On the eve of this nation s Independence Day celebrations, local legislators from coast to coast are taking the lead to ensure that in addition to the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, Americans also have the right to know about cell phone radiation - and that they can easily learn safer ways to use these ubiquitous devices in their homes and workplaces. With the World Health Organization declaring microwave radiation from cell phones a potential cause of cancer - much like engine exhausts and some pesticides - a number of officials are moving to place warnings directly on phones.
'Democracy rests on the fundamental principle that citizens have a right to know about potential dangers of products that they choose to use, and that they also have a right to live free from intrusions into their homes and families,' says Devra Davis, Ph.D., MPH, founder of the Environmental Health Trust and author of Disconnect - The Truth about Cell Phone Radiation, What Industry Has Done to Hide It and How to Protect Your Family. 'Democratic principles also require that industry and government have a duty to inform citizens about hazards that may constitute a clear and present danger to public welfare. Whether from pesticides or cell phones, we should take serious steps to curtail exposures to suspected hazards.'
As the nation s fifth largest city and the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia is on the forefront of the cell phone radiation issue. The eyes of the country will be on Pennsylvania later this summer (August 31st), because passage of a new bill would require that retailers prominently display a warning label on cell phones and their packaging detailing potential harm of cell phone radiation, specifically to children and pregnant women.
Advanced by former-speaker of the House Pennsylvania State Rep. Dennis O?Brien (R-169, and State Rep. Vanessa Brown (D-190), the Pennsylvania cell phone safety bill (HB-1408) would provide the first state action in the US reflecting growing scientific consensus from the WHO and from EHT s Doctors? Pamphlet on Safer Cellphone Use, written by some of the world s top neurosurgeons.
Pennsylvania State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown believes that cell phones should be treated like cigarettes. 'It is simply too early to prove without doubt that cell phones are not harmful,' she has said. 'Therefore, the choice is simple: be a more responsible cell phone user, especially around young children, or keep taking chances. Just as children can t smoke, they shouldn t hold cell phones next to their brains. The purpose of the label is to prevent damage and promote safer cell phone practices among Pennsylvania s families,' she adds.
Rob Stuart, a Senior Advisor to Environmental Health Trust, and a leader of the Pennsylvania effort is confident about the need for legislative action and its prospects for passage. 'This is a non-partisan matter that is bringing together all parties in the State to stand up for liberty and truth in labeling about cell phone radiation. We have to protect our children now, rather than wait for damaging health consequences from radiation to emerge.'
Founding Fathers of Cell Phone Issue: More Work Needed (Again)
In the US over the past two decades, three congressional hearings have addressed the cell phone health risk issue: Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA) in 1993; Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) in 2008; Senators Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Thomas Harkin (D-IA in 2009). Ellen Marks, Director of Government and Public Affairs at EHT, believes it s time to move beyond talk about the problem to real action. 'Calls for warnings and public education about cell phone safety are sweeping the nation as Pennsylvania, Maine, California (San Francisco, Berkeley, Burlingame), New Mexico, Jackson, Wyoming, and perhaps New York City are now proposing serious legislative changes in labeling and public education.'
The State Senates in California and Pennsylvania will soon be reviewing proposals for major public education campaigns so that consumers have the right to know how to use phones safely. In a recent speech highlighting the fine print warnings found in packaging to keep cell phones away from the body, cell phone legislative sponsor California State Senator, Mark Leno concluded, 'They (the cell phone industry) know and the more they resist, it only makes me wonder how much more they are not telling us.'
Israeli legislators recently announced a new bill with several striking demands for cell phone companies, including sending an SMS every day at 12 noon to cell phone users, which warns that the WHO has determined that mobile phone radiation is a possible cause of cancer and that cellphones should be used with care. A similar warning would appear on the screen when the phone is turned on. The bill includes a stipulation that purchaser of a cell phone will have to sign a statement indicating that they understand the risks of its use, especially in children.
John Cockburn,
Director, Equipment Division,
Office of Energy Efficiency,
Department of Natural Resources,
930 Carling Avenue (CEF, Building 1, Observatory Crescent),
2nd Floor, Room 25,
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0Y3
(tel.: 613-996-4359; email: equipment@nrcan.gc.ca)
Re: Canada Gazette, Part I, Regulations Amending the Energy Efficiency Regulations
I am delighted that Natural Resources Canada is considering a two-year delay for banning incandescent light bulbs.
