* Hearings And The (Mis)use Of Science - Official advisory panels are nominated by the body they are working for - Reports and talks never contain one negative remark on the product they have to evaluate - Only scientific material that give a positive opinion of the product in question is included in reports - Standard remarks about scientific articles that find negative effects in their product : studies have not been duplicated or reproduced by others - We could never obtain the same results when we tried to duplicate these studies - Nobody else has ever obtained these results - The work is bad and has been criticized by others - It is published in low-level and obscure journals - The work was done by bad scientists - They always complain that they need more money for their research - They say that the research should be paid by the industry that produces this product - They represent governmental bodies, that should take care of the population's well-being and health - Some of these experts were once indepedent, honest scientists - Of course life has become more pleasant for them after they got engaged in industry-funded research - Most politicians have already a pre-formed opinion and will not change it - The number of communes that decide to put a stop to the raising of 3G towers, is growing - Another trait in governmental experts : they claim to be able to evaluate all kinds of scientific research, though it is completely outside their scope - DELAY-TACTIC AND CREATING ILLUSIONS - The permit limit for microwave radiation has not been determined by doctors and biologists, but by technicians and solely from the amount of radiation it takes to warm up a bag of sugar water with 1 degree Celsius - The present threshold level for microwave radiation is more than 10.000 times higher than the level where serious cell changes and damage on the DNA takes place - Microwave radiation is about to turn young cell phone users into premature senile weaklings within this decade - Dr. George Carlo : Wireless industry is missing a valuable opportnity by dealing with public health concerns through politics, creating illusions that more research over the next several years helps consumers today, and false claims that regulatory compliance means safety - Cellular violence - Microwave radiation is a silent killer eating our life away - An operating mobile phone can be detected 100 km’s away - Human brain waves are disturbed and distorted within a distance of 90 metres from a cell phone - It is dangerous to health to stay within 400 m from a mobile base station, especially for children, youth, elderly or sick people - Children and youth are about three times more exposed and vulnerable to irreversible damage from microwave radiation because their brain, immune system and organisms are not fully developed - Non-effectual course will likely result in a regulatory and consumer backlash - ACTU Digest is now available - Redefining the Precautionary Principle for the Cellphone Industry - Eliminating undesirable words - The application of precaution shall not be used as a reason for postponing decisions where there is a risk of serious or irreversible harm - It is not possible to say that exposure to RF radiation, even at levels below national guidelines, is totally without potential adverse health effects - About 2 minutes on a cell phone can open the BBB and allow toxins, including prions, into the brain - EMF Exposure - Animal Study - Alfonso Balmori: Plants and electromagnetic fields - Watch the Public Hearing in Berkeley - Re : Experiences in Holland as an EHS person - NSA Mission & Operations - Biometrics enters 3-D - Bycatch in UK and European waters are at unacceptable and unsustainable levels - Government allowing imports of illegal and destructively logged timber from other countries (29/01/04)

Hearings And The (Mis)use Of Science
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Friends,

During the past months I have participated in many hearings on the issue
of mobile phones and towers. The latest one organized by the commune of
Nacka, near Stockholm in Sweden. Next month there will be one for the
MPs in the Swedish Parliament, and in March a similar one in the Danish
Parliament.

All these meetings have the same procedure in common: There will be
talks from representatives from the telecommunication industries, the
ministries, expert panels that advise the government, the industry and
sometimes, but not necessarily, from consumer organisations and
independent persons. Afterwards there will be a debate.

Let us see what these official advisory panels have in common. They are
nominated by the body they are working for and the members marketed as
experts in their field and qualified scientists. Their reports and
talks  never contain one negative remark on the Product they have to
evaluate. Consequently only scientific material that give a positive
opinion of the Product in question is included in their reports.

About scientific articles that find negative effects in their Product,
their standard remarks are:  "Of course we know about these studies, but
we choose not to include them in our evaluation - they have not been
duplicated or reproduced by others - we could never obtain the same
results when we tried to duplicate these studies - nobody else has ever
obtained these results - the work is bad and has been criticized by
others - it is published in low-level and obscure  journals - the work
was done by bad scientists."

