Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Wireless Radiation Safety, 2014: Year in Review

Two major research studies published this year found that brain cancer risk increased with wireless phone use. Several significant policy-related actions regarding wireless radiation also occurred in 2014.

French researchers found almost a 3-fold increase in brain cancer with 896 or more hours of lifetime cell phone use. Swedish researchers found a 2-fold increase in brain cancer with 1,486 or more hours of cell phone use and a 3-fold risk with 25 or more years of cell and cordless phone use.  

These studies add to the evidence of increased brain cancer risk found among heavier cell phone users in the 13-nation Interphone study published in 2010. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) relied heavily on the Interphone Study and earlier research by the Swedish researchers to declare radio frequency radiation “possibly carcinogenic to humans” in 2011. 

A news report on the Swedish study by Reuters Health stimulated global media coverage—over 260 news articles published in 18 languages in 50 countries— demonstrating worldwide concern about the carcinogenicity of cell phone radiation.

Key developments in the past year
  • The U.S. Department of the Interior accused the Federal Government of employing outdated standards: "the electromagnetic radiation standards used by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continue to be based on thermal heating, a criterion now nearly 30 years out of date and inapplicable today." The standards violate federal law as they endanger federally-protected wildlife species which suffer adverse effects from cell tower radiation exposure.
  • Four resolutions signed by 98 scientific experts were submitted to the FCC which call on government to issue stronger regulations on wireless radiation, especially cell phone radiation.
  • The Wall Street Journal reported that one in ten cell phone towers in the U.S., numbering about 30,000 in all, emit levels of microwave radiation that exceed the legal limit thus endangering the health of workers, noting that the FCC has issued only two citations for noncompliance since 1996.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) became the first Federal health agency to issue precautionary health warnings about cell phone use; however, CDC later removed the warnings from its web site after the media reported about this key policy change.
  • Fifty-four scientists from 18 nations who study the effects of radio frequency radiation submitted a declaration to Health Canada calling on government to minimize public exposure to the microwave radiation emitted by wireless devices including cell phones, cordless phones, Wi-Fi, broadcast antennas, smart meters, and baby monitors.
  • SINTEF, the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia, proposed manufacturing design guidelines to reduce the magnetic fields emitted by hybrid and electric automobiles which are possibly carcinogenic to humans.
  • The City Council of Berkeley, California directed the City Attorney to draft a cell phone “right to know” ordinance that would require retailers to provide consumers with a fact sheet regarding the cell phone’s minimum separation distance from the body. Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig has offered to defend this ground-breaking ordinance should the CTIA—The Wireless Association sue the City.
  • In a lawsuit filed by 29 individuals who are suing the wireless industry for their brain tumors, the D.C. Superior Court admitted the testimony of expert witnesses for the plaintiffs. This ruling enables the case to move to the discovery phase of the trial, and the industry will be required to release relevant documents.
  • The Los Angeles Unified School District officially accommodated a teacher who suffers from Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) by approving her request to have the Wi-Fi turned off in her classroom and her request to be reassigned in the future to another school where Wi-Fi has not been installed. This is the first accommodation for EHS by a public school system in the U.S.
  • systematic review of the research on the effects of cell phone radiation on human sperm found that mobile phone exposure negatively affects sperm quality and may contribute to infertility in some men.
Although two wireless products launched in 2014 received extraordinary media coverage, the news media failed to mention the potential health risks from using these products:
  • The Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), a measure of the maximum amount of microwave radiation absorbed, is much higher for the Google Glass than for most cell phones. This is of particular concern for the Glass as unlike cell phones it is worn on the user’s head.
  • The iPhone 6, like most smart phones, has several transmitters that simultaneously emit microwave radiation. When these transmitters are turned on the radiation emitted by this phone is close to the SAR legal limit; thus, one should turn off any transmitters not in use (e.g. Wi-Fi) to reduce exposure. According to Apple, the iPhone 6 should be kept at least 5 millimeters or two-tenths of an inch from the body whenever it is turned on (i.e., the device's minimum body separation distance is 5 mm).

Listed below in order of popularity are the ten most popular wireless radiation news releases distributed this year through PRLog, a press release distribution website, and the ten most popular articles posted on the Electromagnetic Radiation Safety website. In 2014, the news releases received over 65,000 page views, and the website received 130,000 page views from visitors in more than 100 countries.




