ARPANSA AND "DELAY TACTIC" IN FORMULATING RESEARCH
HYPOTHESES
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Would assist researchers in formulating research hypotheses
1. "Health complaints register" should be done
10 years before the
introduction of the mobile telephone.
"ARPANSA written complaint" is the alleged investigation
that should be
done 10 years before to sell to the mass public "microwave
emitter".
2. Wrong "Delay tactic" with more than 1,000,000,000,-
mobile phone users.
Formal complaint presented in Luxembourg (24.2.2003):
We are not in time 10 years before, we are 10 years after
the
introduction of mobile telephony and with more than 1,000,000,000
users
as guinea pigs.
3. First objective of the "Delay tactic"? Is not
to protect user's
health: Is just to "study hypothesis" and will not
be limited to
telecommunications equipment
"would assist researchers in formulating research hypotheses"
"to help identify future areas of research into the
effects of
electromagnetic fields on people and the environment".
"in measures being adopted to minimise health risks
associated with EMR."
SUMMARY "FORMULATING RESEARCH HYPOTHESES"
"Members of the public who believe they have suffered
ill-effects as a
result of exposure to EMR can now lodge a written complaint
with a
national database administered by ARPANSA.
1. Therefore, it is important to note that the register will
not be
limited to telecommunications equipment like mobile phones
and
broadcasting transmitters but will also include sources such
as
powerlines, induction heaters, microwave ovens and other personal,
industrial and scientific EMR producing equipment."
2. to help identify future areas of research into the effects
of
electromagnetic fields on people and the environment.
3. would assist researchers in formulating research hypotheses
( in the
range of 0-300 GHz)
Don't gamble with our health!
Message from Dr Miguel Muntané
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Dear Klaus Rudolph,
I see you received the information I sent you. The letter
from my school
nurse is missing. I have now enclosed that information.
I am working on getting all WI schools checked for this problem.
My
superintendent is very happy with the results he is seeing
with staff
and students. He is also a person who answers all questions
and
encourages others to follow in the process.
Best wishes,
Angela Olstad
CHANGES
NOTED SINCE FILTERS INSTALLED
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In the years previous to the filters being installed, several
children
required inhalation treatments for their asthma in the spring
and in the
fall. Many of them required nebulizer treatments once or twice
a day
while at school. I have not had to administer one nebulizer
treatment
this past year and of the 37 students with inhalers, only
three of them
use the inhaler for their exercise-induced asthma before Phy
Ed.
Teachers are stating they are less fatigued and tired. The
sense of
smell has come back for me. I lost it for three years and
the doctors
said it was my allergies.
The students seem to have more energy and appear and seem
less tired.
Several staff who doctored regularly for allergies have not
had to take
medication or see their doctor because they are having less
problems.
Students whom have been diagnosed with migraine headaches
have had their
headaches reduced no headaches at all.
I feel that our faculty and students have had improved health
overall
since the filters have been installed.
Char Sbraggia R.N.
District Nurse
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Sprint
is coming to town; Berkeley, California
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Dear Fellows:
Perhaps by now, you know about the ongoing battle of Berkeley
(California) residents with Sprint. This battle has been going
on for
the past nine months.
Today, neighbors in Berkeley have received letters saying
that Sprint is
coming to town to hold an info session for the public.
Well, they should have done this last November, not now.
We would like to seek your advice. What should we do? Should
we go to
the meeting? And in the meeting what questions should we raise?
If you are familiar with such info sessions by wireless providers,
please let us know.
Thank you,
Radi
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HAARP
- a weapons system which disrupts the climate
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On 5 February 1998 Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and
Disarmament
held a hearing the subject of which included HAARP. NATO and
the US had
been invited to send representatives, but chose not to do
so. The
Committee regrets the failure of the USA to send a representative
to
answer questions, or to use the opportunity to comment on
the material
submitted.(21)
HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project) is
run jointly by
the US Air Force and Navy, in conjunction with the Geophysical
Institute
of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Similar experiments
are also
being conducted in Norway, probably in the Antarctic, as well
as in the
former Soviet Union.(22) HAARP is a research project using
a ground
based apparatus, an array of antennae each powered by its
own
transmitter, to heat up portions of ionosphere with powerful
radio
beams.(23) The energy generated heats up parts of the ionosphere;
this
results in holes in the ionosphere and produces artificial
'lenses'.
HAARP can be used for many purposes. Enormous quantities
of energy can
be controlled by manipulating the electrical characteristics
of the
atmosphere. If used as a military weapon this can have a devastating
impact on an enemy. HAARP can deliver millions of times more
energy to a
given area than any other conventional transmitter. The energy
can also
be aimed at a moving target which should constitute a potential
anti-missile system.
