Monday, May 20, 2013

Wi Fi harming young child / BC class action / NZ anger / EMR petition / Latin cancer / Orangeville danger / Affected / EHT / Exceeds limit / Wi Fi / Funding / Resistance / Michigan / Maryland / etc

 
W.E.E.P. News

The Canadian initiative to stop Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution

19May 2013

 
 
Wi Fi harming young child

Peel School Board decides to roll out 7 million dollar WiFi project despite children getting sick.
 
 
 
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Opponents of smart meters are preparing a class action lawsuit against BC Hydro, alleging installation of the high-tech devices has led to thousands of health, safety and privacy concerns over the last two years.
 
 
 
 
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New Zealand - Anger at plans for cellphone tower
 
 
Rob
 
 
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The EMRadiation Policy Institute has started a petition 
 
"Chairman Rockefeller Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation:  Hold hearings to fire FCC and hire EPA to set RF radiation safety limits."
 
We need your help to get it off the ground.  Your signature will be sent directly to the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation - that has jurisdiction over the wireless industry.
 
 
 
 
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Latin America threatened by rising cancer
 
In the US, the comparable figure is 300 cases per 100,000, while in Europe it is 264 cases per 100,000.

But the death rate is much higher. In Latin America it stands at 13 deaths for every 22 cancer cases, while it is 13 deaths for every 37 cases of cancer the US, and approximately 13 deaths for every 30 cases in Europe.

Researchers estimate that in 2030, there will be 1.7 million cases of cancer diagnosed across Latin America and the Caribbean, and there will be more than 1 million deaths.

 
Patricia
 
 
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Orangeville, Ontario, another town that failed to research the health effects of wireless radiation
 
Orangeville council announced a public WiFi network would be made available at a number of town facilities and most of Broadway by May 30.

"It's one of those technologies that everyone would love to have," said Jason Hall, Orangeville's manager of Internet services.

 
 
 
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Are You Unwittingly Being Affected by Electromagnetic Radiation
 
The "Are You Unwittingly Being Affected by Electromagnetic Radiation" pamphlet in English has been updated with information happening over the last two years. Also, I have decided to instigate a "Millions Against Microwaves" program to increasingly educate people who have had the electromagnetic wool pulled over their sheepie eyes about this problem. The more information people have and the more public support we have, the sooner we can act to resolve this problem. So... now we have a pamphlet in English, Spanish, and Chinese. Pamphlets in German and Dutch are on there way. Anyone else interested in translating this into their respective language, don`t hesitate to contact me.

 
Paul
 
 
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Environmental Health Trust
 
Environmental Health Trust consistently provides cutting-edge research and education about cellphones and other environmental health hazards and promotes constructive policies locally, nationally and internationally, bringing you the world's top science and scientists
 
 
 
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The FCC finds power line communication exceeds radiation limit

The seven PLC systems were all of the Broadband over Power Line (BPL) type.

 
Catherine
 
 
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Wi-Fi debate rages on

Victoria News, BC, Canada.
In January, 2011, the board formed a committee on Wi-Fi and a moratorium on wireless Internet was implemented across the district. It was installed in every high school and one elementary school prior to the committee's formation.
 
 
 
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Funding for Legal Case
 
Here is an update on my case:
 
The Court has twice denied my application for a fee waiver, despite the fact that I have no liquid assets and no income.  I need to raise $350 to pay the Court fees.  Otherwise, the Court will dismiss the case.
 
Could you help me by getting the word out to your friends, members, and readers?  Perhaps someone will offer a loan or a grant.
 

 
Please note that I am asking for an injunction against the entire California Smart Grid.  This is not just a personal injury case.  I have cited over 40 laws that were violated, over 20 state statutes and over 20 federal statutes.  If the Court finds that the Defendants violated just one of these laws, it will have to grant the injunction.  Once we get the Court order to dismantle the California Smart Grid, each state will have to follow, one by one, until we have our whole country back.  And we set an important legal precedent for all radiation cases, whether cell towers, cell phones, wifi, RFID chips, radar, etc.  This is very important!  
 
I am in a unique position to prosecute this claim.  I have suffered serious injuries and significant loss; therefore, I have standing to sue.  I have filed a timely and well-pled Complaint (attached).  I am willing to do all of the legal work to see the case through to trial.  It would be a shame to loose this opportunity because of poverty.
 
Thanks for your help.
 
