Selected Presentations and Papers from BioEM2015
Annual Meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society
Asilomar Conference Center, California,
June 14-19, 2015
“As the premier international conference in
the area of bioelectromagnetics, BioEM2015
is expected to stimulate further research in this field through the exchange of
ideas and lively debate on state-of-the-art knowledge, as well as gaps to be
filled.”
“With the increased presence of
electromagnetic fields (EMF) in our everyday lives, the meeting aims at
presenting and advancing high quality research in basic and applied aspects of
bioelectromagnetics to address the medical applications, health concerns, and
regulations associated with EMF. BioEM2015
will feature invited plenary talks by world-renowned scientists, a variety of
special sessions and panel discussions aligned with the most pressing issues in
the field of bioelectromagnetics, as well as informative technical sessions,
poster sessions, and social functions.”
In the opening plenary session, Kurt Straif, the head of the Monographs Program at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the WHO will raise the question, "Should IARC's Classification of RF-EMF Invoke the Precautionary Principle?."
Kenneth Foster, a Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania who has been discussing EMF issues since 1971 will argue, "A Case for Precaution in the Application of the Precautionary Principle."
The rebuttal,"The Precautionary Principle Should be Invoked for RF-EMF," will be provided by Christopher Portier, former Director of the National Center for Environmental Health and the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry at CDC. Prior to his work at CDC, Dr. Portier was the Associate Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at NIH and Associate Director of the National Toxicology Program. Dr. Portier served as the CDC expert on the 31-member IARC expert working group that declared radiofrequency radiation "possibly carcinogenic" to humans in 2011.
The abstracts for a selection of key papers and presentations which have the greatest potential utility for policy makers and the public can be downloaded from http://bit.ly/1IPRgEy.