The project would also allow better communications with submarines
and
manipulation of global weather patterns, but it is also possible
to do
the reverse, to disrupt communications. By manipulating the
ionosphere
one could block global communications while transmitting one's
own.
Another application is earth-penetrating, tomography, x-raying
the earth
several kilometres deep, to detect oil and gas fields, or
underground
military facilities. Over-the-horizon radar is another application,
looking round the curvature of the earth for in-coming objects.
From the 1950s the USA conducted explosions of nuclear material
in the
Van Allen Belts(24) to investigate the effect of the electro-magnetic
pulse generated by nuclear weapon explosions at these heights
on radio
communications and the operation of radar. This created new
magnetic
radiation belts which covered nearly the whole earth. The
electrons
travelled along magnetic lines of force and created an artificial
Aurora
Borealis above the North Pole. These military tests are liable
to
disrupt the Van Allen belt for a long period. The earth's
magnetic field
could be disrupted over large areas, which would obstruct
radio
communications. According to US scientists it could take hundreds
of
years for the Van Allen belt to return to normal. HAARP could
result in
changes in weather patterns. It could also influence whole
ecosystems,
especially in the sensitive Antarctic regions.
Another damaging consequence of HAARP is the occurrence of
holes in the
ionosphere caused by the powerful radio beams. The ionosphere
protects
us from incoming cosmic radiation. The hope is that the holes
will fill
again, but our experience of change in the ozone layer points
in the
other direction. This means substantial holes in the ionosphere
that
protects us.
With its far-reaching impact on the environment HAARP is
a matter of
global concern and we have to ask whether its advantages really
outweigh
the risks.
The environmental impact and the ethical aspect must be closely
examined
before any further research and testing takes place. HAARP
is a project
of which the public is almost completely unaware, and this
needs to be
remedied.
HAARP has links with 50 years of intensive space research
for military
purposes, including the Star Wars project, to control the
upper
atmosphere and communications. This kind of research has to
be regarded
as a serious threat to the environment, with an incalculable
impact on
human life. Even now nobody knows what impact HAARP may have.
We have to
beat down the wall of secrecy around military research, and
set up the
right to openness and democratic scrutiny of military research
projects,
and parliamentary control.
A series of international treaties and conventions (the Convention
on
the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental
modification techniques, the Antarctic Treaty, the Treaty
on principles
governing the activities of states in the exploration and
use of outer
space including the moon and other celestial bodies, and the
UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea) casts considerable doubt
on HAARP on
legal as well as humanitarian and political grounds. The Antarctic
Treaty lays down that the Antarctic may be used exclusively
for peaceful
purposes.(25) This would mean that HAARP is a breach of international
law. All the implications of the new weapons systems should
be examined
by independent international bodies. Further international
agreements
should be sought to protect the environment from unnecessary
destruction
in war.
Impact of military activities on the environment
Not only military weapons systems but, by and large, all
military
activities, including peace-time exercises, have some form
of
environmental impact. However, when environmental destruction
has been
discussed, the role of the military has not in general been
touched
upon, only the impact of civilian society on the environment
has been
criticised. There are at least two explanations for this.(26)
Owing to
its secrecy, military activity is more difficult to discuss
and it is
difficult to set the nation's top priority - its security
and defence -
against the environment. At the present time, however, when
environmental and natural disasters constitute a serious threat
to
security, these arguments are more dubious. The armed forces
endeavour
to prepare themselves in peace time for operations in war
in as
realistic conditions as possible. They therefore carry out
their
exercises under warlike conditions, which involves subjecting
the
environment to great stress. This is illustrated, for instance,
by the
withdrawal of Soviet troops and the abandoned military bases
in Eastern
and Central Europe which have left deep scars on the local
environment.
Military exercises entail widespread damage to the landscape
and animal
life. Troop exercises subject large tracts of land to extensive
environmental destruction. Test sites for artillery and tactical
missiles tend to require larger surfaces for military purposes.
Likewise, production of munitions and the industry that manufactures
military equipment cause widespread environmental problems.
