, reflecting not only on the person phoning but also on other passengers, especially children. Thus it is essential to step out of the vehicle before making a call. .
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Do not keep a mobile phone beside the bed at night switched on, because even when on stand-by it is in contact with the nearest phone mast and emits radiation at regular intervals. .
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Equip yourself preferably with:
- a mobile phone with the lowest possible SAR rating (= Specific Absorption Rate of microwave radiation by human body tissues). The regulation limit is 1.1W/kg for eye-sockets and cheeks.
- a phone with an external antenna, because even if it is less trendy, the omni-directional antenna broadcasts with maximum efficiency and therefore uses a weaker signal than one with an inbuilt antenna. The fashion factor matters less than the health factor. .
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Use of a mobile phone should be avoided by anyone who has any metallic object in or on their head, whether magnetic or not, such as amalgam fillings and dental bridges, metal plates, screws, clips, body ornaments, earrings or metal framed glasses. The same is true for those with walking frames, wheelchairs or metal crutches, so as to avoid increasing radiation by the phenomena of reflection, amplification, resonance, passive re-emission, etc... .
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Make use of protective items to shield yourself from radiation, such as a metal phone carrying case, protective anti-radiation fabric and veils, metallic foil wallpaper, anti-radiation paint, etc, all which have been proved to be effective. .
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Make as many phone calls as possible using landlines which emit no radiation, and which can often be used for free and for unlimited time via the Internet, even for phone calls abroad.
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Is electricity making you ill?
The number of people going to the doctor with skin complaints has risen sharply in recent months and a common cause seems to be low energy light bulbs. In March of this year Dr Robert Sarkany a Consultant Dermatologist at King's College, London said this “I am seeing regular handfuls of patients who are complaining of skin allergies, after fiting low energy bulbs as are my colleagues”, and across the atlantic Dr Larry Newman a senior Neurologist at the headache institute is reporting a high incidence of patients with migrains after fitting the bulbs and says “there is something about these bulbs that is causing headaches”. Common symptoms are severe stinging, burning and itching of the skin, along with red rash and migrains. Sarkany says “We don’t understand these symptoms well yet, but they do exist. I think it would be perfectly reasonable for people who suffer these very serious problems to still have access to traditional bulbs.”
This is when the new energy-saving lightbulbs became compulsory. The change in the law attracted controversy because they emit ultraviolet light and contain mercury. UV light is an irritant to people with certain medical conditions and mercury is a well-recognised poison.
CFL's produce high levels of radio frequency radiation "dirty electricity", which in turn adversely affect health, such as muscle and joint pain, headaches, nausea, sleep disorders, respiratory problems, rashes along with anxiety and depression now suggests that the increase in skin problems is caused by the ‘dirty electricity’ produced by the bulbs.
Dr Magda Havas is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University in Canada and does research on electromagnetic pollution. She would comment as follows “Not all energy efficient bulbs are the same. Some do not contribute to dirty electricity and do not produce radio frequencies and this includes a few compact fluorescent lights, some LEDs (light emitting dioxides) and some halogen bulbs. Unfortunately most of the bulbs on the market will cause high levels of dirty electricity which will make people sick.”
Dr Havas encourages anyone who has recently purchased energy efficient bulbs and has since developed any of the above symptoms to test the bulb for radiation with a portable radio and if the radio buzzes to return the bulb to the retail store for a full refund although other appliances and your neighbours bulbs may be polluting your wires so everyone should check there dirty electricity levels especially if the symptoms conyinue.
The problem has got a lot worse in recent years because of the proliferation of energy-saving household appliances which also create dirty electricity. These work by chopping up the electric signals, which produces power ‘spikes’. This energy has nowhere to go except into the indoor environment. With compact fluorescent lightbulbs throughout buildings, that overload has greatly increased.
While it is still a minority of people who are known to be affected by dirty electricity in the home, it is likely that many more are suffering as symptoms are often non-specific and their cause is not recognised by family doctors.
Research in Canada and the US, where the problem of dirty electricity is better recognised, suggests that it can cause or exacerbate a whole range of diseases, from diabetes and multiple sclerosis to insomnia and depression.
According to Dr Havas, ‘Many of the disorders we have looked at are becoming much more common, especially among children, and doctors now agree that there is likely to be an environmental component to that. The evidence of a link to dirty electricity is mounting by the day.’
Fortunately, there is a solution to the dirty electricity in your own home.
Micropulse filters designed and manufactured in the UK work by neutralising the effects of surplus electricity. Wireless-Protection.org says results have been immediate. ‘So far all the people who have installed this filtration system have reported health benefits, from improved sleep to disappearance of skin problems.’ says Glynn Hughes who suffered himself with irritability, mood swings and erratic sleep patterns before importing the filters.
The number of people going to the doctor with skin complaints has risen sharply in recent months and a common cause seems to be low energy light bulbs. In March of this year Dr Robert Sarkany a Consultant Dermatologist at King's College, London said this “I am seeing regular handfuls of patients who are complaining of skin allergies, after fiting low energy bulbs as are my colleagues”, and across the atlantic Dr Larry Newman a senior Neurologist at the headache institute is reporting a high incidence of patients with migrains after fitting the bulbs and says “there is something about these bulbs that is causing headaches”. Common symptoms are severe stinging, burning and itching of the skin, along with red rash and migrains. Sarkany says “We don’t understand these symptoms well yet, but they do exist. I think it would be perfectly reasonable for people who suffer these very serious problems to still have access to traditional bulbs.”
