Sunday, May 24, 2015

WEEP News / City of Berkeley to require cellphone sellers to warn of possible radiation risks / Indiana regulators reject / optional / Wi Fi Dangers / Wi-Fi Making Her Sick / etc.

 
W.E.E.P.  EMF News

The Canadian initiative to stop Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution

24 May 2015

 

City of Berkeley to require cellphone sellers to warn of possible radiation risks

Berkeley lawmakers voted this week to require cellphone retailers to provide customers with a notice on the potential health hazards of carrying their device too close to their bodies, making the progressive California city the first in the nation to have wireless warnings if the law is allowed to go into effect in July.
 
 
 
 
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The proposal would have put Duke Energy's Indiana customers on smart grid technology and have installed privacy invading digital smart meters in every home, tracking detailed energy consumption and transmitting that data using potentially harmful radiofrequency emissions
 
 
 
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Late last month, the Arizona Corporation Commission denied a request allowing APS to charge a monthly fee of $5 for those who chose to opt-out of having a smart meter installed.
 
 
 
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In Tasmania, smart meters are optional

 
 
 
 
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Wi Fi Dangers - French language

TFO aired these 2 segments last weekend: (some English interviews)

 
 
AND:

The publishers of the Larousse Dictionary in France, which is THE authoritative dictionary of the French language, has included <électrosensibilité> "EHS" on the list of its 150 new words for its 2016 edition.

L'électrosensibilité
 
"ensemble des troubles physiques dus, selon la description des personnes atteintes, à une sensibilité excessive aux ondes et aux champs électromagnétiques ambiants". 
Google translation:"a set of physical disorders, according to the description of people, excessive sensitivity to the waves and ambient electromagnetic fields"
 
Wendy
 
 
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Seen At 11: Woman Says Her Wi-Fi Connection Is Making Her Sick

Wi-Fi sensitivity is the culprit in Hoyt's case; it is a "very real" condition with serious consequences.
 
 
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Other people and animals sick from wireless radiation
 
 
 
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Swiss launch shocking video to deter cellphone distraction deaths
 
MAINZ, Germany — A hard-hitting video campaign has been launched by Swiss officials to prevent young people from getting killed while distracted by their cellphones.
 

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Some schools have seen an increase in cancer diagnoses in the years since wi-fi has been introduced, Havas says, and she thinks it's about time ...
 
 
 
 
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ERROR! 'Smart' energy meters leave hundreds of thousands of households in billing limbo

Many of the billing problems stem from the installation of 'smart meters' that have been heralded by both the Government and the European Union
 
 
 
 
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De Raadt, a retired engineer, said they moved to the Osoyoos area in 2013 to get away from smart meters at their former home in Langley, where his wife suffered from heart palpitations and weakness they attributed to electromagnetic radiation.
 
 
 
 
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The utility is sending its technicians to check on outdoor smart meters to ensure that they aren't within three metres of outside propane tanks - the kind attached to your building, not attached to your barbecue.
 
 
 
 
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Maine opponents of smart meters take case to court of last resort

Many people currently acutely sensitive to RF/EMF can feel virtually each signal. Smart meters in Maine while only transmitting for a short total time of perhaps a few minutes, can transmit upwards of 170,000 micro-bursts per day in no regular pattern. That's the equivalent of one signal every 2 seconds. If this creates an adverse effect whether pain or vertigo, it is nothing less than torture, a word often used to describe RF exposure symptoms.
 
 
Ed
 
 
 
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Woodstock NY Residents Demand Free Analog Meter Opt Out

Woodstock residents speak out against dangerous radiofrequency/microwave radiation utility meters.
 
 
Michele
 
 
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A research paper that fails to look at the most important issue - health effects of those exposed to wireless radiation.
 
 
 
 
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Four years ago, federal agents raided the home and Portland city office of McCoy and filed bribery and tax evasion charges. They alleged he had taken money and travel favours in exchange for getting the city to install a Florida company's smart meters, designed to slash the labour and maintenance costs involved in collecting parking fees.
The government says Levey paid McCoy $56,000 in phoney consultant fees and promised $137,000 more, at $100 a meter, for recommending Levey's products to other cities. That was to be payable after McCoy left city employment.
 
