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17
Jul

Video: South African National WHO EMF Report 2022 – Debriefing Webinar Part 1

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Jul 17, 2022 Link to the report: https://bit.ly/3HkQ4vh Timestamps 3:12 Light 3:53 Batho Pele Principles 4:06 Nelson Mandela 4:03 Government is not an Ivory Tower 5:02 Nelson Mandela 6:06 “The Answers Have Changed” 7:43 Johnny Clegg 10:32 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu 11:20 John Paul II, Einstein and the Vatican 13:35 Biophysics, Biology and Quantum […]

15
Jul

Reach for your cell phone at your own risk: The cognitive costs of media choice for breaks

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Kang S, Kurtzberg TR. Reach for your cell phone at your own risk: The cognitive costs of media choice for breaks. J Behav Addict. 2019 Sep 1;8(3):395-403. doi: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.21. Epub 2019 Aug 16. PMID: 31418586; PMCID: PMC7044622. Excerpt: As people are increasingly addicted to their cell phones, it is important to know the unintended costs […]

15
Jul

Association between bedroom light exposure at night and allostatic load among Chinese young adults

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Yu-xiang Xu, Yan Huang, Yi Zhou, Yang Yu, Yu-hui Wan, Fang-biao Tao, Ying Sun,Association between bedroom light exposure at night and allostatic load among Chinese young adults,Environmental Pollution, Volume 308, 2022, 119671, ISSN 0269-7491,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119671.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749122008855) Highlights • Bedroom nighttime light exposure was associated with increased allostatic load. • Significant associations between LAN exposure and separate AL […]

15
Jul

An Overview of the Circadian Clock in the Frame of Chronotherapy: From Bench to Bedside

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Vandenberghe, A.; Lefranc, M.; Furlan, A. An Overview of the Circadian Clock in the Frame of Chronotherapy: From Bench to Bedside. Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14071424 Abstract Most living organisms in both the plant and animal kingdoms have evolved processes to stay in tune with the alternation of day and night, and to optimize their physiology as a […]

10
Jul

Artificial Light at Night: State of the Science 2022 International Dark-Sky Association

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This briefing summarizes the current state of knowledge about how the widespread and growing use of artificial light at night interacts with six key topics: the night sky (Section 1); wildlife and ecology (Section 2); human health (Section 3); public safety (Section 4); energy security and climate change (Section 5); and social justice (Section 6). […]

09
Jul

Millimeter waves alter DNA secondary structures and modulate the transcriptome in human fibroblasts

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Lawler NB, Evans CW, Romanenko S, Chaudhari N, Fear M, Wood F, Smith NM, Wallace VP, Swaminathan Iyer K. Millimeter waves alter DNA secondary structures and modulate the transcriptome in human fibroblasts. Biomed Opt Express. 2022 Apr 28;13(5):3131-3144. doi: 10.1364/BOE.458478. PMID: 35774325; PMCID: PMC9203081. Abstract As millimetre wave (MMW) frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum are […]

08
Jul

Possible health effects on the human brain by various generations of mobile telecommunication: a review based estimation of 5G impact

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Hiie Hinrikus, Tarmo Koppel, Jaanus Lass, Hans Orru, Priit Roosipuu & Maie Bachmann (2022) Possible health effects on the human brain by various generations of mobile telecommunication: a review based estimation of 5G impact, International Journal of Radiation Biology, 98:7, 1210-1221, DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2022.2026516 Purpose The deployment of new 5G NR technology has significantly raised public concerns in possible negative effects on human […]

08
Jul

Legal Accountability of a Guideline versus a Standard

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The WHO (2006) explains how the use of the words guidelines and standards has substantially different implications for public health and EMF radiation protection enforcement: 1. Guidelines are voluntary instruments of instructions and recommendations that are not legally mandated and therefore have no legal standing. 2. Standards are the mandatory, compulsory and legally binding instruments, i.e., laws, acts, regulations, ordinances and decrees. […]