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What is an EMF? What you don't know CAN harm you! This month the Living Well Show presents a very important two part program on the evidence that reveals the very real dangers of Electromagnetic fields. We offer an interview with Cindy Sage, founder of the BioInitiative Working Group and co-editor of the BioInitiative Report; A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/index.htm). She co-chairs the Collaborative for Health and the Environment EMF Working Group. Ms. Sage shares with us the worrisome findings of the renowned scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals who reviewed over 2000 research studies for the BioInitiative Report. The report documents sound scientific evidence that power line EMF exposure is responsible for hundreds of new cases of childhood leukemia every year in the United States and around the world. Wireless technologies that rely on radio frequency radiation (RF) to send emails and voice communication are thousands of times stronger than levels reported to cause sleep disorders, headaches, problems with memory and concentration, gastrointestinal distress and other adverse physical symptoms. Public health expert and co-editor of the Report, Dr. David O. Carpenter, Director, Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany, New York states: This report stands as a wake-up call that long-term exposure to some kinds of EMFs may cause serious health effects. Good public health planning is needed now to prevent cancers and neurological diseases linked to exposure to power lines and other sources of EMFs. We need to educate the public and our decision makers that business as usual is unacceptable. A partial list of section titles included in the Report shows the vital importance of this topic: * Evidence for Brain Tumors and Acoustic Neuromas - Dr. Hardell, Dr.Mild and Dr. Kundi * Evidence for Effects on Immune Function - Dr. Johansson * Evidence for Genotoxic Effects ? RFR and ELF DNA Damage - Dr. Lai * Evidence for Effects on Neurology and Behavior - Dr. Lai * Evidence for Childhood Cancers (Leukemia) - Dr. Kundi * Magnetic Field Exposure: Melatonin Production; Alzheimer?s Disease; Breast Cancer - Dr. Davanipour and Dr. Sobel * Evidence for Effects on Gene and Protein Expression (Transcriptomic and Proteomic Research) -Dr. Xu and Dr. Chen Ms. Sage highlights for your listeners the conclusions of the Report and offers advice on how to minimize exposure to both EMF and RF radiation.