The military is responsible for emissions of several gases
affecting the
climate, primarily carbon dioxide, but also incineration of
fossil fuels
and emissions of freons, which results in the depletion of
the ozone
layer.(27) Consumption of aviation fuel is a major source
of emissions
of acidifying substances such as nitrogen oxides and sulphur
oxide. The
armed forces account for much of all consumption of aviation
fuel and
are responsible for a very large proportion of all aviation
emissions.(28) High-flying planes and rockets have a particularly
damaging impact on the environment, both in the form of noise
and fuel
emissions. All rockets using solid fuel emit large quantities
of
hydrochloric acid in their exhaust emissions and every flight
of a space
shuttle injects around 75 tonnes of ozone-destroying chlorine.
Likewise,
noise from military exercises using heavy calibre ammunition
may bring
about environmental disruption.
Metal pollution is dispersed into the environment through
shooting
practice; often large quantities of small calibre ammunition
containing
lead is used and large quantities of lead are dispersed into
the
environment. Unfortunately, there is no comprehensive information
about
consumption of metals.
Consequences in the form of environmental problems caused
by disarmament
is only a recently observed phenomenon. Every year, large
quantities of
explosive substances are destroyed, mostly through industrial
processes.
Some ammunition cannot be destroyed in this way for various
reasons but
must be detonated. Obviously, scaling down is a necessary
and positive
process but it must be carried out in environmentally acceptable
ways.
Environmentally sound technology must be developed for the
purpose of
destroying weapons.
Several nations have already begun to exploit the opportunities
for using
military-related resources to restore the environment destroyed
by the
armed forces. All other sectors in society have to take responsibility
for the environment and the military sector should also do
so. As in
other sectors of society, environmental issues must form an
integral
part of the armed forces' activities and be incorporated in
the
decision-making and budgetary processes.
In May 1993, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
took a
decision - 'application of environmental norms to military
establishments' - to encourage national governments to enact
national
laws for the military sector. Finland, for example, has drawn
up a green
paper to regulate the impact of military activities on the
environment.
Sweden has followed suit.(29) In June 1996 Sweden, in conjunction
with
the USA, also drew up environmental guidelines for military
activities.(30) The military should establish environmental
targets and
proposals for measures to help reduce the impact on the environment
in
accordance with Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration.(31) They
should also
submit reports identifying factors affecting the environment
within the
armed forces. Environmental impact assessments must be drawn
up before
new projects commence and when procuring material for civilian
and
military use.
Every government should take stock of its environmental requirements
and
identify the military resources which are available for environmental
purposes, draw up national environment plans and report their
experience
to an appropriate body within the European Union and the United
Nations.
All military personnel, including conscripts, should receive
basic
training in environmental matters. The US armed forces are
considered to
be quite advanced in this respect, particularly in terms of
equipment,
but also in regard to training. The European Union should
cooperate and
exchange experience in this sector with the USA to a greater
extent.
Strategies for using military resources for environment-enhancing
purposes
Prevention of environmental crises requires infrastructure,
organisation
and increased resources. These are available in the armed
forces. Many
resources within the military sector could be used to protect,
improve
and restore the environment. Essentially, this would be based
on two
stages: a stocktaking stage to assess the suitability of the
military
resources and a political action plan to guarantee their availability.
Obviously, military-related resources vary a great deal from
one country
to another but they comprise skilled personnel, engineers,
sophisticated
hi-tech equipment, organisational ability and military research
and
development. In many ways, the military sector is in a unique
position
to strengthen international civilian capacity to implement
environmental
strategies. Military personnel are wellequipped to intervene
in the
event of disasters. As distinct from civilian forces, the
military are
trained to carry out missions under extreme conditions. They
can also be
called out in the event of environmental accidents and to
clear up and
destroy high-grade toxic, radioactive and other hazardous
substances.
The armed forces also possess a great quantity of information
which can
help in detecting changes in the atmosphere, the sea and in
the earth's
surface and thereby provide an early warning and forestall
environmental
disasters. Military satellites, aeroplanes, surface vessels
and
submarines are capable of collecting further information on
climate
changes and on currents and temperature changes in the sea.
Radar, which
was developed for military purposes, can be used for environmental
objectives. Infrared radar can detect temperature changes
in the earth's
surface. For example, American military satellites have been
used to
establish the number of whales, classify them and save them.
Environmental problems are global in nature and international
cooperation is therefore crucial to prevent future environmental
disasters.
Joint international work can also serve a 'dual' purpose;
it can build
confidence for the very reason that it is carried out jointly
-
countries assist each other. It can also enable countries
to shoulder a
reasonable amount of responsibility for the environment in
proportion to
their strength.(32) Some important areas for joint undertakings
might be
technology transfer, joint training and education.
