Monday, August 31, 2009

Thyroid cancer / Sleep Deprivation / Threat to honey bees / Deadly trees of radiation

Cell phones could give you thyroid cancer

Hi Martin,

Many thanks to Margaret for alerting us to the article entitled "Thyroid cancer increase puzzles experts", which describes the mysterious increase in thyroid cancer in recent years. However, the authors make no mention of a possible relationship with cell phone use and appear to have missed the "elephant in the room".

Cell phones could give you thyroid cancer

The thyroid gland is in the neck, and very close to where people hold their cell phones. Many studies have shown that cell phone radiation can damage DNA in living cells and we should not be too surprised if it were also to damage the DNA in the cells of the thyroid gland and give rise to thyroid cancer in some people.

Cell phones may make you fat

However, this is only half of the story. DNA damage in the thyroid is also likely to cause a partial loss of thyroid activity and result in hypothyroidism, one symptom of which is obesity. It is therefore possible that the present epidemic of obesity could be due to exposure to cell phones, cordless phones and other sources of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation.

The effect may be irreversible

According to Vesna Rajkovic, Milica Matavulj and Olle Johansson (Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 3322-3328, 2006) and the papers they cite, power line frequencies affect the thyroid glands of rats. Exposures of up to two months stimulated thyroid activity, but exposures of three months or more caused visible damage and reduced the production of the thyroid hormones.  On removing the radiation, the visible damage disappeared but the reduced ability to produce hormones did not. If the analogy with cell phone radiation holds good, we can expect their prolonged use to result in obesity in some people. Once established, the effect could be permanent. The prospect of being permanently overweight or being on a life-long diet and feeling perpetually hungry is not appealing.

Not everyone will be affected

Genetics plays an important part in susceptibility to DNA damage, cancer and obesity, so not everyone will be affected by the radiation. However, if one of the underlying causes of both obesity and cancer is DNA damage, there may be some linkage between the two. For example, it is conceivable that people who become overweight as a result of exposure to non-ionizing radiation may also be at some extra risk of developing cancer.

What to do

If you are at all worried by this and/or have suffered an unexplained increase in weight or other symptoms of hypothyroidism (e.g. fatigue, depression, weak muscles, muscle cramps, brittle nails, etc.) it would be wise as a precaution to stop using cell phones and cordless phones. At the very least, you should cut their use to a minimum, text wherever possible and take voice calls on speaker phone. On no account, hold them to your head.

Best wishes
Andrew
(Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy)

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Original article re-published -
Thyroid cancer increase puzzles experts

http://www.mast-victims.org/index.php?content=news&action=view&type=newsitem&id=4274

Oral Cancer News

Intensified screening doesn¹t entirely explain the jump in thyroid cancers noted in the United States since 1980, and scientists now believe that other
as-yet-unknown factors are to blame.

A new study finds that thyroid tumors of all sizes are being picked up, not just the smaller ones that more aggressive screening would be expected to
detect.

³You cannot simply explain this by increased screening, there¹s a real increased incidence,² said Dr. Amy Chen, lead author of a study published
online July 13 in the journal Cancer.

Although, ³some of this increased incidence is due to increased screening finding smaller tumors,² she added.

The findings surprised one expert.

³I wrote a chapter about this for a textbook about a year ago and I came away thinking this [rise in cancers] is a reflection of enhanced diagnostics,² said Dr. Bruce J. Davidson, professor and chairman of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. But, ³it is more disturbing that it¹s not just small tumors; it seems to be all tumors,² he said.

An estimated 37,200 new cases of thyroid cancer will be diagnosed this year, according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Fortunately, the cancer is
considered highly curable, but the researchers said survival rates have not improved with better detection.

Until now, an uptick in cases seen over the past three decades was attributed to increased use of ultrasound and image-guided biopsy to detect tumors. Some researchers had found that thyroid cancer was diagnosed more often in areas with higher incomes and less in uninsured populations, adding further credence to this theory.

Looking at thyroid cancer cases from 1988 to 2005 reported in a large cancer database, Chen and her team found a higher incidence not just in small
tumors, but across all sizes.

The most pronounced increase was seen in primary tumors under 1.0 centimeters < small ones for which many experts consider it safe to take a wait-and-see approach. The rate for these tumors rose almost 10 percent per year in men (1997 to 2005) and 8.6 percent per year in women (1988 to 2005).

But the authors also saw a 3.7 percent annual increase in tumors exceeding 4 centimeters in men and a 5.7 percent yearly rise in these tumors in women.

Cancers that had spread also increased in men by 3.7 percent annually and in women by 2.3 percent. Thyroid cancer can be caused by exposure to radiation but there has been no evidence of increased exposure to radiation among Americans.

³People have looked at background radiation and nothing really has come of that that¹s very useful. And certainly not useful to us in why there would
be a bump in incidence in the last 15 years,² Davidson said.

Chen proposed in the study that environmental, dietary and genetic issues be explored.

Source: HealthDay News
Author: Staff
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Best wishes,
Margaret

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Electro Magnetic Radiation is a serious cause of sleep disruption.
Martin

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and its effects on the body
http://www.jacksonvilleprogress.com/opinion/local_story_242155623.html?keyword=topstory

The term "24/7" is often used to describe life at one time or another, little did we realize that we were actually creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Blackberry's, I-phones, Palm Pilot's, wi-fi, cordless, portable and accessible 24/7 is the way of the world and because of this we are becoming a nation of sleep deprived, caffeine-addicted stress junkies.

Which is what takes us to your body's need for sleep and the serious effects of sleep deprivation. Sleep, or the lack thereof, disrupts every aspect of a bodies function.

Starting with the brain; judgment, impulse control, attention, and visual association are the first affected by the lack of sleep. Continued deprivation can lead to the slowing of motor skills, loss of cognitive abilities and hallucinations. Prolonged deprivation has been shown to lead to psychotic episodes in some cases. The brain requires the body sleep. Even the process of dreaming is necessary for the brain to function at a normal level.

Next, let's look at what sleep deprivation can do to the heart. A recent study at Columbia University focused on the link between sleep deprivation and high blood pressure.

