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"A new electromagnetic exposure metric: high frequency voltage transients associated with increased cancer incidence in teachers in a California school"

"Abstract

Background: In 2003 the teachers at La Quinta, California middle school complained that they had more cancers than would be expected. A consultant for the school district denied that there was a problem.

Objectives: To investigate the cancer incidence in the teachers, and its cause.

Method: We conducted a retrospective study of cancer incidence in the teachers' cohort in relationship to the school's electrical environment.

Results: Sixteen school teachers in a cohort of 137 teachers hired in 1988 through 2005 were diagnosed with 18 cancers. The observed to expected (O/E) risk ratio for all cancers was 2.78 (P = 0.000098), while the O/E risk ratio for malignant melanoma was 9.8 (P = 0.0008). Thyroid cancer had a risk ratio of 13.3 (P = 0.0098), and uterine cancer had a risk ratio of 9.2 (P = 0.019). Sixty Hertz magnetic fields showed no association with cancer incidence. A new exposure metric, high frequency voltage transients, did show a positive correlation to cancer incidence. A cohort cancer incidence analysis of the teacher population showed a positive trend (P = 7.1 x 10(-10)) of increasing cancer risk with increasing cumulative exposure to high frequency voltage transients on the classroom's electrical wiring measured with a Graham/Stetzer (G/S) meter. The attributable risk of cancer associated with this exposure was 64%. A single year of employment at this school increased a teacher's cancer risk by 21%.

Conclusion: The cancer incidence in the teachers at this school is unusually high and is strongly associated with high frequency voltage transients, which may be a universal carcinogen, similar to ionizing radiation."

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18512243/

"A new electromagnetic exposure metric: high frequency voltage transients associated with increased cancer incidence in teachers in a California school"

"Abstract

Background: In 2003 the teachers at La Quinta, California middle school complained that they had more cancers than would be expected. A consultant for the school district denied that there was a problem.

Objectives: To investigate the cancer incidence in the teachers, and its cause.

Method: We conducted a retrospective study of cancer incidence in the teachers' cohort in relationship to the school's electrical environment.

Results: Sixteen school teachers in a cohort of 137 teachers hired in 1988 through 2005 were diagnosed with 18 cancers. The observed to expected (O/E) risk ratio for all cancers was 2.78 (P = 0.000098), while the O/E risk ratio for malignant melanoma was 9.8 (P = 0.0008). Thyroid cancer had a risk ratio of 13.3 (P = 0.0098), and uterine cancer had a risk ratio of 9.2 (P = 0.019). Sixty Hertz magnetic fields showed no association with cancer incidence. A new exposure metric, high frequency voltage transients, did show a positive correlation to cancer incidence. A cohort cancer incidence analysis of the teacher population showed a positive trend (P = 7.1 x 10(-10)) of increasing cancer risk with increasing cumulative exposure to high frequency voltage transients on the classroom's electrical wiring measured with a Graham/Stetzer (G/S) meter. The attributable risk of cancer associated with this exposure was 64%. A single year of employment at this school increased a teacher's cancer risk by 21%.

Conclusion: The cancer incidence in the teachers at this school is unusually high and is strongly associated with high frequency voltage transients, which may be a universal carcinogen, similar to ionizing radiation."

I am a retired integrative medicine physician. After board certifications in Internal Medicine and Anesthesia and two decades of practice in Anesthesia, I went into Integrative Medicine to recover my own health and to help address the root causes of the increasing burden of chronic diseases. Thank you for this opportunity to comment. Most regulatory agencies have betrayed the public trust (and our health) by failing to adhere to the Precautionary Principle. Industry has been allowed to proceed without providing evidence of safety. There are over 1000 studies on the harms of Electro Magnetic Fields, the abstracts of which are catelogued by Green Med Info at https://greenmedinfo.com/problematic-action/electromagnetic-field-harms?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email AND yet, the FCC continues to ignore a 2021 court order to update its Electromagnetic Field safety studies. Meanwhile, rollout continues on 5G, 6G, satellite, IoT, smart meters cell towers, and other sources of EMF exposure. The peer-reviewed record on 5G, 6G, satellite, IoT and smart-meter exposures is not adequate for safety assessment (Simkó & Mattsson, Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31540320/, concluded available studies "do not provide adequate and sufficient information for a meaningful safety assessment"). This is a gap. This is definitely not reassurance!(https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34047144/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34243228/); Balmori, Sci Total Environ 2015 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25747364/). Since the HHS, through the FDA is the agency that is positioned to supply the health-science information that the court found missing, I ask for a federal evidence review that holds agencies and industry to the Precautionary Principle. Here are 6 meta-analyses that give evidence of harm effects at or below current limits: Effects at or below current limits Zendehdel R, et al. DNA effects of low level occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (50/60 Hz). Toxicol Ind Health. 2019. Utility workers at median 0.85 µT — below the ACGIH TLV — showed significantly increased DNA strand breaks.…

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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6034947/

"Abstract

Background and aims

This study aims to examine the mediating effects of insomnia on the associations between problematic Internet use, including Internet addiction (IA) and online social networking addiction (OSNA), and depression among adolescents.

