Further to the discussion regarding masts/phones causing confusion and aggression, I have listed below studies which have shown such effects.  I was sent this list to submit to a local head teacher who could not understand why approximately 200 students had rioted in a neighbouring village, injuring a driver and his passenger (who were in fear of their lives).  One local resident who witnessed the scene said that there were so many children jumping up and down that a telegraph pole on the street was shaking.

 

I suggested that this head teacher looked into the possibility that these students could be exposed to high microwave emissions 24/7 as the school is in the bogi of several base stations and, if they have DECT at home/WLAN and DECT in school as well as being phone users - this could explain the irrational behaviour.  Although he admitted that "the ringleaders are heavy phone users", he declined to investigate further.

 

Sylvia

 

Bach SA, Baldwin M, Louis S, "Some effects of ultra high frequency energy
on primate cerebral activity", TS-111, 1959

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Bach SA, "Biological sensitivity to radio-frequency and microwave energy",
Fed Proc 1965; 24, Suppl. 14: 22-26
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=14281234&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_docsum

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Baldwin M, Bach SA, Lewis SA, "Effects of radio-frequency energy on primate
cerebral activity", Neurology 1960; 10: 178-187
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=13796164&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_docsum

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Cobb BL, Jauchem JR, Mason PA, Dooley MP, Miller SA, Ziriax JM, Murphy MR,
"Neural and behavioral teratological evaluation of rats exposed to
ultra-wideband electromagnetic fields", Bioelectromagnetics 2000; 21:
524-537

Air Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Directed
Energy Bioeffects Division, Radio Frequency Radiation Branch, Brooks AFB,
Texas 78235-5324, USA. Brenda.Cobb@AFRLARS.Brooks.af.mil

Several investigators have reported teratologic effects of electromagnetic
field exposure. The majority of these studies have been performed at levels
of exposure that could produce substantial heating of the animals. New and
unique sources of ultra-wideband (UWB) electromagnetic fields are currently
being developed and tested that are capable of generating nonthermalizing,
high-peak-power, microwave (MW) pulses with nanosecond (ns) pulse widths,
picosecond (ps) rise times, and an UWB of frequencies. Our study was
performed to determine if teratological changes occur in rat pups as a
result of (i) daily UWB exposures during gestation days 3-18, or (ii) as a
result of both prenatal and postnatal (10 days) exposures. Dams were exposed
either to (i) UWB irradiation from a Kentech system that emitted a 55
kV/m-peak E field, 300 ps rise time, and a 1.8 ns pulse width, average
whole-body specific absorption rate 45 mW/kg; (ii) sham irradiation; or
(iii) a positive control, lead (Pb) acetate solution (2000 microg/ml)
continuously available in the drinking water. Offspring were examined for
ontogeny (litter size, sex-ratios, weights, coat appearance, tooth-eruption,
eye-opening, air-righting, and ultrasonic stress vocalizations). Male pups
were tested on various performance measures (locomotor, water-maze learning,
and fertilization capabilities). The pups postnatally exposed were examined
for hippocampal morphology and operant behavior. Behavioral, functional, and
morphological effects of UWB exposure were unremarkable with these
exceptions: (i) The UWB-exposed pups emitted significantly more stress
vocalizations than the sham-exposed pups; (ii) the medial-to-lateral length
of the hippocampus was significantly longer in the UWB-exposed pups than in
the sham-exposed animals; (iii) male offspring exposed in utero to UWB mated
significantly less frequently than sham-exposed males, but when they did
mate there was no difference in fertilization and offspring numbers from the
sham group. There does not appear to be a unifying physiological or
behavioral relationship among the significant differences observed, and our
findings could be due to the expected spurious results derived when a large
number of statistical comparisons are made. Significant effects found
between our positive-controls and other groups on numerous measures
indicates that the techniques used were sensitive enough to detect
teratological effects. Bioelectromagnetics 21:524-537, 2000. Published 2000
Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Frey AH, Spector J, "Irritability and aggression in mammals as affected by
exposure to electromagnetic fields", presented at the URSI Annual Meeting,
Amherst, MA, 1976

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Frey AH, Spector J, "Exposure to rf electromagnetic fields decreases
aggressive behavior", Aggres Behav 1986; 12: 285-291

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Sher L, "The effects of natural and man-made electromagnetic fields on mood
and behavior: the role of sleep disturbances", Med Hypotheses 2000; 54:
630-633

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Tattersall JE, Scott IR, Wood SJ, Nettell JJ, Bevir MK, Wang Z, Somasiri
NP, Chen X, "Effects of low intensity radiofrequency electromagnetic fields
on electrical activity in rat hippocampal slices", Brain Res 2001; 904:
43-53

Biomedical Sciences Department, CBD Porton Down, SP4 0JQ, Salisbury, UK.
jtattersall@dera.gov.uk

Slices of rat hippocampus were exposed to 700 MHz continuous wave
radiofrequency (RF) fields (25.2-71.0 V m(-1), 5-15 min exposure) in a
stripline waveguide. At low field intensities, the predominant effect on the
electrically evoked field potential in CA1 was a potentiation of the
amplitude of the population spike by up to 20%, but higher intensity fields
could produce either increases or decreases of up to 120 and 80%,
respectively, in the amplitude of the population spike. To eliminate the
possibility of RF-induced artefacts due to the metal stimulating electrode,
the effect of RF exposure on spontaneous epileptiform activity induced in
CA3 by 4-aminopyridine (50-100 microM) was investigated. Exposure to RF
fields (50.0 V m(-1)) reduced or abolished epileptiform bursting in 36% of
slices tested. The maximum field intensity used in these experiments, 71.0 V
m(-1), was calculated to produce a specific absorption rate (SAR) of between
0.0016 and 0.0044 W kg(-1) in the slices. Measurements with a Luxtron
fibreoptic probe confirmed that there was no detectable temperature change
(+/- 0.1 degrees C) during a 15 min exposure to this field intensity.
Furthermore, imposed temperature changes of up to 1 degrees C failed to
mimic the effects of RF exposure. These results suggest that low-intensity
RF fields can modulate the excitability of hippocampal tissue in vitro in
the absence of gross thermal effects. The changes in excitability may be
consistent with reported behavioural effects of RF fields.

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Sudakov KV, ["Modulated electromagnetic field as a factor of selective
influence on animal mechanisms of goal-directed behavior"] [Article in
Russian], Zh Vyssh Nerv Deiat Im I P Pavlova 1976; 26: 899-909

Proceeding from P.K. Anokhin's theory of the functional systems, the paper
considers the action of a modulated electromagnetic field (MEMF) on
different stages of the central architectonics of purposeful behaviour of
rats: afferent synthesis, decisions making, acceptor of the action results.
The action of MEMF was studied in different experimental situations: choice
of an alimentary or defensive reaction to one conditioned stimulus in
different situations; extinction of conditioned alimentary reactions;
elaboration and extinction of alimentary conditioned reactions in animals
group contacts; choice of the side of reinforcement in a T-shaped maze, and,
lastly, self-stimulation reactions. The experiments have shown that MEMF has
a selective effect on the animals' emotional reactions. Greater disturbances
are observed in the mechanisms of the animals' appraisal of the action of
situational and trigger stimuli or surrounding individuals of their species
and, hence, of decisions making and anticipation of future results of the
action, the acceptor of the action results.