In 2008, Tom Hutchinson and I sent a petition to the Auditor General of Canada that is attached. It outlines the key problems with CFL bulbs and includes the following:
1. Mercury content a concern during breakage inside buildings (homes, schools, offices, etc) and disposal in waste dumps contributes to the global load of mercury. It is also contributing to ill health among many Chinese workers. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6211261.ece
2. CFL emit UV radiation and Health Canada has already issued a warning that people should sit further away and use the light bulbs for less than 2 hours at a time to minimize their UV exposure. Some bulbs now have a double envelope, which does reduce the UV considerably, but many bulbs still generate UV radiation.
3. CFL bulbs generate radio frequency radiation that flows along electrical wires and contributes to poor power quality also known as dirty electricity. Dirty electricity has been linked to ill health, increased blood sugar among diabetics who are electrically sensitive, increased tremors and difficulty walking among those with Multiple Sclerosis, and problems with student behaviour in schools. All of this is properly referenced in the attached Environmental Petition sent to the Auditor General of Canada.
4. CFL bulbs generate radio frequency radiation that can interfere with marine wireless communication and some GE bulbs have this warning on the package.
6. CFL bulbs are making people ill. This includes those who have migraine headaches, epilepsy, those with electrosensitivity, and those who have skin problems. Details are provided in the attached report.
If the government waits for an additional two years, light emitting diode (LED) technology will have improved in terms of light quality and intensity and the price will have dropped as did the price of CFLs when they first came on the market.
Canadians are attached to their incandescent light bulbs and it makes sense to use light bulbs that will add to the heating of rooms especially during the long Canadian winters. CFL technology is deeply flawed and it was a mistake for the government to tell people what type of light bulbs they should or should not use. There are alternative ways to alter choice without banning a product. I would urge the government to remove the ban all-together but extending it for an additional two years makes sense because it will give Canadians a choice with technology that is likely to be even more energy efficient without the side effects of CFL bulbs.
New Method for Measuring Parkinson s Disease Prevalence Reveals Sharp Increase in Israel
ScienceDaily (June 13, 2011) - In a new study published in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Parkinson s Disease, Israeli researchers report that by tracking pharmacy purchases of anti-Parkinson drugs they could estimate the number of Parkinson s disease (PD) cases in a large population. The study identified a sharp rise in PD prevalence from 170/100,000 in 2000 to 256/100,000 in 2007 in Israel, which warrants further investigation.
Here is an audio of a program in Calif. discussing how people can protect their legal rights against infringement by wireless technology.
Attorney Larry Bragman, is Mayor of the town of Fairfax in Marin County, California, where he introduced and authored Fairfax s 2010 groundbreaking Smart Meter Moratorium. Josh Hart is the director of Stop Smart Meters, a journalist and activist who is leading a citizen revolt against the roll of of wireless utility meters. They both join the show to discuss how citizen s can protect their civil rights, privacy and health with the proliferation of wireless technologies.
Smart Meter alternatives: Are wired transmissions better than wireless?
Planet Thrive
People around the country are protesting the mandatory placement of wireless 'smart' meters on their homes by electric utility companies. Citing serious health effects, privacy concerns and other issues, they are requesting 'opt-out' offers by their ...
July 6, 2011. Finally someone measured the mercury content of compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs!
We have been told that CFL bulbs contain 0.5 mg of mercury and that lower mercury-content bulbs will be produced in the future, yet many bulbs exceed this value as shown in the article below.
Li,Y. and L. Jin. 2011. Environmental Release of Mercury from Broken Compact Fluorescent Lamps, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE. 28 (10), 5 pp. Click here for pdf with links and here for abstract.
The total amount of mercury in CFLs ranged from 0.1 to 3.6 mg.
What does this mean?
Lets' look at the water quality guidelines for mercury as a comparison.
The maxiumum concentration of total mercury in drinking water is 1.0 micro gram per litre. That number is 0.001 mg mercury per litre of water. Therefore the mercury content of a CFL bulb, at the nominal 0.5 mg per bulb, is 500 time higher than the concentration in a litre of drinking water!
Is there anyone out there who is a watch dog for this product or can CFL manufacturers do anything they want? We don t allow lead paint on toys from China yet we import light bulbs that contain mercury! This is not a bright idea for us, for the environment, or for the Chinese workers. Click http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6211261.ece to read ?Green? lightbulbs poison workers, Hundreds of factory staff are being made ill by mercury used in bulbs destined for the West.
