Chiede in particolare di rivedere quanto non emerso negli standard attuali, ovvero considerare gli effetti non-termici , alla luce sia della classificazione 2B dello IARC che della pubblicazione di ricerche epidemiologiche che evidenziano con sempre più forza un nesso casuale tra radiofrequenze e danni tumorali.
Nell'agosto del 2013 l'Accademia
Americana di Pediatria aveva lanciato analogo allarme e richiesta, senza alcun
riscontro da parte del Governo.
Ne da notizia sul suo blog la
RETE ELETTROSMOG-FREE ITALIA che commenta così i risultati di un evento analogo
in Italia :”In Italia debbo dire che ha
scaturito l'effetto esattamente opposto:
primo vanificando il sistema di misurazione (ora abbiamo la media
giornaliera della esposizione!) e secondo - in itinere - la decuplicazione dei
limiti di esposizione !!!”
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Monday, April 13,
2015
California Medical Association Calls for Stronger Wireless
Communication Safety Standards
The California Medical Association (CMA) adopted a resolution
that calls for re-evaluation of the safety standards for wireless
communications in the U.S.
The Federal safety standards for wireless communications were
designed to protect humans from the heating, or thermal, risks caused by
exposure to microwave radiation. However, thousands of peer-reviewed studies
have found bio-effects from exposure to low intensity, non-thermal levels of
microwave radiation. Moreover, three independent, case-control studies have
found a two-fold increased risk of brain cancer among adults who have used cell
phones for ten or more years. And one study found a three-fold risk of brain
cancer after 25 years of cell phone and cordless phone use.
In 2011, the World Health Organization’s International Agency
for Research on Cancer declared that radio frequency energy is "possibly
carcinogenic to humans", largely based upon the cell phone research.
The CMA’s “Wireless Communications Public Safety Standards
Reevaluation” resolution “supports efforts to reevaluate microwave
safety exposure levels associated with wireless communication devices,
including consideration of adverse non-thermal biologic and health effects from
non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation used in wireless communications.” In
addition, the CMA “supports efforts to implement new safety exposure limits for
wireless devices to levels that do not cause human or environmental harm based
on scientific research.”
The CMA House of Delegates and Board of Trustees adopted the
resolution, number 107-14, on December 7, 2014. Cindy Lee Russell,
M.D. introduced the resolution which she co-authored along with Ken Yew, M.D.
According to Dr. Russell:
"Physicians and scientists have recognized for years the
dangers of ionizing radiation from x rays and nuclear weapons. Tissue is
directly damaged causing cancer and a wide range of other health effects. The
non ionizing microwave radiation from wi fi routers, ipads, cell
phones and cell towers has been thought to be harmless until the last
few decades as a rapidly growing body of peer reviewed research
has shown very troubling biological and health effects from even low levels of
exposure. The studies have shown negative effects on cell structures,
brain function, animals, and plants. Many experts feel this is a looming
public health problem as the use of wireless technology swiftly rises
in our homes, offices and schools. EMF standards need to be reevalauted and
designed for safety based on the biologic effects on living structures not
on heat as is now currently being done."
In August, 2013, the American Academy of Pediatrics, a
professional organization representing 60,000 physicians, sent a letter to the
FCC and the FDA urging the FCC to adopt radiation standards that:
·
"Protect
children’s health and well-being ... Current FCC standards do not
account for the unique vulnerability and use patterns specific to pregnant
women and children. It is essential that any new standard for cell phones
or other wireless devices be based on protecting the youngest and
most vulnerable populations to ensure they are safeguarded throughout
their lifetimes.
·
Reflect current use
patterns. The FCC has not assessed the
standard for cell phone radiation since 1996 ... Many children,
adolescents and young adults, now use cell phones as their only phone line
and they begin using wireless phones at much younger ages. Pregnant women
may carry their phones for many hours per day in a pocket that keeps the
phone close to their uterus. Children born today will experience a longer
period of exposure to radio-frequency fields from cellular phone use than
will adults, because they start using cellular phones at earlier ages and will
have longer lifetime exposures. FCC regulations should reflect how people
are using their phones today.
·
Provide
meaningful consumer disclosure. The FCC has noted that it does not provide
consumers with sufficient information about the RF exposure profile of
individual phones to allow consumers to make informed purchasing decisions. The
current metric of RF exposure available to consumers, the Specific Absorption
Rate, is not an accurate predictor of actual exposure. AAP is supportive of FCC
developing standards that provide consumers with the information they need to
make informed choices in selecting mobile phone purchases, and to help parents
to better understand any potential risks for their children. To that end, we
support the use of metrics that are specific to the exposure children will
experience." (http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7520941318 )
Four resolutions signed by scientific experts who have published
research on wireless radiation and health in scientific journals were submitted
to the FCC. The resolutions call on governments to issue stronger regulations
on wireless radiation, especially cell phone radiation. The declarations
were signed by 98 scientists. For more information, see “Why We Need Stronger
Cell Phone Radiation Regulations--98 Scientific Experts Who Signed Resolutions
at http://www.saferemr.com/2014/08/why-we-need-stronger-cell-phone_4.html .”
Since 1997, twenty-two
declarations have been signed by scientists and health professionals calling
for stronger cell phone radiation regulations. For more information on these
declarations, see http://www.magdahavas.com/international-experts-perspective-on-the-health-effects-of-electromagnetic-fields-emf-and-electromagnetic-radiation-emr/.
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Wireless Communications Safety Standards
California Medical Association (CMA) Resolution 107-14, Adopted
December 7, 2014
Resolved 1: That CMA supports efforts to
reevaluate microwave safety exposure levels associated with wireless
communication devices, including consideration of adverse non-thermal biologic
and health effects from non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation used in wireless
communications; and be it further
Resolved 2: That CMA supports efforts to implement new safety exposure limits for wireless devices to levels that do not cause human or environmental harm based on scientific research.
Resolved 2: That CMA supports efforts to implement new safety exposure limits for wireless devices to levels that do not cause human or environmental harm based on scientific research.
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF DELEGATES 2014
Wireless Communications Public Safety Standards Reevaluation
Introduced by Cindy Lee Russell, M.D.
Authored by Cindy Lee Russell,
M.D. Cindyleerussell@gmail.com and Ken Yew,
M.D. ken_yew@yahoo.com
resolutions@cmanet.org
The CMA resolution
(including 62 references) can be found on the Parents for Safe Technology web site.
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Wi Fi in Schools: Are we Playing it Safe with our Kids?
Cindy Russell, MD, The Bulletin (Santa Clara County/Monterey County Medical Association), March/April 2015, pp. 16-21.
Cindy Russell, MD, The Bulletin (Santa Clara County/Monterey County Medical Association), March/April 2015, pp. 16-21.
Dr. Russell discusses
the research which led to the adoption by the California Medical Association of the resolution calling
for stronger wireless communication standards.
http://bit.ly/1HtJ9eU
