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Science and Society by Peter GriffinApril 11, 2014

WiFi revisited: my visit to the Press Council

Sciblogs readers may remember the kerfuffle in December when Otaki’s Damon Wyman led a campaign to have Wifi hotspots removed from classes at Te Horo School. I wrote about it at the time here on Sciblogs, taking issue with Wyman’s misguided campaign, which was ultimately successful when the Te Horo Board of Trustees surveyed parents […]

SCIENCE by Peter GriffinFebruary 11, 2014

Don't hang-up – cellphones safe says UK study

Following my last post on Wi-fi networks and their alleged health effects and my follow-up Listener column that resulted in several complaints about me to the editor from the anti Wi-fi lobby, I’m quite pleased to see the latest major study out of the UK on mobile phone and electromagnetic fields. Basically it says that […]

Health and Medicine by Peter GriffinDecember 9, 2013

CUX1 – Cancer's one percenter

Scientists have identified a gene that is responsible for the development of tumours in one per cent of all cancer patients. The culprit is CUX1, which when deactivated allows a “biological pathway” to open up that causes tumour growth to increase. Researchers already knew about CUX1 but not that it was a driver of cancer […]

SCIENCE by Peter GriffinAugust 22, 2010

Clash of the anecdotes on vitamin C

If you read today’s letters to the Sunday Star Times you’ll see the flip side of anecdotal evidence on the use of intravenous vitamin C to treat serious illness. The letter below illustrates well why it is potentially very dangerous when people make decisions that may impact their health based on anecdotal evidence. Miraculous recoveries […]

SCIENCE by Peter GriffinJune 21, 2010

Why New Zealand smokers suck the most (infographic)

The New Zealand Herald today carried news of interesting research by the tobacco industry which suggests New Zealand smokers have a penchant for cigarettes higher in nicotine than smokers across the Tasman. The Herald adds: The results come from a tobacco industry study… also found New Zealand smokers are exposed to the greatest average amount […]

SCIENCE by Peter GriffinOctober 26, 2009

Interphone – is the mobile industry in for a nasty shock?

The long-awaited final report of the 10 year-long, 20 million pound Interphone study into whether mobile phone use can cause brain cancer is set to be published before the end of the year, according to reports from the UK over the weekend. The results are expected to cause some concern for the mobile industry and […]