This is when the new energy-saving lightbulbs became compulsory. The change in the law attracted controversy because they emit ultraviolet light and contain mercury. UV light is an irritant to people with certain medical conditions and mercury is a well-recognised poison.
CFL's produce high levels of radio frequency radiation "dirty electricity", which in turn adversely affect health, such as muscle and joint pain, headaches, nausea, sleep disorders, respiratory problems, rashes along with anxiety and depression now suggests that the increase in skin problems is caused by the ‘dirty electricity’ produced by the bulbs.
Dr Magda Havas is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University in Canada and does research on electromagnetic pollution. She would comment as follows “Not all energy efficient bulbs are the same. Some do not contribute to dirty electricity and do not produce radio frequencies and this includes a few compact fluorescent lights, some LEDs (light emitting dioxides) and some halogen bulbs. Unfortunately most of the bulbs on the market will cause high levels of dirty electricity which will make people sick.”
Dr Havas encourages anyone who has recently purchased energy efficient bulbs and has since developed any of the above symptoms to test the bulb for radiation with a portable radio and if the radio buzzes to return the bulb to the retail store for a full refund although other appliances and your neighbours bulbs may be polluting your wires so everyone should check there dirty electricity levels especially if the symptoms conyinue.
The problem has got a lot worse in recent years because of the proliferation of energy-saving household appliances which also create dirty electricity. These work by chopping up the electric signals, which produces power ‘spikes’. This energy has nowhere to go except into the indoor environment. With compact fluorescent lightbulbs throughout buildings, that overload has greatly increased.
While it is still a minority of people who are known to be affected by dirty electricity in the home, it is likely that many more are suffering as symptoms are often non-specific and their cause is not recognised by family doctors.
Research in Canada and the US, where the problem of dirty electricity is better recognised, suggests that it can cause or exacerbate a whole range of diseases, from diabetes and multiple sclerosis to insomnia and depression.
According to Dr Havas, ‘Many of the disorders we have looked at are becoming much more common, especially among children, and doctors now agree that there is likely to be an environmental component to that. The evidence of a link to dirty electricity is mounting by the day.’
Fortunately, there is a solution to the dirty electricity in your own home.
Micropulse filters designed and manufactured in the UK work by neutralising the effects of surplus electricity. Wireless-Protection.org says results have been immediate. ‘So far all the people who have installed this filtration system have reported health benefits, from improved sleep to disappearance of skin problems.’ says Glynn Hughes who suffered himself with irritability, mood swings and erratic sleep patterns before importing the filters.
Friday, 22 May 2009
On 8 April 2009, 50 doctors presented an appeal to Dutch political leaders and government health authorities at The Hague. On the basis of their experience and observations, they call for measures to be taken to minimise exposure to artificial radiation from electromagnetic fields. The signatories note a general increase in serious medical conditions of unidentified origin. This increase in health problems and illness parallels the explosive increase in exposure to radiation from electromagnetic fields in the environment.
Caroline Davies
The Observer,
Sunday 26 April 2009
Brain tumours are the leading cause of childhood cancer deaths in Britain, with half as many more children dying from the illness as from leukaemia. Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that in 2007 there were 47% more deaths from brain tumours among under-15s than from leukaemia. Yet that is not reflected in the money spent on research, say campaigners. This week sees the launch of Brain Tumour Research, a national coalition of 14 charities, which believe that research is "woefully underfunded". It is backed by celebrities including the actress Sheila Hancock, whose grandson survived a tumour, and actor Martin Kemp and opera singer Russell Watson, who were both treated successfully. Hancock, 76, the widow of actor John Thaw, saw her grandson Jack diagnosed with a rare tumour aged four. "It is terrible to watch a grandchild go through the diagnosis and treatment of a brain tumour. You feel so helpless." Jack was successfully operated on. Kevin O'Neill, a consultant neurosurgeon at Imperial College London, said: "Brain tumours are on the increase, reportedly in the region of 2% per year. But in my unit we have seen the number of cases nearly double in the last year."
braintumourresearch.org
The Observer,
Sunday 26 April 2009
Brain tumours are the leading cause of childhood cancer deaths in Britain, with half as many more children dying from the illness as from leukaemia. Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that in 2007 there were 47% more deaths from brain tumours among under-15s than from leukaemia. Yet that is not reflected in the money spent on research, say campaigners. This week sees the launch of Brain Tumour Research, a national coalition of 14 charities, which believe that research is "woefully underfunded". It is backed by celebrities including the actress Sheila Hancock, whose grandson survived a tumour, and actor Martin Kemp and opera singer Russell Watson, who were both treated successfully. Hancock, 76, the widow of actor John Thaw, saw her grandson Jack diagnosed with a rare tumour aged four. "It is terrible to watch a grandchild go through the diagnosis and treatment of a brain tumour. You feel so helpless." Jack was successfully operated on. Kevin O'Neill, a consultant neurosurgeon at Imperial College London, said: "Brain tumours are on the increase, reportedly in the region of 2% per year. But in my unit we have seen the number of cases nearly double in the last year."
braintumourresearch.org
Paul Doyon says on his blog
I was recently telling my students that there is going to be a brain tumor epidemic in the next 5-10 years. I was explaining to them that it usually takes about ten years of cell phone use before the tumor shows up and proceeded to ask them "How long have you had a cell phone?" Answers were "five years," seven years," "four years" and so on. When I was taking role, I noticed that one of my students had been absent for about five classes. I asked her why and she replied "It is because I have a brain tumor."
