RENSSELAER, N.Y. - Saturday, April 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS
WIRE) The BioInitiative Working Group says evidence for health risk
from wireless tech is growing stronger and warrants immediate action.
The Group released a mid-year update covering new science studies from
2012 to 2014.
New studies intensify medical concerns about malignant
brain tumors from cell phone use. “There is a consistent pattern of
increased risk for glioma (a malignant brain tumor) and acoustic neuroma
with use of mobile and cordless phones,” says Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD
at Orebro University, Sweden, according to studies released in 2012 and
2013. “Epidemiological evidence shows that radiofrequency should be
classified as a known human carcinogen. The existing FCC/IEEE and ICNIRP
public safety limits are not adequate to protect public health.”
The
BioInitiative reports nervous system effects in 68% of studies on
radiofrequency radiation (144 of 211 studies) in 2014. This has
increased from 63% in 2012 (93 of 150 studies) in 2012. Studies of
extremely-low frequency radiation are reported to cause nervous system
effects in 90% of the 105 studies available in 2014. Genetic effects
(damage to DNA) from radiofrequency radiation is reported in 65% (74 of
114 studies); and 83% (49 of 59 studies) of extremely-low frequency
studies.
Mobile wireless devices like phones and tablets are big
sources of unnecessary biological stress to the mind and body that can
chip away at resilience over time. The Report warns against wireless in
schools. Schools should provide internet access without Wi-FI.
“It is
essentially an unregulated experiment on childrens’ health and
learning. Microwave from wireless tech disrupts thinking – what could be
worse for learning? Technology can be used more safely with wired
devices that do not produce these biologically-disruptive levels of
microwave radiation,” said Cindy Sage, Co-Editor of the BioInitiative
Report.
Federal programs like ConnectED and E-Rate are calling for
wireless classrooms while ignoring the health evidence. Hyperactivity,
concentration problems, anxiety, irritability, disorientation,
distracted behavior, sleep disorders, and headaches are reported in
clinical studies.
Government reviews on health impacts of wireless
radiofrequency radiation from the European Union and Australia continue
to be inconclusive largely because they require certainty before issuing
warnings. The FCC review of health impacts from wireless technologies
is still underway, but has not affected the federal push for wireless
classrooms.
Contacts
BioInitiative Working Group
David O. Carpenter, MD
(518) 525-2660
dcarpenter@albany.edu
info@bioinitiative.org
www.bioinitiative.org
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