Koreans Again Link AM Radio to Childhood Leukemia
RFI Tops Health in U.S. Tower Siting Battle
July 13, 2007
When the residents of the Oak Hill Park community in the Boston suburb of Newton fought the expansion of a local 5kW AM station, WNUR, they complained about radiofrequency interference (RFI)—to their telephones, stereos, VCRs, wheelchairs and baby monitors. They also objected to the possible effects on local wildlife, particularly to the blue-spotted salamander. And they worried about the visual blight posed by the towers.
What community activists hardly mentioned were the possible impacts on their health.
Bob Sklar, who has a doctorate in molecular biology, was one of the few exceptions. Even with WNUR's power at 5 kW, he and his family had trouble sleeping and suffered from severe headaches. Fighting the plan to increase the total AM power output to up to 150kW, Sklar warned that the proposed higher power levels "will produce serious health effects in the area."
When asked by Microwave News why the others had left the health issue on the back burner, Sklar replied, "We were told it's not a winning issue. The consensus was to not raise it."
That may now change.
In the largest and most detailed study of AM radio radiation to date, a team led by Mina Ha of South Korea's Dankook University in South Korea has found that children living within 2km of an AM transmitter had more than twice the risk of developing leukemia, compared to those living more than 20km away. The study, which included 36 cases of children with leukemia living within 2km of an AM station, will appear in the August 1 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology and is already available on the journal's Web site.
"The results of this study suggest a possible carcinogenic effect of AM RF [radiation] exposure on children, particularly with regard to lymphocytic leukemia," Ha concludes. This is Ha's third epidemiological study of cancer in the vicinity of AM radio stations. The other two, published in 2003 and 2004, also pointed to a cancer risk. (See also MWN, S/O02, p.16.)
Ha told Microwave News that while the observed risk was significant, she would like to see it replicated in another study. Ha's study included 31 AM stations operating at 20kW or more.
Five years ago, a group of Italian researchers headed by Paola Michelozzi found higher rates of childhood leukemia around the Radio Vatican transmitters in Cesano outside Rome (see MWN, M/A01, p.6; S/O01 p.9; M/J02 p.4; J/A02 p.14). Radio Vatican operates at a number of different frequencies, in both the AM and shortwave (4-21MHz) bands.
When Ha compared cases and controls relative to estimated RF exposures, she found that the risk was significantly higher for those in the second and third exposure quartiles, but not in the 25% most exposed children. Nevertheless there was a trend of increased risk of lymphocytic leukemia with increased RF exposure, which was of borderline significance. (There was no parallel trend with distance from a transmitter.)
Regarding the lack of an association among those who are most exposed to RF, Ha suggested that it might be due to "decreasing statistical power" or to a "bystander effect."
Ha estimates that the electric field at 2km from the AM transmitters ranged from 1V/m to 3V/m —approximately 0.26µW/cm2 to 2.4µW/cm2.
Oak Hill Park Is Within 2Km of AM Tower
The entire Oak Hill Park community in Newton, outside Boston, lies within 2 km of WNUR's 5kW transmitter. Approximately 1,000 to 1,500 people live there.
About 45 of the homes in the neighborhood are exposed to RF levels of 6.1 V/m (10µW/cm2) or more, with some 400 homes above 1.9V/m (1µW/cm2), according to an analysis by Richard Temkin, a research physicist at MIT and, like Sklar, a former long-time resident of Oak Hill Park. Temkin estimated that if the power output were to be increased to 150kW, thousands of homes in Newton would be exposed to 1.9V/m or more.
Temkin's case against the power upgrade was based almost exclusively on RFI. He was one of those who argued against basing the community's appeal on health concerns, according to Sklar. Temkin did not respond to repeated requests for an interview.
The power output of the AM broadcasts in Newton will soon jump from 5kW to 95kW, and possibly even higher. Yet, even at 5kW, Oak Hill residents could hear music from the radio station coming from all sorts of electronic equipment as well as water pipes, heaters and toilets. "We're all fearful that all the interference problems will increase exponentially," one resident told the Boston Globe in the fall of 2005, after a court ruled that the plan to upgrade the AM station could move forward.
In an August 17, 2005 decision, Charles Trombly Jr of the Massachusetts Land Court had ruled against all the objections raised by the town of Newton on the basis that the FCC has the "sole power" to regulate radio stations and any RFI. A month earlier the town aldermen had voted unanimously to deny the three broadcasterrs a permit to expand.
While the residents hardly raised the health issue, the radio stations brought in two consulting firms that help corporations mired in EMF and RF health disputes: Gradient Corp and Exponent. A report prepared by Gradient's Peter Valberg concluded that "careful review of the whole body of literature… have [sic] not identified reasons to believe that the current RF safety standards are not protective of public health." Exponent's Linda Erdreich also prepared a report that sought to reassure the town that there was little to worry about.
Valberg did his own RF measurements. He found that the RF levels were somewhat higher than those estimated by Temkin. Valberg's highest reading was 13.7V/m (50µW/cm2) with average readings in Oak Park of 3.8V/m (3.8µW/cm2) during the night and 4.9V/m (6.4µW/cm2) during the day. Jim Hatfield of Hatfield and Dawson, a consulting firm in Seattle, also did an RF survey for the three AM stations [Hatfield's report is appended to Valberg's report].
(For comparison, the FCC and the IEEE/ANSI exposure standards for AM frequencies are both 614V/m (100,000µW/cm2). The ICNIRP standard is 87V/m (2,007µW/cm2).
Valberg and Exponent's Bill Bailey are currenly involved in establishing siting policy for power lines in Connecticut (see our January 19, 2007 story).
Osepchuk Sides with the Residents
One ironic aspect of the Newton battle is that John Osepchuk, one of the chief architects of the IEEE/ANSI standard, argued against the AM upgrade, while the Silent Spring Institute, a local environmental group, offered no help, telling Bob Sklar that its focus was on chemical pollutants.
"Even at 5kW, you can hear sounds from baseboard heaters," Osepchuk told Microwave News. He stressed that the problem is not the ambient fields but the current in the wires and pipes. "The shocks and burns are annoying and people should not have to put up with them." In 1995, after spending most of his career at Raytheon, Osepchuk opened his own firm, Full Spectrum Consulting in Concord, MA.
Osepchuk expressed dismay at the FCC's refusal to address the side effects of AM radiation, such as the "tingles and sound generation" —pointing out that the commission had deferred setting limits on contacts and induced currents. But Osepchuk reserved the greatest contempt for the judge's decision overruling Newton's decision not to grant the AM stations a permit. "The judge says that those who are 'aggrieved' by his decision can always complain to the FCC —is he kidding?"