I was recently telling my students that there is going to be a brain tumor epidemic in the next 5-10 years. I was explaining to them that it usually takes about ten years of cell phone use before the tumor shows up and proceeded to ask them "How long have you had a cell phone?" Answers were "five years," seven years," "four years" and so on. When I was taking role, I noticed that one of my students had been absent for about five classes. I asked her why and she replied "It is because I have a brain tumor."
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
What you can do to protect yourself & your family
Whenever possible go back to a wired connection, no wires always mean that the signal must travel through the air and in most cases this is a microwave transmission. Does the `convenience' of no wires make up for the threat of future health problems?
Electro pollution continues rising above levels which were quite unimaginable, say twenty years ago. 50Hz systems from overhead/underground cables and transformers to mains operated electrical appliances and wiring produce pollution in several ways. It includes RF radiation from radar, tetra, broadcast antennas, mobile communication systems and more.
Few people realise we have a medical profession that receives no training in this area of investigation and who simply follow Government guidelines. Most scientific organisations are supported by Government industry or both; whistle blowers are dismissed, whilst Governments, industry and those institutions under their control find it in their own interest to ignore many, many thousands of scientific and medical research papers. A large number have been written by some of the world’s top scientists in this field, totalling more than five decades of research, showing all biological systems can indeed be affected both positively and detrimentally by electromagnetic fields.
To obtain more information visit:
www.bioinitative.org - www. hese-project.org/hese-uk
www.mastsanity.org - www.wiredchild.org
www.mastaction.co.uk - www.powerwatch.org.uk
www.microwavenews.com - www.radiationresearch.org
www.tetrawatch.net - www.emfacts.com
www.electric-fields.bris.ac.uk
Is Electromagnetic-pollution making you ill? Problems & links to solutions
Growing numbers are becoming seriously ill due to emissions encountered at home, workplace & school.
Some of the symptoms affecting more & more people
Sleeping difficulties - Irritability - Chronic fatigue – Allergies
Muscle aches weakness – Headaches - Nose bleeds – Nausea Dizziness - Flu like symptoms – Tinnitus - Depression
Sensitivity to chemical products - Blurred Vision
Burning, itchy or tingly red skin - Short-term memory loss
Inability to concentrate - Behavioural problems in children Cancer - Heart attacks & strokes – Autoimmune diseases.
Electromagnetic Pollution Within the Home
Electromagnetic pollution is increasing alongside increased cases of cancers, brain tumours, autism, childhood leukaemia & Alzheimer’s. Many other diseases are linked to EMF’s [Electromagnetic Fields]. Protests often occur over the growing number of mobile base station antennas mounted close to residential properties & schools, but symptoms attributed to exposure from wireless devices such as DECT, Bluetooth, & wireless local area networks (WLAN or WiFi), are the same as those reported by people living in the vicinity of mobile-phone masts. In fact, radiation levels from devices such as digital cordless phones, wireless computers, wireless modems & mobile-phones, along with other communication devices, can be far greater than those entering the home, school or workplace from communication masts. Those already suffering from the same symptoms, including those who don't `yet’ might be wise to study the information given on the websites listed. Yes, of course there could be other reasons for those symptoms, and good reason we should look at all possibilities. Sadly, so many doctors endeavour to treat the symptoms not the cause! Our own need to be wireless can also affect neighbours, pets and wildlife in the garden. It was demonstrated that electrosmog could affect the honeybee. During a recent experiment bees leaving a hive became disorientated after a DECT base station was placed 1 metre away from the rear of the hives front exit/entrance and switched on for only 5 minutes. When switched off, the bees returned to normal activity shortly afterwards.
Digital Enhanced Cordless Phone [DECT]
DECTs produce powerful microwave radiation from their base units 24/7 even when not in use. DECT & Wifi signals easily travel into adjacent buildings & gardens & can easily affect those sensitive to this damaging radiation. An alternative is the “Orchid Phone” as it emits zero microwave radiation when not in use, & reduces its power levels by up to 75% depending on how far away you are from the base station. Contact, lowradiation.co.uk. A safer option - revert back to the normal phone plugged into a landline socket.
Wi- Fi also called Wireless LAN [wLan]
Wi-Fi allows computers to link to the Internet wirelessly through local area networks. The wireless market is growing fast with new, more powerful devices such as the Home Hub now being offered “free”. And indeed they are extremely efficient in supplying WiFi coverage for internet, DECT and mobile in and around the home `conveniently' from one device, which acts like a mobile phone mast inside the home, pulsing 24/7. [Unless used in the power save mode] But higher efficiency means stronger electromagnetic radiation and devices like the new home hub are said to produce radiation levels 10 times higher than other units, thereby reaching further, which is the whole point.
It is not simply a question of the power level from one device, but the total power emitted from all other units in the home, classroom, or workplace. Not forgetting transmissions from nearby cell phone, TETRA and Wi-Fi masts penetrating the building, as well as radiation from neighbour’s devices.
Digital Wireless Baby Monitors
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications [DECT] is the standard used for many baby monitors & can emit radio frequency fields of 6 volts/per metre, or twice as strong as those found 100 metres away from a mobile phone mast. For comparison the maximum recommended 2002 Salzburg indoor level for GSM is just 0.02 volts per metre. Such monitors are certainly not safe when placed 1 metre or more from the child as some suppliers suggest. Digital technology, due to its 'pulsed' nature seems to be more harmful at lower levels of power than the older analogue technology. Understandably, babies or young children are at more risk than adults from any form of pollution, especially electro-pollution! Children have no choice; you make the choice for them. Therefore isn’t it better to play safe now than regret it later?
