Electro magnetic fields and health concerns

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SACRAMENTO, California, July 16, 2001 (ENS) -

Added risk of miscarriage, childhood leukemia, brain cancer and greater incidence of suicide are some of the health risks associated with exposure to electric and magnetic fields such as those that radiate from power lines, according to a California health department review. Released Friday under pressure from a California First Amendment Coalition lawsuit, two reports summarize and analyze a decade of research done at a cost to rate payers of more than $7 million. Two reports by researchers from the California Department of Health Services say human population studies suggest there might be a problem from electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) from power lines, wiring in buildings, certain jobs, and appliances.

On behalf of the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC), three scientists who work for the California Department of Health Services were asked to review the existing scientific literature about possible health problems from these sources. The PUC request for review did not include radio frequency EMFs from cell phones and radio towers. Power lines radiate electric and magnetic fields. (Photos courtesy National Renewable Energy Lab) Three assigned scientists, a physician/epidemiologist, a geneticist/epidemiologist, and a physicist with training in Epidemiology assessed the literature with the assistance of 10 other DHS scientists. It is "more than 50 percent possible" the scientists reported, that EMFs at home or at work could cause a "very small increased lifetime risk of childhood leukemia, adult brain cancer, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease." "It is more than 50 percent possible that EMFs at home or at work could cause a five to 10 percent added risk of miscarriage." "It is 10-50 percent possible that residential or occupational EMFs could be responsible for a small increased lifetime risk of male breast cancer, childhood brain cancer, suicide, Alzheimer's disease, or sudden cardiac death," the scientists wrote. In every instance, they took care to note that "there is a chance that EMFs have no effect at all." "It is very unlikely - two to 10 percent possible - but not impossible, that residential or occupational EMFs could be responsible for even a small fraction of birth defects, low birth weight, neonatal deaths, or cancer generally," the researchers said. All of the three reviewers give a degree of confidence of at least 10 to 50 percent possible that residential or occupational EMFs could be responsible for a small 15 increased lifetime risk of adult leukemia or female breast cancer, and one gave a degree of confidence that was higher. The reviewers compared the size of possible risks from EMFs to the size of possible risks from chemical and physical agents now being regulated. They agreed that with the exception of miscarriage, the added risk, if any, of even a highly EMF exposed individual getting any of these rare diseases would be such that the vast majority of highly exposed individuals - 95 percent to 99.9 percent - would not get them. "Calculations suggest that the fraction of all cases of these conditions for which EMF might be responsible would be very low," they said. Still, these results were not readily released to the public, according to the California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) which mounted a lawsuit to make them public. Dr. Raymond Neutra is director of the California Department of Health EMF Program. (Photo courtesy McGill University School of Medicine) In late June, the lawsuit was filed in Alameda Superior Court by the California First Amendment Coalition and Citizens Concerned about EMFs, two public benefit non-profit organizations. Defendants named in the suit are the California Department of Health Services (DHS), DHS Director Dr. Diana Bonta, the California Electric and Magnetic Fields Program, and EMF Program Director Dr. Raymond Neutra. The two reports, one a compilation of all available scientific evidence, the other examining public policy implications of the data, were originally ordered by the California Public Utilities Commission in 1993. "We are delighted that the state decided to abide by the California Public Records Act rather than go through protracted litigation," said CFAC executive director Kent Pollock. "The people of California won an important victory this morning."

The reports were scheduled for release in early May, but at the last minute the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) asked state department of health to delay releasing the reports until CPUC staff could review them. Several California Public Records Act requests for the reports were denied.

The letters of denial said release was inappropriate because any last minute CPUC changes would become detectable if the reports were released before the CPUC had a chance to review or alter them. "These reports in their uncensored versions are important to the public because they reflect an unbiased risk assessment of the effects that EMF exposure from electric utility facilities has on human health," said Peter Frech, executive director of Citizens Concerned About EMFs. "If these reports were censored for political reasons or delayed until the state of California had bought the transmission grid from the utilities, then the whole purpose of the California EMF Research Program - to inform the public about such risks - would have been defeated." The increased risk of miscarriages did not show up in animal studies, the three DHS reviewers said, but "two new Epidemiology studies in humans suggest that a substantial proportion of miscarriages might be caused by EMFs," they said. Miscarriages occur in about 10 to 15 percent of pregnancies in any case, the reviewers point out. "The theoretical added risk for an EMF exposed pregnant woman may be an additional five to 10 percent according to these two studies. If true, this would clearly be of concern to individuals and regulators." But the type of EMF exposures implicated by these two new epidemiological studies "short, very high exposures probably come from being within a few inches of appliances and indoor wiring, and only rarely from power lines," the reviewers theorize. "It may not be possible to avoid all such exposures in modern life," they say. Seventy-five percent of the women in the studies had at least one of these brief high exposures during a day. Even one exposure a day, if typically experienced during pregnancy, seemed to increase the risk of miscarriage. Nonetheless, the majority of pregnant women with such exposures did not miscarry, the reviewers emphasized. The policy report recognizes four value perspectives. One says, in effect, do not incur costs unless risks are virtually certain. A second stresses freedom for property rights from governmental interference. A third proposes regulation in the name of social justice if a small percentage of the population is especially vulnerable. A fourth, used by economists, attempts to quantify the risk of harm and the cost of avoiding it in order to design a yardstick of reasonable cost-benefit tradeoffs. In this report, the policy analysts relied mainly on the cost-benefit approach as one that all parties could understand and critique objectively. They concluded, among other things, that: Relatively modest cost measures to add protection against EMFs from transmission lines might cost $136 million to avoid 27 deaths statewide over the projected 35 year life of the lines. The expensive option, undergrounding of the lines, might avoid 495 deaths over the 35 years but might cost $248 billion. To an economist, how much was worth spending would depend on how many lives were seen as otherwise threatened over the 35 years. For distribution lines, those bringing power to homes and workplaces, the modest cost estimates are $234.5 million to save 47 lives over the period, or $5.03 billion to save 1,005 lives over the period. Different grounding procedures within homes might cost $200 per home and save 22 lives over the period. "The PUC has administrative procedures for reconciling conflicting interests and perspectives with regard to the power grid.