Ten Most Popular Electromagnetic Radiation Safety Press Releases of the Year 









The Top Cell Phone Radiation Safety Stories of 2013


Ten Most Popular Articles of the Year on the SaferEMR Website














Friday, December 26, 2014

News Releases on PRLog


Health Policy

Berkeley's Proposed Cell Phone "Right to Know" Ordinance
http://www.prlog.org/12383163

iPhone 6 SAR: Radiation Levels and Separation Distance
http://www.prlog.org/12373670

CDC Retracts its Precautionary Health Warning about Cell Phone Radiation
http://www.prlog.org/12362077

CDC Issues Precautionary Health Warnings about Cell Phone Radiation
http://www.prlog.org/12359483

FCC: 98 Scientific Experts Demand Stronger Regulation of Cellphone Radiation
http://prlog.org/12355167

Scientists Call on Government to Protect Public from Wireless Radiation Exposure
http://bit.ly/ScientificDeclaration

Hybrid and Electric Automobiles Should Be Re-Designed to Reduce Electromagnetic Radiation Risks
Google Glass Alert: Potential health risks from wireless radiation

Dept. of Interior Attacks FCC regarding Adverse Impact of Cell Tower Radiation on Wildlife
http://www.prlog.org/12299815

Cell Phone Radiation Label Bill Passes Maine Legislature Before Dying
http://www.prlog.org/12299052


Everything You Wanted to Know about Cell Phone Radiation: Key Submissions to the Federal Communications Commission
http://www.prlog.org/12245111

Did Tom Wheeler, the Nominee for Chairman of the FCC, Subvert Research Showing Harm From Cell Phone Radiation?
http://www.prlog.org/12146045

Belgium Adopts New Regulations to Promote Cell Phone Radiation Safety

French Health Agency Recommends Children and Vulnerable Groups Reduce Cell Phone Radiation Exposure
http://www.prlog.org/12226630 

FCC Needs Input on Radio Frequency Radiation
http://www.prlog.org/12178160

San Francisco Updates Cell Phone Safety Warnings
http://www.prlog.org/12149797
 
Will San Francisco Abandon Its Cell Phone Right to Know Law?
http://www.prlog.org/12132051

 
Most Significant Government Health Report on Mobile Phone Radiation Ever Published
http://www.prlog.org/12125230

Wireless Industry's Patented System to Reduce Cancer Risk from Wireless Local Networks Never Adopte
http://www.prlog.org/12094566
 
Better Late Than Never? FCC to Review Cell Phone Radiation Standards (2/5/2013)
http://www.prlog.org/12073996
 
Comments submitted to FCC re: "FCC Proposes Changes in the Commission's Rules and Procedures Regarding Human Exposure to RadioFrequency Electromagnetic Energy" (Proceeding Number 03-137), Feb 5, 2013
http://bit.ly/WsHdLe
http://bit.ly/UuBmZ2
 
Call for Action to Reduce Harm from Mobile Phone Radiation
http://www.prlog.org/12065677

Drs. Oz and Gupta Call for Caution in Using Cell Phones
http://www.prlog.org/12060850
  
What's Wrong with the GAO Report on Cell Phone Radiation?
http://www.prlog.org/12057270

Studies Show Cell Phone Use Increases Brain Cancer Risk
http://www.prlog.org/12052898

Boeing Tests In-Flight Wireless on Potatoes, Not People
http://www.prlog.org/12046596
 


Florida City Adopts Cell Phone Precautionary Health Warnings
http://www.prlog.org/12031899

San Francisco's Cell Phone Fact Sheet is Factual
http://www.prlog.org/11973342

Cell Phone Radiation Warning on San Francisco Government Web Site
http://www.prlog.org/11879000

Big Week for Cell Phone Radiation Legislation
http://www.prlog.org/11943091

Does The FCC Plan To Rubber Stamp Outdated Cell Phone Radiation Standards?
http://www.prlog.org/11901340

Italian Supreme Court Rules Cell Phones Can Cause Cancer
http://www.prlog.org/12004383

India Adopts Health Warnings & U.S. Mobile Phone Standards
http://www.prlog.org/11966704

Russian Cell Phone Standards Offer Better Protection than American Standards
http://www.prlog.org/11916029 


Samsung Scores with Lowest Radiation Cell Phones
http://www.prlog.org/11962089


Health Effects

Cell Phone Use and Prenatal Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation May Cause Headaches in Children
http://www.prlog.org/12269207

