US Scientist Criticizes ICNIRP’s Refusal to Reassess Cell Phone Radiation Exposure Guidelines
after US National Toxicology Program Studies Show Clear Evidence of Cancer
Ronald L. Melnick, Ph.D., has issued a scientific critique of ICNIRPs dismissal of the prison theater cellphone telephone radiations studies conducted past times the U.S.
On September 4, 2018, ICNIRP issued a “Note on Recent Animal Studies” that concluded the $28 meg NTP study did “not furnish a reliable basis” for changing the over 2 decades erstwhile guidelines on radio frequency- prison theater cellphone telephone in addition to wireless – radiation.
In response, Dr. Melnick addressed xv concerns raised past times the ICNIRP close the NTP studies. He presented information to exhibit that the ICNIRP document contains “numerous fake in addition to misleading statements" in addition to concluded past times questioning who the ICNIRP is protecting:
"Based on numerous wrong in addition to misleading claims, the ICNIRP written report concludes that “these studies (NTP in addition to Ramazzini) do non furnish a reliable dry soil for revising the existing radiofrequency exposure guidelines.” The information on gliomas of the encephalon in addition to schwannomas of the pump induced past times prison theater cellphone telephone radiations are suitable for conducting a quantitative risk assessment in addition to subsequent re-evaluation of health-based exposure limits. The ‘P’ inward ICNIRP stands for Protection. One must wonder who this committee is trying to protect – evidently, it is non world health."
Dr. Melnick was a Senior Scientist inward the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health. He served equally a toxicologist for over 28 years earlier retiring inward 2009. In 2007 he received the American Public Health Association’s David P. Rall Award for science-based advocacy inward world health.
Melnick RL. Critique of the ICNIRP Note of September 4, 2018 Regarding Recent Animal Carcinogenesis Studies. Environmental Health Trust. Sep 12, 2018. Open access document: http://bit.ly/MelnickICNIRP9-12-2018
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Comments close the ICNIRP evaluation of the NTP in addition to Ramazzini Institute studies
by the Ramazzini Institute
In recent days, the International Commission for the Protection of Non-Ionizing Radiation (ICNIRP) has dismissed the results of the studies conducted past times the Ramazzini Institute (RI) in addition to the National Toxicology Program (NTP) on prison theater cellphone telephone radiations as "unconvincing.
Following are the observations of Dr. Fiorella Belpoggi, manager of the "Cesare Maltoni" cancer enquiry centre of the Ramazzini Institute.
1. Both the NTP in addition to the RI studies were good performed,and no bias affected the results. The ICNIRP confirms this conclusion.
2. Schwannomas are tumors arising from the Schwann cells. They are peripheral glial cells which comprehend in addition to protect the surface of all nerves diffused throughout the body; therefore vestibular (acoustic nerve) in addition to pump schwannomas have got the same tissue of origin: ICNIRP seems to ignore that.
3. In rats, increases inward malignant pump schwannomas, malignant glial tumors of the encephalon in addition to Schwann Cell Hyperplasia (a pre-malignant lesion) are rare yet these lesions were observed inward exposed animals inward both laboratories, at thousands of kilometers distance, inward a broad arrive at of radiofrequency radiations exposures studied. These findings could non survive interpreted equally occurring “by chance”.
4. We are scientists. Our role is to create solid evidence for endangerment in addition to risk assessment. Underestimating the evidence from carcinogen bioassays in addition to delays inward regulation have got already proven many times to have got severe consequences, equally inward the illustration of asbestos, smoking in addition to vinyl chloride. This seat of ICNIRP represents its ain responsibleness toward citizens in addition to world health.
5. ICNIRP is non a world wellness way that routinely evaluates carcinogens. On the other hand, an independent way that has evaluated over 1000 agents, IARC, equally early on equally 2011 classified radio freqency radiations equally a possible carcinogen on the dry soil of express evidence inward humans in addition to express evidence inward animals. The studies of the RI in addition to NTP volition sure as shooting contribute to the burden of evidence that IARC in addition to other world wellness agencies tin terminate clit upon equally a solid base of operations for the re-evaluation of RFR carcinogenicity.
