The California Council on Science and Technology (CCST)Health Impacts of Radio Frequency From Smart Meters final report was released on March 31, 2011. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) comments challenged the CCST, stating, “CDPH suggests further review of the literature on non-thermal effects, which is complicated and controversial, but does not support a claim of no non-thermal health effects from radio frequency electromagnetic fields.”
CDPH also provided the following comments regarding the controversy over Smart Meter (radio frequency radiation-RF) safety:
- Correspondence Provided by Rick Kreutzer, California Department of Health (March 10, 2011)
- Mixed Signals About Cellphones’ Health Risks Hang Up Research
The Chronicle (September 26, 2010) - Mobile Phones and Health
U.K. Department of Health - Late Lessons from Early Warnings: Towards Realism and Precaution with EMF?
David Gee, European Environment Agency, (January 30, 2009)
CDPH sent the following 3 study references to the CCST:
Electromagnetic Fields and DNA Damage: Phillips, J.L.; Singh, N.P.; Lai, H.;Pathophysiology 16(2009) 79-88
Electromagnetic Fields and the Induction of DNA Strand Breaks: Ruiz-Gomez, M.J.; Martinez-Morillo, M.; Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine 28:201-214, 2009
Radiofrequency and Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Field Effects on the Blood-Brain Barrier: Nittby, H.; Grafstrom, G.; Eberhardt, J.L.;Malmgren, L.; Brun, A.; Persson, B.R.R.; Salford, L.; Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine 27:103-126, 2008