Nina Beety Informal Objection 9

0747-EX-PL-2015 Informal Objections

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2016-01-13ELS_171432

Dr.!med.!Cornelia!Waldmann"Selsam!!! Dr.!med.!Christine!Aschermann! Dr.!med.!Markus!Kern! Founding!Member!of!the!Bamberg! Neurologist"Psychotherapy!!!! Psychosomatic!Medizin! Appeal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Founding! Member! of! the! Freiburg! Founding! Member! of! the! Physicians! Karl"May"Str.48!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Appeal! Appeal!Allgäu"Bodensee"Oberschwaben! D"96049!Bamberg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eichenstr.!6!!!!! Beim!Flosserhäusle!8! Phone:!011!49"951"12300!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! D"88299!Leutkirch! D"87439!Kempten! Germany!!!!!!!!!! Germany!!!!!!!!!!! Germany! To!the!President!of!the!United!States!of!America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bamberg,!February!12,!2009! The!White!House! 1600!Pennsylvania!Avenue!NW! Washington,!DC!20500! Fax:!001!202"456"2461! ! To!the!Citizens!of!the!United!States!of!America! To!the!Members!of!the!House!of!Representatives! To!the!Members!of!the!Senate! ! ! ! Warning!Against!Adverse!Health!Effects!from!the!Operation!of!Digital!Broadcast! Television!Stations!(DVB"T)! ! ! Dear!President!Obama:! Dear!Members!of!the!House!of!Representatives:! Dear!Members!of!the!Senate:! Dear!Citizens!of!the!United!States!of!America:! ! In!the!US,!digital!broadcast!television!is!scheduled!to!start!operating!on!February!17,!2009.!We! write! to! you! today! because! we! wish! to! save! you! from! the! significant! negative! health! consequences!that!have!occurred!here!in!Germany.!! ! In! Germany,! analog! broadcast! television! stations! have! gradually! been! switching! to! digital! broadcast! signals! since! 2003.! This! switchover! first! took! place! in! metropolitan! areas.! In! those! areas,!however,!the!RF!exposures!in!public!places!as!well!as!at!home!continued!to!increase!at! the!same!time.!As!a!result,!the!continuing!declining!health!status!of!children,!adolescents,!and! adults!in!urban!areas!could!not!be!attributed!to!any!single!cause.! ! On!May!20,!2006,!two!digital!broadcast!television!stations!went!on!the!air!in!the!Hessian!Rhoen! area! (Heidelstein,! Kreuzberg),! which! until! recently! had! enjoyed! rather! low! mobile! phone! radiation! exposure! levels.! Within! a! radius! of! more! than! 20! km,! the! following! symptoms! that! occurred!abruptly!were!reported:! ! constant!headaches,!pressure!in!the!head,!drowsiness,!sleep!problems,!inability!to!think!clearly,! forgetfulness,!nervous!tensions,!irritability,!tightness!in!the!chest,!rapid!heartbeat,!shortness!of! breath,! depressive! mood,! total! apathy,! loss! of! empathy,! burning! skin,! inner! burning,! leg! weakness,!pain!in!the!limbs,!stabbing!pain!in!various!organs,!weight!increase! ! 1

