New study links cell phone tower radiation to diabetes

New study links cell phone tower radiation to diabetes



• Top KSU scientist sounds danger warning

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GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN

Published — Sunday 27 December 2015

RIYADH: A renowned professor of King Saud University (KSU) here has warned of radiation danger from cell phone towers, saying that the radiation emissions from towers can cause many health hazards because of their dense installations and unscientific proliferation. 

In a new study, Prof. Sultan Ayoub Meo, a professor at KSU’s College of Medicine, has for the first time proved that the radiation from towers also causes diabetes mellitus.

Sultan, whose research findings on radiation from mobile phone base station towers (MPBST) has been published in the “International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health”, a reputable Swiss science journal, said that “this is the first study added in the global science literature about radiation and its link with type 2 diabetes mellitus.” 

The study is based on the effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Filed Radiation (RF-EMFR) generated by MPBSTs on hemoglobin.

Sultan’s new study has also raised a question mark over the safety of cell phone towers in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East countries. It is interesting to note here that the use of mobile phones has markedly increased among both gender and all age groups in the Kingdom and across the world during the last two decades. He said that “there are about 7.3 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide, and this figure is more than the world’s population.” Spelling out the main findings of his study, Sultan told Arab News in an exclusive interview that “radiation generated by mobile phones and their base stations towers ranges between 400 MHz and 3 GHz.” 

Mobile phone companies, Sultan said, installed towers in residential and commercial areas including on/near school buildings, which has stirred up widespread public concern about the hazards of RF-EMF radiation.

He also said that the radiation emanating from towers causes many other health hazards like headache, depression, high blood pressure and sleep disorders besides damaging nervous, cardio-vascular as well as reproductive systems.  

The KSU professor said that about 382 million people globally are suffering from diabetes mellitus, and this number is expected to surge to 592 million by 2035 as per the data shared by the International Diabetic Federation. “In 2014 alone, a total of 4.9 million people died due to the complications of diabetes mellitus,” said Sultan, adding that this deadly disease took the life of one individual every seven seconds.  

In this new research study, which for the first time discovered the link between cell tower radiation and diabetes; Sultan and his colleagues selected two different elementary schools in Riyadh region.  

The team led by Sultan selected 159 apparently healthy students (96 from one school and 63 from another school) of the same age, gender, nationality, regional, cultural and socio-economic status. 

Blood samples were collected from all the students and the HbA1c was analyzed.  The team found that the students, who were exposed to high RF-EMF generated by MPBS had significantly higher HbA1c than the students who were exposed to low RF-EMF.

 http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/856296

1976 US Defense Intelligence Agency Report on Harmful Effects from RF Radiation

1976 US Defense Intelligence Agency Report on Harmful Effects from RF Radiation

US Defense Intelligence Agency Report on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation, 1976

The Soviets and East European countries were doing a lot of research on the biological effects of microwave radiation for weapons applications.

The US Defense Intelligence Agency obtained these studies and published a report on them in 1976, which included effects at thermal levels and at non-thermal levels (which are below FCC limits).

Despite the many health effects demonstrated in the many studies, economic considerations were given as reasons to discourage adopting the more protective limits that were already in place in the Soviet Union since 1958, that are 1/100 of the FCC's limits.  You can read this very interesting report here.  http://www.magdahavas.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/BIOLOGICAL_EFFECTS_OF_ELECTROMAGNETIC_RADIATION-RADIOWAVES_AND_MICROWAVES-EURASIAN_COMMUNIST_COUNTRIES.pdf

Feel free to share this very important info., but please remove my email address before forwarding.  Thanks!

Angela Cinader

Below are excerpts and main points. 

p. vii If Western nations were to adopt the stricter limits that the Soviets have on microwave radiation, there could be an unfavorable effect on industry and military.

