Tribute to Neil Cherry (From Sarah Benson)
Following is the tribute that Senator Lyn Allison paid to Neil
Cherry in
the Australian Senate last night:
Senator ALLISON (Victoria) - I also wish to pay tribute to
a New
Zealand scientist, environmentalist and regional councillor,
Dr Neil
Cherry, who also died on 24 May this year. Dr Cherry was an
Associate
Professor of Environmental Health at Lincoln University and
had a
professional scientific background in physics, biophysics,
meteorology,
agricultural and human biometeorology, renewable energy, energy
efficiency and environmental epidemiology. He was involved
in a wide
variety of scientific and community projects. He developed
international
expertise in human biometeorology, air quality and the effects
of
natural and artificial electromagnetic radiation on people's
health. He
was frequently called upon to present his findings overseas.
He cared
passionately for the environment, for science and for public
health.
Fellow councillors described Dr Cherry as a visionary-a man
of
tremendous intelligence and courage, including the courage
to speak his
views even when they were unpopular.
I met Dr Cherry when he visited Melbourne and Canberra-in
fact, when he
came to the parliament. He spoke publicly on the potentially
damaging
effects on human health of low-level microwave radiation from
mobile
phones and mobile phone antennas. His recent work was the
review of
thousands of papers on cell biology, biochemistry, biophysics,
medicine
and electromagnetic radiation. He concluded that the published
scientific data showed that electromagnetic radiation, or
EMR, was
capable of causing cell damage and neurological problems.
In 2001 I chaired the Senate inquiry into this area, to which
Dr Cherry
made a submission, and he appeared before the committee via
teleconference. It was an indication of Dr Cherry's effectiveness
that
he was attacked by the government because he dared to challenge
the
industry and the government line that said there was no evidence
that
EMR is not safe. He was actually in the gallery at the time
that he was
attacked and I think he was taken aback somewhat at the remarks
that
were made, but he was also accustomed to his critics being
short on
scientific argument and long on rhetoric. Reading his work,
one becomes
aware of how little we really understand about electromagnetic
radiation
and how much further we need to go before the full ramifications
of its
impact on the human body and brain are understood.
One of Dr Cherry's many findings was that exposure to electromagnetic
radiation could result in Alzheimer's disease, or dementia.
A report for Alzheimer's Australia by Access Economics last
month says,
and I quote: "The dementia epidemic has arrived and it
should be made a
national health priority".
There are 162,000 people with dementia in Australia, almost
7000 of
which are as young as 37. According to this report it is now
more common
than skin cancer.
Dr Cherry also showed that arthritis was a possible health
outcome. The
number of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers in Australia is now
500,000
with some of these being children.
Now it may or may not be the case that EMR is implicated
in all or even
some of these but the findings of Dr Cherry should not be
ignored just
because they are unpalatable to the telecommunications sector.
Dr Cherry's standing and credibility was confirmed on 1 January
2002 by
the award of a Royal Honour of Officer of New Zealand Order
of Merit
(ONZM.). His award is for his services to Science, Education
and
Community, including his research and teaching work on Environmental
Epidemiology and the health effects of electromagnetic radiation.
Neil was a man of strength, wisdom, compassion and humanity.
One
colleague describes him as "very straight - straight
as a gun barrel."
I offer my sincere condolences to Neil's wife Gae. People
like Dr Cherry
are rare. He will be sadly missed, both as a scientist and
as a human being.
Informant: Don Maisch
Hillel
station - a lesson in statistics
16.6.2003 Maariv (by Galit Shafir) newspaper:
The health office report:
In Zoran there is a higher illness rate. The report [which
was prepared
for the science committee meeting on the 16.6 says]: the connection
between the illness rate and the antennas is accidental.
According the report, the illness rate in Zoran is higher
in 63% than
the average illness rate in the rest of the country, for the
last 3
years. According to the report, between 1999-2002, were 40
cancer cases
in Zoran. The expected illness rate was 24.5. But there is
no
statistical significance and the link can be accidental.
In the last 12 years - there is excess illnes rate in Ein
Vered. 52
cancer cases, while the expected was 42.1. In the years 1990-2002
in
Zoran - 54 but the expected was 65.4. [the village exists
from 1992.
They made average from 1990]
The main cases are breast and brain cancer. "All our
examinations do not
support the suspicion that there is an excess in illness from
the antennas".
This conclusion is supported by the facts:
There
are mainly breast cancer cases and not leukemia which is expected
from the radiation. The village exists for short time - not
enough for developing cancer. Lack of excess in illness in
the years 1999-2002.
[this is the complete opposite from what they wrote in the
begining:
"between 1999-2002, 40 cancer cases in Zoran. The expected
illness rate was 24.5"] "The findings do not support
the decision to move the antennas" The report recommends
to make another check within a year, and another one after
5 years. The head of the science committe- The parliment member
Mali Polishuk said: "These data about Zoran and Ein Vered
are amaizing, no doubt this report will be used for a basis
for decision making about the antennas transmission"
http://images.maariv.co.il/cache/cachearchive/15062003/ART494066.html
17.6.2003
The science committee decided: In Zoran are more cancer patients
but not
because of the antennas. The residents: We are not guinea
pigs
Maariv (Arye Bander).