This is particularly important in the face of the need in California for more capacity in generation and transmission of electricity. State and local agencies develop policy for schools. Since electricity is so ubiquitous many agencies have potential interest in this issue," the researchers pointed out. "People will often tolerate risks and not be anxious if there is cost to them to remove the exposure or benefit from tolerating it," the researchers concluded. "Therefore it will be important to provide information to the public and to develop stockholder agreement on how to proceed with regard to EMF exposures.

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Number of environmentally disabled and injured people known as EI or having multiple chemical sensitivity show sensitivity to electromagnetic radiation . Dr. William Rea, founder of the Environmental Health Center in Dallas and author of four medical texts on chemical sensitivity, has included testing for electromagnetic sensitively in his treatment program, after discovering his own hypersensitivity.

Another connection Becker also links exposure to abnormal electromagnetic fields to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, mentioning that CFS "has been found to be widespread in the electronics industry, particularly in Silicon Valley in Northern California." (Cross-Currents, p. 253).

http://www.who.int/peh-emf/en/

World health organization has some documentation on this problem

EMFs are low-frequency fields derived from our use of electric power. Appliances such as alarm clocks, dishwashers, electric lines, television sets, and headsets emit EMFs. High tension power lines, electrical line transformers, electrical power stations are other EMF sources. How about buildings with faulty grounding and wiring.

EMFs are not the same as radio frequency EMFs produced by cellphones.

. On June 27, 2001, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) including the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences concluded that power frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are a human carcinogen with a potential of doubling the leukemia risk among children consistently exposed to fields above 4 milligaus (mG).

A 2002 Microwave News, issues a strong health warning about EMFs. The Electric Power Research Institute estimates that no more than a quarter of homes exceed 2 mG of overall background electromagnetic radiation. However, EMFs from appliances can cause localized fields well in excess of the 4 mG. Milligaus refer to a unit of measure for the strength of an electromagnetic field.

A gaussmeter is a sensor that reads these fields.

A gaussmeter (a gauge for measuring EMFs) to determine your exact exposures in your home and work environment. When you are near (within a few feet) to an appliance we high (up to 100 mG) fields ere discovered. Keep appliances at a distance; six feet or more .