 
 
 
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Ontario School Boards - New Oversight Rules
 
"The public will be able to complain to the Ontario Ombudsman about school boards as of September 1, 2015, and about municipalities and universities as of January 1, 2016...."
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The public will be able to complain to the Ontario Ombudsman about school boards as of September 1, 2015, and about municipalities and universities as of January 1, 2016, now that the dates have been proclaimed for the relevant sections of the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act to come into force.

Passed by the legislative assembly on December 9, 2014, the act – also known as "Bill 8" – extends Ombudsman scrutiny to the so-called "MUSH sector" for the first time in the office's 40-year history.

"We look forward to bringing the same level of oversight to municipalities, universities and school boards as we always have to provincial organizations," said Ontario Ombudsman André Marin. The ombudsman's office has reached out to these sectors and will release more details in the coming weeks.

 
Barb
 
 
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Not just you, cell tower radiation killing birds

Ever wondered about vanishing house sparrows, declining number of peacocks and other birds in city? 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/Not-just-you-cell-tower-radiation-killing-birds/articleshow/47380797.cms
 
Ed
 
 
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Honeybees' Mysterious Die-Off Appears to Worsen

"What's totally shocking to me is that the losses in summer, which should be paradise for bees, exceeded the winter losses."
 
 
 
 
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Welcome to the Quiet Zone
 
This is a link to a BBC Radio 4 program "Welcome to the Quiet Zone".  5 episodes are available here.
 
 
David
 
 
 
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We haven't made a provision for WiFi and internet connectivity for safety reasons," said Pallavi Darade, Additional Municipal Commissioner in-charge of education. "The tablets will come fully-preloaded with the syllabus and other features like e-book reader and applications.
 
 
 
 
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How does digital affect Canadian attention spans?

The average human attention span in 2000 was 12 seconds, but by 2013 it was only 8 seconds (1 second shorter than a goldfish!). 
 
 
David
 
 
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Infusion Pump Warning

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning for two of Hospira's infusion pump systems.

The agency noted that the discovery of security vulnerabilities in both the LifeCare PCA3 and PCA5.

The systems, used to delivery therapeutic and anesthetic medications, can be run remotely via the wireless network at a hospital. An independent researcher discovered vulnerabilities that, if exploited, could interfere with treatment and could be potentially life-threatening.

 
Barb
 
 
 
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Expert Forum on Wireless Risks
 
"Cell Phones and Wireless Technologies: Should Safety Guidelines be Strengthened to Protect Adults, Children
and Vulnerable Populations--And Should Parents, Teachers and Schools Restrict Technology Overuse Among Children?

Commonwealth Club of California - Monday, June 22nd, 11:30-3:30 p.m. (light lunch at 11:00 a.m.)
555 Post Street (new temporary location)
 
Registration via Commonwealth Club.
$20 members, $30 non-members,
$11 students (with valid ID)
(415) 597-6700
 
 
 
 
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Not EMF - but is interesting

Can you ride a bike?

This is fantastic and tells us so much about how our brains function.

Ever hear that phrase "It's just like riding a bike?" It turns out riding a bike isn't actually all that easy. Take this bike, for example.

It looks like an ordinary bicycle but with one tiny difference. You may think you can ride it, but I guarantee you're wrong.

 
 

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

WEEP News / International Scientists Appeal to U.N. to Protect Humans and Wildlife from Electromagnetic Fields and Wireless Technology / Tinnitus mapped inside human brain / Cell - Tobacco etc.

 
W.E.E.P.  EMF News

The Canadian initiative to stop Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution

14 May 2015

 
 
PRESS RELEASE

International Scientists Appeal to U.N. to Protect Humans and Wildlife from Electromagnetic Fields and Wireless Technology

WHO's conflicting stance on risk needs strengthening, says 190 scientists

New York, NY, May 11, 2015 (Business Wire) -- Today 190 scientists from 39 nations submitted an appeal to the United Nations, UN member states and the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting they adopt more protective exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields (EMF) and wireless technology in the face of increasing evidence of risk. These exposures are a rapidly growing form of environmental pollution worldwide.


The "International EMF Scientist Appeal" asks the Secretary General and UN affiliated bodies to encourage precautionary measures, to limit EMF exposures, and to educate the public about health risks, particularly to children and pregnant women.

