Mary Ackerley, MD, MD(H), ABIHM
My Passion 4 Health (USA) - Past President, International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness
Mary Ackerley, MD, MD(H), ABIHM
My Passion 4 Health (USA) - Past President, International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness
Mary Beth Ackerley MD, MD(H), ABIHM, is a classically trained board-certified psychiatrist. She is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Harvard University (BA), studied at NIMH, finished her residency at Johns Hopkins, and was certified in Psychiatry and Neurology. She holds active medical licenses in Arizona and Florida. She is a co-founder and former President of ISEAI, the International Society of Environmentally Acquired Illness. ISEAI is a professional society dedicated to the teaching and researching of environmentally acquired illness. Dr. Ackerley has worked with biotoxin illness since 2010 and was the second certified practitioner in the Shoemaker Protocol in 2013. She is board certified in Integrative and Holistic Medicine and member of the Arizona Homeopathic and Integrative Medical Association.
Abstract
Brain on Fire: How Biotoxins Cause Brain Inflammation
The brain is a major target of damage in inhalational toxicity from exposure to mold. There are at least 37 different symptoms associated with exposure to mold, and nearly half are related to the brain or autonomic nervous system. In this short talk I will discuss common neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with mold exposure, possible neurological pathological mechanisms related to mold toxicity and offer some practical means for recognition and effective treatment.
Fiorella Belpoggi, PhD
Scientific Director - The Ramazzini Institute (Italy)
Fiorella Belpoggi, PhD
Scientific Director - The Ramazzini Institute (Italy)
Fiorella Belpoggi is the Scientific Director of the Ramazzini Institute where she has worked since 1981. Her research interests include short and long term toxicity studies on chemicals and physical agents: food additives, solvents, packaging plastics, pesticides, hormones and prescription drugs, vitamins, fuels constituents and additives, endocrine disruptors, asbestos and its substitutes, herbs, gamma radiation, electromagnetic fields from power lines (ELFEMF) and radio based stations RFR/MW. Dr. Belpoggi has authored more than 150 publications and she is an Invited Lecturer of Industrial and Environmental Carcinogenesis at different Public Health schools and universities in Italy. She was the 2007 recipient of the Ramazzini Award and she was selected for different honours in Italy in recognition for her work in defense of environmental and occupational health. She was invited as an expert in experimental in vivo studies at IARC/WHO for the IARC Monograph 120 on Benzene, Monograph 125 on different chemicals and she was among the experts who defined the IARC priorities 2019-2024. She also served as expert witness in different trials for cases concerning environmental and occupational diseases, both in Italy and the USA.
Abstract
Results of Carcinogenicity Bioassay on Rats Exposed to Mobile Phone Radiofrequency Radiation
Report of final results of a carcinogenicity bioassay performed on Sprague-Dawley rats exposed from prenatal life until natural death to mobile phone radiofrequency field representative of a 1.8 GHz GSM base station environmental emission
D. Mandrioli, L. Falcioni, L. Bua, E. Tibaldi, F. Gnudi, L. De Angelis, M. Iuliani, M. Manservigi,F. Manservisi, I. Manzoli, I. Menghetti, R. Montella, S. Panzacchi, D. Sgargi, V. Strollo, A. Vornoli, M. Soffritti, L. Giuliani, F. Belpoggi, Ramazzini Institute, Castello di Bentivoglio, via Saliceto 3, Bentivoglio, 40010 Bologna, Italy
Background: In 2011, IARC classified radiofrequency radiation (RFR) as possible human carcinogen (Group 2B). According to IARC, animal studies, as well as epidemiological ones, showed limited evidence of carcinogenicity. In 2016, the NTP published the first results of its long-term bioassays on near field RFR, reporting increased incidence of malignant glial tumours of the brain and heart Schwannoma in rats exposed to GSM – and CDMA – modulated cell phone RFR. The tumours observed in the NTP study are of the type similar to the ones observed in some epidemiological studies of cell phone users.
Objectives: The Ramazzini Institute (RI) performed a life-span carcinogenic study on Sprague-Dawley rats to evaluate the carcinogenic effects of RFR in the situation of far field, reproducing the environmental exposure to RFR generated by 1.8 GHz GSM antenna of the radio base stations of mobile phone. This is the largest long-term study ever performed in rats on the health effects of RFR, including 2448 animals. We report the final results regarding the observed tumours for all organs and tissues.
Methods: Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed from prenatal life until natural death to a 1.8 GHz GSM far field of 0, 5, 25, 50 V/m with a whole-body exposure for 19 h/day.
Results: We previously published preliminary results that showed: a statistically significant increase in the incidence of heart Schwannomas in treated male rats at the highest dose (50 V/m); an increase in the incidence of heart Schwann cells hyperplasia in treated male and female rats at the highest dose (50 V/m), although this was not statistically significant; an increase in the incidence of malignant glial tumours in treated female rats at the highest dose (50 V/m), although not statistically significant. All organs and tissues were then examined and the whole study results will be herewith reported.
Conclusions: The RI findings on far field exposure to RFR are consistent with and reinforce the results of the NTP study on near field exposure, as both reported an increase in the incidence of tumours of the brain and heart in RFR-exposed Sprague-Dawley rats. These tumours are of the same histotype of those observed in some epidemiological studies on cell phone users. These experimental studies provide sufficient evidence to call for the re-evaluation of IARC conclusions regarding the carcinogenic potential of RFR in humans. RFR are included in the priorities of evaluation for IARC Monograph in 2020-2024.
Keith Berndston, MD
Internal Medicine, Board Member (USA) - International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness
Keith Berndston, MD
Internal Medicine, Board Member (USA) - International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness
Since 2007 Dr. Keith Berndston has been a self-employed physician who helps patients with complex, treatment-resistant health problems. His experience with and expertise in the adverse health effects of recurring exposure to inhaled bio-contaminants found in damp buildings began in 2010. He has assembled an annotated bibliography of scientific studies and review papers that document and describe the toxic and inflammatory effects of such exposures. He was invited to address indoor mold illness for the Icelandic Medical Association in January 2017. He also was invited to speak at a symposium in Australia on the subject of indoor mold illness. He has created and presented more than a dozen distinct slide lectures on the subject damp buildings and indoor mold illness in the past 6 years. His 2013 review of immune evasion and persistence in Lyme disease has been downloaded over 6,000 times. His slides on mast cell disorders, posted on Slideshare, have been viewed 29,900 times. His experience with EMF is more recent. He attended the 2019 EMF conference and has done extensive reviews of the scientific literature on adverse health effects of various types of EMF in preparation for his presentation for EMFMC 2021, with a focus on the adverse effects of prolonged exposure to extremely low frequency EMF, or ELF-EMF.
Abstract
Indoor Mold Illness: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment. Review of the Basics
Physicians are increasingly confronted with health problems with unidentified causes. Chronic illnesses with non-specific symptoms are on the rise. Scientific studies and empirical observations indicate interactions between EMF exposure and both new and pre-existing health problems. Understanding EMF alone presents a challenge for physicians. The complexity of the physician’s task increases when EMF exposures interact with bodily systems disrupted by indoor mold illness. Such concomitant exposures can create treatment-resistant patients despite receiving evidence-based treatment for comorbid conditions. This talk will explore what evidence exists to support adverse interactions between EMF and indoor mold exposures.
Riina Bray, MD BASo, MSc, MCFP, MHSc
Medical Director - Environmental Health Clinic, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto (Canada)
Riina Bray, MD BASo, MSc, MCFP, MHSc
Medical Director - Environmental Health Clinic, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto (Canada)
Dr. Bray trained in chemical engineering, then earned her Master of Science degree in pharmacology and biomedical engineering in the area of addictions and toxicology. She then studied medicine at the University of Toronto and did her specialty in Family Medicine at UBC. She then completed a fellowship in Environmental Health at the University of Toronto. She has been Medical Director of the Environmental Health Clinic at Women’s College Hospital and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine for over fifteen years. She was Chair of the Environmental Health Committee of the Ontario College of Family Physicians for ten years and holds a Master of Health Sciences (Public Health) in Family and Community Medicine. She has taught university level courses, won awards for her work in environmental health, spear-headed multiple educational and academic projects, been involved in multiple government-funded research initiatives, mentored and taught hundreds of medical students, residents, fellows and peers in the area of environmental health and been an advocate in environmental health with non-governmental organizations over the many years.
Abstract
Clinical Observations and Recommended Practice Guidelines for the Management of EHS Patients
The Environmental Health Clinic is a unique multidisciplinary clinic, and one of three in Canada. It has been assessing and managing patients with electromagnetic sensitivities for the past 15 years.
Anecdotal evidence, clinical observations and data gathered, has permitted a better understanding and more appropriate management of cases seen over time. International reporting of medical assessment strategies and interventions reflect similar findings and have been of great assistance in furthering more effective care.
Sharon Buccino, JD
Senior Attorney - Natural Resources Defense Council (USA)
Sharon Buccino, JD
Senior Attorney - Natural Resources Defense Council (USA)
Originally from central Florida, Sharon has spent over 25 years in NRDC’s Washington DC office. Her current work focuses on energy policy and government transparency. She actively litigates in federal court and advocates before federal agencies and Congress. She has worked to implement effective environmental review and public participation for proposed pipelines, as well as oil and gas drilling. She also led NRDC’s successful litigation under the Freedom of Information Act to force disclosure of the Cheney Energy Task Force papers. Prior to joining NRDC, Sharon practiced environmental and administrative law with a private firm in Washington, D.C. and worked for the Alaska Supreme Court. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a JD from Stanford Law School.
Abstract
The FCC’s Legal Duties: To Inform and Protect the Public
Ms. Buccino will discuss the legal obligations of the Federal Communications Commission to inform and protect the public from radiofrequency radiation. She will address requirements under two federal U.S. statutes – the National Environmental Policy Act and the Telecommunications Act. Ms. Buccino served as NRDC’s attorney in working with 16 Indian nations to challenge successfully in court the FCC’s efforts to eliminate environmental and historic review for deployment of various wireless. Subsequently, she has been involved in legal challenges to the FCC’s termination of its inquiry into the adequacy of its guidelines for limiting human exposure to radiofrequency radiation.