Energy-saving CFL bulbs & fluorescent tubes
The EU ban on incandescent lamps may leave hundreds of thousands of vulnerable sick & disabled people in the UK unable to safely use electric light in their homes. Light sensitivity can arise from a range of health conditions, including the genetic disorder Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), the auto-immune disease lupus, forms of eczema and dermatitis, photosensitivity, ME, electrosensitivity and many more. Doctors say more people are complaining of itching, burning and skin inflammation after exposure to the bulb’s ultraviolet light. Common symptoms are severe stinging, burning and itching of the skin, along with red rash. CFLs each contain 5 milligrams of mercury and when broken present a health hazard. Vast numbers will be dumped on landfill sites, risking the contamination of future water supplies. Decision makers are seemingly lacking knowledgeable foresight
Whenever possible go back to a wired connection, no wires always mean that the signal must travel through the air and in most cases this is a microwave transmission. Does the `convenience' of no wires make up for the threat of future health problems?
Electro pollution continues rising above levels which were quite unimaginable, say twenty years ago. 50Hz systems from overhead/underground cables and transformers to mains operated electrical appliances and wiring produce pollution in several ways. It includes RF radiation from radar, tetra, broadcast antennas, mobile communication systems and more.
Few people realise we have a medical profession that receives no training in this area of investigation and who simply follow Government guidelines. Most scientific organisations are supported by Government industry or both; whistle blowers are dismissed, whilst Governments, industry and those institutions under their control find it in their own interest to ignore many, many thousands of scientific and medical research papers. A large number have been written by some of the world’s top scientists in this field, totalling more than five decades of research, showing all biological systems can indeed be affected both positively and detrimentally by electromagnetic fields.
To obtain more information visit:
www.bioinitative.org - www. hese-project.org/hese-uk
www.mastsanity.org - www.wiredchild.org
www.mastaction.co.uk - www.powerwatch.org.uk
www.microwavenews.com - www.radiationresearch.org
www.tetrawatch.net - www.emfacts.com
www.electric-fields.bris.ac.uk
Is Electromagnetic-pollution making you ill? Problems & links to solutions
Growing numbers are becoming seriously ill due to emissions encountered at home, workplace & school.
Some of the symptoms affecting more & more people
Sleeping difficulties - Irritability - Chronic fatigue – Allergies
Muscle aches weakness – Headaches - Nose bleeds – Nausea Dizziness - Flu like symptoms – Tinnitus - Depression
Sensitivity to chemical products - Blurred Vision
Burning, itchy or tingly red skin - Short-term memory loss
Inability to concentrate - Behavioural problems in children Cancer - Heart attacks & strokes – Autoimmune diseases.
Electromagnetic Pollution Within the Home
Electromagnetic pollution is increasing alongside increased cases of cancers, brain tumours, autism, childhood leukaemia & Alzheimer’s. Many other diseases are linked to EMF’s [Electromagnetic Fields]. Protests often occur over the growing number of mobile base station antennas mounted close to residential properties & schools, but symptoms attributed to exposure from wireless devices such as DECT, Bluetooth, & wireless local area networks (WLAN or WiFi), are the same as those reported by people living in the vicinity of mobile-phone masts. In fact, radiation levels from devices such as digital cordless phones, wireless computers, wireless modems & mobile-phones, along with other communication devices, can be far greater than those entering the home, school or workplace from communication masts. Those already suffering from the same symptoms, including those who don't `yet’ might be wise to study the information given on the websites listed. Yes, of course there could be other reasons for those symptoms, and good reason we should look at all possibilities. Sadly, so many doctors endeavour to treat the symptoms not the cause! Our own need to be wireless can also affect neighbours, pets and wildlife in the garden. It was demonstrated that electrosmog could affect the honeybee. During a recent experiment bees leaving a hive became disorientated after a DECT base station was placed 1 metre away from the rear of the hives front exit/entrance and switched on for only 5 minutes. When switched off, the bees returned to normal activity shortly afterwards.
Digital Enhanced Cordless Phone [DECT]
DECTs produce powerful microwave radiation from their base units 24/7 even when not in use. DECT & Wifi signals easily travel into adjacent buildings & gardens & can easily affect those sensitive to this damaging radiation. An alternative is the “Orchid Phone” as it emits zero microwave radiation when not in use, & reduces its power levels by up to 75% depending on how far away you are from the base station. Contact, lowradiation.co.uk. A safer option - revert back to the normal phone plugged into a landline socket.
Wi- Fi also called Wireless LAN [wLan]
Wi-Fi allows computers to link to the Internet wirelessly through local area networks. The wireless market is growing fast with new, more powerful devices such as the Home Hub now being offered “free”. And indeed they are extremely efficient in supplying WiFi coverage for internet, DECT and mobile in and around the home `conveniently' from one device, which acts like a mobile phone mast inside the home, pulsing 24/7. [Unless used in the power save mode] But higher efficiency means stronger electromagnetic radiation and devices like the new home hub are said to produce radiation levels 10 times higher than other units, thereby reaching further, which is the whole point.
It is not simply a question of the power level from one device, but the total power emitted from all other units in the home, classroom, or workplace. Not forgetting transmissions from nearby cell phone, TETRA and Wi-Fi masts penetrating the building, as well as radiation from neighbour’s devices.