Deborah Cooney
 
 
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As Towns Say No, Signs of Rising Resistance to Smart Meters
New York Times

In October, the City Council of this Central Texas town voted unanimously to purchase advanced electric meters, known as smart meters, for the city-owned electric utility. But some residents resisted, and the smart meter vote played a large role in last weekend's recall of the city's mayor and the electoral defeat of two council members.
 
 
 
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Michigan customers oppose fees to refuse power meters

"For them to say this is an opt-out is just like slapping the public in the face," said Dominic Cusumano, who was sued last year by DTE for removing a smart meter from his house in Addison Township 35 miles north of Detroit. His wife, Lillian, said the device caused her to have extreme headaches, achy muscles, anxiety and sleep problems.
 
 
 
 
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Rebecca Hanna-Diener of Maryland Smart Meter Awareness was interviewed at 10am on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 by host Alice Hargraves, Real America, ...
 
 
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British MPs told of 'smart' meter risks; UK rollout delayed by over a year

 
 
 
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News from the Karolinska Institute

 
Dear All,

Some years ago I found that there was a tremendous increase in asthma and allergy among Swedish children (actually more than 50% of Swedish kids had at least one form of asthma/allergy; for the whole population it was approx 1/3). Parallel to this, I found alterations in EHS persons' mast cell numbers and characteristics, as well as a wealth of literature on the impact of EMFs on the immune system.

At that time a Karolinska Institute colleague (professor) of mine openly laughed at me, ridiculed me, and said that I was a fool, I was completely wrong, etc., and that this increase just had stopped. But in the newspaper "Metro" from May 14, 2013, one can read a statement from the very same workplace, namely the Karolinska Institute, that asthma and allergy among kids rapidly continue to increase.

So the questions now remain: Was I a fool? Was I wrong? Were all the published papers inaccurate? Is the current scientists of the Karolinska Institute right, or are they just fantasizing? Was/is my ridiculing colleague the only expert?????? (She got many, many millions to study the asthmas/allergies...and they are still increasing. Who should laugh now? Not the kids' parents at least, if you ask me. --- It is a genuine pity that we never were allowed to contribute to this field, maybe we could have altered this deleterious down-hill progress...)

Best regards
Yours
Olle
 
(Olle Johansson
The Experimental Dermatology Unit
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden)
 
 
 
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Safer Construction Tips for the Environmentally Sensitive
 
Shan
 
 

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Modern life causing dementia earlier / Watercress radiated / Pilots Citing Interference / False Post / Middle-Aged Suicide / Brain Diseases / 50% hearing loss / Brain's 'Clock' Disrupted / etc

 


W.E.E.P. News
The Canadian initiative to stop Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution

17 May 2013

 
Modern life causing dementia earlier, study finds
Modern life is causing people to suffer dementia earlier than ever before, a
study has found, with PCs, mobile phones, chemicals and electronic devices
to blame.
Researchers found a sharp rise in the deaths from dementia and other
neurological disease in under-74s, and believe that the figures cannot be
explained away by the fact we live longer.
 
Mast Sanity
 
 
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Watercress Exposed to Wireless Radiation
 
This is from Henrik Eiriksson. Very interesting reading!




The news about the Young Scientists and their watercress/Wi-Fi experiment hit the front page of Denmark's Radio website (www.dr.dk) around 17:00 today ( http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2013/05/16/131324.htm ; with comments by Olle Johansson, The Karolinska Institute).

This could become a game-changer in raising awareness of harmful biological effects of Wi-Fi and the news comes at a time when schoolchildren are being forcibly exposed to Wi-Fi radiation in school and policymakers are in denial about the possible harm.




Olle
 
(Olle Johansson
The Experimental Dermatology Unit
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden)
 
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Here is the google translation of this elegant project!  See photos in link from Olle.

