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Canadian Radiation Protection Association Annual Conference (27/10/02)
Tramès per Klaus Rudolph (Citizens'
Initiative Omega)
Dear Friends: In the
month of Oct 1996 I found that I could no longer stay in my home which
was located aprox.400 feet from a cellular phone tower, which also housed
TV and FM radio antennae's.After living in that home for one year,and
after intensive study,I found that the microwave emissions from the tower
was the cause of my illness,which started soon after moving in ,pressure
type headache,ringing ears,hearing loss,ear pain,fatigue,joint pain,blurry
vision,sleep disturbance,sharp pain in sensitive areas, as well as other
strange symptoms.
After several calls to the cellular phone company represetative that owned
the antenna's,and not getting results, I threatened a law suit against
them.The cellphone representative told me that he was sorry that I had
said that because they were going to try to do something ,but they will
now be taking a different approach to the situation. I mentioned to
the representative that I was having to sleep in a mobile home, that I
had placed in my back yard, since the microwave emissions where unbearable
inside my house. He then mentioned that he was by my home and had seen
the mobile in my back yard.The next morning, ,just before dawn,while sleeping
in my mobile,I was awakened by very high intensity
microwave.I ran to the door and jumped out of the mobile in my underwear,and
I could hear a dog barking nearby.It was raining at the time.I held my
hands tightly over my ears and after about half a minute the sound and
pressure receded.I don't know how long this had gone on before I awakened,
but It was so strong and load,that I felt like my
head was about to explode with pressure and it made me deaf for aprox
4 hours.
I waited until my doctors office opened and I drove directly there. When
I stepped out of my van at the doctors office the sun was shining and
I felt like I had been sunburnt on the left side of my neck and face.
While I slept,I was lying on my right side with my feet toward the tower.
The mobile was aprox.300 feet from the tower and there was a bush area
between the tower and my mobile. At least five people that saw me soon
after,said that my left ear and neck area was bright red.Very noticeable.
I had my doctor record the information.
The day this took place I received a phonecall ,at aprox 9 PM, from the
cellphone representative telling me that they had been out to my place
that morning, doing tests of the tower emissions ,and that they were sending
the results to the Provincial Radiation Protection Officer ,and that they
no longer want to hear from me.I would have to deal with the
PRPO.in the future. When I asked what happened in the early morning,he
acted as though he didn't hear me,and kept
on talking.
Since that day I have become hypersensitive to microwave emissions and
I suffer pain when ever I get near a tower or antenna.I had to sleep in
a metal container for months after,in order to relieve the pain. The way
the neighbors dog , that I heard barking in the morning of the event,a
friendly white labrador, which I used to stop and pet from time to time,and
which had been tied up for months in direct view of the tower, went mad,and
had to be put down,not too long
after the event took place,(according to the owner.)
I have to believe that I was targeted. I have no way of knowing
who was responsible ,but I would be willing to swear an affidavit to the
effect that the above information is true,and that the event did take
place on a exact date which I have recorded.
Robert Riedlinger Mission B C Canada
V4S 1H9
Canadian Radiation Protection Association
Annual Conference Vancouver BC, May 6-9, 2002
Phosphorylation of Hsp27
- The Molecular Mechanism for Mobile Phone Radiation-Induced Increase
in Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability.
Dariusz Leszczynski1,2, Sakari Joenväärä1,
Jukka Reivinen1 and Reetta Kuokka1 The question of whether mobile phone
radiation (RF-EMF) is hazardous to health remains unanswered. Earlier
we have shown (Leszczynski et al., Differentiation, 70, 2002, in press)
that the 1-hour non-thermal exposure of human endothelial cell line EA.hy926
to
SAR of 2W/kg (900MHz GSM signal) leads to: (i) transient increase in phosphorylation
of hsp27 stress response protein, which was prevented by SB203580, a specific
inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK), and (ii)
transient changes in protein expression levels of hsp27 and p38MAPK. Phosphorylation
of hsp27 has been shown to regulate cell apoptosis - due to inhibition
of the proteolytic activation of pro-caspase-9, and stability of stress
fibers - due to increased polymerization of actin. The latter, when occurring
in brain endothelial cells might affect functioning of blood-brain barrier.
Thus, we have proposed that: the activation (phosphorylation) of hsp27
by mobile phone radiation might be the molecular mechanism regulating
(i) caspase-9-dependent apoptotic pathway and (ii) increase in blood-brain
barrier permeability, which has been observed in some animal experiments.
