A Possible Association Between Fetal/neonatal Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation and the Increased Incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorders
From: Webmaster@electricalpollution.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:23 AM
The linkage between autism spectrum
disorders and high frequency exposure is suggested in places other
than just this article. The fact that mercury is out of vaccines and
the rate is continuing to increase and has increased more or less in
parallel to the increasing rate of exposure to high frequencies and
emf is also suggestive. In the book "The Brain that Changes
Itself" the author, Norman Doidge M.D., discusses the research
of Michael Merzenich into brain plasticity. Merzenich has found that
many of the symptoms of autism can be explained by the developing
brain getting locked into an undifferentiated brain map prematurely.
The book cites a study that found that found continuous exposure to
white noise could contribute to this happening in susceptible
children. The way that this happens is unlikely to be specific to
noise and likely to be responsive to any exposure to large amounts of
high frequencies (such as electrical pollution and transmitters). The
book is fascinating and I highly recommend reading it.
Catherine
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Robert
C. Kane, Ph.D.
Abstract—Recently disclosed
epidemiological data indicate a dramatic increase in the incidence of
autism spectrum disorders. Previously, the incidence of autism has
been reported as 4-5 per 10,000 children. The most recent evidence
indicates an increased incidence of about 1 per 500 children.
However, the etiology of autism is yet to be determined. The recently
disclosed data suggest a possible correlation between autism
incidence and a previously unconsidered environmental toxin. It is
generally accepted in the scientific community that radiofrequency
radiation is a biologically active substance. It is also readily
acknowledged that human exposures to radiofrequency radiation have
become pervasive during the past twenty years, whereas such exposures
were uncommon prior to that time. It is suggested that fetal or
neo-natal exposures to radiofrequency radiation may be associated
with an increased incidence of
autism.
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Introduction
Prior to
the twentieth century the only sources of radiofrequency (RF)
radiation were the hyper-low levels of RF energy originating from our
sun and the even lower levels of extra-solar RF noise. It is in
this environment of low-level RF radiation that life on earth
developed and exists to this day.
During the 1940s, primarily
as a result of research and development performed as a part of the
war effort, industry and the military establishment were successful
in bringing the state of RF energy generation to maturity. From
that time onward we have witnessed a broad range of commercial RF
energy product applications including, most notably, broadcast FM
radio, radar, television, public-service mobile communication
transceivers, residential microwave ovens, and the portable cellular
telephone.
Initially, the contribution of each radiating
device was imperceptible when weighed against the background of
incoming solar radiation. However, over the span of decades the
number of terrestrial RF radiation sources, now counted in the
billions, has increased to the degree that, presently, the base
radiation level is many thousands of times higher than from solar RF
energy impinging on the earth.
Notwithstanding the
proliferation of RF radiation sources during the early decades of the
“radiofrequency age”, the 1940s through the 1970s, humans
were seldom exposed to RF radiation at levels that might cause
concern. Since the late 1970s a number of commercial products
have become ubiquitous, which provide human exposures to levels of RF
radiation that are significantly higher than either of the previous
or present background levels. Research reports indicate that RF
exposure levels, typically encountered from some commercial products,
may induce alterations of biological processes or damage to the
genome 1 – 13.
Concurrently the incidence of autism
diagnoses demonstrates a pronounced, approximately linear, nearly
three-fold increase occurring during the last twenty years. “The
question as to when autism begins in any child remains to be
answered. Some studies provide support for a prenatal or
perinatal origin for autism.” 14 For several decades
prior to 1980 autism incidence remained essentially invariant;
reportedly at about one diagnosed case per 2005 children. Byrd
has reported a present autism incidence of about one per 700
children.
RF radiation sources have become commonplace in the
personal human environment from approximately 1980 to the present.
Operation of an RF radiation source such as a two-way radio or a cell
phone exposes the operator to levels of RF radiation shown to be
biologically active. Operation of an RF radiation source also
exposes others, in the near proximity, to similarly biologically
active levels of electromagnetic field intensities 15.
