For those of you that can read and understand Swedish, or get automatic translations, please note the following brand new article:

Johansson O, "Hur ska vi bemöta den ökade mängden luftburen strålning?"
(="How shall we cope with the increased amount of airwave radiation?", in Swedish), Medicinsk Access 2006; 2 (5): 76-78 http://www.medicinskaccess.se/nr5_2006/debatt_5_2006.pdf

Olle Johansson,
assoc. prof.
The Experimental Dermatology Unit Department of Neuroscience Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden

17/9/06 From the on the wires

THE BBC was at the centre of a cancer scare last night after six cameramen who worked at the Pebble Mill studios were found to have brain tumours.

Experts fear that radiation from video camera viewfinders may have caused the six men, who had been employed at the Birmingham centre, to develop tumours.

Worried bosses fired off an urgent memo requesting the names of other staff suffering from similar complaints, even if they were no longer working for the corporation.

Equipment

The memo, sent out by health and safety official John Howcroft, read: "Around six ex-cameramen have developed brain tumours. "This number seems too high to be a coincidence and preliminary discussions are focusing on radiation from viewfinders as a possible cause. "We need to determine how widespread this problem is. "If any of you are aware of camera operators with the condition, could you send me all the information you have at the earliest opportunity." The six workers all worked at the now defunct Pebble Mill TV complex. The corporation has since moved into Birmingham's new Mailbox shopping mall site.

But further inquiries have been ordered because identical camera equipment has been used for years at other BBC studios across the country.

High levels of radiation emitted from powerful electronics can damage the brain but a TV camera viewfinder normally emits only low, safe levels.

One radiation expert said last night: "There is a link between exposure to radiation and tumours but the levels emitted by a TV camera would, in normal circumstances, be too low. "If cameras are linked to these cases then something has gone seriously wrong." Radiation can cause tumours by disrupting the genetic make-up of biological cells, making them more susceptible to aggressive cancers.

A BBC spokesman last night played down any possible links between electronic equipment and cancer. "We have found no link between camera equipment and the incidence of brain tumours but we are asking any concerned staff to come forward," he said. Mr Howcroft declined to comment on his department's memo.

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Brain tumour cluster in BBC video cameramen

From Yasmin Skelt:
(Sept 2006)

THE BBC was at the centre of a cancer scare last night after six cameramen who worked at the Pebble Mill studios were found to have brain tumours. Experts fear that radiation from video camera viewfinders may have caused the six men, who had been employed at the Birmingham centre, to develop tumours.

Worried bosses fired off an urgent memo requesting the names of other staff suffering from similar complaints, even if they were no longer working for the corporation. The memo, sent out by health and safety official John Howcroft, read: “Around six ex-cameramen have developed brain tumours. This number seems too high to be a coincidence and preliminary discussions are focusing on radiation from viewfinders as a possible cause. We need to determine how widespread this problem is. If any of you are aware of camera operators with the condition, could you send me all the information you have at the earliest opportunity.”

The six workers all worked at the now defunct Pebble Mill TV complex. The corporation has since moved into Birmingham’s new Mailbox shopping mall site.

And from the Scotsman:

http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1377192006

Mon 18 Sep 2006

Inquiry into BBC cluster of brain tumours

HEALTH and safety officials are investigating a cluster of brain tumours among cameramen who worked at the Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham. The cases sparked fears that radiation from video camera viewfinders may be linked to the tumours. However, the BBC played down the concerns, saying it had investigated and found no link between equipment and brain-tumour risk. Last week, John Howcroft, a health and safety official for the Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union, sent a memo to staff about the brain tumour cases at the old studios. It read: “This number seems too high to be a coincidence and preliminary discussions are focusing on radiation from viewfinders as a possible cause.”

Comments

1. Robert, Kirriemuir / 3:53pm 18 Sep 2006 Observation like this does not surprise me. I purchase one of those TFT monitors and discovered that it was rapidly affecting my eyesight when I could feel the strain on my eyes accompanied by dullish headaches and double vision. On changing back to the CRT model those problems dispersed. Whether the problem was due to the TFT technology or the make of the one I possessed I am unable to say but, of course, I am wondering how many others are affected and what affect this technology is having on viewers.

