Tuesday, January 31, 2017

WEEP News / Comment to FCC / Warning to the Minister / Now He Thinks They're Dangerous / French to protect employees / RF Guide / Krakow's bold step / In perspective / Sheninger / etc.

W.E.E.P.  EMF News

The Canadian initiative to stop Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution

30 January 2017

 
 
The BioInitiative Working Group - Comment to FCC

We have submitted a comment to the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC
on their proposal to streamline the process for small wireless facility permitting, and exempt small cell
installations from normal regulatory review as now required by the 1996 Telecommunications Act
for new cell towers (masts).  If adopted, it will permit millions of new wireless antennas (small cells transmitting at high gigahertz frequencies) that are untested for effects on human health.  It is the new infrastructure network envisioned to
establish 'The Internet of Things" where all devices, appliances and home controls are wirelessly interconnected.

FCC Docket 16-421 - STREAMLINING DEPLOYMENT OF SMALL CELL
INFRASTRUCTURE BY IMPROVING WIRELESS FACILITIES SITING POLICIES.

The FCC has not yet completed its investigation of RF health effects of low-intensity radio frequency radiation in the
800 MHz to 3 GHZ frequency range (cell phone radiation and Wi-Fi frequencies) which has been going on for the last two years.
 
See the attached PDF:- Bio WG FCC

Cindy Sage
Lennart Hardell
David O. Carpenter
On behalf of the BioInitiative Working Group
 
 
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Warning to the Canadian Minister of Health
 

See the attached letter (Word Document): Rogue Scientists within your own Ministry are Lying to you!
 
 
 
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This Former Techie Owes His Fortune to Electronic Devices. Now He Thinks They're Dangerous.

 
"I thought that anybody that talked about the health effects of EMFs was a complete idiot. I thought that they just were not science-y," Sullivan recalls. But then he got sick.
 
 
 
 
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French companies will have to protect employees from electromagnetic waves

(Google translation from French)

France Inter with Yann Gallic, January 1, 2017

This is one of the novelties of January 1: companies will now have to take into consideration the issue of electromagnetic waves to which employees are exposed

Measurement of electromagnetic waves using a broad-band isotropic probe. © Sipa / Valinco

These waves are emitted especially by wireless equipment: Wi-Fi, mobile phones or tablets. It took three years for this European directive to be applied in France. A decree, published on August 6 in the Official Journal , on the "protection of workers against the risks arising from electromagnetic fields," said the exposure thresholds that must not be exceeded.

The employer must assess the risks incurred by its employee

Employees should be informed of the risks and the workplaces where they are likely to be exposed to "electromagnetic field levels exceeding the values" should be reported to them and their access be limited. The results shall be communicated to the occupational physician and the health, safety and working conditions committee or, failing that, to the staff representatives and in the event of crossing the levels, workers may be given a medical examination.

Pregnant women and employees under 18 years of age will also receive special attention. Every effort should be made to ensure that the impact of waves is the lowest.

A first step for all employees "electrosensibles" 

Sophie Pelletier is an engineer and works in a public administration in the center of Paris. For six years she has hardly any working life. Electro diagnosed by doctors, it is now recognized as a disabled worker because his health has continued to deteriorate due to electromagnetic waves: "In the meeting rooms and wifi in the subway and public transportation , Throughout the week I accumulate this exposure which ends up echoing my general state, with great fatigue, and creates me troubles of the heart rhythm, memory and attention that prevent me to return to work When I'm too tired ".

Sophie Pelletier continues the sick leave. She has repeatedly requested that her position and working time be adjusted. But she has always run into the misunderstanding of her employer. "It's a disease that does not fit in the boxes," she explains, "it's complicated for the employer to arrange a number of things to allow me to keep myself properly in the job. 'I lost two thirds of my salary for several years and it annoys me because I put a damper on my career, or my health, or both at the same time.

According to estimates, in France, there are now nearly 70,000 people with électrosensibibilité.

http://bit.ly/2i5OOPq

https://www.franceinter.fr/societe/les-entreprises-vont-devoir-proteger-les-salaries-des-ondes-electromagnetiques

Joel

 
 
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Radiofrequency Radiation Guide
 
 
 
 
 
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Krakow's bold step to curb electromagnetic pollution reflects growing evidence of harm

 
Lynne Wycherley summarises 2016's news highlights on the emerging bio-risks of rising exposure to non-ionisiong radiation. For how much longer can governments continue to ignore the growing evidence of harm?
 

 
 
 
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In perspective:

878 Russian studies (1960-1997)

Regarding the Hecht report, now you know why our Vice-President, Chris Bird, so persistently encouraged the publication of these Russian studies into English in New York, in the 1980s (involving several visits to Moscow, especially to negotiate with Prof. Dr. Alexander P. Dubrov, their principal compiler, and who became Minister of Health under Gorbachev, and also a PACE associate) and why we used these, as well as Polish, Czechoslovak, Belorussian, Ukrainian ones, in order that Dr. Jerzy Kulcycki (Polish Solidarity movement, neuroscientist at Carleton University, and author of Basis of Electromagnetic Hygiene, published by PACE) be able to merge this knowledge with the Western research in order to develop some sense of full-spectrum non-ionizing radiation standards, which have since developed into BioInitiative, EC/EP Resolution 1815 (2011), now being implement throughout for many new installations.