They never insist that scientific studies that only show positive
effects of the Product should be duplicated or reproduced. They always
complain that they need more money for their research. They say that
this research should be paid by the industry that produces this Product.

It is sad, because they represent governmental bodies, that should take
care of the population's well-being and health. Some of these experts
were once independent, honest scientists. Of course life has become more
pleasant for them after they got engaged in industry-funded research.

So are the private or non-funded scientists just dumb fools, because
they would like to be able to look themselves in the eyes each morning
when they look into the mirror?

As to the outcome of these hearings, this can be very varying and
dubious. Most politicians have already a pre-formed opinion and will not
change it. All we can is to rely on a critical, unbiased and engaged
population that are able to think for themselves. 

In the meantime the debate in the Danish communes goes on about 3G and
the towers. The number of communes that decide to put a stop to the
raising of 3G towers, is growing.

Supplemental remarks

The pharmaceutical industry has been using these  practices for decades.
This is described in a recent article in the British Medical Journal by 
Dave Sackett and Andy Oxman, who invented the firm HARLOT (=How to
achieve positive results without actually lying to overcome the truth),
where they describe these malpractices in science. It certainly applies
to the mobile phone industry too.

Another trait in governmental experts: they claim to be able to evaluate
all kinds of scientific research, though it is completely outside their
scope.

Sianette Kwee

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DELAY-TACTIC AND CREATING ILLUSIONS
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http://www.amta.org.au/default.asp?Page=300

Comments

DELAY-TACTIC AND CREATING ILLUSIONS: NO - RESULTS OF LATEST DUTCH REVIEW
OF RESEARCH INTO EME EFFECTS OF MOBILE PHONES.

1. There are no-health-based reasons in mobile telephony?:
“The permit limit for microwave radiation has not been determined by
doctors and biologists, based on trials on animals and humans, but by
technicians and solely from the amount of radiation it takes to warm up
a bag of sugar water with 1 degree Celsius.”
“The present threshold level for microwave radiation is more than 10.000
times higher than the level where serious cell changes and damage on the
DNA takes place.”

* “Microwave radiation is about to turn young cell phone users into
premature senile weaklings within this decade.”

 2. “Delay tactic” and creating illusions:
“Both government reports recommended further research on a number of
areas requiring further clarification.”

Dr. George Carlo, (October 1999). "I am concerned that the wireless
industry is missing a valuable opportunity by dealing with these public
health concerns through politics, creating illusions that more research
over the next several years helps consumers today, and false claims that
regulatory compliance means safety. The better choice by the wireless
industry would be to implement measured steps aimed at true consumer
protection."

3. Cellular violence:
Microwave radiation is a silent killer eating your life away

An operating mobile phone can be detected 100 km’s away. Human brain
waves are disturbed and distorted within a distance of 90 metres from a
cell phone.

It is dangerous to health to stay within 400 m from a mobile base
station, especially for children, youth, elderly or sick people.

3.1. There are no health based reasons for limiting the use of mobile
phones by children?
“Children and youth are about three times more exposed and vulnerable to
irreversible damage from microwave radiation because their brain, immune
system and organisms are not fully developed.”

CONCLUSION: REGULATORY AND CONSUMER BACKLASH?
Dr. George Carlo. (October 1999). "I am especially concerned about what
appear to be actions by a segment of the industry to conscript the FCC,
the FDA and The World Health Organization with them in following a
non-effectual course that will likely result in a regulatory and
consumer backlash."

Message from Dr Miguel Muntané

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ACTU Digest is now available
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The ACTU's latest  OH&S Digest is now available:
www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/digest_of_occupational_health_and_safety.pdf
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is the peak national body
representing over 2 million trade union members. Other countries take
note.....

Don Maisch

and

NEWSPEAK: Redefining the Precautionary Principle for the Cellphone Industry
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www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/redefining_precautionary_principle.pdf

Comments by Dr Miguel Muntané:

WORDS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN "BRAIN DEATH"?

NEWSPEAK: REDEFINING THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE FOR THE CELLPHONE INDUSTRY

"NEWSPEAK" far from being a fictional medium of expression, is alive and
well in the ongoing Cellphone controversy.