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ICNIRP Critique of the National Toxicology Program in addition to Ramazzini Institute
Animal Studies of the Carcinogenicity of Long-Term Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation
ICNIRP. ICNIRP Note on Recent Animal Carcinogenesis Studies. Munich, Germany. Sep 4, 2018. https://www.icnirp.org/cms/upload/publications/ICNIRPnote2018.pdf
Introduction
Two recent creature studies investigating the carcinogenic potential of long-term exposure to
radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) associated amongst mobile phones have got been released: one by the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP 2018a, b) in addition to the other from the Ramazzini Institute (Falcioni et al. 2018). These studies, amidst others, have got been taken into trouble concern human relationship during revision of the ICNIRP radiofrequency exposure guidelines. However, both studies have got inconsistencies and limitations that impact the usefulness of their results for setting exposure guidelines, in addition to both demand to be considered inside the context of other creature in addition to human carcinogenicity research. Overall, based on the considerations outlined below, ICNIRP concludes that these studies do non furnish a reliable basis for revising the existing radiofrequency exposure guidelines.
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Conclusion
Although the NTP (2018a, b) in addition to Falcioni et al. (2018) studies used large numbers of animals, best laboratory practice, in addition to exposed animals for the whole of their lives, consideration of their findings does non furnish evidence that radiofrequency EMF is carcinogenic. NTP reported that their strongest findings were of increased malignant cardiac schwannoma inward manlike somebody rats, nevertheless that is non consistent with the results of Falcioni et al. (2018), is non consistent amongst the NTP woman somebody rat nor manlike somebody or female mouse results, in addition to is non consistent amongst the radiofrequency EMF cancer literature to a greater extent than generally. While results from epidemiological studies propose vestibular schwannoma is an outcome of interest,
this is non truthful for malignant cardiac schwannoma. NTP found no increment inward schwannoma overall or for vestibular schwannoma. Further, equally multiple comparisons were non controlled for inward the NTP study, there is no indication that the increased incidence of malignant cardiac schwannomas inward manlike somebody rats was more than what would survive expected past times take away a opportunity alone. ICNIRP considers that the NTP (2018a, b) and Falcioni et al. (2018) studies do non furnish a consistent, reliable in addition to generalizable trunk of evidence that tin terminate survive used equally a dry soil for revising electrical flow human exposure guidelines. Further enquiry is required that addresses the inward a higher house limitations.
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Jul 23, 2018
ICNIRP requests world input on its radio frequency radiations exposure guidelines
The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) has latterly announced that it wants world input regarding a novel draft of its guidelines on limiting radio frequency (RF) fields (i.e., electromagnetic fields [EMF] from 100 kilohertz to 300 Gigahertz).
“The primary objective of this publication is to flora guidelines for limiting exposure to EMFs that volition furnish a high bird of protection for all people against known adverse wellness effects from direct, non-medical exposures to both short- in addition to long-term, continuous in addition to discontinuous radiofrequency EMFs.”
The novel publication replaces the 1998 RF exposure guidelines which have got influenced RF exposure standards inward many nations including the guidelines adopted past times the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
ICNIRP is an association amongst a scientific mission that is registered inward FRG equally a nonprofit organization. It is “formally recognized equally an official collaborating non-governmental scheme (NGO) past times the World Health Organization (WHO) in addition to the International Labour Organization (ILO). ICNIRP is linked to many organizations engaged inward non-ionizing radiations protection worldwide in addition to consults amongst the European Commission.”
ICNIRP’s novel draft security guidelines dismiss the enquiry on the effects of chronic exposure to non-thermal levels of RF radiation. In its latest wellness risk assessment, ICNIRP concludes that at that spot are no “substantiated” adverse effects of RF radiations on human health. See Appendix B: Health Risk Assessment Literature in addition to a summary of the findings which appears below.