Sleep allows for the heart to reduce output for a significant period of time. Without sleep, the heart does not get to rest. This over an extended period of time may very well lead to hypertension. According to a study at the Mayo Clinic, women may be at an even greater risk than men.

The last segment of this topic is very important, not only because I am a trainer, but because I am also a competitive powerlifter.

Sleep deprivation effects athletic performance overwhelmingly.

A recent study at the University of Chicago Medical school focused on young athletes and how a significant sleep reduction effected their bodies.

Results showed that after the deprivation nights (only four hours of sleep) the athletes metabolized glucose least efficiently and levels of cortisol were also higher during these periods.

Cortisol has been linked to increased body fat storage, decreased mobilization of adipose fatty cells, memory impairment, age-related insulin resistance, and has been shown to impair recovery in athletes.

The importance of this to the typical athlete is obvious, but even the average person who may hit the gym only 3-5 times a week can see why sleep deprivation is something that should be avoided if at all possible.

While researching this topic, I found so much information that it literally took me three days to determine what I was going to focus on for the purpose of this article.

The effects of sleep deprivation on the body are far more serious than I had ever thought and as I read study after study each one suggested we are just now getting an idea of how severely years of poor sleeping habits can affect our lives as well as lead to our deaths, before our time.

So go home tonight, take a melatonin and try to get a full nights sleep and see how much better you feel tomorrow!

Hope these tips help you on your quest for a healthy lifestyle. And it is exactly that, a lifestyle. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at dan4mantx@yahoo.com . Just reference the article in question and I will be more than happy to get back to you!!` Dan Foreman is a Personal Trainer at DCS Fitness.

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Mobile phone towers a threat to honey bees: study 31-08-2009 Dawn, Pakistan

http://animals-in-the-news.blogspot.com/2009/08/onderzoek-in-india-wijst-uit-straling.html

NEW DELHI: The electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phone towers and cellphones can pose a threat to honey bees, a study published in India has concluded. An experiment conducted in the southern state of Kerala found that a sudden fall in the bee population was caused by towers installed across the state by cellphone companies to increase their network.

The electromagnetic waves emitted by the towers crippled the 'navigational skills' of the worker bees that go out to collect nectar from flowers to sustain bee colonies, said Dr. Sainuddin Pattazhy, who conducted the study, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.

He found that when a cell phone was kept near a beehive, the worker bees were unable to return, leaving the hives with only the queens and eggs and resulting in the collapse of the colony within ten days.

Over 100,000 people in Kerala are engaged in apiculture and the dwindling worker bee population poses a threat to their livelihood. The bees also play a vital role in pollinating flowers to sustain vegetation.

If towers and mobile phones further increase, honey bees might be wiped out in 10 years, Pattazhy said.— AFP (Bron: http://www.dawn.com/ )

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- Dawn New Delhi: "Mobile phone towers a threat to honey bees: study"

- Dawn New Delhi : "Les antennes relais de téléphones mobiles sont une menace pour les abeilles : étude"

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Deadly trees

Take a look at these false trees:

http://www.nextnature.net/?p=3863

Look at some of the stupid places that they have been located!

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Thyroid cancer increase puzzles experts / Wave Your Health Good-Bye with Sky High WiFi / Ted Kennedy Brain tumor / Mobile phone dangers highlighted

Thyroid cancer increase puzzles experts

http://www.mast-victims.org/index.php?content=news&action=view&type=newsitem&id=4274

Oral Cancer News

Intensified screening doesn¹t entirely explain the jump in thyroid cancers noted in the United States since 1980, and scientists now believe that other as-yet-unknown factors are to blame.

A new study finds that thyroid tumors of all sizes are being picked up, not just the smaller ones that more aggressive screening would be expected to detect.

³You cannot simply explain this by increased screening, there¹s a real increased incidence,² said Dr. Amy Chen, lead author of a study published online July 13 in the journal Cancer.

Although, ³some of this increased incidence is due to increased screening finding smaller tumors,² she added.

The findings surprised one expert. ³I wrote a chapter about this for a textbook about a year ago and I came away thinking this [rise in cancers] is a reflection of enhanced diagnostics,² said Dr. Bruce J. Davidson, professor and chairman of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. But, ³it is more disturbing that it¹s not just small tumors; it seems to be all tumors,² he said.

An estimated 37,200 new cases of thyroid cancer will be diagnosed this year, according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Fortunately, the cancer is considered highly curable, but the researchers said survival rates have not improved with better detection.

Until now, an uptick in cases seen over the past three decades was attributed to increased use of ultrasound and image-guided biopsy to detect tumors. Some researchers had found that thyroid cancer was diagnosed more often in areas with higher incomes and less in uninsured populations, adding further credence to this theory.

Looking at thyroid cancer cases from 1988 to 2005 reported in a large cancer database, Chen and her team found a higher incidence not just in small tumors, but across all sizes.

The most pronounced increase was seen in primary tumors under 1.0 centimeters < small ones for which many experts consider it safe to take a wait-and-see approach. The rate for these tumors rose almost 10 percent per year in men (1997 to 2005) and 8.6 percent per year in women (1988 to 2005). But the authors also saw a 3.7 percent annual increase in tumors exceeding 4 centimeters in men and a 5.7 percent yearly rise in these tumors in women.

Cancers that had spread also increased in men by 3.7 percent annually and in women by 2.3 percent. Thyroid cancer can be caused by exposure to radiation but there has been no evidence of increased exposure to radiation among Americans.

³People have looked at background radiation and nothing really has come of that that¹s very useful. And certainly not useful to us in why there would be a bump in incidence in the last 15 years,² Davidson said.

Chen proposed in the study that environmental, dietary and genetic issues be explored.

Source: HealthDay News
Author: Staff
Click here to view the source article.
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Best wishes,
Margaret

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Wave Your Health Good-Bye with Sky High WiFi

Friday, August 28, 2009 by: Christopher Babayode, citizen journalist (NaturalNews)

You only have to read travel blogs and the like to know the flying public have their hands full when dealing with jetlag. One recent survey amongst airport frequent flier lounge members listed jet lag as the most irritating aspect of flying they had to deal with. In a CNBC program called the Tech Report, the gathering pace of equipping aeroplanes with WiFi capability during flight is cause for concern. Anyone concerned about their health while flying can tell you that the drive to extend WiFi connectivity to commercial airlines doesn't bode well for fliers. It represents an increased danger to the health of all those who fly. The roll out being implemented by a number of airlines in the US and Europe shows a lack of understanding and care on the part of the airlines to their employees and passengers.