 
Karl Hecht: Health Implications of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog (English edition 2016)
http://kompetenzinitiative.net/KIT/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/KI_Brochure-6_K_Hecht_web.pdf

Andrew Michrowski
President PACE
613 236 6265 
 
 
 
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Look at the photo of the device addicted audience, playing with their dangerous phones.  This author needs to do more reading about the dangers of EMFs, before he lectures about technology.
 
 
 
 
Comment to article
 
Wi Fi is not a benefit, it is a strong and dangerous pollutant which, in the long term is likely to cause serious harm to children exposed to it.
There are thousands of scientific studies which show various adverse biological effects caused by wireless microwave radiation. The World Health Organization refers to wireless radiation as a class 2b possible carcinogen. Other studies indicate that it is a strong carcinogen.

The recent extensive USA study by the NTP indicated significant brain cancer, heart cancer and damage to DNA from wireless radiation.
Is this something that children should be exposed to?

Do your own research at www.bioinitiative.org a scientific report based on thousands of studies.
 
 
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The pros and cons of earthing or 'grounding'
 
 
 
 
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City to remove electric meter resident says is causing her pain

The Le Sueur City Council chose to remove an electricity meter from the home of a woman who claims it is causing her and her daughter pain.
 
 
 
 
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Keep Parks Safe from Wireless Radiation 
 
The public were asked for their input for improving Canadian Parks:
 
 
Dear Ministers
 
Please keep Wi Fi, cell phone towers, other broadcasting antennas and any form of microwave radiation (other than for emergency services) out of Parks Canada properties and parks.
 
There is a massive amount of scientific information that indicates that wireless radiation causes cancers of various types, affects brains, damages DNA, changes blood composition, causes depression and disrupts sleep.  There are people who can no longer live in their homes because they have become highly sensitized to wireless and other electromagnetic fields, they need safe areas like our National Parks so that they can survive and recover.
 
In addition to the harm to humans many studies have show serious harm to insects, birds, animals and trees when they are exposed to microwave radiation.  This is not the kind of modern pollutant that should be allowed in the National Park system!  The damage that wireless can do, may not be seen for several years and by then it will be too late!
 
As Stewards of our National treasures, please ensure that the Parks are kept as safe and as pristine as possible.
 
If you require more scientific information about the dangers of wireless radiation, I would be pleased to assist you.
 
Martin Weatherall
 
 
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Smart Energy GB, the official campaign to drive take-up of smart gas and electricity meters, has sparked industry debate over its tactics after ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/07/smart-meters-choir-pr-stunt-hits-bum-note-industry-critics/
 
 
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Mobilitie, LLC Pulls Request to Install 13 Cellular Towers

The proposed height of each tower is about 90 feet with 75 feet being above ground and 15 feet below ground. In turn, placing wooden poles with additional equipment attached such as antennas, GPS, and radio devices. 
 
 

Matt
 
 
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Newsletter from Katie Singer

The January 2017 newsletter can be read here:

 http://www.electronicsilentspring.com/january-2017-newsletter/
 
 
 
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MOBILE NOW Act
 
Everyone, give a BIG SHOUT OUT TO KEVIN MOTTUS, below is the link.  He is on INFOWARS for almost four minutes.  This is under the YouTube page of "Alex Jones Channel," who has almost two million subscribers as well as main stream media watches this channel as well.  As of when I viewed this there was almost 29,000 views already.  AWESOME JOB KEVIN!!!  

 
Stop this "MOBILE NOW Act."   Make our voice be heard upon Docket No. 16-421 with the FCC in regards to the deployment of small cell infrastructures.  Information about this Docket and how to send in your comments can be viewed at 
 

Matt
 
 
 
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Silent Spring
 
Rachel Carson fought industry and government(s) many years to prove that pesticides, etc. were damaging the environment. We are fighting the same fight and we might be able to benefit from learning about her struggles and strategies. A very interesting two hour documentary is available here:
 
 
Sarah
 
 
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Interphone's New Study…

 
 
 
 
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Changing Mix of Brain Tumors in U.K.

The incidence of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most virulent and deadly type of brain cancer, is going up in the U.K., while the incidence there of other types of malignant brain tumors are declining, according to some newly published raw data.

 
 
 
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Two new bills have been introduced in Massachusetts
 
I wanted to share with you that 
this legislative session
in Massachusetts
to help educate the public on the health effects of wireless radiation:

Senate Docket 1462: Resolve creating a special commission to examine the health impacts of electromagnetic fields; Presenter: Senator Karen Spilka

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/SD1462: This bill aims to form a commission to bring the right minds to the table at the State level to examine the biological and psychological effects of wireless radiation and excessive screen time. You may recall last session the bill was reported out favorably by the Joint Committee on Public Health. As bills typically don't progress the first time they are introduced, especially when submitted by citizen request, we are very grateful for the bill's initial movement. This session, we are humbled that Senator Karen Spilka has introduced the bill under her own name. The bill now indicates that commission members shall have no financial ties to the telecommunications, technology and energy industries and members are to examine non-industry funded peer-reviewed scientific studies in their analysis.

