BioInitiative Report - Electromagnetic Radiation.pdf

Release Date: August 31, 2007

BioInitiative Report:
A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure
Standard for ic Fields (ELF and RF)

mittee:
Carl Blackman, USA
Martin Blank, USA
Michael Kundi, Austria
Cindy Sage, USA

Participants:
David Carpenter, USA
Zoreh Davanipour, USA
David Gee, Denmark
Lennart Hardell, Sweden
Olle Johansson, Sweden
Henry Lai, USA
Kjell Hansson Mild, Sweden
Eugene Sobel, USA
Zhengping Xu and Guangdin Chen, China

Research Associate
S. Amy Sage, USA
PREFACE


mittee thanks the participants of the BioIniative
Working Group for their integrity and intellectual courage in dealing
with this controversial and important topic; and for devoting the time
and energy to produce their chapters. The information and
conclusions in each chapter are the responsibilities of the authors of
that chapter.

The Group has produced what the authors hope will be a benchmark
for good science and public health policy planning. It documents
bioeffects, adverse health effects and public health conclusions about
impacts of non-ionizing radiation (ic fields including
extremely-low frequency ELF-EMF and radiofrequency/microwave
or RF-EMF fields).

Societal decisions about this body of science have global implications.
Good public health policy depends on acting soon enough, but not
without cause, and with enough information to guide intelligent
actions. To a great degree, it is the definition of the standard of
evidence used to judge the scientific reports that shapes this debate.
Disagreement about when the evidence is sufficient to take action has
more to do with the e of various reviews and standard-setting
proceedings than any other single factor. Whatever “standard of
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evidence” is selected to assess the strength of the science will deeply
influence the e of decisions on public policy.

We are at a critical juncture in this world-wide debate. The answ