Christopher D’Adamo, PhD
Director - University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Integrative Medicine (USA)
Christopher D’Adamo, PhD
Director - University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Integrative Medicine (USA)
Dr. Chris D’Adamo is a medical research scientist with expertise in the synergistic effects of healthy lifestyle, environmental exposures, and genetics on human health and wellness. His research, clinical, and educational network include leaders in the fields of integrative medicine, functional medicine, and lifestyle medicine. Dr. D’Adamo received his Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He serves as the Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He has served as Principal Investigator on a wide variety of clinical trials and observational studies in the areas of nutrition, physical activity, stress management, and multi-modality integrative and functional medicine interventions. These studies have included clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of nutritional supplements in promoting overall health and wellness. He has published his findings in numerous peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals.
Abstract
Evidence-based Tools for Developing a Discriminating Eye for Dietary Supplement Quality - Focus on EMF Mitigation
Over 50% of Americans take a dietary supplement to support their health, but the quality and safety of many of these supplements is unknown. This session will provide a practical set of resources for clinicians and consumers to make the most informed choices for dietary supplementation. Presentation contents will include consumer-friendly syntheses of the medical literature surrounding a wide variety of dietary supplements, third-party laboratories that assess the purity of commercially-available dietary supplements, and a primer of dietary supplements that might help support the body’s response to EMF exposure.
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH
Founding President, Environmental Health Trust (USA)
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH
Founding President, Environmental Health Trust (USA)
Dr. Davis, PhD, MPH, and Fellow, American College of Epidemiology, is the author of more than 220 scientific publications, editor of multiple monographs, and author of 3 popular, award-winning books. Founding President of the Environmental Health Trust (EHT), she previously served as Founding Executive Director, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Founding Director of the Center for Environmental Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Visiting Professor of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Ondokuz Mayis University, Professor of Epidemiology, Visiting Professor, Sichuan University, and as a U.S. Senate-confirmed presidential appointee in public health.
Abstract
Epidemiological, Clinical and Toxicological Evidence of RF-EMF on Reproduction
Consistent evidence from epidemiological studies, experimental research including in vitro and in vivo laboratory studies, clinical cross-sectional analysis and wildlife observations show that RF exposure is associated with reduced sperm count, motility and concentration, as well as DNA damage and altered cell structure, in both male and female reproduction. Experimental research also shows damage after wireless exposure to the ovaries and testes of rats and mice.
Male infertility is affected by exposures to heat, pesticides, radiation, radioactivity and other hazardous substances. In addition, both ionizing and nonionizing radiation have recognized adverse effects on female reproductive health as well as on spermatogenesis, sperm morphology, and motility. Current exposures from wireless radiation from cell phones, laptops, Wi-Fi and other wireless transmitting devices can contribute to infertility. From currently available studies it is clear that radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) increase reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species that can weaken membranes, increase genomic instability and genotoxicity, and oxidative stress, disrupt cell repair and have deleterious effects on sperm parameters (like sperm count, morphology, motility), along with female reproductive health.
Cecelia (Cece) Doucette, MA
Director - Education Services for Wireless Education (USA)
Cecelia (Cece) Doucette, MA
Director - Education Services for Wireless Education (USA)
Cece works with schools, communities, municipalities and legislatures to address wireless radiation and public health. As Education Services Director with the international non-profit Wireless Education, she helps distill independent scientific literature and medical advisories into affordable 30-minute on-line training for Schools & Families and Corporate Safety Induction. See wirelesseducation.org.
Cece was honored to co-chair the technology panel for the Health in Buildings Roundtable Conference at the NIH, and the policy panel at EMF Conference 2019. She has been featured on Genius of Wellness, Boston25 News, PBS, O’Dwyer’s, EMF Warriors and in the films Generation Zapped and Wi-Fi Refugees.
Abstract
U.S. State and Local Policy Review with Case Studies
In this half-hour presentation we will highlight groundbreaking laws in New Hampshire and Oregon investigating the health and environmental impact of EMFs, and especially 5G. Through case studies, we will see important questions our legislatures are asking about the FCC’s failure to protect the public, insurance industry exclusions for wireless radiation damages – and the legal fine print in our own devices which few have read.
We will examine legislation currently filed in other states too that addresses both biological harm and excessive screen time impacts on children’s health and well-being.
At the local level, citizen groups are no longer willing to wait for public policy to catch up to the science showing clear evidence of harm. Taxpayers are witnessing the wireless industry forcing toxic 4G/5G small cell antennas into the public access way at the curb outside their homes. They are seeing the toll wireless technology and excessive screen time is taking on their children after the industry maneuvered their 21st Century Classroom campaign into our schools and increased the wi-fi offerings in our homes.
Communities throughout the U.S. are mobilizing to educate their loved ones, neighbors, municipal leaders and legislators. Their message is not “no technology” but rather “safe technology” and we have a road map to get there.
We will share inspiring, courageous actions that have stopped 5G small cell installations at the local level. EMF Medical Conference attendees will leave with resources to bring back to their own communities to start and/or advance safe technology practices.
Sharon Goldberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Community Faculty, University of New Mexico (USA)
Sharon Goldberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Community Faculty, University of New Mexico (USA)
Sharon Goldberg is an Integrative Internal Medicine Physician based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her clinical interests include dietary, lifestyle and environmental modification to treat complex chronic disease. She has co-authored publications in the fields of dietary supplementation, autonomic nervous system assessment, and nutritional epidemiology and is currently Associate Professor of Medicine, Community Faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
Dr. Goldberg received her MD from Tel-Aviv University in Israel, and Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. She became interested in the emerging field of Clinical Electromagnetics in 2015 and is an editorial board member of Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine.
Abstract
Bacterial Effects of EMF Exposure
A large body of literature demonstrates that electromagnetic fields, particularly radiofrequency radiation, impact growth patterns and antibiotic susceptibility of various microbes.
This talk will review key papers on bacterial and other microbial effects of EMFs and correlate clinically with possible health and epidemiologic concerns.
Beatrice Alexandra Golomb, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego (USA)
Beatrice Alexandra Golomb, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego (USA)
Beatrice Alexandra Golomb, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She has a background in physics; engineering (Jet Propulsion Laboratory); biology (PhD); medicine (MD, Chief Medical Resident, >20 years clinical experience); and research methods (RAND/UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar). Her laboratory focuses on exposures and conditions tied to oxidation/antioxidation and cell energetics.
Dr. Golomb was the first to seriously document evidence for pulsed radiofrequency/microwave radiation as the cause of the “mystery illness” in U.S. Diplomats in Cuba and China, and the first to publish a peer reviewed article on this. She has presented this work to the U.S. (and Cuban) National Academy of Sciences.
Abstract
Diplomats’ Mystery Illness: Pulsed Radiofrequency/Microwave Radiation
A number of U.S. and Canadian diplomats to Cuba and to China developed a "mystery illness" in which strange noises were perceived, followed by development of an array of symptoms. These noises had six distinctive features that, it will be shown, are together consistent only with "radiofrequency hearing" (aka the "Frey effect"): these sounds reportedly differed from diplomat to diplomat; encompassed chirping, clicking, grinding, hissing, and clanging; were heard only with low ambient noise; had laserlike” localization in space; seemed to follow diplomats as they moved; and did not lessen when ears were covered. The symptoms cohere not just qualitatively but quantitatively, in ordering and in fractions of those affected, with symptoms associated with Nonionizing Radiation Toxicity syndrome (NIRT). Sleep problems, headache and cognitive problems topped the list; tinnitus, dizziness, irritability and anxiety were also prominent. Objectively measurable signs reported, including nosebleeds, hearing loss, and brain imaging studies that resemble traumatic brain injury, also fit with reports for NIRT. Finally, there is precedent for exposure of U.S. diplomats to microwave radiation in a foreign embassy setting, via the documented microwaving of U.S. diplomats at the Moscow Embassy from 1953 to the latter 1980's (or later). Evidence thus fits pulsed radiofrequency radiation (RFR). No other hypothesis fits the evidence. Diplomats' mystery illness fits with and reinforces evidence supporting RFR as a cause of symptoms, with implications extending to the general population.
Paul Héroux, PhD
Professor of Toxicology & Health Effects of Electromagnetism, McGill University (Canada)
Paul Héroux, PhD
Professor of Toxicology & Health Effects of Electromagnetism, McGill University (Canada)
Dr. Paul Héroux is a scientist with experience in physics (BSc, MSc and PhD), electrical engineering (15 years), and the health sciences (30 years), teaching Toxicology, Hearing Conservation and Health Effects of Electromagnetism at the School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University.
Abstract
A Chicken in every Pot, a Fiber in every Home
Exposure to Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) has become practically obligatory, because of the widespread use of wireless. As a result, there has been controversy over the deployment of system updates, such as 5G, that imply large increases in exposures and their crest factors. This results from 5G beam-forming, and relatively poor penetration at higher frequencies. Contrary to industry propaganda, driverless cars and remote surgery are not dependent on 5G, or on wireless. Deployment 5G and the Internet of Things should be strongly limited not only by technical feasibility, but mainly by EMR hygiene, privacy and environmental legislations.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sits its public health impact assessment of EMR on the arguments that EMR is (1) non-ionizing, and (2) of low amplitude. The FCC, conveniently for industry, excludes all risks except the risk of heating, in practice erasing all other biological reactions to EMR from existence. Over
time, the FCC has also suspiciously and regularly increased its tolerable human limits to EMR to accommodate various technical-commercial needs.
But in biological systems, the motors of enzymatic reactions and metabolism are electrons and protons, species that are already extracted from atoms, thus pre-ionized, making the first FCC argument untenable. The argument that the fields are “too low” can be put to rest even using the FCC’s own metric of energy. FCC only prohibits irradiations that are near heating thresholds, specifically 10,000,000 μW/m². FCC critics, such as Bioinitiative, report measurable biological impacts at sub-thermal fields ranging down to 0.001 μW/m². And, further, humans can detect power densities as low as 0.000001 μW/m² (the threshold of hearing). The FCC can hardly claim ignorance, as the main mechanism supporting interaction between EMR and biology, the tunneling of electrons and protons, is used in commercial devices (Spin Tunnel Junctions) with a sensitivity as low as 0.001 μW/m², the lowest level of EMR ever reported to alter biology.