SUMMARY: WORDS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN “BRAIN DEATH”?

NEWSPEAK: Its vocabulary was so constructed as to give exact and often
very subtle expression to every meaning that a Party member could
properly wish to express, while excluding all other meaning

1. The invention of new words

2. Eliminating undesirable words

3. Stripping such undesirable words as remained of unorthodox meanings,
and so far as possible of all secondary meaning whatever."

OLDSPEAK: Forgotten, a heretical thought -- that is, a thought diverging
from the principles of IngSoc -- literally unthinkable, at least so far
as thought is dependent on words.

REDEFINING THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE FOR THE CELLPHONE INDUSTRY

1. OLDSPEAK AND PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE:

The application of "precaution" recognizes that the absence of full
scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing
decisions where there is a risk of serious or irreversible harm."

"We conclude therefore that it is not possible at present to say that
exposure to RF radiation, even at levels below national guidelines, is
totally without potential adverse health effects, and that the gaps in
knowledge are sufficient to justify a precautionary approach."

2. NEWSPEAK AND “IS NOT, BY DEFINITION”

The Dutch take Newspeak one step further. They discussed the adoption of
the Precautionary Principle which they re-define as:

"The Precautionary Principle is not, by definition, the same thing as
taking measures to reduce exposure. It can also include other actions."
The Committee states, "carrying out further research...together with
monitoring scientific developments and publishing its findings...are
adequate steps in the current context of precautionary measures."

3. FURTHER RESEARCH ... FOLLOWING A NON-EFFECTUAL COURSE?

Dr. George Carlo, (October 1999). "I am concerned that the wireless
industry is missing a valuable opportunity by dealing with these public
health concerns through politics, creating illusions that more research
over the next several years helps consumers today, and false claims that
regulatory compliance means safety. The better choice by the wireless
industry would be to implement measured steps aimed at true consumer
protection."

Dr. George Carlo. (October 1999). "I am especially concerned about what
appear to be actions by a segment of the industry to conscript the FCC,
the FDA and The World Health Organization with them in following a
non-effectual course that will likely result in a regulatory and
consumer backlash."

TRUE CONSUMER PROTECTION IS TO REDUCE ONLY BY 10,000 THE PRESENT
MICROWAVES EXPOSURE INTO THE BRAIN

Dr. Neil Cherry (27 Oct. 2000) “Leif Salford’s research on microwaves
and the Blood Brain Barrier is probably very relevant.  The BBB protects
the brain from toxins and viruses. About 2 minutes on a cell phone can
open the BBB and allow toxins, including prions, into the brain”.

* ¡ 2 minutes on a cell phone can open the BBB !

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EMF Exposure - Animal Study
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http://members.aol.com/gotemf/emf/animals.htm

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Plants and electromagnetic fields
----------------------------------------
With best regards

Alfonso Balmori

see under http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/plantingle.pdf
     
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Watch the Public Hearing in Berkeley, California
------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Fellows:
 
In case you want to see details of the Public Hearing that was held in
the City Hall of Berkeley, California, please go to this site.
 
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/agendaindex.htm
 
At 1/20/04, you can go to eSummary and see all documents of this case.
You can go to Video and watch the proceedings on the video.  Lots of
lies by Sprint. To navigate, note that the case in known as 1600
Shattuck Avenue.
 
The City Council Members will vote on this case on Tuesday.
 
Radi

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Re: Experiences in Holland as an EHS person
-------------------------------------------------------
Hi Klaus.

If the symptoms are being caused by RF, measures reducing or preventing
RF should relieve the symptoms.

I would suggest buying a couple of rolls of aluminium foil and using a
(paper) stapler to line the walls with it on the inside. Staples make
very tiny holes which will not harm the walls. Overlap the foil and
staple about every 20 cm. Foil could be taped to windows, if necessary.

This greatly should reduce RF inside the house, certainly at least as
much as the metal sides of a car. Cars have big windows, and glass
passes RF.

