Friday, August 12, 2011

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9 August 2011
 
Is Your Cell Phone Killing You?
 
A new EMF documentary, "Is Your Cell Phone Killing You?", was recently released and shown on television in New Zealand.
 
It is an excellent documentary, the picture quality is very good and the story is full of important information that is very interesting.

It was great to see several people from New Zealand, who have been fighting EMF issues over the years and many international experts who are interviewed.
 
David Ironside is the film maker and more information can be found at his web site:

www.isyourcellphonekillingyou.com
 
Review of the documentary by emfacts :

 

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UK Powerline EMF Study

Following the Swiss national study significantly associating AD with living close (within 50 metres) [Huss. et all, 2008; Residence Near Power Lines and Mortality From Neurodegenerative Diseases: Longitudinal Study of the Swiss Population] we are looking to contact people in the UK who believe this may have been a problem for their relatives. Please email: alasdair@powerwatch.org.uk  with any information and contact details. Many thanks.

 

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Ridiculing Green Party stance 'sad'

BCLocalNews
But even a good journalist is not perfect, and Fletcher just doesn't get that there is a serious health and environmental discussion raging right now about the effects of the electromagnetic radiation from wireless technology, such as cellphones, ...

http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/letters/127267138.html

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Kindle Dangers  
Received Question Re Kindle: Kindle is only an issue as far as RF is concerned when it is downloading from the internet. If that functionality is turned off, the only remaining issue is the low frequency fields as you would have from any gadget like this. We do need to be asking questions like—does it make sense to keep an item like this—or PDA, that we also use for information storage—touching our body for long periods? Personally I would rather be touching the earth, where the earth’s electrons support the body physiologically, instead of for long periods being exposed to disruptive man-made frequencies. A small amount of exposure may be insignificant, but in today’s day and age when it is hard to avoid these kind of exposures, the total amount and chronic nature of these exposures is where we are getting into trouble. The Blackberry, when last I checked, had levels of magnetic fields that were above the level shown in research to cause miscarriage—and people lie around with items like this on their body or next to them on a bed. I don’t know how high the magnetic field from the Kindle gets, however this is something you could easily check with a gaussmeter (EmfSafetyStore.com). If you can, I recommend you curl up with a real book at home or in school, and keep the Kindle for exceptions perhaps when traveling!

Camilla Rees    2:28pm Aug 8

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  Please see the attached images from the U.K. Radiation Research Trust's 'Save the Male' Ad Campaign
http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/save-the-male-2/
Congratulations to the Radiation Research Trust on getting these posters educating men about fertility risks from cell phone radiation disseminated in men's bathrooms in the U.K.!!
 

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

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5 August 2011
 
PG&E's 'Smart Meter' Opt-Out Plan - Public Hearing
 
We were only given permission to tape after much haggling and showing them
a copy of the California Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act's language with the key sections highlighted.
(Thanks to Barbara George, Women's Energy Matters)

After that meeting, we were told, we would not be able to tape, but they would have it
webcast.  We were told if they were ever unable to webcast, they would allow us to then
tape again.  However, the right for any participant of any public meeting to tape, either audio
or video, if it isn't intrusive, is guaranteed under this act.  Government Code Section 11120-11132
(section 11124.1)

None of the utilities looked pleased about this.

And unfortunately, before we could begin taping, we missed some really good comments from our side.

Anyway, here is what we were able to record.


PG&E's 'Smart Meter' Opt-Out Plan  - Part 1 of 2

This is the  first of two parts of the second pre-hearing conference on the CPUC proceeding regarding PG&E's 'smart meter' opt-out proposal. 
CPUC Administrative Law Judge Amy Yip-Kikugawa is presiding. 
EON is an official 'party' or  'intervenor' in the proceeding along with the EMR Safety Network, Marin County and a number of other county and municipal governments and citizens' groups opposing the forced wireless meter installation program.. 
Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric were invited to participate in this pre-hearing conference, but as of now, will not be a part of this proceeding focusing on the PG&E opt-out proposal.

Part 2 to follow.

YouTube Link:
 


EON
The Ecological Options Network
"Documenting Solutions"
            www.eon3.net
 
 
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EMF conference this weekend
 
 
 
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Passing of Medical Pioneer Leaves a Lasting Legacy to Environmental Health Trust

By Devra Davis PhD, MPH

 

"We all live with myths that undermine our capacity to fight cancer."

                        --David Servan-Schreiber MD, PhD

With the death of David Servan-Schreiber, the world has lost a bright light, his young children have lost a father, I have lost a dear friend and wonderful colleague, and Environmental Health Trust has lost its first board member. A man of immense Gallic charm and daunting brilliance, his brain cancer at age 31 was picked up by an experimental study and set the course of the rest of his life. For close to two decades, David managed to save his own life and changed those who knew him. Having undergone state of the art surgery and treatment for his brain tumor, he applied his brilliant scientific mind to identifying the best nutritional and other programs to keep cancer in abeyance.

