Betreff: A reminder for professor Barker
Von: Iris Atzmon
Datum: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:57:37 +0200
 
 

Dear professor Barker,
 
There have been a lot of information circulating on the internet with regard to your latest media interview
about cellular antennas. I attach the info below. What is the scientific  basis for the claims you made in the British media, that masts studies showed they are safe?   can you give references for mast studies, that base your claim: "There have been several studies over the years on mobile phone masts, nearly all of them have concluded there is no evidence they pose a health risk to humans”.  
 
Thank you,  
Iris Atzmon.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Iris Atzmon
To: pressoffice@ulster.ac.uk
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 10:41 PM
Subject: Request for studies reference

Dear Professor Barker,
 
I have read your latest interview about the absence of risk from cell phone masts.
I thank you in advance if you can write/ direct me to several studies that are the basis for your claim,
so I can calm myself  and others with evidence based data.
 
Thank you
Iris Atzmon.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Mona Nilsson
To: Iris Atzmon
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 10:29 PM
 


Mobile Phone Fears Unfounded http://www.ulster.ac.uk/news/releases/2006/2089.html

 

“Professor Anthony Barker, who has over 30 years' experience studying the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, says mobile phone masts are not more dangerous than common TV or radio transmitters.”

 There have been several studies over the years on mobile phone masts, nearly all of them have concluded there is no evidence they pose a health risk to humans”

 

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=38840

 

 

----- Original Message -----
From: Mona Nilsson
To: Iris Atzmon
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 4:34 PM
Subject: Mr Barker in BBC

 
More Mr Barker:
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4771080.stm
 
 
A bid to change planning laws relating to mobile phone masts was launched in the Commons today with cross party backing.Leading the move, Tory former minister David Curry said his aim was not to put forward proscriptive plans."My Bill is an invitation for the industry and Government to engage in discussion to find a better planning framework..." he said. "It is an invitation to negotiate."Introducing his Telecommunications Masts (Planning Control) Bill, Mr Curry (Skipton and Ripon) said there was huge and growing concern about the siting of phone masts. http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=2&newsID=3580
----- Original Message -----
From: Sylvie
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 10:58 AM
Subject: bbc 03 march Prof A. Barker

 
'No evidence' of mast health risk
Mobile phone
Handsets and masts posed no health problems, Prof Barker said
Mobile phone masts and handsets are no more dangerous than television or radio transmitters, an expert has suggested.

Communities often use health arguments to protest over their construction but Prof Anthony Barker said there was no proof they had an adverse effect.

He said TV transmitters had a similar strength field but people did not question their construction.

Residents often protest strongly over perceived health risks in positioning masts near homes and schools.

Prof Barker told an audience of students and academics at the University of Ulster: "There is no reason to expect mobile phone signals - which are essentially low-powered radio transmissions - to be bad for health."

Television presence

He said that for over 80 years there have been wireless transmissions - "we have big TV and broadcast radio transmitters all around us".

He said concerns were only raised when phone masts - "which is also a radio transmitter" - were proposed.

Prof Barker has three decades experience studying the biological effects of electromagnetic fields.

He is based at the Department of Medical Physics of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

In September 2005, a Worcester family faced financial ruin after losing a two-year legal battle against mobile phone company Hutchison 3G which erected a mast near their home.

The High Court rejected the case of Agnes Ingvasdottir and Eirikur Petursson that the mast caused health problems.

A laboratory study concluded last year that radio waves from mobile phones do harm body cells and damage DNA.

However, the European Union-funded Reflex research did not prove such changes were a risk to human health.

The UK government-commissioned Stewart report in 2000 concluded there was no evidence of harm associated with using mobile phones.

