Wireless devices damage the environment in many different ways.
Wireless devices are energy hogs. For instance, it takes three times as much energy to make a simple phone call on a cellphone compared to a landline (
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/06/embodied-energy-of-digital-technology.html#more ). Wireless internet access requires far more energy than fiber optic internet access. Fiber optic internet access to the premises is the state-of-the-art gold standard in broadband. Used with hardwired modems, it is the most energy efficient, highest speed, highest capacity, and most reliable option for broadband. Furthermore, it is safe and secure.
Use of energy-wasting wireless devices, therefore, accelerates the environmental damage caused by mountaintop removal coal mining (
http://ilovemountains.org/ ), tar sands oil extraction (
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/03/canadian-oil-sands/kunzig-text ), and fracking (
http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/ ) because of their higher demand for electricity production.
As if this were not bad enough, the pulsed modulated microwave radiation utilized by wireless devices to communicate interferes with the navigational abilities of bees, birds, bats, and a variety of other creatures (
http://www.hese-project.org/hese-uk/en/issues/nature.php?id=bees ). One study linked nest proximity to cell phone antennas to significantly poorer reproductive success for white storks, including incomplete nest construction, absence of chicks, and increased chick death (
http://www.livingplanet.be/Balmori_EBM_2005.pdf ). Laboratory studies show it causes various developmental abnormalities and decreases fertility, suggesting other species likely experience decreased reproductive success (
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19264463 ).
Microwave radiation from wireless devices has been implicated in the disappearance of house sparrows (
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/study-indicates-big-decline-in-house-sparrow-numbers-in-urban-areas-669631.html ) and bees (
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/06/if-cell-phones-are-behind-the-bee-decline-what-are-they-doing-to-humans/58994/ ). The pulsed modulated microwave radiation from wireless transmitting antennas (base stations) is defoliating and killing trees (
http://www.revistaecosistemas.net/index_frame.asp?pagina=http%3A/www.revistaecosistemas.net/articulo.asp%3FId%3D%2029%26Id%20Categoria%3D1%26tipo%3Dotros%20contenidos ).
It s not just the rest of the planet that regrets the human love affair with wireless. Many humans are experiencing health problems from exposure to the pulsed modulated microwave radiation utilized by cellphones, WiFi, baby monitors, and utility smart meters (a.k.a. AMR or transmitting meters) etc.
Many humans experience dizziness, heart arrhythmias, headaches, poor sleep, low energy, inability to concentrate, short-term memory problems, facial flushing and skin rash when exposed to radiation from wireless devices (
http://www.magdahavas.com/?s=bradycardia ). These are just a few of the symptoms of radiofrequency sickness (
http://www.electricalpollution.com ). Radiofrequency sickness develops when people are over-exposed to radiofrequency radiation, which includes the pulsed modulated microwave radiation inherent in wireless devices.
Exposure to radiofrequency radiation has also been linked to an increased risk for cancer, including lymphoma, leukemia, brain tumor (cellphones), melanoma, parotid gland tumors, and breast cancer (
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20693976 ). In fact, in spite of incredible industry pressure, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified radiofrequency radiation as a class 2B possible human carcinogen (
http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf ). Had the IARC panel been allowed to consider all the evidence, Dr. Franz Adlkofer, former executive director of the VERUM Foundation for Behavior and Environment stated that, ''the classification likely would have changed from ?possibly? carcinogenic to ?probably.??, in an October 2011 presentation at the Harvard Law School (
http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2011/11/18_safra-center-cellphone-radiation-corruption.html ).
The use of wireless devices has increased markedly in recent years and so have the resultant radiation exposures. The pulsed modulated microwave signal utilized by wireless devices is extremely biologically active, intrinsically unnatural, and not regulated to prevent biological effects (
http://www.emrpolicy.org/litigation/case_law/docs/noi_epa_response.pdf ) These ubiquitous consumer devices have never been safety tested for animals or humans and no post-market surveillance is in place.
Show respect for the Earth. Take Earth Day to turn off your wireless devices to save energy and out of consideration for animals, plants, and fellow humans.