Opinion: Energy-efficient bulbs - they are causing headaches for many of us
As the reader who reported daily migraine attacks noted, 'will the time come when you have to have a physicians? prescription to purchase a 100-watt bulb? Will you have to get special authority from Pharmacare to have them in your house?'
CFLs emit noteworthy levels of electromagnetic radiation, including radio... If a bulb breaks at home, its fragments are dangerous to bare skin and need ...
Schleching - Der mögliche Bau eines Digitalfunk-Sendemasten am Grieselberg oberhalb von Ettenhausen stößt in der Bevölkerung auf Widerstand.
Das dokumentierte die große Zahl von 40 Schlechinger Bürgern in der jüngsten Gemeinderatssitzung.
Der Grieselberg ist als Standort für einen Masten für den 'BOS-' (Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben) Digitalfunk im Gespräch. Darüber hatte Zweite Bürgermeisterin Elfie Bachmann das Gremium bereits in einer Sitzung Anfang Februar informiert...
Wie eine Woche zuvor die Nachbargemeinde Reit im Winkl wünscht auch Schleching in Sachen BOS-Digitalfunk ein Moratorium (Denkpause). Einstimmig befürwortete der Gemeinderat einen entsprechenden Antrag der Bürgerinitiative (BI) 'Tetrafunkfreies...
Das ist gut für die Anwohner, denen der Anblick der Masten und Elektrosmog erspart bleibt - aber schlecht für die Verbraucher, denen wegen der höheren ...
PLANS to develop listed military buildings along with 4500 new houses in Aldershot have put paid to plans to install a new mobile phone mast at the top of Hospital Hill. The victory for buildings conservation experts comes as people will...
2014 soll laut Arbeitsminister Nicolas Schmit in Marnach Schluss sein mit der umstrittenen Antennenanlage. Die Gegner kritisieren das Datum und wittern eine...
Wie Ortsvorsteher Klaus Preiser aus Obermettingen betonte, handele es sich bei dem geplanten Sendemast um die 'öffentliche Versorgung mit Notdiensten'...
Thomas Vizl meinte deshalb, der Mobilfunk-Standort in der Nikolaus-Fey-Straße sei in der Tat weniger kritisch. Beim Standort Weißer Turm sollte allerdings schon überlegt werden, ob man diesen nicht aus der Innenstadt verlegen kann...
Luisenburg-Intendant Michael Lerchenberg schlägt Alarm. Die großen Netzbetreiber nutzen für die neue Technik LTE genau die Frequenz, die die Bühnentechnik für die Funkmikrofone braucht. Das kann sogar zu Tonausfällen führen. 'Das kann ganz schnell ein ...
That this House welcomes the positive contribution that low energy lighting bulbs such as compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are making to reduce energy consumption; acknowledges that ultra-violet radiation, electric fields and peaks in light wavelength from CFLs can aggravate conditions including lupus, migraines, autistic conditions, ME and xeroderma pigmenosum; notes the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health s statement that between 30,000 and 40,000 people in the UK might be at risk of harm in this respect; also notes that the campaign group the Spectrum Alliance estimate this figure to be in excess of 250,000; acknowledges that this restricts both the range of work and day-to-day activities these people can undertake; is aware that incandescent light bulbs are the only light source not to have such effects; acknowledges that Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2009 prohibits the sale of incandescent light bulbs; supports the Spectrum Alliance s campaign to have incandescent light bulbs made available to those affected; and urges the Department of Health to seek an exemption from the Commission Regulation in this respect.
Thousands of peerreviewed scientific studies showing the hazards of electromagnetic radiation cannot be considered anecdotal evidence. And if Wi-Fi was to prove to be a hazard in this experiment, a gratuitous 'blanket ban' of all EMR-emitting devices ...
Es ist nur ein kurzer Satz. Für die Gemeinde Aßling ist er aber überaus bedeutungsschwer: Telefonica O2 hat seine beim Bayerischen Verwaltungsgerichtshof eingereichte Normenkontrollklage zurückgenommen. Die kleine Gemeinde feiert einen Riesenerfolg....
Bei der Einführung des digitalen Behördenfunks ist das Innenministerium offenbar nicht so basisnah. Das bekommt gerade Aßling zu spüren. Der Gemeinderat...
Lenggries - Ein Jahr herrschte im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes Funkstille. Jetzt gibt es in Lenggries den ersten Antrag auf Errichtung eines 43 Meter hohen Mastens für den digitalen Behördenfunk...