The potential source of revenue from a pay per browse WiFi system in the sky will not have escaped the airline industry. This potential revenue is even more valuable in the current economic climate which is hitting the aviation industry hard, especially as airlines see premium traffic revenue plummet.

Aviation technology specialists are talking up this revenue potential and receiving a lot of interest just as one of the major providers of this technology posts a healthy profit on Wall Street. (Bloomberg Bulletin - Feb 09 EMS Connects Fliers to Web, Spurring Unit's 20% growth.). As the number of studies urging caution in the use of this technology increases, the aviation industry chooses to carry on regardless of the consequences to our health. The worrying thing is that this behaviour is reminiscent of the tobacco industry and the way it responded to health concerns related to smoking.

WiFi connectivity relies on the use of the electromagnetic field also known as EMF's. Within this spectrum lie a wide range of frequencies measured in hertz (Hz). All electronic equipment including mobile phones and computers use these frequencies in order to work. WiFi connectivity in the sky involves using a particular range of the spectrum called Extremely Low Frequency radio waves (ELF's). The controversy surrounding EMF's and ELF's arises with the interaction of these frequencies with the human body and the Environment at large.

A recent review of over 2000 laboratory and epidemiological studies concluded there is enough evidence to proceed with caution in the use of ELF & EMF technologies. It goes on to define some ELF's and other frequencies of the electromagnetic field spectrum as carcinogenic and neurotoxic. The review conducted by the BioInitiative Working Group points out that current standards for safety are inadequate and presses for more stringent measures, rules and guidelines. In light of the evidence contained in this compilation of studies equipping planes with this technology seems ill advised.

Practical reasons to proceed with caution are playing themselves out in a wide variety of situations and disciplines the world over. On a philosophical note the reason to urge caution is simple, on reading a fraction of the points in the report we now know the long term effects of ELF and EMF exposure are trending towards the unfavourable. Until such a time when the risks can be removed or nullified caution is the only reasonable course of action.

E.F Schumacher says it best in his book Small is Beautiful: a study of economics as if people mattered. To paraphrase one of Schumacher's ideas, there are gaps in human knowledge which warrant caution in our endeavours because of our lack of prescient knowledge. This is particularly important when we seem to automatically think that more/bigger is always better. Just because we have the power or the convenience to do something doesn't mean it should always be done.

The specific downside to implementing WiFi in the sky relates to the environment we experience when flying. Proximity and interaction with the Earth's surface, and an abundance of oxygen enliven and protect us from radiation of the ionizing and non ionizing variety. The Earth's surface is filled with an inexhaustible number of negatively charged ions which are vital to human health. Contact with these two nutrients constitutes the basis of human vitality on Earth. Therefore the flying environment which is neither in contact with the Earth and is lacking in abundant oxygen is a compromised environment. Taking this compromised environment and adding the complication of WiFi to the mix is a recipe for disaster.

WiFi in the sky adds a significant additional source of non ionizing radiation to the flying environment which is already filled with positively charged ions detrimental to our health. They cause staleness and dryness in the air, and more importantly accelerate oxidation in our bodies. Less oxygen at altitude increases the amount of available absorbable radiation and the ability of microbes, viruses and bacteria to thrive. Fliers already have enough to contend with and don't need any technology which makes this challenging environment worse.

Amongst other things the tendency is for flying to cause our bodies to go out of synchronicity with it's natural field, the same field on the surface of the Earth. This is because the Earth is a reference point for all circadian rhythms in our bodies. WiFi in the sky would increase dysynchronization by adding the dynamic of induction to the equation, but without the protection of an uncompromised environment (i.e. it would create a field between the electrical appliances/equipment and the user but without the protection you could have if you were on the ground). This increases the amount of unhealthy positive ions and thus degrades the cabin environment further to everyone's detriment.

The ethical question of whether WiFi should be fitted to planes echoes the covert battles fought between smokers and non smokers in the 1970 & 80's. Similar questions are being asked; why should everyone be made to suffer for the benefit or convenience of the few? It will probably be popular if given enough time to catch on but at what cost to our health? The truth is the benefit is no more than the extra dollars in the hands of the airline operators at the expense of all those who travel on these planes whether they use the service or not. Does compounding the existing health challenges of flying for the sake of pecuniary gain or technological advancement make good business sense or even more health challenged fliers?

References

Bloomberg Bulletin - Feb 09 EMS connects fliers to Web, spurring Units 20% growth.

BioInitiative Working Group: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for
Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)

Maurice Ghaly et al. - The biological effects of Grounding the Human Body during Sleep as measured by Cortisol levels and subjective reporting of Sleep Pain and Stress.

E.F Schumacher - Small is beautiful; a study of economics as if people mattered.

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Detroit Alternative Medicine Examiner

Was Ted Kennedy's brain tumor caused by cell phone radiation?

August 26, 8:19 PM- Detroit Alternative Medicine Examiner- Vickie Jackson

http://www.examiner.com/x-7281-Detroit-Alternative-Medicine-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Was-Ted-Kennedys-brain-tumor-caused-by-cell-phone-radiation

Ever since the fateful news last year that Senator Edward Kennedy was suffering from a brain tumor, the rumors have abounded as to its origin. Tongues wagged that he was always using a cell phone, which in turn sparked speculation as to whether that was the cause of his illness. With all due respect to the grieving Kennedy family and the late Senator himself, there should be an open discussion in the light of all the information and disinformation.

