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Importance of Dosimetry for Microwave Radiation including WiFi

Karl Maret M.D., M.Eng., B.Sc.(EE) President Dove Health Alliance Aptos, CA kmaret@cruzio.com (831) 662-8421 (Clinic)

Sources of RF/Microwave Radiation

• Cell Phones
• DECT – Cordless Telephones
• Wi-Fi in Schools & Homes
• Smart Meters – Home Area Networks
• TeraHertz Airport Body Scanners
• High Power Radio & TV Towers
• Satellites – Communication

William Rea, MD

“Sensitivity to electromagnetic

radiation is the emerging health problem of the 21st century. It is imperative health practitioners, governments, schools and parents learn more about it.”

Founder & Director of the Environmental Health Center, Dallas Past President, American Academy of Environmental Medicine

3% of California’s general population are Electrically Hypersensitive

1.1 Million Californians (3% of 37 Million), including 140,000 children and teenagers (Ages 0 – 17 years)

Energy versus Power

• Energy is Capacity to do work, amount of work done

(Watt, calorie, joule, Newton-meter, BTU)

• Power is Rate of producing Energy – How fast you can

do it, how much energy is absorbed (in units of kW- hour, Watt-hour) = What you pay utility

• Example: Energy (Watt) = Current x Voltage
• 60W=1/2 Amp x 120 Volt x 16-2/3 hours = 1 kW-hr
• In RF Exposure Dosimetry: Need to know how fast

(and powerfully) energy is being delivered to biological organism (Field Strength over Time) as measure of POWER (depends on absorption hence engineers use SAR or Specific Absorption Rate)

SAR is not a good Long-term Measure

FCC Standards too High

• SAR values based on Standard Anthromorphic Man
• Exposure standard based on a 200 pound (91 kg) man

with a thick skull using phone for 6 minute exposure.

• Current high standards will adversely affect little kids
• US has done no research on Microwave Effects since

1990s when EPA programs were essentially shut down due to funding being cut-off.

What will it Take for the FCC to begin to Protect the U.S. Public Again?

www.ethics.harvard.edu

American Academy Pediatrics urges reassessment of FCC Standards

• 2013 Academy wrote

FCC and FDA to urge reassessment of wireless exposure standards regarding children and pregnant women who are at greater risk.

Canadian Doctors concern about WiFi

Aug 6, 2013 April 22, 2014 May 7, 2015 www.c4st.org/HESA2015

California Medical Association seeks New Standards for Microwaves

Reevaluate microwave safety exposure levels … including consideration of adverse non-thermal biologic and health effects

RF Field Monitor versus Dosimeter

• RF Monitors simply measure field strengths
• Depends on Distance from Source and Power

Output of the Transmitter

• RF Personal Monitors are designed to function

while mounted on the human body (Dosimeter) to gauge exposure near body.

• Today’s digital technologies are pulsed RF

radiation that appears to affect body differently than continuous wave RF radiation

Averaging Digital Pulses underestimates Biological Impact

ESM-140 German Dosimeter

• 0.01 – 70 V/m Range
• 8 Frequency Bands
• >24 hours @ every 0.5 sec
• Displays Data graphically
• Data export to Excel
• Light weight = 90 grams
• Antenna system measures

around the entire body

Radiation Characteristic of ESM-140 Dosimeter

• Dosimeter measures 8 frequencies continually
• Antenna design measures around entire body

Dosimeter Field Measurements

• RF Electromagnetic Field

bends around body;

• Field is partially reflected

and also partially absorbed

• Dosimeter modeling

studies show field lines around body

• Dosimeter picks up fields

from all around the body

Direction of field Moving to Body from Radiation Source BODY

Wi-Fi in Schools (and Homes)

Primarily Non-thermal Effects so the Existing Thermal-based Exposure Standards do not protect us.

All Wi-Fi Devices such as iPad, iPods, Wi-Fi, and other wireless devices have not been tested in any large scale scientific studies for long-term safety and health effects. Global Epidemiology Experiment now taking place.

Evolution of Wi-Fi is Ongoing

Slide source: www.broadcom.com/blog/wireless-technology/

Data Rate 3 Gbps Data Rate 11 Mbps Data Rate 54 Mbps Widely used Data Rate 150 Mbps 14 X Faster 55 X Faster 5 billion Wi-Fi connected devices worldwide by 2014

What is new in WiFi, and 4G, 5G

• 801.11 n (4th Gen WiFi) and 801.11ac (5th Gen) utilizes

MIMO (multiple inputs, multiple outputs), many antennas, beam forming technologies directing RF energy into specific locations

• Only by measurements can local hot spots be detected
• Frequencies & wavelengths important: “Adey Windows”
• At 2.4 GHz wave length is 12.5 cm = 5 inches
• At 5.17 – 5.83 GHz Wifi = 5.2 – 5.8 cm ~ 2 inches
• In future 5G: 21 – 28 GHz = 1.0-1.4 cm= 0.4 inch
• Future “satellite” frequencies -> Could affect

Acupuncture Meridians, the Body’s Regulatory Systems

Wi-Fi School Dosimetry Measurements

• Example of Dosimetry Measurements in Boston School

described in Commonwealth Club presentation can be seen at https://vimeo.com/132039697