A CAMPAIGN group set up to fight the erection of a mobile phone mast in Belper has commissioned an epidemiology study into any health implications of masts. Belper Against Masts (BAM), which is primarily opposed to a mast at the junction of Marsh Lane...
A NEW mobile phone mast that courted much controversy in Belper has been built ? despite objections from residents, a school and the town s MP. Furious locals began a campaign in March after Amber Valley Borough Council passed plans for a mast on the...
Campaigners 'will keep fighting' against mast put up overnight
TMC Net
It recommended a 'precautionary approach' be taken to siting masts until further research was done. A spokesman for O2 said the report was part of the national guidelines they followed - the Code of Best Practice on Mobile Phone Network Development...
Alison Napier will open her garden to the public on Sunday 7th August A
CAMPAIGN group set up to fight against the building of a mobile phone mast
in Belper, claims a staggering 99 per cent of residents it spoke to were
not consulted before the mast ...
A PLANNING application for a mobile phone mast in Belper has been refused by Amber Valley Borough Council. Telecommunications giants Vodafone and O2 had applied to erect a 12.8-metre high pole, an equipment cabinet and minor ancillary works...
2 degrees has reduced the power from one of their cellphone transmitters in Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand, in response to a doctor being made shockingly ill shortly after a microwave radiation transmitter was installed in the street.
2 degrees told the family the power didn t need to be so high as it couldn t get around the mountain anyway. So why was its output so high in the first place?
Bad behaviour based on bad regulations? The doctor is still very electrosensitive.
Rob
TAIWAN will consider banning mobile phones from schools
Health risks from proposed cell tower worry Pictou County man living near site
TheChronicleHerald.ca
By MONICA GRAHAM
A cellphone tower that would expand mobile telephone service on Nova Scotia s north shore may also cause health problems, says a neighbour of the proposed site. 'When I first heard about it, I thought it was great because we have such ...
Note - This is a very sad story about a little girl with cancer.
When you are reading it, think about the scientific links between leukemia and other cancers and electro magnetic fields and microwave radiation.
Questions:
Could the illnesses have been prevented if the family knew about the dangers?
Did any doctor or health care worker warn the family to avoid EMFs and wireless radiation?
Did any public medical authority attend at the home, to check for high EMFs and wireless radiation?
Are the medical authorities even aware of EMF effects and the links to cancer?
Become involved as an EMF activist, in the effort to stop this type of harm!
Martin Weatherall
The tumor is a new cancer, T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. ... Sophie s brain tumor was chance. Now, because of the damage, she will keep getting cancer...
First, it is important to explain why Caribarena got considerably high readings on the cell towers, while this independent study got very low ones. In our study, as we clearly expressed in our articles, we used the IEMFAs Seletun Scientific limits for cell tower radiation. Skvarca, in his study, chose to use the 'internationally accepted' ICNIRP guidelines.
The two are very different, but perhaps one needs some revision. The Council of Europe has stated that the ICNIRP guidelines have 'serious limitations,' and that they need to be revised to take into account a lot of modern research. The ICNIRP guidelines only take into account thermal effects, and completely ignore all biological effects. This means that unless you are made physically hotter by the waves, there is nothing to worry about. This is crucially incorrect, as the Council of Europe has expressed.
Olle Johansson, assoc. prof.
The Experimental Dermatology Unit
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden
&
Professor
The Royal Institute of Technology
100 44 Stockholm
Sweden)
'I urge you to invest your resources into exploring alternatives including mobile mast sharing'. Earlier this month Campaigners held a protest picnic on the site and it attracted national attention when Channel 5's The Wright Stuff filmed the...
Barnsley Council is to commission an independent assessment into the health impacts of a mobile phone mast in a village. Residents in Bolton-on Dearne have signed a petition calling for the mast to be moved. The council turned down Vodafone s...
AN INDEPENDENT assessment is to be carried out into possible health implications of a controversial mobile phone mast erected in a South Yorkshire village. Barnsley Council is commissioning the study after more than 1000 residents in Bolton-on-Dearne...
Then on May 31, the World Health Organization officially labeled electromagnetic radiation from cell phones, WiFi, cordless phones, smart meters, and other wireless consumer devices and infrastructure to be a Class 2B carcinogen, in the same category...
But - even AS IMPORTANT as the article, read the SLEW of comments...! Look how articulate, researched and incredibly detailed they are..!
