Prof. Klaus Buchner, Bundesvorsitzender der ödp, warnt in einem offenen Brief an die Veranstalter der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006 in Deutschland (FIFA und DFB) vor den Gefahren der Mikrowellen von Mobilfunksendern in deutschen Stadien.

Aus: FGF-Infoline vom 01.06.2006

Der Forschungsgemeinschaft Funk e.V. (FGF), gehören alle deutschen Mobilfunkbetreiber an.


Buchner: Reaktionsfähigkeit der Spieler kann vermindert werden Prof. Klaus Buchner, von Beruf Physiker, warnt in einem offenen Brief an die Veranstalter der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006 in Deutschland (FIFA und DFB) vor den Gefahren der Mikrowellen von Mobilfunksendern in deutschen Stadien.

29.05.2006

Untersuchungen hätten ergeben, dass manche Menschen schon bei relativ geringer Strahlung, wie sie vermutlich in den Stadien auftreten wird, beeinträchtigt werden. Es können Kopfschmerzen, Konzentrationsstörungen und Übelkeit auftreten. Buchner wies darauf hin, dass während des kalten Krieges die Botschaft der USA in Moskau jahrzehntelang mit Mikrowellen bestrahlt wurde, um die Arbeitsfähigkeit der Diplomaten zu beeinträchtigen. Die Gefahr bestehe, dass die Spieler nicht in der Lage sind, ihre Höchstleistungen zu bringen. Buchner appelliert an die Veranstalter, die Fußballer diesen Risiken nicht auszusetzen. Außerdem fordert Buchner die Veranstalter auf dafür zu sorgen, dass in den Schlafquartieren der Spieler die Strahlung 50 µW/m2 nicht überschreitet. Während des Schlafs wird das Stresshormon Melatonin erzeugt, dessen Produktion durch Mikrowellen beeinträchtigt wird. Die Reaktionsfähigkeit der Spieler kann dadurch bei besonders hohen Anforderungen gemindert werden.

Den Brief an die Veranstalter finden Sie unter www.oedp.de unter Aktuelles

http://www.oedp.de/ticker/bund/portal/6478.htm



Brief an die FIFA und den DFB

Physiker warnt vor Strahlung in WM-Stadien

29.05.2006

Prof. K. Buchner • Straßbergerstr. 16 • 80809 München

FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFA-Strasse 20 P.O. Box,
CH-8044 Zürich, Switzerland

München, den 26. Mai 2006

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

für einige WM-Stadien wird mit der Aussage geworben, dass dort viele Besucher gleichzeitig mit ihren Handys telefonieren können sowie E-mails, Bilder usw. mit hohen Datenraten empfangen und verschicken können. Das ergibt zwangsläufig eine hohe Mikrowellen-Bestrahlung von Spielern und Besuchern. Eine weitere Belastung ergibt sich möglicherweise durch Richtfunkstrecken der Fernseh-Übertragungswägen, wenn diese auch meist mit Satellitenfunk arbeiten. Als Physiker rate ich, folgende Tatsachen zu berücksichtigen:

1. Die US-Botschaft in Moskau wurde vom Ende der 40er Jahre an etwa 30 Jahre lang mit Mikrowellen bestrahlt, die ähnliche Eigenschaften wie die Strahlen in den Stadien besaßen. Zweck dieser Aktion war es, die Leistungsfähigkeit der Botschaftsangehörigen zu verringern und ihre Befindlichkeit zu stören, d.h. u.a. Kopfschmerzen, Konzentrationsschwäche und Übelkeit zu erzeugen. Nach der „Lilienfeld-Studie von 1984 (United States Enviromental Protection Agency, EPA-Nr. 600/8-83-026 F, zitiert nach der Schweizer BUWAL-Studie) betrug die Bestrahlung außen am Gebäude der Botschaft lediglich 50 mW/m2, in seinem Inneren abseits von den Fenstern daher höchstens einige mW/m2. Das ist eine ähnliche Größenordnung, wie ich sie in unseren WM-Stadien erwarte. Erfahrungsgemäß beeinträchtigt eine kurzzeitige Bestrahlung mit diesen Feldstärken die meisten Menschen nicht. Die Wirkung ist jedoch individuell sehr unterschiedlich. Da die Befindlichkeitsstörungen mit der Dauer der Bestrahlung zunehmen, ist es eine sinnvolle Vorsichtsmaßnahme, dass sich die Spieler möglichst kurze Zeit in den Stadien und in deren unmittelbarer Umgebung aufhalten. Nur so lässt sich sicherstellen, dass alle Spieler ihre Höchstleistung bringen können.

