Ronald L Melnick, Ph.D. Ronald Melnick was a Senior Toxicologist and Director of Special Programs in the Environmental Toxicology Program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, and is now retired. Ronald...
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About Environmental Health Trust
Who We Are Environmental Health Trust (EHT) is a think tank that promotes a healthier environment through research, education, and policy. We are the only nonprofit organization in the world that carries out cutting-edge research on environmental health hazards and...
PRESS RELEASE: EHT Calls for U.S. to put warning labels on cell phones
March 14, 2012 --- The Environmental Health Trust (EHT) lauds Israeli Knesset overwhelming passage of a proposed law requiring health-hazard warning labels on cell phones and calls on the U.S. to follow suit. The Israeli labels will read, “Warning - the Health...
NEWSLETTER: Do Cell Phones Cause Impotence?
A new review concludes that cellphone radiation damages sperm. Not only is total sperm count lowered with greater exposure to cellphones and laptops. In addition, wireless radiation from these devices can impair the shape, size and speed of sperm—all of which affect...
PRESS RELEASE: The Economist—and the Truth About Microwave Radiation Emitted from Wireless Technologies
December 28, 2011 - In its unsigned commentary on September 3, 2011, “Worrying about Wireless”, The Economist makes a number of technical errors and misleading statements about microwave radiation that we write to correct. The governments of more than a dozen nations...
PRESS RELEASE: Environmental Health Trust Reveals Risky Patterns of Cell Phone Use by Middle Schoolers
Important New Zealand paper and UK Charity MobileWise Scientific Review: Cell Phone Use Today Places Children At Risk Cited Among Several Reports BERKELEY, CA – November 9, 2011 – Key figures in the arena of cell phone safety spoke today at a California City Council...
PRESS RELEASE: Top Doctors Urge Cell Phone Companies To Come Clean On Health Dangers Posed By Radiation
JACKSON, WY -- June 23, 2011 -- Following the World Health Organization’s recent declaration that cell phone radiation is a possible cause of cancer in humans, a growing number of scientists are calling on the cell phone industry to cooperate in studying the...
Cell Phones: Myth or Fact?
MYTH: The World Health Organization (WHO) statement does not mean cell phones cause cancer, because it is based on limited evidence. FACT: Thirty-one highly acclaimed members of the International Agency of Research on Cancer (IARC), a WHO committee, voted in a nearly...