(So economic considerations prevented us from adopting more protective limits?)

p. viii - Creation of sounds inside a person's head possible.  Death by heart seizure or neurological pathologies possible

p. 1 Soviet and East European scientists believe that biological effects occur at non-thermal levels (which are below FCC's limits).

p. 5 After exposure of years, higher incidence of coronary disease, hypertension, and disturbances of fat metabolism. 

 (Note that studies of chronic exposure to microwave radiation have never been conducted in the US, 

yet we are putting cell towers next to schools and people's homes, as well as exposing our children to Wi-Fi hours everyday in school for years)

p. 6 Even below thermal levels there are negative neurological, cardiovascular, blood effects

p.8 Abnormal changes in blood vessels, headaches, fatigue, dizziness, menstrual disorders, irritability, sleeplessness, anxiety, forgetfulness, lack of concentration

p. 9 - FCC Limit is 1000 uW/cm2 for 30 minutes.  But look at the effect on a rabbit's vision after exposure to only 40uW/cm2 for 2 weeks.

p. 10 Non-thermal exposure levels causes effects on GI tract

p. 12 Non-thermal levels enhanced production of pituitary and adrenal hormones.  

Wireless radiation disturbed carbohydrate energy and nitrogen metabolism in the brain, liver, and muscles.

p. 13 Long-term exposure at non-thermal levels caused changes in the testes of mice resulting in reduced litter size.

p. 23  FCC Limit is 1000uW/cm2 (=1mW/cm2) for 30 min. but Soviet, Czech, Polish limits are much lower at 10uW/cm2 (=0.01mW/cm2)

p. 24 The report points out that if other countries were to adopt the lower Soviet limit of 10uW/cm2, 

new electronic technology applications would be limited because of the increased costs for additional safeguards. 

(Economic considerations given as a reason not to adopt more protective limits.  Economics outweighs health effects on humans?)

p. 25-26 Soviets could use low level microwave radiation for weapons applications - disrupting behavior, inducing heart seizures, causing neurological impairment

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Angela Cinader <angela.cinader@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 1:07 AM
Subject: NASA, Navy, Air Force Report Harmful Effects from RF Radiation. Tobacco
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NASA Report, 1981

A NASA report published in April 1981, titled “Electromagnetic Field Interactions with the Human Body: Observed Effects and Theories,” discussed EMF and microwave RF radiation caused to humans. Effects of microwave radiation reported: headaches, sleep problems, neurological symptoms, cardiac symptoms, memory problems, increased cholesterol, gastritis, ulcers, increased fasting blood glucose, irritabiity, inability to concentrate, apprehension, and cataracts (clouding of posterior part of lens in those caused by microwave radiation instead of anterior clouding as seen with regular types).  Information for the NASA report was collected from over 1,000 written sources that “included journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, books, abstracts, and news items,”  http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19810017132.pdf

Navy Report, 1971

On October 4, 1971, the Naval Medical Research Institute published a research report,“Bibliography of Reported Biological Phenomena (‘Effects’) and Clinical Manifestations Attributed to Microwave and Radio-Frequency Radiation,” which was a compilation of over 2000 references on the biological responses to RF microwave radiation.  It lists well over 100 negative biological effects caused by RF microwave radiation - here's a partial list from their report: corneal damage, tubular degeneration of testicles, brain heating, alteration of the diameter of blood vessels, liver enlargement, altered sex ratio of births, decreased fertility, sterility, altered fetal development, decreased lactation in nursing mothers, altered penal function, death, cranial nerve disorders, seizures, convulsions, depression, insomnia, hand tremors, chest pain, thrombosis, alteration in the rate of cellular division, anorexia, constipation, altered adrenal cortex activity, chromosome aberrations, tumors, altered orientation of animals, birds and fish, loss of hair, and sparking between dental fillings.  http://www.magdahavas.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Navy_Radiowave_Brief.pdf