Professor Manfred Green, the head of the israeli disease control
center
who presented the report, claims there is no causal connection
between
the antennas and the disease. He says it can be from the pesticisdes
in
the agriculture areas.
Yossi Malka, head of the local council refused to accept
the conclusions:
"There are many statistical failures here and wrong data
interpetations.
I am not ready that they'll play with the residents health.
I demand to
close the antennas farm now. We are not guinea pigs and we
don't want to
be used as such because of the wrong research data."
http://images.maariv.co.il/channels/1/ART/495/747.html
17.6.2003
The Health Office: Around Hillel station there is no more
cancer than
the usual
Haaretz (Ran Resnik, Yuval Dror)
Although the report indicates that the health office has no
data on the
exposure level in the 50 years of the station peration, it
determines
that the radiation was "for years" and "always"
under the permitted
level. The authors added that there is no data which is reliable
and
accepted in the world which links between radio radiation
and cancer diseases.
In the years 1990-2002 the illness rate in Porat and Zoran
is
significanly lower than the israeli population, and in Ein
Vered and Ein
Sarid the ilness rate is according to the expected generally.
In the
years 1999-2002 the cancer rate was higher than expected but
not
significantly [double]. In these years there is excess breast
and brain
cancer rate.
Chair of local council, Yossi Malka critisized the findings.
Malka
wondered how was it higher rate in 1999-2002 and at the same
time not
linked to the radiation. He says that "The researchers
indicate that
since March 2002 the radiation level was low so it was not
from that.
This is rediculous. Is there anybody who thinks that cancer
develops
over night?
Until March 2002 the antennas radiated in huge power. [by
the way- In
May 2003 was measured there 40 V/m, in June 2003 - 70 V/m
and 90 V/m in
Zoran and Porat. It's still huge]
Why didn't the authors check former data?"
He says that the health office people had said they would
consider the
former data the final report. Malka added that part of the
report data
is not accurate. "In the report it says that the antennas
are in a
distance of 1 km from the village. Not true. Part of the antennas
are
400 meters from the school and residents buildings.
In the world there are thousands of studies about the link
between the
EM radiation and cancer. Part of them says there is a link,
some say
not. The science world itself is controversial about this
issue". Also
the head of the science committee, Mali Polishuk said she
went confused
from the meeting. "Even the great experts stutter. On
one hand they
claim that they did not find a significant scientific connection.
On the
other hand, one of the professors told me that he wouldn't
exclude
anything. "I wouldn't send my children to the school
in Zoran' he said."
According to Polishuk, Although the committee members don't
want to
create panic in the public, they decided to implement the
decision to
move the antennas, and that is by the principle of precaution.
I don't
mind them move 2 antenas a year, but that they will start
already" she said.
The report was written by Dr. Micha Bar Hana, manager of
cancer national
registration administration in health ministry, together with
Irena
Lifshif and Sylvia Koton from health ministry. Professor Manfred
Green
consulted them.
It
was considered in the report that Ein Vered exists since 1930,
Porat and Sarid in the 50's, Zoran in the 90's.
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=
304682&sw=%F6%E5%F8%EF+%F7%F8%E9%F0%E4
A continuing failure of health ministry and enivironmental
quality
ministry radiation and the public/Ran Resnik, Haaretz 17.6.2003
The most important part of the health ministry report is what
it does
not have: During 50 years the antennas in Hillel station were
emitting
strong EMR, very near villages and no one from the health
units in the
country - and in the head the health ministry and environment
quality-did not bother to check the radiation level and the
effects on
the residents.
This is evidence of a continuing disrespect of the goernmental
authorities in keeping the public health. In the 90's was
a strong
awareness for these things.
It didn't bother to the housing minister then, Ariel Sharon,
to erect in
1992 another village near the same antennas- Zoran- which
was
established as a part from the "7 stars" plan.
The report authors state the principle of precaution as a
fundamental
rule in keeping the public health. According to this rule,
also if a
link wasn't found, there is still responsibility on heath
authorities.
The authories in the world, it says, recommend to publish
information on
controversial issues about the health radiation effects and
recomendations on dealing with the public perception by which
such an
exposure can threaten his life". That is why it is recommended
to
publish this report to public.
If this precationary principle will be part of israeli policy,
then the
residents can see in their struggle a big step forward against
environmental obstacle.
Comments:
A. This is abuse of the precautionary principle: Israeli authorities
mock this principle, the health ministry said in the past
that we have
no problem erecting antennas on schools hospital and elderly
houses, and
indeed all these have so much antennas, specially on hospitlas.
So why
is it suddenly a fundamental rule? (Lately there is a new
policy-
putting antennas in hospitals as a policy)
So what happened that they took out the rabbit from the hat?
(the
principle)-because otherwise- what excuse can they use to
show their
sympathy for the residends without admitting the connection
antennas-
cancer? It is using the principle when it's convenient, not
because they
care about- what's this word? oh, ye, it's called - health.