Birds!had!fled!the!area.!Cats!had!turned!phlegmatic!and!hardly!ever!went!into!the!garden.!One! child!committed!suicide;!a!second!child!tried!doing!it.! ! Over! time! the! same! unbearable! symptoms! showed! up! in! other! locations—most! recently! in! Bamberg!and!Aschaffenburg!on!November!25,!2008.!Physicians!accompanied!affected!people!to! areas! where! there! was! no! DVB"T! reception! (valleys,! behind! mountain! ranges)! and! witnessed! how!these!people!became!symptom"free!only!after!a!short!period!of!time.! ! The!respective!agencies!responsible!in!Germany!were!approached!for!help,!but!they!declined!to! follow! up! on! the! strongly! suggestive! evidence! in! the! actual! locations.! The! behavior! of! the! government! agencies! disregards! the! fundamental! rights! of! affected! people! guaranteed! in! the! German!Constitution.! ! In! Germany,! DVB"T! (Digital! Video! Broadcasting!Terrestrial)!uses! Orthogonal! Frequency! Division! Multiplex!Modulation.!The!fundamental!principle!of!this!type!of!modulation!works!by!spreading! the! information! across! several! thousand! carrier! frequencies! directly! adjacent! to! each! other.! A! channel!is!7.8!MHz!wide.!The!amplitude!also!changes!constantly.! ! The! WHO,! the! German! Radiation! Protection! Commission,! and! the! German! Federal! Ministry! of! the!Environment!rely!on!the!Guidelines!for!Limiting!Exposure!to!Time"varying!Electric,!Magnetic,! and!Electromagnetic!Fields!(up!to!300!GHz),!(Health!Physics!74!(4):!494"522;!1998)!published!by! the!International!Commission!on!Non"Ionizing!Radiation!Protection!!(ICNIRP).!In!this!document,! it!says:! p.! 495:! ! “These! guidelines! will! be! periodically! revised! and! updated! as! advances! are! made! in! identifying! the! adverse! health! effects! of! time"varying! electric,! magnetic,! and! electromagnetic! fields.”! ! p.! 507:! ! “Interpretation! of! several! observed! biological! effects! of! AM! electromagnetic! fields! is! further! complicated! by! the! apparent! existence! of! “windows”! of! response! in! both! the! power! density! and! frequency! domains.! There! are! no! accepted! models! that! adequately! explain! this! phenomenon,!which!challenges!the!traditional!concept!of!a!monotonic!relationship!between!the! field!intensity!and!the!severity!of!the!resulting!biological!effects.”! ! Why!are!the!German!agencies!in!charge!not!willing!to!help!identify!the!adverse!health!effects?! Since! immediately,! after! digital! broadcast! television! stations! had! started! transmitting,! adverse! health! effects! have! occurred,! the! review! of! the! Guidelines! announced! by! the! ICNIRP! is! imperative.!Obviously,!there!are!response!windows!contained!within!the!broad!frequency!bands! with! their! several! thousand! frequencies! that! change! constantly! and! whose! amplitude! also! changes!constantly.!The!ICNIRP!had!already!pointed!out!this!possibility.! ! In!1992,!Dipl."Ing.!Rüdiger!Matthes,!member!of!ICNIRP!and!of!the!Geman!Radiation!Protection! Agency!(BfS),!emphasized!the!preliminary!status!of!the!exposure!limits!in!a!hearing!on!the!health! risks!of!electromagnetic!radiation:!“…They!(electromagnetic!exposure!levels)!are!several!orders!of! magnitude! higher! than! the! natural! background! radiation! levels! of! nontechnical! sources…In! parallel!to!this!development,!findings!of!scientific!studies!according!to!which!long"term!exposure! to! such! fields! may! trigger! adverse! health! effects! keep! accumulating.…In! this! context,! it! is! also! important! to! recognize! that! there! are! large! differences! in! exposure! levels! within! a! given! population.! A! small! child,! for! example,! absorbs! much! more! RF! energy! than! an! adult! person…There! are! several! findings! on! low"level! exposures,! which! are! considered! scientifically! validated! because! they! have! been! reproduced! often! but! which! are! rather! difficult! to! interpret.! 2

The! impact! of! mostly! pulsed! or! ELF! modulated! RF! radiation! on! cell! metabolism,! for! example,! counts!among!them.!It!has!been!observed!that!the!efflux!of!certain!ions!(e.g.!calcium)!from!a!cell! increases! during! exposure! to! such! fields.! The! occurrence! of! this! effect! is! described! almost! completely!independent!of!the!actual!field!strength.!It!can!be!found!at!extremely!low!absorption! levels.…With! all! the! currently! available! scientific! findings,! there! remain! some! crucial! questions! unanswered.! …There! are! gaps! in! the! so"called! body! of! evidence.! That! means! that! the! biological! effects,! for! example,!have!only!been!investigated!for!individual!frequencies.!Data!(e.g.!effect!thresholds)!on! the! various! biological! effects! across! the! entire! frequency! spectrum! are! not! available.! The! exposure!limits,!therefore,!are!based!on!an!approach!that!greatly!simplifies!the!very!complex! reality!whose!details!are!unfathomable.!It!should!also!be!noted!that!concrete!data!on!possible! effects!of!long"term!exposures!are!mostly!lacking.”!! ! Real!life!teaches!us!that!it!was!wrong!to!simplify.!In!Germany,!we!see!strong!evidence!of!a!direct! temporal! association! between! the! start"up! of! terrestrial! digital! broadcast! television! and! the! occurrence!of!severe!health!symptoms.! ! Dr."Ing.! W.! Volkrodt,! former! R&D! engineer! at! Siemens,! recognized! the! danger! of! electromagnetic! fields! for! humans,! animals,! and! plants.! He! pinned! his! hopes! on! policymakers! who! would! listen! to! reason! when! he! wrote! in! 1987:! “Future! historians! will! refer! to! the! RF! dilemma!during!the!period!from!around!1975!to!1990!as!a!short,!time"limited!‘technical!incident.’! Owing!to!the!introduction!of!fiber!optic!technology,!this!incident!could!be!remediated!quickly!and! effectively.“! ! Satellites! and! cable! provide! the! US! population! with! television! services.! By! contrast,! the! risk! associated!with!terrestrial!digital!broadcast!television!transmitters!is!unacceptable.! ! We,! therefore,! ask! you,! dear! Mr.! President,! who! has! the! wellbeing! of! his! citizens! at! heart,!to!stop!the!scheduled!introduction!of!this!new!technology!in!the!United!States! of! America! and! to! save! the! people! from! the!negative! health! consequences! that! have! occurred!in!our!country.! Dr. med. Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam Dr. med. Christine Aschermann Dr. med. Markus Kern 3


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