It may be only a coincidence but a report was just released yesterday on the subject of mobile phone radiation and its effects on the human brain. The title is "Cell Phones and Brain Tumors--15 Reasons for Concerns", written by an international group of scientists from the USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Austria, Germany, the UK, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Russia, Spain and Sweden. (See the link to this report at:

http://www.radiationresearch.org/pdfs/reasons_us.pdf

The list of the group's concerns are primarily focused on research the cellular manufacturers themselves came up with showing the risk of brain tumors. This research was apparently backed up by independent studies as well. Further information broke the results down to showing that use of cells for under ten years was less dangerous. Apparently for children, however, cell phones are particularly more insidious than for adults--and many kids today practically live on their beloved phones. Other concerns involved leaking of blood in the brain, damage to male fertility, and increased cell radiation strength in rural areas.

This very thorough study paper isn't telling the world anything new. While the fact is that the earth is full of radiation, from sunshine to the AC cord plugged into your TV, these are all of varying types, with strength that varies as well. A lot of the sources of electromagnetic radiation are also not held up to your head for long periods of time, either. As anyone who has studied even the most basic electronics would know, electromagnetic force will have an effect on other devices around it, called interference. Since the brain is essentially a highly-sophisticated bio-electronic device itself, it is easy to see that EMF can cause problems to brainwaves. What the long-term result will be on any given organism is only speculation at this point.

No matter what the exact cause of the late Senator Kennedy's illness, we should take the possibility of the connection to cell phone radiation as a warning. We will likely be seeing more cases such as this in the public eye before long.

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Mobile phone dangers highlighted again by academics - Industry insists handsets are safe

By Matt Hamblen

http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/mobile-wireless/personal-tech/news/index.cfm?newsid=16352

Mobile phone users are being advised to limit their calls and take other measures to limit their risk of cancer from mobile devices.

According to the International EMF (Electromagnetic Field) Collaborative group of international scientists, children are especially at risk, noting that one recent Swedish study saw a 400% increased risk for teenage mobile phone users.

The 37-page report, available on the EM Radiation Research Trust website, summarised what it said are the dangers of mobile phone use, and attempted to blunt an upcoming study being developed by the wireless industry in 13 countries, mainly in western Europe.

"Some countries are already banning mobile phones over health concerns, with France saying children in elementary schools can only use them for texting," said the report's author, Lloyd Morgan.

"Mobile phones can be used appropriately and have a certain usefulness, but I fear we will see a tsunami of brain tumors, although it is too early to see that now since the tumours have a 30-year latency," he added. "I pray I m wrong, but brace yourself."

However, John Walls, vice president of public affairs for the CTIA, a group representing wireless carriers and handset makers in the US, issued a statement today saying "peer-reviewed scientific evidence has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices do not pose a public health risk." He noted that the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, the World Health Organisation and the US Food and Drug Administration have all concurred that wireless devices are not a public health risk.

Morgan, a retired electronics engineer and a member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, wrote the report, Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern , with the endorsement of 43 scientists and experts from the US, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the U.K. Groups endorsing the findings include the EMR Policy Institute, the Peoples Initiative Foundation, ElectromagneticHealth.org, The Radiation Research Trust and Powerwatch.

A copy of the report and a short video are available at http://www.RadiationResearch.org.

Morgan said the most damning research linking mobile phone usage to brain tumuors was noted in a study published in May 2009 in the International Journal of Oncology by a Swedish team of scientists led by Professor Lennart Hardell. It noted that digital mobile phone and cordless phone use by users who started when they were teenagers or younger led to a 420 percent increased risk of brain cancer. Hardell had earlier suggested that analogue mobile phones caused a 700 percent greater risk of cancer, although today's digital phones lessen the power requirements and reduce the risk.

The higher cancer risk comes from holding a mobile phone close to the head over longer periods of time, the Collaborative study said, and recommends eight steps for reducing exposure to mobile phone radiation for adults and children.

The steps include using a wired headset on a call, not a wireless headset, or sending messages by texting. Also, the study recommends keeping the mobile phone away from your body, including in pockets, and avoiding use in a moving vehicle, since that tends to increase the power and the radiation required as the device moves farther from a mobile tower.

The study also recommends using the mobile phone like an answering machine, keeping it off until the user is ready to return calls. Avoiding use inside a building will reduce the power and radiation needed, the study said. It also urged using a corded, landline phone whenever possible.

The study further recommended that children not be allowed to sleep with a mobile phone under a pillow and cautioned parents not to allow a child under 18 to use a mobile phone except in an emergency.

A significant point of the collaborative study details 11 flaws in the upcoming Interphone study, which is due out this fall from major carriers in 13 countries, not including the US.

The flaws of that Interphone study, based on components already published, include that it eliminates subjects who use portable phones, even though those devices also emit microwave radiation as mobile phones do. The group said the Interphone study also excluded many types of brain tumours from study and eliminated subjects who died or were too ill be interviewed. The Interphone study also does not include children and young adults, who are more vulnerable, it said.

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Words of Wisdom

"Act as if the principle by which you act were about to be turned into a universal law of nature". --Immanuel Kant

"You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no results." --Gandhi

"The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice." –Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." --Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Your silence will not protect you." --Audre Lorde

"A time comes when silence is betrayal." --Martin Luther King

"Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people."
--John Adams

"The world shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." --Anais Nin

"Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that destruction."
--Redwood Mary (a.k.a. Mary Rose)

That which is looked upon by one generation as the apex of human knowledge is often considered an absurdity by the next, and that which is regarded as a superstition in one century may form the basis of
science for the following one. --Paracelsus

"How could I imagine how lost in the open field I was." --Neal Lindley

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
--Margaret Mead

" If one advances confidently in the direction of their dreams, And endeavors to lead a life which they have imagined, They will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
--Henry David Thoreau

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being
shared." –Buddha

Motivation is not a problem for anyone who accepts the extraordinary truth contained in Yeshe Aro's ancient prescription for happiness: "On this depends my liberation: to assist others – nothing else."

"Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from?
Is it not from your passions that make war within your members?
You covet but do not possess.
You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war.
You do not possess because you do not ask.
You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your
passions."
James 4: 1-3 (James is the brother of Jesus, who became a leader in the early church)

Friday, August 28, 2009

Cell Phone Cancer Debate

Activists Renew Cell Phone Cancer Debate
Wireless Week - USA
An international group of electromagnetic field activists has taken a critical eye to an Interphone study on handsets and cancer, a 13-country research ...