Everything You Wanted to Know about Cell Phone Radiation
http://www.prlog.org/12245111

Brain Cancer Risk Increases with the Amount of Wireless Phone Use
http://www.prlog.org/12216483

LTE Cell Phone Radiation Affects Brain Activity in Cell Phone Users 
http://www.prlog.org/12215083

Cell Phone Use, Acoustic Neuroma and Cancer of the Pituitary Gland
http://www.prlog.org/12135511
 

WHO Monograph on Cancer Risk from Mobile Phone Use Released
http://www.prlog.org/12122198

Children's Cell Phone Use May Increase Their Risk of ADHD
http://www.prlog.org/12110138

Your Cell Phone Company May Affect Your Risk of Brain Cancer
http://www.prlog.org/12106833

Exposure to Electricity May Increase Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease and ALS
http://www.prlog.org/12087069

Studies Show Cell Phone Use Increases Brain Cancer Risk
http://www.prlog.org/12052898

Secondhand Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation: An Emerging Public Health Problem?
http://www.prlog.org/12010018


Health Experts Caution About Smart Meters
http://www.prlog.org/11978228


Cell Phone Radiation, Pregnancy, and Sperm
http://www.prlog.org/12026867

Cell Phone Radiation Damages Sperm
http://www.prlog.org/11911996

Magnetic Field Exposure Before Birth May Contribute to Childhood Obesity
http://www.prlog.org/1193609


Monday, August 4, 2014

Part III: Why We Need Stronger Cell Phone Radiation Regulations--98 Scientific Experts Who Signed Resolutions

Selected FCC Submissions re:

"Reassessment of Federal Communications Commission Radiofrequency
Exposure Limits and Policies" (Proceeding Number 13-84)

Part III: 98 scientific experts who signed four resolutions submitted to the FCC

(Last revision: 8-4-2014)

In response to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) request for input regarding its radiofrequency radiation regulations adopted in 1996, more than 950 individuals and organizations submitted thousands of testimonials, research papers and scientific publications. Almost all of these submissions supported the need for stronger cell phone radiation regulations.

The submissions included four resolutions signed by scientific experts who have published research on wireless radiation and health in scientific journals. The resolutions call on governments to issue stronger regulations on wireless radiation, especially cell phone radiation. The declarations were signed by 98 scientists* between 2002 and 2014.                                                                                                            

                                                                                                         (*unduplicated count)

The scientists were affiliated with more than forty universities and many governmental institutions located in 23 nations. Signees included two former presidents of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, an organization that "promotes the exchange of ideas to advance the science of natural and applied electromagnetic fields in biology and medicine."  

Signees also included three editors-in-chief of professional research journals, scientists who worked in state health departments in California and Washington, the chairman of the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, and a career scientist who worked in the US. Environmental Protection Agency where he conducted cutting-edge research on the carcinogenic effects of cellphone radiation in the 1990's until the Congress stopped the EPA from researching cellphone radiation health effects. (Hopefully, the EPA will  be funded once again to conduct research wireless radiation safety and assume its responsibility to protect public health from this source of pollution.)

The following specialties are represented among the signees: animal science, behavioral neuroscience, biochemistry, bioelectromagnetics, bioengineering, biophysics, cell biology, cell biophysics, clinical pathology, dermatology, environmental engineering, environmental health, environmental physics, environmental oncology, epidemiology, immunocytology, medical oncology, molecular medicine, neurobiology, neurology, neuropharmacology, neuroscience, neurosurgery, oncology, physiology, physiology & cellular biophysics, quantum physics, and toxicology.

Links to the four resolutions appear below along with a list of signees and their affiliations. 


Other scientific resolutions and petitions

Since 1997, twenty-two declarations have been signed by scientists and health professionals calling for stronger cell phone radiation regulations. See Dr. Magda Havas' website for a list of all 22 resolutions at http://bit.ly/XyeM46.  

