Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Why the FCC Must Strengthen Radiofrequency Radiation Limits in the U.S.



Why the FCC Must Strengthen Radiofrequency Radiation Limits in the U.S.

Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D., Director
Center for Family and Community Health
The UC Berkeley Prevention Research Center
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley

November 5, 2013

Submitted to the Federal Communications Commission
re: Proceeding Number 13-84.

The complete document (115 pp.) is available at: http://bit.ly/1bWfTLP


Since 2009, when my colleagues and I published a review of the research on mobile phone use and tumor risk in the Journal of Clinical Oncology1, I have advocated for stronger radiofrequency radiation limits that adequately protect children and adults from non-thermal as well as thermal health risks. Wireless devices must be tested in a manner that resembles how consumers actually use them, and the wireless industry should be required to provide to consumers meaningful disclosure of health risks and ways to reduce harm without pre-empting the rights of localities to require additional disclosures.

The paper is a compilation of press releases I have prepared since April, 2012, along with selected news articles related to these releases. These materials summarize the latest health research on wireless radiation and related public health policy developments.

1 Myung SK, Ju W, McDonnell DD, Lee YJ, Kazinets G, Cheng CT, Moskowitz JM. Mobile phone use and risk of tumors: a meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 27(33):5565-5572. 2009.


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No.              Table of Contents


Overview

3
Cellphones and Health

7
Cellphone Radiation and Health: References and Further Reading


Federal Communications Commission & Government Accountability Office

10
Does The FCC Plan To Rubber Stamp Outdated Cell Phone Radiation Standards?

12
Better Late Than Never?  FCC to Review Cell Phone Radiation Standards

14
Did Tom Wheeler, Nominee for FCC Chair,
Subvert Research Showing Harm From Cell Phone Radiation?

15
What's Wrong with the GAO Report on Cell Phone Radiation?


Brain Tumor Risk

16
WHO Monograph on Cancer Risk from Mobile Phone Use Released

17
Most Significant Government Health Report on Mobile Phone Radiation Ever Published

18
Brain Cancer Risk Increases with the Amount of Wireless Phone Use

22
Cell Phone Use, Acoustic Neuroma and Cancer of the Pituitary Gland

24
U.K. Cell Phone Study Points to Acoustic Neuroma, Not Brain Cancer Risk;
Fourth Study To Show Tumor Link

26
Studies Show Cell Phone Use Increases Brain Cancer Risk

29
Your Cell Phone Company May Affect Your Risk of Brain Cancer

32
Cellphones Can Increase Brain Cancer Risk in Children | "Scientists Challenge No Risk Conclusion"

34
Cell Phones and Cancer: Critics Say Kids Risk Brain Tumors

36
A close call: Why the jury is still out on mobile phones

41
'The biggest experiment of our species': With five billion mobile users in the world,
conference calls for research into potential brain cancer risk

44
Radiation from mobile phones: Tumour rumours return

48
The Million Women Study … shoddy design … shoddy results … shoddy conclusions


Sperm Damage and Male Infertility

52
Cell Phone Radiation Damages Sperm

54
Cell phones may damage sperm, health advocacy group says

56
Cell Phone Radiation, Pregnancy, and Sperm


Domestic Governmental Actions

57
Big Week for Cell Phone Radiation Legislation

58
San Francisco’s Cell Phone Fact Sheet is Factual

60
San Francisco Updates Cell Phone Safety Warnings

64
Florida City Adopts Cell Phone Precautionary Health Warnings


Global Governmental Actions and Major Reports

67
Call for Action to Reduce Harm from Mobile Phone Radiation
 (European Environment Agency Report)

69
Belgium Adopts New Regulations to Promote Cell Phone Radiation Safety

71
French Health Agency Recommends Children and Vulnerable Groups Reduce Cell Phone Radiation Exposure

73
India Adopts Health Warnings & U.S. Mobile Phone Standards

77
Russian Cell Phone Standards Offer Better Protection than American Standards

79
Italian Supreme Court Rules Cell Phones Can Cause Cancer: What are the implications of this ruling for the United States?


Smart Meters and Wi-Fi

81
Smart Meters: Correcting the Gross Misinformation

86
Health Experts Caution About Smart Meters

88
Adoption of Wi-Fi in Los Angeles USD Classrooms

90
Wireless Industry's Patented System to Reduce Cancer Risk from Wireless Local Networks Never Adopted

91
Boeing Tests In-Flight Wireless on Potatoes, Not People


Miscellaneous

92
Children's Cell Phone Use May Increase Their Risk of ADHD

95
Secondhand Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation: An Emerging Public Health Problem?

98
LTE Cell Phone Radiation Affects Brain Activity in Cell Phone Users (4G)

101
Samsung Scores with Lowest Radiation Cell Phones: Why Samsung Phones are a "Win-Win"

104
Comments on the 2012 GAO Report: “Exposure and Testing Requirements for Mobile Phones Should be Assessed” (Aug. 24, 2012 revision)




               
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