Some of
the known effects of exposure to RF radiation include cognitive
impairment 16, memory deficit 17, EEG modifications 18, DNA damage 3
- 12, chromosome aberrations6, micronucleus formation 7, 22, fetal
malformation 1, 2, increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier
19, 23, altered cellular calcium efflux 20 and altered cell
proliferation21.
RF radiation exposures from residential
microwave ovens are, typically, on the order of 1 milli-watt per
cm2. RF radiation exposures from cell phones range from about
0.1 to 10.0 milli-watt per cm2. Portable two-way radios provide
similar exposure levels. The scientific literature confirms
that RF radiation exposures, at levels more than 1,000 times lower
than described immediately preceding, or on the order of 1.0
micro-watt per cm2, induce significant changes in biological
processes or molecular repair mechanisms 12.
During gestation
the possibility of unobservable embryonic and fetal damage is
increased as mothers-to-be utilize and are exposed to the emissions
from RF radiation devices. Researchers have emphatically
reported that an embryo or fetus should not be exposed to
radiofrequency radiation such as that emitted by the portable cell
phone or portable telephone. One particular reason to avoid RF
radiation exposure during pregnancy is that an embryo or fetus may
not be fully protected by amniotic fluid for extended periods of time
due to the natural movement of the embryo or fetus within the womb.
Secondly, the pelvic structure promotes deep RF radiation penetration
and that radiation can be absorbed within the developing embryo or
fetus.
Other researchers have postulated that there may exist
a previously unidentified environmental toxin associated with the
observed increased incidence of autism. For example, the works
of Byrd (California - 1999) 14, Bertrand 24, (New Jersey - 2001),
Taylor 25, (United Kingdom – 1999), and Chakrabarti &
Fombonne 26, (United Kingdom – 2001) clearly support the
proposition that the identified increased incidence of autism has an
origin at about 1980: an increased incidence that has its origin
established at the very time the personal RF radiation devices came
into popular use – about 1980. We propose that RF
radiation, a new form of exposure of the human embryo, fetus, and
infant, and an acknowledged environmental toxin under many exposure
conditions, may be associated with the increased incidence of
autism. This proposition is further based on the fact that
these radiating products are periodically and typically utilized in
the embryonic, fetal and neonatal environment. RF radiation is
the only known toxin, exposure to which is wholly correlated with the
repeatedly documented increased incidence of autism: now reported by
at least some researchers as greater than 1 per 100
newborn.
Correspondence to: Robert C. Kane, The Associated
Bioelectromagnetics Technologists, P.O. Box 133,
Blanchardville, Wisconsin 53516-0133. FAX: 608 523-6500;
E-mail: rkane@tds.net
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GSM congress vs. furious public
After reading the latest E.V.D (Emili Van Deventar) catastrophic interview, the below pictures only make the future even clearer.
How the world is getting into a catastrophy with no "father", GSM congress vs. furious public - what a sharp gap of perceptions. Resistance is essential but GSM already won, results are yet to come to fill more and more papers, that who knows who is going to read? who is going to fund them? what biases will be found in those future papers? will scientists not get tired of catching all the industry biased future studies, and how many more years does the WHO expect us to wait until they finish to analyze the 2000 studies the Bioinitiative already analyzed? There is no precedent to this crazy situation, and the fact the FDA turned a vitamin into a drug only by saying it simply is like that from now on, only strengthens that we are in a crazy era. Sorry for the pessimism, I do hope it's only the winter. Iris
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From: Iris Atzmon
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:36 AM
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Hi Martin, Information here is from Morten Julius in Denmark. He has been very prolific with interviews and youtube videos, many of them in Danish though. Mona Nilsson is a freelance journalist and author of a book, The Wireless Game Play. She has featured in many radio and tv interviews too. Örjan Hallberg is as you likely know an engineer and has collaborated with Olle Johansson on several reports. "Everybody agrees that RF is a tumour promotor" See the Videos - Link - www.freeHuman.TV and - www.Bevolution.org
Anna Jonsson
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