The Appeal highlights WHO's conflicting positions about EMF risk. WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer classified Radiofrequency radiation as a Group 2B "Possible Carcinogen" in 2011, and Extremely Low Frequency fields in 2001.  Nonetheless, WHO continues to ignore its own agency's recommendations and favors guidelines recommended by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). These guidelines, developed by a self-selected group of industry insiders, have long been criticized as non-protective.

The Appeal calls on the UN to strengthen its advisories on EMF risk for humans and to assess the potential impact on wildlife and other living organisms under the auspices of the UN Environmental Programme, in line with the science demonstrating risk, thereby resolving this inconsistency.


Martin Blank, PhD, of Columbia University, says, "International exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields must be strengthened to reflect the reality of their impact on our bodies, especially on our DNA. The time to deal with the harmful biological and health effects is long overdue. We must reduce exposure by establishing more protective guidelines."


Joel Moskowitz, PhD, of University of California, Berkeley, says, "ICNIRP guidelines set exposure standards for high-intensity, short-term, tissue-heating thresholds. These do not protect us from the low-intensity, chronic exposures common today. Scientists signing the Appeal request that the UN and member nations protect the global human population and wildlife from EMF exposures."
International EMF Scientist Appeal:  EMFscientist.org


Video Statement (3 min.) by Spokesperson Martin Blank, PhD: EMFscientist.org
 
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/phone-radiation-scientists-appeal-un-protect-against-danger-wireless-devices-video-1500842#

Contacts:

Elizabeth Kelley, MA, Director                 Joel Moskowitz, PhD               
EMFscientist.org                                   School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
info@EMFscientist.org                           jmm@berkeley.edu        1-510-643-7314       
 
 
 
 
also
 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/phone-radiation-scientists-appeal-un-protect-against-danger-wireless-devices-video-1500842

http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/2015-05-11-scientists-EMF-RF-appeal.asp

http://rt.com/usa/258049-scientists-cellphones-health-risks/

 


 
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Tinnitus mapped inside human brain

 For the first time, brain signals relating to the constant ringing noise of tinnitus have been mapped across a wide area inside a patient's brain.
 
 
Melissa
 
 
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What Cell Phone and Tobacco Research Have in Common

The scientists' appeal asks for a precautionary approach to EMFs, citing studies that have already shown conclusive results that EMFs do have a biological effect.

They accuse the U.N. of double-speak—recognizing that EMFs are harmful to people, yet adhering to the standards set forth by what they call a "self-selected group of industry insiders," the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).

 
Sylvie
 
 
 
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Experts urge cautious use of wireless devices as health effects reassessed

"The general feeling that Health Canada seems to want to put out is that these are perfectly safe, there's no hazard," said Miller, who last month appeared before the Standing Committee on Health. "And yet if we're at the beginning of a period of increasing exposure of a new possibly – probably – carcinogen, it could be some years before we get a major impact seen in the population," he said in an interview. "But by then it will too late."
 
 
 
 
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Cellphone safety: Where do you keep your phone?

An April 30th survey funded by the California Brain Tumor Association (CABTA) found that 70 percent of Berkeley adults did not know about the FCC's minimum separation distance. And 82 percent said they would like information about how far the phone should be kept from the user's body.
 
 
Sylvie
 
 
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Different electromagnetic field waveforms have different effects on proliferation, differentiation and mineralization of osteoblasts in vitro.


These results indicated that while square EMFs promoted proliferation and had no effect on the differentiation of osteoblasts, sinusoidal EMFs inhibited proliferation but enhanced osteogenic differentiation. Triangular EMFs did not affect cell proliferation but induced the strongest osteogenic activity among the four waveforms of EMFs. Thus, the effects of EMFs on proliferation and differentiation of osteoblasts in vitro were dependent on their waveforms.

Andre
 
 
 
 
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Israel Ch-10 - Transparent Enemies - EMF exposure and Electromagnetic Hyper Sensitivity

Video - Mostly Hebrew, English interviews start at 07:44
 
 
 
 
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When a local GP backed up Lewis's suspicions about Wi-Fi being the probable cause of Jessica's headaches, he went to some lengths to try to convince Spotbrough Copley Junior School in Doncaster to use wires instead of Wi-Fi, even offering to pay for the school building to be wired with cables.
 
