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Zeno Swijtink
03-16-2009, 09:46 AM
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Announcing pre-publication of Pathophysiology

A special issue of Pathophysiology on the science and public health/policy issues regarding wireless technologies (cell phones) is now on - line at Elsevier ScienceDirect.

New York: March 16, 2009/
International Scientists Find Harmful Effects from Wireless Technologies and Urge New Safety Rules for Cell Phones

Public health concerns and scientific evidence for risks from cell phones and other wireless devices is published today in the journal Pathophysiology. Research professor and Editor Martin Blank, PhD (Associate Professor, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons) says, “This special issue of Pathophysiology is about the human body’s sensitivity to EMF signals in the environment, e.g., EMF effects on DNA, effects on the brain from cell phone radiation, and how EMFs in the environment may lead to Alzheimers disease, dementia and breast cancer. The scientific evidence tells us that our safety standards are inadequate, and that we must protect ourselves from exposure to EMF due to power lines, cell phones and the like.”

International researchers have urged quick precautionary action to address a possible epidemic of brain tumors and many other health risks https://www.bioinitiative.org/report/docs/section_17.pdf ). Over four billion people around the world now use cell phones. They are rapidly eliminating the use of traditional land-line phones throughout the world. Health researchers from six countries give findings in fifteen (15) chapters covering health risks to humans and wildlife from electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation. A summary of findings and quotes from authors is available at https://www.bioinitiative.org/press_release/index.htm

Wildlife biologist Alfonso Balmori, PhD of Valladolid, Spain reports that, “Electromagnetic radiation is a form of environmental pollution which may hurt wildlife. Phone masts located in their living areas are irradiating continuously some species that could suffer long-term effects, like reduction of their natural defenses, deterioration of their health, problems in reproduction and reduction of their useful territory through habitat deterioration. Therefore microwave and radiofrequency pollution constitutes a potential cause for the decline of animal populations and deterioration of health of plants living near phone masts.”

Contact: Prof. Martin Blank, PhD Tel: (212) 305-3644 Email: [email protected]

Hot Compost
03-16-2009, 01:14 PM
i worked in the microwave radio & related industries (instrumentation, like Agilent) from 1980 to 2004.

before cell phones became common, there was one guy i worked with in particular, an electrical engineer. i know if i had walked up to him and handed him a low-power transmitter and said, "here, why don't you put this right next to your ear", he would not have taken it as a compliment.

i worked with other guys who might have said, "OK, i'll try it".

of course, when you use something as simple as a walkie talkie, like parents sometimes use to communicate with their children, you are using a device with comparable power levels, just a different frequency.

now that we have a few billion people walking around using cell-phones, it's like a big experiment. time will tell what the health effects are.

Zeno Swijtink
03-16-2009, 05:23 PM
Here is a list of article in this pre-publication of Pathophysiology. Let me know if you wish to receive a copy of any of them.

Zeno Swijtink
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1. Public health implications of wireless technologies
Cindy Sage, David O. Carpenter

2. Genotoxic effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields
Hugo W. Ruediger

3. Long-term exposure to magnetic fields and the risks of Alzheimer's disease and breast cancer: Further biological research
Zoreh Davanipour, Eugene Sobel

4. Reproductive and developmental effects of EMF in vertebrate animal models
Aris F. Pourlis

5. Electromagnetic fields stress living cells
Martin Blank, Reba Goodman

6. Epidemiological evidence for an association between use of wireless phones and tumor diseases
Lennart Hardell, Michael Carlberg, Kjell Hansson Mild

7. FM-radio and TV tower signals can cause spontaneous hand movements near moving RF reflector
Paavo Huttunen, Osmo Hänninen, Risto Myllylä

8. Cell phone radiation: Evidence from ELF and RF studies supporting more inclusive risk identification and assessment
Carl Blackman

9. Preface
Martin Blank

10. Mobile phone base stations—Effects on wellbeing and health
Michael Kundi, Hans-Peter Hutter

11. Electromagnetic pollution from phone masts. Effects on wildlife
Alfonso Balmori

12. Electromagnetic fields and DNA damage
J.L. Phillips, N.P. Singh, H. Lai

MsTerry
03-16-2009, 09:09 PM
Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines

<cite class="vcard"> By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Randolph E. Schmid, Ap Science Writer </cite> <abbr title="2009-03-16T14:21:13-0700" class="timedate">Mon Mar 16, 5:21 pm ET</abbr>
<!-- end .byline --> WASHINGTON – High-voltage power lines mess with animal magnetism. Researchers, who reported last year that most cows and deer tend to orient themselves in a north-south alignment, have now found that power lines can disorient the animals.
When the power lines run east-west, that's the way grazing cattle tend to line up, researchers led by Hynek Burda and Sabine Begall of the faculty of biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
They also found that cows and deer grazing under northeast-southwest or northwest-southeast power lines faced in random directions.
The research team studied cows and deer using satellite and aerial images.
In their report last August, Burda and colleagues suggested the north-south orientation was in response to the Earth's magnetic field.
The new study adds weight to the animals responding to magnetic effects, since power lines also produce a magnetic field. And the effect was most noticeable close to the power lines, declining as the magnetic field of the electric lines was reduced by distance.
Wind and weather can also affect which ways cows choose to face, but without such factors about two-thirds of them tended to align north-south when away from power lines.
The Earth's magnetic field is thought to be a factor in how birds navigate, and other animals also are believed to respond to it.
In addition to Burda and Begall, the research team included Julia Neef of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Jaroslav Cerveny of the Czech University of Life Sciences and Pavel Nemec of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
The research was supported by the Czech Science Foundation and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic.
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Lorrie
03-17-2009, 04:17 PM
Don't ghosts give off EMFs? How do we know those cows weren't serounded by farmer ghosts telling them where to eat?:idea:



Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines

<CITE class=vcard>By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Randolph E. Schmid, Ap Science Writer </CITE><ABBR class=timedate title=2009-03-16T14:21:13-0700>Mon Mar 16, 5:21 pm ET</ABBR>
<!-- end .byline -->WASHINGTON – High-voltage power lines mess with animal magnetism. Researchers, who reported last year that most cows and deer tend to orient themselves in a north-south alignment, have now found that power lines can disorient the animals.
When the power lines run east-west, that's the way grazing cattle tend to line up, researchers led by Hynek Burda and Sabine Begall of the faculty of biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
They also found that cows and deer grazing under northeast-southwest or northwest-southeast power lines faced in random directions.
The research team studied cows and deer using satellite and aerial images.
In their report last August, Burda and colleagues suggested the north-south orientation was in response to the Earth's magnetic field.
The new study adds weight to the animals responding to magnetic effects, since power lines also produce a magnetic field. And the effect was most noticeable close to the power lines, declining as the magnetic field of the electric lines was reduced by distance.
Wind and weather can also affect which ways cows choose to face, but without such factors about two-thirds of them tended to align north-south when away from power lines.
The Earth's magnetic field is thought to be a factor in how birds navigate, and other animals also are believed to respond to it.
In addition to Burda and Begall, the research team included Julia Neef of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Jaroslav Cerveny of the Czech University of Life Sciences and Pavel Nemec of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
The research was supported by the Czech Science Foundation and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic.
___

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