The American Academy of Pediatrics, a professional organization representing 60,000 physicians, sent a letter to the FCC and the FDA urging the FCC to adopt radiation standards that (http://bit.ly/17tQclg): 
  • "Protect children’s health and well-being ... Current FCC standards do not account for the unique vulnerability and use patterns specific to pregnant women and children. It is essential that any new standard for cell phones or other wireless devices be based on protecting the youngest and most vulnerable populations to ensure they are safeguarded throughout their lifetimes.
  • Reflect current use patterns. The FCC has not assessed the standard for cell phone radiation since 1996 ... Many children, adolescents and young adults, now use cell phones as their only phone line and they begin using wireless phones at much younger ages. Pregnant women may carry their phones for many hours per day in a pocket that keeps the phone close to their uterus. Children born today will experience a longer period of exposure to radio-frequency fields from cellular phone use than will adults, because they start using cellular phones at earlier ages and will have longer lifetime exposures. FCC regulations should reflect how people are using their phones today.
  •  Provide meaningful consumer disclosure. The FCC has noted that it does not provide consumers with sufficient information about the RF exposure profile of individual phones to allow consumers to make informed purchasing decisions. The current metric of RF exposure available to consumers, the Specific Absorption Rate, is not an accurate predictor of actual exposure. AAP is supportive of FCC developing standards that provide consumers with the information they need to make informed choices in selecting mobile phone purchases, and to help parents to better understand any potential risks for their children. To that end, we support the use of metrics that are specific to the exposure children will experience."
The Environmental Working Group submitted to the FCC a petition signed by 26,000 residents of the U.S. (http://bit.ly/1s64BNv). The petition calls on the FCC to ...
  • "Provide adequate protection for children's health -- accounting for their thinner skulls, smaller head size and developing brains.
  • Reflect actual use patterns such as smartphone cases and phones carried directly against the body instead of in holsters.
  • Provide meaningful consumer disclosure of cell phone radiation levels, without pre- empting states or local governments from requiring greater disclosure."

Signees of the four resolutions submitted to the FCC

Health Canada Safety Code 6 Declaration (2014)

Franz Adlkofer, MD, Pandora Foundation, Germany
Bahriye Sırav Aral, ABD, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Gazi University, Turkey
Fiorella Belpoggi, MD, PhD, Director, Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, Ramazzini Institute, Italy
Dominique Belpomme, MD, MPH, Professor, Medical Oncology, Paris University Hospital; Director, European Cancer & Environment Research Institute, France
Martin Blank, PhD, Special lecturer (ret.), Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University, USA
Marie-Claire Cammaerts, PhD, Faculty of Sciences, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Ayşe G. Canseven, PhD, Medical Faculty, Biophysics Department, Gazi University, Turkey
David O. Carpenter, MD, Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, USA
Simona Carrubba, PhD, Daemen College, Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo (Neurology), USA
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, President, Environmental Health Trust; Fellow, American College of Epidemiology, USA
Adilza C. Dode, PhD, MSc, Prof. EMF Pollution Control, Environmental Engineering Deparment, Minas Methodist University, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Meric Arda Esmekaya, PhD, Biophysics Department, Gazi University, Turkey
Arzu Firlarer, MSc, PhD, Senior Researcher & Instructor, Occupational Health and Safety Department, Baskent University, Turkey
Adamantia F. Fragopoulou, MSc, PhD, Postdoc. Research Assoc., Dept. Cell Biology & Biophysics, Biology Faculty, Univ. of Athens, Greece
Christos Georgiou, PhD, Prof. Biochemistry, Biology Department, University of Patras, Greece
Livio Giuliani, PhD, Director of Research, Italian Health National Service, Rome-Florenze-Bozen, Italy
Yury Grigoriev, MD, Chairman, Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Russia
Settimio Grimaldi, PhD, Associate Scientist, National Research Council, Italy
Claudio Gómez-Perretta, MD, PhD, Hospital Universitario la fe Valencia, Spain
Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
Magda Havas, PhD, Environmental and Resource Studies, Centre for Health Studies, Trent University, Canada
Paul Héroux, PhD, Director, Occupational Health Program, McGill University Medical; InvitroPlus Labs., Royal Victoria Hospital, Canada
Donald Hillman, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, USA
Martha R. Herbert, PhD, MD, Assisant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Tsuyoshi Hondou, PhD, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan
Olle Johansson, PhD, Associate Professor, Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Florian M. Koenig, DrSc, Director of Fl. König Enterprises GmbH, Sferics & Meteorosensitivity Research Institute, Germering, Germany
Kavindra Kumar Kesari, MBA, PhD; Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Finland; Jaipur National University, India
Girish Kumar, PhD, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,  I.I.T. Bombay, India
Henry Lai, PhD, University of Washington, USA; Editor, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, DSc, Editor-in-Chief: Frontiers in Radiation and Health, Switzerland; Prof, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland
Ying Li, PhD, InVitroPlus Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital McGill University Medicine, Canada
Wolfgang Löscher, MD, Head, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine; Center for Neuroscience, Hannover, Germany
Lukas H. Margaritis, PhD, Prof. Emeritus, Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Biology Faculty, University of Athens, Greece
Marko Markov, PhD, Research International Buffalo, USA
Samuel Milham, MD, MPH, Former Epidemiology Section Head, Washington State Department of Health and Adjunct Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
Anthony Miller, MD, Professor Emeritus, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
Hidetake Miyata, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Japan
L. Lloyd Morgan, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Health Trust, USA
Joel M. Moskowitz, PhD, Director, Center for Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Raymond Richard Neutra, MD, MPH, DrPH, USA; former Chief, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, California Department of Health Services (retired)
Gerd Oberfeld, MD, Speaker Environmental Medicine, Austrian Medical Association; Public Health, Salzburg Government, Austria
Klaus-Peter Ossenkopp, PhD, Department of Psychology (Neuroscience), University of Western Ontario, Canada
Elcin Ozgur, PhD, Biophysics Department, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Martin Pall, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences, Washington State University, USA
Michael A. Persinger, Professor, Behavioural Neuroscience, Biomolecular Sciences & Human Studies, Laurentian University, Canada
Jerry L. Phillips, PhD, Center for Excellence in Science, Prof, Dept. Chem. & Biochem., University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA
Timur Saliev, MD, PhD, Life Sciences, Nazarbayev Univ., Kazakhstan; Institute Medical Science/Technology, University of Dundee, UK
Alvaro Augusto de Salles, PhD, Prof., Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Nesrin Seyhan, Prof. Dr.,  Founding Chair, Biophysics Department, Medical Faculty, Gazi University; WHO EMF Advisory Committee, Turkey
Wenjun Sun, PhD, Professor, Bioelectromagnetics Key Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
Mehmet Z. Tuyzuz, PhD,  Biophysics Department, Gazi University,Turkey
Dr. Lebrecht von Klitzing, PhD, Head of Inst., Environmental Physics; Former Head, Clinical Research, Medical University, Luebeck, Germany
Stelios A. Zinelis, MD, Hellenic Cancer Society, Greece


