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Wireless Risks in the Mainstream
KPFA broadcast date February 9, 2010
Journalists Christopher Ketcham and Michael Segell discuss the risks of wireless technologies and dirty electricity from their work published in GQ magazine (Ketcham) and Prevention magazine (Segell)—to date, the most prominent in mainstream media. Resources: Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health by Christopher Ketcham; Electroshocker: A Prevention Special Report by Michael Segell; Resources on radiation and on environmental health
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Not-So-Smart Grid
KPFA broadcast date January 5, 2010
Science journalist Blake Levitt and electrical engineer Michael Neuert discuss the potential risks of the Smart Grid, the wireless electric utility metering and monitoring network imposed on us without our consent. Resources: TURN (The Utility Reform Network) article and petition; EMF Safety Network petition; Blake Levitt's website blakelevitt.com; Neuert Electromagnetic Services www.emfcenter.com; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental health
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Wireless Technology Health News
KPFA broadcast date October 27, 2009
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage discusses the latest research on wireless technology's health risks: a critique of WHO’s Interphone study, a careful look at the Environmental Working Group’s report on cell phones, the answers that should have been given at the Senate hearings, and more. Resources: What to Tell Your Employer about Cell Phones and PDAs in the Workplace; Plain Talk About Cell Phone Safety; Bioinitiative Report www.bioinitiative.org; CLOUT (Coalition for Local Oversight of Utility Technologies) cloutnow.org; Resources on radiation
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The Body as an Ecology
KPFA broadcast date September 1, 2009
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, authors of Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health, discuss a core principle in their practice: the body works as an integrated whole. Selected health issues are used as examples including practical application of the principle to support and restore health. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources from Your Own Health And Fitness listed by topic
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Health Effects of Radiation from All Sources
KPFA broadcast date July 28, 2009
Ernest Sternglass, PhD, physicist and anti-nuclear activist since the 1950s, discusses what we know about the dangerous effects of radiation from all sources . Resources: Radiation and Public Health Project www.radiation.org; Resources on radiation
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Alternatives to Wireless Broadband
KPFA broadcast date June 9, 2009
Activists Doug Loranger and Sally Hampton discuss the substantial problems with wireless broadband and explain safer, more effective options. They also discuss the worldwide citizen activism against the proliferation of wireless technologies. Resources: CLOUT (Coalition for Local Oversight of Utility Technologies) cloutnow.org; TeleTruth (Alliance for Customers’ Telecommunications & Broadband Rights) teletruth.org; Resources on wireless technology and resources on health politics
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Reducing EMF in Your Home
KPFA broadcast date April 7, 2009
Environmental consultant Michael R. Neuert, MA, BSME, discusses common EMF exposures in the home, their effects, and how to reduce and eliminate them. Resources: Neuert Electromagnetic Services www.emfcenter.com; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental health
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Regulating Wireless Radiation
KPFA broadcast date March 17, 2009
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage of Sage EMF Design, lead author with David Carpenter of the Bioinitiative Report, discusses how Europe is responding to the current science about the dangers associated with microwave, wireless, and cellphone radiation. Resources: Bioinitiative Report www.bioinitiative.org; Collaborative on Health and the Environment EMF Working Group www.healthandenvironment.org/working_groups/emf; Resources on radiation and resources on health politics
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Shielding EMFs
KPFA broadcast date December 23, 2008
Emil DeToffol from Less EMF Inc. offers scientific suggestions for electromagnetic field shielding in the home and office, when you can't control the exposure from the source. Resources: Less EMF, Inc. www.lessemf.com/; Resources on radiation and resources on environmental health
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Secondhand Cell Phone Radiation
KPFA broadcast date October 28, 2008
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage, lead author with David Carpenter of the Bioinitiative Report, discusses recent developments in the science of health effects from wireless technologies, including findings of health effects from proximity to cell phone users. Resources: Bioinitiative Report www.bioinitiative.org; Resources on radiation
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Safe Cell Tower Siting
KPFA broadcast date August 26, 2008
Journalist and environmental analyst B. Blake Levitt, author of Electromagnetic Fields and contributing editor of Cell Towers, discusses the wide range of risks associated with siting cell phone towers and strategies for siting them safely Resources: B. Blake Levitt’s website www.blakelevitt.com, Cell Towers and Electromagnetic Fields by B. Blake Levitt; resources on radiation
