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EHS

EMF Analysis

What is Electro-Hypersensitivity (EHS)?

Electro-Hypersensitivity (EHS) is a condition that has been known about since 1932 and has been called various names in different countries around the world (particularly in Europe, Canada and the former Soviet Union). The labels include Microwave Sickness, Radio Wave Syndrome, EMF Intolerance Syndrome and Rapid Aging Syndrome. Whatever you call it, the condition is real and has been known to exist for over 80 years.   Approximately 3% – 5% of people are moderately affected, with another 20-25% of people being slightly affected. Less than 1% of the population is severely affected, but the numbers are rapidly increasing with the exponential rise in EMF pollution in our homes and communities. Even if you do not feel the effects of EMF pollution, your biology is still being damaged by this invisible pollution. Thus, all humans are electro-sensitive to a degree. People with EHS are in some ways lucky because their bodies are telling them to get away from a potent source of man-made environmental pollution.

The most famous person who is EHS is Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, the former Prime Minister of Norway and former Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). It is widely thought that she was forced out of the WHO in 2003 because she admitted in a press interview that cell phones within a few meters would give her a headache. This revelation was not aligned with the economic interests that govern the World Health Organization. She has been silent about the EHS issue for over a decade, until this statement was made recently stating that she is still cautious with cell phones and other sources of microwave radiation. She also recently made this statement regarding EHS in a speech at the University of Waterloo in Canada (the home of the BlackBerry smartphone).

The typical EHS symptoms are headaches (tension along the sides of the head), heart palpitations/pressure in the chest, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), fatigue, skin rashes (particularly on the face), memory & concentration difficulties, irritability and sleep disturbance. Approximately 300,000 people in Sweden (a country that officially acknowledges EHS as a functional impairment) are affected. Millions of people throughout the world are likely affected, yet most do not realize that microwave radiation and electrical pollution are the cause of their symptoms.

EHS is analogous to an allergy and once the body becomes sensitized to sources of EMF pollution, the only known treatment is to significantly reduce exposure. This can have a dramatic impact on one’s life, with some electro-sensitive people giving up their career, their home, social networks and sometimes even their family because it is difficult to live in our modern environment that is now filled with electrical pollution and microwave radiation. There have been multiple suicides around the world related to severe cases of EHS. Thus, the condition can have devastating effects on individuals and families.

While much of the press and even some physicians still keep their heads in the sand with regard to EHS, the evidence of its existence is too strong to deny. Both anecdotal and science-based evidence, as you can see below, makes such denial an increasingly untenable position. It may take some time for it too fully sink in (just like it took generations of doctors to believe in “invisible” germs), but society is beginning to realize that microwave radiation from wireless communication technology and electrical pollution is in the same category as tobacco, asbestos, pesticides, chemicals like BPA, fracking and GMO’s. Tens of millions of people will be affected unless society begins to listen to these canaries in the coal mine and begins to implementsolutions.

As you do your own research on this topic, you will see that many mainstream sources of information (such as Wikipedia or The New Yorker) label this condition as psychosomatic and quote outdated or flawed studies. Others go so far as to state that the only way this condition can be helped is through Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) or other psychiatric methods. Mental illness is a convenient scapegoat that has been used for centuries when powerful economic interests face an uncomfortable inconvenient truth that threatens the status quo. It is being used yet again for a condition that is real. It may benefit the reader to remember that homosexuality and even peptic ulcers were once thought to be mental disorders. This may still be the case if you live in certain areas of the world.

We are at the very beginning of understanding EHS and most of the recent science shows that EMF pollution affects our biology. To dismissively label this condition a mental illness is both arrogant and lazy. Such a stance does nothing to advance medicine and science. It only benefits the hugely profitable industries that rely on the proliferation of wireless technology and electrical pollution such as telecommunications, utilities, technology, military, media conglomerates, finance and pension systems. With our very economic and political foundations now reliant on this technology, it is easy to see why there is such a concerted effort to discredit EHS as a bonafide medical condition.

If you research this subject with an open mind and search for the truth, you will find that this condition is a real and growing issue for our society. The following are news stories, articles, research papers and websites that you will rarely see in the main stream press. This is how the truth becomes evident:  (See below this article for these listings)

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Susan Parsons

Human beings are bioelectrical systems. Our hearts and brains are regulated by internal bioelectrical signals. Environmental exposures to artificial EMFs can interact with fundamental biological processes in the human body.
(Sage, 2007)

We are living in an increasingly complex electrical environment and are inundated daily with electromagnetic frequencies ranging from less than 20 Hz (electric trains) to greater than 1 billion Hz (wireless telecommunication). Most of these frequencies are man-made and were not present until the invention and subsequent commercialization of electricity (early 1900s), radio (1920s), radar (1940s), television (1950s), computers (1970s), and cell phones (1980s). Whether, and at what intensities, these frequencies have biological effects has been a subject of scientific debate for decades.

