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WHAT'S NEW
October CHE Partnership Call: Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging 10/2/2008: Download the CHE Cancer Consensus Statement 9/29/08: Job announcement- Commonweal Executive Director
9/26/08: Now available- Recording of Sep CHE Partnership Call, From Lab to Law [MP3] 9/25/08: New document- Hormone Disruptors and Women's Health [PDF]
9/12/08: New fact sheet- Industrial Carcinogens: A Cause for Concern [PDF]
7/28/08: Responses to media coverage of Pittsburgh cautionary cell phone announcement
5/9/08: CHE featured in AARP: "The Body Toxic" 5/9/08: CHE Partner Dr. Philip Landrigan interview in Discover: "How Much Do Chemicals Affect Our Health?"
4/15/08: Now available - State of the Evidence 2008: The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment 4/18/08: Recently released - Proceedings from the 2007 UCSF-CHE Fertility Summit (published in the journal of Fertility and Sterility) 2/20/08: CHE LDDI scientific consensus statement on environmental factors. |
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Working Group on Electromagnetic FieldsCHE's Working Group on Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) is a diverse international gathering of more than 170 health professionals, scientists, and concerned individuals from the U.S. and 17 other countries. We welcome CHE Partners who would like to participate in a discussion of the health effects of electromagnetic fields. If you are interested in joining this group, please sign on as a CHE Partner, and indicate your interest in your application. If you are already a CHE Partner and would like to join the listserv for this group send an email request to: cheemf-subscribe@lists.healthandenvironment.org. EMFs in Everyday Life
Here are two excellent resources about EMFs in everyday life. EMF Sources and Choices [PDF] EMFacts - WiFi [PDF] Cell Phone Advisories - Translations in Spanish, Portuguese and French
Here are English versions and translations of two important cell phone warnings, including the recent cautionary announcement from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute that brought cell-phone-related health concerns into the U.S. media spotlight. Wireless Phones and Brain Tumours - Letter to the Editor
By Lennard Hardell, PhD, MD Brain Tumors and EMFs - Press Summary
Here is the summary of information points on brain tumors and acoustic neuromas from the BioInitiative Report, "Summary for the Public", Chapter 1, and "Brain Tumors and Acoustic Neuromas", Chapter 10. Cindy Sage Responses to Media Coverage of Pittsburgh Cautionary Announcement on Cell Phone Use
The recent cautionary announcement by Dr. Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, regarding the use of cell phones has generated a lot of media attention. Below is a document containing brief summary information points in response to some widespread inaccuracies and misperceptions. The summary points are based upon the BioInitiative Report. CHE EMF Science Updates
BioInitiative: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)
Announcement: For Release June 2007 by the Collaborative on Health and the Environment Working Group on Electromagnetic Fields (CHE-EMF)
CHE EMF Website Login Instructions
Working Group on Electromagnetic Fields -- Update, March 2007
Belgian Declaration - EMF Position Paper -- 30 January 2007
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Cell Phone Units Produce Elevated Extremely-low Frequency Electromagnetic Field Emissions -- 28 December 2006
National Institute of Building Sciences -- April 2006
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