In February, insurance market Lloyd's of London informed schools that it was excluding liability coverage for injuries "resulting from or contributed to by electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetism, radio waves or noise", which means that school officials could be personally liable for exposing children and staff to microwave radiation.
 
 
 
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Allergic to TV and mobile phones: Is 'electromagnetic hypersensitivity' real?

"There is no evidence that the radiation from electromagnetic sources such as mobile phones computers don't harm us. There are studies that have lacked to show an effect but that's not the same as proving safety."
 
 
 
 
 
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Is cell phone radiation actually dangerous? We asked an expert

"I've been tracking the research for five years now and the evidence of the effect is growing stronger," Moskowitz told Digital Trends. "This is perhaps in part because the new studies are independent, not funded by the wireless industry."
 
Back in 2006, Henry Lai, a professor at the University of Washington analyzed all available studies on cell phone radiation from 1990 to 2006. He found that 50 percent of the 326 studies showed a biological effect from radio-frequency radiation, but when he divided them into independently funded studies and those funded by the wireless industry he found the split was 70 – 30.
 
 
 
 
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Another Utility Lie Exposed – "Smart" meters are little used for outage alerts.

 
 
 
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Australian Researcher: Phone Radiation is a Hotline to Brain Cancer

Dr. John Tickell is attempting to raise awareness and is calling for more funding for brain cancer research, as it has become the number one most deadly cancer for young people in Australia.
 
 
Robert
 
 
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A correction to this recent article -
 
A new article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal about Health Canada ignoring the latest science on wireless radiation
May 7, 2015
http://www.cmaj.ca/site/earlyreleases/7may15_scientists-decry-canadas-outdated-wi-fi-safety-rules.xhtml
 
Please could you help me to correct the statement about me "who served as scientific secretary for the IARC panel".  That is not so.  I spent 3 months in IARC as a visiting senior scientist after the working group on RFF had made their recommendations on RFF being a category 2B carcinogen.  What I did was to review the epidemiology section of the working group's report and confirm that the citations of the literature were correct, and to suggest some minor editorial revisions to the text.
 
During that process I became very familiar with the literature and was convinced on its validity.  Later when I reviewed the subsequent epidemiology studies I decided that the categry now should be 2A.
 
I do not want to give our critics ammunition to state that I am claiming credit for things I did not do.  In Monograph 102 giving the full report you will find I am listed as providing post-meeting assistance
 
With best wishes
Anthony Miller
 
 
 
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Maryland's Largest School District Agrees to Independent Wireless Radiation Measurements

MCPS maintained their stance that they are FCC compliant, meaning the radiation levels are below government exposure guidelines and thus the district does not need to take action. STFSM parents responded that these guidelines are over 18 years old. They presented the words of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Department of the Interior, the California Medical Association, and Yale and Harvard doctors who state that these outdated FCC guidelines "do not protect children".
 

 
 
 

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

WEEP News / Canadian Medical Association Journal reports Health Canada's wireless limits are "A Disaster to Public Health" / Parliament of Canada HESA / The California Medical Association / etc

 
W.E.E.P.  EMF News

The Canadian initiative to stop Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution

7 May 2015

 
 
 

Canadian Medical Association Journal reports Health Canada's wireless limits are "A Disaster to Public Health"

OTTAWA, May 7, 2015 /CNW/ - The Canadian Medical Association Journal today published a scathing condemnation of Health Canada's safety guidelines for cell phones and Wifi.

The Journal (CMAJ) interviewed multiple international experts in radiation and cancer, who warn that the microwave levels allowed in Canadian classrooms, residences and workplaces are, "a disaster to public health."

One scientist said that given the overwhelming evidence that wireless radiation is harmful, Health Canada staff are either, "unwilling or not competent to make evaluation of the current literature."

The article points out that Canada's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health recently completed three days of hearings on Canada's safety guidelines, and sent federal scientists back to the office to re-examine 140 recent studies that show wireless radiation emitted by cell phones and WiFi can cause harm.

One oncologist interviewed by the CMAJ said that Canada's safety guidelines for wireless radiation need to be "urgently revised" due to the obvious risk of cancer.

