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20 April 2012Kirkland pushes to have backyard cellphone antenna removed
Cellphone tower exploits loophole
Susan
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Rogers downsizes cell tower plan for Pointe Claire park
Instead, the company will install three smaller lamppost cellphone antennas in the park, but outside of the wooded area, along the tree line.
Susan
Wonder how long the trees will last?
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Stringent Radiation Emission Rules for Mobile Phones and Towers
NEW DELHI : The new and stringent radiation emission rules for mobile phones and towers, which will for the first time stipulate emission levels for handsets sold in India and make it compulsory for these levels to be displayed on phones and retail outlets, will come into effect from September 1, 2012, telecom department officials said.
All handset makers, mobile phone companies and tower cos will be informed of the deadline before April-end, the telecom department (DoT) officials quoted above added. ET had first reported in November 2011 that the government had finalised radiation emission norms for cellphones and towers.
Radiation emitted by cellphones varies from instrument to instrument and is measured in terms of specific absorption rate (SAR) - the amount of radio waves absorbed by the body tissue when a phone is in use. The new rules state that cellphones can be imported and sold in India only if the SAR level is below 1.6 watts per kg (W/kg).
So far, India had unofficially followed European norms, which state that the maximum SAR level must not exceed 2 W/kg. According to the industry body representing handset makers, nearly 650 models of low-end Chinese handsets don't comply with the new emission standards and will have to be redesigned.
All handset makers, mobile phone companies and tower cos will be informed of the deadline before April-end, the telecom department (DoT) officials quoted above added. ET had first reported in November 2011 that the government had finalised radiation emission norms for cellphones and towers.
Radiation emitted by cellphones varies from instrument to instrument and is measured in terms of specific absorption rate (SAR) - the amount of radio waves absorbed by the body tissue when a phone is in use. The new rules state that cellphones can be imported and sold in India only if the SAR level is below 1.6 watts per kg (W/kg).
So far, India had unofficially followed European norms, which state that the maximum SAR level must not exceed 2 W/kg. According to the industry body representing handset makers, nearly 650 models of low-end Chinese handsets don't comply with the new emission standards and will have to be redesigned.
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Tower companies are mandated to provide self-certifications on compliance, and the telecom department has decided that all such certifications from this month onwards will be covered by the new norms.
According to the new rules, the SAR value, or the radiation emitted by the handset, must be specified on the device, its manual, the box as well as the websites of both the company and the telecom department.
The radiation figure of each handset model must also be displayed prominently at all retail outlets that sell mobile phones. For consumers, the cost of acquiring a cellphone is set to go up by a minimum of Rs 400. The new rules make it mandatory for all handsets to be sold with a hands free device, as the government believes this step will help reduce the exposure to radiation significantly.
Sylvie
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Smart meters -
I respond to Dariusz L.
Best
Iris
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Teacher credited with saving student who had heart attack
Heart attacks amongst teens is becoming normalized and rarely questioned.
Veronica
Perhaps the question the reporter should be asking - was there a Wi Fi system in the school which may have caused this?
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Avoid Maple Ridge
He added that more radio frequency waves are given off from fluorescent lights than cellphone towers.
Robert
Note
The above statement should be investigated as a possible criminal offence!
It is obviously false.
It appears to be said for gain by one person, and for harm and a loss to others.
Is this a fraud? False pretences? Criminal deception?
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Many parents said they are concerned about young children at the school being exposed to electromagnetic radio frequency radiation from the cell tower. "We don't want them not to put it up. We want it somewhere else. It should not be in an elementary ...
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Letter to the Medical Officer of Health
Cc: Hon. Christy Clark ; Rich Coleman, Minister of Energy ; John Horgan -- office ; adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca ; Jane Sterk ; alex.atamanenko.c1a@parl.gc.ca ; Elizabeth.May.C1@parl.gc.ca ; Libby Davies Health Critic ; Mike Farnworth, NDP Health Critic
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:00 PM
Subject: New paper by American Academy of Environmental Mediciin -- smart meters are NOT safe.
Dear Dr. Kendall,
Here is the press release for yet another paper by qualified professionals about the biological effects of microwave radiation, and a call for a halt to installations of more wireless devices, such as WiFi in schools and smart meters. "The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) issued a position paper on "Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Field Effect on Human Health," including wireless technologies and smart meters.