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Spokane AM Station Moved After Parents Raised Health Concerns
In Spokane, WA, parents succeeded in moving KGA's 50kW AM radio tramsmitter away from the Mullan Road Elementary School next door—but only after a more than decade-long battle over possible health impacts.
The towers came down in August 1997; the parents had raised concerns as early as May 1985. The families were put on the alert after the Washington Post published a list of more than 200 radio stations across the country, including some in Spokane, which might cause excessive radiation exposure (see MWN, My85). Even earlier, when the school was being built in the late 1970s, workers complained of getting electrical shocks from the KGA tower radiation. The school later installed electrical grounding to the roof to mitigate this problem.
In 1987, an EPA-FCC team, which included then EPA's Ed Mantiply and FCC's Bob Cleveland, measured an electric field of 13.9V/m (51.2µW/cm2 at the front door of the school —an exceptionally high reading for a publicly accessible area, though well within the current FCC exposure standard (see report No.EPA/520/6-88/008).
(Mantiply is now with the FCC's RF safety program; Cleveland retired from the FCC earlier this year.)
In 1986, KGA was sued by the family of Janice DiLuzio, who had died in 1982 of multiple myeloma. The DiLuzios had moved to a house approximately 600 feet from KGA's 50kW transmitter in 1972. The wrongful death suit was settled out of court and the details of the settlement were kept confidential (see MWN, S/O86 and S/O89).
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AM Radiation Levels in the U.S.
It's been a long time since the EPA or the FCC surveyed the RF radiation levels in the vicinity of AM radio stations.
In 1991, Ed Mantiply and Bob Cleveland measured the electric and magnetic fields at distances of up to 100m from eight AM broadcast stations. According to their report, the electric fields 2m from the base of a 50kW transmitter was 491V/m (63,947µW/cm2). At a distance of 100m, the electric field was on the order of 20-30V/m (106-238µW/cm2).
Back in mid-1970s, the EPA surveyed the RF levels at 193 sites in seven U.S. cities (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miami, New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC). The highest reading in the 0-2MHz band was 1.9V/m (0.94µW/cm2) on Bird Drive Park in Miami. (See report No.EPA-520/2-77-008, May 1978.) FCC's Mantiply was also a member of that EPA measurement team, as was Norb Hankin, who today still works in the EPA's Washington office.
There are approximately 4,800 AM stations in the U.S., operating in the 520kHz to 1.6MHz frequency band. Their maximum power authorized power is 50kW. European transmitters can use higher power levels.
Some Korean AM stations operate at much higher power levels than those in the U.S. Mina Ha's study included four at 1,000kW and one at 1,500kW. The original purpose of the 1,500kW station was to broadcast political messages over the DMZ into North Korea, Ha said.
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Tank Driver Claims Electromagnetic Radiation Caused Brain Injury
A colleague who would not be named said the man who stole the tank had a "vendetta'' against phone towers. "He told us he'd worked for a government agency where he had to work around the towers and got radiation poisoning. So he planned out a map of where the towers were that he wanted to destroy.''
TANK VANDAL OUT FOR REVENGE
By Brenden Hills, Ellen Connolly
July 15, 2007 12:00am
A FORMER Telstra worker allegedly stole a tank and used it to demolish six mobile phone towers as he led police on a wild two-hour rampage through western Sydney yesterday.
More than 20 police chased the tank but were powerless to stop it, retreating to a safe distance as the huge vehicle cut a path of destruction through six suburbs.
They could only watch as the driver, hanging out of the top at times, allegedly rammed the tank through fences and into six mobile phone towers, telecommunication relay sheds and an electrical substation.
The damage caused major disruptions to mobile phone services in Sydney's west yesterday.
The divorced father allegedly stole the 1967 Trojan armoured personnel carrier (APC) from his former workplace, A One Lift Truck Service, at Minchinbury.
His former boss, Greg Morris, said the man had a beef with mobile phone towers.
"He used to work for Telstra and told us he was going through a medical claim for his head injury.
He said something about the radiation from the towers had caused it,'' Mr Morris said.
"He actually worked on the tank he stole, doing a lot of wiring and putting the engine in.''
The drama began at 2am when the ex-British Army tank - complete with steel tracks and replica gun turret - was taken from a holding shed and headed straight for its first target: an electricity substation at Michinbury.
The tank then allegedly rammed a police car as it drove from the Mount Druitt Hospital car park.
At its maximum speed of 52km/h per hour, it continued on through the suburbs of Mount Druitt, Dharruk, Emerton, Glendenning and Plumpton with 10 police vehicles in pursuit.
Several times police were forced to retreat when the driver allegedly swung the tank towards them.
He taunted police by leaning his head out the side window to wave at them.
The joyride ended at 4am when the vehicle stalled as the driver attempted to destroy a seventh mobile phone tower.
Police used capsicum sprayto subdue the man, who was dragged head first from the tank by officers.
Mr Morris said he bought the tank from the British military.
He restored the vehicle, which is valued at $1 million, and he hires it out for weddings and for motor shows.
A colleague who would not be named said the man who stole the tank had a "vendetta'' against phone towers.
"He told us he'd worked for a government agency where he had to work around the towers and got radiation poisoning.
"So he planned out a map of where the towers were that he wanted to destroy.''
Mr Morris said he was "devastated'' at the news.
"I can't believe it," he said.
Mr Morris described the man responsible for the carnage as a "quiet, well spoken'' man.
He left in December but Mr Morris saw him often.
"We were mates, he'd call in for a chat and a few beers.'
"The problem he's got is not with us. It's just that it's the tool he needed to do it.''
The chase attracted a lot of attention with drivers following the tank.
"It's not something you see in Mount Druitt every day,'' William Errington, 26, said.
Another local resident expressed similar disbelief after being woken up by her partner to chase the tank.
"Mick said we were going to follow a tank and I thought yeah a fuel tanker. Then the thing drove past us,'' said Oakhurst resident "Ally''.
Mount Druitt Chief Inspector Guy Habberly said the man had not been drinking and did not appear to be affected by drugs.
Yesterday John Robert Patterson, 45, of Dharruk, appeared in Parramatta Court charged with stealing the tank, dangerous driving and malicious damage.
He did not enter a plea or apply for bail and he was remanded to appear in Penrith Court tomorrow.
His defence lawyer Ivan Bertoia told the court that in a police interview his client "suggested he had the authority to behave in such a manner''.
Magistrate Terry Forbes said there was a strong case to be made for the case to be dealt with under the Mental Health Act.