Air Force Report, 1994

A June 1994 US Air Force document, titled, “Radiofrequency/Microwave Radiation Biological Effects and Safety Standards: A Review,” acknowledges the non-thermal health effects.  Stated in its abstract, “It is known that electromagnetic radiation has a biological effect on human tissue.”  The introduction of the report states that “researchers have discovered a number of biological dysfunctions that can occur in living organisms” and that “exposure of the human body to RF/MW [radio frequency/microwave] radiation has many biological implications” that range from “innocuous sensation of warmth to serious physiological damage to the eye,” and added that “there is also evidence that RF/MW radiation can cause cancer.” Biological impacts: “damage to major organs, disruption of important biological processes, and the potential risk of cancer,” among many others which include “mutagenic effects,” “cardiovascular effects,” negative effects on chromosomes, and notes that “Soviet investigators claim that exposure to low-level radiation can induce serious CNS [central nervous system] dysfunctions.”  http://www.emfacts.com/2014/09/us-air-force-rf-review-in-1988-acknowledges-non-thermal-biological-effects/   https://electroplague.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/rf-microwave-radiation-biological-effects-rome-labs.pdf

What's interesting is that these reports from US government agencies all document negative health effects from microwave RF radiation at levels below thermal thresholds, and they were all published before the 1996 Telecommunications Act was passed by Congress.  Section 704 of the TCA disallowed siting decisions for cell tower facilities based on health considerations as long as they don't exceed FCC's limits, which are thermal.  The only valid reason for rejection allowed by the TCA is aesthetics, so many cell tower facilities are camouflaged so that people would not see them. This is why cell towers are on school property and next to schools and residential areas, and you don't even know they are there.  How could this happen?  The 1996 TCA was passed after $50 million dollars in political contributions was made (p. 115, Zapped, by Ann Louise Gittleman, http://www.amazon.com/Zapped-Shouldnt-Outsmart-Electronic-Pollution/dp/0061864285/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1452930604&sr=8-2&keywords=zapped )  Since then telecom continues to obtain legislation in their favor, first with 6409a of the Middle Class Tax Relief Act which allows for colocations and approval of an additional 20' to a cell tower, then with AB 57 passing in California which allow for automatic approvals of cell tower applications if they are not processed within a certain time (150 days for new towers, 90 days for colocations) that they are submitted, and now they are lobbying to remove proof of significant gap from the 1996 TCA and replace with capacity. 

Even though doctors, scientists, and various groups have made about 1000 submissions asking the FCC to revisit limits since 2012,  little has been done by the FCC. ( Proceeding Number 13-84 on the FCC web site.   You can see the 1000 submissions here,  http://www.saferemr.com/2015_08_01_archive.html ) Tom Wheeler, ex-President of the CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association) and FCC chairman since 2013, has done nothing but to promote the wireless industry since his appointment by President Obama after Wheeler bundled $700,000 in political contributions to Obama (bundling is a process of consolidating political contributions without having to identify the actual contributors) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-aaron/who-owns-the-media-obamas_b_3313197.html  Comcast and Verizon contributed about $1 million to Obama https://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/04/24/obama-bundler-tom-wheeler-helps-his-former-industry-from-fcc-perch/ He approved $5 billion for school Wi-Fi  http://www.dailydot.com/politics/fcc-approves-wifi-expansion-schools/ , fined wireless companies paltry amounts ($50,000) for exceeding FCC's thermal limits http://www.journalinquirer.com/connecticut_and_region/fcc-keeps-secret-records-from-radiation-probe-at-verizon-s/article_0dbb367e-62d9-11e5-99da-ebeab2025003.html, and made changes to the Telecom Act to encompass wireless internet in March 2015 (after Net Neutrality passed) when wireless internet was not included in the 1996 TCA prior to that.  Tom Wheeler is now helping Verizon to implement 5G https://insidetowers.com/verizon-and-fcc-work-on-5g/   and pushing higher speeds by fining AT&T a record $100 million in June 2015 for not providing speeds as fast as advertised http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fcc-seeks-100-mn-t-fine-over-unlimited-174431152.html   

