Declaration: Doctors Call for Protection from Radiofrequency Radiation Exposure
Physicians Call for Health Canada to Provide:i)Wireless safety standards that are more protective of the health of Canadians; andii) Guidelines and resources to assist Canadian physicians in assessing and managing healthproblems related to microwave radiation.
There is considerable evidence and research from various scientific experts that exposure tomicrowave radiation from wireless devices; Wi-Fi, smart meters and cell towers can have an adverse
impact on human physiological function.1 2 Many recent and emerging studies from university
departments and scientific sources throughout the world support the assertion that energy fromwireless devices may be causatively linked to various health problems including reproductive
compromise, developmental impacts, hormonal dysregulation and cancer. In fact, in 2011 the World
Health Organization listed microwave radiation as a Class 2B possible carcinogen3 and subsequent
research strengthened the evidence that a stronger designation may be justified.4 5 6Out of sincere concern for the health of Canadians at all stages of life – from the developing
fetus through childhood and into adulthood – we respectfully request that:i)

Health Canada develops and support strategies to raise awareness about microwave
radiation impacts and to minimize prolonged exposure to microwave radiation in schools
and other places where children are regularly exposed.

ii) As Health Canada has acknowledged that a full literature review was not part of its latest
update of Safety Code 6 (the safety guideline for wireless exposure pertaining to thermal
effects on the tissue of adult males) we request a comprehensive literature review for allage ranges with less reliance on industry-funded studies.
iii) Health Canada provide guidelines and resources to assist Canadian physicians in
becoming apprised of microwave exposure and related health problems and clinicalpresentations that may be associated with over-exposure or sensitivity (similar to the2012, “Guideline of the Austrian Medical Association for the diagnosis andtreatment of EMF related health problems and illnesses.”) (Note; this guideline isunder review with an update expected.)

Dr. Jennifer Armstrong, MD, DIBEM, BSc, Past President, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, OEHC
Ottawa Environmental Health Clinic, Ottawa, ON
Dr. Robert Banner, MD, CCFP, FCFP, FRCP, Dip AAPM, Dip CAPM, ABIHM, London, ON
Dr. Alison C. Bested, MD, FRCPC, Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British
Columbia, BC
Dr. Jody Bowle-Evans, BA, MD, CGPP, ON
Dr. Riina Bray, BASc MSc MD, FCFP MHSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community
Medicine, University of Toronto, ON- More to follow --Declaration: Doctors Call for Protection from Radiofrequency Radiation Exposure – page 2Dr. Phillip Bright, MD, G.P, Kitchener, ON
Dr. John Cline, MD, Family Doctor / General Practitioner, Nanaimo, BC
Dr. Cara Flamer, BSc, MD, CCFP, Toronto, ONDr. Robert W Henderson, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Campbellford, ONDr. Steven Herr, MD, BScH, MC, CCFP(EM), FCFP, Huntsville, ON
Dr Veronica Kekosz BA, BSc, MD, FRCP(C), Toronto, ON
Dr. Kathleen Kerr MD, Family Physician, Toronto, ON
Dr. Robert F. Kidd, MD, CM, Renfrew, ON
Dr. Tom Kouroukis, MD, MSc., FRCPC, Associate Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONDr. Ross Mickelson, MD., B.Sc., Ottawa, ONDr. Anne Marie Mingiardi, MD, BSc (Hon), Kitchener, ONDr. John Molot, MD CCFP FCFP, Family Physician, Toronto, ONDr. Richard Nahas, MD CCFP, Assistant Professor Department of Family Medicine University of Ottawa, ONDr. Barbara Power, MD FRCPC, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, ON
Dr. Hugh E Scully, BA, MD, MSc, FRCS[C],FACS,FACC,FAHA, Professor of Surgery and Health Policy, Universityof Toronto, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, UHN Toronto General Hospital. Past-President, Ont. Med. Assoc.; CanadianMed. Assoc.; Canadian, Cardiovascular Soc.; Former Council [Board], Royal Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons ofCanada; World Med. Assoc.; Former Governor of the Amer. Coll. of Surgeons; Member, Health Policy Advocacy Group,Amer. Coll. of Surgeons, Toronto, ONDr. Sabrina Stables, Family Doctor / General Practitioner, Toronto, ON
Dr. Adil Vasanji, Family Doctor / General Practitioner, Edmonton, AB

Date of Issuance: July 9, 2014

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