2. Douglas, Bathgate / 12:46am 19 Sep 2006 If the powers that be won’t acknowledge the clusters of cancers around electricity pylons and sub stations I’m afraid the camera ops are on a hiding to nothing.


Source: http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=565

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More on brain tumours in cameramen
http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=568

http://www.illuminati-news.com/counter-the-nwo.html


Informant: Andy

People are becoming addicted to mobile phones, causing them to become stressed and irritable, work suggests.

Dr David Sheffield, of the University of Staffordshire, found problem behaviour linked to using a mobile in 16% of 106 users who were studied.

In a separate study, to be presented at a conference in Essex later, he found blood pressure was lower in those who had given up using mobile phones.

But operators said mobile phones should be seen as a "liberating" tool.

Researchers quizzed student mobile phone owners about how they used their phone.

Some 16% were found to have problem behaviour linked to using their phone - either lying about how much they used them, becoming irritable after using them or being overly pre-occupied with them.

The result of this was to cause the user stress, Dr Sheffield will tell the British Psychological Society.

The theory was reinforced by tests carried out on 20 mobile phone users before and while giving up their mobile phones.

The results showed once people had started cutting down their mobile phone use, their blood pressure was lower when talking about them than before.

Dr Sheffield will say the findings reflect the way the mobile phone market has grown.

The industry is now worth £13bn in the UK - up a tenth on last year - and a third of all calls are made on mobiles.

Cancer

"Mobile phones have impacted on every aspect of our social world," Dr Sheffield will say.

"These findings suggest that large numbers use mobile phones heavily and that their use impacts on their lives."

The warnings come after years of debate about whether mobile phones increase the risk of cancer.

There have been mixed results from studies, although the government-commissioned Stewart report concluded mobile phones did not appear to harm health.

However, expert advice is still to limit mobile phone use as a precautionary measure.

David Pringle, of the GSM Association, the trade body for mobile phone operators, said there were two sides to the argument.

"We would say mobile phones are a liberating tool. You can switch them off so you only need be contactable when you want to be.

"They have given people choice, allowing people to work out of the office, and security."

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/5343000.stm

Published: 2006/09/13 23:09:27 GMT

© BBC MMVI


Informant: Sandi from Mast Sickness UK

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GSM Base Station Electromagnetic Radiation and Oxidative Stress in Rats
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2681143/

HLV INFO 102/AT

17-09-2006

Volker Hartenstein, MdL a.D.
16-09-06

Hier noch eine Recherchierung. Herr W. Kuhn hat es mit Ing. L. Gephart und ein paar anderen verfasst.


Freundliche Grüße

Guido Huwiler,
eidg. dipl. Baubiologe / Bauökologe


Quelle/Informant(in): Dr. Moldan, Bayern


Betr. Kommentar zur “Schweizer Replikation“ der TNO Studie

Manipulierte Studie für manipulierte öffentliche Meinung???
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/kuhn_gephart_umts_nachfolge_kommentar_zur_schweizer_tno_studie.rtf

Electromagn Biol Med. 2006;25(3):177-88.

Yurekli AI, Ozkan M, Kalkan T, Saybasili H, Tuncel H, Atukeren P, Gumustas K, Seker S.

Tubitak-Uekae, EMC TEMPEST Test Center, Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey.

The ever increasing use of cellular phones and the increasing number of associated base stations are becoming a widespread source of nonionizing electromagnetic radiation. Some biological effects are likely to occur even at low-level EM fields. In this study, a gigahertz transverse electromagnetic (GTEM) cell was used as an exposure environment for plane wave conditions of far-field free space EM field propagation at the GSM base transceiver station (BTS) frequency of 945 MHz, and effects on oxidative stress in rats were investigated. When EM fields at a power density of 3.67 W/m2 (specific absorption rate = 11.3 mW/kg), which is well below current exposure limits, were applied, MDA (malondialdehyde) level was found to increase and GSH (reduced glutathione) concentration was found to decrease significantly (p < 0.0001). Additionally, there was a less significant (p = 0.0190) increase in SOD (superoxide dismutase) activity under EM exposure.

