Thursday, November 27, 2014

WEEP News / Wi-Fi 'electrosmog' a risk to health / Wi Fi harm / Electro Pollution Explained / EHS Odor and noise intolerance / ZigBee / Concerns / 'Smart meter' Hearing / $6.6 Billion Annually etc.

 
W.E.E.P. News

The Canadian initiative to stop Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution

27 November 2014

 
 
"Wi-Fi 'electrosmog' a risk to health, say scientists"

Johansson said: "The allowed radiation limits throughout the world are insane, to say the least.

"We are talking about values up to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (10 to the 18th) times higher than nature's background radiation, to which the human body has adapted through many 100,000 of years, and within a couple of decades, we have all been surrounded by biblical levels of artificial radio-waves, well knowing that they have major impacts on both human and animal health." 

 
 
 
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Could Wifi be harming YOUR health? 

 

That's what a growing number of people believe is triggering their headaches, nausea and crippling pain

 

 
 
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Electro Pollution Explained to Sociology Students

When people use shock tactics to scare you, it's pretty scary, but when they use devices that measure what's actually around you, it can be even worse and make you want to change something!
EMF/EMR pollution is a silent killer in our society and if it's not addressed there might not be much of a future for long.
 
 
Robert
 
 
 
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Odor and noise intolerance in persons with self-reported electromagnetic hypersensitivity.

Abstract

Lack of confirmation of symptoms attributed to electromagnetic fields (EMF) and triggered by EMF exposure has highlighted the role of individual factors. Prior observations indicate intolerance to other types of environmental exposures among persons with electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS). This study assessed differences in odor and noise intolerance between persons with EHS and healthy controls by use of subscales and global measures of the Chemical Sensitivity Scale (CSS) and the Noise Sensitivity Scale (NSS). The EHS group scored significantly higher than the controls on all CSS and NSS scales. Correlation coefficients between CSS and NSS scores ranged from 0.60 to 0.65 across measures. The findings suggest an association between EHS and odor and noise intolerance, encouraging further investigation of individual factors for understanding EMF-related symptoms.

 
Sylvie
 
 
 
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Electrosensitivity
 
 
Sue
 
 
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ZigBee Announces New Internet of Things Standard

ZigBee 3.0 encompasses defines the widest range of device types including home automation, lighting, energy management, smart appliance, security, sensors, and health care monitoring products. According to ZigBee the new standard "supports both easy-to-use DIY installations as well as professionally installed systems. Based on IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee 3.0 uses ZigBee PRO networking to enable reliable communication in the smallest, lowest-power devices."
 
 
Still ignoring all the known health effects!
 
 
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Doctor Karl Cox, a senior lecturer in computing, engineering and mathematics at the University of Brighton, believes exposure can cause brain tumours.

He said: "I've spoken to some schools already and they were shocked at the risks. I would be happy to talk to more.

"People cannot lead a healthy lifestyle when they are constantly exposed to these signals. There is a wealth of research on this topic already."

 
 
 
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State Rep. Tom McMillin, committee chair, called the hearing after being contacted by many constituents and other citizens about privacy, health and safety concerns relating to the meters.

"With this hearing, we're giving the people of Michigan an open and transparent platform to not only voice their concerns but hopefully have them addressed by public utility officials" said McMillin, R-Rochester Hills.

 
Great news - "an open and transparent platform", now why didn't other authorities think of that?
 
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When there is such money to be made, there will be greed, corruption and stupidity! 
(As witnessed in jurisdictions that have already implemented this dangerous technology)
 
I guess that the African Country of Kenya does not have better things to spend its money on?
 
 
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Australian Radio Ad against Smart Meters
 
Enrico
 
 
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IARC, WHO: Move Radio Frequency Radiation from Class 2b to Class 1
Petition to the World Health Organization.
 
 
 
 
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The short answer is: It depends.
 
 
Andre
 
 
 
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The government appears to be worried about the health effects of electromagnetic radiation, also created by mobile phones, though at low levels it is generally not seen as harmful. Under Korea's "Wireless Telegraphy Act" all devices that give off electromagnetic waves must be certified for national security and civilian use.
 
 
 
 
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Consumer group blames Hydro-Québec smart meters for rise in power cutoffs

The Union des Consommateurs says smart meters make it easier for the utility to disconnect clients because it's done remotely from Hydro's ...
 
 
 
 
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Phone Addict Dies Of Brain Cancer

Samantha, who was addicted to her phone, used to spend hundreds of pounds on 'top-up' cards every month, to keep in touch with her friends. Her parents, Janet, 39, and Phil, 58, are certain that the excess use of her mobile phone created the tumour that eventually killed her.
 