Methods

A total of 1,015 secondary school students from Guangzhou in China participated in a cross-sectional survey. Levels of depression, insomnia, IA, and OSNA were assessed using the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Young’s Diagnostic Questionnaire, and Online Social Networking Addiction Scale, respectively. Logistic regression models were fit to test the associations between IA, OSNA, insomnia, and depression. The mediation effects of insomnia were tested using Baron and Kenny’s strategy.

Results

The prevalence of depression at moderate level or above (CES-D ≥ 21), insomnia, IA, and OSNA were 23.5%, 37.2%, 8.1%, and 25.5%, respectively. IA and OSNA were significantly associated with depression (IA: AOR = 2.79, 95% CI: 1.71, 4.55; OSNA: AOR = 3.27, 95% CI: 2.33, 4.59) and insomnia (IA: AOR = 2.83, 95% CI: 1.72, 4.65; OSNA: AOR = 2.19, 95% CI: 1.61, 2.96), after adjusting for significant background factors. Furthermore, insomnia partially mediated 60.6% of the effect of IA on depression (Sobel Z = 3.562, p < .002) and 44.8% of the effect of OSNA on depression (Sobel Z = 3.919, p < .001), respectively.

Discussion

The high prevalence of IA and OSNA may be associated with increased risk of developing depression among adolescents, both through direct and indirect effects (via insomnia). Findings from this study indicated that it may be effective to develop and implement interventions that jointly consider the problematic Internet use, insomnia, and depression."

Young people, adolescents and children in Sweden have largee increase in sleep issues. Screen usage and RF mentioned.

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9721/14/1/25

"Increasing Numbers of Persons with Sleeping Problems in Sweden"

"Abstract

Objectives: This study investigated sleeping problems in the Swedish population based on the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare’s national patient register on numbers of patients in specialized outpatient care diagnosed with codes for sleeping problems. Methods: Numbers of patients per year and per 100,000 inhabitants in various age groups: 0–4, 5–19, 20–39, 40–59, and 60+ years diagnosed each year between 2001 and 2024 with the ICD codes G47 (sleep disorders) or F51 (non-organic sleep disorders) as main diagnosis were assessed. Results: The highest increase for sleep disorders was seen among children, adolescents, and young adults. All results are given per 100,000 persons. In the age group 0–4 years, the numbers of sleep disorders (G47) increased from 41.5 in 2001 to 215.8 in 2024. The corresponding results in the age group 5–19 years were 13.8 and 235.6, respectively. In the age group 20–39 years, 40.4 were diagnosed in 2001 and 220.9 in 2024. For subjects aged 40–59 years, 169.5 were diagnosed in 2001 and 362.8 in 2024, and for persons aged 60+ years, 116.4 were diagnosed in 2001 and 322.9 in 2024. No major changes in the numbers of persons with F51, non-organic sleep disorders, were observed. Conclusions: Sleeping problems can be caused by several factors; however, the rapid increase in recent years has temporally coincided with an increase in the public’s exposure to microwave radiofrequency (RF) radiation and increasing use of screens. RF radiation and use of screens may negatively impact sleep."