The CMAJ article revealed that James McNamee, who wrote Health Canada's safety code, has also co-authored academic papers with scientists who openly accept payments from the wireless industry.

"That Canada's wireless safety code is out of date and mired in conflict of interest is no longer a question it's a fact," said Frank Clegg, CEO of Canadians For Safe Technology (C4ST).

"We're hoping the Parliamentary Standing Committee will have strong recommendations to fix it," said Clegg.

SOURCE C4ST: Canadians For Safe Technology

For further information:

Interviews Frank Clegg, Contact: media@C4ST.org, Phone: 705-444-9662, Background: www.c4st.org/HESA2015

 

"Scientists Decry Canada's Outdated Wi-Fi Safety Rules"

http://www.cmaj.ca/site/earlyreleases/7may15_scientists-decry-canadas-outdated-wi-fi-safety-rules.xhtml

 
 
 
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Parliament of Canada
 
H.E.S.A. committee minutes on wireless radiation, 23 April 2015
 
These studies, we believe, reinforce the evidence that radio frequency fields are not just a possible human carcinogen but a probable human carcinogen, putting it in the category 2A. It would be impossible to ignore such a hazard in regulatory approaches.
 
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The California Medical Association - Wireless Resolution

Please send the resolution below to people you know in the medical field.  

All medical groups should be adopting similar resolutions and working on figuring out what precautionary levels should look like.  Setting safety limits should not be left to engineers as has been done for the last 60+ years.  The FCC must adopt safety limits recommended by a qualified organization so medical organizations have the potential to have a huge influence - their recommendations could be the ones adopted.  Previously the only organizations involved in making recommendations were engineering organizations.  There is certainly enough information about non-thermal biological effects to set initial precautionary limits almost immediately so that public health and safety are better protected.  Then, a review of additional research can be completed every couple of years and the levels adjusted again as more data becomes available.  

In the meantime, hospitals, clinics, and medical care facilities should become wireless-free zones since they serve a population that is far more vulnerable to environmental pollution because their health is already compromised in some manner.

C4ST has been successful getting action in Canada.  "(T)he Parliamentary Health Committee (HESA) voted on Feb 24th, 2015 to support the motion from Liberal Health Critic MP Dr. Hedy Fry to host 3 days of hearings on Safety Code 6. The 10 member Health Committee is empowered to study and report on all matters relating to the mandate, management, and operation of Health Canada."  Please see http://www.c4st.org/HESA2015 to find out more and sign up to receive their updates so you can help push the committee if C4ST needs support.  It is worth visiting their website (www.c4st.org) just so you can see the many areas in which they are making progress.  Perhaps you will be able to use their successes to spur change in your community. 

Take a moment to visit my page about why life insurance companies should really be concerned about the proliferation of wireless technology and electrically polluting technologies, www.electricalpollution.com/OpenLetterToInsuranceCompanies.html.  Please pass this information on to life and health insurance companies in your area.

Best, 
Catherine


http://ehtrust.org/california-medical-association-wireless-resolution/

The California Medical Association Wireless Resolution

 

California Medical Association

House of Delegates Resolution Wireless Standards Reevaluation 2014

PASSED

                               CMA 2014   HOD Resolutions Adopted

                                                 Resolution 107- 14

                                          Date Adopted Dec 7, 2014

Resolved 1    That CMA supports efforts to reevaluate microwave safety exposure levels associated with wireless communication devices, including consideration of adverse non-thermal biologic and health effects from non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation used in wireless communications; and be it further

Resolved 2    That CMA support efforts to implement new safety exposure limits for wireless devices to levels that do not cause human or environmental harm based on scientific research.

CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF DELEGATES 2014

Wireless Communications Public Safety Standards Reevaluation

Introduced by Cindy Lee Russell, M.D. AND Ken Yew, M.D.  