2. Bestrahlung durch Mobilfunk während des Schlafs bewirkt eine Verringerung der Melatonin-Ausschüttung. Melatonin ist ein Hormon, das das Verhalten des Körpers in Stresssituationen steuert, das aber auch eine wichtige Rolle für das Immunsystem spielt. Deshalb empfehle ich dafür zu sorgen, dass am Schlafplatz der Spieler die Bestrahlung durch Mikrowellen (Mobilfunk, Richtfunk usw.) deutlich unter 50 µW/m2 bleibt. Da in vielen anderen Ländern Mikrowellen kein Problem darstellen und die Teams deshalb nicht darauf vorbereitet sind, halte ich es für ein Gebot der Fairness, eine ähnliche Empfehlung für unsere Gäste zu veröffentlichen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

(Prof. K. Buchner)

http://www.oedp.de/ticker/bund/portal/6479.htm

Hello: I tried "without success" to post on your message board...... I tried to comment regarding your excellent website and the fact that you appropriately indicate concerns in regard to radio waves and microwaves. http://www.breakspearmedical.com/files/allergy_explained.html

Health effects appear to vary depending on distance, field strenth and other factors in regard to appliances, electric meters, electrical wiring, cell phones, telecommunications' antennae, wireless, cell phones, high voltage powerlines, etc.

Every health problem all the way from poor sleep to cancer is linked to low levels of EMR (electromagnetic radiation). Nightime exposures such as sleeping close to electric clocks, electric clock radios, monitors, certain lamps, power supply boxes for cordless phones, other telephone equipment and more are particularly hazardous. Initial symptoms often include poor quality of sleep/wakefulness, various allergies, asthma, headaches, sinus infections and may evolve into more serious diseases including (but not limited to) CFS, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Alzheimers, various cancers and particularly childhood Leukaemia!

Two of my grandsons (cousins living in different cities) were diagnosed with rare immune deficiencies (rare because their cells were "ageing"). Both boys improved dramatically after their beds were moved away from walls opposite electric metes ("powerwalls"). The boys suffered from chronic asthma, chronic sinus infections, ear infections, allergies, gastrointestinal problems, etc. We were told they may develop Leukaemia or other cancers. We were asked if children had died in the family. No genetic link was found.....

On two separate occasions, I placed cages with two guinea pigs each against our own back bedroom wall opposite the electric meter ("powerwall"). Like our grandsons, the guinea pigs quickly developed ASTHMA (confirmed by three veterinarians). One out of each set of two guinea pigs died within 30 days of exposure. In a human infant, cause of death would be listed as 'SIDS." CBC's with differentials identified severe neutropenia, lymphocytosis and hypersegmented neutrophils (slowed DNA synthesis). One guinea pig died 3 years later from Reactive Renal Amyloidosis (lived in our basement near waterpipes measuring approximately 4.5 milligauss and other unhealthy frequencies from high voltage powerlines).

You are doing a great job of identifying sources of health problems but specific references on your website as well as perhaps some sort of public media announcements and/or pamphlets or flyers posted and distributed, will go a long way toward helping with what I refer to as "an avoidable healthcare crisis!"

All electric items should be removed from close proximity to one's bed. Warnings are needed regarding all electric clocks, clock radios, monitors, fans, some lamps, power supply boxes for cordless phones, other telephone equipment and more. Obviously separate mention regarding electric meters is very important.

Here in the U.S., I refer persons to Baubiologist Oram Miller ( http://www.createhealthyhomes.com ) for in-home evaluations regarding improper wiring, grounding problems, etc., as well as body voltage measurements.

In the UK, I recommend contact with Dr. Alasdair Philips ( http://www.powewatch.org.uk ) regarding EMF mitigation.

