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Guidelines, Legal, Public Health, Standard

The WHO (2006) explains how the use of the words guidelines and standards has substantially different implications for public health and EMF radiation protection enforcement: 1. Guidelines are voluntary instruments of instructions and recommendations that are not legally mandated and therefore have no legal standing. 2. Standards are the mandatory, compulsory and legally binding instruments, i.e., laws, acts, regulations, ordinances and decrees. […]

Jun

Understanding light pollution: recent advances on its health threats and regulations

Artificial Light, Cancer, Light Pollution, Mental Disorders, Obesity

Miao Cao, Ting Xu, Daqiang Yin, Understanding light pollution: recent advances on its health threats and regulations, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2022, ISSN 1001-0742, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2022.06.020.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1001074222003291) Abstract The prevalence of artificial lights not only improves the lighting conditions for modern society, but also poses kinds of health threats to human health. Although there are regulations and […]

Jun

IATA – Ensuring Safe Rollout of 5G Networks

5G, Aviation, IATA

Source: https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2022-releases/2022-06-21-01/ Press Release No: 33 Date: 21 June 2022 Ensuring Safe Rollout of 5G Networks Doha – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments to work closely with the aviation industry to ensure that aviation and incumbent aviation safety systems can safely co-exist with new 5G services[i]. While IATA recognizes the economic importance of making […]

Jun

Phonegate – The Book

Cell phones, Phonegate

The book Phonegate (Massot éditions) by Dr Marc Arazi, translated into English by Regan Kramer and prefaced by Devra Davis (President of Environmental Health Trust), is now available on Amazon’s American platform and all over the world. To get it, click herehttps://www.amazon.com/dp/2958316904

Jun

Environmental Impacts of Artificial Light at Night

ALAN, Artificial Lighting, Environment

Environmental Impacts of Artificial Light at Night Kevin J. Gaston and Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel Annual Review of Environment and Resources 2022 47:1 Annual Review of Environment and Resources Vol. 47:- (Volume publication date October 2022)Review in Advance first posted online on June 15, 2022. (Changes may still occur before final publication.)https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-112420-014438 Abstract The nighttime is undergoing unprecedented change […]

Jun

Infrared and skin: Friend or foe

IR-A, Photo Prevention, Skin, Sunlight

Barolet D, Christiaens F, Hamblin MR. Infrared and skin: Friend or foe. J Photochem Photobiol B. 2016 Feb;155:78-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.12.014. Epub 2015 Dec 21. PMID: 26745730; PMCID: PMC4745411. Abstract In the last decade, it has been proposed that the sun’s IR-A wavelengths might be deleterious to human skin and that sunscreens, in addition to their […]

Jun

How Do Different Physical Stressors’ Affect the Mercury Release from Dental Amalgam Fillings and Microleakage? A Systematic Review

Amalgam, Dentistry, Ionizing radiation, Mercury, Non Ionizing Radiation

Keshavarz M, Eslami J, Abedi-Firouzjah R, Mortazavi SA, Abbasi S, Mortazavi G. How Do Different Physical Stressors’ Affect the Mercury Release from Dental Amalgam Fillings and Microleakage? A Systematic Review. J Biomed Phys Eng. 2022 Jun 1;12(3):227-236. doi: 10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2009-1175. PMID: 35698539; PMCID: PMC9175125. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35698539/

Jun

59 year old social worker wins ‘early ill health retirement’ for disabling ‘Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS)

EHS, Legal

Source: Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment (PHIRE) Press Release: https://phiremedical.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Press-Release-EHS-Social-Worker-granted-long-term-ill-health-pension-UK-Named.pdf

Jun

EMFSA Webinar 26th of June 2022: “The Answers Have Changed”