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For
those interested in
finding a physically
noninvasive, and
non-equipment method
to test for RF –EMF
sensitivity to WIFI,
smart meters, cell
phones and other
electronic wonders, a
recent Austrian study
may point the
way.
A recent
Austrian study has shown
how a few
institutionally
acceptable set of stress
biomarkers in Saliva
are reactive
after exposure to very
low levels of RF
radiation from Cell
phone transmitter.
A pubmed
search reveals these
biomarkers, alpha
amylase and cortisol
are associated with
several disease factors
as diabetes,
cardiovascular disease
and other modern stress
related disorders.
Although many
research studies have
been performed showing
different proteins,
enzymes in the body
react to electromagnetic
radiation, very few have
pulled it all together
at these very low
exposure levels, for
short periods of time,
and using a noninvasive
test medium – saliva. I
believe the
application of this
study will allow us
to test people or
children in their
own settings for EMF
reactivity to
a host of wireless
and EM signals.
It will help us
convince public
officials reactions to
Electromagnetic signals
are real not
psychological. At the
Cell Phone Senate
hearing in Wash DC last
year, Sen Harkin, chair
of the hearing was very
interested if a way was
found to test for bio
reactions to cell
phones. One panelist
commented that skin mast
cells reacted to cell
phone frequencies, Magda
Havas has developed a
way to show heart beat
changes, and I believe
this is one more in
hopefully, an arsenal of
ways that will be
developed,
noninvasively, to prove
electromagnetic
reactions to different EM
frequencies and
electronic products are
real
If you know of
any doctor interested n
electromagnetic
sensitivity please pass
the study on to them.
My summary of
the Abstract and the
Abstract follow. For a
complete understanding
of the parameters and
results of the study
please access the whole
study.
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Biomed
Environ Sci.
2010
Jun;23(3):199-207.
Effects
of Exposure to
GSM Mobile
Phone Base
Station
Signals on
Salivary
Cortisol,
Alpha-Amylase,
and
Immunoglobulin
A.
Augner
C, Hacker GW,
Oberfeld G,
Florian M,
Hitzl W,
Hutter J,
Pauser G.;
IGGMB-Research
Institute for
Frontier
Questions of
Medicine and
Biotechnology,
Salzburg
Federal
Hospital-University
Clinics of the
Paracelsus
Medical
Private
University,
Salzburg
Federal
Clinics
(SALK),
Salzburg,
Austria.
My
Summary
Fifty
seven people
were divided
up into
different
scenarios of
exposure
conditions
then exposed
to 900 Mhz GSM
frequency
transmitter
under 3 power
density (PD)
settings,
The PD
setting were
"high" 2126.8
microW/m2
(.2126
microW/cm2)-
lower than
Russian
standards;
"medium"
153.6 microW/m2
(.0153
microwatts
W/cm2.)
–close
proxity to
WIFI
transmitter
signals; and”low”
5.2 microW/m2
(.0005
microW/cm2)
– This
reading can be
found in many
rural/surburban
readings w/o
smart meters
or wifi close
by but still
have good cell
phone
receptions.
Saliva
samples were
taken of 3
stress related
bio markers
‘Cortisol,
alpha amylase
(carbohydrate
digester)
and IgA
immunogloblins
to test for
reactions to
the exposure
settings. It
was found the
participants
responded to
all 3 exposure
conditions in
2 of the
biomarkers,
Cortisol and
alpha amylase,
but not IgA.
Authors
conclude that
“RF-EMF in
considerably
lower field
densities than
ICNIRP-guidelines
may influence
certain
psychobiological
stress markers”
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
The present
study aimed to
test whether
exposure to
radiofrequency
electromagnetic
fields
(RF-EMF)
emitted by
mobile phone
base stations
may have
effects on
salivary
alpha-amylase,
immunoglobulin
A (IgA), and
cortisol
levels.
METHODS: Fifty
seven
participants
were randomly
allocated to
one of three
different
experimental
scenarios (22
participants
to scenario 1,
26 to scenario
2, and 9 to
scenario 3).
Each
participant
went through
five 50-minute
exposure
sessions. The
main RF-EMF
source was a
GSM-900-MHz
antenna
located at the
outer wall of
the building.
In scenarios 1
and 2, the
first, third,
and fifth
sessions were
"low" (median
power flux
density 5.2
muW/m(2))
exposure. The
second session
was "high"
(2126.8
muW/m(2)), and
the fourth
session was
"medium"
(153.6
muW/m(2)) in
scenario 1,
and vice versa
in scenario 2.
Scenario 3 had
four "low"
exposure
conditions,
followed by a
"high"
exposure
condition.
Biomedical
parameters
were collected
by saliva
samples three
times a
session.
Exposure
levels were
created by
shielding
curtains.
RESULTS: In
scenario 3
from session 4
to session 5
(from "low" to
"high"
exposure), an
increase of
cortisol was
detected,
while in
scenarios 1
and 2, a
higher
concentration
of
alpha-amylase
related to the
baseline was
identified as
compared to
that in
scenario 3.
IgA
concentration
was not
significantly
related to the
exposure.
CONCLUSIONS:
RF-EMF in
considerably
lower field
densities than
ICNIRP-guidelines
may influence
certain
psychobiological
stress
markers.
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PMID:
20708499
[PubMed - as
supplied by
publisher
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