Cell towers, cell phones, Wi-Fi, laptops may all be FCC compliant, but understand that FCC compliance only means that there is not enough microwave radiation from it to cook you (i.e. cause a thermal effect).  FCC limits do NOT protect you from all health effects that are orders of magnitude below the thermal threshholds as found in peer reviewed studies.  FCC compliance is limited only to preventing heating effects.  The FCC limit is 1000uW/cm2 for 30 minutes for cell towers and Wi-Fi.  In areas near cell towers and Wi-Fi routers, my measurements show 0.1-1 uW/cm2.  However in areas more than 1500 ft from cell towers and without Wi-Fi routers closeby that value can be down to 0.0003uW/cm2 as it is in my backyard.  So when 3rd party RF measuring firms submit a report that says a cell tower facility or school environment is FCC compliant because it is only 1/10,000th of the FCC limit, it is true, sounds good and gives the layperson a sense of safety, but he does not realize that this value that is 1/10,000 of the FCC limit is already 1000 times higher than areas far away from a cell tower or router, and this is a chronic exposure 6 hrs/day, 5 days/wk, 40 wks/yr for kids in school.  Realize that this is the "safety" standard which our government is using to protect our children and all citizens.

You can read more on the FCC in Captured agency: How the Federal Communications Commission is dominated by the industries it presumably regulates written by NormAlster, Cambridge, MA:  Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University.  2015. http://ethics.harvard.edu/files/center-for-ethics/files/capturedagency_alster.pdf  

Lesson from History of Tobacco

The tobacco industry knew since the '50s that tobacco caused cancer. But they funded scientific research that was intended to obfuscate its effects on health for decades. This has been done by, on the one hand denying the existing evidence, whilst on the other demanding absolute proof of causation and calling for more research. This research, much of which has been covertly funded by the tobacco industry, is designed to look at other causes of cancer and to water down the evidence linking smoking and disease. For example, the industry statements are peppered by fudging comments such as “unresolved” and "inconclusive.," Nothing has been “statistically proven”, no “scientific causality”, and no “conclusive proof”. http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/16/... http://www.who.int/tobacco/media/en/Toba... Sound familiar? 

The mobile telecom industry is about twice the size of the tobacco industry, which means the telecom industry is even more powerful.  The tobacco industry generated sales of $500 billion globally and $35 billion profit in 2012 http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012...  The mobile telecom industry has generated almost $1 trillion revenue globally. http://www.vodafone.com/content/annualre... 

In 1985, Dr Lennart Hardell, was one of the few scientists who said that Agent Orange was carcinogenic while Monsanto denied such claims  http://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/... (In 2013, Agent Orange (made by Monsanto) was determined to increase chance of prostate cancer by 52%. Veterans from the Vietnam War were exposed to it. Agent Orange was used to spray large areas in Laos and Vietnam to clear forests in order to build bases. One million Vietnamese suffered disabilities or health problems as well as birth defects in children. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/1... ) He is an oncologist and professor of oncology from Sweden who served on WHO IARC (World Health Organization Int'l Agency Research for Cancer) when it classified microwave RF radiation as 2B possible carcinogen in 2011.

Here's a video by Dr. Lennart Hardell, talking about the hazards of wireless radiation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8H8Eg6F...”

Electro-hypersensitivity. For most people the subject rather ready to smile, yet people with these disorders live a hell (HELL)

Electro-hypersensitivity. For most people the subject rather ready to smile, yet people with these disorders live a hell (HELL)

"The waves cause me severe head pain, burning and discomfort of", says Marguerite. Unbearable disorders that cause them to leave work on Saint-Etienne and gradually will result in abandonment of all social ties.