TANK VANDAL OUT FOR REVENGE
By Brenden Hills, Ellen Connolly
July 15, 2007 12:00am
A FORMER Telstra worker allegedly stole a tank and used it to demolish six mobile phone towers as he led police on a wild two-hour rampage through western Sydney yesterday.
More than 20 police chased the tank but were powerless to stop it, retreating to a safe distance as the huge vehicle cut a path of destruction through six suburbs.
They could only watch as the driver, hanging out of the top at times, allegedly rammed the tank through fences and into six mobile phone towers, telecommunication relay sheds and an electrical substation.
The damage caused major disruptions to mobile phone services in Sydney's west yesterday.
The divorced father allegedly stole the 1967 Trojan armoured personnel carrier (APC) from his former workplace, A One Lift Truck Service, at Minchinbury.
His former boss, Greg Morris, said the man had a beef with mobile phone towers.
"He used to work for Telstra and told us he was going through a medical claim for his head injury.
He said something about the radiation from the towers had caused it,'' Mr Morris said.
"He actually worked on the tank he stole, doing a lot of wiring and putting the engine in.''
The drama began at 2am when the ex-British Army tank - complete with steel tracks and replica gun turret - was taken from a holding shed and headed straight for its first target: an electricity substation at Michinbury.
The tank then allegedly rammed a police car as it drove from the Mount Druitt Hospital car park.
At its maximum speed of 52km/h per hour, it continued on through the suburbs of Mount Druitt, Dharruk, Emerton, Glendenning and Plumpton with 10 police vehicles in pursuit.
Several times police were forced to retreat when the driver allegedly swung the tank towards them.
He taunted police by leaning his head out the side window to wave at them.
The joyride ended at 4am when the vehicle stalled as the driver attempted to destroy a seventh mobile phone tower.
Police used capsicum sprayto subdue the man, who was dragged head first from the tank by officers.
Mr Morris said he bought the tank from the British military.
He restored the vehicle, which is valued at $1 million, and he hires it out for weddings and for motor shows.
A colleague who would not be named said the man who stole the tank had a "vendetta'' against phone towers.
"He told us he'd worked for a government agency where he had to work around the towers and got radiation poisoning.
"So he planned out a map of where the towers were that he wanted to destroy.''
Mr Morris said he was "devastated'' at the news.
"I can't believe it," he said.
Mr Morris described the man responsible for the carnage as a "quiet, well spoken'' man.
He left in December but Mr Morris saw him often.
"We were mates, he'd call in for a chat and a few beers.'
"The problem he's got is not with us. It's just that it's the tool he needed to do it.''
The chase attracted a lot of attention with drivers following the tank.
"It's not something you see in Mount Druitt every day,'' William Errington, 26, said.
Another local resident expressed similar disbelief after being woken up by her partner to chase the tank.
"Mick said we were going to follow a tank and I thought yeah a fuel tanker. Then the thing drove past us,'' said Oakhurst resident "Ally''.
Mount Druitt Chief Inspector Guy Habberly said the man had not been drinking and did not appear to be affected by drugs.
Yesterday John Robert Patterson, 45, of Dharruk, appeared in Parramatta Court charged with stealing the tank, dangerous driving and malicious damage.
He did not enter a plea or apply for bail and he was remanded to appear in Penrith Court tomorrow.
His defence lawyer Ivan Bertoia told the court that in a police interview his client "suggested he had the authority to behave in such a manner''.
Magistrate Terry Forbes said there was a strong case to be made for the case to be dealt with under the Mental Health Act.
THE RADIATION IN OUR HIGH STREETS
THE RADIATION IN OUR HIGH STREETS
Jun 14 2007
By Nicole Le Marie
MOBILE phone masts are spreading like a rash in Mole Valley. More and more people are using wireless technology, but how much radiation is all this new technology producing?
A few weeks ago Sir William Stewart, chairman of the Health Protection Agency, called for a review of the health risks of wireless technology. Although the Department of Health denies that mobile phone masts pose a risk, health fears surrounding the masts are debated time and again.
The Advertiser enlisted the help of Paul Collins and his electrosmog detector to try to ascertain the level of micro-wave radiation that Mole Valley residents are really being exposed to.
The electrosmog detector is a machine that detects the presence of microwave radiation and enables you to hear it as sound.
It reacts to all microwave sources, including cordless phones, wi-fi networks, blue-tooth, 2G, 3G and TETRA masts,and gives an audio indication to the presence of microwaves.
The stronger the field the louder the sound gets, at some points in Mole Valley the machine reached the loudest level possible, with Dorking High Street proving to be an electrosmog hot point.
Paul Collins, a married-father-of-two from Bookham, bought the machine because he believes he is ElectroSensitivie - which means he suffers symptoms such as stinging skin, tinnitus and palpitations when exposed to high levels of electrosmog.
Paul said: "It is not just about telephone masts, but wifi and mobiles add it all up and it's not a pretty picture. There are increasing concerns and scientific evidence that this radiation is causing serious health effects.
"Dorking High Street is particularly intense - from Pump Corner down to the Pippbrook offices the noise produced by the machine is as loud as a machine gun.
"You can guarantee if you went back a decade ago Dorking High Street would be completely quiet.
"The mast on the top of Dorking Post Office is firing beams to a point located somewhere else. Those beams spread out and can end up somewhere in your living room, combined with that there are all the mobiles people are using on the High Street and other technology.
"There are hot spots in Leatherhead, such as near the theatre, but not as loud as the noise the electrosmog produces in Dorking High Street, especially on the side of Sainsbury's and The White Horse Hotel.
We visited the Meadowbank children's playground, which again produced a very loud sound from the electrosmog detector.
Paul said: "Do you really want this where our children are playing? Young kids have underdeveloped immune systems and are particularly susceptible to damage.
"I have been to St Josephs and it is relatively quiet but Ashcombe School has a mast on the roof,and is very noisy in car park area where there is a nursery. "When you can't see or touch something people often find it hard to believe there is problem - look at how long it took people to believe that smoking is bad for you. But in a few years time when the results of all the studies come back, we will regret it."
But in defence a spokesman for Orange, which operates the mast on top of the Post Office, claimed: "The Orange base station in the High Street is a simple low powered radio transmitter, which is operating at around the power of a domestic light bulb."
Orange uses a licensed frequency within the electromagnetic spectrum to transmit and receive signals like any other radio powered device.
Even if this particular mast were removed, there would still be an RF reading of a similar strength as mobile phone masts are not the only source of emissions in the environments where we live and work.