B. They want to publish the report to the public to deal with
our
troublemaker perception. They must have read the booklet of
the WHO -
where it shows how to deal with the public perception- with
no facts, just
psychology (booklet of October 2002, can be downloaded from
the WHO website)
Anyway- here they found a solution: They will publish that
double cancer
rate is not linked to the radiation. Imagine what will happen
when it's
10 times cancer rate-this will be a conclusive evidence that
there is no link.
What a magic-10 times, with no link to radiation. How strong
bodies we have.
Message from Iris Atzmon
To
bring to light the health fraud in the mobile telephony
http://www.grn.es/electropolucio/muntane187.htm
Informant: Dr. Miguel Muntané (excerpt from his
message)
Here
comes the day! Berkeley, California
Dear Fellows:
Here comes the day of our Public Hearing when we will face
Sprint in the
City Hall of Berkeley. We are trying to stop their antennas
near a
residential area, where there are two elementary schools and
a day-care
center in the vicinity.
The Public Hearing may not pan out as expected since the City
Officials
are trying to postpone it.
There is an article about the battle of neighbors and Sprint
in a local
college newspaper: http://www.dailycal.org/article.asp?id=11987
We will keep you posted of the proceedings of the Public Hearing.
And please keep chanting this:
he, he; ho. ho, Sprint has got to go!
he, he; ho. ho, Sprint has got to go!
and
We went to the City Hall of Berkeley, California, for the
Public Hearing
to present our case against Sprint. But, as expected, the
City decided
to postpone our hearing till September 16, 2003. The reason
is that the
City has hired an independent engineer to evaluate the coverage
needs of
Sprint. I tend to think that the "independent engineer"
will confirm the validity
of Sprint's application. I believe that the stage is set for
our defeat.
Do you folks know how to refute the testimony of a so called
"registered
engineer"? As it appears, the testimony of a second-rank
registered
engineer supersedes that of, say a Nobel Laureate, without
license.
We really need help. I can feel that the City of Berkeley
has set its
mind to approve the permit to Sprint.
Thank you,
Radi Free
Healthy
sentence (excerpt)
For all that are interested in the fight against the electropollution.
We do not forget that if judges as the one that resolves
in Patrols that
"...towards to order the cease of an installation should
be tested that
the antennae turn out to be harmful for the health of the
persons that
surround by them .." or that "does not proceed to
order the preventive
paralysis of the activity when the City Hall and Telephone
have set
already a time limit for the closing of the installations.
.."
If an installation does not have permission of activity it
should be
closed and if the administrative authorities do not do it
and in
flagrant cases as Patrols, what proceeds is criminal complaint
against
the Mayor, responsible Lieutenant of Mayor or Architects and
technical of the City
Hall rondeño informing in any another sense.
It does not please us to read news of discouragement as that
of that is
not going to have mobilisations in Patrols to past the summer.
It is
unacceptable, since the affection, respect and proximity that
joins with
Patrols, that the towel be thrown. If the mobilisations should
come from
outside, ahead.
The examples to continue are Valladolid with the accusations
to Mayor,
Councilman and Architect; the complaint of them affected in
León against
their Mayor Amilivia or well any another penal accusation
directly
against the operators, our case in L' Scale.
It is unacceptable in Gijón that to facilitate the
cover themselves even
by high all the infractions of the environmental, urban development,
most various regulation, landscape, of protection of the old
helmet...
and they excuse the municipal authorities in an external report
that is
forgotten from all which are not interested to the cover.
Since the not acceptance, rage and refusal, we include a
healthy
Sentence and another that recalls that to leave that an installation
function without license of activity is the same thing that
to assume
since a principle that the permission is being granted denied.
Totally
contrary thing to the doctrine jurisprudencial of the Most
supreme
Court. They reiterate previous Sentences and we recall a brief
description referred to Montilla in which the same thing said
a judge
that a to seem knows slightly more than general principles
of the Right
and of preventive measures that that of Malaga that touched
to the rondeños.
A hug,
Association Against Harmful Radiation of L' Scale (Girona)
Fwd:
Nervous system manipulation by electromagnetic fields from
monitors
- MICROWAVE PHONES-ARE THEY KILLING US? - EHS/EMR lawsuits
Gail Moss
Assemblywoman Bergs Office
As to your question on mind control, the people at this link
should be
interested and able to help with "your friend"
72: MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE ... From the non-fiction book by
John Marks,
based on 16,000 pages of Freedom of Information Act materials.
This is a
person who has been hypnotized to the extent that he/she is
willing to
perform atrocious crimes, such as assassinations, without
fail, and
against the "candidate's" own will.
Manchurian Candidates are set into motion by "trigger"
phrases, hand
signals, tone combinations or sequences. The programming is
thus
"passworded". The programming also self destructs
upon completion of the
triggered task. http://www.raven1.net/manchcan.htm
This fwd is also of interest on this subject.
Best regards,
Tom Krohmer
O.T.
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