Thus, electron, proton transfers as well as hydrogen bridges, known to be critical to biological function, are the true targets of EMR, not heating. There are two important exposures. First, the intense short-term exposure from a cellular portable held against the head. Second, the more continuous exposure at lower intensity from cellular towers. The extensive use of wireless phones has been associated with cancers of the nervous system by epidemiologists, animal studies, as well as laboratory experiments. Cellular towers are associated with cancer lethality, and numerous other neurological symptoms. Further risks involve reproduction, and many chronic diseases, including diabetes. Experiments in my own laboratory on human cancer cells support effects of EMR on cancer, and on chronic diseases (through necrosis, apoptosis and reactive oxygen species). Further risks relate to mitochondrial heteroplasmy, possibly leading to evolutionary erosion of oxidative phosphorylation physiology.
Fortunately, there is a spectacular alternative to wireless to serve our data transmission needs, optical fiber, which is incomparably faster, energy-efficient, hack-proof, hygienic and environmentally acceptable. This solution would restrict wireless to applications where mobility is essential. Hence prosperity is better served by “a fiber in every home”, because future data needs, not only of industry but for individuals, will soon outpace all that wireless has to offer.
Gunnar Heuser, MD, PhD
Internal Medicine, El Dorado Hills, CA (USA)
Gunnar Heuser, MD, PhD
Internal Medicine, El Dorado Hills, CA (USA)
Dr. Heuser is an “in the trenches” doctor who has used his experience as much as possible to inform the public and his colleagues of the potentially devastating effects of environmental and electromagnetic exposure. He was born in Germany and studied medicine in Cologne. He was a PhD student at the University of Montreal in Canada and had the privilege to study under the world-famous Hans Selye.
He obtained his Ph.D. in experimental medicine at the University of Montreal and McGill University in Montreal, then he worked at the UCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI), doing research that led to a number of publications. He left UCLA and started a private practice of medicine with special interest in the brain where he has published a number of peer reviewed papers. He uses functional brain scans (SPECT, PET, and fMRI) as these scans go beyond the anatomy of the brain and display with color the severity of the abnormalities in the functioning of the brain.
In recent years he has studied patients who have been exposed to electromagnetic fields (cell phone towers, smart meters, Wi-Fi, and cell phones). Studies on these patients were abnormal. Many of his patients who had developed chemical sensitivity eventually developed sensitivity to electromagnetic fields (EMFs). This led to the conclusion that the mechanisms involved in the sensitivity are similar if not identical and deserve further research.
Abstract
Functional Brain Scans in Patients Exposed to Neurotoxic Chemicals and/or Electromagnetic Fields
More than ten years ago we became interested in documenting abnormalities of brain function by obtaining functional brain scans (SPECT, PET, and functional MRI).
We published the results on patients who had been exposed to neurotoxic chemicals and had developed symptoms (headaches, impairment of cognitive and memory function, balance problems, tremor, and intermittent confusion) as a result. We published abnormal SPECT scans of more than 60 patients. This publication was peer reviewed.
We studied PET brain scans in flight attendants who had become affected while flying in toxic airplanes. These PET scans were also abnormal.
More recently, we studied and published the results on patients, all of whom had developed impairment of cognitive and memory function and other problems including exquisite sensitivity to electromagnetic fields. Functional brain scans in these patients
were all abnormal. The results were published in a peer reviewed medical journal.
It is our conclusion that small amounts of neurotoxic chemicals result in abnormal functional brain scans in patients who have become symptomatic after neurotoxic chemical exposure.
Functional brain scans were also abnormal in patients exposed to electromagnetic fields (cell phone towers, Wi-Fi, smart meters, and other electromagnetic field sources).
In our experience exposure to neurotoxic chemicals can eventually result in sensitivity to not only neurotoxic chemicals but eventually sensitivity to electromagnetic fields.
Abnormal functional brain scans will be shown and discussed in my presentation.
Nicholas Kardaras, PhD, LCSW
CEO and Chief Clinical Officer - Omega Recovery, Austin, TX (USA)
Nicholas Kardaras, PhD, LCSW
CEO and Chief Clinical Officer - Omega Recovery, Austin, TX (USA)
Dr. Kardaras has been a Clinical Professor for 10 years at Stony Brook Medicine in NY, a psychotherapist for 16 years and Executive Director or CEO of addiction and mental health treatment programs for 10 years.
Abstract
Glow Kids – How Screen Addiction is Hijacking Our Kids – And How to Break the Trance.
Dr. Kardaras will present an examination of the clinical aspects of screen time as he explores the research on screen time and depression, anxiety, ADHD, increased aggression and even thought disorders.
Elizabeth “Libby” Kelley, MHA
Executive Director - Electromagnetic Safety Alliance (USA)
Elizabeth “Libby” Kelley, MHA
Executive Director - Electromagnetic Safety Alliance (USA)
Libby has worked for almost 25 years to educate and advocate on electromagnetic fields health and safety. She has training and work experience in public health and public policy. She has a Masters’ degree in health care service administration, specializing in community health services, earned at the University of Southern California. She worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in the Office of the Secretary in Washington D.C. for 10 years as an analyst where she conducted large studies evaluating major health and welfare issues and also conducted a study of the U.S. Food Stamp Program for the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee. She entered federal service as a U.S. Presidential Management Fellow.
She is Executive Director for the Electromagnetic Safety Alliance, Inc. www.emsafetyalliance.org, and directs the International EMF Scientist Appeal, signed by scientists who have published EMF papers in professional journals, to the United Nations, the World Health Organization and to U.N. member nations, www.emfscientist.org. Libby serves as Executive Producer for this EMF Medical Conference 2021.
Abstract
EMF Scientists Call for Precautionary Measures to Protect Humankind and Nature
For over two decades, independent scientists who conduct EMF research on electrical and magnetic fields, and electromagnetic radiofrequency radiation and publish papers in professional journals, have joined to issue statements to bring their concerns about the biological and adverse health effects they are reporting in their papers, to the attention of public officials and the public.
The International EMF Scientist Appeal, initiated in 2015, is addressed to the Director-General of the United Nations, the Secretary-General of the World Health Organization, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and to all U.N. Member States. During this presentation, I will present and discuss this Appeal, including the consensus view of the scientists on the biological and adverse health effects, which will be amended to reflect the current state of the science and a description of the inadequacies of the current thermal-based guidelines and guidelines to protect human health, that are set by international standard setting organizations. Further, the studies showing biological and adverse health effects of non-ionizing radiation far below these thermal standards being ignored by these organizations; and these scientists are making an urgent call to international and national public health and environmental agencies, to consider the scientific evidence showing non-thermal effects. The scientists recommend measures that should be taken to protect people from EMF exposure risks, based on the precautionary principle and ALARA (the concept of As Low As Reasonably Achievable), particularly by lowering the safety thresholds. The scientists call upon the UN Environment Programme to convene a multidisciplinary committee to review the scientific evidence and make recommendations to protect animals, plants, microbes, and people.
Statements issued by the Advisors to the Appeal since 2015, as well as other significant appeals, resolutions, and initiatives, that continue to raise the imperative need for biologically- based standards, will also be discussed.
About the Electromagnetic Safety Alliance, Inc.
Based in Tucson, Arizona USA, the Electromagnetic Safety Alliance (ESA) is a non-profit organization that seeks to “make the invisible, visible.” ESA and its advisors have decades of experience working on public health issues, advising both the public and elected leaders of the potential hazards of non-ionizing radiation. ESA’s executive director, Elizabeth Kelley, also manages the International EMF Scientist Appeal to the United Nations. For more information, please visit www.emsafetyalliance.org
Henry Lai, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering, University of Washington (USA) - Editor Emeritus, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
Henry Lai, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering, University of Washington (USA) - Editor Emeritus, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
Dr. Henry Lai, PhD (USA) is a professor emeritus of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. He has a long research career focused on biological effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (from extremely-low frequency to radiofrequency) and their possible medical applications with research end points covering molecular biology, neurochemistry, behaviour, and cancer treatment. He has a further interest in the development of artemisinins and its analogs for cancer treatment and prevention. From 2009 to 2018, Professor Lai has served as a co-editor-in-chief of the international peer-reviewed journal Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine. Professor Lai has published over 100 peer-reviewed research publications. The Seattle Magazine named Professor Lai as one of the most influential people in Seattle in 2011.
Two Lectures
Lecture #1 Abstract
Rebuttal of Some of the Arguments that Most Present RFR Exposure Guidelines are Adequate to Protect the Public
There are several arguments used by some people to claim that most existing exposure guidelines are adequate to protect the general public for possible harmful effects of radiofrequency radiation (RFR), and there is no need to consider new research data. This presentation examines the validity of these arguments. The arguments include:
- Only thermal effects occur. There is no evidence of non-thermal effects.
- Low intensity RFR does not cause any biological effects.
- Most scientific data in RFR research are non-replicable and contradictory, thus, could not be used in exposure guideline setting.
- Linear dose-response relationship generally does not exist in RFR research.
- Mechanisms of interaction of RFR with living organisms are not known.
Lecture #2 Abstract
Neurological Effects of Nonionizing Electromagnetic Fields
This presentation deals mainly on the neurological effects of radiofrequency radiation (RFR). Neurological effects are caused by changes in the nervous system. Factors that act directly or indirectly on the nervous system causing morphological, chemical, or electrical changes in the nervous system can lead to neurological effects. The final manifestation of these effects can be seen as psychological/behavioral changes, e.g., memory, learning, and perception.
- The nervous system is an electrical organ. Thus, it should not be surprising that exposure to electromagnetic fields could lead to neurological changes. Thus, there is ample evidence that RFR exposure affects the nervous system from both acute and long-term exposure experiments. Morphological, chemical, electrical, and behavioral changes have been reported in cells and animals after exposure to RFR.
- Most of the studies were carried out with relatively high levels of RFR compared to environmental level. However, there are studies that reported effects at very low levels, i.e., lower than most international RFR-exposure guidelines, e.g., the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). This raises the question on whether the guidelines used in most countries nowadays are obsolete and new exposure guidelines have to be set.
- Some explanatory mechanisms for these effects have emerged. One consistent finding is that animals exposed to RFR suffered from memory and learning deficits. These effects can be explained by the results of numerous reports that showed RFR affected the hippocampus, a brain structure involved in memory and learning. Several studies reported deficit in memory in human subjects exposed to RFR, particularly on short-term memory, a function specifically related to the hippocampus. Another related aspect is that several investigations have indicated that RFR exposure could reverse some of the defects in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease, a neurological disorder involved in the degeneration of cholinergic innervations in the hippocampus.
- Another very consistent finding is that RFR affects free radical metabolism in the brain. This oxidative effect may explain some of the cellular and physiological, and consequently behavioral effects of RFR on the nervous system.