Whereas there are over 6 billion active cell phones worldwide and dependence of wireless communication networks is rapidly expanding including cell phones, cell towers, wireless routers for home use, medical devices and utility smart meters; and (1)

Whereas scientists are increasingly identifying EMF from wireless devices as a new form of environmental pollution with a growing body of peer reviewed scientific evidence finding significant adverse health and biologic effects on living organisms with exposure to low levels of non-ionizing microwaves currently approved and used in wireless communication, and

Whereas peer reviewed research has demonstrated adverse biological effects of wireless EMF including single and double stranded DNA breaks, creation of reactive oxygen species, immune dysfunction, cognitive processing effects, stress protein synthesis in the brain, altered brain development, sleep and memory disturbances, ADHD, abnormal behavior, sperm dysfunction, and brain tumors; and  (2-55)

Whereas there is a long latency period of years to decades to study and identify adverse health effects such as brain cancer, neurodegenerative damage and autism; and

Whereas children's brains are developmentally immature until adolescence, their skulls are thinner and the brain is considerably more vulnerable to toxin exposure , and (23,24)

Whereas the World Health Organization in 2011 designated wireless communications including cell phones to be a possible carcinogenic, and (63)

Whereas many scientists, researchers, public health officials and agencies conclude that wireless electromagnetic frequency (EMF) standards established by the Federal Communications Commission are outdated as they are based only on heat effects which damage to the organism and not biological effects of non –ionizing EMF microwave radiation which are scientifically demonstrated at levels hundreds of times less than current safety exposure limits and thus current standards are  inadequate to protect public health; and (49-51)(57)

Whereas the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2013 has asked for reassessment of  exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields limits and policies  that  protect children's health and well-being  throughout their lifetimes and reflect current use patterns (58)

RESOLVED; that the CMA understands that  existing public safety limits for microwave EMF devices are outdated and inadequate to protect public health  thus endorses efforts of the Federal Communications Commission to reevaluate its safety standards to include consideration of adverse non thermal biologic and health effects from non ionizing electromagnetic radiation used in wireless communications; and be it further

RESOLVED; that the CMA supports efforts to implement microwave safety exposure limits to levels that do not cause human or environmental harm based on scientific research, and be it further

RESOLVED; that the CMA set up a task force to determine adequate precautionary recommendations for the use of cell phones and wireless devices for schools and children

References Wireless Communications Public Safety Standards Reevaluation

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2)     Acute low-intensity microwave exposure increases DNA single-strand breaks in rat brain cells.  Lai H, Singh, NP Bioelectomagnetics 1995;16(3):207-10   WEB  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7677797

3)     Behavioral Effects of Microwaves . Neurobehavioral Toxicology: 1980

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Jul;6(1):29-40 D'Andrea JA. WEB  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2061046?ordinalpos=1&itool=PPMCLayout.PPMCAppController.PPMCArticlePage.PPMCPubmedRA&linkpos=2

5)     Nerve Cell Damage in Mammalian Brain after Exposure to Microwaves from GSM Mobile Phones.  Safford L. Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 111, Number 7, June 2003   WEB   http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2003/6039/6039.html     http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/press/012903.html

6)     The effects of broad-band electromagnetic field exposure on mice (Mus musculus). Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering. Volume 35, Issue 3, 2000.http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a906773614

7)     Electromagnetic Fields and DNA Damage.  Phillips J.  Pathophysiology 16 (2009) 79-88.   http://www.scribd.com/doc/21750937/EMF-Cell-Phone-DNA-Damage

8)     Single- and double-strand DNA breaks in rat brain cells after acute exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation.  Lai H, Singh NP,  Int J Radiat Biol 69(4):513-521, 1996. http://www.researchgate.net/publication/14573695_Single-_and_double-strand_DNA_breaks_in_rat_brain_cells_after_acute_exposure_to_radiofrequency_electromagnetic_radiation

9)     DNA Strand Breaks in Rat Brain Cells Exposed to Low level Microwave Radiation. Behari J. http://www.ursi.org/proceedings/procGA08/papers/K02bp2.pdf

10)  Long Term Exposure to Microwave Radiation Provokes Cancer Growth:  Evidences from Radars and Mobile Communication Systems.  Kyrylenko S  . Experimental Oncology. March 2011. http://exp-oncology.com.ua/article/1845/long-term-exposure-to-microwave-radiation-provokes-cancer-growth-evidences-from-radars-and-mobile-communication-systems

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12)  EMF's and DNA Effects: Potential Mechanism Elucidated-Science Selections.  Hood E. Environmental Health Perspectives, May 2004.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1316056/

13)    Association between vestibular schwannomas and mobile phone use. Moon S. Tumour Biol. Jan 2014; 35(1): 581–587.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3907669/