In addition to this, the phone handsets themselves use the same technology, so people walking around using their mobile phones would also pick up a reading.
It is interesting to the industry that people are worried about masts but continue to use mobile phones and it seems there is a reluctance to accept that these are one and the same.
The mast in the High Street is actually operating at hundreds of times below the guidelines that have been set by the Government. It is a high performing site, so clearly there are a large number of Orange users here that use the services this mast provides.
Once you pass Pump Corner into South Street, Dorking, the electrosmog was relatively quiet as was West Street. Areas such as Box Hill are also giving quiet readings.
In the past five years Mole Valley District Council has decided on 110 applications for mobile phone masts or related items. Of these, 74 have been allowed.
Mole Valley District Council said it was concerned to learn of the Advertiser's findings.
A spokesman said: "The council has a statutory duty to consider any valid planning application that is submitted."
New masts or additional equipment on existing structures appear to be demand-led with the continuing growth in usage of mobile phones.
With regard to health issues, the Government advice states that health concerns can be a material consideration in determining applications but it is for the decision maker to determine what weight to attach to such considerations. However, it is the firm view of the Government that the planning system is not the place for determining health safeguards.
"An application is submitted with a certificate by the operator, which confirms that the emissions are within the guidelines and as a result this council cannot take the matter any further." ..SUPL:
Jun 14 2007
By Nicole Le Marie
MOBILE phone masts are spreading like a rash in Mole Valley. More and more people are using wireless technology, but how much radiation is all this new technology producing?
A few weeks ago Sir William Stewart, chairman of the Health Protection Agency, called for a review of the health risks of wireless technology. Although the Department of Health denies that mobile phone masts pose a risk, health fears surrounding the masts are debated time and again.
The Advertiser enlisted the help of Paul Collins and his electrosmog detector to try to ascertain the level of micro-wave radiation that Mole Valley residents are really being exposed to.
The electrosmog detector is a machine that detects the presence of microwave radiation and enables you to hear it as sound.
It reacts to all microwave sources, including cordless phones, wi-fi networks, blue-tooth, 2G, 3G and TETRA masts,and gives an audio indication to the presence of microwaves.
The stronger the field the louder the sound gets, at some points in Mole Valley the machine reached the loudest level possible, with Dorking High Street proving to be an electrosmog hot point.
Paul Collins, a married-father-of-two from Bookham, bought the machine because he believes he is ElectroSensitivie - which means he suffers symptoms such as stinging skin, tinnitus and palpitations when exposed to high levels of electrosmog.
Paul said: "It is not just about telephone masts, but wifi and mobiles add it all up and it's not a pretty picture. There are increasing concerns and scientific evidence that this radiation is causing serious health effects.
"Dorking High Street is particularly intense - from Pump Corner down to the Pippbrook offices the noise produced by the machine is as loud as a machine gun.
"You can guarantee if you went back a decade ago Dorking High Street would be completely quiet.
"The mast on the top of Dorking Post Office is firing beams to a point located somewhere else. Those beams spread out and can end up somewhere in your living room, combined with that there are all the mobiles people are using on the High Street and other technology.
"There are hot spots in Leatherhead, such as near the theatre, but not as loud as the noise the electrosmog produces in Dorking High Street, especially on the side of Sainsbury's and The White Horse Hotel.
We visited the Meadowbank children's playground, which again produced a very loud sound from the electrosmog detector.
Paul said: "Do you really want this where our children are playing? Young kids have underdeveloped immune systems and are particularly susceptible to damage.
"I have been to St Josephs and it is relatively quiet but Ashcombe School has a mast on the roof,and is very noisy in car park area where there is a nursery. "When you can't see or touch something people often find it hard to believe there is problem - look at how long it took people to believe that smoking is bad for you. But in a few years time when the results of all the studies come back, we will regret it."
But in defence a spokesman for Orange, which operates the mast on top of the Post Office, claimed: "The Orange base station in the High Street is a simple low powered radio transmitter, which is operating at around the power of a domestic light bulb."
Orange uses a licensed frequency within the electromagnetic spectrum to transmit and receive signals like any other radio powered device.
Even if this particular mast were removed, there would still be an RF reading of a similar strength as mobile phone masts are not the only source of emissions in the environments where we live and work.
In addition to this, the phone handsets themselves use the same technology, so people walking around using their mobile phones would also pick up a reading.
It is interesting to the industry that people are worried about masts but continue to use mobile phones and it seems there is a reluctance to accept that these are one and the same.
The mast in the High Street is actually operating at hundreds of times below the guidelines that have been set by the Government. It is a high performing site, so clearly there are a large number of Orange users here that use the services this mast provides.
Once you pass Pump Corner into South Street, Dorking, the electrosmog was relatively quiet as was West Street. Areas such as Box Hill are also giving quiet readings.
In the past five years Mole Valley District Council has decided on 110 applications for mobile phone masts or related items. Of these, 74 have been allowed.
Mole Valley District Council said it was concerned to learn of the Advertiser's findings.
A spokesman said: "The council has a statutory duty to consider any valid planning application that is submitted."
New masts or additional equipment on existing structures appear to be demand-led with the continuing growth in usage of mobile phones.
With regard to health issues, the Government advice states that health concerns can be a material consideration in determining applications but it is for the decision maker to determine what weight to attach to such considerations. However, it is the firm view of the Government that the planning system is not the place for determining health safeguards.
"An application is submitted with a certificate by the operator, which confirms that the emissions are within the guidelines and as a result this council cannot take the matter any further." ..SUPL:
Letter from Guinea-Pigs-"R"-Us to BlueCross Representative
Dear Mr. Fitzpatrick:
(Copied below my comments, is item 4 of your critique of Michael Moore's "SICKO.")
You are correct that Moore did not address "lifestyle choices." While the choices you mention are undoubtedly causing significant increases in overall healthcare costs, there is another very important issue Moore also chose to ignore. I felt what I am about to write was important enough to appeal to Moore several times -- the last time when he was asking for opinions re our healthcare system.
I am referring to the issue of providing "prudent avoidance recommendations" regarding low level, "close," chronic, prolonged EMF/EMR (electromagnetic fields/electromagnetic radiation) pollution emanating from electric meters, gas meters, electric appliances such as electric clocks, small fans, monitors, noise machines, air purifiers, aquarium pumps and heaters, touchlamps, lamps with dimmer switches, TV's, computers, transformers for cordless phones and electronic games, security alarms, cell phone chargers -- literally any such items that might be in close proximity to persons' beds. Bad wires and even waterpipes running over or under beds may be producing high currents. There may be high frequencies on electrical wiring throughout homes.