- Many of the effects of RFR on the nervous system, e.g., the hippocampus, oxidative effect, and behavioral effects, are also observed after exposure to extremely-low frequency (50-60 Hz) electromagnetic fields.
Piero Lercher, MD
Director, Vienna Medical Chamber Department of Environmental Medicine (Austria)
Piero Lercher, MD
Director, Vienna Medical Chamber Department of Environmental Medicine (Austria)
Piero Lercher, MD has published papers on the health effects of electromagnetic fields, including co-authoring “EUROPAEM EMF Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of EMF-related Health Problems and Illnesses.” Dr. Lercher is a sports physician and expert in the field of preventive medicine and Public Health. He has published several scientific publications and books and also numerous cartoons and medical illustrations. He has broad experience in medical consulting, study-coordination, conceptual design, coordination and implementation of interdisciplinary projects including prevention and life-style medicine. Since 2004, he has been a lecturer at the Medical University of Vienna, since 2005, he has served as organizational director of the post-graduate Public Health program at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Since 2014, he has been the line coordinator for Public Health at the Karl Landsteiner Private University of Krems. He has been the head of the Department of Environmental Medicine of the Vienna Medical Chamber since 2012.
Abstract
Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment of EMF Associated Illness (with focus on mobile phones and 5G) New Aspects on International Policies & Actions for Public Health
Introduction
New wireless technologies have been introduced to mankind without any certainty about potentially adverse effects, raising new challenges for medicine, public health and society. Meanwhile in almost every area of life, EMF exposure occurs. Thus, in many countries, the fifth generation cellular network technology (5G) that provides broadband access is to be expanded in many countries. Due to the massive spread of the new antenna technology, very high radiation densities are to be expected. Various studies, empirical observations and patient reports clearly indicate interactions between EMF exposure and health problems. There is strong evidence that particularly long-term exposure to certain EMFs is a risk factor for diseases. The case histories of the patients show mobile communication-associated diseases like electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), addiction and orthopedic disorders, which are increasing in frequency and severity over time.
Largely Unknown Facts
Our thinking processes can be inspired by diverse, largely unknown facts.
Thus, there is a disclaimer of the insurance companies for the mobile technology. Furthermore, the electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as possibly carcinogenic to humans. An unverified mass and permanent use of wireless technologies is therefore to be regarded as negligent. Evidence of safety must be provided.
Prevention
Therefore, it is important to carry out adequate assessments and to establish correct parameters for diagnosis. Prior to treatment we should mainly focus on prevention or reduction of EMF exposure in everyday life. This requires a reversal of the burden of proof where industry and the state prove the safety of wireless technologies and accept liability for negative effects on humans, animals and nature. Regarding the implementation of new technologies with a potential health risk, the precautionary principle has to be applied and respected. It is also recommended to set up a fund to sponsor industry-independent scientific research and cover claims for damages.
Diagnosis and Therapy
The problem is that EHS symptoms are unspecific and often not taken seriously. Cancer in turn is often multifactorial and cannot be traced back to a single cause. The EUROPAEM EMF Guidelines give an overview of the current knowledge regarding EMF-related health risks and provide recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment and accessibility measures of EHS to improve and restore individual health outcomes as well as for the development of strategies for prevention.
Conclusion and Perspectives
Restoring a world without wireless communication is an illusion. It is a matter of propagating precautions and rules for prudent handling. It is about encouraging and motivating people to use these technologies as a tool, that is, only when really needed. Furthermore, potentially harmful technologies can be replaced by the implementation of other technologies, like fiber optic cables or visible light communications, without loss of comfort. Last but not least, the simplest and easiest strategy is to implement EMF-free zones.
Erica Mallery-Blythe, BSBM
Founder and Director PHIRE - Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment (U.K)
Erica Mallery-Blythe, BSBM
Founder and Director PHIRE - Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment (U.K)
Dr. Erica Mallery-Blythe, founder of PHIRE (Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment), is a UK trained medical doctor with a decade of experience within hospital medicine of various disciplines. Emergency Trauma Medicine is her area of expertise in hospital, and in training for this specialty she has a broad base of medical experience including surgery, anesthesiology, obstetrics, pediatrics and intensive care (both neonatal and adult).
In 2008, she began researching biological effects of non-ionizing radiation. This research included copious literature appraisal and conducting her own research including provocation testing of those with Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS). She has provided expert witness testimony regarding EHS and been invited to discuss the public health concerns of non-ionizing radiation exposure at the highest political level both in the UK, and in Europe.
Abstract
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS)
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity is a multisystemic condition characterised by increased sensitivity to electromagnetic fields of increasingly broader frequency ranges and lower intensities. There is awareness and / or adverse symptomatology in response to even extremely weak (orders of magnitude below current safety levels) electromagnetic fields of multiple types, in terms of frequency, intensity and waveforms. Classical symptoms include headaches, insomnia, heart palpitations, tinnitus and mood disturbance, but as to be expected from a radiation induced condition, every system can be affected. The reaction is physical, not psychological, and this is now recognised by credible medical doctors’ groups and scientific panels throughout the world.
EHS is currently a clinical diagnosis, that is, diagnosis is based on the clinical history and examination. There are other objective parameters such as specific blood tests and other adjunctive tests which can be helpful, especially for monitoring, but these are not yet validated in large scale studies. Peer reviewed, published guidance explains to doctors how to diagnose and manage the condition with advice to urgently reduce exposure. Avoidance is the mainstay of medical advised management. General health optimisation with the aim of reduction of total body toxic load, oxidative stress and inflammation and optimisation of nutritional status, circadian rhythm, grounding, hydration and immune system is a sensible on-going measure in addition. Some more invasive therapies are being practiced in specific, specialist environmental medical clinics but these are yet to be validated on a large scale in order to prove that they are more effective than avoidance alone. Avoidance can be extremely difficult given the ubiquitous nature of modern exposures and therefore more and more individuals seek adjunctive therapies in hope of relieving their suffering.
In the general population (including children), the signs and symptoms associated with EMF exposures from e.g. mobile phone base stations, Wi-Fi, mobile phones, visual display units (VDU), radio / TV broadcasting transmitters, smart meters, MRI scanners and other RF sources reveal that the general population (not known to be EHS) can experience the same constellation of symptoms and signs as are noted in EHS. In some of these cases a ‘dose response’ relationship has been demonstrated.
EHS is recognised under the disability act in some countries and cases have been won for long term disability pensions / compensation for this condition.
It is likely that many children are currently affected, but undiagnosed or incorrectly diagnosed with alternative conditions. Children are likely to be more vulnerable to developing EHS since their relative exposures are higher, and outcomes may be worse given their developing systems and greater time for latent effects.
There are obvious contraventions of the Human Rights Act, Equalities Act, Children and Families Act, Rights of the Child and Nuremburg Code etc regarding the non-consenting exposure of a person to anthropogenic EMFs, and these breaches can be shown to be especially dramatic for some of those with EHS. It is essential ethically as well as medically, that urgent actions are taken to support this vulnerable group more appropriately in both medical and social forums.
Karl Maret MD, M.Eng
Integrative Medicine (USA) - President, Dove Health Alliance
Karl Maret MD, M.Eng
Integrative Medicine (USA) - President, Dove Health Alliance
Specialist training and educator in Energy Medicine technologies for 22 years and president of a non-profit 503(c)3 foundation. Dr. Maret also has degrees in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering (Masters level) and has extensively presented on adverse effects of electromagnetic fields.
Abstract
Challenges and Benefits of EMFs in Energy Medicine
This presentation will give an introduction to non-thermal electromagnetic fields on living organisms based on integrative biophysics principles including the EMF effects on structured water inside cells. This offers a rationale for the growing interest of non-thermal EMF therapies in energy medicine. This is followed by an overview of various energy medicine devices including magnetic fields, modulated and unmodulated light including laser light, sound modalities and microcurrent therapies.
Stephanie McCarter, MD
Internal Medicine/Environmental Medicine - Environmental Health Center, Dallas (USA)
Stephanie McCarter, MD
Internal Medicine/Environmental Medicine - Environmental Health Center, Dallas (USA)
Stephanie McCarter MD is board certified in Internal Medicine and currently practices Internal Medicine and Environmental Medicine with fifteen years of experience working with world renown environmental medicine physician, Dr. William Rea. She is a member of the American College of Physicians, the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, the International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness, and on the board of the National Association of Environmental Medicine. She graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1993 and from Pepperdine University in 1989.
She has built her own eco-friendly, low-electromagnetic-field home, consulting with well-known experts in healthy house building, including David Rousseau and Tang Lee of Canada, and Mary Oetzel in Texas.
She has lectured on Environmental Medicine in the areas of indoor/outdoor air quality, avoiding pollutants in air, food and water, evaluation and treatment of electromagnetic field sensitivity, and on preparing antigens for provocation/neutralization immunotherapy.
Dr. McCarter believes that the body is an energetically open system that is exchanging energy and materials with its surrounding environment and must be treated as such to achieve total wellness. She strongly believes such treatment should be of the whole body, mind, and spirit.
Abstract
EMF Sensitivity Treatment Modalities
Treatment of electromagnetic (EMF) sensitivity is a multidisciplinary approach. EMF sensitivity involves systemic inflammation triggered by an overload of total pollutants and toxins that affect many of the bodily systems and possible infections. Each patient is unique and the causes and symptoms of EMF sensitivity vary among patients. Patient case studies are presented which involve taking a detailed history of exposures and sensitivities to physical EMF fields, molds and mycotoxins, chemicals, and heavy metals. Double blind EMF testing is performed in an environmentally controlled and shielded environment. Diagnostic testing involves evaluating inflammatory markers, all parts of the immune system, and testing for infections. Nutrient testing, as well as solvent, heavy metal, mold and mycotoxin, and chemical profiles are performed.
