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DOES GSM 1800 MHz AFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN SWEDEN?

DOES GSM 1800 MHz AFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN SWEDEN?. Örjan Hallberg, M.Sc. E.E. Polkavägen 14B, 142 65 Trångsund Sweden Olle Johansson, Assoc. Professor Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden. The purpose of the study.

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DOES GSM 1800 MHz AFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN SWEDEN?

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  1. DOES GSM 1800 MHz AFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN SWEDEN? Örjan Hallberg, M.Sc. E.E. Polkavägen 14B, 142 65 Trångsund Sweden Olle Johansson, Assoc. Professor Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden

  2. The purpose of the study • To see if changes in health characteristics fit the roll-out of GSM 1800 in Sweden • - Does it fit in time? • - Does it fit geographically?

  3. How much do we talk by the mobile phone each year?

  4. What is the average output pulse power from the phones?

  5. A GSM coverage model was tuned to the data from Telia/Ericsson

  6. Sick-days statistics from 1981 looks different...

  7. But the sick-days statistics from 2002 fits very well

  8. So, the sickness in Sweden seems to relate to the GSM coverage

  9. And, funny enough, so it does also in Denmark and Norway

  10. Some drugs sell like hell…e.g. Antidepressives

  11. Pain killers on the rise...

  12. The mortality trend for the age group 10-39 years was broken in 1997

  13. The number of sick-registered started to increase in 1997

  14. The trend-break is noticed all over Sweden...

  15. For each county a specific break point was identified.

  16. Increasing sickness since 1997

  17. Company health statistics got worse in 1997

  18. Traffic injuries in Stockholm are increasing

  19. Both handheld and hands-free phones increase the reaction time while driving

  20. Work-load related injuries are increasing

  21. And it takes longer time to recover from a work related sickness or accident in the high power counties!

  22. It also takes longer time to recover from a surgery operation in sparsely populated regions

  23. The mortality due to external causes is higher in the countryside

  24. Nerve system mortality

  25. The number of deaths per year in Alzheimer’s disease is accelerating!

  26. And especially so in high power counties

  27. This is not the case for a completely different neuralgic disease, ALS.

  28. And ALS shows no trendbreak

  29. Prostate cancer has been increasing in Stockholm since 1997

  30. But it has nothing to do with mobile phone output power!

  31. So, if we look at leukemia, is there any trend-break? No - not at all!

  32. Does the incidence increase by mobile output power? No!

  33. So, to summarize • Which health characteristics do fit with GSM1800? • And which ones don’t?

  34. Can the mobile system possibly be accountable for all these problems?

  35. Conclusions • The data shows that the health of the whole Swedish population is threatened • Sparsely populated counties are worse off • The responsible authorities must seriously consider possible health implications from the GSM 1800 MHz system

  36. Download graphs at: http://hir.nu/1800

  37. Sick-days and cancer incidence in Sweden

  38. The problem we see • Health care costs are booming • The mortality improvement among young people has come to an end • Sparsely populated areas are unhealthy • Illness recovery times are increasing • Accidents happen more frequently • ...

  39. So, sick-days seem to relate to the output power from the mobile phone

  40. Two questions regarding GSM • When did the mobile phone use really take off? • Where in the country do mobile phones radiate the highest average output power?

  41. Let’s now look at some health related facts • Drug sales • Mortality • Sickness

  42. And so it does for all of Sweden

  43. So, the sickness trend-break fits with GSM 1800 ramp up • What about the different counties in Sweden?

  44. Exact when? August 1997 (?)

  45. The average handset output power and sickness varies over the country

  46. The sickness break-points and GSM 1800 roll-out • Sickness break-points: Oct-97 to Jan-98 • GSM 1800 roll-out: Autumn -97 to Jan-98

  47. The number of injured drivers in Sweden is increasing

  48. What about work related injuries and sickness? • Is there a trend break? • Is it worse in counties with low population density?

  49. The sickness varies among the counties in Sweden

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