Today's report on electromagnetic fields takes a strong stand that society must acknowledge the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, educate the population about the risks from wireless technologies, and develop safer technologies. The group, AAEM, is an international association of physicians and professionals that has been dedicated to expanding the knowledge of human health in relationship to the environment since 1965. They have been first to recognize many conditions, including Gulf War Syndrome, chemical sensitivity and the role of mold in the development of systemic illness.

In its new report, Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Fields Effect on Human Health, AAEM is calling for:

1. An immediate caution on Smart Meter installation due to potentially harmful RF exposure. 
2. Accommodation for health considerations regarding EMF and RF exposure, including exposure to wireless Smart Meter technology. 
3. Independent studies to further understand the health effects from EMF and RF exposure. 
4. Recognition that electromagnetic hypersensitivity is a growing problem worldwide. 
5. Understanding and control of this electrical environmental bombardment for the protection of society. 
6. Consideration and independent research regarding the quantum effects of EMF and RF on human health. 7. Use of safer technology, including for Smart Meters, such as hard-wiring, fibre optics or other non-harmful methods of data transmission. 

The new position paper from the American Academy of Environmental Medicine comes on the heels of AAEM's letter to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in January 2012.

Twelve Highlights from The Science

In the AAEM paper, "Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Fields Effect on Human Health", selected highlights of the science showing biological effects from electromagnetic fields included:

• "Multiple studies correlate RF exposure with diseases such as cancer, neurological disease, reproductive disorders, immune dysfunction, and electromagnetic hypersensitivity.

• "Many in vitro, in vivo and epidemiological studies demonstrate that significant harmful biological effects occur from non-thermal RF exposure and satisfy Hill's criteria of causality.3

• "Genetic damage, reproductive defects, cancer, neurological degeneration and nervous system dysfunction, immune system dysfunction, cognitive effects, protein and peptide damage, kidney damage, and developmental effects have all been reported in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.

• "RF emissions have also been shown to cause isomeric changes in amino acids that can result in nephrotoxicity as well as hepatotoxicity.25

• "Electromagnetic field (EMF) hypersensitivity has been documented in controlled and double blind studies with exposure to various EMF frequencies.

• "Although these studies clearly show causality and disprove the claim that health effects from RF exposure are uncertain, there is another mechanism that proves electromagnetic frequencies, including radiofrequencies, can negatively impact human health.  Government agencies and industry set safety standards based on the narrow scope of Newtonian or "classical" physics reasoning that the effects of atoms and molecules are confined in space and time.  This model supports the theory that a mechanical force acts on a physical object and thus, long-range exposure to EMF and RF cannot have an impact on health if no significant heating occurs.  However, this is an incomplete model.  A quantum physics model is necessary to fully understand and appreciate how and why EMF and RF fields are harmful to humans. 26,27"