This international group has an amazing record of recognizing problems and calling for solutions before mainstream people are aware of them, such as Gulf War Syndrome, chemical sensitivities, and the role of mold in the development of systemic illnesses. These physicians and professionals have dedicated themselves to expanding the knowledge of human health and its relationship to the environment for close to 50 years. They have the credibility and the track record which means they should be taken seriously and their recommendations heeded.
Your curt response to an earlier paper by this group, sent in January, was that you found nothing new in it and there was nothing to change your stance. The public deserves to know what independent scientific evidence you have upon which to base your statement that smart meters and WiFi are safe. Would you kindly provide this information? Please do not give me the BC Centre for Disease Control or the Planetworks reports. Neither of these studies is well done, peer-reviewed, or capable of standing up to scrutiny. If you feel so certain that there is absolutely no threat to the public from wireless technology, despite the findings to the contrary by many eminent experts in the field, you must have some credible scientific basis for your opinion.
I look forward to receiving evidence at your earliest convenience.
Yours truly,
Sharon Noble
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Earth Day Action
April 17, 2012 - Reduce Your Wireless Exposure
Imagine waking up in a city with no sparrows; walking out into a garden full of beautiful flowers with no bees, butterflies, or other insects; seeing splits in the bark of trees and bushes throughout the garden.
This is becoming the reality in many cities. Why? Fifty years after publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring we have substantially reduced the levels of many chemicals we release into the environment, but we haven't fully followed her lessons of precaution.
Since the beginning of the digital revolution, our planet's exposure to a potent biologically-active toxin - pulsed modulated radiofrequency (RF) microwave radiation from wireless devices - has increased exponentially. Safety limits in the U.S. allow exposure to a quintillion times the background RF radiation levels at 1.8 GHz. The most conservative standard for inside homes in Salzburg, Austria allows only 100 trillion times the background RF radiation levels at 1.8 GHz. ( http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/science/intguidance.asp)
One cellphone call exposes every bystander 10 feet away to one trillion times the background RF radiation levels - talk about second-hand "smoke". Also, remember microwave radiation from wireless devices is pulsed and modulated while natural background radiation is not.
The essentially uncontrolled proliferation of wireless puts wildlife, including insects, bees, amphibians, birds and vegetation, at risk. The Report on Possible Impacts of Communication Towers on Wildlife Including Birds and Bees, commissioned by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, calls for a precautionary approach due to the evidence of potential harm to humans and wildlife. Its recommendations include revisiting safety standards and tightening siting regulations - even to the extent of removing problematic towers ( http://www.moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/final_mobile_towers_report.pdf ).
Why exercise the precautionary principle extensively? Bee colony collapse disorder has become a global epidemic. Trees have developed bleeding fissures in their bark, have been defoliated, even died ( http://www.puls-schlag.org/baumschaeden.htm#linden). Exposure to pulsed modulated microwave radiation from wireless devices has been demonstrated to decrease coordination, affected growth, and increased mortality in frogs ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20560769?dopt=Abstract).
Humans are suffering as well. The rates of ADD/ADHD ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18467962), autism ( http://www.healingtalkradio.com/2012/04/04/new-insights-into-autism/ ), asthma, diabetes, sleep disorders, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and various cancers are climbing as exposures to pulsed modulated microwave radiation from wireless devices and other sources of exposure to RF radiation are increasing.
Countless people have had their lives destroyed by wireless technology. From Australia, Dr. Federica Lamech writes in an open letter ( http://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2012/03/30/open-letter-to-the-premier/) about her experience with the smart meters installed in her city:
Since the completion of the smart meter roll-out in my area, I have been very, very sick. I have continuous palpitations, chest pain, a weird taste in my mouth, loss of appetite, lethargy, dizziness, faint attacks, inability to concentrate and complete insomnia. I have the feelings at home, in the street, in all the streets of my area and at the shops. I am not able to function. I can't work. I can't look after my family. I need my husband, who is now the only breadwinner, to take care of me.
My symptoms only disappear when I am in an area without smart meters, in a large park or on the beach. When my husband drives me through the Melbourne suburbs, I tell him when I feel my symptoms abate, he stops the car and looks at house fronts and, sure enough, he sees the old-style meters. This can be reproduced very predictably.
