The Human Radiation Effects Group is funded by the charity CHILDREN WITH LEUKAEMIA to research environmental causes of childhood leukaemia, with emphasis on non-ionising radiation. Evidence suggests that power frequency magnetic fields suppress the production in the pineal gland of the important hormone and natural anti-cancer agent melatonin and this may explain the adverse health effects associated with magnetic field exposures. High voltage powerlines also emit corona ions which may help explain an apparent increased risk of childhood leukaemia up to 600 metres away in the UK. Professor Henshaw is a member of the co-ordinating committee of the Government Stakeholder Advisory Group for EMF (SAGE).
P R James, J J Close, P A Keitch, J E Allen, A P Fews and D L Henshaw
Morphological features of the micro-distribution of naturally occurring
210Po and 226Ra in the teeth of children and juveniles.
International
Journal of Radiation Biology, 80(3), 185-198, 2004.
See abstract here
P R James, J J Close, P A Keitch, J E Allen, A P Fews and D L Henshaw
Aspects of the geographical variations in naturally occurring
210Pbsupported 210Po in permanent teeth of juveniles in the UK.
International Journal of Radiation Biology, 80(3), 199-208, 2004.
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Henshaw, D. L. and Fews, A. P.
Health effects of high voltage powerlines.
Electromagnetic Environments and Health in Buildings. Chapter 15, pp
295-306. Ed: Derek Clements-Croome. Published by: Spon Press, London, 2004.
ISBN 0-415-31656-1
A P Fews, N K Holden, P A Keitch and D L Henshaw
A novel high resolution small ion spectrometer to study ion nucleation of aerosols in ambient
outdoor air.
Atmospheric Research 76, (2005), 29-48.
D L Henshaw and R J Reiter
Do magnetic fields cause increased risk of
childhood leukaemia via melatonin disruption?
Bioelectromagnetics Suppl. 7:
S86-S97; 2005.
See abstract here
E .A. Ainsbury, E Conein and D L Henshaw
An investigation into the vector
ellipticity of ELF magnetic fields from appliances in UK homes.
Physics in
Medicine & Biology, 50, (2005), 3197-3209.
Allen, J. E., Close, J. J. and Henshaw, D. L., 2006.
Static electric fields
as a mediator of hospital infection.
Indoor & Built Environment, 14, 49-52.
E .A. Ainsbury, and D L Henshaw
Observations on the relationship between
magnetic field characteristics and exposure conditions.
Physics in Medicine
& Biology, 51, 6113-6123, 2006.
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M D Wright, A P Fews, P A Keitch and D L Henshaw
Small-ion nano-aerosol
production during candle burning: size distribution and concentration
profile with time.
Aerosol Science and Technology, 41: 475-484, 2007.
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M J O’Carroll and D L Henshaw
Comment on “Developing Policy in the Face of
Scientific Uncertainty: Interpreting 0.3 µT or 0.4 µT Cutpoints from EMF
Epidemiologic Studies” by Kheifets et al. in Risk Analysis, 25(4), 927-935
(letter).
Risk Analysis Vol. 27, No. 2, April 2007
M J O’Carroll and D L Henshaw
Re: “Nighttime exposure to electromagnetic
fields and childhood leukaemia: an extended pooled analysis” (letter).
American Journal of Epidemiology 166: 859, 2007.
M J O’Carroll and D L Henshaw
Adult leukaemia near powerlines (letter).
Internal Medicine Journal 2007 (In press).
D L Henshaw Jonathan P Ward and James C Matthews
Hypothesis Review: Can
disturbances in the atmospheric electric field created by powerline corona
ions disrupt melatonin production in the pineal gland?
Submitted to Journal
of Pineal Research.
See abstracthere