A critique, entitled "The Economist - and the Truth About MicrowaveRadiation Emitted from Wireless Technologies", of a reportpublished in the The Economist (9/3/11), "Worrying about Wireless", has been published by expertsin public health, neurosurgery, toxicology, oncology, electronicengineering, epidemiology, and cardiology from the USA, the UK,Sweden, Austria, Finland, Slovak Republic and Australia. According to the experts, the Economist did not include vital dataregarding the materializing public health issue associated towireless technologies and cell phones and should provide itsreaders with a better understanding of the science. Ronald B. Herberman, MD, Founding Director Emeritus of theUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Chairman ofEnvironmental Health Trust and a distinguished cancer researcher, explains of the Economist report, "The public theworld over has been misled by this reporting." In 2008, Dr.
Herberman, Chief Medical Officer of IntrexonCorporation, who served as Professor of Medicine and Pathology atthe University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Professor ofOncology and Vice Chancellor for Cancer Research at the Universityof Pittsburgh, issued an advisory to his staff and faculty advisinga range of simple steps in order to lower the possible health risksfrom using cell phones. Dr. Herberman, explained: "A disservice has been done in inaccurately depicting the body ofscience, which actually indicates that there are biological effectsfrom the radiation emitted by wireless devices, including damage toDNA, and evidence for increased risk of cancer and othersubstantial health consequences. It would behoove The Economist to publicly correct the errors madein this unsigned opinion piece by publishing a retraction - andinvestigating how such inaccurate and unbalanced scientificreporting could have occurred in the first place." According to Dr.
Lennart Hardell, Professor of Oncology, OrebroMedical Center, Orebro, Sweden, and a widely published,internationally renowned neuro-oncologist: "The Economist has misrepresented the science indicating biologicaleffects, links to cancers, and damage to DNA and male fertilityfrom exposures to microwave radiation emitted by wirelesstechnologies. Given the wide scale use of cell phones and otherwireless devices globally, for the sake of public health I considerit essential that The Economist's reporting be corrected toadequately advise readers of the risks." In Dr. Hardell's studies, he has frequently discovered thatindividuals who use their cell phones and/or cordless phonesregularly for more than 10 years have an increased risk ofdeveloping brain cancers. In May, Dr.
Hardell's investigation wasnoted in the World Health Organization's International Agency forResearch on Cancer (IARC) landmark decision to classify wirelessradiation as a Class 2B 'Possible Carcinogen'. Policy advocate Deborah Kopald, MBA explains: "It is exceedingly difficult to convince policy-makers to act inthe public interest and parents and educators to give their chargesproper guidance when they can point to a prestigious publicationthat provides false reassurance that not enough science exists tocompel immediate behavior changes with wireless use." Mona Nilsson, a Swedish investigative journalist, states: "The publication of The Economist article "Worrying about Wireless"was a sad day in journalism. If we cannot trust the media toaccurately report the science on such an important subject in abalanced way, then who can we trust?" Nilsson broke the news that Anders Ahlbom did not reveal he was amember of the board of his brother's consulting firm, Gunnar AnlbomAB, with connections with the telecom industry to the InternationalAgency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Last May the IARC removedAhlbom of the Karolinska Institute from its panel of experts. Experts from the "The Economist - and the Truth About MicrowaveRadiation Emitted from Wireless Technologies" critique, includeleading physician's, oncologists and scientists from seven nations.They are calling for the Economist to correct its unsigned opinionpiece so that it more accurately reflects the range of knownbiological effects and potential health risks from wirelessradiation.
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