News feed for Powerwatch http://www.powerwatch.org.uk http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/images/sidelogo.gif http://www.powerwatch.org.uk Over 190 scientists from 38 nations have submitted an appeal to the United Nations, UN member states and the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting they adopt more protective exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields (EMF) and wireless technology in the face of increasing evidence of risk. These exposures are a rapidly growing form of environmental pollution worldwide. The scientists who have signed the Appeal have published more than 2000 peer-reviewed research papers on the effects of electromagnetic fields. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-05-11-scientists-EMF-RF-appeal.asp Alasdair Philips EMF and Health 2015-05-11 The following is a quick summary of another twenty papers that have come out over the last few months related to effects of electromagnetic radiation. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-04-28-science-update.asp Graham Lamburn EMF and Health 2015-04-28 The following is a quick summary of another twenty papers that have come out over the last few months related to effects of electromagnetic radiation. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-04-13-science-update.asp Graham Lamburn EMF and Health 2015-04-13 On the same day that the EC's SCENIHR released their long-awaited report that concluded that we should not worry about any adverse health effects of EMF/RF fields, a new well conducted replication study shows that long-term 3G/UMTS microwave exposure can act as a co-carcinogen and statistically significantly increase cancer growth at very low exposure levels, 50-fold below currently permitted levels. Everyone using a 3G mobile phone or iPad or other tablet will be exposed at higher levels than this (0.04 W/kg). This study flags a big and important "wake up alarm call". http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-03-08-lerchl-RF-co-carcinogen.asp Alasdair Philips Mobile Phones 2015-03-08 The following is a quick summary of another twenty papers that have come out over the last few months related to effects of electromagnetic radiation. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-03-06-science-update.asp Graham Lamburn EMF and Health 2015-03-06 The release of the latest 2015 SCENIHR Opinion on the potential health effects of electromagnetic fields is likely to be used by governments and industry as a new "gold standard opinion" on the current state of EMF science, particularly in Europe. At present all we have is the November 2013 draft for public consulation which contains many omissions, errors and some examples of what we consider to be mis-information. We believe that the final version of this Opinion will still be significantly flawed, especially with regard to electrical hypersensitivity (EHS). We will give a detailed public response when we have a chance to check the published version. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-03-02-scenihr-process.asp Graham Lamburn and Alasdair Philips EMF and Health 2015-03-02 In an unprecedented move, France have passed a law regarding children's exposure to wireless devices by entirely banning WiFi in nursery / daycare settings, and restricted in primary schools to only be enabled when actively being used for education. Not only does this demonstrate an awareness and proactive approach to mitigate potential harm from radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, it also demonstrates the first national implementation of the precautionary principle with regards to managing the prevalance of wireless technology. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-02-05-france-wifi-restrictions.asp Graham Lamburn EMF and Health 2015-02-05 The Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has now produced it's final draft opinion on EHS that we reported on recently. In its final form, it truly represents a giant step forward in the recognition of electromagnetic hypersensitivity and the need in society to dramatically alter our approach to supporting sufferers of the condition. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-01-20-eesc-final-opinion.asp Graham Lamburn Electrical Hypersensitivity 2015-01-20 The World Health Organisation's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have come forward in anger against the paper "Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions" released last month in the Journal 'Science', unscientifically stating that the majority of cancer is due to "bad luck". The published research claimed that environmental factors and genetic predispositions explain about one-third of cancers and that two thirds of cancers are due to "bad luck" caused by random mutations arising during DNA replication and the more replications that occur in tissue the higher the chance of developing cancer there. It is disappointing that peer-review by a historically good journal (Science) allowed this statement in the paper's Abstract; however the journal has been defending this in subsequent editorials. The publication by 'Science' resulted in the story being run non-critically as a major item even on the BBC News. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-01-16-cancer-not-bad-luck-iarc.asp Graham Lamburn Childhood Cancer 2015-01-16 A key high-level EU advisory body which formally advises the European Parliament and European Commission, is in the final stage of drafting their 'opinion' regarding actions that are needed to address the issue of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS).It meets to complete the draft on 7th January and this will go to a plenary meeting on 21st January 2015 to finalise and hopefully issue the formal opinion. Powerwatch welcomes and supports this initiative. The section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN, within the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)) has produced a draft opinion (currently on the third draft) on Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, showing considerable progress on how they view the condition and what actions are warranted to minimise the negative impact it has on public society. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-01-06-eesc-aer.asp Graham Lamburn Electrical Hypersensitivity 2015-01-06