Would you consider the placement of an infant's crib against a bedroom wall on which an electric meter is mounted to the outside wall adjacent to the crib to be "a lifestyle choice?"
You, like most of the public, are victims of "governmental neglect" that actually comes closer to outright "fraudulent concealment" thereby rendering citizens "participants in experimentation without informed consent!"
While the act of placing a newborn infant (or any child or person) in a bed that is adjacent to an electric meter may seem innocent and lacking in reasons for concern, I have two grandsons who were diagnosed with rare immune deficiencies. Their cribs/beds were unknowingly placed in harms way -- against the "powerwall" -- because our government, the electric utilities and also the various cancer societies were not announcing "prudent avoidance measures re low level EMF/EMR."
The immunologist asked whether children had died in our family. We were told the boys (cousins living in different cities) may develop Leukemia or Lymphoma or other cancers. We were also told their rare immune deficiency(ies) -- low IgG subclasses 1 and 3 would not be expected to occur in infants or toddlers -- that this was "an adult pattern" (the boys' cells were "aging") -- that there is/was no name for their problem -- only the description "hypogammaglobulinemia" which means "low immune......"
The immunologist said "this must be genetic." Blood tests were run and he then said, "this has to be environmental...." I asked about the two high voltage powerlines only 50 ft. from the front of our house (we had been providing daycare for the boys). The doctor responded, "well, we know that EMF's affect immune function in mice but we don't know how much of what happens to mice happens to people...."
This was all occuring during the $46 mil EMF RAPID Study. The boys' blood was sent to Dr. Fatih Uckun while he was still at the University of Minnesota. We were not told he was one of the scientists participating in the EMF RAPID Study. After Uckun left the University of Minnesota, the National Institute of Health helped him open the Wayne Hughes Institute. (See Uckun's comments re EMF's at: http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMFL-3-98.html )
To this day, the EMF RAPID Interagency Committee Report has never been presented to Congress. I have made several requests of politicians to testify before Congress. EMF's were designated as Class 2B carcinogens. While funds were slotted for "notifying the public," this has not occurred.
Tragically, a teacher, Michael Boyum, unknowingly had a small fan and electric clock on the headboard of his waterbed. Michael focused on "good health" -- he held a black belt in karate. Michael died at the age of 23 from Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Ironically, Dr. Fatih Uckun is the doctor who attempted "last ditch, extraordinary measures" to save Michael while he was a patient at the Parker-Hughes Cancer Center.
The costs of just the above three families as result of possibly "preventable health problems," were staggering and not only included considerable payments by insurers but also jeopardized family life (in many ways) for those affected, far into the future.
My husband, Bud, has now improved in three parts of his Executive Function. He is said not to have Alzheimers after all but continues to suffer "moderate" to "severe" memory loss and cognitive impairment. I moved Bud's electric clock radio off his nightstand and started him on a regime of nightly melatonin (as well as a number of other supplements). I also discontinued his statin -- Lipitor. Evidence is mounting that many drugs may be causing severe adverse reactions particularly when individuals are sleeping close to electrical or telephone equipment. Insurers have been and continue to cover a multitude of symptoms related to this type of adverse interaction/reaction.
Since you, Mr. Fitzpatrick, are involved in "communications," why don't you take the lead in regard to informing "Blue members," together with affiliated unions, large corporations, etc., that there is a critical need to move electric and telephone equipment away from persons' beds?
I will be glad to send you a copy of the 1993 "USA Today" afticle that I received from the American Cancer Society recommending electric items be moved away from close proximity to beds. Also, I can send you a copy of a booklet re EMF' that was prepared by utilities' communications' experts with the same recommendations. That booklet was distributed by Florida Power & Light and possibly also Sacramento Power & Light before printing was stopped in 2001.
The above-mentioned health problems in my family are only part of our family's costs of our not being informed re simple, basically cost-free "prudent avoidance measures...." The people need your help, Mr. Fredrickson, to make "important lifestyle choices."
I look forward to hearing good things in regard to your help toward improving our healthcare system!!!
Best wishes and take care - Joanne
Joanne C. Mueller
Guinea Pigs "R" Us
731 - 123rd Avenue N.W.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55448-2127 USA
Phone: 763-755-6114
Email: jcmpelican@aol.com (7-10-07)
"The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity....... --Mahatma Gandhi
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/282050/
ARE YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN GUINEA PIGS? Letter 7-22-04 by Joanne Mueller
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Mr. Fitzpatrick's comments (re Michael Moore's "SICKO"):
4. Perhaps most damaging of all, Moore completely fails to address the most significant driver of health care costs - our own lifestyle choices - and seeks to focus attention and efforts on the alluring 'quick-fix' of universal health care.........
Contrast this to the recent Health Care Symposium held in Harrisburg - where a panel of representatives from Government, Insurance, Hospitals, Business, Physicians, and even Lawyers agreed on one thing - that there was no quick fix and that Health and Wellness was the critical area of focus.
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SICKO: Fascinating inside look at Blue Cross's pondering what to do about Moore's expose
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/inside_look_at_bluecross_pondering.htm
(Copied below my comments, is item 4 of your critique of Michael Moore's "SICKO.")
You are correct that Moore did not address "lifestyle choices." While the choices you mention are undoubtedly causing significant increases in overall healthcare costs, there is another very important issue Moore also chose to ignore. I felt what I am about to write was important enough to appeal to Moore several times -- the last time when he was asking for opinions re our healthcare system.
I am referring to the issue of providing "prudent avoidance recommendations" regarding low level, "close," chronic, prolonged EMF/EMR (electromagnetic fields/electromagnetic radiation) pollution emanating from electric meters, gas meters, electric appliances such as electric clocks, small fans, monitors, noise machines, air purifiers, aquarium pumps and heaters, touchlamps, lamps with dimmer switches, TV's, computers, transformers for cordless phones and electronic games, security alarms, cell phone chargers -- literally any such items that might be in close proximity to persons' beds. Bad wires and even waterpipes running over or under beds may be producing high currents. There may be high frequencies on electrical wiring throughout homes.
Would you consider the placement of an infant's crib against a bedroom wall on which an electric meter is mounted to the outside wall adjacent to the crib to be "a lifestyle choice?"
You, like most of the public, are victims of "governmental neglect" that actually comes closer to outright "fraudulent concealment" thereby rendering citizens "participants in experimentation without informed consent!"
While the act of placing a newborn infant (or any child or person) in a bed that is adjacent to an electric meter may seem innocent and lacking in reasons for concern, I have two grandsons who were diagnosed with rare immune deficiencies. Their cribs/beds were unknowingly placed in harms way -- against the "powerwall" -- because our government, the electric utilities and also the various cancer societies were not announcing "prudent avoidance measures re low level EMF/EMR."