• School used latest 4th and 5th generation access points

using 801.11n and 801.11ac standard

• Power levels were between 50 and 126 mW max.
• Data was evaluated using lower Bioinitiative Indoor

continuous exposure guidelines 100 µW/ m2 = 0.1 mW/m2

• Exposure during school day was quite variable
• EHS child responded with headaches to high

exposure levels fairly consistently

Scale= 5 mW/m2

• High exposure levels during morning caused

severe headache forcing child to see nurse

• Child left school early that day

Wi-Fi Levels in Coffee Shops Vary

Low Intensity WiFi 5-11-2015: 7 minutes High Intensity WiFi Closer to Access Point 5-12-2015: 7 minutes

5 mW/m2 5 mW/m2

School WiFi versus Coffee Shop

School readings every 3 seconds on 3-26-2015 Coffee Shop (low levels) readings every 1 seconds on 5-12-15 5 mW/m2 5 mW/m2

Magnetite Crystals in Human Brain

Magnetite Crystals

5 million crystals/gram In Brain tissue 100 million crystals/gram in brain membranes Magnetite crystals allows us to have a magnetic sense and be

• riented to the earth’s

magnetic field. Also affected by artificial fields

Source: Kirschvink JL: Bioelectromagnetics 17(3):187-194, 1996

2011: Brain is sensitive to Non-thermal EMFs!

• PET Scan study by Dr. Volkow – NIH and Brookhaven Nat’l Lab
• Metabolic effect was highest near the antenna, nearest max radiation. PET

Scans are highly accurate – shows physiological effect on brain

• The effects on neuronal activity could be due to changes in neurotrans-

mitter release, cell membrane permeability, cell excitability, or calcium

• efflux. Also through neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels.
• These sophisticated studies have long term implications (JAMA 2/23/2011)

Published in Mainstream Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) !

Precautionary Principle Recommended

“The precautionary principle applies where scientific evidence is insufficient, inconclusive or uncertain and preliminary scientific evaluation indicates that there are reasonable grounds for concern that the potentially dangerous effects on the environment, human, animal or plant health may be inconsistent with the high level of protection chosen.”

• From Vorsorgeprinzip (German) = “Foresight Principle”
• European Commission Communication on the Precautionary

Principle 2nd February 2000 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/docum/20001_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/library/pub/pub07_en.pdf

2006:Some Schools are Dismantling WiFi

• Already beginning in 2006 in UK
• Also discontinued in some French schools, libraries

What is the Official Data on Brain and Central Nervous System Tumor Incidence from our best Database: Central Brain Tumor Registry of the U.S. ?

Rising U.S. Incidence of Brain & CNS Tumors

• Data of Total Brain & CNS Tumor Incidence shows ongoing rise with age

& epochs

• Data is averaged over 5-year epochs to eliminate variability that can

create false appearance of dramatic shifts in yearly data.

Key Question: How have Cell Phones, Cordless Phones And other Wireless Technologies Contributed to this Rise?

• Data Source: CENTRAL BRAIN TUMOR REGISTRY OF THE UNITED STATES, PRIMARY BRAIN TUMORS IN THE U.S.

Statistical Reports 1998-2002: Table 12; 2000-2004: Table 16; 2002-2006: Table16; 2004-2008: Table16; 2006-2010: Table13; 2008-2012: Table12.

• Pituitary Tumor is the 2rd most common brain and CNS tumor in the U.S.

Brain Cancer Common in Children We all Need to Protect our Future !

• Source: CBTRUS Statistical Report 2007-2011
• Neuro-Oncology 16:iv1–iv63, 2014. doi:10.1093/neuonc/nou223

Brain Cancer and Leukemia Are 5 X as Prevalent as other Childhood Cancers. Both are affected by ELF and RF Radiation

Thyroid Gland is Exposed to Cell Phone Radiation and absorbs more

• The Specific Absorption

Rate (SAR) for Thyroid region is 10 X compared to the head region acting like an absorption hotspot

• This may contribute to

greater possibility of thyroid cancer develop- ment with cell phone use or

• ther wireless exposure.
• Source: IEEE 68(1):24-32 P.O. Gandhi, 1980.

THYROID

Thyroid Cancer Incidence in the U.S.

• A change in Rate began around 2000 . National Telecommunications Act was passed in 1996

allowing the build-out the U.S. Cell Tower Infrastructure

• Data from U.S. National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program

(SEER) database

Summary and Recommendations

• Dosimetry measurements are possible to access

cumulative exposure in schools – need more studies

• Averaging field strength (thermal) underestimates

the nature of digital peak exposure (non-thermal)

• Lower guidelines for wireless long-term exposure

are urgently from regulatory bodies

• EHS children and pregnant women are most at risk
• WiFi in schools should be replaced by wired or

fiberoptic systems offering both safety and speed

Bigger Picture: Technocracy & Global Transformation

• WiFi, Smart Grids, Smart

Meters and other Wireless Technologies are part of a Larger Plan

• Besides Health Dangers and

Environmental Impacts, there are issues of Security, Freedom and Surveillance in Modern Culture of Fear & Aggression

Snowden’s U.S. Surveillance Revelations – Recent O. Stone Movie

• Asks the question about our

Civic Liberties and how our Digital Presence on the Internet is open to inspection

• In this context – How do we

protect our Children and our Schools

Thank you for listening