Once again: Do cell phones cause brain tumors?
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
A collaborative of international electromagnetic radiation (EMR) watchdogs, ... as well as increased risk of eye cancer, salivary gland tumors, ...

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Another Kennedy killed! This time by Cell Phone?

Hi All

Was Senator Edward Kennedy killed by a brain tumor that was caused by radiation from cellphones?

This is a question that must be asked by Governments and Health Organisations.

The answer to this question affects such a huge amount of the population that it must be answered honestly and without industry interference.

The risk factors of using cell phones must be provided clearly to all who use them.

Martin Weatherall

www.weepinitiative.org

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CNN) -- Massachusetts

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/obit.ted.kennedy/index.html

Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. He was 77.

Kennedy, known as the "Lion of the Senate," died after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.

"We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," a family statement said. "We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice."

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----- Original Message -----

From: Roy Beavers

Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:31 PM

Subject: Fw: "cellphone health hazards " -- Lee Atwater, Mike Synar, and now Ted Kennedy -- all three of these politicians have now become victims

Folks...........

I have personal knowledge of the extent to which busy political candidates and office holders (Atwater, Synar, and now Ted Kennedy, for example) -- all dead of 'brain cancer' --that may be directly linked to their use of cell phones.........

I well remember the passing of my friend Congressman Mike Synar. During the preceding few years (in his losing primary campaign) I was present with him during some of his 1994 campaign travels in Northeast Oklahoma........ I saw his dependence upon his cell phone. After his loss in the primary, Mike soon went to work for the telecommunications industry where he was provided with a personal phone for his use. By all accounts at the time, he continued to use it extensively. At the time of his death I tried to sound the alarm on the internet........ I had a "blog" at the time: The EMFguru -- now still carried on the net in Sweden by the <www.feb.se> website....... Be sure you go to the English version........

More knowledgeable than I about his cell phone use was Mike's devoted campaign chairman (Jo Montana -- a lady, not the football player)......... Jo and I had occasion then to discuss between ourselves how Mike was constantly on his phone during breaks in meetings and as he traveled the district by auto. Jo was then residing in Vinita, Oklahoma. Mike was 45 when he died in 1996. It came very suddenly and unexpectedly......

The Lee Atwater case had occurred a few years earlier when the cell phone was first being introduced to the world...... Other witnesses at the time spoke of how Lee used his phone in the 1988 election campaign in which he served as campaign manager for the winning candidacy of President Bush........ It was noted at the time because of the 'newness' of the cell phone within the political environment..... After the election, Atwater was named chairman of the Republican Nation Committee...... His regular presence among his peer group, always with his cell phone at the ready if not in use, was well known......... He died of a brain tumor on March 29, 1991.......

Now we have the Ted Kennedy 'anecdote.' Yes, death caused by a brain tumor. Sudden and unexplained. Yesterday.........

The greatest chapter of his life could have been written if he had but responded to the many requests that he testify to his own cell phone exposure -- as he was asked to do -- soon after his tumor was discovered and was made public......... He refused to do so......... Why??? His case presented a perfect opportunity for the enlargement of pubic awareness about the (now well identified) risks and the promotion of media and scientific inquiry......

Why do we continue to deny the danger and protect the EMF health hazards from public knowledge??? The research and data -- when performed by non-vested interest scientists – shows that the case against human exposure to electromagnetic radiation in various forms (of which the cell phone exposure may be the most risky) is now strong and convincing when reviewed by objective experts...... Not the industry or government scientists..........!!!

And ... if you are a cell phone user ... don't say you weren't warned.......!!! I have been pursuing this issue and trying to "shine the light" on it ... for nearly twenty years now........

Cheerio.........
Roy Beavers .... sciencetruthcount@yahoo.com -------------- Fighting for truth about the science of electromagnetic radiation hazards to human health .

Orange not allowed to install a celltower!

From: "Sylvie"
http://www.france-info.com/spip.php?article334131&theme=22&sous_theme=25

This is information France Info, the telecoms operator Orange has been condemned by a court August 11th to install a base station for mobile telephony in the 13th arrondissement of Paris Avenue d'Italie. Decision quite exceptional ...

On behalf of the precautionary principle that the Créteil Court made this ruling.

Orange had planned to install this antenna at less than 15 meters from a bedroom, and more specifically the bed, of a local resident. The recommended safe distance is 100 meters. The inhabitant complained.

This decision is not the first of its kind but it is exceptional for three reasons:

First, in this case, unlike certain judgments or decrees of courts of appeal pronounced in recent months, there is no school nearby, no children who are more sensitive than adults. These are simple owners have challenged this facility. And they have succeeded.

Then this is the first ruling against a telco in the capital.

Finally, the judge ruled was done in chambers, ie in an emergency procedure, and it only took a few weeks.

Given these motivations, this decision could therefore lead to a larger repository of complaints ...

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C'est une information France Info : l'opérateur télécoms Orange s'est vu interdire par un tribunal le 11 août dernier l'installation d'une antenne relais pour la téléphonie mobile dans le 13ème arrondissement de Paris, avenue d'Italie. Une décision assez exceptionnelle...

C'est au nom du principe de précaution que le tribunal de Créteil a rendu ce jugement.

Orange prévoyait d'installer cette antenne à moins de 15 mètres de la chambre à coucher, et plus précisément du lit, d'un habitant du quartier. La distance de sécurité recommandée est de 100 mètres. L'habitant a porté plainte.

Cette décision n'est pas la toute première du genre, mais elle est exceptionnelle pour trois raisons :

D'abord, dans cette affaire, contrairement à certains jugements ou arrêts de cours d'appel prononcés ces derniers mois, il n'y a pas d'école à proximité,
pas d'enfants qui sont plus sensibles aux ondes que les adultes. Ce sont de simples copropriétaires qui ont contesté cette installation. Et ils ont obtenu gain de cause.

Ensuite c'est la tout première décision contre un opérateur dans la capitale..

Enfin, le juge qui s'est prononcé l'a fait en référé, c'est à dire dans une procédure d'urgence, et cela n'a pris que quelques semaines.

Compte tenu de ces motivations, ce jugement pourrait donc entraîner un grand nombre de dépôts de plaintes...