The immunologist asked whether children had died in our family. We were told the boys (cousins living in different cities) may develop Leukemia or Lymphoma or other cancers. We were also told their rare immune deficiency(ies) -- low IgG subclasses 1 and 3 would not be expected to occur in infants or toddlers -- that this was "an adult pattern" (the boys' cells were "aging") -- that there is/was no name for their problem -- only the description "hypogammaglobulinemia" which means "low immune......"
The immunologist said "this must be genetic." Blood tests were run and he then said, "this has to be environmental...." I asked about the two high voltage powerlines only 50 ft. from the front of our house (we had been providing daycare for the boys). The doctor responded, "well, we know that EMF's affect immune function in mice but we don't know how much of what happens to mice happens to people...."
This was all occuring during the $46 mil EMF RAPID Study. The boys' blood was sent to Dr. Fatih Uckun while he was still at the University of Minnesota. We were not told he was one of the scientists participating in the EMF RAPID Study. After Uckun left the University of Minnesota, the National Institute of Health helped him open the Wayne Hughes Institute. (See Uckun's comments re EMF's at: http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMFL-3-98.html )
To this day, the EMF RAPID Interagency Committee Report has never been presented to Congress. I have made several requests of politicians to testify before Congress. EMF's were designated as Class 2B carcinogens. While funds were slotted for "notifying the public," this has not occurred.
Tragically, a teacher, Michael Boyum, unknowingly had a small fan and electric clock on the headboard of his waterbed. Michael focused on "good health" -- he held a black belt in karate. Michael died at the age of 23 from Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. Ironically, Dr. Fatih Uckun is the doctor who attempted "last ditch, extraordinary measures" to save Michael while he was a patient at the Parker-Hughes Cancer Center.
The costs of just the above three families as result of possibly "preventable health problems," were staggering and not only included considerable payments by insurers but also jeopardized family life (in many ways) for those affected, far into the future.
My husband, Bud, has now improved in three parts of his Executive Function. He is said not to have Alzheimers after all but continues to suffer "moderate" to "severe" memory loss and cognitive impairment. I moved Bud's electric clock radio off his nightstand and started him on a regime of nightly melatonin (as well as a number of other supplements). I also discontinued his statin -- Lipitor. Evidence is mounting that many drugs may be causing severe adverse reactions particularly when individuals are sleeping close to electrical or telephone equipment. Insurers have been and continue to cover a multitude of symptoms related to this type of adverse interaction/reaction.
Since you, Mr. Fitzpatrick, are involved in "communications," why don't you take the lead in regard to informing "Blue members," together with affiliated unions, large corporations, etc., that there is a critical need to move electric and telephone equipment away from persons' beds?
I will be glad to send you a copy of the 1993 "USA Today" afticle that I received from the American Cancer Society recommending electric items be moved away from close proximity to beds. Also, I can send you a copy of a booklet re EMF' that was prepared by utilities' communications' experts with the same recommendations. That booklet was distributed by Florida Power & Light and possibly also Sacramento Power & Light before printing was stopped in 2001.
The above-mentioned health problems in my family are only part of our family's costs of our not being informed re simple, basically cost-free "prudent avoidance measures...." The people need your help, Mr. Fredrickson, to make "important lifestyle choices."
I look forward to hearing good things in regard to your help toward improving our healthcare system!!!
Best wishes and take care - Joanne
Joanne C. Mueller
Guinea Pigs "R" Us
731 - 123rd Avenue N.W.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55448-2127 USA
Phone: 763-755-6114
Email: jcmpelican@aol.com (7-10-07)
"The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity....... --Mahatma Gandhi
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/282050/
ARE YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN GUINEA PIGS? Letter 7-22-04 by Joanne Mueller
* *
Mr. Fitzpatrick's comments (re Michael Moore's "SICKO"):
4. Perhaps most damaging of all, Moore completely fails to address the most significant driver of health care costs - our own lifestyle choices - and seeks to focus attention and efforts on the alluring 'quick-fix' of universal health care.........
Contrast this to the recent Health Care Symposium held in Harrisburg - where a panel of representatives from Government, Insurance, Hospitals, Business, Physicians, and even Lawyers agreed on one thing - that there was no quick fix and that Health and Wellness was the critical area of focus.
--------
SICKO: Fascinating inside look at Blue Cross's pondering what to do about Moore's expose
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/inside_look_at_bluecross_pondering.htm
Surge in Autism - One in Fifty-Eight - Raises New Fears
New health fears over big surge in autism
· Experts 'concerned' by dramatic rise
· Questions over triple jab for children
Denis Campbell, health correspondent
Sunday July 8, 2007
The Observer
The number of children in Britain with autism is far higher than previously thought, according to dramatic new evidence by the country's leading experts in the field.
A study, as yet unpublished, shows that as many as one in 58 children may have some form of the condition, a lifelong disability that leads to many sufferers becoming isolated because they have trouble making friends and often display obsessional behaviour.
Seven academics at Cambridge University, six of them from its renowned Autism Research Centre, undertook the research by studying children at local primary schools. Two of the academics, leaders in their field, privately believe that the surprisingly high figure may be linked to the use of the controversial MMR vaccine. That view is rejected by the rest of the team, including its leader, the renowned autism expert, Professor Simon Baron-Cohen.
The team found that one in 58 children has either autism or a related autistic spectrum disorder. Nationwide, that could be as many as 210,000 children under 16. The research is significant because that figure is well above the existing estimate of one in 100, which specialist bodies such as the National Autistic Society have until now accepted as correct. It is also significantly more than the previous highest estimate of one in 86, which was reported in research published last year in the Lancet.
Some experts who previously explained the rise in autism as the result of better diagnosis and a broader definition of the condition now believe the upward trend revealed by studies such as this indicates that there has been a real rise in the numbers of children who are affected by it. Although the new research is purely statistical and does not examine possible explanations for the rise, two of the authors believe that the MMR jab, which babies receive at 12 to 15 months, might be partly to blame. Dr Fiona Scott and Dr Carol Stott both say it could be a factor in small numbers of children.
Professor Baron-Cohen, director of the centre and the country's foremost authority on the condition, said he did not believe there was any link between the three-in-one vaccination and autism. Genetics, better recognition of the condition, environmental factors such as chemicals and children's exposure to hormones in the womb, especially testosterone, were more likely to be the cause, he commented. 'As for MMR, at this point one can conclude that evidence does not support the idea that the MMR causes autism.'
