Reviews of evidence which indicates harm from non-thermalradiation

To Health CanadaDear Ms. Pieterson,Thank you for your August 5 response regarding my emails asking for reviews of current evidence which indicate harm from non-thermal radiation. You said youwould be asking people in your department to review the information that I hadsent. May I please ask that you ask independent scientists outside Health Canadato review the information as well, to ensure a non-biased consideration? Asoutlined in my petition to the Auditor General last year (#255) there is evidencethat affiliation with the telecommunication by members of the Departmentlead tomany lacking faith in their opinions.You recommended that I consider the recent ICNIRP report on health effects fromexposure to non-thermal radiation. I have read the report and recommend it highlyto your staff. There is much there that supports my contention that Safety Code 6is inadequate for establishing public exposure limits to non-thermal radiation, butin this communication I will limit myself to the portion referring to FM broadcasting.This is of particular interest since I live in the midst of 3 FM transmitters havingtotal power capacity of 140,000 watts which were placed in my densely populatedneighbourhood in 2000 with no consideration for health consequences.1. ICNIRP's guidelines are "to protect the public against short term gross heatingeffects and not against biological effects such as cancer and genetic damage fromlong term low level microwave exposure from mobile phones, their masts andmany other wireless devices."http://ww.icnirp.de/documents/emfgdl.pdf Pleasenote: Health Canada's Safety Code 6 guidelines are basically the same asICNIRP's, even though I have been told they do protect against all thermal andnon-thermal effects.2. On page 266 a study is reported on in which bodies were exposed to 100 Mhzfor 45 minute. This is the exact frequency of one of the FM transmitters near myhome and well within the non-thermal range. The result was localized temperatureincreases of 4 degrees C, and indications of core body stress heating and 'hotspot' heating of the brainstem and spinal cord.3. On page 269 is the statement that such heating can cause increased bloodflow, vasodilation, and cardiac and circulatory responses especially is people withheart or vascular problems, or on certain medications.4. On page 273 it states that such whole-body heat stress can affect cognitivefunction, blood chemistry, and the immune system.5. And a final particularly concerning statement on page 322: "Radio and TVtransmitters have a large coverage area and therefore operate at relatively high