Take care - Joanne

Joanne C. Mueller Guinea Pigs R Us
731 - 123rd Avenue N.W. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55448-2127 USA Phone: 763-755-6114 Email: jcmpelican@aol.com (6-5-06)


Be loyal to your country always, and to the government only when it deserves it. -Mark Twain

http://www.alternet.org/story/37046/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/pressemitteilung_der_allgaeuer_aerzte_juni06.doc


Nachricht von Dr. Markus Kern

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Allgäuer Ärzte-Initiative: "Wir können nicht länger zum Mobilfunk schweigen"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2085504/

Congo's tragedy: the war the world forgot
http://tjh.elequity.com/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=464

Wer in Stockholm die U-Bahn oder den Bus nimmt, muss sich demnächst auf Klingelton-freie Zeiten gefasst machen. Denn zum 21. August sollen im Nahverkehrssystem "Stockholm Lokaltrafik" der schwedischen Hauptstadt "Nicht-Mobil-Zonen" in Bussen, U-Bahnen, S-Bahnen und den Regionalbahnen eingeführt werden.

Die Nahverkehrsdirektion der schwedischen Metropole entschied, je nach Möglichkeit zwischen 15 und 30 Prozent aller Plätze in den Transportmitteln mit dem Verbot zu belegen. Die Kosten für die aufwendige Beschilderung werden auf über 60.000 Euro geschätzt. Allerdings sollen Verstöße gegen das Handy-Verbot - zumindest in der Anfangsphase - nicht rechtlich verfolgt werden. Dementsprechend sind vorerst auch noch keine Kontrolleure dafür vorgesehen.

Elektrizitätsüberempfindlichkeit bei zahlreichen Reisenden wurde als Grund für das kommende Verbot angeführt, zudem störe das ständige Gebimmel und Gerede auch die übrigen Fahrgäste. Gegen diese Argumentation regt sich jedoch auch zahlreichen Widerstand, denn die Schweden telefonieren oft und lange mit ihren Mobiltelefonen.

Bei einer Reise in die skandinavische Stadt gilt es also demnächst genau aufzupassen, wo man sein Handy einschaltet und telefoniert, sonst könnte man noch mehr genervte Blicke ernten als sonst.

http://www.handytarife.de/index.php?id=0,429,0,0,1,0

Hi all.

Revolutionary news from Sweden “Stockholm puts ban on cell phones”

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/16784


Regards.

Agnes


Stockholm puts ban on cell phones

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 2 (UPI) -- Stockholm transit officials are designating special cell phone zones because of complaints about electromagnetic fields and loud, one-sided conversations.

Beginning in August, commuters caught using phones outside the specific areas risk fines, The Times of London reported Friday.

The designated areas replace an all-out ban that came as a shock -- cell phone-maker Ericsson is headquartered in Sweden, and many Swedes do not even bother installing landlines in their homes.

Politicians introduced the ban, bowing to complaints about hypersentivity to electromagnetic fields and complaints about loud conversations.

Supporters of the ban have high hopes it will become national, but others say it is a violation of their rights.

"I cannot turn off my mobile phone when going on the metro for 20 minutes," Pia Thurfjell told the Times. "I need to answer if my kids call from school."

"It is immoral to introduce a ban that lacks popular support and pathetic to ban mobile phones in trains composed almost entirely of electric cables," said Maria Wallhager, for the opposition Liberals.

Copyright Political Gateway 2006© Copyright United Press International 2006

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/16784

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Hi all.

More good news from Sweden. You have to really feel pity for the "poor" commuters who will be "Off The Air" while traveling, they really feel victimized!

I notice that a lot of Swedes do not bother with having a landline, only mobiles, could the reason be that the MASTS for their mobiles are radiating down someone else´s house, and not their own?

Best regards.

Agnes.



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The Times (London)

June 2, 2006, Friday

Mobile phones to be silenced by new law
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Stockholm is to curtail the use of mobile phones on public transport. The Swedish capital's socialist council, siding with those who insist that the phones are a social nuisance and a health risk, has created designated areas in buses, trains and trams where they may be used.

From August commuters caught using their phones outside the areas risk a fine.