 
Robert
 
 
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Most cancers are linked to the environment
 
Ten years after the Paris Appeal, oncologist Dominique Belpomme hopes to have pollution recognized as a ''crime of public health''
Source : Le Point.fr Nov. 14 2014 

The man behind the Chirac plan against cancer, Professor Dominique Belpomme*, renowned oncologist, was the first [French physician] to open a practice in environmental medicine and to sound the alarm on the role of electromagnetic fields in various diseases such as Alzheimer's. In 2004, he was joined by prominent scientists and environmentalists to launch the Paris Appeal. Ten years later, while opening this Friday [Nov. 14 2014] its 10th anniversary conference at UNESCO headquarters, Dominique Belpomme hopes to have pollution recognized as a "crime of public health."
 
The Point.fr: Ten years ago you lanched the Paris Appeal, an international declaration to warn about the dangers of chemical pollution signed notably by [anthropologist] Claude Levi-Strauss, Nobel laureates in Medicine François Jacob, Jean Dausset and Luc Montagnier, [ecologist] Nicolas Hulot... What has changed since then?
 
Dominique Belpomme: There have been more or less direct positive effects, such as REACH at European level [an integrated system of registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances] or the environmental Grenelle [green plan] in France, but it is insufficient to the challenge that we face, especially as the number of victims has increased dramatically. The most dramatic part is that there is an almost complete political denial of the current scientific data. The medical and scientific revolution has been achived; we now know that most diseases are linked to environmental factors, not only factors related to lifestyle. But the government is not listening to scientists as in the time of Pasteur...
 
What do you expect of this new conference?
 
Since politicians have not understood, we have to move on to morality and the law. My goal is to have the International Criminal Court recognize pollution and destruction of nature as crimes of public health.
 
You say that three out of four cancers are linked to the environment. You even link pollution and autism ...
 
We have seen a considerable increase in birth defects. One out of ten children are born today with birth defects or a rare disease. We went from a factor of 1 to 1,000 in twenty years. The best example is indeed autism: one in every 80 children is born with autism in so-called developed countries; 20 years ago, it was one in 10,000. For autism, we now know that it's related to chemical pollution (with organochlorine pesticides and mercury notably in their mothers' dental amalgams) and pollution from electromagnetic fields.
 
How are you sure that this increase in diseases related to pollution?
 
We have corroborating epidemiological studies, and especially a toxicological approach that allows us to reproduce the disease in the laboratory (notably in animals) and see the same lesions. And finally, a biological approach. This allows us to say conclusively that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between pollutants and current diseases.
 
What are these new "diseases of the environment"?
 
Cancer is increasing exponentially, but also type II diabetes, allergies (one in three Frenchmen is allergic) ... We just demonstrated that obesity is a disease of the environment caused notably by chemical pollutants. Added to this is Alzheimer's disease, which, according to World Health Organization estimates, is expected to double every 10 to 12 years.
 
At this symposium, you and other scientists wish to warn the public about an invisible and ubiquitous urban pollution: electromagnetic fields.
 
Chemical pollution is compounded by electromagnetic fields [EMFs emitted by the antennas, laptops, Wi-Fi...]. We can now say with near certainty that EMFs are harmful to health.
 
Authorities say there are no conclusive studies. Former Digital Secretary of State Fleur Pellerin said the dangers of microwaves are not established and the Ministry of Education rolled out Wi-Fi in schools...
 
These are speeches of opinion; there are thousands of studies! The BioInitiative report (which summarizes nearly 4,000 scientific articles) shows that electromagnetic fields present a carcinogenic risk, either for low or high frequencies. The risk of child leukemia is doubled if the child lives within 600 meters of a high voltage line (low frequencies). Regarding high frequencies (radiofrequencies or RF, such as used by Wi-Fi and cordless DECT phones), there are essentially reports of ipsilateral brain tumors [on the same side of the head where the cell or DECT phone is used]. The Interphone study found a fivefold risk of brain cancer in patients less than 20 years [correction: the Hardell study  as not part of the Interphone study].
 
In your consultation, you receive patients who say they are "electrohyperensitive"...
 
I see the largest number of these patients in the world (1,200). These are people who six times out of ten overused their laptop or DECT, or have a real addiction to the computer (in Wi-Fi mode), or who have the misfortune of living next to a pole-mounted transformer, power line or cell tower. Their typical symptoms are headaches, tinnitus with loss of balance, dizziness, eczema, neck stiffness, cognitive impairment, loss of short term memory, absence of mind... They arrive with an impressive medical history, they sometimes saw three neurologists before they are told: "It's in your head!" while they are in pre-Alzheimer state! I saw 15-year-old boy arrive clinging to his mother's arm because he was disoriented. He had slept with his cell under the pillow for four or five years! Electromagnetic play a role in Alzheimer's, but also, according to our research, in some cases of Multiple Sclerosis or Parkinson's disease.
 
Professor Dominique Belpomme is an oncologist, president of the ARTAC (Association for research on anti-cancer therapeutics). He is the author of Ces maladies créées par l'homme – comment la dégradation de l'environnement met en péril notre santé (These man-made diseases – how degradation of the environment puts our health in peril (Albin Michel 2004) and Guérir le cancer ou s'en protéger (To cure cancer or to protect ourselves) (Fayard, 2005).
 
