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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