Today aged 70, Marguerite lived for two years in the forézienne campaign. Only in a small building in the heart of the wood, it has neither water nor electricity. Aluminum curtain protects the door of the only room of the house.

"Here at least I am isolated and protected," said Marguerite adding "when one is electro hypersensitive, it does not exist. Medicine can do nothing for us. We are considered as part of a psychiatric illness but that is wrong. "

http://www.leprogres.fr/loire/2016/01/18/forez-victime-d-electro-hypersensibilisation-elle-vit-seule-dans-les-bois

A word of caution about Post-traumatic stress syndrome, a prelude to MCS and EHS?

A word of caution about Post-traumatic stress syndrome, a prelude to MCS and EHS?

From Richard Conrad, PhD (1968) in biochemistry and person with EHS :

http://www.conradbiologic.com/

On 2016-01-22 à 15:33, Richard Conrad <rconrad999@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

Do you mean PTSD, which is post traumatic STRESS syndrome?  Annie Hopper’s system certainly seems to work to reduce OCD and stress around EHS, and reduce EHS due to fears, but persons whose mental state was improved by the training and then went back home and re-exposed themselves to EMF had problems again.  Also, in her seminars, she employs a data projector, which many persons with true EHS would be devastated by in minutes, even at a 10 foot distance.

Richard

 Mary Anne Tierney <hopefulmat@gmail.com> wrote

Objet: Rép : Post-traumatic shock syndrome, a prelude to MCS and EHS?

Andre,

At least 5 of us (that I know personally), including me, have benefitted enormously from doing Annie's program...all via the DVD version.  If you watch her YouTube videoed speech to the AAEM, she shares a list of the scientists and their books who are researching neuroplasticity.   

This takes a huge commitment of at least an hour a day for 6 months...and totally worth every moment!

You are welcome to share my comments with others.  Mary Anne

On Jan 22, 2016, at 5:06 AM, André Fauteux <andre@maisonsaine.ca> wrote:

Hello all,

Can you please direct me towards good papers and scientists working in this area?

Thanks

André

http://dnrsystem.com/testimonials.html

Annie Hopper, founder of the Dynamic Neural Retraining System™ is a Limbic System Retraining and Rehabilitation Specialist who has been in the health and wellness field for over twenty years. Hopper is an expert in the field of acquired limbic system brain injuries and neuroplasticity.
As a keynote speaker at a national Brain Injury Conference in June 2009, Annie delivered ground breaking research on “Acquired Toxic Brain Injuries and Neuroplasticity.”

Annie was also a guest speaker at the American Academy of Environmental Medicine 2013 Scientific Conference and the Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association.

Did CELLRAID do ‘volkswagen’ to the telecom industry?

Did CELLRAID do ‘volkswagen’ to the telecom industry?

Posted on January 21, 2016

updated Jan. 22, 2016

Did a small Finnish company, CELLRAID, Ltd, do ‘volkswagen’ to the telecom industry by showing lack of compliance? In this story, for the first time, are shown measurements results indicating that placing a cell phone in a pocket might cause radiation exposures higher than permitted by the current safety standards.

continue reading: https://betweenrockandhardplace.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/did-cellraid-do-volkswagen-to-the-telecom-industry/

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Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, DSc

Chief Editor
Specialty 'Radiation and Health'
Frontiers in Public Health, Lausanne, Switzerland
http://www.frontiersin.org/Radiation_and_Health/about

Adjunct Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology
University of Helsinki, Finland
dariusz.leszczynski@helsinki.fi

Science Blog (from 2009): http://betweenrockandhardplace.wordpress.com

Print all In new window The Nova Scotia Lawsuit: Edna and Marshall Pettipas vs. Bell Aliant

The Nova Scotia Lawsuit: Edna and Marshall Pettipas vs. Bell Aliant   

Edna Pettipas of Afton, Nova Scotia sends this update (below) on the Pettipas lawsuit, together with an urgent request for additional pledges of donations.

