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… an alphabet soup of radiation: electromagnetic radiation,
electromagnetic fields, radiofrequency radiation. Here are links to
sources of information on the radiation involved in television, radio,
and cellular communications.
Organizations
 | Independent
Expert Group on Mobile Phones (IEGMP)
 | Report: Mobile
Phones and Health (4/28/00) (the "Stewart
Report"). A mother lode of information; the report
"proposes that a precautionary approach be adopted until
more robust scientific information becomes available" (p.
iii).
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| See also the Salzburg Conference
on cell tower siting. |
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| The EMR
Network: Citizens and professionals for the responsible use of
electromagnetic radiation
| From their mission statement: "We believe that
electromagnetic radiation (EMR), which includes the extremely
low frequencies (ELF), the radio frequencies (RF) and microwave
(MW) radiation, may be hazardous to life and may constitute a
significant threat to public health. This belief is based on
credible research, spanning decades of scientific inquiry. Our
mission is to enhance local, regional, national, and
international efforts to reduce, mitigate, and where possible,
eliminate hazardous exposure to EMR." |
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| FEB: The Swedish
Association for the Electrosensitive
| Information in English and/or Swedish about electrosensitivity,
formerly known as "Electrical Oversensitivity" or
"Electrical Hypersensitivity" phenomenon. Can be slow
to load via modem, but worth the wait. |
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| The Council on
Wireless Technology Impacts
(CWTI)
| The site is undergoing a redesign; includes a list
of studies on the biological effects of radiofrequency
non-ionizing radiation. |
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Government
| US Federal Communication Commission:
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| Australian Senate:
| Committee
on Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts (scroll down to the eighth item on the left, then
scroll down until you see the EMR inquiry). Libby Kelly,
Executive Director of the Council on Wireless Technology
Impacts, writes: "Some of the files are very long, but for
anyone involved in this issue are absorbing to read. ... You
need to be aware that the industry has been coaching a couple of
the senators as to questions, etc., and in a few cases one
senator in particular descends to bullying tactics." |
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Publications
| No Place to Hide
| Published by the Cellular Phone Taskforce (Mendocino,
California), an environmental organization dedicated to halting
the expansion of wireless communications; Arthur Firstenberg,
Editor. Phone: 718.434.4499. |
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| Microwave
News
| A journal that comprehensively covers the subject. The website contains
useful information, but not the complete content of the print
journal. Subscriptions are $325/year; six-month trial
subscription is $175. Microwave News, PO Box 1799, Grand
Central Station, New York NY 10163; phone: (212) 517-2800, fax:
(212) 734-0316; e-mail: mwn@pobox.com. |
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Documents
| "Microwave
And Radiofrequency Radiation Exposure: A Growing Environmental
Health Crisis?" by Cindy Sage, San Francisco Medicine
(March 2001).
| Sage writes: "Can radiofrequency radiation (RFR)
adversely affect vital processes in the human body? The answer
is clearly yes. Can this occur at environmental levels of
exposure? The answer is clearly yes. Which processes? What
levels? This short paper is an introduction to what we know (and
do not know) about RFR." |
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| "Waves
of Doubt," The Boston Phoenix (April 1-8, 1999)
| Thought-provoking article; American Tower is mentioned. |
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| Report of Sage Associates to the
Scottish Parliament's Telecommunications Inquiry Committee
| Summarizes research on bioeffects of RFR (from DNA changes to
sleep disruption) |
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| Sen. Leahy's press release
| Leahy asks the US Supreme Court to hear case regarding
communication tower siting. |
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