STONINGTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 1st U.S. expert panel examining health, cognitive, and developmental effects to children from radiation emitted by cell phones, wireless routers, wireless baby monitors, portable phones, wireless smart boards and cell towers, as well as fertility and reproduction effects, long-term consequences from exposure in utero, and irreversible impacts on DNA, will be held at the La Grua Center in Stonington, CT on Friday, June 28, 2013 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. The program is open to the public.
Panelists include: Hugh Taylor, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale University; Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, founder of The Environmental Health Trust and the first Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute; David Carpenter, MD, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Director of the Institute for Health and Environment, University of Albany School of Public Health; Martin Blank, PhD, Special Lecturer and Retired Associate Professor, Columbia University, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics; and Camilla Rees, MBA, of ElectromagneticHealth.org.
The program will address:
The Emerging Public Health Issue From Cell Phones and Wireless Technologies. The trillion dollar wireless communications industry has grown to dominate our lives over the past decades yet little concern has been paid by U.S. public health officials to the long-term risks from continually bathing ourselves, and our children, in electromagnetic fields.
Warnings From Around the World. Independent scientists, as well as physicians and psychologists the world over, say the human health stakes from EMF (electromagnetic field) exposures are comparable to those from tobacco and asbestos, and even greater as in this case the entire population is exposed. DNA effects, including fertility effects, experts say will likely be irreversible.
Special Vulnerability of Children, Fetuses and Sperm. Children’s bodies and brains are more vulnerable and they face a longer lifetime of exposure. Exposure to electromagnetic fields in utero is correlated with health challenges such as ADHD, emotional problems, asthma, obesity and possibly Autism Spectrum Disorder, yet expectant mothers and parents are not being told about the risks.
For more information, go to http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/ct-childrens-health-panel/.
Space is limited. We recommend arriving early.