His best-selling block-buster books were unusually personal--sharing his own pain, frustrations and successes as he navigated the confusing world of integrative treatments. A founder of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, as a psychiatrist, researcher and brain tumor survivor, David really walked the talk.  When he turned those penetrating dark eyes on you, you knew you were in the presence of greatness.

Ultimately David took risks in revealing his personal journey through his books that changed how the disease is viewed and treated. Scorned by some in the French and American medical establishments, he was proud that leaders at M.D. Anderson were taking his ideas seriously. His interests ranged from the healing power of the deep slow breath and green tea to the latest advances in therapeutic radiation and immuno-therapy--subjects he introduced to millions through his best-selling books published in forty languages.  

In the past few years, in addition to his pioneering research on nutritional and other interventions, he joined with Ronald B. Herberman, MD and me, to tackle the dangers of cellphone radiation, a subject he addressed in the preface to my book, Disconnect.  David and I spoke often about the mistaken presumptions and misleading conclusions of negative studies, like the one just published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that examined children ages 7-19 and asked about whether cellphone use up to 2008 could account for brain tumors. We both understood, he much more personally than I, that brain cancers usually take a decade to arise. Of course, such studies find nothing. But far more troubling is the work of Prof. Lennart Hardell that shows that those who begin using cellphones as teenagers have quadrupled risks of brain tumors within a decade.   

In the preface, he wrote of our dinner one lovely evening in Pittsburgh, where he first learned of the potential dangers of cellphones.  When he answered a call with his cellphone held directly next to his brain, I practically leaped out of my seat.   The conversation we began then never ended—til now.   It led ultimately to the founding of EHT, with his enthusiastically telling me he would be our first board member, and to a collaboration that was always invigorating and challenging.  A demanding scientist, when David looked at the remarkable array of studies on the capacity of cellphones to cause biological damage, and the paltry nature of research underway, he recognized that there was a state of denial that extended to the top tiers of science in many nations.

After his surgery for glioma last summer, we met in August at his Paris home and spoke with excitement about how the issue had morphed from a fringe concern to a serious matter in many countries.   He wanted to know all about what had happened in California where efforts had advanced to promote a right to know about microwave radiation from phones.  He had started talked with Orange—a large French telecom firm—and felt there was a new receptivity to prevention based policies.

Just three weeks before his tumor was diagnosed, David had visited with German researchers conducting state of the art studies of vaccines to treat brain tumors--a treatment he ended up using.   As a savvy cancer patient, he appreciated that hope remained the most powerful drug, but he also understood what he faced.    

Working with experts in the field, we had created a number of expert statements about the need to take precautions in using cellphones that appeared in major publications ranging from the International Herald Tribune to a number of magazines appearing in many other languages.  When the World Health Organization affirmed those views in its recent expert report in May of 2011, the relief was palpable.   That work, like the body of research and popular writing and video interviews David produced, leaves a lasting and powerful message about the value of taking preventive steps and ensuring that cellphones not become the next cigarette. One of the last publications David contributed to is EHT's two-sided pamphlet, produced as part of the Global Campaign for Safer Cell Phones Physicians' Advice to Patients and Their Families.  

We can no longer walk in David's shadow, learn his newest ideas, or hear tough criticisms of research results. But the shadow David has cast extends throughout the world thanks to the broad reach of his writings and his own strong and clear sense of what needs to be done to promote environmental wellness inside and out.  

 

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Testing EHS in Germany

See info, can be translated maybe with google translation

http://www.umweltphysik.com/pdf/info_testung.pdf


From:
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Lebrecht von Klitzing

Umweltphysik GbR

Lohstr. 170 A

D-23617 Stockelsdorf

Tel. 0451 - 49 62 92

Tel. 0451 - 8 80 57 58

 

www.umweltphysik.com

 

Iris

 

 

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Smart Meter Video

 

I'm in Stockbridge Massachusetts visiting family where SM's were rolled out almost two years ago. I made this short video (76 seconds) a couple of days ago - it shows how SM's transmit constantly.


Carl


 

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Careful Analysis of Study Claiming No Brain Tumor Risk from Childhood Cell Phone Use Shows the Abstract and Conclusions are Misleading

 

This is a good example of deceptions in science--where a study's abstract and conclusions do not match the results found in the text.

http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/cefalo/

 

Camilla

 

 

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Data Shows All of Earth's Systems in Rapid Decline

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56685

 

 

 

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Readers response to Sun article stating nothing to fear from WI FI

 

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/nothing+fear+from/5201731/story.html

rdssi

8:10 PM on August 4, 2011

Here's the old sunlight analysis again: Xrays are electromagnetic radiation similar to sunlight. You try going into a room with Xray equipment without protection and see what happens! Wifi equipment has a lower frequency than light yet it penetrates walls. Light does not. It seems to me that the specific wave length has a fair bit to do with it as to how it behaves whether long or short . About 60 % of insurance companies no longer underwrite manufacturers of wifi equipment for liability. Insurance companies generally do not forgo a huge sector of the market if the risk is reasonable. BC Hydro built their case for safety on the World Health Organization. Now that electromagnetic radiation has been upgraded as a possible carcinogen by the WHO, BC Hydro pooh poohs it. There are enough studies by reputable scientists to suggest possible harm. Your article looks like a propaganda piece from BC Hydro. Are there perhaps some ads coming your way for smart meters?