Treatment for EMF sensitive patients involves optimizing the immune system by a booster made from the patient’s own blood called autogenous lymphocytic factor (Alf) and treating immunoglobulin deficiencies. Provocation neutralization (P / N) skin testing in a controlled environment is used to identify and treat the elements that are triggering a patient’s immune, endocrine, vascular, and nervous systems. These triggers include heavy metals, molds, mycotoxins, pollens, foods, chemicals, and dental and implant materials. P / N is also used for treating imbalances of neurotransmitters which include histamine, serotonin, and capsaicin. Treatment also includes intravenous chelation with EDTA, DMSA and alpha lipoic acid for heavy metals and IV nutritional therapy. P / N skin testing is often used to de sensitize patients to sensitivities to intravenous nutrients agents and chelating agents before treatment to optimize treatment benefit. Von Ardenne’s oxygen therapy is used when applicable to treat patients with a unique low chemical apparatus. Sauna and lymphatic massage are recommended based on the patient’s detoxification capacity and total load evaluation. Ozone therapy both with insufflation and intravenous ozone are used when applicable. In some cases patients can tolerate bioregulation therapy (BRT) or microcurrent therapy to help support communication and detoxification at the cellular level.
Patients are educated about resources for lowering physical EMF exposure in their home and methods to help ground their energy and lower EMF symptoms. Information from the patient’s testing results which includes both lab tests and skin testing plus the patient’s exposure history in their home and work environment is used to produce a unique profile of treatment recommendations for decreasing EMF sensitivity in each patient.
Ronald L. Melnick, PhD
Former Senior Toxicologist - U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP), NIEHS (USA)
Ronald L. Melnick, PhD
Former Senior Toxicologist - U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP), NIEHS (USA)
Ronald Melnick, PhD, an independent consultant, was a senior toxicologist for 28+ years in the National Toxicology Program (NTP) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. At the NTP, he led the design and interpretation of numerous toxicity/carcinogenicity studies, including the design of the NTP studies on cell phone radiofrequency radiation (RFR). Dr. Melnick has served on numerous scientific review boards and advisory panels, including the US EPA and the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, which classified RFR as a possible human carcinogen. Dr. Melnick spent one year at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and is a fellow (emeritus) of the Collegium Ramazzini.
Abstract
Carcinogenicity of cell phone radiation demonstrated in studies by the National Toxicology Program
Toxicity and carcinogenicity studies on cell phone radiofrequency radiation (RFR) were designed and conducted by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) subsequent to the nomination of RFR from the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Device and Radiological Health. In their nomination, the FDA expressed concerned that existing exposure guidelines for RFR, which are based on protection from acute injury from thermal effects, may not be protective against any non-thermal effects from chronic exposures. The NTP studies in rats and mice were conducted in reverberation chambers at exposure levels in which body temperatures were maintained within 1OC of pre-exposure temperatures, and at tissue doses that were comparable to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) guideline limits for localized tissue exposures in the general population. Results from the NTP studies showed clear evidence of carcinogenic activity from exposure to cell phone radiation (GSM or CDMA modulations): there were significant increases in the incidences and/or trends for cancers in the heart (schwannoma) and brain (glioma). In addition, there were increased proliferative lesions in the prostate gland, DNA damage in brain cells of rats and mice, heart muscle disease, and reduced birth weights after in utero exposures. There was no indication of tissue damage in a 28-day study, and there were no differences in body weights between exposed and sham control rats and no exposure-related clinical observations in the 2-year study. Thus, the previous assumption that non-ionizing radiation cannot cause cancer or adverse health effects, other than by tissue heating, is wrong. The NTP data should impact the cancer classification of RFR by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and lead to the development of health-protective exposure standards.
Anthony B. Miller, MD, FRCP, FRCP (C), FFPH, FACE
Professor & Department Chair Emeritus, Preventive Medicine & Biostatistics Dalla Lama School of Public Health, University of Toronto (Canada)
Anthony B. Miller, MD, FRCP, FRCP (C), FFPH, FACE
Professor & Department Chair Emeritus, Preventive Medicine & Biostatistics Dalla Lama School of Public Health, University of Toronto (Canada)
Scientific staff member UK Medical Research Council, 1962-71, Director Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 1971-86, Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto, 1992-6, Director, Canadian National Breast Screening Study, 1980-2005, special expert, Division of Cancer Prevention, US National Cancer Institute, 1997, Senior Epidemiologist, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1998-9, Head, Division of Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre, 2000-3, Associate Director Research, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 2008-10, Lead OncoSim modelling initiative, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, 2011-20, Member of the Order of Canada, 2019.
Abstract
Public Health Implications and Public Policy Review
Radiation exposure has long been a concern for the public, policy makers, and health researchers. Beginning with radar during World War II, human exposure to radio-frequency radiation (RFR) technologies has grown substantially over time. In 2011, a working group of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reviewed the published literature and categorized RFR as a “possible” (Group 2B) human carcinogen. A broad range of adverse human health effects associated with RFR have been reported since the IARC review. In addition, three large-scale carcinogenicity studies in rodents exposed to levels of RFR that mimic lifetime human exposures have shown significantly increased rates of Schwannomas and malignant gliomas, as well as chromosomal DNA damage. Of particular concern are the effects of RFR exposure on the developing brain in children. Compared with an adult male, a cell phone held against the head of a child exposes deeper brain structures to greater radiation doses per unit volume, and the young, thin skull’s bone marrow absorbs a roughly 10-fold higher local dose. Experimental and observational studies also suggest that men who keep cell phones in their trouser pockets have significantly lower sperm counts and significantly impaired sperm motility and morphology, including mitochondrial DNA damage as well as an increased risk of colon cancer. Pending an updated IARC working group review, current knowledge provides justification for governments, public health authorities, and physicians/allied health professionals to warn the population that having a cell phone next to the body is harmful, and to support measures to reduce all exposures to RFR.
Cindy Lee Russell, MD
Executive Director - Physicians for Safe Technology (USA)
Cindy Lee Russell, MD
Executive Director - Physicians for Safe Technology (USA)
Dr. Cindy Russell is Executive Director of Physicians for Safe Technology, a non-profit group formed to educate physicians and the public about the science, risks, and safer use of wireless technology. After completing training at Stanford University in plastic surgery, Dr. Russell started practice in Mountain View, California. She is presently President for the Santa Clara Medical Association. She has studied toxins for the Environmental Health Committee of this association for more than 20 years. During that time, she has authored many policy resolutions related to reducing environmental toxins at the California Medical Association House of Delegates. In 2001 she led the effort to pass the Santa Clara County Integrated Pest Management ordinance to reduce pesticide exposure on County property. Her focus continues to be disease prevention and environmental health through toxics reduction.
Abstract
From Toxins to Towers: A Primer on the Science of Wireless Health Effects
EMF Biological and Health Effects
Wireless technology has become a dominant form of communication in our society, with human health exposure guidelines largely set by engineers looking at heat effects. Biological and health effects of electromagnetic frequencies have been reported at levels far below the safety thresholds in the scientific literature, however, and are under-recognized by the medical community. This talk will provide a brief overview of how non-ionizing radiation used in wireless devices can affect biological systems and thereby our health, highlighting some key research studies.
Joseph R. Salvatore, MD
Hematology/Oncology (USA) - Editor-In-Chief, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
Joseph R. Salvatore, MD
Hematology/Oncology (USA) - Editor-In-Chief, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
Dr. Salvatore began his Laboratory and Clinical Research in Nonionizing Radiation in 1984, after completing his training in Hematology/Oncology at the Brown University Cancer Center. His initial work was with Charles Polk and others with a research concentration in the application of Static Magnetic Fields to Medical Diagnosis and Therapy, particularly in the therapy of Cancer. Dr. Salvatore is Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology at the VA Medical Center in Phoenix, and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine. Dr. Salvatore notes that his participation in the conference represents his opinions only and not those of the U. S. Government.
Abstract
Electromagnetic Fields in Cancer Therapy
Static Magnetic Fields (SMF) are Non-Time Varying Magnetic Fields that have been used in medical diagnosis and therapeutics for many years. The basic Physics of these fields is reviewed and the reasons why they find application in Medical/Biological research. There have been a number of biological effects ascribed to application of SMF to both Cellular and Live Animal systems and these are explored in this talk, with a focus on the results of the application of SMF on Neoplastic Cell Systems and Animal-based Neoplasms. There will also be a focus on how these fields are applied to Humans with Malignancy, particularly Clinical studies that use SMF as part of a therapeutic Cancer therapy program.
Theodora Scarato, MSW
Executive Director - Environmental Health Trust (USA)
Theodora Scarato, MSW
Executive Director - Environmental Health Trust (USA)
Theodora Scarato MSW is Executive Director of Environmental Health Trust (EHT), a scientific think tank that publishes research and educates policymakers on environmental health issues. EHT scientists are among the leading independent voices calling for reducing wireless worldwide. Scarato helped coordinate the 2019 US medical conference designed exclusively to train medical professionals on electromagnetic radiation.
Scarato has published research on EMF policy and is a lead policy analyst maintaining EHT’s renowned EMF policy database. She has presented at the National Institutes of Health, the New Hampshire State 5G Commission, the University of California, San Francisco and several international conferences.
Abstract
International Governments Address the Health Issues Posed By Cell Phones, Wi-Fi, and 5G? A Review of International Policy
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate exposure to electromagnetic fields from cell phones and cell antennas was undermined when Congress began to not allocate funding for this activity in the 1980s. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration shares regulatory authority over cell phones with the Federal Communications Commission and sets an exposure safety threshold solely based on avoiding thermal heating. However, by contrast, many nations world-wide have adopted a wide range of protective EMF policies in response to growing awareness of the health impacts posed by wireless radiation. Over a dozen countries recommend reducing wireless exposures to the head, and several restrict Wi-Fi in schools and have banned the sale of phones designed for young children. Over a dozen nations have recommended lower safety thresholds for extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF) for vulnerable places, such as schools and neighborhoods but the US has yet to set comparable safety limits on ELF exposure.
The French National Frequency Agency is testing phones as they are used- next to the body, and France has passed a comprehensive set of regulations that reduce wireless and provide transparency. The American Academy of Pediatrics and several medical organizations recommend reducing exposures to children and are calling for governments to ensure laws are adequate to protect children and pregnant women. The Berkeley Right to Know statute has been upheld by appellate courts, despite vigorous assaults by industry. The states of California and Connecticut have also provided guidance on why and how to reduce cell phone radiation exposures. Over 500 municipalities in Italy have passed official resolutions to halt the 5G rollout as well as several local governments across Europe. In the USA, several cities have passed ordinances to restrict 5G small cells near homes with setbacks for homes and schools. In Cyprus, a national education campaign was followed by the removal of Wi-Fi in pediatric units in Archosho Makarios hospital.