To determine whether physiological responses of endothelial cells, which
are associated with the hsp27 phosphorylation and might affect permeability
of blood-brain barrier (stability of stress fibers, cell size/shape),
occur in the mobile phone radiation exposed cultures of human endothelial
cells were executed experiments using cultures of
human endothelial cell line EA.hy926 cells, grown on microscope cover
slides, were exposed for 1h to 900MHz GSM signal at an average SAR of
2W/kg. Temperature of cell cultures remained throughout irradiation period
at 37±0.3°C thus the effects reported here are of non-thermal nature.
Cells on cover slides were fixed either immediately or 1h after
the end of irradiation. The expression of hsp27 was determined by indirect
immunohistochemistry. The appearance of cells (size, shape) and stabilization
of stress fibers was determined by staining of the cells with phalloidin
that was labeled with fluorescent-dye (AlexiaFluor).
As expected, 1h RF-EMF exposure increased expression of hsp27. However,
in order to increase hsp27 expression by heat shock was required 3h incubation
of cells at 43°C (1h exposure had no effect). This observation, together
with the measurements showing that temperature of medium was throughout
RF-EMF exposure period at 37±0.3°C, suggest that the observed here effects
are of non-thermal nature. The stability of stress fibers, as determined
by the pattern of staining with phalloidin-AlexiaFluor, increased after
1h irradiation and did not decline during the 1h of post-irradiation incubation
The observed hsp27-related increase in the stability of stress fibers
and caused by it changes in cell shape and size of EA.hy926 cells support
the hypothesis of the regulatory role of hsp27/p38MAPK pathway RF-EMF-induced
permeability of blood-brain barrier. Furthermore, the possible RF-EMF-induced
breakage of the blood-brain barrier, if occurring repeatedly over a long
period of time might become a health hazard because of the possible extra-capillary
accumulation of molecules that might cause brain tissue damage.
1 Bio-NIR Research Group, Radiobiology Laboratory, Department of Research
and Environmental Surveillance, STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority,
Helsinki, Finland
2 Presenting Author, dariusz.leszczynski@stuk.fi
Source: http://www.crpa-acrp.ca/CRPA_Papers/60.htm
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The message is in reply to a message of Don Maisch:
"How
mobile phones let spies see our every move"
Alasdair Philips
Friday, October 25, 2002 12:05 PM
Subject: BAE involved in development of Celldar
[ This info dates from July; there is more info on Roke Manor's work at
http://www.roke.co.uk/news/article.asp?id=38
BAE SYSTEMS and Roke Manor Research Team to Develop Revolutionary Cellphone
Radar Wednesday, July 24, 2002
BAE SYSTEMS and Roke Manor Research are teaming to develop in depth the
concept of CELLphone raDAR - CELLDAR - to provide a revolutionary, totally
covert and innovative approach to the detection of moving air, land and
sea-based objects, maturing a technology which will significantly enhance
military capabilities such as air warfare, littoral operations and Homeland
Defence.
The two companies have signed an agreement to fund the development of
the technology, already successfully developed by Roke Manor Research,
exploiting the latter's in-depth knowledge of cellphone technology through
its pivotal role within Siemens, a world leader in this market place,
in enabling R&D. The BAE SYSTEMS Future Systems, C4ISR and other business
units will be contributing their defence domain knowledge and systems
integration expertise.
CELLDART uses extended multi-static radar detection and data processing
for the tracking, identification and cueing of objects moving in cellphone
fields. The massive world-wide investment in cellphone technology and
the ability to exploit the extensive electromagnetic transmission fields
created to support them presents the opportunity for CELLDART to offer
high-performance, long-range, low-cost detection of objects moving in
space in real time to user communities.
The capability of the technology extends across all domains and will be
a key enabler in future Command & Control, Communications, Computing,
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) solutions. It encompasses
- for instance - the detection of moving vehicles or helicopters in foliage;
of small maritime objects, such as periscopes; and even aircraft which
would otherwise be invisible to traditional mono-static or bi-static radars
through the exploitation of stealth technology.
CELLDART utilises the radar frequencies associated with the current mobile
telephone transmissions (GSM 900, 1800 and 1900) and future transmissions
(3G).
This partnership complements earlier initiatives to combine the skills
of these two world-class companies. These resulted in the SAMPSON active
phased array, multi-function radar (selected for the Royal Navy's Type
45 destroyer) and the HALO® artillery location system now in service with
the British Army and being supplied into the export market.
Informant: Don Maisch
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