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From Radio Frequency to Bug Spray
KPFA broadcast date May 6, 2008
Protecting citizen health from corporate power. An interview with film makers Mary Beth Branagan and James Heddle from EON Ecological Options Network. Resources: Ecological Options Networ www.eon3.net; resources on environmental health, resources on radiation, and resources on health politics and advocacy
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Hypersensitivity
KPFA broadcast date April 1, 2008
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss hypersensitivity both to chemicals and electromagnetic fields. The hour includes a review of the science and practical solutions for identifying the source of symptoms and prudent mitigation. Resources: Scientific articles discussed on the show; resources on allergies, resources on environmental health, resources on EMF, resources on chronic illness, and The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine Aron
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WiMax: The Next Wireless Exposure
KPFA broadcast date December 4, 2007
Libby Kelley, Executive Director of the International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety and founder of Council on Wireless Technology Impacts, discusses this latest wireless technology, its risks, and an upcoming meeting of activists and scientists concerned about its spread. Includes extended discussion on self-care not available on the broadcast version. Resources: Council on Wireless Technology Impacts (CWTI) www.energyfields.org, International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS) www.icems.eu, resources on raditation
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Bioinitiative: Standards for Electrosmog
KPFA broadcast date November 27, 2007
Cindy Sage and David O. Carpenter, MD discuss the Bioinitiative Report that proposes better standards for exposure to electromagnetic fields based on the work of leading scientists. Includes extended discussion on self-care not available on the broadcast version. Resources: Bioinitiative Report www.bioinitiative.org; Resources on radiation
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Does Green Mean Non-toxic?
KPFA broadcast date August 28, 2007
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss toxic risks in “green” products and describe how to avoid exposures and boost detoxification pathways. Resources: Resources on environmental health and on detoxification; Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Baumgart; Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org; Our Stolen Future www.ourstolenfuture.org; Microwave News www.microwavenews.com; Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves by B. Blake Levitt; Healthy Car www.healthycar.org; Toxic at Any Speed by the Ecology Center www.ecocenter.org; A Small Dose of Toxicology www.asmalldoseof.org
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Resistance to Citywide WiFi
KPFA broadcast date July 24, 2007
Doug Loranger, from San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna Free Union, discusses how citizens are mobilizing against exposure to citywide wireless Internet access. Resources: San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna Free Union www.antennafreeunion.org; Resources on radiation
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High EMF Risk from Personal Organizers
KPFA broadcast date April 3, 2007
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage discusses the latest research on wireless technology's possible risks to humans and the environment. PDA exposures from blackberry and treo units, among others, create exceptionally high exposures when worn on or very near the body. She will discuss these exposures, their possible health consequences, and ways to reduce exposure. Resources: Sage Associates www.sageassociates.net; Resources on environmental health and resources on radiation: wireless, EMR, RFR, and ionizing radiation
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Public Health and Toxic Waste
KPFA broadcast date March 27, 2007
David O. Carpenter MD, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany, where he is also professor of environmental health and toxicology and former dean of the School of Public Health, discusses where and how people are exposed to environmental stressors and what role of public health institutions in protecting us. Resources: Institute for Health and the Environment www.albany.edu/ihe/; Resources on environmental health, resources on detoxification, resources on diabetes, resources on heart health, resources on chronic illness, and resources on EMF and radiation
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Health Risks from Nonionizing Radiation
KPFA broadcast date January 16, 2007
Researcher Henry Lai, PhD of the University of Washington discusses the latest research on the health risks from wireless technologies. Resources: Resources on radiation
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EMF Health News
KPFA broadcast date July 11, 2006
Louis Slesin, publisher of Microwave News, discusses current developments in industry and science concerning the health effects of non-ionizing radiation. Resources: Microwave News www.microwavenews.com
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Dirty Electricity and EMF Health Dangers