FANTASTIC! FANTASTIC! FANTASTIC!
Mark G.
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Council of Europe Proposes WiFi & Cell Phone Ban in Schools
No Jitter (blog)
... Martin Blank of Columbia University discussing the effects of EMR/ELF Radiation, primarily from power lines but it also included findings about ELF (extremely low frequency) and low level electromagnetic radiation (EMR) associated with cell phones...
It has been brought to my attention that the smart meter petition is not working for overseas signators. I just spoke with the company who runs this petition and they confirmed this is unfortunately correct because we have the petition targeted to officials here in the US by zip code. My apologies for this. I would like to highly recommend however, if you live in another country to set it up to function in your country and send it to everyone of your friends on FB and everyone on your email list. The smart meter roll out is is cell towers on steroids and are placed directly in and on your own home and a menace to all life forms.
IF YOU LIVE IN CANADA
If you live in Canada, we are able to set it up so that your legislators receive the petition, but it will take a slight bit of work on your end. We have to do an initial manual set up of names, addresses and provinces of the Canadian officials and then Canadians will be able to just type in their zip code and the recipient will receive the petition. This is a one time set up which will take just a little time, but is well worth it. Let me know if you are a Canadian, would like to have the petition set up for your country and are willing to take this small amount of time to help me set the petition up for you.
Seit März 2010 - zwei Monate, bevor der umstrittene Funkmast des Netzbetreibers O2 in dem Wohngebiet in Betrieb gegangen ist ? ist eine Handvoll Wissenschaftler damit beschäftigt, diese Frage zu beantworten. Jetzt stellten sie die ersten Ergebnisse vor ...
Viele Autofahrer telefonieren ohne Freisprecheinrichtung
Golem.de
Fast die Hälfte der deutschen Autofahrer gibt zu, beim Autofahren mit dem Handy ohne Freisprecheinrichtung zu telefonieren. Seit mehr als zehn Jahren darf in Deutschland im Auto nur mit Freisprecheinrichtung telefoniert werden. ...
COMMUNITIES across Durham are gearing up for another fight over plans to erect a string of mobile phone masts. Between February and April, Vodafone and O2 were denied permission to build masts ranging from 14.8m to 17.5m high in...
LAST-ditch talks will be held tomorrow over controversial plans to build a mobile phone mast near schools and homes. As reported in The Northern Echo today, Telefonica O2 gained planning permission to build a 15m-high mast near the...
A COUNCILLOR has called for changes to prevent a planning fiasco which handed a telephone firm permission build a 15m-high mast near schools and homes being repeated. Telefonica O2 got the go-ahead to erect a mobile phone mast near...
Die Forderung der Bürger ist eindeutig: Sie wollen, dass der Gemeinderat seine Genehmigung für den Funkmasten am Bahnübergang Brunnenweg widerruft. Ein Schreiben, das im Gemeinderat erheblichen Unmut auslöste. Gegen die Stimmen von Monika Marstaller ...
WINDSOR, Ont. - Sarah Weisman isn t giving up the fight against a cellphone tower proposed to go about 150 metres from her dream home along the Arner Townline. 'If and when it does go up, I will sell my property and move,' said Weisman, whose husband...
SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. -- Police say a man in Benton County shot at workers on a cell phone tower in his back yard near Siloam Springs, injuring one. Benton County officials said the man s wife knew the crew of four people were working on the tower in...
6/25/11 - Nearly four years after a cell phone tower located on Howell Public Schools property burned down, the district's insurance company has settled a lawsuit it had earlier filed against both the manufacturer and owner of the tower...
Viewers share more smart meter installation complaints
by Jeremy Desel / KHOU 11 News HOUSTON
After KHOU 11 News aired the story of a man who said a smart meter installation ruined his AC, many people have come forward to share similar stories. It's been a long couple of weeks for a Sugar Land man who...
Kendall said a recent study from the World Health Organization s International Agency on Research on Cancer that labelled the electromagnetic fields caused by cellphones and the like as 'a possible human carcinogen,' suggested the EMF level is ...
My Turn: Three reasons to reject BED s smart-meter proposal
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Smart meters pulsate EMF/RF every 15 minutes so Burlington Electric will know exactly when you are using your toaster, microwave, TV, computer, etc. They will know exactly what your usage is by the day, hour or minute depending on when they request a ...
Cell Phone Use and Salivary...
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