The following summaries will help you keep up to date with recent news items, reports and reviews related to the health effects of various aspects of the built environment. As much controversy surrounds the risks associated with exposure to electromagnetic radiation and in particular, the radio frequencies associated with mobile phones, this topic attracts the most media attention. Hence, many of the news items featured here will focus on this issue.
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An article which was published
recently in the Globe and Mail describes the adverse effects that toxic mould
in buildings has had on the health of teachers and students in several Canadian
schools. Symptoms experienced included itchy red skin rashes, hives,
congestion, bloody noses, coughing attacks and respiratory problems.
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Venice Resolution on Electromagnetic Safety |
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A group of leading researchers in
the field of electromagnetic safety has confirmed the existence of non-thermal (non-heating)
effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF’s) on living matter. They have called
for urgent work to be done to discover the mechanisms of by which EMF’s cause
these effects and for exposure standards to be lowered in accordance with the
Precautionary Principle.
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Mobile phones stop teenagers sleeping well |
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According to a report in the Telegraph (UK), a study
has found that teenagers who used their mobile phones frequently (making more
than five calls or sending more than five text messages per day) were more likely
to experience disrupted sleep, restlessness, stress and fatigue than those who
used their phones less frequently.
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Possible link between city living and increased breast cancer risk |
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Exposure to chemically polluted
air is of concern to building biologists due to it’s possible adverse health
effects. That these concerns are well founded appears to be supported by the
results of a study recently reported in NaturalNews. The report described how
researchers in London have found that city women may have a greater risk of
developing breast cancer than those who live in the country.
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Aggravated symptom relapses after use of EMR protection products |
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Dr George Carlo, an expert in the
study of health effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) exposure, has raised
concerns regarding the high number of electro-hypersensitive people who are
reporting serious symptom relapses after 9 to 18 months’ use of products which
claim to be protective against EMR.
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