Senate Docket 344: An Act relative to utilities, smart meters, and ratepayers' rights
​; Presenter: Senator Michael O. Moore​

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/SD344: National Grid is piloting the utility "smart" meter grid in Worcester,
​ MA​
installing wireless meters on residences and businesses that emit microwave radiation 24/7 without informed consent. If the pilot succeeds, "smart" utility meters will be installed throughout Massachusetts. These have caused microwave sickness (electrosensitivity) to citizens here and in other states. This bill would give Massachusetts citizens the choice of keeping or re-installing mechanical analog meters that do not emit electromagnetic radiation. There would be no fee to choose the analog meter.

This is the week for constituents to ask their representatives to co-sponsor bills. Given you
​r commitment to raising awareness of EMFs,
I wonder if I might impose upon you to make a phone call to your State Representative and State Senator asking them to co-sponsor these two bills
if you live in MA​ (and/or forward to others you may know in MA)
.
If
​folks 
would be so kind as to send a follow-up email to
​MA legislators 
(and cc: me for tracking purposes), I understand they will be sitting down this week with printouts of all constituent requests to determine which bills folks care about. I am told there are more than 6,000 bills this session so it is important to set these two bills apart.
​E​
mail
​s​
needn't be long but should include
​sender's 
name, address and phone number. Feel free to copy and paste the bill info above.

It would be a gift to all
citizens, especially our children
to look out for their health in this way. Here is a link to help find
​MA 
legislators
(and/or to send a thank-you to Senators Spilka and Moore for their leadership)​
:


​For folks who 
haven't had a chance to examine the effects of wireless radiation on health, I hope
​they 
will watch this five-part cable series. Each episode averages a half hour, and
​by ​
click
​ing​
on SHOW MORE in the description on YouTube,
​folks 
will find links to supporting information: 
tinyurl.com/Dangers-of-Wi-Fi. Please feel free to share with your colleagues and loved ones, and even your legislators.

Cece Doucette
Ashland, MA
 
 
 
 
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FCC Causing a Danger to All
 
Dear EMF Stakeholders,

When it rains, it pours. Two days ago I sent an update asking folks in MA to request their legislators co-sponsor MA bills on EMFs (please still do that). Then
​we
 learned something big is up at the Federal level.
Below is an email I am sending to my contacts, please feel free to use any of it if it might help with your efforts too...​

The FCC and industry are fast-tracking legislation that would take authority away from our municipalities in deciding whether or not we want the infrastructure needed for 5G and
​t​
he Internet of Things. They did this back in 1997 too when they circumvented safety testing on cell phone technology then got the Telecommunications Act passed. That left our local authorities powerless as the industry put cell towers near homes, schools, hospitals, churches and senior housing. Many have become very ill, with no recourse.

Now the FCC and industry are trying to push through two bills in D.C. that will put small but extremely hazardous cell antennas in our neighborhoods on utility poles right outside our homes, schools, offices, everywhere. The 5G signal will carry huge doses of data faster, but not very far so the industry wants to install millions of these small cell antennas to carry the data from pole to pole. 5G will also use 3G and 4G technology so existing towers won't come down; 5G will add to the electrosmog. These small cell antennas will pulse biologically hazardous microwave radiation at us 24/7 at close range. 

The way the Telecom Act is written today, industry is supposed to submit an application to town officials to put in antennas, and these new bills are trying to override this control measure for local authorities. Why is the FCC and industry in such a rush? The U.S. National Toxicology Program is in the middle of reporting out findings from a $25M multi-year study that has already found this radiation causes DNA damage, brain and heart tumors. More findings will come out in 2017. 

The industry leaders
​are not concerned with
 public health
, they just want to be first to market. As soon as the NTP findings came out, they pushed to get approval to use the 5G spectrum. The Cellular Telephone Industry Association (CTIA-The Wireless Association) did its own big cancer study in the 1990s which showed the same findings, but they didn't inform the public. Instead, they crafted the Telecom Act and pushed cell phones and infrastructure on an unsuspecting public. Then they introduced wi-fi which exposes us even further indoors, and now they plan to roll out
​t
he Internet of Things and blanket our neighborhoods in radiation.

Please, don't take my word on all of this, when you have time I encourage you to investigate on your own (thank you, Katie Singer, author of Invisible Silent Spring, and others for this great resource on these two bills, and thank you world scientists for the EMF Scientists website which presents the facts on wireless radiation).

But for today, we need your voice (and every adult's in your house) in two ways:

1. Call your U.S. Senators' office with the following message; you can read it to the person who answers the phone, or leave it in voice mail. Phone numbers are given at the end of this email:

My name is ______ from (city/state) and I am calling to ask the Senator to Vote NO on MOBILE Now Act S.19 and DIGIT Act S.88 to stop 5G infrastructure and rollout of the Internet of Things. The National Toxicology Program has found the electromagnetic radiation used by wireless technology causes DNA damage, and brain and heart tumors. Non-industry funded studies all over the world report other short-and long-term biological effects, ranging from infertility, Alzheimer's and autism to digital addiction, insomnia, headaches, skin rashes, learning disabilities, behavioral issues, depression, anxiety and more. Please VOTE NO on the MOBILE Now Act S.19 and DIGIT Act S.88. Please insist on public hearings, and send a clear message to industry that they need to work with non-industry funded scientists to develop biologically safe technology. Thank you.


