Studies

A 1979 survey in Colorado, published in American Journal of Epidemiology (AJE), linked childhood leukemia deaths to prolonged exposure to electromagnetic radiation.

147 reports from 115 independent studies indicate associations between electromagnetic radiation exposure and breast cancer. The strongest associations were found in women who worked in offices and telephone industry.

Science News reported that risk of breast cancer is elevated by 43% for women who work in high radiation exposure fields.

British studies also found electrical workers to be at risk. Women workers had increased malignant brain tumors while men workers were at risk from all types of leukemia and tumors.

A study by Maryland Department of Health and Hygiene found an unusually high percentage of electricians, electronics engineers and utility repairmen among 951 men who died of brain tumors (American Health, July/August 1986).

Canadian research found significantly increased incidence of prostate cancer and acute myeloid leukemia among airline pilots. This was associated with in-flight ionizing radiation exposures.

A survey was done among worker whose occupations use electrically-run equipment that produces electromagnetic radiation, and are held in front of abdominal area. It found increased risk of prostate cancer in the following types of work: aircraft fabricator, railway transport worker, metal product fabricator, structural metal erector, electrical power worker and water transport worker.

There is a strong evidence that EMFs and radio/microwave frequencies are associated with accelerated aging (enhanced cell death and cancer) and moods, depression, suicide, anger, rage and violence, primarily through alteration of cellular calcium ions and the melatonin/serotonin balance.

Dr. Neil Cherry of Lincoln University, New Zealand

Their 2007 report, the BioInitiative Report, concludes that the existing standards for public safety are completely inadequate to protect your health. The report includes studies showing evidence that electromagnetic fields:

• Affects gene and protein expression (Transcriptomic and Proteomic Research)
• Have Has genotoxic effects – RFR and ELF DNA damage
• Induces stress response (Stress Proteins)
• Affects immune function
• Affects Neurology and behavior
• Causes childhood cancers (Leukemia)
• Impacts melatonin production; Alzheimer’s Disease; Breast Cancer
• Promotes breast cancer (Melatonin links in laboratory and cell studies)
• Other well-known studies link EMFs to:
• Enzyme changes that affect DNA and cell growth; possible result is cancer and birth defects.
• Changed metabolism and increased cell growth.
• Fetal abnormalities, probably caused by enzyme changes.
• Gene expression changes, which creates stress on your body and even result in cancer.
• Increased production of stress proteins within cells, linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
• Chronic stress, which can lead to heart conditions.
• Neuro-hormone changes, which can result in memory loss and impaired brain function.
• Electro-smog disturbs the growth of cells and the information flow between cells.