Renowned Scientists Issue Wake-up Call on EMF and RF Radiation Hazards

    ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An international
 working group of renowned scientists, researchers and public health policy
 professionals (The BioInitiative Working Group) has released its report on
 electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and health. It raises serious concerns about
 the safety of existing public limits that regulate how much EMF is
 allowable from power lines, cell phones, and many other sources of EMF
 exposure in daily life.
     The report documents scientific evidence raising worries about health
 impacts including childhood leukemia (from power lines and other electrical
 exposures), brain tumors and acoustic neuromas (from cell and cordless
 phones) and Alzheimer's disease. There is evidence that EMFs are a risk
 factor for both childhood and adult cancers. EMFs from such sources as
 electric power lines, interior wiring and grounding of buildings and
 appliances are linked to increased risks for childhood leukemia and may set
 the stage for adult cancers later in life.
     The BioInitiative Report (http://www.bioinitiative.org) will be
 released on Friday, August 31, 2007 documents the scientific evidence that
 power line EMF exposure is responsible for hundreds of new cases of
 childhood leukemia every year in the United States and around the world.
     Wireless technologies that rely on radiofrequency radiation (RF) to
 send emails and voice communication are thousands of times stronger than
 levels reported to cause sleep disorders, headaches, problems with memory
 and concentration and other adverse physical symptoms.
     Public health expert and co-editor of the Report Dr. David O.
 Carpenter, Director, Institute for Health and the Environment at the
 University of Albany, New York states:
     This report stands as a wake-up call that long-term exposure to some
 kinds of EMFs may cause serious health effects. Good public health planning
 is needed now to prevent cancers and neurological diseases linked to
 exposure to power lines and other sources of EMFs. We need to educate the
 public and our decision makers that business as usual is unacceptable.
     Co-editor Cindy Sage of Sage Associates asserts:
     Public health and EMF policy experts have now given their opinion of
 the weight of evidence. The existing FCC and international limits for
 public and occupational exposure to EMFs and RF radiation are not
 protective of public health.
     New public safety limits and limits on further deployment of risky
 technologies are warranted based on the total weight of evidence.
 
 

SOURCE The BioInitiative Working Group