14)  Long-term use of cellular phones and brain tumors: increased risk associated with use for > or =10 years. Hardell L, Carlsberg M. Occupational Environmental Medicine 2007, Sept; 64(9):626-32    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17409179

15)    Meta-analysis of long-term mobile phone use and the association with brain tumors.  Hardell L  International Journal of Oncology. May 2008 vol 32 Number 5.http://www.spandidos-publications.com/ijo/article.jsp?article_id=ijo_32_5_1097

16)    Cell phone Use and Acoustic Neuroma: The Need for Standardized Questionaires and access to Industry Data. Surgical Neurology. Volume 72, issue 3, pages 216-222 (Sept 2009) Yueh-Ying Han.http://www.researchgate.net/publication/24241041_Cell_phone_use_and_acoustic_neuroma_the_need_for_standardized_questionnaires_and_access_to_industry_data

17)    Exposure to Wireless Phone Emissions and Serum Bets-Trace Proteins.  Hardell L. Soderqvist F. International Journal Molecular Medicine. 2010 August; 26(2):301-306.    http://www.biomedsearch.com/nih/Exposure-to-wireless-phone-emissions/20596612.html

18)  Mobile Phone Use and the Risk for Malignant Brain Tumors: A Case Control Study on Deceased Cases and Controls . Hardell L, Carlsberg M, Neuroepidemiology: 2010 June 15;35(2): 109-114.  http://www.avaate.org/IMG/pdf/Hardell_et_al_Neuroepidemiology_2010.pdf

19)  Case-control study of the association between malignant brain tumours diagnosed between 2007 and 2009 and mobile and cordless phone use.  Hardell L .  Int J Oncol.  2013 Dec;43(6):1833-45.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24064953

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Protecting my health and that of others by using a hardwired computer in a low RF environment.  For more information, see www.electricalpollution.com
 
Catherine
 
 
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Wireless devices; experts preach caution
Worries about exposure to EM-RF fields were recently raised before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, which heard three days of submissions from international medical experts, advocacy groups and industry players.
Some critics said the panel's report overlooked 140 studies that showed a possible link between EM-RF exposure and some types of cancer, as well as other health effects, including electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
 
 
 
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DoT awakens to cancer-causing cellphone towers

While going through some of these cases, one case has come to notice where in one residential complex six members of five individual families have been diagnosed with cancer in a span of 5-6 years," said the report by the Telecom Enforcement Resources & Monitoring (TERM), Mumbai.
 
 
Robert
 
 
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Golden retriever study aims to uncover why health woes plague breed, shorten lives

When he graduated from veterinary school in 1972, golden retrievers lived 16 or 17 years. Today, it's nine or 10 years.

Golden retrievers die of bone cancer, lymphoma and a cancer of the blood vessels more than any other breed in the country.

 
 
Dogs being exposed all day to DECT phones, Wi Fi, Wireless security, Dirty electricity - all may be reasons for this cancer plague!
 
 
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Woman Cuts Family Off From WiFi Over Health Concerns

Here is the news story on CBS in LA, of the teacher who is electro sensitive. The teacher was granted permission to remove WIFI from her class room. 
 
A local mother's health concerns prompted her to cut her family off from wireless and wants more research conducted into the safety of WiFi. Lisa Sigell reports.
 
 
Kathy
 
 
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Which frequencies are the most noxious?

Excerpt from recent e-chats with retired Canadian Armed Forces captain Jerry Flynn who spent 22 of his 26 years in the military in the arcane fields of Electronic Warfare (EW) and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT). At the zenith of his career, he was the Executive Officer and Operations Officer at one of Canada's largest and most sensitive intelligence-gathering stations, where for two years he directed some 200-plus specially-trained radio operators and technicians. 
Jerry's in his 80s and has been working full-time for 8 years warning people about the great dangers of wireless. See his great Powerpoint presentations: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/5xx5ag4x8jvxd/Powerpoint_presentations