Elizabeth Seymour, MD, MS, BS, FAAFP
Medical Director, Environmental Health Center - Dallas (USA)
Elizabeth Seymour, MD, MS, BS, FAAFP
Medical Director, Environmental Health Center - Dallas (USA)
Elizabeth Seymour, MD is a family and functional medicine physician who joined the staff of the Environmental Health Center in 2015. She learned, witnessed, employed and experienced the techniques and knowledge of Dr. Rea as together they examined patients.
Dr. Seymour earned her B.S. in Biology at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. She earned an M.S. in Health Services Administration at St. Joseph’s College in Standish, Maine, and her medical degree at St. Matthews University School of Medicine, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Her Postdoctoral Training was with Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as an Intern in Family Medicine from July 2006 – June 2007 and as a resident in Family Medicine from July 2007 – June 2009.
She is vitally involved in the community serving as Board Chair for the Denton Area Teacher’s Credit Union, as President of the Denton County Medical Society, and as a board member of Medical City Denton Hospital. She has served on the Committee to Keep Denton Beautiful and on the Texas Dept. of Insurance Advisory Committee for the Standard Request Form for Prior Authorization of Medical Care or Health Care Services. She also was the Chairperson on the Health Care innovation Challenge Grant Review, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Since 2009 Dr. Seymour has been a Rotary Member, Denton, TX.
Her community service has seen her serve as a volunteer for the Special Olympics, and as a Stephens County Science Fair Judge. She served on the Citizen’s Advisory Committee for Denton ISD, Secondary Schools subcommittee. She was a volunteer assisting in the Integris Oral, Breast, and Prostate Cancer Screening. She has also been an Emergency Room Volunteer for the Denton Regional Medical Center.
She was appointed to serve on Leadership America in 2018. From July 2016 to May 2017 she served on the Texas Medical Association, Leadership College. She was appointed to serve from March 2012 to February 2014 on the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, National Conference of Special Constituencies (NSCS), and as an International Medical Graduate Delegate. From May 2012 – May 2014 she was appointed to serve as a Delegate to the Texas Medical Association’s Council on Practice Management Services. She was appointed to the Leadership Texas Class of 2014, and from 2013 – 2014 she served on Leadership North Texas Class V. From 2012 through 2014 she served on the Leadership Denton Class 2013. In 2010 – 2011 she was appointed to serve on the Duncan Class VX as a Graduate.
Dr. Seymour along with Long, R., and Mold, J. has published in the Evidence-Based Practice, volume 13.1 (January 20010):4 the article “Osteoarthritis of the knee: Who is most likely to benefit from intraarticular corticosteroid injections, and for how long?”
She is a member of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Pan American Allergy Society, the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, and the American Academy of Family Physicians, The Texas Academy of Family Physicians, and the Denton County Medical Society.
Dr. Seymour is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is certified by the Institute of Functional Medicine. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Dr. Seymour’s current lectures/interviews include:
- EMF Conference 2019, Scotts Valley, CA. “Complex Patients – Environmental Health Center – Dallas, September 6-8, 2019.
- American Academy of Environmental Medicine, The Roots of Toxicity: When Environmental Chemicals Hurt Our Health. Dallas, TX, March 5-7, 2020.
- Interview on Simply Shemane’s Killer House Documentary with Shemane Nugent, June 30, 2020.
Abstract
Differential Diagnosis of Complex Cases
Differential diagnosis was a term used to describe the process of differentiating between two or more conditions which share similar signs and symptoms. With EMF patients, there are a multitude of symptoms and it can be difficult to obtain a true diagnosis, thus making these cases extremely complicated. One must take into account that the nervous system transmits signals between different parts of the body and is essentially the body's electrical wiring. EMF exposure can affect the electrical signals and transmission of information to the rest of the body. Neurological symptoms such as burning, tingling, numbness, pins/needles sensation, shooting, fire-like, and electrical shocks are common complaints. As we dive deeper into the neurological dysfunction, patients can also experience autonomic nervous system dysfunction. Just to name a few, these symptoms may include sweating, palpitations, changes in digestion, and blood pressure fluctuations. This leads most patients to have common diagnoses including anxiety, arrhythmias, IBS, POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), and hypertension. It isn’t until after a patient’s environment is evaluated and assessed for EMF exposure, that a provider can pull many indicators together to obtain a diagnosis of EMF sensitivity, and recommend appropriate therapies to treat the EMF patient.
Peter Sierck, CIEC, REA, EMRS, RFSO
Industrial Hygienist/Baubiologist - Environmental Testing & Technology, Inc. (USA)
Peter Sierck, CIEC, REA, EMRS, RFSO
Industrial Hygienist/Baubiologist - Environmental Testing & Technology, Inc. (USA)
Peter Sierck has conducted professional electromagnetic field (EMF) surveys and field reduction methods for the last 30+-years. His experience and expertise include testing and mitigation of low frequency AC electric and magnetic fields, radio frequency (RF) emissions and dirty power issues. His work entails conducting building surveys, developing, and implementing shielding methods, and designing low EMF/RF sanctuaries in buildings. Peter’s goal is creating low EMF indoor environments to create healthier and safer places for its occupants.
He is conducting surveys in residential homes, commercial and institutional buildings and for school districts. Peter loves to use professional, state of the art, calibrated instrumentation. His instrument park ranges from spectrum analyzer to a plethora of specific field meters.
Peter Sierck is a Building Biologist, Senior Industrial Hygienist and Principal of Environmental Testing & Technology, Inc. (ET&T) located in San Diego, California. He chairs the EMF&RF Solutions division at ET&T. Peter grew up in Germany where he received his formal education and Building Biology training.
Two Talks
Lecture Abstract
How to Create a Low EMF Building
The lecture provides guidance for medical professionals who are looking for ways to reduce EMF/RF exposure to their patients. The presentation will identify common types and sources of electromagnetic fields (EMF) and radio frequency (RF) radiation in indoor environments. Included is how to detect, test and evaluate testing results. Presenting elimination, mitigation and shielding methods with case histories is the purpose of this presentation.
- AC Magnetic Fields
- AC Electric Fields
- Radio Frequency (RF) Radiation
- 5G
- Dirty Power Issues
Exposure to EMF and radiofrequency (RF) emissions is ever increasing. Their elimination can be an important treatment modality.
Workshop Abstract
EMF Meter Workshop
This workshop will show you the most common type of EMF and RF meter used today. How they work, how to use them and what the results mean. We will take you on a tour measuring AC magnetic and electric fields from wired electrical installations and wireless radio frequency sources. The tour will guide you through a residential and an office building and demonstrate the measurement protocols, measurement errors, which can be made and demonstrate why you are measuring what you re measuring. The purpose of the workshop is to provide you with the tools, protocols, and evaluation criteria to perform your own EMF/RF measurements and know what the results mean.
Sheena Symington, B.Sc., M.A.
Director - The Electrosensitive Society (Canada)
Sheena Symington, B.Sc., M.A.
Director - The Electrosensitive Society (Canada)
Sheena Symington B.Sc., M.A., is the Director of the Electro-Sensitive-Society. She advocates on behalf of people who have developed Electro Hyper Sensitivity (EHS) in Canada and abroad. She gives talks related to electromagnetic hygiene to the general public as well as health care providers in hospitals and in private practice. Sheena has a background in biological and environmental sciences and has been researching chemical and electromagnetic pollutants and their effects on natural and human ecosystems since 1998. She works as a Research Associate with Professor Emerita Dr. Magda Havas (www.theroselab.com)
Abstract
How to Advocate for Persons who have Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, Canadian Campaigns
Sheena Symington, Director of the Electrosensitive Society, will describe the key issues facing those who suffer from EHS and what can be done to help them. She advocates for those suffering from EHS in work environments, hospitals, private medical clinics and public places. Important first steps for EHS recovery are to create a low EMF environment and to find medical practitioners familiar with treating and accommodating EHS. Sheena will share her experiences of what has worked and what more needs to be done. She will also provide information on public advocacy campaigns calling for greater health protection in Canada.
Charles Teo, AM, MBBS, FRACS
Neurosurgeon (Australia) - Founder, Cure Brain Cancer Foundation
Charles Teo, AM, MBBS, FRACS
Neurosurgeon (Australia) - Founder, Cure Brain Cancer Foundation
Professor Teo was, and remains, instrumental in the development, dissemination and acceptance of the concept of keyhole minimally invasive techniques in neurosurgery. He runs a fellowship program that attracts over 600 applicants yearly and has trained many of the world’s leading figures in neurosurgery at distinguished centres such as the Barrow Neurological Institute and Johns Hopkins, Duke, Stanford, Vanderbilt and Harvard Universities. Dr. Teo has over 120 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has authored two books on keyhole approaches to brain tumours and is a guest editor for several journals. He is the Australian representative on the Tumour Section of the AANS and CNS. Professor Teo strongly believes that a surgeon’s responsibility to his patients shouldn’t end after surgery. In keeping with his desire to find cures for recurrent brain tumours he has raised over $20 million that has been used to fund research scientists both in Australia and abroad. He has done this through the Cure for Life Foundation, the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation (Charity of the Year 2016) and currently the Charlie Teo Foundation. Charlie dedicates 3 months every year to pro bono work in developing countries, for which he has been recognised with awards from Rotary International, including the Paul Harris Fellowship (for contribution to World Health), and as a finalist in the NSW Australian of the Year awards in 2003 and 2009. In the 2011 Australia Day awards he was named as a Member of the Order of Australia (for contribution to the development of minimally invasive neurosurgery).
Abstract
Brain Cancer and EMR … Is There a Link??
This presentation will consider four principal types of evidence that are relevant to determining the etiology of radiofrequency radiation exposure and brain cancer: in vitro studies of human and animal cells; in vivo studies; and epidemiological studies.
In the past three years, the US National Toxicology Program and the Ramazzini Institute have produced a number of publications that provide in vivo studies indicating that cell phone radiation can cause multi-organ DNA damage in both rats and mice. Many studies are documenting cellular oxidative stress, which could be a possible mechanism responsible for genetic damage and tumor genesis, with evidence that the blood brain barrier is temporarily compromised following exposure to cell phone radiation making the brain more vulnerable to exogenous influences.
Epidemiological studies are much more limited and have been marred by inadequate exposure information. However, the sheer number of such studies with various types of ipsilateral tumors in parts of the brain that receive the most radiation from cell phones (temporal and frontal lobe tumors) provides powerful evidence of an association after 10-years of cell phone use that has a higher risk factor for younger users. Some brain tumors are remaining stable, others are decreasing, and some are increasing. Consequently, when all types of brain tumors are lumped together, they provide misinformation about the state of the science. The rate of increase of glioblastoma multiform implies an environmental rather than a genetic basis and cannot be explained by improved diagnostics as tumor size varies.