2. Email your U.S. Senators with the following message; email links are given below:

Subject: Please Vote NO on MOBILE Now Act S.19 and DIGIT Act S.88


The National Toxicology Program has found the electromagnetic field (EMF) of radiation emitted by wireless technology causes DNA damage, and brain and heart tumors. Non-industry funded studies all over the world report other short-and long-term biological effects, ranging from infertility, Alzheimer's and autism to digital addiction, insomnia, headaches, nausea, nose/ear bleeds, skin rashes, cognitive impairment, learning disabilities, behavioral issues, depression, anxiety and more. Children, fetuses, the elderly and those with known health compromises are especially vulnerable. See www.emfscientist.org.


If this subject is new to you, you will likely have questions as we have all rapidly adopted wireless technology into our lives. Please read this high-level three-page overview titled, "EMF Points of Confusion vs. Fact" at 

TinyURL.com/EMF-Facts.


The FCC and industry are trying to fast-track these bills which will take away local authority from communities to decide whether they want toxic 5G/Internet of Things infrastructure installed at the street-level on poles right outside homes, schools, and offices. Please insist on public hearings, and send a clear message to industry that they need to work with non-industry funded scientists to develop biologically safe technology. Retired Microsoft Canada President Frank Clegg assures us they can, if given a nudge. See https://vimeo.com/134411701.


Please VOTE NO on the MOBILE Now Act S.19 and DIGIT Act S.88. Thank you.



This is how the system works. They log your call, then print out your email for the legislator. Multiple calls and emails get their attention. If there is no activity, or very little, the industry wins.

Thank you for taking the time to read this email. I hope you will take another ten minutes to call and send an email to your legislators before your head hits the pillow tonight. The Senate will vote on this any day now, and most do not even know wireless is hazardous yet. They've only heard the benefits from persuasive industry lobbyists.

Thank you for the courage to use your voice in a way that might really make a difference in our world!

Cece 
​Doucette​
 
 
Senator e-mails:
 
 
 

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Saturday, January 7, 2017

WEEP News / Health Implications of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog / Bluetooth Spreading Like a Virus? / eNodeB - What are they? / Disguised / Dangerously insecure / Nervous system / etc.

W.E.E.P.  EMF News

The Canadian initiative to stop Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution

7 January 2017

 
 
 
Health Implications of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog
 
The Competence Initiative has released another brochure in English.

Karl Hecht: Health Implications of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog (English edition 2016)

http://kompetenzinitiative.net/KIT/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/KI_Brochure-6_K_Hecht_web.pdf

"The review findings by Hecht—which disappeared into the government archives as soon as they had been submitted and which we are now making available to the public in this brochure in its most comprehensive form to date—are based on the assessment of 878 Russian studies between 1960 and 1997. To pretend as if there were no connection between microwave technologies from the past and those from today is like burying one's head in the sand. This tactic is well illustrated by the current politics regarding radar victims and the increasing group of persons with electromagnetic hypersensitivity."

 
(Olle Johansson, associate professor
The Experimental Dermatology Unit
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden)
 
 
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Bluetooth Spreading Like a Virus?
 
Bluetooth is the best-selling wireless technology in the world. Billions of radios have been made and sold. Now Bluetooth is ready to add to that impressive outcome with the announcement of its latest version Bluetooth 5.
 
How appropriate that they use the word "strain"—like an unwanted virus that spreads to cause illness or worse—as this new iteration of Bluetooth RF covers greater distances, faster, heftier, more intact, and usually accompanied by an older strain.

 
 
 
 
 
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eNodeB - What are they?

These "smart cells" - cellular micro-antennas installed on all power grid poles located near populated places and precursors of 5G - deployed by Telus, spread like a plague across Canada ... A threat that might be even bigger than "smart" meters. And the infamous Death / Health Canada obviously does not control any of that! 
 
The range of small cells is 100-150 meters - 500 feet. Uses about 120W. Operate on two frequencies: 1900 MHz - UMTS - 3G technology - and 2100 MHz - LTE- 4G technology. 
 
Cancers and cases of electrosensitivity will multiply at lightning speed !!
 
French:  
 
Ces "smart cells" - des micro-antennes de cellulaire installées en douce sur tous les poteaux du réseau électrique situés près de lieux habités et précurseurs de la 5G - déployés par Télus se répandent comme une plaie partout au Canada... Une menace peut-être plus grande encore que les compteurs "intelligents". Et l'infâme Mort/Santé Canada ne fait évidemment rien pour contrôler cela!  
 
Range of small cells is 100-150 meters - 500 feet. Uses about 120W. Operate on two frequencies: 1900 MHz - UMTS - 3G technology - and 2100 MHz - LTE- 4G technology.
 
Les cancers et les cas d'électrosensibilité vont se multiplier à une vitesse foudroyante!

http://emrabc.ca/?page_id=8805
 

Check this map and zoom in to see the wireless systems in your neighbourhood:
 
It is quite scary, specially when you consider that it does not include smart meters, cell phones, cordless telephones and other wireless devices.
 