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What is Electrical Hypersensitivity? Known variously as electromagnetic hypersensitivity, electrical sensitivity, , and a host of other terms, electromagnetic sensitivity syndrome (ES) is a physiological disorder characterized by symptoms directly brought on by exposure to electromagnetic fields. ES is a serious public health concern and the incidence of ES is growing. A Growing Concern The typical American is in nearly continuous interaction with stimulation from across the electromagnetic spectrum. The density of radio waves around us is now 100 million to 200 million times the natural level reaching us from the sun. There is increasing awareness that humans are responding to electromagnetic radiation in a variety of ways. Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) EMFs are invisible fields of energy produced whenever electric current is flowing. EMFs are biologically active and a great deal of information exists regarding the health effects of EMF stimulation on animals, including humans. Evidence has been coming to light that EMF exposure may cause many more problems than had been contemplated and this includes the phenomenon of electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Electrical Hypersensitivity (ES) ES is a disorder whereby neurological and allergic-type symptoms are brought on thru exposure to electromagnetic fields. Many individuals with ES are primarily sensitive to certain frequencies of EMF and there is a wide range in the degree of sensitivity exhibited by those affected. The incidence of electro-sensitivity is growing. Many persons experience an abrupt onset of symptoms following exposure to a novel EMF such as fields associated with a new computer or with new fluorescent lights. Symptoms often are not immediately recognized by the injured as having been brought on by EMF exposure. Onset of ES has also been reported following chemical exposure. More research on this phenomenon is urgently needed in order to understand the mechanism behind it. It appears, however, that there is some direct effect upon the nervous system and that the immune system is likely also involved in this disorder. Symptoms of ES Symptoms may include but are not limited to: Headache, eye irritation, dizziness, nausea, skin rash, facial swelling, weakness, fatigue, pain in joints and/or muscles, buzzing/ringing in ears, skin numbness, abdominal pressure and pain, breathing difficulty, and irregular heartbeat. Additional symptoms have been reported in some individuals such as paralysis, balance problems, body and/or muscle spasms, convulsions, confusion,depression, difficulty in concentrating, seizure, sleep disturbances, and memory difficulties. Environmentally-Induced Illness A host of conditions has been clustered under the umbrella of environmental illness (EI), including multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or cfids), sick-building syndrome (SBS), asthma, candida-related complex (CRC), fibromyalgia, and ES. Dr. Robert Becker describes the symptoms of MCS and ES, especially those symptoms associated with the central nervous system, as being virtually identical. Both disorders share the general characteristics of involvement of the central nervous system and the immune system. Dr. William Rea (who suffers from ES himself) reports that he is treating five hundred patients who are ES at his clinic in Dallas, Texas. Rea reports that at least 80% of these patients are also chemically sensitive and he too suspects and discusses links between ES and MCS. Links between ES and MCS in many patients are being increasingly recognized and such linkage must be considered and studied. Persons who suffer from both MCS and ES have found that the symptoms which they feel after either electrical or chemical exposure are essentially the same; they are frequently unsure as to which type of exposure brought the symptoms on. Emotionally-Charged Health Issue Those suffering from environmentally-induced dysfunction, whether this comes in the forms of ES, MCS, or CFIDS often find that they receive little support from our society and its institutions. Those with ES have found little help from practitioners of traditional medicine. Our mainstream medical establishment has not yet recognized the legitimacy of electromagnetic sensitivity and typically chooses to view individuals with ES as candidates for neuro-psychiatric evaluation. The number of people in this country who are ES yet being treated for psychiatric disorders with drug therapy is unknown. The failure of American medicine to recognize ES and other EI will not make these illnesses go away and the clock is ticking on the ability of our public health agencies to sweep this reality under the rug by denying it or by attributing its causation to psychological dysfunction. Treatment Approaches for ES Several treatment modalities have been employed by electro-sensitives including vitamin/mineral supplementation, chiropractic treatment, acupuncture, homeopathy, and others, with varying degrees of relief reported. The use of provocation/neutralization (immunotherapy) has been mentioned by several environmental medicine practitioners as being a key element in the treatment of both ES and MCS. Some have found limited symptomatic relief from the use of certain anti seizure medications. The treatment of greatest importance, in the opinion of many who are ES, is avoidance of EMF radiation. Organizations ES has become accepted in Sweden more so than in any other country, and this is largely due to the activities of Sweden's Association for the Electrically Injured (F.E.B). The FEB produces and distributes educational literature which has helped people throughout the world to become aware of the phenomenon of ES. For information, contact FEB Box 151 26, 104 65 Stockholm, Sweden Electro-sensitives in North America have created an organization known as the Electrical Sensitivity Network, dedicated to the networking of electro-sensitives.

For more information about ES syndrome and the ESN Newsletter, contact Electrical Sensitivity Network PO Box 4146 Prescott, Arizona 86302 The EMR Alliance is committed to educating and informing the public about biological effects and environmental concerns associated with EMF radiation.

The Alliance has a variety of information packages available and its publication Network News is acknowledged as the voice of the citizen activist.

For more information about the EMR Alliance and Network News , contact The EMR Alliance 410 West 53rd Street, Suite 402 New York, NY 10019 (212) 554-4073 Phone (212) 977-5541 Fax

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Microwaving brain cells
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Cell phones emit low-level, non-ionizing radiation on the same
frequency as microwaves. This radiation has been shown to enter the
user's head, but what happens when this is repeated over and over,
every day, year after year, remains to be seen.

In 2003, Microwave News obtained an internal FDA memo written in April
1993 that reviewed existing research on microwaves emitted from cell
phones and concluded that the database of studies "suggests that under
at least some circumstances these exposures do indeed accelerate the
development of cancer by some unknown mechanism."
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Electro sensitive
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Symptoms of electrosensitivity (which seem to affect mostly women)
include headaches, fatigue, depression, memory loss, joint pain and
ringing in the ears. Treatment for this unusual condition is simple
(although not necessarily convenient or easy): Avoid using electrical
devices - especially powerful ones such as computers and microwave
ovens. Can't live without your cell phone? Then put the phone down,
step away, and use a speakerphone whenever possible.

Dr. Moss' articles about RFEMF dangers and other important cancer
issues can be found on his web site: cancerdecisions.com.

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