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| New video clip - Radiation form a wired earpiece 50cm away from the mobile phone | |
| Israel | Created: 9 Feb 2010 |
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HI I hope I am not botherring you guys, if I do please replay with the world "remove" and I will remove you from my lists. 2 weeks ago I have released the "Radiation form a wired earpiece 100cm away from the mobile phone" clip. Today I release a better and more realistic video clip on the subject of a mobile phone and wired earpieces. Please find time to view the clip, rank it, comment and pass it on. The link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlBL4trVrr0 Thanks and best regards. Amir B. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlBL4trVrr0 |
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| Source: Iris Atzmon/Agnes Ingvarsdottir | |
| This is extremely important!: 7 miscarriages within half a year in hospital office | |
| Israel | Created: 5 Nov 2009 |
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A news item tells of 7 miscarriages within half a year in hospital office, part of them natural miscarriages and part with background of malformations in the fetus. Measurement showed 8 mG, while the Israeli standard is 4 mG & the actual recommendation of the Env ministry is 2-3 mG. The hospital informed that they moved the workers and started taking care of the radiation level which comes from 2 floors under them, from air-conditionning. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3796182,00.html This is extremely important! It confirms the results analyzed and described in the Sharma Report which we published in 1985, which was an investigation by Prof. Dr. Hari D. Sharma of a cluster of adverse pregancy outcomes and other health-related problems among employees working in the accounting office at the Surrey Memorial Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia (ISBN 0-9199969-06-2), who were exposed at the same EMF range. Note that the Israeli standard for powefrequency magnetic fields is 4 milliGauss, with an environmental recommendation of between 2 and 3 milliGauss. Common exposures in Canadian bedrooms range from 2 to 8 milliGauss. Candian and US authorities insist on a near-1,000 milliGauss exposure level. Andrew Michrowski The Planetary Association for Clean Energy Ottawa - Canada http://pacenet.homestead.com/ |
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| Source: Iris Atzmon | |
| Two policemen got cancer of the Thyroid, which frighten the other policemen! (Link in Hebrew) | |
| Israel | Created: 25 Oct 2009 |
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Two policemen got cancer of the Thyroid, which frighten the other policemen, who say that for years they have warned against the electromagnetic radiation they are exposed to. They were ignored even after some of them complained on dizziness, vomiting, ear pains headaches and heat waves. Radiation measurement by Soreq found radiation 24 times above the standard. The police formal answer is that there is no connection between the cancer cases and radiation. Barrie Trower warned of this years ago. |
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| Source: Iris Arzmon | |
| Study: Cellphones damage sperm cells | |
| Israel | Created: 18 Aug 2009 |
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A leading fertility researcher warns men to keep their mobile phones out of their pants pockets if they want to have children. John Aitken of the University of Newcastle in Australia says in a study published this week that cellular phones in men's pants pockets damage sperm cells and their DNA. Unlike previous studies that tested the effect of radiation on laboratory animals, Aitken's research group examined what happens to human sperm after 16 hours of exposure to mobile phone radiation. The study's findings have been published in the journal Public Library of Science. The study finds that a number of sperm-cell functions such as vitality motility were damaged following exposure. The DNA was also harmed. The researchers note that damage to sperm-cell function, not necessarily caused by radiation, is one of the main reasons that one out of 20 men in the world today suffer fertility problems. Aitken, director of the Australian Research Council's Center of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, says the DNA damage may not have been caused by the radiation directly. Exposure to radiation causes electrons to leak from one part of a sperm cell to other parts, leading to oxidation processes that harm the DNA. The DNA damage affects other sperm-cell functions. Microwave News, a leading Web site covering health and safety issues related to exposure to electromagnetic radiation, says the current study confirms Aitken's study from 2005, which established a relationship between the use of mobile phones and reduced fertility among men. "After 16 hours exposure, there was clear evidence of DNA damage," Aitken is quoted in Microwave News from an address at a fertility conference in Brisbane last fall. |
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| Source: Haaretz, Zafrir Rinat, 17 Aug 2009 | |
| Study Looks At Salivary Gland Cancer, Cell Phone Link | |
| Israel | Created: 21 Jul 2009 |