Following is ICNIRP’s justification for ignoring most of the EMF enquiry inward its wellness risk assessment:
"ICNIRP bases its guidelines on substantiated adverse wellness effects. This makes the departure betwixt a biological in addition to an adverse wellness effect an of import distinction, where only adverse wellness effects require limits for the protection of humans." (ICNIRP Guidelines: Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric, Magnetic in addition to Electromagnetic Fields [100 kHz TO 300 GHz]. July 11, 2018 draft. p. 2)
“These guidelines specify quantitative EMF levels for prophylactic personal exposure. Adherence to these levels is intended to protect people from all known harmful effects of radiofrequency EMF exposure. To create upwards one's hear these levels, ICNIRP rootage identified published scientific literature concerning effects of radiofrequency EMF exposure on biological systems, and established which of these were both harmful to human health, in addition to scientifically substantiated. This latter dot is of import because ICNIRP considers that, inward general, reported effects demand to survive independently replicated, survive of sufficient scientific character in addition to explicable to a greater extent than mostly inside the context of the scientific literature, inward monastic say to survive taken equally ‘evidence’ in addition to used for setting exposure restrictions. Within the guidelines, ‘evidence’ volition survive used inside this context, in addition to ‘substantiated effect’ used to depict reported effects that satisfy this Definition of evidence. (ICNIRP Guidelines: Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric, Magnetic in addition to Electromagnetic Fields [100 kHz TO 300 GHz].” July 11, 2018 draft. p. 2)
Public consultation on ICNIRP RF exposure guidelines
If you lot select to furnish world input to ICNIRP, the draft documents consist of RFexposure guidelines in addition to 2 appendices. Appendix A reviews dosimetry, in addition to Appendix B summarizes the wellness risk assessment.
The consultation procedure which began on July eleven ends on Oct 9, 2018. ICNIRP members volition review world comments prior to finalizing the RF exposure guidelines. ICNIRP volition non reply to comments.
To furnish comments on the draft documents, consummate the shape on the ICNIRP website or the template available at https://www.icnirp.org/en/activities/public-consultation/consultation-1.html
Files for download
My editorial comments
To date, 242 scientists who have got published peer-reviewed enquiry on EMF in addition to biological scientific discipline or wellness have got signed the EMF Scientist Appeal. Collectively, these scientists from 41 nations have got published more than 2,000 papers on EMF. The Appeal calls on the WHO in addition to the UN including its fellow member states to adopt to a greater extent than protective exposure guidelines for EMF including RF radiations inward the appear upwards of increasing evidence of wellness risks since these exposures are a apace growing shape of worldwide environmental pollution.
In a latterly published, peer-reviewed paper, “Thermal in addition to non-thermal wellness effects of depression intensity non-ionizing radiation: An international perspective,” Belpomme in addition to his colleagues (2018) criticize the WHO due to its reliance upon ICNIRP in addition to its members for adept advice. The newspaper claims that ICNIRP in addition to its advisors have got “close associations amongst industry,” in addition to “conflicts of interest.” According to the authors, ICNIRP in addition to its advisors have got been engaged inward decades of “denial of serious non-thermal effects of RF-EMFs inward spite of overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary.”
Moreover, Belpomme in addition to his colleagues criticize ICNIRP’s security limits:
“The specific absorption charge per unit of measurement (SAR)-based ICNIRP security limits were established on the dry soil of simulation of EMF release energy absorption using standardized adult manlike somebody phantoms, in addition to designed to protect people only from the thermal effects of EMFs. These assumptions are non valid for 2 reasons. Not only do they neglect to consider the specific morphological in addition to bioclinical vulnerabilities of children, but likewise they ignore the effects known to occur at non-thermal intensities….”
Finally, Belpomme in addition to his colleagues (2018) furnish a summary of the peer-reviewed scientific literature that arrives at real unlike conclusions than ICNIRP's wellness risk assessment:
"It is urgent that national in addition to international bodies, especially the WHO, have got this meaning world wellness endangerment seriously in addition to brand appropriate recommendations for protective measures to cut exposures. This is especially urgently needed for children in addition to adolescents. It is likewise of import that all parts of society, especially the medical community, educators, in addition to the full general public, locomote informed close the hazards associated amongst exposure to EMFs in addition to of the steps that tin terminate survive easily taken to cut exposure in addition to risk of associated disease."