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Cellphones Cause Brain Tumors

A new report was released today by the International EMF Collaborative entitled "Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern, Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone". This report, sent to government leaders and media today, details eleven design flaws of the 13-country, Telecom-funded Interphone study. The Interphone study, begun in 1999, was intended to determine the risks of brain tumors, but its full publication has been held up for years. Components of this study published to date reveal what the authors call a 'systemic-skew', greatly underestimating brain tumor risk.

Click here for the full news story

http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/science/reasons_us.pdf

From Powerwatch

Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Month- September 2009

Today, Dennis O'Keefe, the Mayor of St. John's in Newfoundland declared September 2009 as Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Awareness Month. That is a second in Canada.

The first proclamation was made by David Saunders, the Mayor of Colwood on Vancouver Island in BC, who declared August 2009 as Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Awareness Month.

These proclamations follow three governors is the US who did the same thing earlier this year.

As our exposure to electromagnetic frequencies increases more and more people are complaining of ill health. Exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) and electromagnetic radiation (EMR) have been associated with various types of cancers, miscarriage, ALS, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, asthma, as well as a host of symptoms that are collectively called electrohypersenstivity (EHS). These include chronic pain, chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, difficulty concentrating, poor short-term memory, skin problems, ringing in the ears, etc. Doctors are beginning to diagnose EHS and this illness is recognized by the Canadian Human Rights Commission as an environmental sensitivity.

With this increasing awareness and recognition we are likely to begin to more carefully examine the exposures to this energy in schools, homes, and work places and to make more intelligent decisions about placement of antennas, power lines, substations, and windfarms.

From: "Magda Havas"
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Lower EMF Exposure

Simple Inexpensive Solution to Radically Lower EMF Exposure Video: Simple Inexpensive Solution to Radically Lower EMF Exposure

Leading EMF expert reviews how you can use household items to reduce the dangers of EMF in your home.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/08/25/Simple-Inexpensive-Solution-to-Radically-Lower-EMF-Exposure.aspx


Monday, August 24, 2009

EMR frying navigational skills of bees / Fifth of honeybees died in winter / Bee video - researchers not smart enough / Letter to the Minister of Health for Canada

Check that tongue! Mobile phones buzz out honeybees
Don Sebastian / DNA
Friday, August 21, 2009 2:54 IST

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_check-that-tongue-mobile-phones-buzz-out-honeybees_1284119

Thiruvananthapuram: Sweet nothings murmured into a mobile phone spell doom for honeybees, says a study. The booming communication industry is not helping one sector - apiculture - at least. Honey and bee wax are not the only things at stake, though. One-third of our crops need bees to pollinate.

"There is a 60% plunge in Kerala's commercial bee population. Bees are susceptible to diseases and attacks by ants, wasps and wax moths, but vigilant keepers can check these," Sainudeen Pattazhy, reader in zoology, SN College, Punalur, said. His study warns that bees would be wiped out in a decade if mobile phone towers continue to proliferate at the current rate.

Pattazhy's experiments show that workers, who constitute around 90% of bees in a hive, abandon it when a mobile device is placed near it. "I placed a mobile device 10 metres off a hive for 5-10 days, after which worker bees never returned. The massive radiation from mobile phones and towers is frying navigational skills of bees," he said.

Thriving hives were suddenly left with only the queen, drones and larvae. The environmentalist believes atmospheric electromagnetic radiation is responsible for this colony collapse disorder, characterised by mass disappearance of workers who buzz about collecting honey and pollinating flowers.

In the US west coast, this apian disorder is such an ecological disaster that colonies of bees are hired to pollinate almond plantations. Apiarists' blame theories vary from viruses and bacteria to pesticides and radiation.

"Bees and other insects have evolved complex immunity systems over millions of years. Now, why would they suddenly die out due to diseases and parasites? Of course, we are introducing a new factor to their environment, which is disrupting their immune system," Pattazhy said.

"Insects and small animals would naturally be the first to be affected by an increase in ambient radiation. Behavioural patterns of bees alter when they are in close proximity to mobile phone towers. The vanished bees were never found, thought to have died," he said.

A radiation of 900 MHz is highly bioactive, causing significant alternation in living organisms. There are close to 1.25 apiarists in Kerala. A single hive can yield up to 5 kg of honey. Pattazhy advises beekeepers to shield their hives with aluminium, which blocks radiation to an extent.

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Fifth of honeybees died in winter

Almost a fifth of the UK's honeybees died last winter, the British Beekeepers' Association has said.

Combined with an average 30% loss the year before, it means beekeepers are struggling to keep colonies going.

Honeybees are worth £200m a year to UK agriculture because of their work pollinating crops.

Bees are suffering from viruses, a parasitic mite and changes in the weather. Experts are calling for more money to be put into research.

A survey by the British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) suggested an average of 19.2% of colonies died over winter, which is "double" the acceptable level.

The highest losses were recorded in the north of England, where 32.1% perished, and the lowest in eastern England, where 12.8% did not survive.

" These ongoing losses in the pollination army of honeybees cannot continue if we are to secure food supplies "
BBKA's president Tim Lovett

The survey showed an improvement on the previous year, which the BBKA put down to the period of really cold weather in the winter which encouraged the bees to "cluster" together, helping them to survive.

It also said the good weather in early spring enabled them to forage for nectar and pollen.

'Onslaught of threats'

But there was still a "worrying and continuing high level of colony loss", said the BBKA's president Tim Lovett.

"It underlines the need for research into the causes and remedies for disease in order to ensure that our principal economic pollinator, the honeybee, can survive the onslaught of the threats it currently faces," he said.

"These ongoing losses in the pollination army of honeybees cannot continue if we are to secure food supplies."

Nearly all the UK's 250 species of bee are in decline. In the last two years, honeybee numbers have fallen by 10-15%.

The conservation watchdog Natural England recently called on people living in urban areas to consider keeping bees.

Its chief scientist Tom Tew told the BBC: "We want urban people to engage with wildlife and get joy and pleasure from it. The more hives you have the more resilient the whole population is to the outbreak of disease."

'Really distressing'

The BBC presenter Martha Kaerney is an amateur beekeeper and has seen for herself the decline in numbers.

