Experts Urge Cautious Use Of Wireless Devices As Health Effects Reassessed
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Wireless devices such as smartphones and tablets have certainly made staying in touch and plugging into the digital world easier and more convenient. But the increasingly ubiquitous nature of the technology is also raising concerns about possible adverse health effects from exposure to the electromagnetic radio-frequency waves that these devices emit. Worries about exposure to […]
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MPs On Health Committee Seek More Warnings About Cellphones, Wi-Fi, Baby Monitors
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OTTAWA — The federal government should do more to warn Canadians about the dangers of Wi-Fi, cellphones and baby monitors, some MPs on the Commons health committee say. “We are in a soup of radiation from cellphone and cellphone towers, and baby monitors and iPads,” Conservative MP Terence Young told The Huffington Post Canada. Health […]
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Awareness Campaign Needed on Cellphone Use, Wi-Fi Radiation Risks amid Conflicting Government Reports
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With the Canadian government on summer vacation and a fall election looming, it will be up to the next wave of politicians to respond to calls for action on radiation risks associated with the use of cellphones, smartphones and other wireless devices. The fact that the government itself has made such a call would seem […]
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Brain tumours now the most frequent form of cancer in U.S. adolescents: Ground-breaking American study
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Brain tumours are now the leading cancer in American adolescents, and incidence is rising in young adults according to the largest, most comprehensive analysis of these age groups to date.
Canada is undoubtedly similar. “The astounding increases reported in this study, especially in young people, mirror what I am seeing in my clinic,” responded Dr. Jacob Easaw, from the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary. “Canada is in the process of establishing a comparable brain tumour registry, so these analyses will not be available here for 15 or 20 years. I am increasingly convinced that mobile phones are a major cause, and urgent action is needed.”
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EHT Lauds Israeli Ban on WiFi in Kindergarten and Precautions of Limits Children’s Exposures
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As of this fall, Israel and Italy are officially recommending schools reduce children's exposures to wireless radiation. The Israeli Ministry of Health has initiated a major public awareness effort to reduce wireless and electromagnetic radiation exposures to children. In similar action, the Italian State Parliament of South Tyrol voted to allow the application of the precautionary principle to replace existing wireless networks whenever possible with wired networks or those that emit less radiation.
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