Today more young people die of brain tumors than any other cancer and brain tumors provide the greatest socio-economic impact on society with costs in the billions. Therefore, given all these data, precautionary measures to limit exposure to cell phone radiation, are advised.
Mary Anne Tierney, RN, MPH, EMRS Blue Ridge EMF Solutions
Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist Blue Ridge EMF Solutions, USA
Mary Anne Tierney, RN, MPH, EMRS Blue Ridge EMF Solutions
Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist Blue Ridge EMF Solutions, USA
Mary Anne Tierney, RN, MPH, is an Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist, certified by the Building Biology Institute. She has specialized in health behavior change for the past 30 years, working at the individual, community, and policy levels, first as a public health educator and then as a psychiatric nurse, caring for patients in early recovery from the disease of addiction. Passionate about preventing children from EMF-related health conditions, Mary Anne founded SafeTech Kids NC, a grassroots organization focused on EMF policy advocacy. Mary Anne now devotes her career to EMF education, assessments, mitigation, and wellness coaching of electro-sensitive individuals through her NC-based company, Blue Ridge EMF Solutions.
Abstract
Overcoming the Dam of Denial + Role Play
Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist Mary Anne Tierney, RN, MPH, will highlight the public health theory called the Stages of Change and provide practical tips to advance patients’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to EMF exposures. She will role-play a scenario with a challenging patient (played by Cece Doucette, our conference’s Outreach Coordinator) to help overcome real and perceived barriers to dependence on wireless devices. Dr.Nicholas Kardaras will end the session with highlights of how he helps patients and their families move through behavioral challenges from screen addiction.
Doug Wood
Founder & Director - Americans for Responsible Technology (USA)
Doug Wood
Founder & Director - Americans for Responsible Technology (USA)
Doug Wood is the founder and Director of Americans for Responsible Technology, a national coalition of organizations working to push back against the unfettered deployment of 5G infrastructure. As a copy writer and producer, Mr. Wood had been involved in the planning, production and execution of hundreds of public relations and advertising campaigns for business and the non-profit sector. An accomplished filmmaker, Mr. Wood's documentary films on environmental issues and children's health have been widely acclaimed and used by organizations around the world to promote protective public health policies. Mr. Wood is Associate Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Grassroots Environmental Education, Inc.
Abstract
Building a National Movement to Push Back Against 5G
Doug Wood will discuss the issues confronting communities across the nation as they grapple with the deployment of new wireless technologies while trying to uphold their responsibility to protect public health. He will discuss strategies communities can use to push back legally against wireless companies and remain within the increasingly restrictive guidelines promulgated by the FCC.
Igor Yakymenko, PhD, DrSc
Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Safety National University of Food Technologies (Ukraine)
Igor Yakymenko, PhD, DrSc
Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Safety National University of Food Technologies (Ukraine)
Dr. Yakymenko has 35 years of experience in research and teaching courses to students at the university level courses in Biophysics, Hygiene and Ecology, Research Methodology, etc. at several universities, including Kyiv Medical University (Ukraine).
Dr. Yakymenko has presented his research outcomes at many international conferences and meetings, including, e.g., International Symposiums on Natural Radiation Exposures, Hirosaki University, Japan (2012, 2014). His list of scientific publications includes over 170 peer-reviewed papers, including articles in Experimental Oncology, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine and others.
Abstract
Oxidative Mechanisms of Health Effects of Low Intensity Radiofrequency/Microwave Radiation
This lecture aims to cover experimental data and provide critical information on oxidative effects of low intensity radiofrequency/microwave radiation (RF/MW) in living cells and involving oxidative mechanisms into health effects of RF/MW. Analysis of the currently available scientific literature reveals strong evidence on oxidative effects of low intensity RF/MW in living cells, including activation of key pathways generating reactive oxygen species (ROS), activation of lipid and protein peroxidation, oxidative damage of DNA, and changes in activity of antioxidant enzymes. A wide pathogenic potential of the induced ROS and their involvement in cell signaling pathways explains a range of health effects of low intensity RF/MW, which include both cancer and non-cancer pathologies. In conclusion, low intensity RF/MW is a strong oxidative agent for living cells with a high pathogenic potential; and oxidative stress induced by RF/MW exposure should be recognized as one of the primary mechanisms of health effects of this kind of radiation.
Moderators
Hillel Z. Baldwin, MD
Neurosurgeon - Carondelet Neurological Institute (USA) - Cochair EMFMC 2021
Hillel Z. Baldwin, MD
Neurosurgeon - Carondelet Neurological Institute (USA) - Cochair EMFMC 2021
Dr. Hillel Z. Baldwin, a Board-Certified Neurological surgeon since 1996, practices at the Carondelet Neurological Institute (CNI) of St. Joseph’s Hospital. He has been a practicing surgeon partner at Western Neuro in Tucson, Arizona since 1992. During his career, Dr. Baldwin has served as Chief of Neurosurgery at Tucson Medical Center, Northwest Medical Center and El Dorado Hospital in Tucson.
Dr. Baldwin presently performs a wide array of adult neurosurgical procedures with subspecialty expertise in Minimally Invasive Brain and Spinal surgery, Complex Skull Base surgery, and minimally invasive pituitary surgery. He specializes in lateral access, minimally invasive spine surgery and has the greatest clinical experience in this technique in the state of Arizona.
Given his over 30 year experience in treating patients with brain tumors and other central nervous system disorders, he has developed a strong interest in Electromagnetic and Radio-frequency radiation and it’s effects on the health of the individual and outcomes from neurosurgical treatment.
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH
Founding President, Environmental Health Trust (USA)
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH
Founding President, Environmental Health Trust (USA)
Dr. Davis, PhD, MPH, and Fellow, American College of Epidemiology, is the author of more than 220 scientific publications, editor of multiple monographs, and author of 3 popular, award-winning books. Founding President of the Environmental Health Trust (EHT), she previously served as Founding Executive Director, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Founding Director of the Center for Environmental Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Visiting Professor of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Ondokuz Mayis University, Professor of Epidemiology, Visiting Professor, Sichuan University, and as a U.S. Senate-confirmed presidential appointee in public health.
Abstract
Epidemiological, Clinical and Toxicological Evidence of RF-EMF on Reproduction
Consistent evidence from epidemiological studies, experimental research including in vitro and in vivo laboratory studies, clinical cross-sectional analysis and wildlife observations show that RF exposure is associated with reduced sperm count, motility and concentration, as well as DNA damage and altered cell structure, in both male and female reproduction. Experimental research also shows damage after wireless exposure to the ovaries and testes of rats and mice.
Male infertility is affected by exposures to heat, pesticides, radiation, radioactivity and other hazardous substances. In addition, both ionizing and nonionizing radiation have recognized adverse effects on female reproductive health as well as on spermatogenesis, sperm morphology, and motility. Current exposures from wireless radiation from cell phones, laptops, Wi-Fi and other wireless transmitting devices can contribute to infertility. From currently available studies it is clear that radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) increase reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species that can weaken membranes, increase genomic instability and genotoxicity, and oxidative stress, disrupt cell repair and have deleterious effects on sperm parameters (like sperm count, morphology, motility), along with female reproductive health.
Sharon Goldberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Community Faculty, University of New Mexico (USA)
Sharon Goldberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Community Faculty, University of New Mexico (USA)
Sharon Goldberg is an Integrative Internal Medicine Physician based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her clinical interests include dietary, lifestyle and environmental modification to treat complex chronic disease. She has co-authored publications in the fields of dietary supplementation, autonomic nervous system assessment, and nutritional epidemiology and is currently Associate Professor of Medicine, Community Faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
Dr. Goldberg received her MD from Tel-Aviv University in Israel, and Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. She became interested in the emerging field of Clinical Electromagnetics in 2015 and is an editorial board member of Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine.
Abstract
Bacterial Effects of EMF Exposure
A large body of literature demonstrates that electromagnetic fields, particularly radiofrequency radiation, impact growth patterns and antibiotic susceptibility of various microbes.
This talk will review key papers on bacterial and other microbial effects of EMFs and correlate clinically with possible health and epidemiologic concerns.
Magda Havas, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Trent University School of the Environment, Peterborough (Canada) - Cochair EMFMC 2021
Magda Havas, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Trent University School of the Environment, Peterborough (Canada) - Cochair EMFMC 2021
Magda Havas, PhD, is Professor Emerita at Trent University, School of the Environment in Peterborough, Canada. She is an environmental toxicologist who has studied the effects of chemical pollutants in the environment and more recently the biological effects of electromagnetic frequencies from extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields to ultraviolet radiation. She works with people who have developed electrohypersensitivity and is advising the health care/medical community on how to objectively assess this condition and how to help people heal. She also works on the beneficial effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF), vibrational therapy and light therapy.
The Pre-Conference Prep Course was held October 23-24, 2020. For more information, click here.
Abstract
Electrosmog and Electrotherapeutics 101
Our exposure to electromagnetic fields/radiation is increasing from a variety of devices, at different frequencies with various modulations and a growing population is experiencing difficulties during exposure. Health care providers do not learn about the harmful effects of electromagnetic pollution in medical school and so they are not prepared to deal with patients who are electrohypersenstive (EHS) or whose cancer or infertility is associated with electrosmog exposure. Consequently, they are likely to misdiagnose someone with EHS and related maladies if they are unfamiliar with this issue.
The EMF Medical Conference 2021 aims to educate and train health practitioners on how to prevent, diagnose and treat the various maladies electrosmog causes. The electromagnetic spectrum is the foundation for all the presentations on biological responses to electromagnetic frequencies to be given at this conference. Each of the presentations dealing with the biological effects of electromagnetic pollution will assume that the audience has a basic understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum and the various characteristics of that spectrum that have biological significance (i.e. frequency, modulation, wave form, pulsing, units of measurement, windows effects, duty cycle, etc.).
The purpose of this pre-conference course, entitled “Electrosmog and Electrotherapeutics”, is to provide that basic understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum, anthropogenic sources of electrosmog, and natural sources of electromagnetic frequencies and their role in bio-modulation. However, not all EM frequencies are harmful. Indeed, there is a growing interest in frequency therapy that includes pulsed electromagnetic fields and modulate light therapy that is proving to be highly successful around the world where these treatments are practiced. Some believe that these therapies are the future of health care and so they will be discussed in the 4th and final lecture of this course.