In as much as the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a request for input from the public on the health impacts of radiofrequency radiation, I am submitting my request that the RF limits be revisited and lowered in view of thousands of papers and studies indicating the adverse effects of RF on human, animal and plant health. (See the BioInitiative Report https://bioinitiative.org/) I am responding both as the spouse of an individual with electromagnetic radiation syndrome (EMR Syndrome) and as a medical professional. I am a family and emergency medicine physician, MD, with more than 40 years of experience. I have watched my wife suffer for years when exposed to electromagnetic radiation. Just going to church and being exposed to the Wi-Fi there and and cell phones of other church members will cause my wife to have a headache and brain fog for several days that does not respond to any analgesics. We keep our house level of electromagnetic radiation below 100 micro watts per meter squared, as measured by our Safe and Sound Pro II meter. We did this by hardwiring our home and keeping our cell phones on airplane mode with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned off. in addition, we keep our cell phones under a Swiss shield protective cloth which reduces any radiation that the phones might emit. We have no “Smart” appliances, In this environment, she does not have headache or brain fog. Every time my wife leaves home she is harmed to some degree. When she leaves the house to go to church or store or anywhere else, she wears a shawl that is 50% silver fibers to try to minimize her exposure. This it helps to some extent, but she still has to be careful and not spend any significant amount of time near cell phone towers or individuals who are on their cell phones. We have opted out from a smart meter to keep the radiation level low in our home. If we were to be forced to have a smart meter on our home, we would almost assuredly have to move because the radiation level would be harmful to my wife. My wife has been evaluated by neurology, ENT, and primary care physicians. she has had an MRI of her head as well as other diagnostic studies. The only treatment that has…

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My wife's symptoms began in January of 2021 after discovering we were both exposed to a large amount of EMFs for a long time. Her symptoms began with a bad face rash. We found the source by using a meter, and we eliminated it, but by summertime, she became sensitive and had severe migraines from exposure to every source of EMFs, including 4G and 5G antennas, cell phones, routers, microwaves (if not properly sealed, which many are not), our electric stove even, and radio towers, etc. At the beginning, she would react within seconds of exposure. She was hospitalized once for the pain for 3 days. Now, on top of every hospital, there is a 5G tower, and next to every doctor's office, or even on doctors' offices, there are 5G antennas. My wife has a hard time finding a doctor that she can go to, and there's only one single hospital that she can go to because the 5G antennas are across the street and not on top of the hospital. Hospitals obviously have the antennas on top of them to make money. Hospitals should be focused on healing, not making money. 5G antennas need to be removed from all hospital buildings. The science on all of this has been established for decades. Go look at the book "Overpowered" by Martin Blank, PhD, whose research will show you that he began as a skeptic. She tells me that where she grew up, it was not allowed to build homes within a certain distance of high-tension power lines (this was announced in the news multiple times) because it was known to be hazardous to human health. Here in New Jersey, they build homes directly next to high-tension power lines. She's also sensitive to those sorts of EMFs as well. We used to be able to go on vacation, especially when 4G was in place, but now that 5G is everywhere, we have not been able to go on vacation for several years. We have to pay extra every month to not have a smart meter on our home, but if /when we move, having a smart meter on our home will be a serious issue for my wife's health. What we hear is that when people have these smart issues installed. So many people had developed insomnia as soon as these meters were installed, and some people were able to have them taken off. As soon as…

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*See Attached: Non-thermal Electromagnetic Field studies demonstrating harmful effects.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4668509/

"Research shows that teenagers are far more likely to become dependent on mobile phones as compared to adults [2,5]. Studies show that MPD in adolescents interferes with their school and personal activities, and leads the teenagers to develop social and relationship problems [1,20]. There has been an upward swing in the younger age groups [19,23] with increasing trend of use of mobile phones among students [7,22,24,25]."

Please do not put cell towers and other emf emitting items close to homes and schools. They need to be away from humans to avoid emf exposure

I have noticed a buzzing in my ears alot since a tower has been put up close by.This radiation is not safe for people.

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/157/1/e2025072941/205716/Smartphone-Ownership-Age-of-Smartphone-Acquisition?autologincheck=redirected

"Smartphone Ownership, Age of Smartphone Acquisition, and Health Outcomes in Early Adolescence Available to Purchase"

"RESULTS

At age 12 years, compared with not owning a smartphone (n = 3849), smartphone ownership (n = 6739) was associated with higher risk for depression (odds ratio [OR] 1.31, 95% CI: 1.05–1.63), obesity (OR 1.40, 95% CI: 1.20–1.63), and insufficient sleep (OR 1.62, 95% CI: 1.46–1.79). Younger age of smartphone acquisition was associated with obesity and insufficient sleep (for each earlier year of acquisition, OR 1.09, 95% CI: 1.02–1.16, and OR 1.08, 95% CI: 1.02–1.12, respectively). At age 13 years, among 3486 youth who did not own a smartphone at age 12 years, those who had acquired a smartphone in the past year (n = 1546) had greater odds of reporting clinical-level psychopathology (OR 1.57, 95% CI: 1.12–2.20) and insufficient sleep (OR 1.50, 95% CI: 1.26–1.77) compared with those who had not (n = 1940) after controlling for baseline mental health and sleep. Results were consistent across several sensitivity analyses.