The protection can be increased, even by covering the ceiling. Floors
will be hard and will require aluminium sheets thicker than foil, but
this may not be necessary.

When this shielding is perfect, a portable radio inside the house will
not work for distant stations.  However, even if a radio works, the
aluminium will greatly have reduced RF indoors.

Also, getting a big cardboard box and lining it with foil, just to sleep
inside, would work at night. Put aluminium window screening over one end
to let air in to breathe.

If these measures have NO effect, the problem probably is not RF-related.

John Michael Williams

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NSA Mission & Operations
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Communications Intelligence
Signals Intelligence
Domestic Intelligence
Independently Operating Personnel Target Citizens
NSA's Domestic Electronic Surveillance Network
Signals Intelligence Remote Computer Tampering
Detecting EMF Fields in Humans for Surveillance
NSA Signals Intelligence Use of EMF Brain Stimulation
Capabilities of NSA operatives using RNM
NSA Signals Intelligence Electronic Brain Link Technology
Table:  An example of EMF Brain Stimulation
NSA Techniques and Resources
Remote RNM Devices
Spotters and Walk-Bys in Metropolitan Areas
Chemicals and Drugs
Intelligence/Anti-Terrorist Equipment
Resources
Further Resources

read under http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/akwei.pdf

Informant: Ruth Gill

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Biometrics enters 3-D
--------------------------
Wired News

"A three-dimensional mug shot may soon be the only ID you'll ever need.
DuPont Authentication Systems and A4Vision, a company that sells
facial-imaging products, have developed a biometric security device that
generates in-depth, three-dimensional facial portraits similar to
holograms and secure enough to be embedded in documents .... The image
in the biometric template carries enough detail to view a subject's head
from ear to ear. The template can be affixed to cards or passports; once
the image is embedded, users need only be scanned to see whether their
facial characteristics match. The biometric data obtained is more
comprehensive than 2-D imagery since it contains information along three
axes instead of
two."

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,61969,00.html
 
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Bycatch in UK and European waters are at unacceptable and unsustainable
levels
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http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/oceans/getactive/emailaction.cfm


ILLEGAL TIMBER
-------------------------
The New Zealand Government set a good example to the rest of the world
when it put a stop to all logging of ancient forests on public land but
Greenpeace has now discovered that the Government is actually allowing
imports of illegal and destructively logged timber from other countries
to fill the market demand for timber.

Much of the illegal timber is coming from neighbouring countries like
Papua New Guinea where corruption is rampant and illegal logging
commonplace. The timber enters New Zealand on a regular basis via a
subsidiary of the notorious Malaysian logging giant Rimbunan Hijau.

Please send a message to the New Zealand Trade, Forestry and Economic
Development Ministers today to tell them this trade is not acceptable
for a clean and green country like New Zealand:

http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/action/forests/action.asp

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O.T. themes:

Saddam's WMD never existed, says chief American arms inspector
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5571.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3425429.stm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1031122.htm
http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp?type=worldNew
s&locale=en_IN&storyID=4198335


Cheney Delusional?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/23/
MNG3M4G9GV1.DTL


Cheney's Iraq Deceptions Leave NPR Speechless
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5573.htm

Lone Cowboy
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/67770/1/.html

Ashcroft Says U.S. Not Greedy for Empire
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4197612

A History Of Lies
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3569.htm

The New Inquisition
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20040118t000000-0500
_54490_obs_the_new_inquisition.asp


US, Hat In Hand, Back At UN
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002-12-04-iraq-disclosure-usat_x.htm

Of course the White House fears free elections in Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1130138,00.html

The Finality of Evil : America vs. Human Nature
http://www.reason.com/hod/jt012204.shtml

The Other America
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5576.htm

"It's Just Wrong What We're Doing"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5575.htm

New WMD blow for Blair
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1130333,00.html

Blair 'must admit WMD defeat'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3425529.stm


 From Information Clearing House

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Bush's Iraq an Appointocracy
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Jan04/Klein0124.htm

Celestial Land Grabs and the Demise of Science
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Jan04/Burstyn0126.htm

American Ali Baba
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Jan04/Valenzuela0126.htm

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