The rules that ICNIRP applies for a study to survive included inward its wellness risk assessment seem overly stringent. If other official bodies (e.g., the International Agency for Research on Cancer or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) were to adopt such rules, I suspect that real few chemicals would survive classified equally toxins or carcinogens. By its ain admission, ICNIRP is non concerned close protecting creature or flora life from the adverse effects of EMF exposure, in addition to it is arguable that they are genuinely concerned close protecting humans.
If the claims of some EMF scientists in addition to scientific organizations (e.g., the European Cancer in addition to Environment Research Institute in addition to the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) are truthful that ICNIRP’s members in addition to scientific advisors are selected because they are biased toward industry, therefore it is fruitless to engage inward ICNIRP’s world consultation procedure (see my posts from May 1 through June 27, 2017.)
Since the credibility of ICNIRP depends heavily upon its association amongst the WHO, a to a greater extent than fruitful activeness for the EMF scientific community mightiness survive to convince the WHO in addition to governments non to rely on ICNIRP for EMF guidelines in addition to no longer consult ICNIRP’s advisors.
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Summaries from ICNIRP’s Draft Appendix B: Health Risk Assessment Literature
“ICNIRP bases its guidelines on substantiated adverse wellness effects. This makes the departure betwixt a biological in addition to an adverse wellness effect an of import distinction, where only adverse wellness effects require limits for the protection of humans.” (p. 2)
Brain electrical activeness in addition to cognitive function
“In summary, at that spot is no substantiated experimental or epidemiological evidence that exposure to radiofrequency EMF affects higher cognitive functions relevant to health.” (p. 3)
Symptoms in addition to wellbeing
“In summary, no reports of adverse effects on symptoms in addition to wellbeing have got been substantiated, except for pain, which is related to elevated temperature at high exposure levels. Thresholds for these have got non been clearly identified, but the best gauge is inside the vicinity of 10 in addition to twenty mA for indirect contact currents, for children in addition to adults respectively, in addition to 12.5 kW m-2 for direct millimeter-wave exposure.” (pp. 3-4)
Other encephalon physiology in addition to related functions
“In summary, at that spot is no evidence of effects of radiofrequency EMF on physiological processes or optic pathology that impair wellness inward humans. Some evidence of superficial optic harm has been shown inward rabbits at exposures of at to the lowest degree 1.4 kW m-2, although the relevance of this to humans has non been demonstrated.“ (p. 4)
Auditory, vestibular in addition to ocular function
“In summary, no effects on auditory, vestibular, or ocular business office relevant to human wellness have got been substantiated.” (p. 5)
Neuroendocrine system
“In summary, the lowest bird at which an effect of radiofrequency EMF on the neuroendocrine scheme has been observed is iv W kg-1 (in rodents in addition to primates), but at that spot is no evidence that this translates to humans or is relevant to human health. No other effects have got been substantiated.” (p. 6)
Neurodegenerative diseases
“In summary, no adverse effects on neurodegenerative diseases have got been substantiated.” (p. 6)
Cardiovascular system, autonomic nervous scheme in addition to thermoregulation
“In summary, no effects on the cardiovascular system, autonomic nervous system, or thermoregulation that compromise wellness have got been substantiated for exposures amongst whole trunk average SARs below about 1 W kg-1, in addition to at that spot is some evidence that iv W kg-1 is non sufficient to modify trunk pith temperature inward hamsters. However, at that spot is strong evidence that whole trunk exposures inward rats that are sufficient to increment trunk pith temperature past times several degrees centigrade tin terminate crusade serious adverse wellness effects inward rats.” (p. 7)
Immune scheme in addition to haematology
“The few human studies have got non indicated whatever evidence that radiofrequency EMF affects wellness inward humans via the immune scheme or haematology.” (p. 7)
Fertility, reproduction in addition to childhood development
“In summary, no adverse effects of radiofrequency EMF exposure on fertility, reproduction or evolution relevant to human wellness have got been substantiated.” (p. 8)
Cancer
“In summary, no effects of radiofrequency EMF on cancer have got been substantiated.” (pp. 8-9)
Icnirp’S Exposure Guidelines For Radio Frequency Fields
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