Additional information at:
http://www.emrpolicy.org/science/forum/index.htm
http://www.electricalpollution.com
P.O. Box 117 | Marshfield, VT 05658 US
Halt Smart Grid, Hacking Smart Meters
Note from Josh:
Below is the big press release. And our new website is now live! Visit www.thepowerfilm.org to watch the full 8-minute piece including the David Chalk interview, on the main page. (Please remove your ''manage subscription'' link at bottom before forwarding message)
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120412005992/en/Hacking-Expert-David-Chalk-Joins-Urgent-Call
For immediate release, 12 April 2012
Hacking Expert David Chalk Joins Urgent Call to Halt Smart Grid
''100% certainty of catastrophic failure of energy grid within 3 years unless course is changed''
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hacking-expert-david-chalk-joins-urgent-call-to-halt-smart-grid-2012-04-12
The full video interview with David Chalk can be seen on
http://www.thepowerfilm.org . The feature film documentary 'Take Back Your Power', which critically examines the smart grid program, will be released online this spring.
Contacts:
Josh del Sol, 604-629-7945
Producer, Take Back Your Power
josh(at)thebigpitcher.org
http://www.ThePowerFilm.org
Lori Patrick, 778-384-1601
Executive Assistant to David Chalk
lori(at)chalkcorp.com
http://www.davidchalkinc.com
Chengdu Residents Take Violent Measures Against Transformer
Locals are worried the electromagnetic radiation could cause health problems for surrounding residents. ?Of course [I'm] against it ...
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news_china/2012-04-09/Chengdu-Residents-Take-Violent-Measures-Against-Transformation-Substation-Construction.html
Smart Meter Tampering A New Twist To Old Problem
By Antone Gonsalves, CRN
Smart meter tampering in Puerto Rico that may have cost a local utility hundreds of millions of dollars is an example of how technology alone cannot deliver ironclad security. In 2009, criminals with password access to doctored ...
http://www.crn.com/news/security/232900069/smart-meter-tampering-a-new-twist-to-old-problem.htm;jsessionid=3wNiU+C3WZczGZQNzSrCoQ**.ecappj03
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/fbi-finds-smart-meter-hacking-surprisingly-easy/
FBI Warns Smart Meter Hacking May Cost Utility Companies $400 Million A Year
The insecurity of smart meters and the power grid has been in the news for years as security researchers warn that America's infrastructure is a mess waiting to be hacked. "By the end of 2015, the potential security risks to the smart grid will reach 440 million new hackable points," Computerworld reported. Then not too long ago, Pike Security reported that it would only take a $60 piece of malware to bring mass chaos to power grid security.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/fbi-warns-smart-meter-hacking-may-cost-utilities-400-million-year
Hydro must get smart in probing meter complaints
By Michael Smyth, The Province April 10, 2012
BC Hydro has been so crushed with complaints about over-billing smart meters that CEO Charles Reid sent out a company-wide email in a bid to calm things down internally.
http://www.theprovince.com/news/bc/6434251/story.html
http://www.gulfislandsdriftwood.com/news/146989115.html
Strategies to Halt Smart Meter Installation
We have put together a new document called ''Strategies to Halt Smart Meter Installation.''
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/Strategies-to-Halt-Smart-Meter-Installation,73,2027
Linda Ewart
Citizens for Safe Technology Society
http://www.citizensforsafetechnology.org
We Are Not ?Opting Out?
More guidance for fighting against smart meters
http://stopsmartmeters.org/2012/04/10/we-are-not-opting-out-we-are-refusing-to-opt-in-theres-a-difference/
Exposing Babies and Animals to Dangerous Toxins
Last week we discovered a little 3-yr old girl who suffered a restless neurosis when home in Ferndale but was relatively calm when staying with her Grandmother in Haslett, Mi. Friends investigated the Home in Ferndale and discovered the child was immersed in powerful electromagnetic fields radiating from a SMART Meter installed on the outside wall of her playroom and her bedroom.
Question: Why did the utility not conduct research about the effects of EMF emitted from the radio-frequency (RF) transmitting Smart Meter. Perhaps some of the Electronic Developers in the East Lansing SMART Zone will conduct research to determine Effects of their SMART Currents on Human and Animal health before exposing unsuspecting babies and animals to undisclosed toxins. Perhaps you will define the electromagnetic energy to which students are exposed in your classrooms and laboratories?
Having three colleges of medicine and agricultural and electrical engineering among the best in the country, perhaps the College of Law will need to caution educators about full disclosure of the likely consequences of your products and determine some tolerable parameters in the communities where people work, study, and play.
