EMR Australia offers solutions to problems about electromagnetic radiation (EMR) for the workplace, local government, health professionals and the home.

EMR Australia is Australia's premier source of EMR information, services and solutions in Australia.

As the number of EMR-emitting technologies is growing exponentially, so is our exposure. We can show you how you can create a safer home environment and a safer workplace easily and economically. 

We provide: 

• resources for business, local government, health practitioners and home owners.
• meters for measuring exposure to low frequency electromagnetic fields and high frequency electromagnetic radiation
• tools for reducing exposure and interference
• up-to-date research information and news
• workplace training for management or staff
• free talks for groups and organisations
• resources for dealing with mobile phone base stations for communities and local governments
• shielding paints and fabrics
• support for people experiencing EMR-related health problems.

Would you like a speaker for your group or meeting? If we can't be there in person, we can connect by Skype. Feel free to contact us for details.

News

How can we help you?
EMR Australia is back in action after our holiday break and looking forward to hearing how we can help you. To find out how you can make your home or workplace EMR-safe, we invite you to contact us.

Seasons Greetings
EMR Australia would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and new year. Our office will be closed from December 24 to January 16 but you can still hire a meter during this period via this website. We look forward to helping you create an EMR-safe home and workplace in 2012.

Smart meter report
You can see the report on smart meters prepared by EMC Technologies for the Victorian Government here.

December news
Our latest issue of EMR and Health is now available. Read all the news and find out what the latest studies are saying about the effects of electromagnetic radiation. 

ACNEM Journal
The December issue of the Journal of the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine contains an article by Lyn McLean on 'Mobile Phone Radiation - is it safe?' There's also an article on 'Radiation and Health' by Sergio Manzetti and Olle Johansson.

Summer reading
Lyn McLean's article 'Talking To Death' appears in the summer issue of 'True Natural Health', available from 1 December from the Natural Health Society of Australia (www.health.org.au) . Read what the experts are saying about mobile phones.

'Smart' meter talk, 30 November
Lyn McLean will be a guest-speaker at a public meeting on smart meters in Melbourne on Wednesday. The meeting will be held at 7pm at the Uniting Church Hall, 47 James St, Pakenham. Details can be found here.

Public comment
A Inquiry into proposed changes to the Telecommunications Act is being held by the Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications.

More information and the opportunity to make public submissions can be found here.

EMR article
A new article on mobile phones by Australian journalist Drew Turney can be found here.

Our new EMF meters have just arrived and are now available. You can find out more about them here.

Talk in Waverton
On Sunday 23 October Lyn McLean will be the guest speaker at the Energetic Healing Association. The topic of her talk will be 'The Force - living safely in a world of electromagnetic pollution'.

You can find more information here.

Science and Wireless public forum
Swinburne's Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre hosts this year's 'Science and Wireless' public forum. The topics is 'IARC Explained' and will provide an opportunity to discuss the implications of the IARC's decision to classify radiofrequency radiation as 'possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B)'.

Information about the forum and registration can be found at: http://acrbr.org.au/sw2010/

 

Margaret Throsby and guest, ABC radio
On Monday 19th September Margaret Throsby had as her guest on ABC Classic FM radio, Lyn McLean, author of 'The Force - living safely in a world of electromagnetic pollution.' The one-hour program, which was a mix of discussion about electromagnetic radiation and classic music , can be heard on http://www.abc.net.au/classic/program/mornings/listen-again.htm.

EMR get-together and dinner - book now!
Join us for a pleasant evening, catch up with old friends and meet new ones with an interest in EMR. The occasion is the 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner of Sutherland Shire Environment Centre, (the organisation from which the EMR Association of Australia was born).

It's on Friday 7th October at 6.30pm, at the Tradies Club, Gymea on the Kingsway, - 5 minutes walk from Gymea station.

Please email us if you will be able to join us. You can find more information and book online at http://www.ssec.org.au/?p=47. Just ask to be seated at the EMR Australia table.

Ockham's Razor on EMR

On Sunday11th September the Robyn Williams program Ockham's Razor featured a talk on EMR by Lyn McLean on ABC Radio. Entitled 'Mobile phones and cordless technology - are they safe?', the 15-minute presentation looked at recent developments in Europe, at the controversy surrounding EMR and provide tips for reducing exposure. You can listen to or download the program, read the transcript or comment here: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ockhamsrazor

Sydney's radiation levels
On 4 September the Sun-Herald ran an article about levels of radiofrequency radiation in Sydney. Journalist Tim Elliot and EMR Australia's Lyn McLean walked the CBD, measuring the levels as we did, using our RF Safety Kit. You can see the article here: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/earbashing-feeling-the-heat-in-a-city-that-forever-beeps-20110902-1jq5j.html


Opportunity for public comment You now have an opportunity to comment on a code for regulating Australia's mobile phone industry.

On 2 August the Communications Alliance released the Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code for public comment. It is a revision of the existing Code for the Deployment of Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure.

EMR Australia has been involved in the revision of the Code and believes it offers a number of improvements over its predecessor. In the new code, carriers are required to consult in a more meaningful way with communities and to allow a longer period for consultation. More details about the new code will be available in the August issue of EMR and Health out later this month.

The public comment period closes on September 9.

You can download the new draft code from the Communications Alliance website http://www.commsalliance.com.au/Documents/public-comment. The Communications Alliance media release can be found at http://www.commsalliance.com.au/about-us/newsroom/2011-17.

About EMR

Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) is high frequency radiation that is commonly used in communications technology.  It is emitted by cordless phones, mobile phones, phone towers/antennas, TV, FM and AM broadcast antennas, WIFI networks, microwave ovens, televisions and computers and many other sources.

Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are lower frequency signals most commonly associated with the use of electricity.  They consist of an electric and a magnetic field and these fields are emitted by all power lines, wiring, electrical appliances and equipment, televisions, computers, microwave ovens and other appliances. 

Electromagnetic emissions have been found to interfere with scientific and medical equipment and with the human body.  It has been linked with harmful effects on the body and diseases such as childhood leukemia, brain tumours and Alzheimer's disease.  As a result, many international authorities have urged precautions to reduce exposure.  

Because EMR surrounds us at home, at work and in the environment, is an issue affecting every householder, business, every health professional and local government.