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Investigations of Reported Clusters

The antennas for mobile and wireless communications networks are widespread in many countries.

Some people have been concerned about reports of possible increased rates of disease near to radio transmittersThere have been a number of investigations specific to base station and other radio transmitters .by independent health authorities that have been unable to confirm any true clusters linked with either proximity to base stations or the low level radio signals they transmit.

Queensland Health investigation into concerns about a breast cancer cluster in women working at the ABC studios, Toowong, December 2005 (Australia)

Medical Investigation of Tumours Detected in RMIT Building 108 Levels 16 and 17, Final Report, Southern Medical Services Pty Ltd 1 August 2006 and Review of Primary Investigation of Suspected Brain Cancer Cluster in RMIT Building 108, Levels 16 & 17, Conducted by a Panel of Experts Jointly Nominated by RMIT University, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), and the Australian Education Union (AEU), 2 August 2006 (Australia)

Investigation du signalement d'un agrégat de pathologies diverses à Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole. Département des Yvelines, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, October 2004 (France)

Epidemiology of Health Effects of Radiofrequency Exposure, ICNIRP (International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) Standing Committee on Epidemiology, Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(17):1741-1754, December 2004

Cancer Clusters, The National Cancer Registry of Ireland

Investigation of Cancer Incidence in the Vicinity of Cranlome Telecommunications Mast, Dr Denise Catney & Dr Anna Gavin, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Queen's University Belfast. Report Prepared for Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council. 5May 2004 (Northern Ireland)

Informe Final de la Comisión de Investigación de la Agregación de Tumores Infantiles en Alumnos del Colegio Público "García Quintana" de Valladolid, 2001 (Spain) - PDF

Environmental Hazards & Health Effects: Cancer Clusters, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (USA)

Cancer Clusters, National Cancer Institute (USA) Fact Sheet. Reviewed: 07/05/2006

Update: Tumor Incidence in Residents Adjacent to the Lookout Mountain Antenna Farm 1979-2002, Golden, Colorado (USA), Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in Collaboration with the Department of Environmental Health at Colorado State University, and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, July 2004

Base stations and wireless technologies, World Health Organization (WHO), Fact sheet N°304, May 2006