Arthur

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In 2011, my husband and I launched a lawsuit against telecom giant Bell Aliant for property damage and personal injuries caused by radiation from a cell phone tower. The trial, originally scheduled for April 20, 2015, was postponed after legal maneuvering by Bell Aliant. In December, we retained a new lawyer in Halifax, on contingency, at a very reputable law firm. New court dates have not yet been assigned, as Bell Aliant is seeking to call additional witnesses, and the court dates cannot be set until the number of experts is known. “Contingency” means our lawyer will not bill us for legal fees, but we are still responsible for actual expenses, primarily the costs of flying in our experts from several countries to testify at trial.

My husband and I would like to thank all those who have generously donated to this cause. The money raised thus far has gone to securing experts, paying for their reports, etc. This is classic David and Goliath and we need additional help. To ensure that our case goes to trial we must secure sufficient pledges of funds beforeJune 30, 2016, to pay the costs of bringing our experts to Nova Scotia to testify. At this time, rather than ask for more donations now, we are asking for pledges. We will call in our pledges only if we receive enough promised donations to see us through the trial. At that time, donations will be funneled through the Cellular Phone Task Force, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, for U.S. citizens who need tax deductions. Whether you can pledge $5 or $5,000, your generosity will be greatly appreciated. Our success could have precedent-setting implications that will help every citizen of Canada, and will have implications for other countries as well. The greater public interest will be served as a result of the case heard round the world.

We are up against a telecom company with limitless resources. Some of our experts have offered to reduce their fees, but still the costs are large. Pledges can be sent via email: epettipas@hotmail.com, or postal mail to: Edna Pettipas, 484 Old Antigonish Road, Antigonish, NS B0H 1A0, Canada.

No one should save for a lifetime to finally build their dream home, move in on Christmas Eve, and lose their health, their home, and their life savings as a result. We were told only that if we built our house at least 300 feet from the base of the tower, there would be no danger from falling ice. We are fighting a fight for all of us so that we and our children can live in a world where the Goliaths are not allowed to lie about safety and rob us of our health and our dreams.

-- Cellular Phone Task Force info@cellphonetaskforce.org

Dementia Data by Country - USA worst.

Dementia Data by Country - USA worst.

Hi Everyone,

I've made 2 new (and better) summary charts in the email attached below.  Revised Excel file attached.  Feel free to use and forward - just remove my email address before doing.  Thanks. I also received comments about this study, and here they are:

Una St. Clair (C4ST): Isn't Finland a leader in technology, and all things wireless? Ericsson is from Finland (I think...). Increases in places like Portugal which are so astounding could be related to very backward and "natural" lifestyle, now corrupted completely.

David Morrison: Finland also has the highest rate of type 1 diabetes in the world so it might have to do with low vitamin D levels in that country.  alzheimer's has been called type 3 diabetes.  that seems to fit with the nora volkow study for NIH that found blood glucose metabolism in the brain was affected by microwaves from cell phones.  i don't think there were any conclusions drawn from that study though.

Arthur Firstenburg: Finland is high because of Russian radar.  Finland has long been in the line of fire of Russia's missile defense radars across the border. I just did a quick search and came up with this:  http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-arctic-base-miles-from-finnish-border-2015-1, regarding the re-opening of a military radar base  that was closed for several years, and the planned installation of lots more radar facilities.  I also recall that northern Finland, the area directly across the border from the Russian radars, has always had a much higher cancer rate than the rest of Finland (It might have been John Goldsmith who pointed that out.)

Chris Ives: I wonder if these studies could also track Vitamin D3/K2 intake? Dr. Belpomme found that 70& of his EHS patients had chronic deep D3 deficiency. Also need to track global dimming (pollution and chemtrails) which of course impacts on our own natural production of D3. Sunscreens don't help either, nor do low E windows. Go ask Virginia Salares. One example (as I recall) was Hong Kong which was getting >55% less solar incident flux. The other thought is about REDOX potential in water - water should provide us with some spare electrons.