The ban, the first in Europe, has come as a shock in Sweden, home of the mobile manufacturer Ericsson. Many Swedes have more than one handset and do not bother installing landlines in their homes.

The ruling Social Democrat Party in Stockholm and the Green Party said that some passengers were hypersensitive to electromagnetic fields. Others were annoyed by people shouting into phones.

Supporters of the ban hope that it will be extended nationwide but others believe it is an infringement of their liberties.

"I cannot turn off my mobile phone when going on the metro for 20 minutes," Pia Thurfjell said. "I need to answer if my kids call from school."

Fredrik Olandersson, another traveller, said: "What shall I do if all the mobile phone permit seats are taken?"

Maria Wallhager, for the opposition Liberals, said: "It is immoral to introduce a ban that lacks popular support and pathetic to ban mobile phones in trains composed almost entirely of electric cables."

Copyright 2006 Times Newspapers Limited All Rights Reserved

Clyde E Ingalls

Ithaca, New York

From the Cornell University, School of Electrical Engineering and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc.

A series of experiments is described in which radar transmitters operating at 1,3, and 10 kilovolt megacycles per sec were "heard". Apparently, the process of hearing did not involve the ear, but included only the brain and nervous system in the vicinity of the brain.

The effect takes place at energy levels that are considered safe for exposure all day. The effect is suggested as a means of aiding in the location of hearing difficulties in persons. It is also discussed in connection with reports of the hearing of meteors and auroras.

Hearing radar

An interest in problems connected with re-entry bodies in the atmosphere led to an interest in reports of "hearing" meteors and auroras. The hearing of meteors was supposedly under conditions requiring sound to travel at a velocity far exceeding the velocity of sound in air at 343 M per second, probably approaching the velocity of electromagnetic wave propagation. At this time there was a report of someone hearing a radar at an installation in Turkey. On investigation, this proved to be true.

A like radar was found in the United States and a meter secured for field strength measurements to avoid overexposure and possible damage to the eyes, brain, or other parts of the body. Although there was considerable ambient noise, the radar could be heard by a person who immersed himself in the edge of the beam, the center of the beam being strong enough to be hazardous. The sound was something like that of a bee buzzing on a window, but with, perhaps, more high frequencies.

Possibility of the effect being noise by sound waves from the radar was eliminated by placing a large (about 3 by 3 foot) square of window screening between the observer and the radar, close to the observer. With the screen shield in place, the radar sound disappeared. A hole was cut in the screening, large enough to put the ear through. When the ear was put through the hole, there still was no sound. The only part of the body which allowed the observer to hear the radar was a place on the head above the forehead.

From this, it appears that the electromagnetic wave effects the nervous system at the brain directly and does not use the normal auditory channels. No disturbance in the visual senses was found, although a search was made. Possibly the like visual senses are shielded more by the head.

The sound seemed to come from about a meter or two above the head. This varied somewhat with individuals. Placing the fingers to cut out ambient sound made the source seem to come down to the very top of the head. This is the same spot on the head at which the source seems to be when two well-separated loud-speakers with identical excitation are used and the observer is located at equal distances from the two speakers and facing them, Placing the fingers in the ears in reasonable ambient noise does not seem greatly to affect the threshold value at which the radar is heard.

Persons with defective hearing were taken to the radar location. Some of them could hear the radar and some could not. It seemed to depend on the type of hearing loss and the frequencies involved. All who could hear high frequencies could hear the radar. A person who, apparently, had normal hearing, could not hear the radar. By taking an audiogram, he was found to have deficient hearing above 1,500 Hertz, seriously so above 3,000 Hertz per second.

Other radars were used, and it was found that it was possible to "hear" radars at approximately 1, 3, and 10 giga Hertz. Measurements of the threshold of "hearing" of the radars at 1 giga Hz showed the free field strength to be 0.3 milliwatts per square centimetre at a peek voltage gradient of 12 volts per centimetre. At 3 giga Hz, the corresponding threshold values were 0.18 milliwatts per square centimetre and 18 volts per centimetre. No measurements were made at 10 giga Hz.