Andre
 
 
 
 
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NY Payphone Petition

In Rhode Island, high school math teacher Shelley McDonald says she has been warned her job is in danger if she continues to raise concern about Wi-Fi in her school. - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2014-09-22/health-issues/wifi-in-schools-how-safe/a41810-1#sthash.Wkcc2vwU.dpufundefined?utm_source=November+17%2C+2014+general+newsletter&utm_campaign=November+17%2C+2014+newsletter+General+Audience&utm_medium=email
 
An increasing number of people are becoming sick from the ill effects of unnatural manmade electromagnetic fields. Many of these people cannot use cell phones. When they are out and about, they must use pay phones in order to make phone calls. Making public pay phone areas into WiFi hotspots is unconscionable when one considers the fact that electrosensitive (ES) people are probably a large percentage of the people left using public wired phones and that the only public phone choice left for them will also cause them to feel sick. This only increases the discrimination being experienced by these people. This is not just a health issue. It is also a human rights issue. Please support this petition by signing.

Paul
 
EMF Refugee
 
 

Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, Shelley McDonald seems like an Erin Brockovich or an insider – warning, in this case, about Wi-Fi.

"I feel as though this is sort of the secondhand smoke of our generation," she says. "Right now, people think it's no big deal, but these kind of health effects – particularly cancer – take so long to manifest that we're not going to know about the impacts for, you know, 10, 20, maybe 30 years." - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2014-09-22/health-issues/wifi-in-schools-how-safe/a41810-1#sthash.Wkcc2vwU.dpufundefined?utm_source=November+17%2C+2014+general+newsletter&utm_campaign=November+17%2C+2014+newsletter+General+Audience&utm_medium=email

Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, Shelley McDonald seems like an Erin Brockovich or an insider – warning, in this case, about Wi-Fi.

"I feel as though this is sort of the secondhand smoke of our generation," she says. "Right now, people think it's no big deal, but these kind of health effects – particularly cancer – take so long to manifest that we're not going to know about the impacts for, you know, 10, 20, maybe 30 years." - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2014-09-22/health-issues/wifi-in-schools-how-safe/a41810-1#sthash.Wkcc2vwU.dpufundefined?utm_source=November+17%2C+2014+general+newsletter&utm_campaign=November+17%2C+2014+newsletter+General+Audience&utm_medium=email

Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, Shelley McDonald seems like an Erin Brockovich or an insider – warning, in this case, about Wi-Fi.

"I feel as though this is sort of the secondhand smoke of our generation," she says. "Right now, people think it's no big deal, but these kind of health effects – particularly cancer – take so long to manifest that we're not going to know about the impacts for, you know, 10, 20, maybe 30 years." - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2014-09-22/health-issues/wifi-in-schools-how-safe/a41810-1#sthash.Wkcc2vwU.dpufundefined?utm_source=November+17%2C+2014+general+newsletter&utm_campaign=November+17%2C+2014+newsletter+General+Audience&utm_medium=email

Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, Shelley McDonald seems like an Erin Brockovich or an insider – warning, in this case, about Wi-Fi.

"I feel as though this is sort of the secondhand smoke of our generation," she says. "Right now, people think it's no big deal, but these kind of health effects – particularly cancer – take so long to manifest that we're not going to know about the impacts for, you know, 10, 20, maybe 30 years." - See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2014-09-22/health-issues/wifi-in-schools-how-safe/a41810-1#sthash.Wkcc2vwU.dpufundefined?utm_source=November+17%2C+2014+general+newsletter&utm_campaign=November+17%2C+2014+newsletter+General+Audience&utm_medium=email
 
 
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The FCC is mulling a fee hike to help bring Wi-Fi to more schools

Should Americans be asked to pay a little more in phone bill fees to help fund better Internet connections in public schools? That's essentially what Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed Monday.
 
 
 
 
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Another sign of Wireless Radiation Affecting Children?


Self-harm cases among Canadian girls up 110%: CIHI report

"The data is basically telling us that, increasingly, young people are engaging in self-harm behaviour and this is most likely a coping mechanism toward handling stresses or very distressing emotions,"

 
 
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Self-harm behind 1 in 4 youth injury hospitalizations

For girls aged 10 to 17, intentional self-harm made up 45 % of injury hospitalizations last year

If it's stress related, the key is to communicate with a child and teach him or her better ways to reduce stress response, such as going for a walk.  (Getting away from Wi Fi and DECT telephones)
 
 
 
 
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Hackers post webcam, security camera, baby monitor video online

Experts have a message for anyone with a webcam, baby monitor or home security camera: change your password now, because feeds from the cameras are being posted online by a Russian website.
 
If you can access your video footage over the internet, then what is stopping someone else from doing the same?
 
 
 
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Britain's highways of the sky - air traffic timelapse video

This is a very interesting video showing air traffic around Britain. 
It also indicates how much radar and radio pollution can come from aircraft.
 
 
 
 
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Graphene - Interesting new technology
 
 
Carol
 
 
 

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