Most of North America is now extremeley irradiated by cancer-causing microwaves.  According to https://wigle.net/stats there are now over 7 million cellphone antennas worldwide and over 300 millions Wi-Fi emitters. And there is no end in sight to the exponential expansion of these death arrays. Greed and short-sightedness are leading us directly into oblivion!

Jean
 
 
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Defeat NIMBYs With pCell's Wireless Antenna Disguised as a Wire

An antenna that can slip into a standard cable without calling attention to itself.  What's more, these devices can sit right beside each other within the cable.

 
Barb
 
 
 
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Smart electricity meters, of which more than 100m are installed across the world, are frequently "dangerously insecure", a security expert has warned.
 
 
 
 
also video of entire speech
 
 
 

The meters are designed to treat their owners as attackers: you are your smart meter's adversary, because if you could control it, you could use it to ...
 
 
 
 
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Nervous system manipulation by electromagnetic fields from monitors
 
Interesting patent from 2001/2003.  Several other similar patents are listed at the bottom of the page.
 
A method for manipulating the nervous system of a subject located near a monitor, the monitor emitting an electromagnetic field when displaying an image by virtue of the physical display process, the subject having a sensory resonance frequency.
 
 
Olle
 
 
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Krakow's citizens to be trained to measure exposure to EMFs
Krakow, Poland leads the world in responsible control of EMFs
By John Weigel

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
KRAKOW -  The International Forum on Protection from Electromagnetic Environmental Pollution subtitled "Right to Information for Citizens" learned Monday in the 16th Century Krakow Hall of Sessions that responsible government, professional scientific advice and citizen participation can address the runaway explosion of electromagnetic radiation that is causing disease and death to as many as 200 million worldwide.
The two major initiatives addressed the issue of inappropriate zoning issures surrounding the location of communications masts and a program where electromagnetic monitoring equipment is to be made available to citizens to allow them to measure levels of electromagnetic radiation.
 In talks by both Stawomir Mazurek, Under Secretary of State with the Polish Ministry of Environment, and Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, whose brief as head of the Supreme Audit office argued for transparency and tight zoning regulations. Both men noted dedication to avoiding the opportunity for corruption.
 "Without access to information, we can neither fight threats nor avoid them," said Prof. Jacek Majchrowski, historian, who opened the forum.  Majchrowski is the first Polish mayor ever voted in by popular ballot. . "Protection against the harmful effects of electromagnetic fields is a very hot topic." He said. "2016 seems to be a breakthrough in this field, including - thanks to the enormous commitment of the social side, thanks to activists, as well as the local government of
Krakow."
 Majchrowski also noted that for several years Krakow (as in the rest of the world) residents protested location of new stations of mobile telephony and increasing power antennas, thus being exposed to increased emissions of artificial electromagnetic field (EMF). Starting in 2012, the councillors of the City of
Krakow passed three resolutions on the issue to the highest authorities of the Republic of Poland and then took concrete action. A budget has been allocated for the purchase of modern equipment to measure electromagnetic fields. A Municipal Centre for Dialogue has been established where citizens can visit and discuss how they are being affected by electromagnetic radiation.
 The Forum Initiative was spearheaded by two women, City Councillor Marta Patena, a secondary school teacher, and Dr. Barbara Galdzinska-Calik, vice president of the James Clerk Maxwell Institute and an expert on EMFs. Patena and Galdzinska-Calik are also participants in the drive for a European Citizens' Initiative to limit radiation exposure from the multitude of sources of microwave radiation.
 According to Cllr, Patena, "The forum is the first of a proposed annual - and therefore regular - meeting  in Krakow City Council, which will be presented with corrective action and innovation to improve the standard of living of the inhabitants of Krakow due to electromagnetic fields.
"Keep in mind," said Patena, "that the public has a right to full information about the state of the environment in which he lives. This ensures a number of legal instruments: EU and national, including the Aarhus Convention, the Directive of the European Parliament on public access to environmental information, the Environmental Protection Law and the Constitution, in particular  Article 74 Everyone has the right to information on the state and protection of the environment."
 Patena's explanation is in direct contradiction to the response of municipalities and governments around the world, making
Krakow a frontrunner in addressing the issue of harm from electromagnetic / microwave communications emissions.
 
 
Dr. Galdzinska-Calik holds a PhD in economics with postgraduate studies in the field of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety. She stands at the front line as the link between citizens and government in twice-monthly consultation sessions with people who are concerned about the effects of electromagnetic radiation on their health.  Her involvement parallels the experience of British activist Eileen O'Connor ! "We lived in a place with three big BTSs & neighbours  were dying. We survived, but our daughter has become EHS." A BTS is a base transceiver station which is the hardware for wireless communications, cell phones and the GSM (Global System for Mobile communication).
 For her, the purpose of the forum is simply "to Inform and to show Krakow's activities concerning EMF pollution."