The apparent lack of correlation of watts and volts is due to differing pulse lengths and repetition rates. The effect is seen to cover a very broad radio-frequency band.

An electrostatic field was produced between two plates and the head placed between them in various positions. Even much higher than the threshold values mentioned failed to produce effects which could be attributed to other than normal aural paths from 20 to 20,000 Hz.

Bracing the plates essentially eliminated their vibration, but the skin on the face could be heard to vibrate. No coil was available to produce magnetic fields when the coil itself did not make too much noise for proper discernment. It appears that tests must be made at modulated inaudible frequencies.

It appears that the "hearing" of electromagnetic waves is a very broad band audio-frequency effect, that is, the audio frequencies which are "heard" from a pulsed radar seem to extend to a higher frequency that can be heard normally from a noise source and a loud speaker. Experiments in matching the sound from a radar indicated that a noise source should be used for best matching, but the sound from the noise source still seemed to lack something in the high frequency region.

If the effect does indeed bypass the ear, it would seem that the effect should be valuable in determining where certain hearing defects occure physically. The possibility exists of modulating a device, such as a radar, to sample audio intelligence and communicate with an individual with defective hearing. It appears that pulse operation is necessary to have low average but high peak power. A disadvantage is that the range of power between the threshold of "hearing" radar and the level at which bodily harm can occur, with prolonged exposure, is not as great as would be desirable. The threshold of "hearing" occurs at 200 to 300 microwatts per square centimetre, and the "safe" level for working all day in radar fields is about 10 milliwatts per square centimetre, using probably at least a 10 to 1 safety factor; that is, the level of bodily damage is probably somewhat above 100 milliwatts per square centimetre.

Sommer and Von Gierke have done a great deal of work with electric fields, showing that the skin on the head can be vibrated by an electric field and that the sound reaches the ear by bone conduction. Likewise, the eardrum can be vibrated directly by an electric field. They infer that the "hearing" which occurs in radar beams is caused by the pressure exerted by the electromagnetic wave, that is, twice the power density divided by the velocity being the maximum pressure when the reflection from the head is complete.

However, they have done no work with electromagnetic waves and so can only speculate.

It is very difficult to use electrical instruments for measurements of nerves to determine what is occurring within the head, since the measuring instruments are affected directly by the electromagnetic waves.

It appears that indirect methods will be needed to determine the exact method by which "hearing" of electromagnetic waves takes place.

Certain evidence points to the fact that the effect is not due to either air or bone conduction. First, the best sensitivity of the ear, according to Sommer and Von Gierke, is to air conduction, by two orders of magnitude. The maximum peak pressure during a radio frequency cycle of a radar, even with 100 per cent reflection, is about equal to the sensitivity of the ear to the root mean square pressure of a continuous sine wave at 1000 cycles per second. The average pressure of the radar wave at the threshold of "hearing" is roughly three orders of magnitude less than the average pressure of a sine wave in air at the threshold of hearing air waves. This results from the low duty cycle of the radar wave.

Second, the location of the most sensitive area for "hearing" radar is remote from the ears, on top of the head. Third, the subjective frequency spectrum seems to include higher frequencies for radar "hearing" than for normal hearing of air waves. Forth, the direction from which sound seems to come does not change as the head is turned about in the radar field.

From these considerations, it appears that neither air conduction nor bone conduction gives a satisfactory explanation of the "hearing" of radar waves. A direct involvement of the nervous system appears to furnish a more satisfactory explanation or at least a more fruitful avenue of investigation. However, much more work is needed to determine either the mechanism by which the phenomenon takes place or its practical use.

Conclusion

The "hearing" of electromagnetic waves is an established fact. It appears that this takes place by direct stimulation of the nervous system, perhaps in the brain, thus bypassing the ear and much of the associated hearing system. It is a possible, perhaps the most probable, explanation of the reports of hearing meteors and auroras. It is also a possible tool in the investigation and treatment of problems in hearing.

Much more work in this field is needed.

http://homepages.tesco.net/~John.Dawes2/ingalls.htm


Informant: M. Norman

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Human auditory system response to modulated electromagnetic energy.

ALLAN H Frey

http://homepages.tesco.net/~John.Dawes2/frey.htm