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Sectra launches solution for radiation dose monitoring at RSNA 2012

11/25/2012 8:00 AM EST - SECTRA

At RSNA 2012 in Chicago, the medical imaging IT company Sectra will launch a complete solution for radiation dose monitoring, Sectra DoseTrack. The system enables major time and quality gains in medical care and reduces the risk of patients being exposed to unnecessarily high radiation doses in conjunction with radiology examinations.
“With Sectra...

Study: More Patients Exposed to Radiation

6/20/2012 3:30 PM EST - Sokolove Law

A new study finds that the use of diagnostic imaging -- such as PET and CT scans -- has significantly increased in recent years,...

Responding to EHT reports on cellphone health risks, Berkeley City Council Unani...

11/10/2011 5:02 PM EST - The Investor Relations Group

Paralleling efforts recently upheld by the federal court in San Francisco, the ordinance directs the City Health Commission to provide information about ways to reduce cell phone radiation, especially for children, pregnant women and other vulnerable populations.
Following testimony to a civic forum at City Hall by Environmental Health Trust President Devra Davis and cellphone industry consultant, and former...

Environmental Health Trust Reveals Risky Patterns of Cell Phone Use by Middle Sc...

11/9/2011 9:31 AM EST - The Investor Relations Group

Important New Zealand paper and UK Charity MobileWise Scientific Review: Cell Phone Use Today Places Children At Risk Cited Among Several Reports

Key figures in the arena of cell phone safety spoke today at a California City Council education forum in Berkeley. The impact of cell phones on children was a major theme of the day’s speeches. Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, founder of Environmental Health...

Environmental Health Trust to Present at Berkeley, CA City Council Public Forum ...

11/4/2011 6:15 PM EST - The Investor Relations Group

EHT President Devra Davis, PhD and Prof. Stanton Glantz, PhD Among Speakers
A Berkeley, California City Council workshop will offer an educational forum for the public, city workers, medical practitioners, environmental groups, and other local city councils on the issues of cell safety and the dangers they pose. The workshop will be held Tuesday, November 8 from 5:00-6:30pm at Berkeley City Council Chambers,...

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Commends Environment Health Trust’s Ellen Mar...

11/2/2011 3:59 PM EST - The Investor Relations Group

For the past two years, Marks and her family have championed the need for people to be informed about simple ways to reduce exposures to microwave radiation from cell phones.

Recognizing her tremendous efforts to promote the right to know about cell phone safety, the Board of Supervisors of the City of San Francisco issued a commendation to Ellen Marks, Director of Government and Public Affairs and...

Researchers Report Alarming Rise in Brain Cancer in Scandinavian Countries

11/2/2011 9:52 AM EST - The Investor Relations Group

Environmental Health Trust Reports Continued and Unexplained Increases in Brain Cancer Incidence in Nations With Longer-Term Cell Phone Use
New cases of brain tumors have continued to rise throughout the past three decades in some Scandinavian countries with longer-term and heavier cell phone use, according to analyses conducted by Environmental Health Trust scientists. The...

British Medical Journal’s Upcoming Cell Phone Study Deeply Flawed, Say Experts

10/20/2011 5:39 PM EST - The Investor Relations Group

Environmental Health Trust and Other Experts Expose Major Flaws in New Danish Study Claiming No Significant Cancer Risks from Cell Phone Use.
A new study to be released online today “Use of mobile phones and risk of brain tumours: update of Danish cohort study,” in the British Medical Journal, claims “to show no link between mobile phone use and tumours.” However, the study is seriously flawed, say technical...

New Study Shows Cellphones Exceed FCC Exposure Limits by As Much as Double for C...

10/17/2011 12:22 PM EST - The Investor Relations Group

Article To Appear in the Journal “Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine”
A scholarly article on cell phone safety to be published online October 17 in the journal Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine reports the finding that cell phones used in the shirt or pants pocket exceed FCC exposure guidelines and that children absorb twice as much microwave radiation from phones as do adults.

The paper, titled...

EHT Believes consumers need to be warned on microwave radiation emitting from cell phones.

Environmental Health Trust Responds to CTIA’s Lawsuit to Prevent San Francisco’s...

10/11/2011 9:40 AM EST - The Investor Relations Group

EHT Founder Says Wireless Industry Group’s Action Unjustified
Devra Davis, PhD, MPH, President of Environmental Health Trust, has debunked a lawsuit filed by the CTIA, a wireless industry group representing AT&T and Verizon among others, to prevent San Francisco’s “Right to Know” ordinance from taking effect on October 25. A hearing on the suit is set for October 20.

The cell phone disclosure law, the...

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