(Havas & Stetzer, 2004)

Early recognition, avoidance of symptom-triggering agents, environmental control, treatments that may reduce residual toxins and recovery of normal biological processes are key to regaining health for people with sensitivities. Without mitigation of the incitant, people with environmental sensitivities may become severely debilitated.

(Sears, 2007)

In today’s world, everyone is exposed to two types of EMFs:

1. Extremelylowfrequencyelectromagneticfields(ELF)fromelectricalandelectronicappliances and power lines

2. Radiofrequencyradiation(RF)fromwirelessdevicessuchascellphonesandcordlessphones, cellular antennas and towers, and broadcast transmission towers. (Sage, 2007)

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Dirty/Stray Electricity refers to high frequency transients, harmonics, and other noise on electrical wiring. It can be generated inside buildings by electronic equipment and it can enter the home through wiring from nearby sources including wireless telecommunication antennas connected to the power grid. When the capacity of the primary neutral on distribution lines is exceeded, current runs along the ground and enters homes via grounded water pipes. (Havas & Stetzer, 2004)

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What is Electro-Hypersensitivity or EHS?

In addition to numerous other health problems, electromagnetic pollution has been associated with an increase in the number of individuals suffering from a condition known as electrohypersensitivity (EHS). EHS is defined by the World Health Organization as: “…a phenomenon where individuals experience adverse health effects while in the vicinity of devices emanating electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields.”

In Sweden, it is classified as a disability and health care facilities with low levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation are available. The Canadian Human Rights Commission report also acknowledges environmental sensitivity attributed to electromagnetic exposure. (28) Researchers estimate that approximately 3% of the population has severe symptoms of EHS, and another 35% of the population has moderate symptoms such as an impaired immune system and chronic illness (Havas, 2007).

SYMPTOMS OF EHS

The biological effects from exposure to EMF/EMR include both adverse health effects and loss of homeostasis and well-being. Symptoms vary from patient to patient depending on their physical biology and exposure intensity and duration. Symptoms quickly improve when away from EMF/EMR sources, particularly when the patient moves away from computers, fluorescent lighting, transformers, wireless antenna, cell and cordless phones, appliances and out of proximity to cell phone towers, electrical substations and power lines. All these are potential sources of higher than normal EMF/EMR exposure. Symptoms recur on returning to the irradiated environment. Over time, sensitivity is increased to smaller and smaller EMF/EMR exposures. (Sage, 2001)

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SYMPTOMS OF ELECTRO HYPERSENSITIVITY

Ne urolog ical

Ca rdiac

R es pira to ry

De rmato logica l

Ophtha l mo logic

headac hes

depress io n

pa lp it at io ns

sinusitis

skinrash

deteriorating vision

difficulty
c o nc e n t r a t i n g

anxiety

pain or pressure in the chest

asthma

facial flushing

pain or burning in the eyes

muscle and joint pain

confusion and spatial disorientation

low or high blood pressure

bronc hit is

itc hing

pressure in/behind the eyes

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memory loss

fa t igue

shortness of breath

pne umo nia

burning

floate rs

dizziness

weak ness

arrhythmias

catarac ts

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na use a

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tre mo rs

slow or fast heart rate

swelling of face and neck

irr itab ilit y

muscle spasms

numb ness

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leg/foot pain

tingling

“Flu-like” symptoms

hyperactivity

fe ver

altered reflexes

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inso mnia

OTHER

digestive problems

abdominal pain

test ic ula r/o va r ia n pa in/s we lling

enlarged thyroid

great thirst

dehydr at io n

noseb leeds

internal bleeding

hair loss

pain in the teeth

deteriorating fillings

Light sensitivity

swollen lymph nodes

loss of appetite

hypo xia

a l le r g i e s

frequent urination and inco nt ine nce

night sweats

immune abnor ma lit ies

redistribution of metals within the body

ringing in the ears (tinnitus or similar chronic ear-noise)

impaired sense of s me ll

altered sugar metabolism

dryness of lips, tongue, mouth, eyes

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Severe reactions can include seizures, paralysis, psychosis, and stroke

SO, YOU HAVE EHS. NOW WHAT? HOW DO YOU LIVE WITH IT?

I won’t lie and tell you it’s easy. It’s not. Not in the world we live in today. Most importantly, you need to reduce your exposure to EMFs and get your body as healthy as possible. If you follow the methods outlined below, you will experience much less pain and discomfort, and fewer symptoms. Your body will also be able to recouperate from exposure to EMFs more easily. Believe me, I have been there. I am there. However, by doing many of the things I mention below, life has improved immensely over the last year.