KPFA broadcast date May 30, 2006
Magda Havas, BSc, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent University, Ontario, Canada discusses low dose radiation health effects. Resources: Publications by Dr. Havas www.electricalpollution.com and www.stop-emf.ca; Graham Stetzer filters www.stetzerelectric.com and www.getpurepower.ca; Resources on radiation
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The Science of RFR Health Risks
KPFA broadcast date April 25, 2006
Olle Johansson, MD associate professor in the Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuoscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden discusses new research about the dangers of exposure to radio frequency radiation from cell phones and wireless technologies. Resources: Resources on radiation
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Where You're Exposed and What to Do: EMF and RFR
KPFA broadcast date March 14, 2006
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage and medical journalist B. Blake Levitt offer practical alternatives and protection from electrosmog exposure. Resources: Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves by B. Blake Levitt; Blake Levitt's website blakelevitt.com; Sage Associates www.sageassociates.net
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Wireless Public Health Crisis
KPFA broadcast date February 7, 2006
Medical journalist Blake Levitt, activist Jan Newton, president of the EMR Policy Institute, and activist Doug Loranger, maker of the film Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco, discuss the very disturbing science showing wireless technology's dangers and how the public can protect itself. Resources: Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves by B. Blake Levitt; Blake Levitt's website blakelevitt.com; EMR Policy Institute; www.emrpolicy.org; Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco a film by Doug Loranger, DVD availble at the Free Speech Network; San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna-Free Union www.antennafreeunion.org
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Electrosmog
KPFA broadcast date November 29, 2005
Researcher Olle Johansson, MD, associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, discusses long term studies showing the adverse health effects of exposure to radio frequency radiation from wireless technologies. Activist Doug Loranger discusses his film Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco and community activism against citywide wireless broadband Internet access. Resources: EMFacts Consultancy (Australia) www.emfacts.com; ; Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco a film by Doug Loranger, DVD availble at the Free Speech Network; San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna-Free Union www.antennafreeunion.org
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Public Health Risk from Depleted Uranium
KPFA broadcast date July 26, 2005
Leuren Moret, expert witness at the International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan, and physicist Ernest J. Sternglass, PhD discuss the public health risks to soldiers and civilians from depleted uranium drift. Resources: Beyond Treason www.beyondtreason.com
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Smart Exposures: Understanding Risks from EMF & RFR
KPFA broadcast date July 19, 2005
Cindy Sage of Sage Associates, environmental consultants and public policy researchers, discusses the research and encourages prudence regarding exposure to radiation from cell phones and electromagnetic fields Resources: Sage Associates www.sageassociates.net
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Medical Radiation in the Promotion of Cancer and Heart Disease
KPFA broadcast date September 9, 2003
Dr. John Gofman, MD, PhD professor Emeritus, molecular and cell biology University of California, Berkeley, discusses his extensive research correlating cancer and heart disease to radiation exposure from
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Cell Phones & Cordless Technology: Are They a Danger to Our Children?
KPFA broadcast date August 29, 2000
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage of Sage EMF Design discusses the dangers of cell and cordless phones as well as other sources of EMF radiation
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Medical Radiation
KPFA broadcast date July 18, 2000
Dr. John Gofman PhD discusses new research on the increased dangers of medical radiation.
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Are Cell Phones Safe?
KPFA broadcast date November 2, 1999
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage of Sage EMF Design discusses the dangers of cell and cordless phones as well as other sources of EMF radiation
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The Hazards of Cell Phones and EMFs
KPFA broadcast date December 8, 1998
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage of Sage EMF Design discusses the dangers of cell and cordless phones as well as other sources of EMF radiation
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Articles

The Multitasking Myth
PHO #13
Our biology can interfere with performing several tasks at the same time—such as driving while talking on a cellphone.
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Radiation Protection?
PHO #12
Radiation Protection? A study of how some bacteria survive extreme radiation suggests how humans might do the same.
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