She told Breakfast on BBC One: "They've died out on me before and it was really distressing.

"You put the bees away for the winter and you hope they're going to be OK.

"And when you open up the colony in the spring and see lots of dead bees in there, it's unpleasant.

"Beekeeping is a fascinating hobby and I love it. But they are dying. This year is slightly better than last year though."

A report by the Parliamentary Accounts Committee last month warned the government was giving "little priority" to the health of the nation's bees despite their importance to the agricultural economy.

Experts say sustaining bee populations is essential to ensuring the survival of Britain's plants and crops.

 
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Hi All
The link below is to a very interesting short video about bees dying.  It shows several smart people who understand that bees are dying and have various views about the causes.  Unfortunately they are not quite smart enough to realise that electro magnetic radiation is harming the bees and is a major contributor to CCD.
 
Martin Weatherall
 
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Plan Bee from the Co-Op pairs film release with environmental action
Netribution - UK
Honeybees are dying in their millions and no-one knows why. In the UK around one third of all hives were lost in the winter of 2008. Vanishing of the Bees ...
http://www.netribution.co.uk/stories/29/1768-plan-bee-from-the-co-op-pairs-film-release-with-environmental-action
 
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Letter to the Minister of Health for Canada
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 12:29 AM
Subject: One more example of Health Canada's contempt for Canadians

Tsk!  Tsk!  Ms. Pieterson,  Have you no shame?  Have you no shame at all?
 
I sent the Minister studies showing exposure to non-thermal radiation causes seepage through the blood brain barrier.
 
You responded for the Minister and recommended that I read the latest ICNIRP report even though I now realize you didn't have a clue what was in it.  I told you that the ICNIRP report contained evidence that non-thermal FM frequencies cause thermal harm.  So in response, you sent me a form letter about powerlines.  (Note to Ms. Pieterson:  FM transmitters are not power lines.  I know it's a hard concept to grasp but struggle with this:  FM transmits radio frequencies wirelessly.  Powerlines transmit electricity by those limp wires hanging between pillars.  I know, I know, it takes a technical mind,  If it's any consolation, most of your colleagues at Health Canada suffer from this same disability.)
 
Powerlines, Ms. Pieterson?  Powerlines?  I send verifiable, peer reviewed, scientific evidence to you of harmful emissions coming from FM transmitters in our neighbourhood, and you have the temerity, the unmitigated gall to send me a form letter about powerlines?  My neighbour sends you an email recounting his fears about living 30 metres from 140,000 watts of FM transmission and you send him that same form letter about  powerlines?  Again, I ask:  have you no shame?
 
In the future, Ms. Pieterson, when I send you these devastating reports demonstrating Health Canada's incompetence and malfeasance and you feel the urge to muster a defense (and, in doing so, proving once again that my worst opinion of Health Canada is justified), might I suggest that you merely list the number identifying the form letter without going to the trouble of actually printing it out -- I'm sure I already have it.  That way you can spout the nonsense and, at the same time, acknowledge that you know that I know it's nonsense.  It's a way of bringing a little less dishonesty to a thoroughly sleazy process.  And it might suggest an answer to where you stand on that question of shame.
 
Sharon Noble

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Very Important - AUVA REPORT: Exposure Limits Challenged; Precaution Demanded [attachment]

Martin

Diagnose Funk have put a translation of the Austrian AUVA Insurance Company REPORT  on its website 

I have attached a copy.

Alternatively,

Click on the diagnose-funk email link to

AUVA-Report  Athermische Wirkungen bestaetigt  [second item on the Diagnose-Funk email.

http://www.diagnose-funk.org/aktuell/brennpunkt/auva-report-athermische-wirkungen-bestaetigt.html

Then select the link for:   Brennpunkt Auva Report English [10 pages] as a PDF file [American page format ]

Regards,

Margaret

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AUVA REPORT:

Exposure Limits Challenged;

Precaution Demanded

Edition July 21, 2009

Austrian AUVA Insurance Company Presents Research

Report and DVD on Health Risks from Cell Phone Radiation

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Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 6:31 PM

Subject: Aktuell auf Diagnose-Funk

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AUVA-REPORT: Athermische Wirkungen bestätigt

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Farmers flee as turbines trigger despair

Lauren Wilson | August 22, 2009

Article from: The Australian

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25964195-5006785,00.html

FOR 35 years, Noel and Janine Dean lived on a small western Victorian farm, where they raised crops, cattle and three children.

They planned to spend the rest of their lives on that lush, green plot of land, but that would change three years ago, when an executive driving a red BMW approached the gates of their property, wound down his window and asked: "You got anything against wind farms?"

"As long as they're not noisy I don't," replied Mr Dean, who had no objection to his Waubra neighbours -- most of them struggling farmers -- earning tens of thousands of dollars a year leasing their pastures to Spanish-based renewable energy company Acciona.

Three months ago the first of 128 turbines started turning and almost instantly Mr Dean became sick. He started waking with headaches, initially dull but, over time, sharp and debilitating.

"I was waking up two days in a row with headaches, I'd have to take Panadol but they'd be gone by dinner time," he said. "When the wind is blowing north I got a thumping headache, like someone belted me over the head with a plank of wood and I didn't know whether to go to the hospital or what to do. You couldn't really work."

His wife also began experiencing an inexplicable malaise. At first she put her nausea, sleeplessness and uneasiness down to a new diet. Then she thought it might be menopause. It was only after the 57-year-old couple travelled to their other property, in Donald, in northern Victoria, and instantly felt well again, that they wondered whether the turbines were churning away at their health.

Now the couple have packed up and moved permanently to nearby Ballarat. They want the energy companies and policy-makers to stop and consider the possible health effects of wind farms before meandering lines of turbines start popping up across the countryside to meet the government's 2020 renewable energy target endorsed by the Senate this week. In Waubra alone, a further 60 turbines are flagged for instalment.

US doctor Nina Pierpont has coined the term "wind-turbine syndrome" for a raft of symptoms, including insomnia, headaches, dizziness, nausea and depression, experienced by people living in close proximity to wind farms. The problems are said to be caused by constant exposure to low-frequency vibrations and inaudible sound pressure, as well as the constant flicker of light generated by the spinning blades.