Take 400 Karsefrø and group them into 12 bins. Then place six trays in two rooms at the same temperature. Give seeds same amount of water and sun over 12 days, and remember just to expose half of them for mobile radiation. 
It is a recipe for a biology test so brilliantly that it has attracted international attention among acknowledged biologists and radiation experts. Behind the experiment are five girls from 9b in Hjallerup School in North Jutland, and it all started with that they found it difficult to concentrate per hour: 
- We all think we had experienced having difficulty concentrating in school, if we had slept with the phone next to your head, and sometimes also experienced having difficulty sleeping, explains Lea Nielsen, who is one of the five aspiring researchers. 
The experiment 
The school was not equipped to test the effect of mobile phone radiation on them, but it was enough in fact very well. Therefore, the girls had to find an alternative. And the answer was karsefrø. 
Six trays seeds were put into a room without radiation, and six trays were put into another room next to two routers. Such a broadcast about the same type of radiation as an ordinary mobile. 
The "healthy" cress without influence from the router. Photo: The girls from 9b 
Then it was just to wait 12 days, observe, measure, weigh and take pictures along the way. And the result spoke his clear language: cress seeds next to the router was not grown, and some of them were even mutated or dead. 
- It is truly frightening that there is so much influence, so we were even very marked by the result, says Lea Nielsen. 
The "sick" cress exposed to router. Photo: The girls from 9b 
Reactions 
The experiment secured the girls the finals in the competition "Young Scientists", but it was only the beginning. Renowned scientists from England, Holland and Sweden has since shown great interest in the girls' project so far. 
From left: Lea Nielsen, Mathilde Nielsen, Signe Nielsen, Sisse Coltau and Rikke Holm. Photo: Kim Horsevad 
The renowned professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Olle Johansson, is one of the impressed researchers. He will now repeat the experiment with a Belgian research colleague, Professor Marie-Claire Cammaert at the Université libre de Bruxelles, for the trial, according to him, absolutely brilliant: 
- The girls are within the scope of their knowledge and skills implemented and developed a very elegant job. The wealth of detail and accuracy is exemplary, choosing the right cress is very intelligent, and I could go on, he says. 
He is not slow to send them an invitation on the road: 
- I sincerely hope that they spend their future professional life to researching, because I definitely think they have a natural aptitude for it. Personally, I would love to see the people in my team! 
No mobile by the bed 
The five girls from northern Jutland has not yet decided their future careers. They are still very caught over all the sudden attention. 
- It has been such a constant sum of the stomach. I still can not understand it, says Lea Nielsen. 
And Mathilde Nielsen offers in: 
- It's totally overwhelming and exciting. It's not something you just experience every day. 
But there have also been other consequences of cress trial, which is quite low-practice nature. 
- None of us sleep with the phone next to the bed more. Either the subject far away, or it is added in another room. And the computer is always off, says Lea Nielsen.
 
 
Magda

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Turning Off IPhone Critical to Pilots Citing Interference

https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1401296.13068988909/rid:d5392bb8023dc6d1e06048b51264ed56
EMR Policy Institute

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Reply to false National Post article

Robyn Urback
National Post
 
16 May 2013
 
 
Dear Ms Urback
 
I am surprised by your apparent lack of concern for the health and safety of school children exposed to Wi Fi wireless radiation, a W.H.O. Class 2B possible carcinogen and I am surprised that you would downplay the efforts of a person (Frank Clegg) who is concerned and willing to speak out about the dangers that children face.
 
If you had bothered to conduct research on the dangers of wireless microwave radiation by reading the BioInitiative Report www.bioinitiative.org , before you started writing, you would have discovered that school children (and adults) are in great danger from exposure to wireless radiation.  If you were to take a radiofrequency meter into a school where many computers are using Wi Fi, you would discover that the Wi Fi routers are very powerful and the radiation levels are very strong.
 
You have a duty as a journalist to warn your readers about the true dangers with this dangerous new technology.  Doing otherwise is false journalism and is endangering lives.
 
Martin Weatherall
Co Director WEEP
Also: http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news/article/1615871--doctor-warns-of-health-effects-of-wifi-exposure

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Middle-Aged Americans Committing Suicide at Unprecedented Rate
The sharpest rise in suicides over the past decade is seen among the middle-aged. The suicide rate for men in their 50's has risen by 50 percent, to nearly 30 suicides per 100,000; among women between the ages of 60-64 the suicide rate rose by nearly 60 percent
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/05/16/suicide-rate.aspx#commentfocus
I made the following comments in response. Please vote in favor if you are in agreement

"I believe that EMF plays a significant role in the current suicide epidemic unraveling before our eyes. The rising level of electromagnetic radiation is a risk factor that we can't afford to ignore. EMF can have a devastating effect on brain chemistry by altering the levels of serotonin, nor-epinephrine, melatonin, dopamine, acetylcholine, etc. Many lives are reduced to a nightmare existence from the resulting chaos. Dr. Carlos Sosa, M.D. said that his neurological functions were so deeply affected by EMF that he thought about suicide every hour of every day. In addition, EMF also alters the electrical activity of the brain. Dr. Olle Johansson said: 'it would take only 1 minute exposure (to cell phone radiation) to change for more than 1 hour the electrical activity of the brain.' "
Joseph