Digital Wireless Baby Monitors
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications [DECT] is the standard used for many baby monitors & can emit radio frequency fields of 6 volts/per metre, or twice as strong as those found 100 metres away from a mobile phone mast. For comparison the maximum recommended 2002 Salzburg indoor level for GSM is just 0.02 volts per metre. Such monitors are certainly not safe when placed 1 metre or more from the child as some suppliers suggest. Digital technology, due to its 'pulsed' nature seems to be more harmful at lower levels of power than the older analogue technology. Understandably, babies or young children are at more risk than adults from any form of pollution, especially electro-pollution! Children have no choice; you make the choice for them. Therefore isn’t it better to play safe now than regret it later?
Energy-saving CFL bulbs & fluorescent tubes
The EU ban on incandescent lamps may leave hundreds of thousands of vulnerable sick & disabled people in the UK unable to safely use electric light in their homes. Light sensitivity can arise from a range of health conditions, including the genetic disorder Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), the auto-immune disease lupus, forms of eczema and dermatitis, photosensitivity, ME, electrosensitivity and many more. Doctors say more people are complaining of itching, burning and skin inflammation after exposure to the bulb’s ultraviolet light. Common symptoms are severe stinging, burning and itching of the skin, along with red rash. CFLs each contain 5 milligrams of mercury and when broken present a health hazard. Vast numbers will be dumped on landfill sites, risking the contamination of future water supplies. Decision makers are seemingly lacking knowledgeable foresight
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Wind turbines appear to cause Vibro-Acoustic Disease(VAD), say Portuguese scientists*31 May, 2007 In a press release 5-31-07 from the Vibro-Acoustic Disease (VAD) research group in Portugal, people living in the shadow of industrial wind turbines have moved a step closer to understanding the nature of the Wind Turbine Syndrome many of them experience and complain about. Professor Mariana Alves-Pereira (an acoustical engineer) and Dr. Nuno Castelo Branco (a surgical pathologist) recently took numerous fine-grained noise/vibration measurements within a Portuguese home surrounded by four (4) industrial wind turbines. The closest turbine being nearly 1000 feet (300 meters), almost a fifth of a mile, from the affected home. (The turbines have been operating since November 2006.) Alves-Pereira and Branco then matched these in-the-home (actually, in the bedroom of a 9-year-old child with obvious Wind Turbine Syndrome symptoms) Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise (ILFN) readings to ILFN readings taken within a home near Lisbon, Portugal, where a family of four is definitively suffering from Vibro-Acoustic Disease caused by a nearby deep-water grain elevator (where freighters off-load their grain). (The readings in this second home were taken in the bedroom of a 10-year-old child with demonstrated VAD, again from the deep-water grain elevator about a mile away across the Tagus River.) Incidentally, VAD is conclusively demonstrated by echocardiograms (checking for thickened pericardium and valves not related to any inflammatory process), bronchoscopy (looking for a characteristic “pink lesion”), pulmonary function tests (especially the PCO2 test, which is abnormal in all VAD patients), brain MRI’s and brain wave studies (brainstem auditory evoked potentials and the P300), and, when possible, postmortem tissue pathology and animal experimentation. VAD, in other words, produces a distinctive pathological fingerprint (click on http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Branco_&_Alves-Pereira,_Vibroacoustic_Disease.pdf <http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Branco_&_Alves-Pereira,_Vibroacoustic_Disease.pdf> ). Their results stunned them: the ILFN readings in the bedroom of the 9-year-old with obvious Wind Turbine Syndrome symptoms are actually higher than ILFN readings in the bedroom of the 10-year-old with demonstrated VAD caused by the nearby grain elevator. Alves-Pereira and Branco published a case study of the 10-year-old and his family in the Proceedings of Internoise 2004 (click on http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Alves-Pereira_grain_elevator_VAD.pdf). Their conclusion? These results irrefutably demonstrate that wind turbines in the proximity of residential areas produce acoustical environments that can lead to the development of VAD in nearby home-dwellers. I have attached a copy of the press release. You are welcome to circulate this at will, and to post it on websites. Nina & I urge you to bring this to the attention of news media and government officials. The VAD research team can be contacted at vibroacoustic.disease@gmail.com The credentials of Alves-Pereira and Branco? Professor Mariana Alves-Pereira, School of Health Sciences (ERISA), Lusofona University,Portugal and Department of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, New University of Lisbon, Portugal Nuno Castelo Branco, MD, Surgical Pathologist, President, Scientific Board, Center for Human Performance (CPH) The Center for Human Performance is a civilian, non-profit organization dedicated to research in vibro-acoustic disease. CPH was founded in 1992 and has been the organization which coordinates all the different teams that work on vibro-acoustic disease research, and that include (in Portugal) the cardiology and pulmonary departments of the Cascais Hospital, the neurophysiology department of the National Institute of Cancer, the department of human genetics of the National Institute of Public Health, the department of speech pathology of the School of Health Sciences of the Polytechnical Institute of Setúbal, among several others over the past 25 years. All of this information is currently posted on Nina Pierpont’s website: www.ninapierpont.com <http://www.ninapierpont.com> > Wind energy > Articles by other authors. Scroll down to close to the bottom. On the website, Nina has given a short introduction and comment to VAD and Wind Turbine Syndrome, which I have copied and pasted immediately below this note. Calvin Luther Martin, PhD www.calvinluthermartin.com <http://www.calvinluthermartin.com> Vibro-Acoustic Disease (VAD) by Nina Pierpont, MD PhD, 6-9-07 Over the past several decades, a group of scientists in Portugal has been studying the effects of jet engine Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise (ILFN) on air force pilots, jet engine technicians, commercial airline pilots, flight attendants, as well as investigating industrial ILFN impacts