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The huge increase in cancers of the salivary glands in Israel in recent years could be related to the use of cell phones, according to a study conducted by Israeli researchers. However, use of accessories, such as earphones, during cell phone use helps to drop radiation. This study, conducted between 1970 and 2006 by the Israeli Dental Association and cited Thursday by the daily Haaretz, reflecst a very significant increase of malignant tumors affecting the parotid glands below the ear, near the place used used by cell phones during calls. "Between 1980 and 2002, the number of parotid salivary cancers has remained stable at 25 per year, whereas this figure rose to 75 during the next five years," said Avi Zini, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine. However, the number of cases of cancers of the glands in the mouth remain stable. In addition, the number of cancers suspected to be related to the use of the cell phones was proportionally higher among young patients, who are the more frequent users of cell phones. Every fifth of them was under twenty years of age. "We haven't gathered data on the use of cell phones on the part of the patients," Zini said, "but the rise [in cancer cases] absolutely could indicate increased exposure to cellular telephones and damage caused by radiation," Avi Zini added. In their attempt to examine a possible link between cell phone use and oral cancers, the researchers will try to collect more data on their oral cancer patients' cell phone use during the next stage of the study. The researchers will attempt to collect more data on the use of cell phone effect on oral In 2007, another Israeli study had concluded that the microwave radio frequencies emitted by cell phones significantly increase the risk of cancer of the salivary glands. The risk of developing cancer of these glands are about 50% higher among frequent users of cell phones (22 hours per month), said the study published in American Journal of Epidemiology. The risk is even greater if users set the device to the ear or even if they do not have a jack. The radiation risk is also higher in rural areas where the signals are not always as strong as in metropolitan areas. The study showed that using earphones during cell phone conversations has dropped radiation risk. Materials from Haaretz and AFP are used in this story. |
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| Source: EMaxHealth / Haaretz, Armen Hareyan, 17 Jul 2009 | |
| Environmental Ministry steps up fight against cellular antennas | |
| Israel | Created: 20 Jul 2009 |
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The Environmental Protection Ministry decided to step up its fight against the cell phone service providers which place antennas on residential rooftops and balconies, Ynet learned this week. Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan ordered his office to explore an amendment to the Non-Ionizing Radiation Law, which would grant the ministry sole discretion on the matter and disallow future antennas' installation. Non-ionizing radiation refers to any type of electromagnetic radiation that does not carry enough energy per quantum to ionize atoms or molecules. The amendment will address the setting of new exposure levels and risk range, especially those relating to "wireless devices" – which cell phone service providers can nowadays place within apartments without any special permit – i.e. unbeknown to the public. The Environmental Protection Ministry's fight against the phenomenon has met fierce objections by the Communications Ministry, which currently enjoys veto power over any change in installation procedures. With the Environmental Protection Ministry and the Communications Ministry butting heads over the matter, cell phone service providers can go on installing their antennas undisturbed. The Environmental Protection Ministry's problem with the Communications Ministry's authority in the matter has nothing to do with the power it wields over the matter, said ministry sources, but rather with the fact that its decisions are guided by financial considerations alone. "It is inconceivable that financial consideration would trump public health considerations this way," Minister Erdan told Ynet. "If I am expected – as the environmental protection minister – to protect the public from cellular radiation, then the ministry has to have the exclusive say in setting exposure and risk levels... installing antennas in apartments or on balconies exposes the public to higher radiation rates." Pending the change in legislation, Erdan has circulated a new non-ionizing radiation guidelines brief among the various government bureaus, meant to explain the need for a legislative change. The Cellular Companies Forum declined comment. The Communications Ministry was unavailable for comment. |
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| Source: YNet, Yael Darel, 17 Jul 2009 | |
| Surprise from Environmental Ministry | |
| Israel | Created: 17 Jul 2009 |
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The surprise is that the Environmental ministry bans the cellular companies from entering into the market with wireless equipment in house, including phones & internet connection that emit nonstop radiation. The reason? radiation with "no justification". It was also advised that the companies should have consulted the ministry in the first place. Stelian Galberg in charge of radiation in the ministry said that it is implementation of the precationary principle. The new minister said a sentence that is really historic: "the health consideration is before any economic consideration and we don't have any intention to compromise on that subject". |
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| Source: NRG, translation by Iris Atzmon, 16 Jul 2009 | |
| Sharp increase in Parotid gland cancer: new report | ||
| Israel | Created: 17 Jul 2009 | |
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A new report of the scientific committee of the israeli dentists association, presents in the first time a sharp increase of parotid glands tumor during the last five years. The researchers think it's related to the cellular phone use. The study was done by Dr. Avi Zini from Hadasah Jerusalem, with Dr. Micha Bar Hana , head of cancer registy. They checked incidence of mouth neoplasms during 1970- 2006. Until 2002 there were 25 new cases a year and in the last five years 2.8 fold increase, since the year 2000. They did not collect data on cell phone use but they do think it can be related. 20% of the patients are under 20 years old. While most patients of mouth cancer are adults, this specific type was prevalent in young people. Mouth cancer is no. 6 in its prevalence after breast, prostate, colon, lung and skin. The data was given to prof. Sigal Sadezki, she said the new data do not include benign tumors so the real number is even higher, she said there is a need to use the precautinary principle and to extend the discussion on the cell phone health effects. |