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Brain Diseases Affecting More People and Starting Earlier Than Ever Before
Professor Colin Pritchard's latest research published in journal Public Health has found that the sharp rise of dementia and other neurological deaths in people under 74 cannot be put down to the fact that we are living longer. The rise is because a higher proportion of old people are being affected by such conditions -- and what is really alarming, it is starting earlier and affecting people under 55 years.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510075502.htm
Olle

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Doctors report 50% hearing loss among cellphone users

 Dr Divya Prabhat, ENT surgeon with Bhatia and Wadia hospitals, said he had been getting many patients who complain of pain in the ears and even hearing loss.
"The most common complaint is that after they hang up, the ears get hot. Many patients come with complaints of tinnitus, where there is a buzzing in the ears. This also results in irritability and lack of concentration," he said.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-13/mumbai/39227423_1_hearing-loss-mobile-phone-cell
Sylvie

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 Brain's 'Clock' Disrupted in Depressed People
Disrupted sleep is so commonly a symptom of depression that some of the first things doctors look for in diagnosing depression are insomnia and excessive sleeping. Now, however, scientists have observed for the first time a dysfunctional body clock in the brains of people with depression.
People with major depression, also known as clinical depression, show disrupted circadian rhythms across brain regions, according to a new study published today (May 13) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 

 
Patricia
 
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Another Leading EMF Scientist Seeking Work

Because STUK has closed down my research projects and my lab, I am looking for new opportunities in research, editing, science writing, consulting.
My current full CV is available below.
http://betweenrockandhardplace.wordpress.com/curriculum-vitae/

Please, do not hesitate to contact me with your questions or inquiries.
Best,
Dariusz
Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, DScResearch Professor
Radiation Biology LaboratorySTUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finlanddariusz.leszczynski@stuk.fi   
Adjunct ProfessorUniversity of Helsinki, Finland
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IARC Information

Some time ago I checked the media section on IARC's website and I saw that the articles on RF radiation
were biased. I wrote them a letter and I checked again.  Now and there is a change of 180 degrees in the
position they present.  These articles appear now on IARC's news center:
 
 
 
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EHS Connect Forum

The EHS community has been lacking a web forum to discuss issues, schooling choices, white zones and safe places.  RF levels in the cities have gradually been increasing while safety standards have been slow to change although recognition of the concerns have become more widely known.

Most of our discussions occur through email.  Responding to a request, I have setup an internet discussion board called EHS CONNECT for our community to discuss our particular issues and concerns.  You may visit the forum by clicking on this link:
http://ehsconnect.boardhost.com/index.php

The forum is searchable and provides a consistent location for information to be archived and forwarded to others for easy reference. This removes some risk in forwarding emails and addresses some privacy concerns during email discussions.  If you think of new forum categories that should be included in the forum, do let me know and I will consider it.

It is a meeting place for like minded individuals to support each other.  As with anything else, the forum will only be as good as the people who make up the forum.

Please drop in for a visit and if you recognize the value in such a forum, kindly forward its link to others who may benefit from it.   

Best wishes,
Victor
Also - http://ehsconnect.blogspot.ca/2013/05/celebrate-ides-and-ideas-of-may.html

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Cell and cordless phone radiation probable human carcinogen
Swedish review strengthens grounds for concluding that radiation from cellular and cordless phones is a probable human carcinogen.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23664410
Barb

 
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Union leaders oppose MLGW's smart meter expansion

Bill Hawkins of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union says MLGW's proposed smart meter expansion is a bad idea.  "We feel the customers need to know what MLGW is about to do to them," Hawkins said.  "A smart meter burned up the side of a customer's house. MLGW blamed the customer's wiring."
http://www.wmctv.com/story/22229806/unions-oppose-mlgws-smart-meter-expansion

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New Smart Meter Web Site
One of Naperville's residents, Kit Weaver, has launched his own website, TheTruthAboutSmartGrids.org, to help raise public awareness regarding issues related to the smart grid, including privacy, cyber security, and health effects.  As stated by GAO Report #GAO-11-117, "Consumers are not adequately informed about the benefits, costs, and risks associated with smart grid systems."
http://thetruthaboutsmartgrids.org/

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Cell towers harm migratory birds' sense of direction The radiation from mobile communication towers has severely affected the arrival of migratory birds, say experts, pointing to the drop in their numbers over the years.
The radiation from cell phone towers impairs their natural sense of direction.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/UttarPradesh/Cell-towers-harm-migratory-birds-sense-of-direction/Article1-1059961.aspx
Robert
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Not EHS

 
 

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