Baron-Cohen and his team studied the incidence of autism and autistic spectrum disorders among some 12,000 children at primary school in Cambridgeshire between 2001 and 2004. He was so concerned by the one in 58 figure that last year he proposed informing public health officials in the county.
Controversy over the MMR jab erupted in 1998 after Dr Andrew Wakefield, a gastroenterologist at the Royal Free Hospital in north London, said he no longer believed it was safe and might cause autism and inflammatory bowel disease in children. Many parents panicked and MMR take-up fell dramatically. More families opted to have their child immunised privately through three separate injections to avoid the possibility of their immune system being overloaded by the MMR jab, thus leaving them at greater risk of infections.
The medical and scientific establishment denied Wakefield's claim, described research he had co-authored as 'bad science', and sought to reassure the public, with limited success. Wakefield and two former Royal Free colleagues are due to appear before the General Medical Council next week to answer charges relating to the 1998 research. The trio could be struck off.
The doctors' disciplinary body claims that Wakefield acted 'dishonestly and 'irresponsibly' in dealings with the Lancet, was 'misleading' in the way he sought research funding from the Legal Aid Board, and 'acted unethically and abused his position of trust as a medical practitioner' by taking blood from children after offering them money.
A book to be published this month by Dr Richard Halvorsen, a London GP who provides single vaccines privately to babies of parents concerned about MMR, will fuel the controversy. It will present new evidence of children allegedly being damaged by vaccinations and linking increased autism to MMR.
But Dr David Salisbury, national director for vaccines and immunisation at the Department of Health, said last night: 'The evidence is absolutely clear. No published study has ever shown a link between autism and the MMR vaccine. It is absolute nonsense to suggest otherwise.'
· Experts 'concerned' by dramatic rise
· Questions over triple jab for children
Denis Campbell, health correspondent
Sunday July 8, 2007
The Observer
The number of children in Britain with autism is far higher than previously thought, according to dramatic new evidence by the country's leading experts in the field.
A study, as yet unpublished, shows that as many as one in 58 children may have some form of the condition, a lifelong disability that leads to many sufferers becoming isolated because they have trouble making friends and often display obsessional behaviour.
Seven academics at Cambridge University, six of them from its renowned Autism Research Centre, undertook the research by studying children at local primary schools. Two of the academics, leaders in their field, privately believe that the surprisingly high figure may be linked to the use of the controversial MMR vaccine. That view is rejected by the rest of the team, including its leader, the renowned autism expert, Professor Simon Baron-Cohen.
The team found that one in 58 children has either autism or a related autistic spectrum disorder. Nationwide, that could be as many as 210,000 children under 16. The research is significant because that figure is well above the existing estimate of one in 100, which specialist bodies such as the National Autistic Society have until now accepted as correct. It is also significantly more than the previous highest estimate of one in 86, which was reported in research published last year in the Lancet.
Some experts who previously explained the rise in autism as the result of better diagnosis and a broader definition of the condition now believe the upward trend revealed by studies such as this indicates that there has been a real rise in the numbers of children who are affected by it. Although the new research is purely statistical and does not examine possible explanations for the rise, two of the authors believe that the MMR jab, which babies receive at 12 to 15 months, might be partly to blame. Dr Fiona Scott and Dr Carol Stott both say it could be a factor in small numbers of children.
Professor Baron-Cohen, director of the centre and the country's foremost authority on the condition, said he did not believe there was any link between the three-in-one vaccination and autism. Genetics, better recognition of the condition, environmental factors such as chemicals and children's exposure to hormones in the womb, especially testosterone, were more likely to be the cause, he commented. 'As for MMR, at this point one can conclude that evidence does not support the idea that the MMR causes autism.'
Baron-Cohen and his team studied the incidence of autism and autistic spectrum disorders among some 12,000 children at primary school in Cambridgeshire between 2001 and 2004. He was so concerned by the one in 58 figure that last year he proposed informing public health officials in the county.
Controversy over the MMR jab erupted in 1998 after Dr Andrew Wakefield, a gastroenterologist at the Royal Free Hospital in north London, said he no longer believed it was safe and might cause autism and inflammatory bowel disease in children. Many parents panicked and MMR take-up fell dramatically. More families opted to have their child immunised privately through three separate injections to avoid the possibility of their immune system being overloaded by the MMR jab, thus leaving them at greater risk of infections.
The medical and scientific establishment denied Wakefield's claim, described research he had co-authored as 'bad science', and sought to reassure the public, with limited success. Wakefield and two former Royal Free colleagues are due to appear before the General Medical Council next week to answer charges relating to the 1998 research. The trio could be struck off.
The doctors' disciplinary body claims that Wakefield acted 'dishonestly and 'irresponsibly' in dealings with the Lancet, was 'misleading' in the way he sought research funding from the Legal Aid Board, and 'acted unethically and abused his position of trust as a medical practitioner' by taking blood from children after offering them money.
A book to be published this month by Dr Richard Halvorsen, a London GP who provides single vaccines privately to babies of parents concerned about MMR, will fuel the controversy. It will present new evidence of children allegedly being damaged by vaccinations and linking increased autism to MMR.
But Dr David Salisbury, national director for vaccines and immunisation at the Department of Health, said last night: 'The evidence is absolutely clear. No published study has ever shown a link between autism and the MMR vaccine. It is absolute nonsense to suggest otherwise.'
Friday, July 13, 2007
Army tank destroys 6 mobile phone towers in Sydney
POLICE QUESTION RAMPAGING TANK DRIVER
July 14, 2007 09:05:00
Police are continuing to question a man who allegedly used a restored army tank to go on a rampage through Sydney's western suburbs overnight.
Police say the tank was used to destroy six mobile phone towers in a number of suburbs, including Mt Druitt, Emerton and Plumpton.
An electricity sub-station at Minchinbury was also destroyed.
Police Chief Inspector Guy Haberley says the driver was finally stopped when his tank stalled as he was driving towards another mobile phone tower.
"[It was] certainly unusual, however the best thing was that no public were significantly put into any danger," he said.
"The incident occurred between 2:00am and 3:35am, there was limited traffic on the roads and police patrolled it well and managed to avoid any damage to any public or to police."
http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=763
MAN TO APPEAR IN COURT OVER TANK RAMPAGE
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/14/1978620.htm
Police say the man lead them on a long, but slow chase through a number of Sydney suburbs. (ABC)
A 45-year-old man will appear in court today charged with destroying a number of mobile phone towers in Sydney's west overnight using a restored army tank.