Holstein cows only recovered after finding that RF energywas making the cattle sick. This was not measured by the utility techs, because MPSC Rules excluded RF energy from their testing protocol.
Is MSU ''searching for the truth, teaching the truth, and preserving the truth'' as Dr. John Hannah reminded us often; or are we only serving political and financial Vested Interests that find it profitable to ignore Sound Science and to deceive the public, the legislators, and administrators in education and government?
Don Hillman
Professor Emeritus
Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier, M.D To Present at Autism One Generation Rescue Conference
We must consider environmental factors as they have changed considerably our biosphere: infant nutrition, air pollution and pesticides, increased exposure to electromagnetic radiation of all frequencies associated with the globalization of human communication, and changes in our microbial flora...
http://www.ageofautism.com/2012/04/nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier-md-to-present-at-autism-one-generation-rescue-conference.html
Residents speak out against proposed cell tower on school grounds
Note the false information from the American Cancer Society, stating that there is very little evidence of cancer and health problems.
http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Residents-speak-out-against-proposed-cell-tower/4f86AUnQ6UuiBehZePj9yA.cspx
Informant: Martin Weatherall
--------
April 17, 2012: Earth Day Action: Reduce Your Wireless Exposure
https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1401296.11014667482/rid:80aeff2495283791148803f76ab3cad6
Turn off your Wireless Devices for Earth Day
https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:1401296.11018053666/rid:93fbefdad9a30533dc36abb07aba2e8b
--------
Unplug Sunday with IBE!
Go Wireless-free on Earth Day 2012
http://www.localssupportinglocals.ca/events/unplug-sunday-ibe-go-wireless-free-earth-day-2012
Informant: Sarah Dacre
--------
Monsanto co-ops colony collapse disorder science
http://emfacts.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fde0125885d9f7d82a3668e7d&id=cc4b433e46&e=50655bac52
--------
24 hours to save the bees
http://www.avaaz.org/en/bayer_save_the_bees_db/?cl=1763270894&v=13898
--------
Bees mysteriously dying
London Free Press
The same bleak scenario is occurring at his other eight hive locations spanning Oxford County ''Until about a week ago Thursday, everything was looking fairly normal,'' he said calmly Wednesday morning, as dozens of sick and dying bees littered the...
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/05/03/19710726.html
--------
Don't wait until the bees are all dead
The Dominion Post
Already there are anecdotal reports of bee colonies dying off in different parts of the country, especially around the Gisborne area, and many people are commenting on the fact there are far fewer bees around than there used to be...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/6870621/Don-t-wait-until-the-bees-are-all-dead
More about the theme:
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=electromagnetic
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=electromagnetic
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=microwave+radiation
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=microwave+radiation
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=wireless+devices
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=wireless+devices
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=cell+phone+antenna
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=cell+phone+antenna
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=smart+grid
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=smart+meter
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=smart+meter
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=substation
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=substation
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=exposure
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=exposure
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=environment
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=biological+effect
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=biological+effect
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=health
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=health
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=radiofrequency+sickness
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=radiofrequency+sickness
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=children
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=children
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=carcinogen
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=carcinogen
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=cancer
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=cancer
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=lymphoma
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=lymphoma
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=leukemia
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=leukemia
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=tumor
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=tumor
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=melanoma
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=melanoma
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=parotid+gland
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=parotid+gland
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=autism
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=autism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=autism
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=reproductive
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=reproductive
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=fertility
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=fertility
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=dizziness
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=dizziness
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=arrhythmia
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=arrhythmia
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=bradycardia
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=headache
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=headache
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=skin+rash
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=skin+rash
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=cattle
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=cattle
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=Colony+Collapse+Disorder
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Colony+Collapse+Disorder
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=CCD
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=CCD
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=bees
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=bees
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bees
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=birds
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=birds
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=white+stork
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=White+Stork
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=sparrow
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=sparrow
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=bats
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=bats
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=trees
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=trees
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=residents
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=Hydro
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=American+Cancer+Society
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=American+Cancer+Society
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=IARC
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=IARC
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=World+Health+Organi
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=World+Health+Organi
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=citizensforsafetechnology
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=Balmori
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Balmori
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=Adlkofer
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Adlkofer
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=Donald+Hillman
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Donald+Hillman
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/search?q=Magda+Havas
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Magda+Havas
