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Appendix
to Mast Sanity letter of 5th
June 2008 to Rt Hon. Gordon Brown , Prime Minister
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Early
Day Motion in House of Commons - BRAIN CANCER
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21.04.2008
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Bercow,
John
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EDM
1345
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That
this House welcomes the new focus on child health announced by
Department of Health Ministers on 17th March in Brain Tumour
Awareness Month, but draws attention to the significantly
increased numbers of childhood cancers registered annually since
1962 (up 35 per cent.); notes that some 300 children a year are
found to be suffering from brain cancer, and that it is believed
that brain cancers now account for more deaths among children and
the under 40 year olds than any other cancer; further notes that
the five year survival rate of all cancers now stands at 50 per
cent. but that the comparative survival rates for males and
females with brain cancer are 12 per cent. and 15 per cent.
respectively; and urges the Government to encourage more
laboratory research into brain cancer and to study the reasons why
certain other EU countries achieve significantly better survival
rates for children and adults suffering from brain cancer so that
the NHS can adopt best treatment practice.
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2.
Recent Television Reports:
France
- TV news programme 66 minutes on France 5 Mobiles, WiFi, dangerous
waves?
http://videos.next-up.org/M6/PortablesWifiOndesDangereuses/20052008.html
18
minutes of programme Includes Prof Johansson, Karolinska
Institute,Sweden
USA
Larry
King Live - CNN
Please
note warning for citizens of United States “The
Food and Drug Administration: made recommendations about cell phone
use. First, to use cell phones less often and to use land lines
whenever possible. And the FDA also recommends keeping cell phones
away from your head by using a speaker phone or using a head set or
other connection to remote antenna.
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http://videos.next-up.org/Cnn/LarryKingLive/AreCellPhoneDangerousExtracts/28052008.htm
Australia
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and Seven News TV – Tonight Today “Health Fears Over Mobile
Phones”- Interview with Pr Armstrong of Interphone/World Health
Organisation Australia
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/Interphone2008.php#1
3.
Research / Articles since 12th
December 2007
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18467962
1:
Epidemiology.
2008 May 7. Links
Prenatal
and Postnatal Exposure to Cell Phone Use and Behavioral Problems in
Children.
Divan
HA,
Kheifets
L,
Obel
C,
Olsen
J.
From
the aDepartment of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and bInstitute of Public
Health, Department of General Practice, University of Aarhus, Aarhus,
Denmark.
CONCLUSIONS::
Exposure to cell phones prenatally-and, to a lesser degree,
postnatally-was associated with behavioral difficulties such as
emotional and hyperactivity problems around the age of school entry.
These associations may be noncausal and may be due to unmeasured
confounding. If real, they would be of public health concern given
the widespread use of this technology.
Opinion
of the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation
Protection about the question of biological effects of
electromagnetic fields of mobile phones.
Non-use
of cell phones by children under the age of 16.
1.2.
Non-use of cell phones by pregnant women.
1.3.
Non-use of cell phones by persons suffering from neurological
conditions or diseases, including neurasthenia or dysthymic
disorders, mental disorders, neuroses, intellectual and memory
impairment, sleep disorders, epilepsy, and epileptic predisposition.
For
more information/guidance go to:
http://www.der-mast-muss-weg.de/pdf/appell/04_OPINION_RCNIRP_engl.pdf
Non-thermal
biological effects of microwaves, current knowledge, further
perspective and urgent needs.
Igor
Belyaev, Stockholm University, Sweden, General Physics Institute
Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia.
Children
may represent most sensitive group to non-thermal effects of mobile
telephony. Before this issue will be investigated, precautions should
be taken in erection of base stations in vicinity of schools.
Creation
of zones that are free of mobile communication for hypersensitive to
EMF should be considered.
Long-lasting
adverse effect on important cells of our immune system can have
strong relationship with health risk from mobile telephony.
In
vitro studies indicate that the duration of exposure can be more
important for non-thermal effects than intensity and therefore,
effects of Microwaves from base stations on primary human cells
should be studied.
For
more information go to:
http://www.der-mast-muss-weg.de/pdf/studien/08_Belyaev_Zurich_2005_PPt.pdf
France
warns against excessive mobile phone use
Thu Jan 3, 2008 2:31am
IST
By
Brian Rohan
PARIS (Reuters) - The French Health Ministry on
Wednesday issued a warning against excessive mobile phone use...
The head of France's AFSSET, an independent but
state-funded health watchdog, said parents should not give small
children mobile telephones.
"Since they aren't capable of
limiting their use of the telephone, parents should not buy them
mobile phones," Michele Froment-Vedrine told Reuters.
As
of September 30, there were more than 53 million mobile users in
France, about 84 percent of the population, according to the French
telecoms regulator Arcep.
At Orange, France's largest mobile
phone operator, no-one was available for
comment.
http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINL0223157720080102
2008 Scientific Studies just published - on Powerwatch website
(http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20080508_science_update.asp )
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