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12 January 2013

WiFi in Schools: The facts

Published on Dec 11, 2012 by Wi FI Australia

Very informative video from Australia, about the dangers of Wi Fi in schools

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmcAXZ-o1K4&list=FLI_8xq3QcBTrnb4665kpsNA

Mast Sanity

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FDA Approves Magnetic Helmet For Treating Depression

Today the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a device that treats depression using... magnets. About 14.8 million American adults, or 6.7 percent of the U.S. adult population, are diagnosed with major depression in a given year, and antidepressant medications often don't help.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3004658/fda-approves-magnetic-helmet-treating-depression

Sylvie

Comment: Isn't this ironic, using electro magnets to cure brain harm, caused by electro magnetic radiation!

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Electromagnetic Radiation and Potential Adverse Health Affects

For the last 15 years we have seen, worldwide, a marked increase in illnesses such as cancers, cardiac illness, obesity, diabetes, asthma, allergies in children, short term memory problems and sleeplessness, to name but a few.

http://www.ecolibria.com.au/Resources/electromagnetic-radiation-emr-and-potential-adverse-health-affects

Robert

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New Wireless Danger in Chelsea

The Mayor's office and the City of New York's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications worked with Google and Chelsea Improvement Company to transform the two companies' aspirations into a reality, advising them on installation.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130108006375/en/Southwest-Chelsea-WiFi-Neighborhood-Manhattan?wpisrc=nl_tech

Edgar

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Harm To Children

"Mycket tid framför skärm splittrar barns liv"

A very prominent Swedish professor in pediatrics, Hugo Lagercrantz, yesterday has publicly spoken out in a brilliant commentary in the Swedish Medical Association's journal "Läkartidningen". In his article he points to the fact that children spending time in front of computer screens, Ipads, etc., will fragmentize their life and that it can lead to concentration difficulties, decreased language development, impaired reading skills, as well as obesity.

http://www.lakartidningen.se/07engine.php?articleId=19078

His excellent article supports what I, and many others, already have written about, see among many e.g. Johansson O, "Läsplatta, ja, men varför ingen förståelseplatta…?" (="An e-reader, yes, but why not an e-understander…?", in Swedish), Teknikdebatt.se 18/4, 2012

http://teknikdebatt.se/debatt/lasplatta-ja-men-varfor-ingen-forstaelseplatta

Olle

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City of Arlington, Texas v. FCC

Next Wednesday, January 16, 2013, the US Supreme Court will hear oral
argument in the very important case, City of Arlington, Texas v. FCC.

For 17 years, the Federal Communications Commission has been steadily
whittling away at the power of cities and counties to regulate cell
towers. If the Supreme Court sides with Arlington in this case, this
will change the momentum back in favor of local control.

In November 2009, the FCC adopted its infamous "shot clock rule," under
which municipalities must grant or deny permits for telecommunications
facilities within very short time periods--90 days for a co-location,
and 150 days for a new facility. In other words, once a company submits
an application, if the city doesn't make a final decision within 90 or
150 days, the tower is deemed automatically approved. These time
periods are so short that local regulations which require adequate
public notice, a public hearing, and a procedure for appealing, could no
longer be complied with. The effect would be carte blanche to the
telecom companies to build towers wherever and whenever they please,
bypassing many if not most local ordinances.

The City of Arlington immediately asked the US Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit to invalidate the new rule, but in January 2012, the Court
of Appeals upheld the rule. In October the Supreme Court agreed to hear
the case--a sign that it thinks the FCC may have overstepped its
authority.

Joining Arlington in its challenge to the FCC are the City of Los
Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, the City of San Antonio, the County
of San Diego, the Texas Coalition of Cities for Utility Issues, and the
Cable, Telecommunications, and Technology Committee of the New Orleans
City Council.

Amicus (Friend of the Court) briefs in support of Arlington have been
submitted by the National Governors Association, National Conference of
State Legislators, Council of State Governments, International
City/County Management Association, Government Finance Officers
Association, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners,
the Cato Institute, the Southern Company, the American Farm Bureau
Federation, the US Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Home
Builders, NFIB Small Builders Legal Center, National Mining Association,
Retail Litigation Center, International Municipal Lawyers Association,
National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors,
National League of Cities, US Council of Mayors, National Association of
Counties, City of Carlsbad, California, City of Dubuque, Iowa, National
Water Resources Association, Association of California Water Agencies,
and Westlands Water District.