CONCLUSIONS

Smartphone ownership was associated with depression, obesity, and insufficient sleep in early adolescence. Findings provide critical and timely insights that should inform caregivers regarding adolescent smartphone use and, ideally, the development of public policy that protects youth."

1. & 2. I am responding as: an individual 3a. Type of wireless or RF/EMF sources involved (e.g., mobile phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters…)smart meters 3b. Nature, duration, frequency, and approximate timing (e.g., years):constant feeling of being radiated on daily basis, 3 years since smart meeters have been implemented in the area where I live/our building 3c. Adverse health effect(s) experienced:foggy brain, sense of my nervous system being fried, restless legs, anxiety, skin rash, hair loss. 3d. Time from first exposure to first appearance of adverse health effects; and did a change in exposure coincide with the onset of adverse effects:I felt the change immediately and then discovered smart meeters in our residential building. 3e. Was medical evaluation or treatment sought? (Optionally:) Was there a diagnosis?No. 3f. Were steps taken to reduce or eliminate exposure, and were there subsequent changes in the effects?Yes. I purchased EMF protection devices which helped lessen the symptoms. 3g. Any supporting documentation? This includes Scientific Reports, exposure measurements, or other relevant information:No. Additional Details you would like to share about your experiences of adverse health effects you believe to be associated with exposure to wireless radiation or EMF's:Constant feeling of being under stress and my whole body feels under attack - I feel drained of my energy and life force. B1a. Sources you experience as causing you Adverse Effects:Mobile phone, Smart meter, Wireless router, Street lights, 5G masts B1b. Sources you can sense, but don't seem to harm you: B1c. Sources you can use without sensing or being harmed: B1d. Sources that seem to provide benefit (i.e., electrotherapy): B2a. Health conditions you think may contribute to your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless:None. Apart from being sensitive to EMF radiation I do not have any other health conditions. B2b. Health conditions you don't necessarily associate with your sensitivity to EMFs including wireless, but might be relevant: B3. For each subquestion please list up to 5 drugs or therapies or home remedies (if any) B3a. That you recommend, as they helped you tolerate or recover from…

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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12888-019-2350-x.pdf

PSU = Problematic

Smartphone Use

"Nonetheless, recent years have seen an explosion

in research considering the prevalence of problematic

smartphone use (PSU), which has been operationa-

lised in such a way that it maps onto concepts of be-

havioural addiction: tolerance, withdrawal (dysphoria

when the battery dies), preoccupation, neglect of

other activities, subjective loss of control and contin-

ued use despite evidence of harm [13–18]. Other be-

havioural addictions, such as problem gambling, show

robust associations with common mental disorders

such as depression [19],where sporadic gambling does

not. If a distinctive problematic pattern of smart-

phone use can be demonstrated to be prevalent, and

if this pattern of use is associated with harm, there is

value in identifying children and young people with

this pattern of use and potentially addressing it clinic-

ally. Given the large increase in research studies using

tools to estimate the prevalence of PSU (and examine

mental health associations), it is now appropriate to

evaluate the evidence"

...

"Prevalence of problematic smartphone

usage and associated mental health

outcomes amongst children and young

people: a systematic review, meta-analysis

and GRADE of the evidence"

...

"...PSU associated with mental health outcomes

PSU has been consistently associated with measures of

poor mental health, in particular relating to depression,

anxiety, stress, poor sleep quality, and day to day func-

tional impairment demonstrated by poor educational at-

tainment. Of the studies included, 20 investigated the

relationship between PSU and mental health amongst

CYP. This is summarized in a qualitative synthesis (See

Additional file 1: Table S6)"

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*See Attached Testimonial From Another Innocent Individual Injured By Wireless RF Radiation

Kevin Mottus, Outreach Director

CA Brain Tumor Assn

Email: wirelessbiologicaleffects@gmail.com

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*See Attached Testimonial From Another Innocent Individual Injured By Wireless RF Radiation

Kevin Mottus, Outreach Director

CA Brain Tumor Assn

Email: wirelessbiologicaleffects@gmail.com

*See Attached: Non-thermal Electromagnetic Field studies demonstrating harmful effects.

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*See Attached Testimonial From Another Innocent Individual Injured By Wireless RF Radiation

Kevin Mottus, Outreach Director

CA Brain Tumor Assn

Email: wirelessbiologicaleffects@gmail.com

See comment attached.

*See Attached Testimonial From Another Innocent Individual Injured By Wireless RF Radiation

Kevin Mottus, Outreach Director

CA Brain Tumor Assn

Email: wirelessbiologicaleffects@gmail.com