The man has been charged with numerous offences including breaking and entering, stealing, six counts of malicious damage, drug possession, using a weapon and driving in a dangerous manner.
He is due to appear in court later today.
Police say they first spotted the man about 2:00am AEST as he was using the tank to damage an electricity substation at Minchinbury.
Police Chief Inspector Guy Haberley says the man then led officers on a long, but slow, chase through a number of suburbs in Sydney's west.
"Mount Druitt highway patrol followed the vehicle at an approximate speed of 30 kilometres an hour at all times," he said.
During the 90-minute chase police allege the man destroyed a number of mobile phone towers and relay sheds.
Mobile phone coverage in the city's west has been affected as a result.
TEMPORARY PHONE TOWERS MAY BE NEEDED AFTER TANK RAMPAGE
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/14/1978604.htm
Telstra says it may have to install temporary mobile phone towers in Sydney's west to replace ones which were damaged overnight when a man went on a rampage in a restored army tank.
The man led police on a 90-minute chase through a number of suburbs.
Police are alleging that the 45-year-old destroyed six phone towers and damaged an electricity sub-station.
He is still being questioned.
Telstra spokesman Jeremy Mitchell says repair crews have not yet been given access to the phone towers.
"Our crews are now on the ground, we're just waiting for the police to finalise the investigations on the actual site, then we'll be able to ascertain exactly the full extent of the damage," he said.
"There will be some coverage problems in those areas but our team will be ensuring that if there is a total loss of a tower that we'll have a mobile tower erected."
TANK RAMPAGE CASE ON HOLD UNTIL MONDAY
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/14/1978671.htm?site=sydney
Posted July 14, 2007 16:40:00
Updated July 14, 2007 16:44:00
Police say six mobile phone towers and an electricity substation were destroyed during the chase. (ABC)
A Sydney man has been refused bail on charges of using a restored army tank to destroy an number of mobile phone towers in the city's west.
Dharruk man John Robert Patterson, 45, has appeared in Parramatta Bail court on a range of charges including malicious damage.
It is alleged that early this morning he used an armoured personnel carrier to destroy six mobile phone towers and an electricity substation in Sydney's west during a 90-minute chase by police.
In court today he did not apply for bail and it was formally refused.
The court was told that in an interview with police he said he had "authority to behave in the manner that he did".
The magistrate recommended that he receive psychiatric treatment and the case was adjourned until Monday.
The Effect of Cell Phone Radiation on the Red Blood Cell
The Effect of Cell Phone Radiation on the Red Blood Cell
A Change in the Blood as Seen Under a Dark Field Microscope: The Effects of Mobile Phone Radiation After Just a Ninety-second Cellular-Phone Call Study Conditions Length of Phone Call: Ninety seconds Mobile Phone Make: Nokia 5110 (900 MHz) Signal Strength: 70-100 uW/cm2 (The maximum limit in Germany for cell phone signal strength is 470 uW/cm2).
Effects seen under a dark-field microscope of blood taken from an ear capillary.
Subject A: Person speaking on mobile phone. In spite of the fact that the strength of the call was below the legal limit by 25%, the results of the study show a major effect on the bodily systems.
Photo 1: Before the phone call. The red blood cells due to their electrical charge and polarity are floating in the blood seperated from the other red blood cells.
Photo 2: After the phone call. The cells have lost their polarity and integrity and are clumping together. This results in hypoxia or a lack of oxygen reaching the cells in the body's organs. Due to numerous cells clumping together a cell's surface area is diminished and this results in the inability of the red blood cell to take in sufficient oxygen. Since the brain consumes 20% of the oxygen carried by red blood cells, the possible effects of this are a diminished ability to remember new things.
Photo 3: Twenty minutes after the phone call.
Photo 4: Forty minutes after the phone call.
After the phone call the blood is attempting to regain its original form but even twenty minutes later the cells still haven't returned to their natural state. Finally, forty minutes later we see a return to the orignal form.
The People Around the Mobile Phone User are Also Affected.
Subject B: A person 1.7 meters away from the person using the mobile phone. We are seeing a loss of polarity in the blood cell. Even after twenty minutes the blood still hasn't recovered to its normal state.
Photo 5: Blood taken during the mobile phone call from a bystander nearby the mobile phone user.
Photo 6: Blood taken twenty minutes after the phone call.
Mobile phone radiation is shown to affect those people nearby the caller. Children's developing nervous systems - having not reached full maturation - are especially sensitive to the effects of mobile phone microwave radiation. Due to this fact, the British government has made it a legal requirement to include a warning in the instruction packet of mobile telephones.
A Change in the Blood as Seen Under a Dark Field Microscope: The Effects of Mobile Phone Radiation After Just a Ninety-second Cellular-Phone Call Study Conditions Length of Phone Call: Ninety seconds Mobile Phone Make: Nokia 5110 (900 MHz) Signal Strength: 70-100 uW/cm2 (The maximum limit in Germany for cell phone signal strength is 470 uW/cm2).
Effects seen under a dark-field microscope of blood taken from an ear capillary.
Subject A: Person speaking on mobile phone. In spite of the fact that the strength of the call was below the legal limit by 25%, the results of the study show a major effect on the bodily systems.
Photo 1: Before the phone call. The red blood cells due to their electrical charge and polarity are floating in the blood seperated from the other red blood cells.
Photo 2: After the phone call. The cells have lost their polarity and integrity and are clumping together. This results in hypoxia or a lack of oxygen reaching the cells in the body's organs. Due to numerous cells clumping together a cell's surface area is diminished and this results in the inability of the red blood cell to take in sufficient oxygen. Since the brain consumes 20% of the oxygen carried by red blood cells, the possible effects of this are a diminished ability to remember new things.
Photo 3: Twenty minutes after the phone call.
Photo 4: Forty minutes after the phone call.
After the phone call the blood is attempting to regain its original form but even twenty minutes later the cells still haven't returned to their natural state. Finally, forty minutes later we see a return to the orignal form.
The People Around the Mobile Phone User are Also Affected.
Subject B: A person 1.7 meters away from the person using the mobile phone. We are seeing a loss of polarity in the blood cell. Even after twenty minutes the blood still hasn't recovered to its normal state.
Photo 5: Blood taken during the mobile phone call from a bystander nearby the mobile phone user.
Photo 6: Blood taken twenty minutes after the phone call.
Mobile phone radiation is shown to affect those people nearby the caller. Children's developing nervous systems - having not reached full maturation - are especially sensitive to the effects of mobile phone microwave radiation. Due to this fact, the British government has made it a legal requirement to include a warning in the instruction packet of mobile telephones.
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