When I first found out I had EHS and was told the things I should do to get better, it just seemed so overwhelming. But once I took action, I started feeling much better. I was quite shocked when I realized how much subliminal pain and discomfort I had been living with. This was pain and discomfort other than the acute pains I was experiencing, and I didn’t even know it was there until after it was gone! My head actually felt ten times lighter and cooler. I was ecstatic from the physical relief I felt. I think my family thought I had gone mad. Here I was with a terrible diagnosis and I was dancing around the house singing.

Very quickly, all my symptoms started to abate. I could walk, think, and speak without difficulty; the ringing in my ears decreased; there were no daily headaches and no more seizures! I also had a nice surprise when other things improved too. Things I hadn’t associated with EHS; Chronic sinus and ear pain and pressure that the doctors couldn’t explain, Fibromyalgia symptoms, sensitivity to perfumes, nosebleeds, vision, and bladder problems (that had gotten very bad). All the symptoms improved or went away within weeks of staying home from work, eliminating wireless technologies and reducing the sources of EMFs in my home. The symptoms do return, when I’m exposed, but not as badly as before. And it will take a while for my body to heal enough that I don’t have any symptoms from short term exposure. I will never be able to tolerate exposure to wireless and cell towers.

After all I’ve been through, I’m just thankful that I’m not a frog or I’d still be boiling away in that pot of water.

Sections

EMF Mitigation and Avoidance

The Medical Aspects of Regaining Your Health Getting the Right Medical Help Medical Issues of EHS

Treating EHS
Replacement of Amalgam Dental Fillings
Removal of mercury and heavy metals from your body

Psychological and Social Aspects of EHS Employment and Accommodation Recommended Reading
References

Put a frog in a pot of boiling water and it will jump out. Put it in a pot of cold water that is slowly heated, and it won’t notice a thing and stay in the pot.

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EMF Mitigation and Avoidance

The first and most important thing you can do for yourself, is to avoid exposure to EMFs. This is next to impossible in today’s world, but you can greatly reduce your exposure by knowing what and where the sources are in your environment, and then taking action to eliminate or minimize your exposure to them.

First and foremost
GET RID OF YOUR WIRELESS PARAPHERNALIA. (All wireless technology emits RF) Yes, you can live without it. In fact, you can’t live with it and withdrawal from these conveniences/pleasures is necessary to avoid eventual withdrawal from society.

CORDLESS PHONES – Use corded phones… you’ll get used to it again. A speaker phone will reduce your exposure even more.
WIRELESS INTERNET AND BLUETOOTH SYSTEMS – hard wire it.
(Bluetooth applications include all close range wireless communication devices such as wireless keyboards, mouse, printers, hands-free headsets, gaming consoles, bar code scanners.) WIRELESS BABY MONITORS – use corded, plug in, sound activated type and keep it well away from your baby.

CELL PHONES AND BLACKBERRIES – Use a land line. Some people keep one in their glove compartment in case of emergencies. Not using a cell phone regularly not only protects you and those near you but it also reduces the number of signals transmitting from cell phone towers and improves the environment for everyone.

REPLACE FLOURESCENT LIGHTS AND BULBS with incandescent bulbs. Although the government is encouraging everyone to use fluorescent bulbs, they only have power savings in mind. They are toxic in more ways than one: they emit strong EMFs and contain mercury. Research is being conducted on a certain type of LED lighting which may be safer to use.

The following is excerpted from Environment Canada’s website: “Because mercury is toxic and has significant impacts on human and environmental health, even small mercury spills should be considered hazardous and should be cleaned up with caution. Liquid mercury, commonly found in household thermometers, thermostats and barometers, volatilizes easily to form a poisonous, colourless and odourless vapor when spilled. If inhaled, this vapor is rapidly absorbed through the lungs of an exposed individual. Children are especially at risk of exposure because mercury vapors, which are heavier than air, often linger near the floor where children crawl and play.” read the protocol for cleaning up a ‘small’ mercury spill (http://www.ec.gc.ca/MERCURY/EN/cu.cfm?)

Your body heals and regenerates while you sleep. If you are being bombarded with EMFs during this time, not only will you be causing more damage but your body will not get the chance to heal itself.
REMOVE ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FROM THE BEDROOM. Clock radios, T.V.s, phones, electric blankets. If you must have them in the bedroom, place them as far away from the head of the bed as possible. It would be best to use a wind up or battery operated alarm clock.

  •  If you sleep in a water bed, unplug it (only switching off is not sufficient) before getting in at night.
  •  Do not use electric blankets. Use a hot water bottle or preheat bed with electric blanket, but unplug during sleep (only switching off is not sufficient).
  •  Sleep with your head away from power outlets. -4–

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Top performance of body and mind as well as optimal regeneration and relaxation require a healthy building that is largely free from undesirable environmental stressors.

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SLEEP/REST AWAY FROM HIGH FIELD AREAS like the house power main and operational refrigerators and appliances. Remember, fields extend some distance, even through walls.