PMID: 16954120 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16954120&query_hl=3&itool=pubmed_docsum

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This is another really interesting piece of the jigsaw and confirms the earlier Turkish studies (below). The oxidative stress could well be the signature of nitric oxide imbalance, since this disruption interacts with SOD and produces far more potent free radicals than NO alone. Further, there is evidence that NO inhibits serotonin, a precursor of melatonin:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10465443&dopt=Abstract

Nitric oxide transforms serotonin into an inactive form and this affects neuromodulation.

Fossier P, Blanchard B, Ducrocq C, Leprince C, Tauc L, Baux G.

But the signatures of oxidative stress are clear.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15729859&dopt=Abstract

J Dermatol. 2004 Nov;31(11):878-83.

Oxidative stress-mediated skin damage in an experimental mobile phone model can be prevented by melatonin.

Ayata A, Mollaoglu H, Yilmaz HR, Akturk O, Ozguner F, Altuntas I.

and:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16317515&query_hl=1

Mol Cell Biochem. 2006 Jan;282(1-2):83-8.

Protective effects of melatonin and caffeic acid phenethyl ester against retinal oxidative stress in long-term use of mobile phone: A comparative study.

Ozguner F, Bardak Y, Comlekci S.

and:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12415560&dopt=Abstract

Effects of electromagnetic radiation from a cellular telephone on the oxidant and antioxidant levels in rabbits.

Irmak MK, Fadillioglu E, Gulec M, Erdogan H, Yagmurca M, Akyol O

What else is fascinating is this:

http://www.emf-portal.de/viewer.php?aid=10490&sid=ba6c6a0393240bf09fc98782ceef088c&sform=1&pag_idx=0&l=e

Ginkgo biloba prevents mobile phone-induced oxidative stress in rat brain.

Why? Because ginkgo biloba is a nitric oxide scavenger. There may therefore be a clue in the use of Vit B12, Omega 3,6,9, ginkgo biloba and melatonin to alleviate EHS (and MCS: see Martin Pall's recent posting). If these are acting to reduce NO build-up, and the suspicion is that NOS may be being activated by EMFs to cause the oxidative stress, and all the EHS symptoms for which NO remains a common thread.

Interesting that Selenium is frequently recommended in the case of EHS. See this study as a possible link:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12006087&dopt=Abstract

Selenium deficiency increases the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in RAW 264.7 macrophages: role of nuclear factor-kappaB in up-regulation.

Prabhu KS, Zamamiri-Davis F, Stewart JB, Thompson JT, Sordillo LM, Reddy CC.

It's a big jigsaw, but bits of the picture are becoming clearer. (I won't bore you with more here but there are many more interesting and related interactions to this latest study, that explain things.)

Andy


From Mast Sanity/Mast Network

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Mobile phone users 'stressed out'
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2685405/

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1874087,00.html

This report in the Telegraph today (17th September 2006) reveals what many people suspect - that mobile phone operators have no scruples or morals when it comes to their profit margins and they don't care how they make their money, or at whose expense it is.

If it is true, this scandal highlights how low standards must have fallen in the World when big businesses will abuse their customers by infringing their right to privacy and also to receiving the emails that were intended for them, for no just cause. Perhaps it could be understood if we were talking about terrorist threats here, but then the Greek authorities would surely have been made aware and this scandal would not be happening.

The article states that Vodaphone "had contracted a committee of five university professors to draw up a report which will counter the allegations and indicated that it will take its case to the highest court in the land"

In other words, will Vodaphone use its excessive profits; creamed off of the customers it is abusing, to buy the means to quash this charge?

Now where have I heard something very similar before? Surely it can't be about the "science" involved as to whether phone masts are safe or not, can it?

Sandi
Mast Sickness UK