How has MOH resolved the serious conflict of interest situation with Martin Gledhill on the Interagency Committee?
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From: Michael Fleck
Dear Ministry of Health,
As Manatu Hauora (MOH) has not provided us with the recently (June ) requested information regarding a serious and long-standing conflict of interest on its Interagency Committee on the Health Effects of Non-Ionising Fields, please ask them to provide us specifically with which of the "policies and processes to deal with conflicts of interest" regarding Mr Martin Gledhill, which they (Manatu Hauora) claim it "has done so," please, without obfuscating language that may conceal what, if anything, has happened to resolve the conflict.
Yours faithfully,
Michael Fleck
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From: Michael Fleck
Dear OIA Requests,
The MOH has not fully answered my request, that is, to specify HOW they have resolved the serious conflict of interest situation re: Martin Gledhill.
Mr Gledhill of EMF Services is still serving on the Interagency Committee on the Health Effects of Non-Ionising Radiation, thus the conflict of interest continues. Due to his influential position on the Committee, and without specific medical science expertise, he continues to selectively review health effects studies, largely ignoring the voluminous research into cumulative effects of EMF radiation on human cellular and DNA levels -- beyond the long-understood thermal effects.
By continuing to rather excuse this conflict and carry on, the MOH is allowing New Zealanders and our environment to be exposed to ongoing and verified risk from various harmful effects of EMF radiation.
The Precautionary Principle must be applied here, and the public has the right to informed consent before being subjected to this verifiably harmful radiation.
Please begin the process of removing Mr Gledhill from this Committee and update me accordingly.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Fleck
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From: Michael Fleck <[FOI #23491 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 31 January 2024 17:06
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your official information Act request: ref,
H2023029152
Dear OIA Requests,
The MOH has not fully answered my request, that is, to specify HOW they
have resolved the serious conflict of interest situation re: Martin
Gledhill.
Mr Gledhill of EMF Services is still serving on the Interagency Committee
on the Health Effects of Non-Ionising Radiation, thus the conflict of
interest continues. Due to his influential position on the Committee, and
without specific medical science expertise, he continues to selectively
review health effects studies, largely ignoring the voluminous research
into cumulative effects of EMF radiation on human cellular and DNA levels
-- beyond the long-understood thermal effects.
By continuing to rather excuse this conflict and carry on, the MOH is
allowing New Zealanders and our environment to be exposed to ongoing and
verified risk from various harmful effects of EMF radiation.
The Precautionary Principle must be applied here, and the public has the
right to informed consent before being subjected to this verifiably
harmful radiation.
Please begin the process of removing Mr Gledhill from this Committee and
update me accordingly.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Fleck
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