  •  Place kitchen and laundry appliances on outside walls.
  •  It is highly beneficial to turn the power to the bedroom off at night. Remember there mayalso be lighting fixtures in ceilings below your bedroom and these should be turned off at the main also.IN YOUR VEHICLE: There are high levels of EMFs in the engine compartment of a vehicle. The alternator and ignition being the main culprits. If you are in the market for a new car, it would be best to choose one that allows you to sit further back from the engine. Although fuel efficiency is a concern, for the health purposes of someone with EHS it would be better to choose a larger car. If you are to measure for the EMFs in a car, you should be driving at the time. measure all areas of the car includig the footwell. Measure with the heater and A/C on and off.Generally, standard transmission and deisel powered vehicles emit fewer EMFs. Deisel being the best. Some vehicles have high electrical fields and low electromagnetic fields and some the opposite.
  •  DonotuseGPS
  •  Limit the use of the heater and air conditioner
  •  Disconnect onboard DVD players etc. Not only are they usually placed very close to theheads of those in the front seats, the EMFs they emit are being bounced around inside thevehicle striking everyone multiple times.
  •  The stereo system can also be a bad source of EMFs, from the digital display, even whenturned off. You can ‘disconnect’ it by pulling the fuse.
  •  There is a transparent window shielding that can be installed on you vehicle’s windows butyou may need special permission to do this. It will protect against RF from the plethora of cell towers along the highways. All windows will need to be coated so RF signals don’t get in and ricochet around inside the vehicle. See: Protective fabrics
  •  While driving on the highway try to stay away from commercial vehicles. They usually have high powered transmitters for communicationsLIVE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM power lines, distribution lines, electrical substations, electrical bus cables and cell phone towers.ONLY SUBMIT YOURSELF TO X-RAYS, MRI’s OR CT SCANS in emergency situations. Although exceptional diagnostic tools, these procedures are extremely dangerous and will only make your symptoms worse. Unless your situation is dire, it would be unwise to submit to them. (Updated information Mar 25, 2008)For information on the technology of MRIs please see:
    Whole Body Screening using MRI or CT Technology (Health Canada) (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iyh- vsv/med/mri-irm_e.html#he);
    Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) (Georg Frese, Hans Engels) (http:/weepinitiative.org/LINKEDDOCS/health/MRI-Frese_text.pdf);
    Euro Work Safe (http:/weepinitiative.org/LINKEDDOCS/health/MRI_euroworksafe.pdf);
    and Guidelines for Ethics Approval of Research Protocols Involving Human Exposure to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (HSREB, 2005) (http:/weepinitiative.org/LINKEDDOCS/health/2g004-guideline-use-of-mri- mar-2005.pdf)LIMIT EXPOSURE AND STAY A SAFE DISTANCE FROM ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

TV’s, computers and monitors. Use a flat screen monitor. If you use long extensions on your mouse keyboard and monitor, you can have your computer further away from your desk and body. You can also sit further back from the monitor. Do not use a wireless keyboard and mouse. Be aware: the mouse and keyboard also have EMFs page6image1248

  •  If you have a laptop, do not sit with it on your body. Use an external keyboard, mouse, and possibly monitor. Using it on battery power will also reduce EMF exposure. Recharge the battery away from high use areas of your home.
  •  Refrigerators can be put on timers so they run periodically to maintain their temperature but don’t have current running to them constantly.
  •  Do not sit between two sources of EMFs. Electromagnetic fields attract one another, which expands the field from one source towards the other. Sitting between two sources puts you in this expanded field and increases your exposure. An example would be an attraction between your computer and TV. This can even have an effect if the TV is in an adjacent room.
  •  Unplug all electrical equipment when not in use. Even when something is turned off it will still conduct ‘dirty electricity’ from power surges and bring that into the room and closer to you.
  •  Remove or unplug lamps and other electrical equipment from occasional and end tables, if they are near to where you will be sitting. This includes telephones. Use overhead lighting or place lamps at a distance from where you will be sitting.
  •  Do not use a microwave oven. These not only emit high levels of EMF’s but they also irradiate your food, causing it to be less nutritious.
  •  Some people turn the power off in their homes for short periods to give their body a break.
  •  Other common high EMF/EMR sources are: furnace, water heater and pump, air conditioningunit, induction stoves, hair dryers, heating pads, tanning beds, sewing machines, printers, copiers, fax machines and radiant heating systems. See Building Biology Indoor Environment Checklist © (http://www.baubiologie.net/docs/elektrosmog_bb_indoor_environment_checklist.pdf)INSTALL EMF/EMR FILTERS AND CAPACITORS on electrical circuitry in your home. Electromagnetic fields are constantly riding on the wiring and electrical devices in your home. These filters harmonize the electromagnetic fields (EMF) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) on the wiring and reduce your exposure. WEEP does not sell or promote any particular brand of filter but you can find plenty of information on the internet. You will need filters that work in the 4kHz to 100kHz range.CHECK THE WIRING IN YOUR HOME to make sure all connections are secure and there is no breakage anywhere.CHECK ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES to ensure they are in perfect working order. Do not break off the ground prong on the plugs.CHECK THE OUTSIDE CONNECTION TO THE MAIN POWER LINES Call your electric utility provider and have them check to make sure they are all secure and there is no breakage anywhere. Also have them trim tree branches around the supply cable so they don’t touch and create surges on your line.ANOTHER MAJOR SOURCE OF EMFs IS GROUND CURRENT ENTERING YOUR HOME ON WATER AND GAS PIPES. Install a dielectric coupling (electrically insulating piece) after having it checked by a licensed electrician. Replacing copper pipe with PVC can also reduce the transmission of EMFs around the home.OTHER CONSIDERATIONSBecause metal is an ideal transmitter and reflector of electricity and electromagnetic radiation, it is wise to keep your distance from and reduce the number of metallic objects in your environment.Consider replacing your spring bed with a natural material mattress. This is especially important because your body heals and regenerates while at rest.