Kristi Mattson, MD
Family Medicine/Environmental Medicine (USA)
Kristi Mattson, MD
Family Medicine/Environmental Medicine (USA)
Dr. Kristi Mattson graduated from the University of Arizona, College of Medicine in 1979, interned at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York; and, was a resident in Emergency Medicine at Truman Medical Center, University of Missouri, Kansas City in 1983. She was an Associate Professor of Medicine at UMKC in Emergency Medicine and at the Goppert Family Practice Program. She is now focused on Environmental Illness, working with patients with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Nutritional Deficiencies, Toxicity, Mold Mycotoxicosis, Electrical Hypersensitivity, Lyme and co-infections. She volunteers support for trauma survivors and is active in the community as an advisor to the Human Ecology Action League of Southern Arizona (HEAL) based in Tucson, Arizona.
Erica Mallery-Blythe, BSBM
Founder and Director PHIRE - Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment (U.K)
Erica Mallery-Blythe, BSBM
Founder and Director PHIRE - Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment (U.K)
Dr. Erica Mallery-Blythe, founder of PHIRE (Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment), is a UK trained medical doctor with a decade of experience within hospital medicine of various disciplines. Emergency Trauma Medicine is her area of expertise in hospital, and in training for this specialty she has a broad base of medical experience including surgery, anesthesiology, obstetrics, pediatrics and intensive care (both neonatal and adult).
In 2008, she began researching biological effects of non-ionizing radiation. This research included copious literature appraisal and conducting her own research including provocation testing of those with Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS). She has provided expert witness testimony regarding EHS and been invited to discuss the public health concerns of non-ionizing radiation exposure at the highest political level both in the UK, and in Europe.
Abstract
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS)
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity is a multisystemic condition characterised by increased sensitivity to electromagnetic fields of increasingly broader frequency ranges and lower intensities. There is awareness and / or adverse symptomatology in response to even extremely weak (orders of magnitude below current safety levels) electromagnetic fields of multiple types, in terms of frequency, intensity and waveforms. Classical symptoms include headaches, insomnia, heart palpitations, tinnitus and mood disturbance, but as to be expected from a radiation induced condition, every system can be affected. The reaction is physical, not psychological, and this is now recognised by credible medical doctors’ groups and scientific panels throughout the world.
EHS is currently a clinical diagnosis, that is, diagnosis is based on the clinical history and examination. There are other objective parameters such as specific blood tests and other adjunctive tests which can be helpful, especially for monitoring, but these are not yet validated in large scale studies. Peer reviewed, published guidance explains to doctors how to diagnose and manage the condition with advice to urgently reduce exposure. Avoidance is the mainstay of medical advised management. General health optimisation with the aim of reduction of total body toxic load, oxidative stress and inflammation and optimisation of nutritional status, circadian rhythm, grounding, hydration and immune system is a sensible on-going measure in addition. Some more invasive therapies are being practiced in specific, specialist environmental medical clinics but these are yet to be validated on a large scale in order to prove that they are more effective than avoidance alone. Avoidance can be extremely difficult given the ubiquitous nature of modern exposures and therefore more and more individuals seek adjunctive therapies in hope of relieving their suffering.
In the general population (including children), the signs and symptoms associated with EMF exposures from e.g. mobile phone base stations, Wi-Fi, mobile phones, visual display units (VDU), radio / TV broadcasting transmitters, smart meters, MRI scanners and other RF sources reveal that the general population (not known to be EHS) can experience the same constellation of symptoms and signs as are noted in EHS. In some of these cases a ‘dose response’ relationship has been demonstrated.
EHS is recognised under the disability act in some countries and cases have been won for long term disability pensions / compensation for this condition.
It is likely that many children are currently affected, but undiagnosed or incorrectly diagnosed with alternative conditions. Children are likely to be more vulnerable to developing EHS since their relative exposures are higher, and outcomes may be worse given their developing systems and greater time for latent effects.
There are obvious contraventions of the Human Rights Act, Equalities Act, Children and Families Act, Rights of the Child and Nuremburg Code etc regarding the non-consenting exposure of a person to anthropogenic EMFs, and these breaches can be shown to be especially dramatic for some of those with EHS. It is essential ethically as well as medically, that urgent actions are taken to support this vulnerable group more appropriately in both medical and social forums.
Cindy Lee Russell, MD
Executive Director - Physicians for Safe Technology (USA)
Cindy Lee Russell, MD
Executive Director - Physicians for Safe Technology (USA)
Dr. Cindy Russell is Executive Director of Physicians for Safe Technology, a non-profit group formed to educate physicians and the public about the science, risks, and safer use of wireless technology. After completing training at Stanford University in plastic surgery, Dr. Russell started practice in Mountain View, California. She is presently President for the Santa Clara Medical Association. She has studied toxins for the Environmental Health Committee of this association for more than 20 years. During that time, she has authored many policy resolutions related to reducing environmental toxins at the California Medical Association House of Delegates. In 2001 she led the effort to pass the Santa Clara County Integrated Pest Management ordinance to reduce pesticide exposure on County property. Her focus continues to be disease prevention and environmental health through toxics reduction.
Abstract
From Toxins to Towers: A Primer on the Science of Wireless Health Effects
EMF Biological and Health Effects
Wireless technology has become a dominant form of communication in our society, with human health exposure guidelines largely set by engineers looking at heat effects. Biological and health effects of electromagnetic frequencies have been reported at levels far below the safety thresholds in the scientific literature, however, and are under-recognized by the medical community. This talk will provide a brief overview of how non-ionizing radiation used in wireless devices can affect biological systems and thereby our health, highlighting some key research studies.
Sponsored Talks
Jeromy Johnson MSCE
Safe Tech Advocate; Director, EMF Analysis
Jeromy Johnson MSCE
Safe Tech Advocate; Director, EMF Analysis
Jeromy Johnson is an engineer and safe technology consultant. He holds an advanced degree in Civil Engineering and worked in Silicon Valley’s financial industry for over 15 years. In 2011, he became electrically sensitive after extensive EMF exposure. Jeromy now helps individuals and families reduce and mitigate EMF pollution through one-on-one consultations, his solutions-focused website, his educational book How to find a Healthy Home, and his widely shared TEDx Talk “Wireless Wake-up Call.”
Abstract
Jeromy Johnson and Rob Metzinger are two of the most trusted and longest serving EMF Consultants in North America. They have helped thousands of electrically sensitive clients regain their health and navigate this complex subject.
Jeromy’s presentation is a concise yet thorough overview of what it takes to prevent and heal electrical sensitivity. The talk includes specific technical solutions for creating a low-EMF home and workplace, along with the lifestyle changes that have been an integral part of Jeromy’s healing journey and that of his clients around the world. This presentation is filled with knowledge that can only come through firsthand experience and will help you to serve your patients. As a participant of the 2021 EMF Medical Conference, Jeromy would like to offer you a gift copy of his book “How to Find a Healthy Home.” This guide has become a trusted EMF resource to thousands of families. To receive your free copy, send a message through his website: www.emfanalysis.com
Rob Metzinger’s presentation details the specific EMF products and services that will best serve your patients. His company, Safe Living Technologies near Toronto, Canada, is highly regarded for having the highest quality products and best customer service in the field. In his talk, Rob outlines the EMF meters and measurement levels that he recommends to electrically sensitive clients. This includes the Safe and Sound series of RF meters that Safe Living Technologies has designed and manufactured. The new Safe and Sound Pro II is the most accurate consumer-level RF meter on the market. Rob then describes the specific EMF shielding products that his company provides. These include bed canopies, fabrics, paint, window film and electricity cut-off switches. There is also a section on 5G in which Rob simplifies and summarizes the complexities of this new generation of cellular communications. Rob’s company current website is (www.slt.co) and new website will be www.safelivingtechnologies.com. It is a resource that you can feel confident sharing with your patients.
Rob Metzinger, EET
BBEC, EMRS, President, Safe Living Technologies, Inc.
Rob Metzinger, EET
BBEC, EMRS, President, Safe Living Technologies, Inc.
Rob Metzinger is by trade, an Electronics Engineering Technologist. He is also a BBI, certified Building Biology Environmental Consultant and a certified Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist. Rob has applied his 18 years of experience in the field of Electromagnetic Radiation and is passing on his knowledge as an instructor at the Building Biology Institute USA since 2008.
Rob is currently the President of Safe Living Technologies Inc. and is a factory certified Gigahertz Solutions Test Equipment Technician and Instructor. Safe Living Technologies is now designing and manufacturing their own brand of RF meters called the Safe and Sound RF Meter line. To contact Rob, please visit his website at www.slt.co
Abstract
Jeromy Johnson and Rob Metzinger are two of the most trusted and longest serving EMF Consultants in North America. They have helped thousands of electrically sensitive clients regain their health and navigate this complex subject.
Jeromy’s presentation is a concise yet thorough overview of what it takes to prevent and heal electrical sensitivity. The talk includes specific technical solutions for creating a low-EMF home and workplace, along with the lifestyle changes that have been an integral part of Jeromy’s healing journey and that of his clients around the world. This presentation is filled with knowledge that can only come through firsthand experience and will help you to serve your patients. As a participant of the 2021 EMF Medical Conference, Jeromy would like to offer you a gift copy of his book “How to Find a Healthy Home.” This guide has become a trusted EMF resource to thousands of families. To receive your free copy, send a message through his website: www.emfanalysis.com
Rob Metzinger’s presentation details the specific EMF products and services that will best serve your patients. His company, Safe Living Technologies near Toronto, Canada, is highly regarded for having the highest quality products and best customer service in the field. In his talk, Rob outlines the EMF meters and measurement levels that he recommends to electrically sensitive clients. This includes the Safe and Sound series of RF meters that Safe Living Technologies has designed and manufactured. The new Safe and Sound Pro II is the most accurate consumer-level RF meter on the market. Rob then describes the specific EMF shielding products that his company provides. These include bed canopies, fabrics, paint, window film and electricity cut-off switches. There is also a section on 5G in which Rob simplifies and summarizes the complexities of this new generation of cellular communications. Rob’s company current website is www.slt.co and new website will be www.safelivingtechnologies.com. It is a resource that you can feel confident sharing with your patients.