Environmental strategies might comprise monitoring the earth's
environment, evaluating the data collected, coordinating scientific
work
and disseminating information. As a special form of international
aid,
national resources should be made available to the EU and
the UN so that
they may be used on request by a country stricken by an environmental
disaster. Environmental strategies must also include a global
stocktaking of resources suitable for environmental protection.
A disaster force composed of both civilian and military personnel
could
be set up for deployment in emergency situations. Taking part
in
international peace-keeping and humanitarian missions is already
an
important task for the military. However, a distinction must
be made
between such missions within national boundaries and within
another
state's jurisdiction. Lessons can be learned from UN experiences
in this
respect and, clearly, exercises or deployment on the territory
of
another nation must take place in accordance with international
laws. We
should consider which resources can be made available to the
UN or the
European Union, temporarily, long-term or on a standby basis
as
instruments for joint cooperation in the event of environmental
disasters and environmental crises.
Military bilateral and multilateral cooperation has increased
tremendously. Within NATO, a DanishGerman-Polish force is
being
developed which it will also be possible to use for civilian
disaster
aid, in addition to having traditional tasks. It is expected
to be
operational by spring 1999.
http://www2.europarl.eu.int/omk/sipade2?SAME_LEVEL=1&LEVEL=4&NAV=X&PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+REPORT+A4-1999-0005+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
Informant: Bernd Schreiner
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THE
GRAND CHIEF WOABLEZA TRAGEDY
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READ ABOUT THE BRUTAL BEATING OF SIOUX SPIRITUAL LEADER ROBERT
WOABLEZA
LABATTE http://www.manataka.org/page200.html
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Fast
for Freedom in Mental Health 8/16
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NEWS RELEASE - 1 August 2003
More info pre-fast - David Oaks ph: 541-345-9106
During fast - Mickey Weinberg ph: 626-795-5525
http://www.MindFreedom.org
** please forward **
A Fast for Human Rights and Choice in Mental Health Begins
16 August
2003
Hunger Strikers Encourage Supporters to Contact American
Psychiatric
Association, National Alliance for Mentally Ill & Surgeon
General
PASADENA, CALIF: On Sat., 16 August 2003 five former mental
patients and
a dissident social worker from throughout the United States
will
arrive in Pasadena, Calif. to begin a hunger strike to press
for human
rights and choice in Psychiatry: Fast for Freedom in Mental
Health.
They charge that the pharmaceutical industry and psychiatry
are
medicalizing an ever-widening spectrum of human emotion and
behavior for
financial gain and self-interest, and are willing to deceive
the public
while they too frequently stigmatize, humiliate, and harm
their clients
in the process.
"The government gives virtually total support to a quick-fix,
pill-pushing model of mental health at the expense of alternative,
less
invasive ways of helping people in emotional distress,"
asserts David
Oaks, hunger striker and Executive Director of MindFreedom
Support
Coalition International.
The hunger strikers will subsist on a liquid only diet until
the
American Psychiatric Association (APA), The Surgeon General,
and the
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) respond to seven
challenges sent to
them concurrent with this news release.
GO TO http://www.MindFreedom.org for the Fast for Freedom
in Mental
Health Statement, photos, cover letter, bios, announcement
and more
news.
Fourteen mental health academics and practitioners stand
ready to review
and reply to responses to the strikers' challenge. One, Loren
Mosher,
MD, former head of schizophrenia studies at the National Institute
of
Mental Health said, "What we are dealing with here is
fashion, politics,
and money... I want no part of a psychiatry of oppression
and social
control."
"The targets of our fast have muddied the waters of
mental health for
too long," said Mickey Weinberg, hunger striker and MindFreedom
board
member. "It's time they come clean. They claim science
is on their side.
We're just saying, 'prove it.'"
http://www.mindfreedom.org/mindfreedom/hungerstrike.shtml
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GM
Potato = Malnutrition
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMPEM.php
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O.T.
themes:
Mystery
illness kills Missouri soldier
http://www.news-leader.com/today/0716-Mysteryill-108625.html
Army
Of One
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/onearmy.html
Greeks
accuse Blair of war crimes in Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1007837,00.html
Informant: George Paxinos
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Bush:
I'm responsible for using bad spy data
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-07-30-bush_x.htm
Scientists
still deny Iraqi arms programs
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5497-2003Jul30.html
Strange
reactions
http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20030801/index.php
Voting
fraud made easy
http://www.libertyforall.net/2003/archive/aug2/voting.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Progressives
Must Join Forces For Victory In 2004
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0723-01.htm
Informant: Carol Wolman
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Playing
Make-Believe For War:Not the First Time
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/newsArticle.asp?id=927
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