In late 2010 and early 2011 numerous people in the United States wrote to the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in its proceedings RIN 1190-AA61 and RIN 1190-AA64, detailing the difficulties that they have had obtaining basic services (including medical care), socializing, participating in community life and family events, traveling, shopping, attending school or visiting the public library, in short conducting ordinary daily business due to the proliferation of wireless technology.
Respect the Earth. Turn off wireless devices for Earth Day. Work to reduce your wireless exposure everyday.
Additional information at:
http://www.emrpolicy.org/science/forum/index.htm
www.electricalpollution.com
Imagine waking up in a city with no sparrows; walking out into a garden full of beautiful flowers with no bees, butterflies, or other insects; seeing splits in the bark of trees and bushes throughout the garden.
This is becoming the reality in many cities. Why? Fifty years after publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring we have substantially reduced the levels of many chemicals we release into the environment, but we haven't fully followed her lessons of precaution.
Since the beginning of the digital revolution, our planet's exposure to a potent biologically-active toxin - pulsed modulated radiofrequency (RF) microwave radiation from wireless devices - has increased exponentially. Safety limits in the U.S. allow exposure to a quintillion times the background RF radiation levels at 1.8 GHz. The most conservative standard for inside homes in Salzburg, Austria allows only 100 trillion times the background RF radiation levels at 1.8 GHz. ( http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/science/intguidance.asp)
One cellphone call exposes every bystander 10 feet away to one trillion times the background RF radiation levels - talk about second-hand "smoke". Also, remember microwave radiation from wireless devices is pulsed and modulated while natural background radiation is not.
The essentially uncontrolled proliferation of wireless puts wildlife, including insects, bees, amphibians, birds and vegetation, at risk. The Report on Possible Impacts of Communication Towers on Wildlife Including Birds and Bees, commissioned by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, calls for a precautionary approach due to the evidence of potential harm to humans and wildlife. Its recommendations include revisiting safety standards and tightening siting regulations - even to the extent of removing problematic towers ( http://www.moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/final_mobile_towers_report.pdf ).
Why exercise the precautionary principle extensively? Bee colony collapse disorder has become a global epidemic. Trees have developed bleeding fissures in their bark, have been defoliated, even died ( http://www.puls-schlag.org/baumschaeden.htm#linden). Exposure to pulsed modulated microwave radiation from wireless devices has been demonstrated to decrease coordination, affected growth, and increased mortality in frogs ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20560769?dopt=Abstract).
Humans are suffering as well. The rates of ADD/ADHD ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18467962), autism ( http://www.healingtalkradio.com/2012/04/04/new-insights-into-autism/ ), asthma, diabetes, sleep disorders, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and various cancers are climbing as exposures to pulsed modulated microwave radiation from wireless devices and other sources of exposure to RF radiation are increasing.
Countless people have had their lives destroyed by wireless technology. From Australia, Dr. Federica Lamech writes in an open letter ( http://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2012/03/30/open-letter-to-the-premier/) about her experience with the smart meters installed in her city:
Since the completion of the smart meter roll-out in my area, I have been very, very sick. I have continuous palpitations, chest pain, a weird taste in my mouth, loss of appetite, lethargy, dizziness, faint attacks, inability to concentrate and complete insomnia. I have the feelings at home, in the street, in all the streets of my area and at the shops. I am not able to function. I can't work. I can't look after my family. I need my husband, who is now the only breadwinner, to take care of me.
My symptoms only disappear when I am in an area without smart meters, in a large park or on the beach. When my husband drives me through the Melbourne suburbs, I tell him when I feel my symptoms abate, he stops the car and looks at house fronts and, sure enough, he sees the old-style meters. This can be reproduced very predictably.
In late 2010 and early 2011 numerous people in the United States wrote to the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in its proceedings RIN 1190-AA61 and RIN 1190-AA64, detailing the difficulties that they have had obtaining basic services (including medical care), socializing, participating in community life and family events, traveling, shopping, attending school or visiting the public library, in short conducting ordinary daily business due to the proliferation of wireless technology.
Respect the Earth. Turn off wireless devices for Earth Day. Work to reduce your wireless exposure everyday.
Additional information at:
http://www.emrpolicy.org/science/forum/index.htm
www.electricalpollution.com
EMR Policy Institute
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