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Public Health
22
Oct

Selected Health and Law Issues Regarding Mobile Communications with Respect to 5G. Presented at 2018 International Conference on Broadband Communications for Next Generation Networks and Multimedia Applications (CoBCom)

October 22, 2018
Abstract: Over the next years the demand of wireless communication will increase tremendously. More and more mobile end devices require a high data rate connection e.g. to a smart home (Internet of Things, IoT) or to the internet. The radiation power pattern of base stations and mobile end devices will completely change for the 5G...
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08
Oct

Study advises extra precaution when using a cell phone in a weak signal area

October 8, 2018
Researchers at the California Department of Health say using cell phones in areas with weak reception can result in microwave radiation emissions that are 10,000 times higher than in areas with strong reception. The study, made public this week, is being published in the journal Environmental Research, and it suggests consumers should take extra precautions...
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14
Sep

Massachusetts Department of Public Health – Smart Grid Pilot Program Hearing

September 14, 2018
Published on Sep 11, 2018
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16
Aug

San Francisco Educators Pass Resolution Calling for Safer Technology Standards for all San Francisco Schools

August 16, 2018
Statements from individuals and organizations: “Our public health guidance has not been keeping pace with our newest evolutions of telecommunication technologies.   And yet the health science regarding cellular technologies suggests the need for caution.  A very first step would be to apply the California State Health Department Cell Phone Guidelines, particularly in settings where there...
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06
Aug

Super Dads – Prof. David O Carpenter – nnEMF and Public Health

August 6, 2018
Prof. David O. Carpenter is a public health physician who serves as director of the Institute for Health and the Environment, a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization, as well as a professor of environmental health sciences at UAlbany’s School of Public Health. He previously served as Director of the Wadsworth Center of the...
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23
Jul

Thermal and non-thermal health effects of low intensity non-ionizing radiation: An international perspective

July 23, 2018
Belpomme D, Hardell L, Belyaev I, Burgio E, Carpenter DO. Thermal and non-thermal health effects of low intensity non-ionizing radiation: An international perspective. Environ Pollut. 2018 Nov;242(Pt A):643-658. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.07.019. Epub 2018 Jul 6. PMID: 30025338. Abstract Exposure to low frequency and radiofrequency electromagnetic fields at low intensities poses a significant health hazard that has...
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14
Jun

Phonegate Alert Comments on Peer Review of NTP’s Draft Technical Reports on Cellphone Radiation

June 14, 2018
Phonegate Alert submits new comments on the peer review of the National Toxicology Program’s draft technical reports on cellphone radio-frequency radiation. In March 2018, the external peer scientists reviewers strengthened the conclusions of the NTP reports that found clear evidence of health harm from exposure to cellphone radiation in rats. The scientific knowledge of the...
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04
Jun

VIDEO: Are smart meters harmful to your health?

June 4, 2018
AUTHOR: Riaan van Zyl, Journalist https://roodepoortrecord.co.za/2018/05/24/are-smart-meters-harmful-to-your-health/ May 24, 2018 RFR could lead to cancer and other ailments. Since the controversial introduction of smart meters in the City of Johannesburg in 2015, many residents have complained of incorrect readings and meters running, even when the power is out. But that said, could there be a darker...
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23
May

Podcast – The Nation investigates how big wireless made us think that cell phones are safe

May 23, 2018
Link to podcast article: http://kalw.org/post/nation-investigates-how-big-wireless-made-us-think-cell-phones-are-safe#stream/0 On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the safety of wireless radiation. A new Nation magazine investigation explores how big wireless companies used the same playbook as big oil and big tobacco to deceive the public and create the appearance of scientific uncertainty, while making people think that cell...
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04
May

5 G wireless telecommunications expansion: Public health and environmental implications

May 4, 2018
Cindy L. Russell, 5 G wireless telecommunications expansion: Public health and environmental implications, Environmental Research, Volume 165, 2018, Pages 484-495, ISSN 0013-9351, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.01.016. Abstract The popularity, widespread use and increasing dependency on wireless technologies has spawned a telecommunications industrial revolution with increasing public exposure to broader and higher frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum to transmit...
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