Martin L. Meltz, Ph.D., professor in the department of radiation oncology, recently gave a presentation titled “Review of Radiofrequency (RF) Effects on Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) in the Context of Biological and Health Effects” at a workshop in Helsinki, Finland.
The workshop, sponsored by Forschungsgemeinschaff Funk e.V Research Association for Radio Applications, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, the European Research Action COST 281 (the acronym for "European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research") and the STUK (Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland), provided information on the possibility that radio frequency fields, such as are emitted by wireless technologies, cell phones, microwave ovens and radar, might impact on cells to induce stress, while still not killing or causing genetic alterations the cells. While at the workshop, Dr. Meltz also led the summary discussion.
Dr. Meltz, an expert on the biological effects of radiofrequency radiation, was also an invited speaker at two other recent international meetings. In January he participated in the Asia-Pacific Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. In October 2003 he participated in the Third International EMF Seminar “Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects” in Quilan, China.