Seletun Scientific Panel (2009)


Adamantia Fragopoulou, PhD Cand., Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Yury Grigoriev, Professor, Dr of Med Sci, Chairman of Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Moscow, Russian Federation
Olle Johansson, PhD, Professor, The Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, and The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Lukas H Margaritis, Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
L. Lloyd Morgan, Bioelectromagnetics Society, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Elihu D Richter, MD, MPH, Professor, Unit of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
Cindy Sage, MA, Sage Associates, Santa Barbara, CA, USA


Benevento Resolution (2006)

Primary signers

Fiorella Belpoggi, MD, PhD, European Foundation for Oncology & Environmental Sciences, Italy
Carl F. Blackman, PhD, President of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (1990-1991); Environmental Carcinogenesis Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1970-2014), Raleigh, USA
Martin Blank, PhD, Department of Physiology, Columbia University, New York, USA
Natalia Bobkova, PhD, Institute of Cell Biophysics, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
Francesco Boella, PhD, National Institute of Prevention and Worker Safety, Venice, Italy
Zhaojin Cao, PhD, National Institute for Environmental Health & Related Product Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China; Editor, Journal of Hygiene Research
Enrico D. Emilia, PhD, National Institute for Prevention and Worker Safety, Monteporzio, Italy
Emilio Del Giuduice, Quantum Physicist, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Milan, Italy (deceased)
Antonella De Ninno, PhD, Italian National Agency For Energy, Environment & Technology, Frascati, Italy
Alvaro A. De Salles, BSc, MSc, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Livio Giuliani, PhD, East Veneto & South Triol, National Institute for Prevention & Worker Safety, Camerino University, Italy
Yury Grigoryev, MD, Institute of Biophysics, Chairman, Russian National Committee, NIERP, Russian Federation
Settimo Grimaldi, PhD, Institute of Neurobiology & Molecular Medicine, National Research, Rome, Italy
Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
Magda Havas, PhD, Environmental & Resource Studies, Trent University, Ontario, Canada
Gerard Hyland, PhD, Warwick University, UK. International Institute of Biophysics, Germany; EM Radiation Trust, UK
Olle Johansson, PhD, Neuroscience Department, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Michael Kundi, PhD, Head, Institute Environmental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Henry C. Lai, PhD, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Mario Ledda, PhD, Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, National Council for Research, Rome, Italy
Yi-Ping Lin, PhD, Center of Health Risk Assessment & Policy, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Antonella Lisi, PhD, Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
Fiorenzo Marinelli, PhD, Institute of Immunocytology, National Research Council, Bologna, Italy
Elihu Richter, MD, MPH, Head, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Israel
Emanuela Rosola, Instit. of Neurobiology & Molecular Medicine, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
Leif Salford, MD, Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Lund University, Sweden
Nesrin Seyhan, BSc, PhD, Head, Department of Biophysics; Director, Gazi NIRP Center, Ankara, Turkey
Morando Soffritti, MD, Scientific Director, European Foundation for Oncology & Environmental Sciences, B. Ramazzini, Bologna, Italy
Stanislaw Szmigielski, MD, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw, Poland
Mikhail Zhadin, PhD Cand., Institute of Cell Biophysics, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation

Additional signers

Igor Y. Belyaev, MSc, Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
William J. Bruno, PhD, Theoretical Biophysics, awarded by Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, California, USA
Mauro Cristaldi, Dip, B.A.U. Universita degli Studi "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
Suleyman Dasdag, PhD, Biophysics Department of Medical School, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Sandy Doull, MPH, Consultant, Noel Arnold & Associates, Box Hill VIC, Australia
Christos D. Georgiou, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece
Andrew Goldsworthy, BSc, PhD, Lecturer in Biology (retired), Imperial College London, UK
Reba Goodman, PhD, Prof. Emeritus, Clinical Pathology, Columbia University, New York, USA
Luisa Anna Ieradi, Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi C.N.R., Rome, Italy
Michael Kundi, PhD, Head, Institute Environmental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Angelo Gino Levis, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Oncology, Padua University, Italy
Lukas H. Margaritis, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology and Radiobiology, Athens University, Athens, Greece
Vera Markovic, PhD, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Nis, Serbia
E. Stanton Maxey, MD, Fayetteville Arkansas, USA (retired)
Gerd Oberfeld, Dr. Med, Federal Salzburg Government. National Medical Management, Public Health Hygiene and Environmental Health, Salzburg, Austria
Jerry L. Phillips, PhD, Professor, Science/Health Science Learning Center, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Zamir Shalita, PhD, Consultant on Electromagnetic Hazards, Ramat Gan, Israel
Sarah J. Starkey, PhD, Neuroscience, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Ion Udroiu, Dip. B.A.U., Università degli Studi "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
Mehmet Zeyrek, BSc, PhD, Prof., Physics Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Stelios A Zinelis, MD, Vice President, Hellenic Cancer Society, Cefallonia, Greece
Anna Zucchero, MD, Internal Medicine Department. Venice-Mestre Hospital, Venice, Italy


Catania Resolution (2002)

Carl F. Blackman, PhD, President of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (1990-1991); Environmental Carcinogenesis Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1970-2014), Raleigh, USA
Martin Blank, PhD, Department of Physiology, Columbia University, New York, USA
Emilio Del Giudice, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milano, Italy
Livio Giuliani, PhD, Camerino University - ISPESL*, Venice, Italy
Settimio Grimaldi, PhD, CNR-Istituto di Neurobiologia e Medicina Molecolare, Rome, Italy
Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden
Michael Kundi, PhD, Institute of Environmental Health, University of Vienna, Austria
Henry Lai, PhD, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, USA
Abraham R. Liboff, PhD, Department of Physics, Oakland University, USA
Wolfgang Löscher, DVM, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
Kjell Hansson Mild, PhD, President of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (1996-1997), National Institute of Working Life, Umea, Sweden
Wilhelm Mosgöller, Prof Dr, Institute for Cancer Research, University of Vienna, Austria
Elihu D. Richter, MD, MPH, Head, Unit of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Umberto Scapagnini, MD, PhD, Neuropharmacology, University of Catania, Italy, Member of the Research Committee of the European Parliament
Stanislaw Szmigielski, MD, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw, Poland