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  •  When purchasing new furniture take into consideration the amount of steel or metal it contains.
  •  Because of stray current on water pipes, a steel bathtub can be a high source of EMFs.
  •  Metallic jewellery can also attract EMFs. You may have already noticed aching in yourhands, wrists, and neck from this.
  •  DO NOT WEAR HATS WITH METAL STUDS and BUCKLES. Check the little button on top ofbaseball caps. This can cause major injury, especially near cell phone towers or in wirelessinternet environments.
  •  Wear eyeglasses with as little metal as possible. Even those plastic frames have metal postsin the arms.
  •  At work, take frequent outside breaks to give your body a rest. See section onaccommodation below.GET OUTSIDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. While indoors not only are you surrounded by sources of EMF but it also reflects and ricochets off walls and objects in the room, creating even denser electrical pollution. So getting outside, more often, will help you immensely. But be mindful of high EMF/EMR areas outisde too.
  •  As with inside the house, it is always a good idea to measure EMF/EMR in your outside environment, so you know the best place to sit and relax.
  •  Stay away from overhead or underground high power lines, electrical transformers, substations, cell phone towers etc.In your own back yard, some areas that may have a detrimental effect on your health are:
  •  Near the power supply and supply cable
  •  Underground water, gas pipes, TV cable, TV antennae, phone lines, and metal fences.Sitting in steel frame lawn chairs is also not a good idea. Sitting away from the house will reduce your proximity to steel veranda supports and rails, aluminum soffits, fascia, and eaves troughs.PROTECTIVE FABRICSThere are a lot of EMF protective devices and materials on the market and they do work but only under certain conditions. For instance there are protective fabrics that will deflect or absorb EMFs. So you may think it a good idea to line your bedroom with some of the more reflective fabric. This will only work if you have no sources of EMF inside the shielded area because they would bounce around inside the room, increasing your exposure. (If you were to do this you would have to make sure that the floor and ceiling are also lined.)Fabric for protective clothing.At first, I thought that the more protective the fabric the better. However, this isn’t the case. It can actually attract and retain EMFs instead of repel them.Some fabrics need to be grounded. I have seen on the news, a woman in England who wears mesh over her head. This mesh needs to be grounded to dissipate the EMFs. I’m not sure about the ground current situation in England but in N. America, we have a terrible ground current problem so this is not a good idea. The current from stray electricity in the earth will run up the ground wire as well as down so you are at risk of shock and further injury. One person has complained of having terrible pains in her head when she goes to bed. She wore a foil hat to protect against cell tower emissions. This isn’t a very good idea. If you are being exposed to EMFs from any direction other than from the side or top, of your head, the EMFs will travel through your body and brain, out the top of your head; reflect off the shield and then travel back down through your brain and body, increasing your exposure.page8image1128 page8image1288

I wear a hat made from NaturaShield fabric. I have lined a hat with it that I wear to go out and I also have a couple made only of this fabric for in the house and to sleep in. I wear a hat 24/7. When I first started wearing it I couldn’t believe the relief I got. My head instantly felt ten times cooler and most of the pressure was gone within days. This is the pain I mentioned earlier that I didn’t know was there.

This fabric is strong enough to reflect most of the ambient EMFs from the electrical paraphernalia around me but only partially blocks out the direct RF signals from cell towers and wifi. It also isn’t

strong enough to attract EMFs to my head. In blocking the ambient EMFs it actually reduces my exposure which in turn helps my body deal with the stronger RF signals. It also lets the stronger exposures I may experience from an upward angle to my body, pass right through. Once in a while, when I start feeling pain on the top of my head, I take the hat off because it is usually something affecting me from below. This may happen more if you are on an upper floor of a building and there are EMF sources on the floor(s) below.

