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Hello,
 
I thought the people in this group might be interested to see this Letter to
the Editor that Dr. George Carlo sent to The Guardian in response to the  
article by Andrew Goldacre.
 
I have had the good fortune to have been part of Dr. Carlo's CERSA  
(Certified Electromagnetic Safety Advisor) training that is put on by the Safe  
Wireless Initiative. (_www.safewireless.org_ (http://www.safewireless.org/) ).
 
We are in the process of rolling out CERSA training in the U.S, and have
held several classes in Florida and one recently in southern California. The
next class is not scheduled until November and will be in Los Angeles.  
 
If anyone is interested in learning about this training, just go to
_www.safewireless.org_ (http://www.safewireless.org/) . There are also a number of
informative papers posted at _www.bioenergeticsinstitute.com_
(http://www.bioenergeticsinstitute.com/) .
 
Kat Tansey
 
-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email]
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 8:41 pm
Subject: The Radiation Blob, Indeed



 
To the Editor of The Guardian:
 
I am appalled by the insensitive, mean-spirited and factually incorrect
opinion put forth by Andrew Goldacre in The Guardian (Saturday, June 02, 2007).  
His premise, that patients suffering from symptoms of
electro-hypersensitivity are misinformed hypochondriacs, reeks of the adage: “Those who are saying
don’t know; and those who know, aren’t saying.” Goldacre does not know.  
It is time for those who know to speak up.
 
For the past five years, through our Safe Wireless Initiative project, we
have operated the only post-market surveillance database in the world
systematically collecting symptom information from thousands of patients suffering
from the effects of various forms of electro-magnetic radiation (EMR). In
addition, we coordinate a network of clinicians who regularly share information
about their experiences treating patients with these conditions, another
important and unique resource. Thus, we do not rely solely on self-reported
information but have corroboration from treating doctors. It is noteworthy that our
health concerns registry will open in the UK through a new local Safe
Wireless Initiative branch within the month. This is an important public health
step because in the UK, there are absolutely no reliable data on the incidence
and prevalence of EMR-related conditions. Thus, Goldacre’s speculations are
all the more misinformed, but clarity is forthcoming.  
 
In the Safe Wireless Initiative, we have a number of scientific papers in
various stages of the peer-review process expected to be published by year’s end
addressing this emerging medical problem. However, in the interim we
continue to share summary information from our registry database in various fora
around the world, including a February 2007 presentation at the House of
Commons, for the benefit of clinicians and patients alike.  
 
Overall, our data show the following:
 
* There are symptom and pathology similarities among patients
suffering from electro-hypersensitivity, multiple chemical sensitivities,
alcohol-related disease as well as neuro-behavioral and learning disorders. We refer to
the symptom constellations as Membrane Sensitivity Syndrome (MSS) and the  
increase in reports of symptoms consistent with MSS associated by patients  
with various EMR exposures has dramatically increased over the past 24 months.  
* It is noteworthy that concurrently in the past 24 months, the
penetration of mobile phones has tripled globally, from one billion to three
billion. WiFi has reached the highest penetration in history. Satellite radio is
not far behind. All of these technologies rely on information-carrying radio
waves, the trigger for non-thermal adverse biological responses and the
cascade toward MSS.  
* In a majority of MSS cases, when EMR is removed from the patient’s
environment, their acute symptoms subside. This is an important observation
and indeed represents one of the Koch-Henle postulates for causation: If when
the exposure is removed, the effect is diminished, there is evidence for
cause and effect.  
* Pathology and experimental findings support a mechanistic
underpinning: an environmentally induced genetic change that renders daughter cells to
carry membrane sensitivity characteristics with most symptoms directly or
indirectly the result of consequent disrupt of intercellular communication.  
* Therapeutic intervention regimens designed around known EMR
mechanisms of harm have positively shown varying degrees of clinical symptom
amelioration, another support for the causal hypothesis, but more importantly, a ray
of hope for those afflicted and debilitated by these conditions.
It is a fact that every serious public health problem man has faced has  
first been identified through clinical observations, the historically confirmed  
first line of evidence for preventing epidemic spread of disease. It is a
disservice to the public when uninformed speculation serves to lessen the acuity
with which important early signs that can save lives are seen and heeded.

Dr. George L. Carlo
Science and Public Policy Institute
1101 Pennsylvania Ave. NW -- 7th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20004
_www.sppionline.org_ (http://www.sppionline.org/)  
_www.safewireless.org_ (http://www.safewireless.org/)
202-756-7744











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