ACRBR is now history

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While the IARC rules that radiofrequency fields are possibly carcinogenic – which means that continuing the research is now more vital than ever, the Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR) has closed up shop because of a lack of future funding from the government. This is understandable from the government’s point of view because ACRBR, and its embedded partner Telstra, did such a fine job convincing the govt. that there are no hazards from mobile phone technology the decision was made that there was no need to continue funding!

Essentially the folk at ACRBR talked themselves out of a job…

ACRBR was an excellent example of the sort of blighted research effort that can happen when academic research is tied to corporate sponsorship, especially when there is the possibility the corporation may be adversely affected by research findings. Read all about the sad history of cell phone research in Australia, the wasted opportunities and the underhanded spin that led to the founding of ACRBR. See A Machiavellian Spin.

What will the future hold for radiofrequency bioeffects research in Australia? One thing for sure is that, unfortunately, Telstra and their hanger-ons will be an important part of it.

Don

From the ACRBR home page: http://acrbr.org.au/

ACRBR CLOSURE!

It is with regret that the Directors of the Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research (ACRBR) have to announce that we have not been able to secure funding to continue operation of ACRBR, and so will cease operating as of Friday 10th June 2011.

The ACRBR was originally funded as a Centre of Research Excellence by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia in 2004 (until 2009), and since then has been operating via in-kind support from its members’ institutions. However with competing work pressures and lack of success in securing further funding, we are no longer able to provide a satisfactory electromagnetic health resource, and so have decided to call it a day. Many of the Directors will be continuing their research into Radiofrequency energy and health, but no longer under the banner of the ACRBR.

We thank you all for your interest and enthusiasm for our work, and would suggest that for further information you follow the links on our website to some of the other organisations dealing with this issue. These links are current as of 4th June 2011, but we apologise if they cease to be useful in the future. We are keeping the website in its current state for at least the next year as we consider that it will be a useful resource, but please note that we will no longer be accessing ACRBR emails and the contact details are no longer valid.

On behalf of the ACRBR,

Rodney Croft (Executive Director)

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