on industrial workers. (The researchers include physicians and environmental engineers who specialize in noise/vibration.) More recently, these scientists have turned their attention to the less intense, yet more chronic, ILFN from man-made environmental sources. The VAD group has demonstrated, in a series of peer-reviewed clinical articles, that chronic exposure to ILFN produces serious damage to the heart, lungs, and brain, caused by thickening and other changes in specific tissues in these organs. This, of course, compromises organ function. Researchers are able to demonstrate this by echocardiograms, pulmonary function tests, brain MRI's, brain wave studies, postmortem tissue pathology, and animal experimentation. Responding to growing numbers of requests from people living in the shadow of industrial wind turbines, the VAD group is now studying ILFN produced by wind turbines. The following is a press release issued by the VAD group, dated 5-31-07. The full text, along with citations and author credentials, can be found by clicking here <http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/VAD_press_release_5-31-07.pdf> . Excessive exposure to infrasound and low frequency noise (ILFN, defined as all acoustical phenomena occurring at or below the frequency bands of 500 Hz) can cause vibro-acoustic disease (VAD). Research into VAD has been ongoing since 1980, conducted by a multidisciplinary team of scientists led by pathologist Nuno Castelo Branco, MD. In March 2007, for the first time, the Portuguese National Center for Occupational Diseases gave 100% professional disability to a 40-year-old flight attendant who had been diagnosed with VAD since 2001. Two other VAD patients also have been given a similar disability status. Initially, only ILFN-rich occupational environments were investigated. However, over the past several years, many individuals and their families have approached our team because of the ILFN contaminant in their homes. The sources of residential ILFN vary from industrial complexes, to large volume highways, to public transportation systems, etc. In a case study published in Proceedings of Internoise 2004 (an annual scientific meeting dedicated to all aspects of acoustics), one of the first documented cases of environmental VAD was reported in a family of four, exposed to the ILFN produced by a nearby port grain terminal. Over the past three years, several families have contacted this team complaining of noise caused by the proximity of industrial wind turbines (windmills). However, only within this past month (April 2007) has this team obtained detailed acoustical measurements within a home surrounded by four recently installed industrial windmills. This acoustical data was essential in order to compare in-home, windmill-produced acoustical environments with the residential, ILFN-rich environments that are known to be conducive to VAD. The levels of ILFN inside the windmill-surrounded home are larger than those obtained in the home contaminated by the port grain terminal. The scientific report on this will be formally presented at Internoise 2007, to be held on 28-31 August in Istanbul, Turkey. These results irrefutably demonstrate that wind turbines in the proximity of residential areas produce acoustical environments that can lead to the development of VAD in nearby home-dwellers. In order to protect Public Health, ILFN-producing devices must not be placed in locations that will contaminate residential areas with this agent of disease. My hunch is that some of the symptoms I describe with Wind Turbine Syndrome will turn out to be a result of VAD triggered by wind turbines. Put differently, I suspect the VAD research group is coming up with a pathological explanation for some of the manifestations of Wind Turbine Syndrome. The wind turbine/VAD connection has yet to be demonstrated conclusively, nevertheless the evidence so far seems to be pointing to a causal connection. As more data becomes available from the VAD group, I will post it on this website. Meanwhile, I recommend the following articles by the VAD group: "Vibro-Acoustic Disease (VAD) <http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Branco_&_Alves-Pereira,_Vibroacoustic_Disease.pdf> " (click on http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Branco_&_Alves-Pereira,_Vibroacoustic_Disease.pdf <http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Branco_&_Alves-Pereira,_Vibroacoustic_Disease.pdf> ) "Vibro-Acoustic Disease in a Ten-Year-Old Male <http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Alves-Pereira_grain_elevator_VAD.pdf> " (click on http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Alves-Pereira_grain_elevator_VAD.pdf) "Vibro-Acoustic Disease <http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Alves-Pereira_&_Branco,_Vibroacoustic_disease.pdf> : Biological effects of infrasound and low frequency noise" (click on http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Alves-Pereira_&_Branco,_Vibroacoustic_disease.pdf <http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Alves-Pereira_&_Branco,_Vibroacoustic_disease.pdf> ) Letter from Professor Alves-Pereira to Nina Pierpont regarding Vibro-Acoustic Disease <http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Alves-Pereira_to_Pierpont_re._VAD.pdf> 3-30-06 (click on http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Alves-Pereira_to_Pierpont_re._VAD.pdf) "Vibro-Acoustic Disease <http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Marciniak_et_al,_Echocardiographic_evaluation.pdf> : Echocardiographic evaluation in aeronautical workers exposed to different noise environments" (click on http://www.ninapierpont.com/pdf/Marciniak_et_al,_Echocardiographic_evaluation.pdf)
Monday, 18 May 2009
I am a retired lecturer in Biology from Imperial College London.
There is no doubt that prolonged exposure to mobile phone radiation does cause DNA damage in some cell lines. We cannot expect all cell lines to behave in the same way because of natural biological variability. We are all the products of thousands of genes that interact in countless ways so that each one of us is both physically and biochemically unique. We do not all get the same side effects from taking a medicinal drug and we cannot therefore expect to respond in the same way to electromagnetic insults.
Also, it is not a valid argument to say that because we do not understand the mechanism by which the DNA damage occurs, then it cannot happen. However, if you want a plausible mechanism visit http://tinyurl.com/5ru6e6 . In essence it says that the loss of structurally important calcium ions weakens cell membranes and makes them more inclined to develop temporary pores and leak. When this happens to lysosome membranes, they leak digestive enzymes that then damage the cell's DNA.