 Expert testimony in support of Krakow's activities was provided by Sissel Halmoy of Norway as president of the International EMF Alliance. Halmoy to the group, "In 1985 I was hospitalised for 14 days in an emergency unit, a  total collapse with unknown condition". She was diagnosed with a virus infection of the brain. After three months she returned to work and immediately suffered a severe headache and it was discovered that her office was built over an electrical transformer. "It was not a virus infection of the brain. It was radiation sickness," she said. "I was 'lucky', my doctor couldn´t help, but my boss was an electro engineer. He understood and he helped me."

The International EMF Alliance (IEMFA)            is supported  by more than 50 independent and empirically-based scientific experts on living processes – with a multilevel, multidisciplinary health focus and     collaborates  with more than 100  leading life-science institutions    and non-governmental organizations worldwide.   ,
 Further scientific evidence was provided by Prof. Olle Johansson, of the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, and Prof. Dr. hab Wlodzimierz Klonowski.
 Prof. Johansson discussed The Adverse Health Effects of Modern Electromagnetic Fields from Wireless Telecommunication and Prof. Klonowski discussed Non-thermal Interactions of EMFs with Organisms.

For further information (in Polish) regarding the Forum visit:

http://krakow.pl/informacje/205798,48,komunikat,o_zanieczyszczeniach_polami_elektromagnetycznymi_podczas_miedzynarodowego_forum_ochrony_srodowiska.html
 
 
 
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Comment to newspaper
 
Avoid the Wi Fi Radiation

I complement the village for installing fibre optic, but why would you want to blanket the entire village with a carcinogen (Wi Fi microwave radiation) which damages DNA, changes blood composition, causes depression, causes sleep disruption, is linked to many different cancers and many other serious illnesses?

Why not attach all residencies to the safe fibre optic system and advise citizens to avoid wireless radiation?

The dangers of wireless radiation can be studied here - www.bioinitiative.org a comprehensive scientific report that has been produced by nineteen EMF specialist scientists and ten medical experts.
 
 
 
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More Wireless from Space
 
After the explosion in September of one of its rockets, SpaceX is now ready to get back into the business of sending payloads to space, the company announced on Monday, with its next rocket headed to orbit as soon as Sunday.

The next SpaceX launch is to carry a 10-pack of satellites for Iridium Communications, which provides communications services including satellite telephones through a constellation of satellites. Iridium is looking to replace the surviving 65 original satellites with 70 new satellites, each about the size of a Mini Cooper car.

 
Barb
 
 
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"They're essentially digital meters that have a 1-watt radio in them, and they can communicate with the utility," he explains.  
 
 
 
Comment to newspaper 

Smart meters emit strong pulses of microwave wireless radiation. Across North America, in areas where smart meters have been installed, many people have reported very serious adverse health effects. Some people have had to leave their homes because of the harm caused to their health.
The community needs to conduct research into the known and well researched health effects of microwave radiation, before they allow this danger into their community.
www.bioinitiative.org is a very good place to learn about the health effects. http://stopsmartmeters.org/ will give you much more information about the dangers posed by smart meters.

 
 
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People who believe smart meters are harmful are doing their own thinking

This is in response to the lady who seems to think that the people that think smart meters harm people are uneducated. You know, you're their living lab rat, lady. You'll be the proof one way or another. In 20 years, let me know how you fair from that test. I'll just pay to keep it shut off on my home. I didn't want it anyhow. Why don't you read the California (Prevention publication), or how about those doctors from prestigious universities who use words like "harmful," "questionable," oh oh, and that big one: "carcinogenic!" Hmmm. Is that person educated enough for you? Oh and I forgot, you work for DTE, don't you? Good luck! You may need it. I'm not uneducated, but then I'm not brainwashed either. I'm inquisitive, and I do my own damn thinking. Thank you.

 
 
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"Technology becomes your Achilles heel if you don't do the right things," said Nuno Medeiros, information systems officer at Portugal's power distribution company EDP Distribuição.

In October, residents of two apartment buildings in eastern Finland were left in the cold for about a week after a hacking attack disabled computers controlling heating and warm water systems. In 2016, Israel and Turkey reported hack attacks. In 2015, hackers infected the workstation of a Ukrainian utility company with malware, triggering an hours-long blackout affecting about 80,000 people in the western part of the country. Ukraine reported that another wave of hacks caused blackouts in Kiev last month.

 
 
 
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The utility is a key life-line of the country and its economy. Security breaches can potentially be catastrophic and destabilize the operation of the utility, including the loss of revenue, damaged reputation, and diminished brand value.
 
 
 
 
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Staff at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have recommended approving a request from the electric utility to skip mandatory in-person power cut-off notifications to hostile customers.
 
 
 
 
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Cell Phones, Brain Cancer and Public Health with Katie Singer

Personal fitness coach, Ryan Munsey of NaturalStacks.com, interviews Katie Singer about why and how to reduce your household's exposure to screen-time and man-made electromagnetic radiation.
 
 
 
 
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Sweden Implements Inventive Plan to Recycle Christmas Trees

In the construction industry, the extremely low thermal conductivity and ability to absorb water makes biochar outstanding for insulating and regulating humidity in buildings.22 Biochar also efficiently absorbs electromagnetic radiation, making for a healthier interior environment.
 
