Following a health scare, the Australian RMIT University has conducted radio emission tests on the roof and several floors of a building where a cluster of cancers had occured. However, the tests on floors 16 and 17 and the roof of RMIT University have shown no anomalies, according to independent environmental testing consultants. Tests were conducted by EMC Technologies, AMCOSH, Kilpatrick and Associates, and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), looking into a variety of potential risk areas including air and water contaminants, surfaces and microbiological compounds.
RMIT has welcomed the results. It has also commissioned radio frequency tests on other levels of the building, as well as epidemiological surveys.
Chris Jacka, Managing Director of Sustainable Risk Management Australia, which coordinated the testing program, said: "Measurements in Building 108 are consistent with those typically found in buildings in Melbourne. Tests identified no anomalies.
"Our tests measured outputs not just from the mobile phone base stations on the roof but from all those in the area. The results were well below national standards."
RMIT University's Vice-President Resources and Chief Operating Officer, Steve Somogyi, welcomed the results. "Staff and students have been understandably worried about the incidence of brain tumours among staff in Building 108. I hope these results will help ease those concerns.
"RMIT is committed to ensuring the health and safety of our staff and students. We shall now test radiofrequency on lower floors.
"We have engaged the services of an occupational physician, Dr John Gall of Southern Medical Services, who will continue to assess medical reports and investigate potential links between staff diagnosed with tumours."
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