Briefs in support of the FCC were submitted only by CTIA-the Wireless
Association, Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile, and PCIA-The Wireless
Infrastructure Association.

Arthur

Cellular Phone Task Force
info@cellphonetaskforce.org

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Smart meters battle ends for good

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada on Wednesday agreed to let local power utility NV Energy charge ratepayers to opt out of the company's smart-meter program. The commission also approved an analog meter as the alternative to smart meters, ...

http://www.lvrj.com/business/smart-meters-battle-ends-for-good-186238861.html

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Ruling Requires BGE to Provide Smart Meter Options

Annapolis utilities customers may have more options when it comes to smart meters at their homes and businesses thanks to a ruling by the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) on Monday. In a split decision, the PSC voted to require Baltimore Gas ...

http://annapolis.patch.com/articles/ruling-requires-bge-to-provide-smart-meter-options

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China - Fiber-based smart grid is to support advanced communications

A passive optical network brings optical fiber cabling and signals all or most of the way to the end user

http://www.smartmeters.com/the-news/smart-grid-news/3779-smart-grids-in-china-an-opportunity-for-pon-technology.html

Comment: It appears that China may install a much safer and more secure smart network than North America, and it can be used safely for other communications!

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Does Wi-Fi Put Danger In Your Pocket?

You should focus on the truly damaging health effects of WiFi

http://electronicdesign.com/displays/does-wi-fi-put-danger-your-pocket

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Swiss Electrosmog Congress in April

http://gigaherz.ch/pages/posts/the-9th-national-congress-of-electrosmog1855.php

Iris

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Beware the cellphone tower

Cellphone and cellphone-tower radiation is the most widespread fallout of the electromagnetic age and among its most contentious issues.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/Pu0C05cYhwPMNRTpicBXRJ/Beware-the-cellphone-tower.html

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Portable Cell Phone Towers

Below is a link is to an article concerning placement of portable cell phone towers (COWS) on the mall during the upcoming Presidential inauguration.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/inauguration/cell-towers-added-on-mall-to-deal-with-extra-data-from-smartphones-tablets/2013/01/04/d24b8a70-5689-11e2-a613-ec8d394535c6_print.html

This is indicative of a mentality that is creating a much larger problem—a problem capable of destroying human health and our economy.

"Last time around, the sheer number of people overloaded the system and many cellphones in the crowd just couldn't get a signal," Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies <http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/ , said in a statement. "We don't want that to happen again," he said. "The inauguration is a once-in-a-lifetime experience ... so we're putting measures in place to make sure people can call, tweet, Facebook and document their experience on smartphones and social media."

Seems President Obama and Senator Schumer have not read the 2012 GAO report "Exposure and Testing Requirements for Mobile Phones Should Be Reassessed", the 2011 World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer classification of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic, the 2010 President's Cancer Panel Report that expresses concerns about the relationship between cell phones and cancer, the new BioInitiative report (link attached) and the American Academy of Pediatrics letter to the FCC recently.

It comes down to children's health and well-being, writes AAP President Dr. Robert Block, who notes that "standards are based on the impact of exposure on a large adult male, not on women or kids. Children, however, are not little adults and are disproportionately impacted by all environmental exposures, including cell phone radiation. In fact, according to [the International Agency for Research on Cancer], when used by children, the average RF energy deposition is two times higher in the brain and 10 times higher in the bone marrow of the skull, compared with mobile phone use by adults".

Calling upon the telecom industry to mount portable towers throughout the crowds is analogous to recklessly spraying the 1.8 million attendees with DDT (same classification as the microwave radiation emitted by cell phones and cell towers according to the WHO). Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it?

Representatives Waxman, Eshoo, Markey, Kucinich, Issa, the late Senator Specter, Senators Harkin, Sanders and Leahy, along with many others such as Newsom (CA), Boland (ME), Leno (CA), and Brown (PA) have set the wheels in motion in various ways. We thank them and pray they will follow through with their sincere efforts to bring the critical truth to the American people as soon as possible. Since 1997 legislators such as Markey and Lieberman have shown concern about the adverse health effects of microwave radiation.