As biochar is an excellent absorbent material, it may even be added to mattresses and pillows to absorb perspiration and odors, and shield against electromagnetic radiation. The insulation qualities help reflect heat and reduce heat build-up during the summer months.
 
 
 
 
 
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Links between Multiple Sclerosis and Exposure to Electro Magnetic Fields?
 
I have had a very interesting realization and insight. For several years, I have tried to help and support a family with an electrohypersensitive 34-year old daughter in Germany, and now I begin to see the light. During the Christmas holidays I have continued my work for them, and we are currently trying to put more and more pieces of their biomedical jigsaw puzzle together.

The daughter's history goes like this: At the age of eight (in 1990) she developed a claimed sensitivity to the family's computer/computer screen, later followed by the wireless indoor DECT phone, the mobile phone bought around 1995, and other household installations. Her parents did, however, not believe her at all and tried to get her to let go of these "wrong ideas", they even scolded her and treated her harshly due to her "imaginations". She then learnt to hide her electrohypersensitivity, but at the age of 16 her problems had escalated to such a level that it became impossible to continue doing so. She was acutely admitted to the high school nurse who referred her to a university medical doctor who, in turn, examined her and concluded that she had developed an early form of an "atypical MS", however not presenting the typical initial symptoms of MS (such as tingling, weakness in arms/legs, reduced (or loss of) balance, thinking problems, blurred or double vision, lack of coordination/clumsiness, numbness), but rather skin rashes, cutaneous heat sensations, redness, itch, pricking pain, concentration capacity reductions, short-term memory dysfunction, and irregular heart palpitations. She was admitted into a medical treatment program - including i.a. retarding medicines and cortison - as well as physiotherapy, which all, to the physicians as well as her parents surprise, had no or very little effect on her symptoms.

At this moment in time (around the year 2000), I was contacted by the parents, and they slowly started to reconsider her "imaginations", especially since her "atypical MS" became much better only when she was rid of the EMF exposure, and they slowly realized that their daughter - all the time since 8 years of age - may have been dead right in claiming her sensitivity to electric installations, such as the computer screen and mobile phone. By shielding their home - which was completed at her 20th birthday in 2002 - as well as allowing her to spend all possible time away from our modern society, her situation gradually became better and better, and now - at the age of 34 - she copes quite well with her electrohypersensitivity, and is about to get a new job and a new place of living in 2017. So hopefully it will end in brightness rather than in darkness.

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The interesting thing with her medical history is that the wrongly proclaimed diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) normally should have been based on demonstrating evidence of inflammatory-demyelinating injury within the central nervous system that is disseminated in both time and space. Diagnosis is made through a combination of the clinical history, neurologic examination, magnetic resonance imaging and the exclusion of other diagnostic possibilities. Other so-called "paraclinical" tests, including the examination of the cerebrospinal fluid, the recording of evoked potentials, urodynamic studies of bladder function, and ocular coherence tomography, may be helpful in establishing the diagnosis for individual patients, but are often unnecessary. Differential diagnosis in MS must be guided by clinical presentation and neurologic localization. While the list of conditions that can mimic MS clinically or radiologically is long, in clinical practice there are few conditions that truly mimic MS on both fronts. A positive test for a putative MS "mimic" does not unto itself exclude the diagnosis of MS. Typical symptoms of MS include discrete episodes ("attacks" or "relapses") of numbness, tingling, weakness, vision loss, gait impairment, incoordination, imbalance, and bladder dysfunction. In between attacks, patients tend to be stable, but may experience fatigue and heat sensitivity. Some MS patients go on to experience, or only experience, an insidious worsening of neurologic function and accumulation of disability ("progression") that is not associated with discrete relapse activity. Progression accounts for most of the long-term disability in MS. Diagnostic criteria for MS have evolved over the past several decades, with each revision impacting the apparent prevalence and prognosis of the disorder - the result has been to encourage earlier diagnosis without compromising accuracy.

But the existence of an "atypical MS" improving itself in EMF-reduced exposure situations is not known to clinical science, but may be an important suggestion about something completely different in it's own right (cf. below).

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As pointed out by Mary Redmayne and myself in our paper Redmayne M, Johansson O, "Could myelin damage from radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure help explain the functional impairment electrohypersensitivity? A review of the evidence", J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 2014; 17(5): 247-58. doi: 10.1080/10937404.2014.923356, from our literature studies a picture began to emerge in RF-EMF-exposed cases namely a greater risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in a study subgroup; and physical symptoms in individuals with the functional impairment electrohypersensitivity, many of which are the same as if myelin were affected by RF-EMF exposure, giving rise to symptoms of demyelination (thus mimicking MS). Overall, evidence from in vivo and in vitro and epidemiological studies suggests an association between RF-EMF exposure and either myelin deterioration or a direct impact on neuronal conduction, which may account for many electrohypersensitivity symptoms.

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So the final obvious questions, based on the above-referred case of electrohypersensitivity/"atypical MS" must be: 1) can artificial (and natural?) EMFs be one of the causes of MS (up till now there are no acknowledged causes of MS described); and 2) are there actually MS patients that are not, but rather are victims of EHS, thus with an environment as the 'patient' to be successfully 'treated' ... instead of a person?