From: "Jerry Flynn"
Date: 6 mai 2015
 
 
Hi Andre,

In one of my slides it shows that frequencies between 1 GHz and 5 GHz are of most interest to the militaries for they penetrate more deeply all organ systems of the body and therefore put all organs at risk. These frequencies are especially harmful to the brain, central nervous system and immune system.
From a military perspective I can tell you that the most harmful modulations to use against humans - or any living thing - is pulsed, of which there are various kinds. AM or Amplitude Modulation too is harmful. The thing is, the human body, which is a vanishingly small teensie, weensie DC electrical system is easily shocked by each and every pulse or spike of AM signal. Think of these pulses/spikes being jackhammers. While the human immune systems recognizes these pulses as alien and tries to protect the body/brain against them, they body simply becomes too exhausted and can no longer fight off the pulses/spikes.
.Frequencies in the 1-5 GHz range are 'carrier' frequencies, not the 'information carrying' or modulation frequencies.
Frequencies in the 1-100 KHz range would be the modulated frequencies imposed upon the carrier frequencies. It is only when one appreciates the frequency of the human brain (0.5-30 Hz) and other organs of the body that one begins to understand how harmful 'modulated' frequencies in this range can be to humans. That's why, for example, TETRA phones are so dangerous:  their carrier frequencies are in the order of, typically, 400 MHz, but their modulation frequencies (which carry the 'information' are in or around 17 Hz, which is smack in the middle of a brain's range of frequencies.
 
Were you able to view Amplitude Modulation on an oscilloscope, you'd see extremely sharp spikes of constantly varying heights, both above and below the centre or 'carrier' frequency). Let's say your favourite AM station is AM 980, the 980 actually means 980 KHz (or thousands of hertz). Human ears cannot hear any of the AM carrier frequencies because they are too high for the human hear. Frequencies we hear are called Audio Frequencies, which run from about 10 Hz up to just 20 KHz. So, the carrier frequency, in this case, 980 Hz is modulated (or has had piggy-backed on top of it the audio frequencies your ears can hear, be it someone talking, singing, orchestras, whistling, etc.). Your table radio simply de-modulates the signal it receives, meaning it STRIPS away the AM 'carrier' frequency,   leaving only the AUDIO frequency which your ear can and does hear.
 
The same principle applies to your FM radio band, only FM stands for Frequency Modulation and the frequencies shown on your radio (all of which are, again, simply carrier frequencies) run from 87.5 MHz to 106.5 MHz (M meaning mega or millions of hertz). FM modulation means that the carrier frequency's shape is not altered in the vertical direction but in the horizontal direction, ie., much like an accordion squishes in and stretches out, if you know what I mean? In both AM and FM radio, your radio receiver removes or strips away the AM or FM frequencies to which your radio dial is tuned, leaving only the audio frequency that you can hear and listen to.

Link to the cell phone patents: 
 
 
 
Leo Cashman at DAMS <dams@usfamily.net>  wrote:

Jerry Flynn knows exactly what he is talking about and he is making some important point that most people don't undertand very well. To a first approximation the intensity of the carrier wave is an indication of how harmful the wave is, but that is only an easy approximation, something you can measure on your RF test meter. But what you can't easily test, the pulsing, adds to the frequencies that are actually in the wave, making it hold lots of other frequencies and increasing the biological impact of the wave, the radiation. And then the modulation - putting the information onto the pulsed carrier wave, whether by amplitude modulation or by frequency modulation - adds more actual frequencies onto the wave, and very often those modulating frequencies are very biologically active in their impacts, mostly detimental, on the human or animal's body. College math majors take a coursse called Fourier Analysis in which they learn how to analyze a function into its frequency components, to see what and how much frequencies it is made out of. The "Fourier transform" transforms the orginal function into a graph of what frequencies the function is made out of and how much of each on there it. This is all extremely relevant to electronics and radio and microwave technology as well as to some areas of math.
Which frequencies are there in, say, a Wi-Fi radiation, and which organs do they affect? It depends on what the modulation information is trying to say, and that changes all the time. But the results are not good and spewing this kind of pulsed, modulated radiation into our human environment all the time is recklessly dangerous. it is very stupid and ignorant. I do not use a cell phone, a cordless phone or Wi-Fi and it is  because I know something about these matters and I don't want to get a brain tumor or spend my last decades in the Alzheimer's ward.

Leo Cashman, St Paul, MN
BS, Physics, MA, Mathematics.
 
André Fauteux 
 
 
 
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Why isn't the tech boom helping the economy?

 
 
 
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