President Obama recently stated at Newtown: "This is our first task -- caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged. And by that measure, can we truly say, as a nation, that we are meeting our obligations? Can we honestly say that we're doing enough to keep our children -- all of them -- safe from harm……."?

Yes, President Obama, it is time to keep them safe from harm even when this bloodshed may not be seen for years. Our children and grandchildren are being subjected to excessive levels of cumulative radiation and are at great risk according to over 1800 INDEPENDENT studies showing deleterious effects from non-ionizing radiation. The risks include, but are not limited to, autism, cancer, and damage to fetuses and sperm. Yet, the regulatory agencies mandated to protect us from the known health risks of microwave radiation claim there is still a debate and more research is needed. This is a stall tactic.

Brain tumor rates related to cell phone use are on the rise, especially for those who began using a phone before the age of 20.

We do not advocate against the use of this valuable technology. We do advocate that our government should step to the plate, as many other nations have, and advise their citizens of the hidden language in the cell phone manuals, the excellent independent science and ways to protect themselves and their children as to safe use of this ubiquitous device. Some countries have banned the sales and use of cell phones to those under 18. The President's Cancer Panel and the WHO advised of simple precautions but our nation did nothing to pass that information on to our citizens. We are seeing many Americans in their 20's, 30's and 40's with brain tumors that were more likely than not attributable to their cell phone use. Many are already deceased leaving young children behind. Is this how we want to be judged?

My colleagues and I are optimistic that 2013 is the year that our legislators will take serious action to get to the bottom of this critical issue affecting each of us no matter what our race, religion, status or age. We all use cell phones. Please combine your efforts to warn the American citizens now that cell phones, as currently used, do cause deleterious health effects. We cannot simply wait for more research and more bodies.

We will be contacting you in the near future to discuss specific action you can take NOW to protect the American people from the known hazards of microwave radiation emissions.

With hope for a more just and healthy tomorrow,
Ellen (Ellie) Marks
Director, California Brain Tumor Association

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U.N. Investigates Electromagnetic Terrorism

Older article from 12.02.08

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/12/un-investigates/

http://www.wmamw.com/ProjBizarreWeapImp.htm#_edn87

Marika

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Smart Meter Protesters Crowd Hearing in Los Angeles

Articulate speakers addressed issues such as opt-out fees, health, privacy, security and costs, but the general tone was outrage that there would be any charge to opt out, especially for low-income people living in multi-family residences with multiple meters who cannot afford to opt out. The word "extortion" was commonly used in most of the speakers' testimonials.

http://www.topangamessenger.com/story_detail.php?ArticleID=5783

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Pulsed Electromagnetic Devices Pose Health Risks
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3226/

The human body as a walking RF antenna
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3240/

Tumour fear cuts chatter as woman switch off their mobile phones
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3232/

Why Our Urban Trees are Dying
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3228/

Barrie Trower predicts economic and ecological systems collapse
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3225/

Scientists manipulated research played down brain tumour risks in children
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3230/

Cancer Industry: Profits Before Lives
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3237/

Killer Cell Phones: Why Honeybees Are Dying Worldwide
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3239/

The Latest Danger: 'Smart Meters'
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3233/

SmartMeters and Electropollution
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3254/

Smart Meters: not so smart an idea
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3227/

Cellphones ring in alarm bells
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3251/

Wi-Fi making kids, teachers sick?
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3253/

Brennan Park phone tower fight looms
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3231/

Money for masts
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3234/

Phone mast plan fury residents in blockade
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3238/

Parents worried at new mast scheme
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3241/

B.C. Hydro program sparks up a storm of controversy
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3243/

CTIA again tries to block San Francisco cell phone radiation ordinance
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3244/

People power halts roof mobile phone mast, in Sutherland Grove, Teddington
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3252/

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Unexplained increases in brain cancer in nations with longer term cellphone use

http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3398/

The ongoing mystery of the magnetosensing cows

http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3403/

Cell phone radiation and institutional corruption addressed

http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3412/

How the Telecom Industry Seeks to Confuse About the Dangers of Cell Phones

http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3391/

Smart Meters Raise Privacy, Health Concerns

http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3396/

Why risk your health with a mobile phone?