EMF-Omega-News 15. January 2005

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Dear Sir, Madam, Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,

 

for your information.

 

Best regards,

Klaus Rudolph

Citizens' Initiative Omega

Member of the Buergerwelle Germany (incorporated society)

Protectorate Union of the Citizens and Initiatives for the Protection

against Electrosmog

 

 

 

The NRPB and its cautionary never-never land

 

With all the hype about the NRPB Stewart report on mobile phones it is

worthwhile remembering how the NRPB is (mis)handling the power frequency

issue.

 

The NRPB's latest sales pitch for accepting the ICNIRP guidelines is

taking the definition of a precautionary approach even further into

never-never land. It is available from their web site at:

 

http://www.nrpb.org/publications/documents_of_nrpb/pdfs/doc_15_2.pdf

 

(Advice on Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (0-300 GHz)

 

Volume 15 No.2, 2004)

 

We have the usual 'feel good' but meaningless statements about

precautionary approaches, etc. but the document's idea of following a

precautionary approach is to adopt the ICNIRP guidelines. To Quote from

the Conclusions and Recommendations:

 

" The review of current scientific knowledge, the adoption of a cautions

approach to the interpretation of these data, and a recognition of the

benefits of international harmonization, combine in a recommendation to

adopt the ICNIRP exposure guidelines for occupational and general public

exposure to electromagnetic fields between 0 and 300 GHz. "

 

SO now a precautionary approach is defined as adopting ICNIRP. BUT what

does ICNIRP's Paulo Vecchia say about precautionary approaches?

 

See: http://www.emfacts.com/papers/moscow_conf.pdf

 

 

" Future developments in ICNIRP, by Paulo Vecchia

 

" ICNIRP only considers acute effects in its precautionary principle

approach. Consideration of long term effects [are] not possible. "

 

" Precautionary actions to address public concerns may increase rather

than mitigate worries and fears of the public. This constitutes a health

detriment and should be prevented as other adverse effects of EMF. "

 

So ICNIRP must now class precautionary actions as a thermal effect!

 

SO where does this leave the NRPB's platitudes about precautionary

actions/approaches?

 

The NRPB report acknowledges that " There is some epidemiological

evidence that time-weighted average exposures to power frequency

magnetic fields above 0.4 uT is associated with a small increase in the

absolute risk of leukaemia in children " but then does a questionable

numbers game to discount that fact. The report claims that such

exposures ( 0.4 uT or 4 milliGauss) " are seldom encountered by the

general public (again, questionable) in the UK " and then suggests that

the risk may not be real, thus conveniently discounting all the

epidemiological evidence. Later in the report it is stated that " It is

concluded that restricting time-weighted average magnetic flux density

of 40 mT for whole-body exposure is appropriate for the general public. "

For occupational exposure (this would include pregnant workers) the

" appropriate " exposure level is set at 200 mT.

 

Appropriate for whom?

 

Is this the NRPB's idea of a precautionary approach???

 

In Section 136 " Power frequency fields " the NRPB then goes on add one of

their feel good but meaningless statements: " There remains concerns

about possible effects of exposure of children to power frequency

fields. The view of NRPB is that it is important to consider the

possible need for further precautionary measures in respect of exposure

of children to power frequency magnetic fields. "

 

I wonder what those further measures could possibly be? Perhaps they may

tell us in 15 -20 years time....

 

Its interesting that no matter how much solid evidence is presented that

ICNIRP is severely flawed, national EMF standard setting bodies such as

the NRPB uncritically accept it's assurances. Forget science - its

really a social class thing - elites supporting their fellow elites in a

global power sharing game. The Australian aboriginals have a name for

it, " secret men's business " .

 

 

Don Maisch

 

 

Source: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/469074/

 

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Get off that mobile, expert tells children

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/465579/

 

Child warning over mobile phones

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/467288/

 

NRPB 2004 Mobile Phones and Health

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/468567/

 

Mobile phones tumour risk to young children

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/469215/

 

Fields of Influence - Mobile phones " the largest human biologic experiment "

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473121/

 

Mobile Phone Turns Enzyme Solution into A Gel

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472506/

 

Knocking Nokia and co

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/471660/

 

The Telcos and " The Banality of Evil "

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472961/

 

Mobile masts applications denied

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472688/

 

The New Microwave News Blog

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472847/

 

NASA Claims Polar Shift Due In 2012

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/467299/

 

Glaciers Melting at Alarming Rate

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473215/

 

CLIMATE EVENTS ALTER EARTH'S SHAPE

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/465893/

 

Europe Holding Firm Against GMOs

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/468184/

 

NRDC Says U.S. Tried to Bury Pollutant Study

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/468545/

 

Conservationists deny loggers access to old growth forest

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472951/

 

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http://www.buergerwelle.de

http://www.grn.es/electropolucio/00omega.htm

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