To better understand the noises and vibrations being generated by the wind farm, Mr Dean purchased a decibel, or sound pressure, reader. In consultation with Graeme Hood, an engineer with the University of Ballarat, Mr Dean conducted tests over several days in his bedroom.

When he measured the sound pressure for audible noise the wind turbines registered a mere 20 decibels, equivalent to the sound of a whisper or the rustle of leaves. But when Mr Dean set the reader on another frequency, measuring audible and inaudible noises, he said the sound pressure from the turbines registered between 70 and 80 decibels, akin to being within proximity of a vacuum cleaner or power drill.

Now Mr Hood is undertaking a series of control tests of his own to determine more clearly how much sound pressure the wind turbines are creating in Waubra. "There is a possibility they (the turbines) are generating frequencies below audible tones," Mr Hood said. "Many people say that if you can't hear it, you're not affected by it, but other people say things like infrasound -- or inaudible noise -- can resonate in body cavities and cause other types of problems."

It is a notion that Acciona, the energy company behind the Waubra wind farm, firmly rejects. In a statement to The Weekend Australian, a spokesman said: "There is no clear, consistent scientific data, nor a peer-reviewed expert scientific consensus, to confirm a causal association between modern wind turbines, low-frequency noise and health concerns. That is the position of Acciona Energy in response to a resident's allegation of ill health said to be associated with claimed low-frequency noise, or infrasound, generated by the company's Waubra wind farm."

Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett last month released a wind farm policy statement to help energy companies navigate the layers of state and federal legislation relating to energy levels. As chair of the Environment Protection and Heritage Council, Mr Garrett will also work with state and territory governments to develop a set of guidelines for wind farms for consideration next year. His office was not able to say yesterday whether the council has considered regulating the level of low-frequency, sub-audible noise generated by wind farms as well as the audible noise.

In Waubra, it is not just the Deans who are experiencing worrying symptoms since the turbines began spinning. Chef Trish Godfrey ploughed her superannuation into a 4ha block at Waubra nine years ago. Like the Deans, she was paid a visit by the same executive who asked her if she would oppose a wind farm.

"We anticipated that there would be about 15 turbines around us, and that we could plant trees to screen them. All of the farmers around us wanted the wind farm and we didn't want to argue," she said.

Now, as Ms Godfrey prepares food for delivery from her kitchen inside her dream home, she looks out on 65 turbines that surround her on all flanks. She is convinced her health is suffering. "It feels like I have a head-cold coming the whole time. It's like motion sickness that never goes away. Some days it's worse than others. I am a very energetic person and by mid-afternoon all I want to do is sleep," she said.

Ms Godfrey is devastated that the value of her property -- now, as she describes, in the eye of an industrial estate -- would have dropped through the floor. "We have no quality of life and who would want to buy our house now? What was to be our superannuation has now gone," she said, sobbing.

Neighbour Maggie Reid, whose blood pressure has soared in the past three months, said the wind farm has been a sorely divisive venture for the community.

"It's split the community into the haves and the have-nots. You try to raise your concerns and all you hear is, 'You're just jealous you don't have them'," Ms Reid said.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

EMF-Omega-News 22. August 2009

Dear Sir, Madam, Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,

for your information.

Best regards,
Klaus Rudolph
Citizens' Initiative Omega
<http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/OmegaNews.php>http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/OmegaNews.php
http://www.mastsanity.org/index.php?option=com_newsfeeds&task=view&feedid=1&Itemid=52
http://mast-victims.org/index.php?content=news&action=view&type=newsitem&id=2569
http://weepnews.blogspot.com/search/label/Omega%20News
Member of the Buergerwelle Germany (incorporated society) Protectorate Union of the Citizens and Initiatives for the Protection against Electrosmog
http://www.buergerwelle.de/cms/content/view/57/70/

Cell phones and brain tumors: a review including the long-term epidemiologic data
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5884085/

Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5892308/

Barrie Trower: Report on Tetra for the Police Federation
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5885591/

The ES are sorely in need of compensation from the Governments who have known fully about electrosensitivity for a long time
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5880009/

Why You Should NEVER EVER Sleep Where Your Cat Sleeps
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5878909/

Mobile phones buzz out honeybees
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5890563/

The Plain Truth: Mobile Phone Masts Are Dangerous
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5890435/

Guidelines for Undertaking Community Engagement for Wireless Telecommunications Sites
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5882759/

EMF to Floyd Residents: "We apologize"
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5884131/

Ban on phone masts on Sefton Council land could be lifted
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5887275/

Council should reject Telus cell tower proposal
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5888348/

We won't go until mast plan is ditched
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5888713/

Cell phone rules elsewhere are cautions for Cordova
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5890384/

Tamworth mobile mast plan thrown out
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5890439/

Independent Effects of APOE on Cholesterol Metabolism
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5880109/

Arrhythmia is often sited as a symptom of Electrosensitivity
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5889882/

Electrosensitive refugees from wireless technology head for Drôme
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5892291/

Scientists demonstrate wire-free electricity
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5882037/

The real increase rate for Autism is caused by the very large Electromagnetic Flux fields
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5890376/

The Danger of Powerline Radiation and Its Threat to Public Health
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5884070/

Experience Using Resveratrol
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5885609/

The curse of policy-based evidence
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5884253/

Wi-Fi Webcam for Baby
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5888787/

Cell Phone Turns On Oven
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5886724/

Next-up News Nr 1048
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5884238/

Next-up News Nr 1049
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5887819/

Next-up News Nr 1050
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/5890562/

News from Mast Sanity
http://tinyurl.com/aotw3

Omega-News Collection 22. August 2009
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/5892354/

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"Act as if the principle by which you act were about to be turned into a universal law of nature". --Immanuel Kant

"You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no results." --Gandhi

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"Your silence will not protect you." --Audre Lorde

"A time comes when silence is betrayal." --Martin Luther King

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"Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from?
Is it not from your passions that make war within your members?
You covet but do not possess.
You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war.
You do not possess because you do not ask.
You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your
passions."
James 4: 1-3 (James is the brother of Jesus, who became a leader in the early church)