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JULY 12, 2007


"Israeli study says regular mobile use increases tumor risk."

Regular use of mobile telephones increases the risk of developing tumors, a new scientific study by Israeli researchers and published in the American Journal of Epidemiology revealed on Friday.

An extract of the report seen by Israel’s Yedoit Aharonot newspaper put the risk of developing a parotid gland tumor nearly 50 percent higher for frequent mobile phone users — more than 22 hours a month. The risk was still higher if users clamped the phone to the same ear, did not use hands-free devices or were in rural areas.

“Analysis restricted to regular users or to conditions that may yield higher levels of exposure (eg heavy use in rural areas) showed consistently elevated risks,” said an abstract of the report in the US journal made available to AFP.

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Israeli study says regular mobile use increases tumor risk



APRIL 27, 2007

"- Protection - HyperSensisivity - Power Lines"

The woman who needs a veil of protection from modern life.

A WOMAN’S VEIL OF PROTECTION FROM WIFI, CELLPHONES:

Sensitivity to electrical appliances, electromagnetic waves…



APRIL 20, 2007

"HyperSensitivity News Power lines link to cancer in new alert."

"Power lines link to cancer in new alert" By Nicholas Cecil, Evening Standard

Homes and schools could be banned from being built near power lines A secret report has raised fresh fears of a link between power lines and cancer.

The confidential study, obtained by the Evening Standard, urges ministers to consider banning the building of homes and schools close to overhead high-voltage power cables because of possible health risks.

It says a ban is the best way to reduce significantly exposure to electromagnetic fields from the electricity grid system. The report was drawn up by scientists, electricity company bosses, the National Grid, government officials and campaigners over two years after the Health Protection Agency accepted there was a weak statistical “association” between prolonged exposure to power fields and childhood leukemia. But the 40 members of the panel have clashed over the final details and conclusions.

It stops short of specifically recommending a ban on new homes and schools within 60 meters of power lines, or vice versa, which could wipe a total of £2 billion off property prices across Britain and limit land for housing developments. But the report concludes that the Government should consider such a move, stating: “We urge the government to make a clear decision on whether to implement this option or not.”

The report, to be signed off by panel members next week, has sparked conflict at a series of hearings, according to a Whitehall source. Two members of the panel, regulator Ofgem and Scottish & Southern Energy, are understood to have quit. Some members of the panel took the view – adopted by the Government’s health advisers and the World Health Organization – that childhood leukemia is the only adverse health effect where evidence is strong enough for precautionary measures to be considered.

According to this view, if there is a link, the building ban would cut just one case of childhood leukemia every year or two and the costs would outweigh the benefits by a factor of at least 20. The second group generally backed views highlighted by the California Department of Health Services, which suggested electromagnetic fields are “possibly carcinogenic” in terms of childhood leukemia and placed four other health effects in this risk category.

They were adult leukemia, adult brain tumors, miscarriages and a form of motor neuron disease, although some scientists believe there are links with more diseases. “The advice to government from following this ‘California’ view would therefore be to tend to favor implementing the ‘ corridors for new build’ option,” SAGE added, stressing that in this scenario the costs and benefits would be at least comparable.

The panel is set to recommend that the Health Protection Agency should issue more information about how to reduce the impact of exposure to electromagnetic fields. It will also call for a change to the working of overhead lines to reduce the radius of intense electromagnetic fields.
         ---Nicholas Cecil London Evening Standard Friday