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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

How Smart Meters can cause autism and cancer / EMF Omega News

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1 August 2011
 
How Smart Meters can cause autism and cancer
 
I wrote this article in support of many people in California who are already suffering serious health problems from their new smart meters. It is currently on the Front Page of the August Newsletter of MCS-America at
 
 
Please feel free to share it with all who already are, or shortly will be, affected.
 
Andrew
 
 
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Parents Appeal Cell Towers at Schools
 
A group of Montgomery County parents say the county's Board of Education violated state law by renting public school property to cell phone companies for cell towers.
 
 
 
 
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The Globe and Mail Mon Aug, 1st
 
 
 
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The Latest Danger—'Smart Meters'

Dr Mercola July 9th, 2011
 
 
Marilyn
 
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If you are interested in attending an EHS support group or information session in Toronto, on Tuesday, August 9/2011 from 7PM-8:30 please contact Veronica Ciandre @ 416 839-7544 or send me an email at iamascending@gmail.com
Veronica
 
 
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Dear Premier Clark and Mr. Colemen,
 
At the link www.dtechsepm.com under "smart meters" are interesting facts about the limitation of these meters to identify pre-meter power divergence which attributes to 96% of power theft. The Ontario Energy Board confirms this:
 
         "Theft of power may be detected more easily if it involves meter tampering. However, theft accomplished by tapping conductors before they reach the meter would not be detected by smart   metering."  Ontario Energy Boards "Smart Meter Initiative" Working Group
 
According to the founder of dTech who has studied power theft in depth, only 4% of power theft occurs at the meter. Without further expensive infrastructure investments theft at the conductor cannot and will not be detected.
 
This is the second article I've sent you which refutes the entire reason for this billion dollar program.
 
I ask you, Premier Clark and Mr. Coleman, were you aware of this fact? How can you justify continuing with a program for which there is absolutely no business case?
 
I look forward to receiving a response.
 
Yours truly,
Sharon Noble
Chair, Citizens Against Unsafe Emissions
818 Bexhill Place
Victoria, BC
250-478-7892
 
 
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I have made a number of updates to my website, www.electricalpollution.com.  

I have made several updates to the Solutions page and Smart meter page, including instructions on how to shield transmitting meters while you work on getting them removed.  I have also included links to the press release from Maine and information about filing a complaint with the NY State PSC (non-New Yorkers can do this as well.)   I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to file complaints - it took 40,000 complaints from Katrina victims to get the issue of contaminated building supplies to get attention.  I know that there are probably that many people out there, but you all have to do your bit and file complaints or no one will know what happened - or care.  Our numbers are our strength.

NYS State Public Service Commission - Even persons who are not residents of NY State can file a complaint with them about AMR, transmitting, or "smart" utility meters. This can be done by emailing them at: secretary@dps.state.ny.us with "Smart Grid Case # 10E0285 Complaint Dangerous "smart" Meter" in the subject line or by filing a complaint at http://documents.dps.state.ny.us/public/MatterManagement/CaseMaster.aspx?MatterCaseNo=10-E-0285 using Case # 10-E -0285

I have added information that might help with getting a doctor's letter requesting that the transmitting meters be removed.  There is even a simple sample letter which will, of course, need customizing.

I have added a link to the parent-run website dedicated to getting WiFi removed from schools due to the health hazards it poses for children.  http://www.safeschool.ca 

I hope that you find this information helpful.  

Best, Catherine
 
 
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The genotoxic effect of radiofrequency waves on mouse brain
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2946/

IARC and child head
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2945/

Four in ten Britons will contract cancer: Rates soar by a third in just 10 years
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2947/

Sleep EEG alterations: effects of different pulse-modulated radio frequency electromagnetic fields
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Save the Humans
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Allan Frey and the Inconvenient Truth
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EMF Concerns Switzerland
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2931/

Does Your Cell Phone Carry a Hidden Danger?
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2936/

Distracting hands-free devices are 'as dangerous as a mobile'
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2927/

Phone mast village plans prompt fear for school kids
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2933/

Fight Brews Over School Cellphone Towers
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2934/

Victory as phone mast is rejected
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2939/

Objection over Vodafone bid for phone mast
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2942/

Moms Talk: A Cell Tower on Your Kid's School
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/2948/

Next-up News Nr 1759
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/stories/6788/

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