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From: "Eileen O'Connor" <eileen@smokestackltd.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:59:55 -0000
To: <eileen@smokestackltd.co.uk>
Subject: Professor Anthony T. Barker paid by MTHR

Take a look at the enclosed information in this e-mail with regards to
Professor Anthony Barker and look at the amount of money he's receiving from
the MTHR, also look at Professor Bakers comments on the BBC website
following his recent visit to Ulster University, his statement is at the
bottom of the MTHR project details on the BBC website.

 

Professor Barker say's there is 'No evidence' of mast health risk.

There is evidence that people are developing EHS symptoms, sleep problems,
nose bleeds, 'radiation sickness' and cancer clusters are appearing around
phone masts after long term exposure.  People who are suffering or who have
sadly died have a right to be represented and should not be forgotten or
ridiculed and should be remembered and treated with dignity.

 

Professor Baker said there are no concerns about TV transmitters, the Dolk
et al study provided evidence of cancer clusters around the Sutton Coldfield
TV transmitter, Sutton Coldfield is now one of the largest hotspots in the
world for breast cancer, I should know 'I live here, I am part of the breast
cancer support group' and have lost some of my dearest friends to this
terrible disease.  The Dolk study has been ignored and buried and cancer has
been allowed to develop out of control as a result. Also look at the Hocking
et al study around a TV transmitter in Australia.

 

If Professor Baker is an expert, how can he have missed important studies
such as these?? See enclosed:

http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/hocking.htm

Hocking and colleagues published a paper in the Medical Journal of Australia
which found an association between proximity of residence to TV towers and
increased incidence of and mortality from childhood leukemia
<http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/hocking.htm#refs#refs> (1). Dolk et al in
the United Kingdom have also published two papers on the same subject
<http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/hocking.htm#2#2> (2,3). To discuss these
works requires an understanding of the scientific discipline called
epidemiology.

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Research

Project Title:
The effects of mobile phone radiation on blood pressure

Start Date:
August 2002

Expected Date of Completion:
January 2006

Cost:
£364,000

Principal Investigator:
Professor Anthony T. Barker

Contact Details:
Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
UK.

Project Team:
Dr. P.R. Jackson, University of Sheffield
Dr. G.G. Cook, University of Sheffield
Dr. L.A. Coulton, University of Sheffield


Expertise:


Professor Barker is a consultant clinical scientist and has carried out
research into the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, ranging from
weak static fields to the clinical uses of large magnetic field pulses, for
over twenty-five years. He chairs the Institution of Electrical Engineers
(IEE) Policy Advisory Group on the biological effects of electromagnetic
fields.

 


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4771080.stm

 

'No evidence' of mast health risk



Mobile phone

Handsets and masts posed no health problems, Prof Barker said

Mobile phone masts and handsets are no more dangerous than television or
radio transmitters, an expert has suggested.

Communities often use health arguments to protest over their construction
but Prof Anthony Barker said there was no proof they had an adverse effect.

He said TV transmitters had a similar strength field but people did not
question their construction.

Residents often protest strongly over perceived health risks in positioning
masts near homes and schools.

Prof Barker told an audience of students and academics at the University of
Ulster: "There is no reason to expect mobile phone signals - which are
essentially low-powered radio transmissions - to be bad for health."

Television presence

He said that for over 80 years there have been wireless transmissions - "we
have big TV and broadcast radio transmitters all around us".

He said concerns were only raised when phone masts - "which is also a radio
transmitter" - were proposed.

Prof Barker has three decades experience studying the biological effects of
electromagnetic fields.

He is based at the Department of Medical Physics of Sheffield Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust.

In September 2005, a Worcester family faced financial ruin after losing a
two-year legal battle against mobile phone company Hutchison 3G which
erected a mast near their home.

The High Court rejected the case of Agnes Ingvasdottir and Eirikur Petursson
that the mast caused health problems.

A laboratory study concluded last year that radio waves from mobile phones
do harm body cells and damage DNA.

However, the European Union-funded Reflex research did not prove such
changes were a risk to human health.

The UK government-commissioned Stewart report in 2000 concluded there was no
evidence of harm associated with using mobile phones.