Having said that, most of the severely damaged cells will die naturally, but others may remain as clones of aberrant but benign cells that increase in number with increasing exposure to the radiation. However, we would expect some to be genetically unstable and mutate, with natural selection favoring the more rapidly growing and aggressive ones until we get a full-blown cancer. But even then, the immune system should be able to nip it in the bud; that is until the immune system fails due to old age or is compromised in some way. Consequently, the likelihood of developing mobile phone-related cancer will depend on genotype, duration of exposure and the state of the immune system.
However, the reported effects of living within a few hundred metres of a base station cannot be explained so easily. The low signal strength at this distance demands an exquisitely sensitive mechanism to detect the radiation. Unfortunately (for us) there is such a mechanism. It lies in the magnetically sensitive pigment cryptochrome. The cryptochromes are a family of pigments present in virtually all animals, plants and some bacteria. They are used to sense the presence of light, or the direction of the Earth's magnetic field in animals that use it for navigation. They also form an integral part of the biological clock that controls their circadian rhythms.
Put very simply, cryptochromes can measure magnetic fields because they absorb light and use its energy to drive an electron between two parts of the molecule to form a pair of magnetic free radicals. The electron then finds its way back, but the process is delayed by any external magnetic field, so that the amount of pigment in the free radical form at any one time is a measure of the field. Much of the cryptochrome is in the eye, where its different orientations in the curve of the retina probably enables migratory animals to "see" the field possibly, as an extra colour superimposed on their fields of vision.
Ritz et al. demonstrated this very clearly, when they showed that robins were able to orient in the geomagnetic field when given light of the wavelengths absorbed by cryptochrome. However, even more significantly, they found that oscillating electromagnetic fields within the range 0.1-10MHz at 0.085 microtesla (about 500 times weaker than the Earth's steady field) completely disrupted the system and the birds were unable to orient. (Ritz et al. Nature. Vol. 249 13th May 2004). It may be significant that this range of frequencies includes the bit-rates (rates of transmission of individual digital pulses) of many forms of digital wireless communications, including mobile phones, DECT cordless phones and Wifi. It seems likely that these forms of low level radiation may also interfere with the birds' ability to navigate.
We humans have no natural ability to navigate using the Earth's magnetic field, and we sense light to synchronise our circadian rhythms using melanopsin. But we still have cryptochromes, much of it concentrated in the pineal gland, where, in conjunction with the suprachiasmatic nucleus, it appears to regulate the biological clock that leads to the rhythmic production of melatonin. Much of the work on the biological clock has been done on mutants of the fruit fly Drosophila, and this too appears to be affected by magnetic fields (see Yoshii et al. 2009 http://tinyurl.com/cx7xaa ). They did not test oscillating fields, but a 300microtesla steady field could alter the rhythm of the clock or even stop it altogether.
The main significance of the biological clock for humans is that it controls our natural circadian rhythms, which enable us to anticipate the coming of dawn and dusk and diverts our body's resources to meet the demands of the new conditions. Many aspects of metabolism are controlled in this way; for example, during the day they are diverted to physical activity, but at night they are diverted more to the immune system and repair. If the rhythm were to fail or become weakened in amplitude, no process controlled by the clock would ever be able to function with maximum power. In particular, the immune system may never be able to summon the overwhelming power that is sometimes needed to overcome infection or cancer cells before they get out of control.
There is considerable anecdotal evidence for a weakened circadian rhythm in people living close to mobile phone masts, which include tiredness and loss of concentration during the day and poor sleep at night. The disruption of melatonin production during prolonged exposure to power line fields has been reviewed by Henshaw and Reiter (Bioelectromagnetics Supplement 7S86-S97 (2005)) and they argue that the effect on the rhythm may be similar to light.
The notion that weak electromagnetic fields have an effect similar to light is disturbing to say the least. In a paper reviewing the disruption of circadian rhythms in shift workers and others exposed to nighttime illumination Navara and Nelson. (J Pineal Research 2007 (http://tinyurl.com/afgLjr)) report an increased risk of breast and other cancers and a whole range of other health effects including insulin resistance, coronary heart disease, hypertension and myocardial infarction.
This clearly needs further investigation, but on present evidence, people living, and in particular sleeping, near a mobile phone base station may be at far greater risk of developing cancer than someone who just makes the occasional brief mobile phone call.
(for full context see http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2008/07/25/do-mobile-phones-cause-cancer/)
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There is no doubt that prolonged exposure to mobile phone radiation does cause DNA damage in some cell lines. We cannot expect all cell lines to behave in the same way because of natural biological variability. We are all the products of thousands of genes that interact in countless ways so that each one of us is both physically and biochemically unique. We do not all get the same side effects from taking a medicinal drug and we cannot therefore expect to respond in the same way to electromagnetic insults.
Also, it is not a valid argument to say that because we do not understand the mechanism by which the DNA damage occurs, then it cannot happen. However, if you want a plausible mechanism visit http://tinyurl.com/5ru6e6 . In essence it says that the loss of structurally important calcium ions weakens cell membranes and makes them more inclined to develop temporary pores and leak. When this happens to lysosome membranes, they leak digestive enzymes that then damage the cell's DNA.
Having said that, most of the severely damaged cells will die naturally, but others may remain as clones of aberrant but benign cells that increase in number with increasing exposure to the radiation. However, we would expect some to be genetically unstable and mutate, with natural selection favoring the more rapidly growing and aggressive ones until we get a full-blown cancer. But even then, the immune system should be able to nip it in the bud; that is until the immune system fails due to old age or is compromised in some way. Consequently, the likelihood of developing mobile phone-related cancer will depend on genotype, duration of exposure and the state of the immune system.