Dr. Karl Maret: I have also plotted this data but just for the USA in the 2 age groups and compared it to the cancer and circulation data for the 20 year difference.  Thought you might find this helpful since it makes the difference between the US and the other 20 Western countries more obvious.  I believe it is in part part of the wireless technology influence among other likely environmental  factors including toxicology.  (If you want to use Dr. Maret's charts below, please contact him for permission.  Thanks)

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From: Angela Cinader
Date: Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 4:58 PM
Subject: Dementia Data by Country - USA worst.
To:

Last week I sent out a link to a Washington Post article https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/people-are-developing-dementia-earlier-and-dying-of-it-more-a-study-shows/2015/08/06/599b16b8-3c0a-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html?wprss=rss_world that was published in August 2015 about a 21-country study that found people are developing dementia a decade earlier compared to 20 years ago (2010 vs. 1990) The disease is now being regularly diagnosed in people in their late 40s and death rates from early onset dementia are soaring.  The study found that deaths caused by neurological disease had risen significantly in adults aged 55 to 74 in many countries and more than doubled in the over-75 population overall.  The problem was particularly acute in the United States, where neurological deaths in men aged over 75 have nearly tripled and in women increased more than fivefold.  “The rate of increase in such a short time suggested a silent or even a hidden epidemic, in which environmental factors must play a major part, not just aging.”  The environmental factors cited included chemical pollution and increased background electromagnetic fields (which includes wireless radiation).  In the US the Telecommunications Act was passed in 1996, and cell towers have increased several fold since then (Cell Towers in 1998: 66,000.   2013: 300,000.  http://www.ctia.org/your-wireless-life/how-wireless-works/annual-wireless-industry-survey ) .  Dr. Gerd Oberhard, Public Health Dept. of Salzburg, Austria, specifically warned about the effects of RF radiation including neurodegenerative diseases years ago, here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tChkIBpj... 

Here's the link to the study http://surgicalneurologyint.com/surgicalint_articles/neurological-deaths-of-american-adults-55-74-and-the-over-75s-by-sex-compared-with-20-western-countries-1989-2010-cause-for-concern/  

I plotted the data by country and combined the male and female data.  The resulting graphs are very concerning.  Finland and USA have the highest neurological deaths in all age groups.  USA used to be ranked #17 for neurological deaths in the age 55-74 group and #11 for the age >75 group from 1989-1991, but 20 years later in 2010 USA is now ranked #2 in both age groups. Compared to 20 years ago, neurological deaths have increased significantly in the age>75 group, in ALL countries, ranging from 22% (Greece) tohighest at 412% (USA).  In the age 55-74 group, US had the second highest increase of neurological deaths at 64%, meaning neurological diseases are starting earlier.  11 other countries (Finland, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Japan) also showed increases.  But not all countries showed increases in early-onset neurological diseases.  6 countries actually showed declines - UK, Belgium, Austria, Netherlands, Ireland, France.  See charts below.

For death rates from neurological diseases to increase this much over a 20 year period and for it to start a decade earlier is very serious and warrants investigation by government and health agencies.  Something in the environment is the cause.  Also note that this data is based on comparison from six years ago in 2010 to 20 years before that.  The situation is probably worse now.

Angela Cinader

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1) Overall >age 75 (data from Table 2 of the study)

Highest Increases: USA 412%, Denmark 322%, Portugal 336%, Finland 219%, Sweden 212%, Norway 206%

Overall Average Increase: 151%!

2) Overall  ages 55-74 (data from Table 1 of the study)

Highest Increases:  Greece 75%, USA 64%, Portugal 60%, Finland 48%, Denmark 44%

Decreases: UK -13%, Belgium -11%, Austria -9%, Netherlands -7%, France -2%, Ireland -4%

Overall Average Increase: 15%