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>Subject: Fw: Interview with the Radiologist Professor Dr. Eckel from
>the Bundes rztekammer
>Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:47:24 -0500
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> Have you seen this report from Germany?
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>Radiologist Professor Dr. Eckel from the Bundes rztekammer is now >scientific adviser to hese-uk, for link see below. Please circulate.
>13-01-2007
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>The interview given below was published by the `Schwabischen Post on >7.12.06.
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> In H ttlingen, a community near to Ellwangen, the residents are,
>just as
>in other places, fighting against a planned mobile telecommunications >transmitter.
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>MOBILTELECOMMUNICATIONS / Interview with the Radiologist Professor Dr. >Eckel from the Bundes rztekammer (equivalent to the BMA in the UK)
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>"The cell nucleus is mutating
>Professor Dr. Heyo Eckel is a radiation expert. He is a radiologist,
>lecturer at G ttingen University, vice chairman of the Health and >Environment Committee of the German Medical Association [Ausschusses >Gesundheit und Umwelt der Bundes rztekammer], Chairman of the >Niedersachsen province charity for "Chernobyl Children". And because he >also still has family connections in H ttlingen, we spoke with him
>about electromagnetic radiation.
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>BY MARKUS LEHMANN H TTLINGEN/G TTINGEN
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>For Radiologists there are two areas: the scientific-formal-legal and
>the
>emotional.
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> His scientific conclusion: Electromagnetic, pulsed waves from
>transmitter
>masts and mobile phones affect and deform the cell nucleus. Comparable with >those of X-rays. As long as the harmlessness of mobile telecommunications >is not proven, everything must be done to protect the population against >potential health damage.
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>Are electromagnetic waves dangerous for humans?
> These waves deform and damage the cell nucleus. That is proven and
>has
>resulted in experiments "in vitro" (in laboratory studies). The cell
>nucleus can also mutate as a result of natural occurrences. However, one >has no control over that. But changes due to the influence from >electromagnetic waves are definitely documented.
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>And this technology is deployed across the country?
>According to the present state of scientific knowledge there is no
>alarming
>health risk. Out of the many thousand of reports, there are only 400 to
>500, which comply with purely scientific protocol and thus must be taken >seriously. But one must consider: The mobile telecommunications technology >is still relatively new, but yet it is now deployed across the whole
>country. Consequential damage is hard to ascertain, not yet and maybe only >after years. Like in bygone days with X-Ray radiation.
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>You are also involved in the Chernobyl problem.....
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>Yes. And the injuries that result from radioactive radiation are
>identical
>with the effects of electromagnetic radiation. The damages are so similar >that they are hard to differentiate
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>So you are saying, that there is a potential or suspected danger. What
>is
>your suggestion?
>One must act politically. The politicians refer constantly to safe limits.
>There must be an agreement with the industry on a minimum distance from >base stations, as in Switzerland,. Above all there must be further research >on how these electromagnetic waves effect humans. This radiation does not >taste, it does not smell. And one does not hear it. It is not discernable >through our senses. And, that s why people are afraid of it.
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>What do you advise citizens who have fears about a transmitter in their >vicinity ?
> Legally, one cannot do much. One can advise, that people unite
>together.
>In order to exert pressure - moral - pressure on the local politicians, the >provincial and federal government politicians. Because they have a duty of >care to avert presumed or perceived damage to citizens.
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