On the front page of the n°1 Belgian French speaking newspaper today + page 2 + page 3, a report on the PhD thesis of Dirk Adang, presented yesterday June 23, 2008 at University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

An epidemiological study on free moving rats* submitted for 21 months (+ 3 months) (i.e. their life span**) 2 hours a day, 7/7  to 27 V/m PULSED or CONTINUOUS 1 Ghz or 10 Ghz microwaves.

(* free moving rats : i.e. no confounding stress factor due to lack of mobility as in some other studies, and good simulation of human beings, except when they are stuck in traffic jams!)

(**rat life = 2,5 years , i.e. 21 months life of rats compares to approx. 65 year life of humans, i.e. this is a long term epidemiological study).

I was present at the presentation and sitting next to the only journalist present (Christophe Schoune, LE SOIR) to help him grasp the best of the talk. Dirk should send me his PowerPoint presentation in the coming days.

Most compelling result :

Mortality of rats