As with everything that can be used for protection against EMFs, some things work for some but not for others. I know people who have tried wearing ‘the hat’ and find it doesn’t help at all or gives them a headache. This may due to the direction and type of the exposure in their environment and/or their particular biology. It is all trial and error and you will need to be patient to find what works for you.

Although WEEP does not usually promote specific devices or commercial companies, I feel that in this instance if you don’t use the right fabric, you may injure yourself further. The NaturaShield fabric can be ordered on line at http://www.lessemf.com/fabric.html

The Medical Aspects of Regaining Your Health

“Diseases are crises of purification, of toxic elimination.” Hypocrites, 500 BC

GETTING THE RIGHT MEDICAL HELP

Equally important to mitigation and avoidance of EMFs, is healing and strengthening your body. Since most family doctors only treat the symptoms of illness, seeing a registered complimentary and alternative medical practitioner is necessary to receive the right care. You have become electrohypersensitive because EMFs have affected your body on a broad spectrum and at a cellular level, so it is important to treat the root cause and not just the symptoms. For a list of Registered Naturopathic Doctors, by province see: Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (http://www.cand.ca/index.php?id=professional&L=0)

It is also important to contact the Environmental Health Clinic at The New Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, and ask them for a referral package. There is a waiting list to get into the clinic, so the sooner this is done, the better. The Doctors at The Environmental Health Clinic will help you better understand EHS and what you need to do to regain your health. They will also help your family doctor understand EHS and what he or she can do to help you. Because the body of evidence is only now being taken seriously, most family practitioners are still unaware of EHS or anything that is involved in treating it. To help you talk to your doctor about EHS, we have prepared a document for you to take with you when you visit him/her. A printable version is available here. Talking to Your Doctor

Having a diagnosis from the Environmental Health Clinic will also help when you talk to your employer and insurance providers.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CLINIC AT THE NEW WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL,

http://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/programs/program76.html

The Environmental Health Clinic is a unique multidisciplinary clinic, and the only one of its kind in Ontario. It was established in 1996 by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care to be a provincial resource in promoting environmental health, and to improve health care for people with environment-linked conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities.

The Environmental Health Clinic is the clinical part of a joint clinical and research program of Women’s College Hospital and the University of Toronto.

The purpose of the Clinic is to:

  •  Educate our clients, the public and health-care professionals about environmental health issues
  •  Provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment for clients with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances (and related conditions), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, and to make recommendations to their treating physicians regarding the management of their ongoing health care needs
  •  Gain a better understanding of the health-care needs of those with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia through participation in clinical research a better understanding of the health-care needs of those with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia through participation in clinical researchA physician referral is required. To have a referral package mailed to you, call toll free 1-800-417-7092.Other environmental health care facilities in Canada:
    In Nova Scotia, the Environmental Health Centre (http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/facilities/nsehc/index.html) was established at a permanent site in 1997. This facility is associated with Dalhousie University and includes Canada’s only environmental control unit for treatment and research.The provinces and territories, rather than the Government of Canada, are primarily responsible for the administration and delivery of health care services. It is therefore, recommended that you contact provincial/territorial Ministries of Health to find out what is available to you. The following Health Canada website provides links to provincial and territorial health ministries: http://www.hc- sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/delivery-prestation/ptrole/ptmin/index_e.html#1MEDICAL ISSUES OF EHSI strongly reccommend that you read the The Canadian Human Rights Commission Research Project, The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities. (Sears, 2007) Link. It will help you better understand the issues surrounding your health care and recovery.The following are excerpts from this report.ORIGINS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIEShttp://www.chrc- ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_hypersensibilitee/page5-en.asp

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Overload the “General Adaptation Syndrome” model underpins modern medicine, describing

how the body responds to “stressors” (e.g. chemical agents, vigorous exercise, emotional

loss). If the stress does not kill, initially there is a “flight/fight” response, then a period of adaptation and then resistance to the stressor. Eventually, if the stress continues for long enough, or there is a sudden surge of stress, adaptive mechanisms are exhausted. This brings generalized breakdown of body systems and non-specific illness. Recognition of these universal bodily reactions to stressors of all types, which are mediated via the pituitary/hypothalamus/adrenal axis, spawned the science of psychoneuroendocrine immunology.

Ashford and Miller described this scenario as “Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance” (TILT), a disease paradigm affecting a broad cross-section of society, including veterans of war, workers in many professions and trades, and children in poorly ventilated or maintained schools. This toxic overload is treated by reducing the number of stressors, including chemicals and allergens in the body, the surroundings, food and water, as well as electromagnetic fields, currents and radiation. Reduction of emotional stressors may also help.

Summary

The balance of scientific evidence and experience indicates that environmental sensitivities generally arise from physiological causes, although there are many neurological and psychological consequences. Physiological responses to environmental factors vary greatly among individuals, and individuals’ experiences must play an important role in determining treatments. Once environmental factors initiating and triggering environmental sensitivities are addressed with safe housing, workplaces, food and water, then psychosocial interventions may assist people. The comprehensive biopsychosocial model of medicine, treating the body, mind and environment, is therefore the most appropriate and effective framework for treating environmental sensitivities.

ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES – MEDICAL ISSUES

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_hypersensibilitee/page6- en.asp

Early recognition, avoidance of symptom-triggering agents, environmental control, treatments that may reduce residual toxins and recovery of normal biological processes are key to regaining health for people with sensitivities. Without mitigation of the incitant, people with environmental sensitivities may become severely debilitated. Once exposure to incitants is eliminated, helpful interventions include: treating gastrointestinal infections which, if untreated, can lead to absorption of internal toxins and large-molecule food antigens, or conversely, may lead to poor absorption of nutrients;

  •  regimens to enhance detoxification and elimination such as sauna and exercise therapy;
  •  reduction of heavy metal contamination using oral and intravenous chelation for toxicmetals (shown to be safe to treat lead in children; it is currently in clinical trials for childrenwith autism);
  •  oral and intravenous vitamins;
  •  securing hormonal homeostasis, given that many of the toxins observed are endocrinedisruptors;
  •  correcting biochemical irregularities;
  •  psychological, social and spiritual support;
  •  occupational accommodation.

SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?

I am not a health care practitioner and I don’t claim to know anything about human biological systems, so I asked my Naturopathic Doctor, Edie Pett (D.C., D.T.) to help me with this section.

To regain your good health you must repair and strengthen your body as much as possible before embarking on other more intensive treatments to rid your body of heavy metals.

NUTRITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR MAXIMIZING OUR HEALTH:
Your food should be organic, non GMO (genetically modified) and as local and seasonal as possible for optimal nutrient value.

It is recommended to eat: 8 to 10 servings of vegetables. Eat a variety of colours, red peppers, green kale, white cauliflower, orange carrots and squash. Use a variety of cooking methods from steaming, sautéing, baking, and some raw. Vegetable juice is especially useful if digestion is poor as it is high in enzymes and absorbable nutrients. Some suggestions would be to use a combination of carrot, celery, beet, ginger and cabbage.

1 to 3 servings of Fruit, but only if local and seasonal. Fruit must be picked ripe to have any significant nutritional value. Freezing or canning local fruit in the summer is a way to provide great fruit in the winter.

Whole Grains: Brown rice (all kinds), millet, quinoa, buckwheat, oatmeal, rye, amaranth, kamut, spelt

Legumes: chick peas, lentils, black beans, aduki, lima, split peas, navy, kidney beans, soybeans and tofu. These provide great fibre for assisting in the elimination of wastes and toxins from the body, as well as plentiful nutrients and protein. Eat some of each of them on a daily basis. Great in soups, as side dishes, dips, salads.

Protein: When eating any animal protein choose only that which is hormone and antibiotic free and as organically raised as possible. Fish should be wild when possible. Larger fish such as tuna should be eaten less frequently due to their higher mercury content. Smaller fish such as anchovies and sardines provide high quality omega 3 essential fatty acids as well as being good protein sources. Complete vegetable protein is derived from combining legumes and whole grains together as well as the addition of nuts and seeds. Almonds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pecans and walnuts are good sources of oil and protein. Of course eggs are also a good protein source.
Extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, sesame oil and sunflower oil are great oils to use in cooking and salads.
Herbs and spices add flavour and medicinal value: use garlic, onions, leeks, shallots often. Curries, cilantro, basil, oregano, turmeric etc.

Water in sufficient amounts is required to keep the body detoxifying well. Usually it is recommended to drink half your body weight in ounces. It should be purified, a Brita filter, reverse osmosis filter etc. Avoid buying water in plastic bottles or using plastic bottles to drink from. There are harmful chemicals that leach out of the plastic into our water.

AVOID all foods that contain sugar, high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners. Better choices would be honey, maple syrup or stevia. A basic rule of thumb, if there are more than 5 ingredients listed on a product it’s best to avoid it!

Most people do better if they minimize their consumption of cow’s milk dairy products and wheat products. page12image1272

If you do use them choose organic ones, or as an alternative try goat or sheep milk products. Many alternative choices to wheat are available: brown rice pasta, rye or spelt breads and crackers, brown rice cakes and crackers, granolas and mueslis. Corn and corn products are also not tolerated well by many individuals. If you do eat it, make sure it is organic as there is a lot of modified, gmo corn on the market.

REALLY, THE WAY TO GO IS TO DO YOUR OWN COOKING FROM SCRATCH SO THAT YOU KNOW ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS IN YOUR FOOD. Get to know local farmers, go to farmers’ markets, many are growing organically now. Read labels, ask questions, know what you’re eating!

BASIC HEALTHY LIFESTYLE SUGGESTIONS:

Sleep: Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night. You may need to darken your room to help with this.