However, the reported effects of living within a few hundred metres of a base station cannot be explained so easily. The low signal strength at this distance demands an exquisitely sensitive mechanism to detect the radiation. Unfortunately (for us) there is such a mechanism. It lies in the magnetically sensitive pigment cryptochrome. The cryptochromes are a family of pigments present in virtually all animals, plants and some bacteria. They are used to sense the presence of light, or the direction of the Earth's magnetic field in animals that use it for navigation. They also form an integral part of the biological clock that controls their circadian rhythms.
Put very simply, cryptochromes can measure magnetic fields because they absorb light and use its energy to drive an electron between two parts of the molecule to form a pair of magnetic free radicals. The electron then finds its way back, but the process is delayed by any external magnetic field, so that the amount of pigment in the free radical form at any one time is a measure of the field. Much of the cryptochrome is in the eye, where its different orientations in the curve of the retina probably enables migratory animals to "see" the field possibly, as an extra colour superimposed on their fields of vision.
Ritz et al. demonstrated this very clearly, when they showed that robins were able to orient in the geomagnetic field when given light of the wavelengths absorbed by cryptochrome. However, even more significantly, they found that oscillating electromagnetic fields within the range 0.1-10MHz at 0.085 microtesla (about 500 times weaker than the Earth's steady field) completely disrupted the system and the birds were unable to orient. (Ritz et al. Nature. Vol. 249 13th May 2004). It may be significant that this range of frequencies includes the bit-rates (rates of transmission of individual digital pulses) of many forms of digital wireless communications, including mobile phones, DECT cordless phones and Wifi. It seems likely that these forms of low level radiation may also interfere with the birds' ability to navigate.
We humans have no natural ability to navigate using the Earth's magnetic field, and we sense light to synchronise our circadian rhythms using melanopsin. But we still have cryptochromes, much of it concentrated in the pineal gland, where, in conjunction with the suprachiasmatic nucleus, it appears to regulate the biological clock that leads to the rhythmic production of melatonin. Much of the work on the biological clock has been done on mutants of the fruit fly Drosophila, and this too appears to be affected by magnetic fields (see Yoshii et al. 2009 http://tinyurl.com/cx7xaa ). They did not test oscillating fields, but a 300microtesla steady field could alter the rhythm of the clock or even stop it altogether.
The main significance of the biological clock for humans is that it controls our natural circadian rhythms, which enable us to anticipate the coming of dawn and dusk and diverts our body's resources to meet the demands of the new conditions. Many aspects of metabolism are controlled in this way; for example, during the day they are diverted to physical activity, but at night they are diverted more to the immune system and repair. If the rhythm were to fail or become weakened in amplitude, no process controlled by the clock would ever be able to function with maximum power. In particular, the immune system may never be able to summon the overwhelming power that is sometimes needed to overcome infection or cancer cells before they get out of control.
There is considerable anecdotal evidence for a weakened circadian rhythm in people living close to mobile phone masts, which include tiredness and loss of concentration during the day and poor sleep at night. The disruption of melatonin production during prolonged exposure to power line fields has been reviewed by Henshaw and Reiter (Bioelectromagnetics Supplement 7S86-S97 (2005)) and they argue that the effect on the rhythm may be similar to light.
The notion that weak electromagnetic fields have an effect similar to light is disturbing to say the least. In a paper reviewing the disruption of circadian rhythms in shift workers and others exposed to nighttime illumination Navara and Nelson. (J Pineal Research 2007 (http://tinyurl.com/afgLjr)) report an increased risk of breast and other cancers and a whole range of other health effects including insulin resistance, coronary heart disease, hypertension and myocardial infarction.
This clearly needs further investigation, but on present evidence, people living, and in particular sleeping, near a mobile phone base station may be at far greater risk of developing cancer than someone who just makes the occasional brief mobile phone call.
(for full context see http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2008/07/25/do-mobile-phones-cause-cancer/)
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© 2009 Mast Sanity…Calling for Environmentally and Biologically safe communications networks and radio frequency devicesHead Office: 16 CHIPSTEAD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B23 5HARegistered UK charity no. 1109757
Brain tumours are the leading cause of childhood cancer deaths in Britain, with half as many more children dying from the illness as from leukaemia. Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that in 2007 there were 47% more deaths from brain tumours among under-15s than from leukaemia. Yet that is not reflected in the money spent on research, say campaigners. This week sees the launch of Brain Tumour Research, a national coalition of 14 charities, which believe that research is "woefully underfunded". It is backed by celebrities including the actress Sheila Hancock, whose grandson survived a tumour, and actor Martin Kemp and opera singer Russell Watson, who were both treated successfully.
Hancock, 76, the widow of actor John Thaw, saw her grandson Jack diagnosed with a rare tumour aged four. "It is terrible to watch a grandchild go through the diagnosis and treatment of a brain tumour. You feel so helpless." Jack was successfully operated on. Kevin O'Neill, a consultant neurosurgeon at Imperial College London, said: "Brain tumours are on the increase, reportedly in the region of 2% per year. But in my unit we have seen the number of cases nearly double in the last year."
Hancock, 76, the widow of actor John Thaw, saw her grandson Jack diagnosed with a rare tumour aged four. "It is terrible to watch a grandchild go through the diagnosis and treatment of a brain tumour. You feel so helpless." Jack was successfully operated on. Kevin O'Neill, a consultant neurosurgeon at Imperial College London, said: "Brain tumours are on the increase, reportedly in the region of 2% per year. But in my unit we have seen the number of cases nearly double in the last year."
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