Ö Hallberg 2009-07-21B

Facts and Fiction about Skin Melanoma

Örjan Hallberg, Hallberg Independent Research, 2009

Fiction Facts Ref

Melanoma rates are increasing since suninduced skin damages today occur moreoften than the natural repair capability of thebody can cope withMelanoma rates are increasing as a result of aweakened skin repair efficiency due to constantnight-long immune disturbance from body-resonant FM broadcasting transmitters1Melanoma rates correlate with UV-index This is not true for Europe where melanoma isless frequent in southern countries. In Swedenand Norway there is a correlation but not inDenmark. In France there is an inversecorrelation. However, the correlation betweenmelanoma incidence and the local density of surrounding FM broadcasting transmitters isextremely strong in all investigated countries.2In coastal areas the UV-index is doubledwhich explains the higher melanomaincidence noticed e.g. in Australia, Finland,Connecticut etcThe total UV-radiation from the sun does notincrease just because of closeness to water. FMbroadcasting transmitters are not placed out onthe sea surface but along the coast. Buildingsare normally facing towards the sea view so theprobability of having a bed placed in thedirection of the electric field is quite strong incoastal areas.3Artificial sun tanning gives increasingmelanoma rates among young peopleYoung age-groups have had stable incidencerates since several decades back. It is only theoldest population that still shows a fastincreasing melanoma incidence.1Small children almost never get melanomadue to long time of latencyThe melanoma starts to increase abruptly frompuberty age, girls one year before boys, whenthey reach resonant adult body lengths and alsomore frequently sleep on expensive metal basedsteel spring mattresses.4Increasing sun tanning habits can explainincreasing melanoma ratesIncreasing sun tanning habits cannot explainreported age-specific melanoma rates5Melanoma rates started to increase after theintroduction of sun charter travelsMelanoma death rates abruptly started toincrease about 7 years before the first sun-charter travels took place in Sweden.6Australia has high melanoma rates due toweak ozone layer protectionThe melanoma rates in Australia started toincrease around 20 years before the ozonedepletion first was noticed (and 50 years beforethe Nobel prize…)--Mainly the sun exposed areas of the bodysuffer from melanomaHead and feet regions have shown fairly stablerates since 1955 while rates of sun-protectedareas in the middle of the body have increasedby a factor of 207, 8Young people show increasing risks formelanomaPeople younger than 57 years show stable age-specific rates over time1Developed countries can afford sun travelsand will thus get more melanomaJapan is a developed country where themelanoma rate is only 3 % (30 times less!) of that in Sweden and where wave reflecting metalspring beds are not being used.9

Ö Hallberg 2009-07-21B90% of all melanoma is due to UV exposurehttp://sgll.nu/PDF/SSMSoSCancerfonden.pdf The melanoma rate per unit skin area is thesame for both sun exposed and non-exposedareas10

References

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Hallberg Ö. Areduced repair efficiency can explain increasingmelanoma rates. European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2008;17:147-152.

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, Johansson O. FMbroadcasting exposure time andmalignant melanoma incidence.Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine(2005); 24: 1-8.

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Inc. vs. transmitters3. Hallberg Ö. Det stora misstaget.(The big mistake, a summary of whathappened since 1955 when it was toolate to stop the roll-out of the FMbroadcasting towers in Sweden)