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| Source: Haaretz, translation by Iris Atzmon, 16 Jul 2009 | ||
| Cell Phone Usage Damages Memory | |
| Israel | Created: 10 May 2009 |
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A research team from Ben Gurion University in Beer-Sheba, Israel, found that talking on a cellular phone harms the mental abilities of the user. This research may serve as a warning against one of the gadgets most of us use daily. The influence of cellular phones on brain functions and general health has been widely researched in recent years. Most of the experiments try to understand whether electromagnetic radiation is cancerous or not. Researchers from Ben Gurion University and Soreq Research Center for Nuclear Energy have decided to take a closer look at the effect mobile phones have on people's cognitive functions. The participants in the experiment were 48 right-handed men. Cell phones were attached to both their ears and the participants were put through several tests which engaged their memory and required the use of both hands simultaneously. In the course of the experiment the subjects were presented with three consecutive squares, each containing a face image in one of eight specific locations. The subjects then had to tell whether a fourth face image presented had appeared among the previous three. If it was, the subject had to press a button with his right hand and if it wasn't, he had to press another button with his left. During the experiment one third of the participants were subjected to a working phone on the right side of their head, one third to a working phone on the left side, and one third to no working phone at all. The subjects had not taken part in phone conversations and did not know which one of the phones (if any) was active during the experiment. When right-handed subjects were exposed to a cellular phone near the left side of their heads, the resulting effect was greatest. Their reaction time on the task became longer in comparison to those subjects who had a phone working near the left side of their heads and also to those that had no working phone at all. It is notable that the results were more robust during the first ten minutes of the experiment (the first two trials) than the rest of the experiment. Dr. Ronen Hareuveni, head of the electromagnetic radiation department at Soreq’s research center for nuclear energy, said that while the mobile phones that were used in the experiment were producing maximum electromagnetic radiation, which is not likely to happen for long periods of time in day-to-day life, the results were clear even after a relatively short exposure. The reaction time lengthening found in the experiment was especially significant in subjects who had a working phone close to the left hemisphere of their brain. While it is clearly dangerous to draw drastic conclusions based on the results of a single experiment; such results should not be ignored and placed on a shelf either. The scientists say that further research, with greater number of subjects and various experimental designs, should be conducted in order to give us a clearer picture of the mobile phones' influence on memory and other mental functions. TFOT has recently brought you several stories on the dangers of excess cellular usage. We've written about the discovery that cell phone radiation can alter DNA expression, which was made by scientists from the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority. We've also covered the story of a Chinese welder, who died as a result of a mobile phone explosion. |
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| Source: TheFutureOfThings, Anni Shaer Levitt, 08 May 2009 | |
| Cognitive effects of radiation emitted by cellular phones: the influence of exposure side and time | |
| Israel | Created: 29 Apr 2009 |
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This study examined the time dependence effects of exposure to radiofrequency radiation (RFR) emitted by standard GSM cellular phones on the cognitive functions of humans. A total of 48 healthy right-handed male subjects performed a spatial working memory task (that required either a left-hand or a right-hand response) while being exposed to one of two GSM phones placed at both sides of the head. The subjects were randomly divided into three groups. Each group was exposed to one of three exposure conditions: left-side of the head, right-side, or sham-exposure. The experiment consisted of 12 blocks of trials. Response times (RTs) and accuracy of the responses were recorded. It was found that the average RT of the right-hand responses under left-side exposure condition was significantly longer than those of the right-side and sham-exposure groups averaged together during the first two time blocks. These results confirmed the existence of an effect of exposure on RT, as well as the fact that exposure duration (together with the responding hand and the side of exposure) may play an important role in producing detectable RFR effects on performance. Differences in these parameters might be the reason for the failure of certain studies to detect or replicate RFR effects. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. roy.luria {-at-} unipd.it (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
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| Source: PUBMed, Luria R, Eliyahu I, Hareuveny R, Margaliot M, Meiran N., Apr 2009 | |
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