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Kanada: Bundes Wi-Fi-Sicherheitsbericht ist zutiefst fehlerhaft, sagen Experten

A new review of Health Canada's safety standards for radiofrequency devices, including Wi-Fi and cellphones, is deeply flawed due to the authors' conflicts of interest and lack of expertise, say two scientists. The Royal Society of Canada's (RSC) Expert Panel Report on the Review of Safety Code 6: Potential Health Risks of Radiofrequency Fields endorses current safety standards while calling for more research. The RSC invited the two scientists to peer review the report.

The RSC's eight-member panel "actively blinded themselves to vital evidence," says Martin Blank, an expert on the effects of electromagnetic radiation and special lecturer at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. "The panel's position on maintaining the current standards is so fixed that it leads them to conclusions one would never expect from policy officials in the field of health," Blank added in an interview. "I am almost certain that the reluctance of the panel to be guided by biological evidence reflects a lack of expertise in cell biology."

Dr. Anthony B. Miller, emeritierter Professor an der Universität von Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, war ebenfalls kritisch. Die Jury bestand aus Mitgliedern mit "wichtigen Verbindungen zur Telekommunikationsbranche", sagt Miller. "Dies ist ein Konflikt-Panel, mit zu wenig Know-how in der Epidemiologie. Es ignoriert den letzten Beweis, dass Wireless-Strahlung wahrscheinlich krebserregend ist."

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