With my very best regards
Yours sincerely
Olle
 
(Olle Johansson, associate professor
The Experimental Dermatology Unit
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden)
 
 
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Mystery 'Star Wars blaster fire' sound coming from the Northern Lights is travelling through power lines and getting people spooked

 
 
The comment below by a reader may help to explain why millions of people are suffering tinnitus and others hearing 'the hum'.  We know that electrical systems are acting like antennas and transmitting RF.  Its reasonable to believe that  home electrical wiring is also acting as antennae and speakers, bringing more RF pollution in our neighbourhoods and homes, and causing (unbearable) tinnitus type noise for many people.
 
 
Comment by Ben Hutchinson
 
It's a phenomenon called "auroral chorus". The aurora generates VLF radio waves, which are radio waves in the same range as audible sound, but because they are electromagnetic, you can't hear them directly (your ears pick up only mechanical vibrations, not electromagnetic waves). However, you can hear it if you have an antenna, an audio amplifier, and a speaker (no radio tuner required, because the signal is already in the audible frequency range). However, sometimes you can hear it when something else in your surroundings is behaving as an antenna, amplifier, and speaker. In this case, it appears to be the power lines. As they are very long (many miles in fact), they make great antennas, and the oscillating electric current induced in them from the VLF radio waves, is quite strong, so no amplifier is required to boost the signal strength. All you need then is a speaker to convert the electrical signal into mechanical vibrations (sound waves). It turns out, that the power lines can fill this role too. When the oscillating current from the VLF radio waves flows through them, the oscillating current generates an oscillating magnetic field, which causes the adjacent wires (power lines usually come in sets of three) to attract each other in varying amounts. As this force of attraction oscillates in response to the induced oscillating current, the power lines themselves will vibrate at this frequency, producing the sound waves you hear.
 
 
 
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Jonathan Rouzé  Master's Thesis
 
An excellent paper written by Jonathan Rouzé as part of his master's thesis. You will find plenty of testimonials from electrosensitive people, helping people who are not aware of the magnitude of the difficulties that victims of this allergy to electromagnetic fields is becoming increasingly widespread. It is available (in French) at:
 
 
Jean
 
 
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Top Cell Phone and Wireless Radiation News Stories in 2016

 
 
 
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This scientist re-wires frogs to grow extra limbs. Could it work in humans?

To do this, Levin traverses the most infinitesimal of passages. Across the surface of each cell sit hollow proteins known as ion channels. Charged molecules (or ions) surge through these pathways, entering and exiting cells and changing cell polarities and voltage gradients (the difference in voltage across the body). Tiny gates inside the channels control flow, swinging open and closed based on certain signals; when enough gates open, ions flood the cell and change its charge. The cell passes information to its neighbors through another group of gated proteins called "gap junctions." By deploying such microscopic tools as neurotoxins, Levin easily opens or blocks channels, flooding them with ions or strangling them. In the process, he creates creatures that nature never designed and that few of us have ever imagined.
 
 
 
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Wi-Fi Alliance® publishes 7 for '17 Wi-Fi® predictions

With more than three billion Wi-Fi device shipments expected in 2017 and more than eight billion devices currently in use around the world, Wi-Fi continues to have a major impact on everything from home networking to Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) and the Internet of Things (IoT). As more people around the world rely on Wi-Fi each day for productivity and access to data, Wi-Fi is also playing a more prominent role in our expanding communications infrastructure.
 
 
 
 
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China Continues to Lead Global Smart Electric Meter Market

In the coming decade, the second-generation smart meter market (replacements and upgrades) within these highly penetrated regions will begin to present significant revenue stream opportunities for product vendors and systems integrators, according to the report.
 
 
 
 
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Healing Frequencies Will Replace Modern Medicine as the Cure to All Diseases

An interview with Dr. Stephen Tashiro on energy medicine and  FCT (field control therapy). What is it, and how it works synergistically with the human body in a new and positive approach to healthcare.
EMF Refugee
 
 
 
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More False Information from Health Canada
 
Please find attached a response to your correspondence sent to the Minister of Health.  (HESA petition)

Thank you.

Health Canada
 
 
 
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Swiss Council of States rejects rise to radiation limits

Tuesday 13 December 2016

The Swiss Council of States has voted against a motion to raise the upper limit on radiation transmissions from mobile radio antennas.  

The motion, which was approved by the National Council in June, was rejected by the state council by a margin of 20 to 19. Under the bill, radio antennas would be authorised to transmit a higher level of radiation in a bid to increase their capacity. 

The Swiss telecommunications association Asut warned that rejecting the bill would lead to the need for thousands of new transmissions towers to keep pace with the growing demand for mobile internet.

The campaign against the bill was based on health concerns raised by residents. By contrast, Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard argued that 90 percent of radiation exposure comes from terminals, rather than antennas, and cited WHO guidelines that higher radiation levels were within safe limits, according to Neue Zuercher Zeiting. 

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/swiss-council-of-states-rejects-rise-to-radiation-limits--1175893

Sylvie
 
 
 
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Cell
 
'Cell' is a 2016 horror movie about cell phones based on a Stephen King novel, that may focus more public attention on the ubiquitous but dangerous devices.
 
 
Sarah
 
 
 
 

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