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:59 PM
Subject: Professor Anthony T. Barker paid by MTHR

Take a look at the enclosed information in this e-mail with regards to Professor Anthony Barker and look at the amount of money he’s receiving from the MTHR, also look at Professor Bakers comments on the BBC website following his recent visit to Ulster University, his statement is at the bottom of the MTHR project details on the BBC website.  

 

Professor Barker say’s there is ‘No evidence’ of mast health risk.

There is evidence that people are developing EHS symptoms, sleep problems, nose bleeds, ‘radiation sickness’ and cancer clusters are appearing around phone masts after long term exposure.  People who are suffering or who have sadly died have a right to be represented and should not be forgotten or ridiculed and should be remembered and treated with dignity.

 

Professor Baker said there are no concerns about TV transmitters, the Dolk et al study provided evidence of cancer clusters around the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter, Sutton Coldfield is now one of the largest hotspots in the world for breast cancer, I should know ‘I live here, I am part of the breast cancer support group’ and have lost some of my dearest friends to this terrible disease.  The Dolk study has been ignored and buried and cancer has been allowed to develop out of control as a result. Also look at the Hocking et al study around a TV transmitter in Australia.

 

If Professor Baker is an expert, how can he have missed important studies such as these?? See enclosed:

 

http://www.arpansa.gov.au/news/hocking.htm

 

Hocking and colleagues published a paper in the Medical Journal of Australia which found an association between proximity of residence to TV towers and increased incidence of and mortality from childhood leukemia (1). Dolk et al in the United Kingdom have also published two papers on the same subject (2,3). To discuss these works requires an understanding of the scientific discipline called epidemiology.

 

 

Title ImageMTHR - Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research

Research

Project Title:
The effects of mobile phone radiation on blood pressure

Start Date:
August 2002

Expected Date of Completion:
January 2006

Cost:
£364,000

Principal Investigator:
Professor Anthony T. Barker

Contact Details:
Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
UK.

Project Team:
Dr. P.R. Jackson, University of Sheffield
Dr. G.G. Cook, University of Sheffield
Dr. L.A. Coulton, University of Sheffield

Expertise:

Professor Barker is a consultant clinical scientist and has carried out research into the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, ranging from weak static fields to the clinical uses of large magnetic field pulses, for over twenty-five years. He chairs the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) Policy Advisory Group on the biological effects of electromagnetic fields.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4771080.stm

 

'No evidence' of mast health risk

Mobile phone

Handsets and masts posed no health problems, Prof Barker said

Mobile phone masts and handsets are no more dangerous than television or radio transmitters, an expert has suggested.

Communities often use health arguments to protest over their construction but Prof Anthony Barker said there was no proof they had an adverse effect.

He said TV transmitters had a similar strength field but people did not question their construction.

Residents often protest strongly over perceived health risks in positioning masts near homes and schools.

Prof Barker told an audience of students and academics at the University of Ulster: "There is no reason to expect mobile phone signals - which are essentially low-powered radio transmissions - to be bad for health."

Television presence

He said that for over 80 years there have been wireless transmissions - "we have big TV and broadcast radio transmitters all around us".

He said concerns were only raised when phone masts - "which is also a radio transmitter" - were proposed.

Prof Barker has three decades experience studying the biological effects of electromagnetic fields.

He is based at the Department of Medical Physics of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

In September 2005, a Worcester family faced financial ruin after losing a two-year legal battle against mobile phone company Hutchison 3G which erected a mast near their home.

The High Court rejected the case of Agnes Ingvasdottir and Eirikur Petursson that the mast caused health problems.

A laboratory study concluded last year that radio waves from mobile phones do harm body cells and damage DNA.

However, the European Union-funded Reflex research did not prove such changes were a risk to human health.

The UK government-commissioned Stewart report in 2000 concluded there was no evidence of harm associated with using mobile phones.