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"This is not science, this is science fiction!" -- Dr Iriz Atzmon, epidemiological researcher, Tel Aviv.

"[The Danish study] is bad science, and there is more than a hint of fabrication of results evident." -- official statement from Britain's Royal Society.

"It doesn't take much effort to find out this study was ultimately funded by the two biggest cellular companies in Denmark, Teledenmark and Sonophone. To quote Shapespeare, 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.' A more blatant example of corporate spin doctoring I have not seen." -- Dr Olle Johansson, associate professor, Karolinska Institute

"This report is simply ridiculous. Not only is the report itself questionable, the statistical data has holes in it a mile wide, and the closing remarks are specious. Everything about this report flies in the face of scientific and medical knowledge. What is most disturbing is that the AAP press release mis-quotes the study completely." -- Dr. Jan Walleczek, Ph.D, Radiation Oncology Laboratory, Stanford University Medical School

"Am I calling out some very prestigious groups and openly showing their conspicuous unethical behavior, questionable integrity and disregard for public health? You bet I am. The Danish Cancer Registry, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the Journal of the American Medical Association and the American Cancer Society, all have ties to the telecommunications industry that compromise their ability to provide meaningful information on this important public health issue. As sad as it is, this is a 'follow the money' exercise that is yet another example of public health being compromised by industry subterfuge." -- Dr. George L. Carlo, Science and Public Policy Institute chairman, former director of the Wireless Technology Research institute, and Nobel Prize nominee.

"Arguments that weak (low intensity) EMF cannot affect biological systems do not represent the current spectrum of scientific opinion." -- Benevento Resolution, International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety.

"The World Health Organisation wishes to advise that microwave-band communication devices can cause depression and ill health, including cancer and genetic damage, in an estimated three percent of the world's population." -- Dr Anders Nordström, Acting Director-General, World Health Organisation, November 2006 (closing statement given when announcing the WHO is to press charges of unethical conduct against Dr Brian Repacholi, ex-head of the WHO's EM Taskforce)

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