Dry brush your skin daily with a natural bristle brush or loofa. Eliminates wastes and acids from the skin as well as assisting in lymphatic drainage.

Get outside daily for at least 1⁄2 hour.

Movements…do something! Walk, swim, dance, run, and jump……every day.

DRY BRUSHING

Excerpted from Natural Health Techniques http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/HealingTechniques/Dry_Brushing_Technique.htm (See this site for details on dry brushing.)

The skin is the largest most important eliminative organ in the body and is responsible for one quarter of the body’s detoxification each day
The skin eliminates over one pound of waste acids each day in the average adult, most of it through the sweat glands

That the skin is known also as our third kidney
That the skin receives one third of all the blood circulated in the body
That the skin is the last to receive nutrients in the body, yet the first to show signs of imbalance or deficiency

Detoxification is performed by a number of organs, glands, and transportation systems, including the skin, gut, kidneys, liver, lungs, lymphatic system, and mucous membranes. The dry brushing technique deals with detoxification of the skin.

Dry brushing is a way to stimulate all the above organs of detoxification because it provides a gentle internal massage.

Dry Brushing was recommended by the Finnish Dr., Paavo Airola for his patients 30 years ago and is still popular in European spas and many cancer treatment centers today. The Russians, Turks and Scandinavians have used this treatment for centuries. Dry brushing is promoted as a preventative for dry skin and a way to exfoliate the skin, thus stimulating skin renewal that is super soft to the touch, but there are many other benefits as well:

Health Benefits of Dry Skin Brushing:

1. Cleansesthelymphaticsystem
2. Strengthenstheimmunesystem
3. Stimulatesthehormoneandoil-producingglands 4. Stimulatescirculation
5. Improvesthefunctionofthenervoussystem
6. Helpsdigestion

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN HEALING YOUR BODY

THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER (BBB)
Because the BBB is compromised with EHS, Methylcobalamin B12 injection protocol is essential for patients with environmental sensitivities. (This is different to Cyanocobalamin B12 that is commonly available) For those who cannot stomach injections, a sublingual form is available at health food stores but will not be as effective.

The blood-brain barrier is created by the cells which line the small blood vessels (capillaries) of the brain, called endothelial cells. These cells form tight junctions between each other, which are not generally present in most organs, and stop a free exchange of substances occurring between the blood and the brain. This barrier protects the brain and creates its unique environment. (Begley, 2005) (6)

Methylcobalamin is the active form of vitamin B12 and triggers regeneration of the nerves without adverse side effects. It facilitates methylation, the process that creates and maintains nerves and brain chemicals.

(Recommended by the doctors at the Environmental Health Clinic at The New Women’s College Hospital)

The Methylcobalamin Protocol for patients with environmental illness is:

Methylcobalamin injection 25,000 IU/cc (preservative free) 5cc vial X6R
0.1cc subcutaneously daily or 2-3x per week or as directed. It is best to use an Insulin syringe 3/10cc (painless)(#30)
Keep refrigerated and discard after expiry date

(Kathleen Kerr MD, 2005)

You must purchase Methylcobalamin at a Compounding Pharmacy. Your regular pharmacist can help you find one near you. Although this is most likely not covered by your insurance company, (it is not very expensive) ask your doctor for a prescription so you can claim the expense on your taxes.

ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION

Because of the potential for side effects and interactions with medications, dietary supplements should be taken only under the supervision of a knowledgeable health care provider.
It is recommended that you use only high quality supplements

  •  Omega 3-6-9 fatty acids ~ reduce inflammation and help prevent risk factors associated with chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and arthritis. These essential fatty acids are highly concentrated in the brain and appear to be particularly important for cognitive (brain memory and performance) and behavioral function.
  •  Anti-oxidants ~ prevent and repair damage done by free radicals. Antioxidants may also enhance immune defense and therefore lower the risk of cancer and infection.
  •  Melatonin ~ helps regulate other hormones and maintains the body’s circadian rhythm. In addition to its hormonal actions, melatonin has strong antioxidant effects. Preliminary evidence suggests that it may help strengthen the immune system. It is recommended that you speak with your health care practitioner before taking melatonin.
  •  Calcium ~ the most abundant mineral in the human body, has several important functions. More than 99% of total body calcium is stored in the bones and teeth where it functions to support their structure [1]. The remaining 1% is found throughout the body in blood,“…… Ultra-high doses of methylcobalamin even promote nerve regeneration in experiments.” (The Journal of Neurological Science, April 1994)

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muscle, and the fluid between cells. Calcium is needed for muscle contraction, blood vessel contraction and expansion, the secretion of hormones and enzymes, and sending messages through the nervous system. A constant level of calcium is maintained in body fluid and tissues so that these vital body processes function efficiently. B-Complex ~ B vitamins are an important part of the diet and are needed to help avoid many health conditions. The body does not produce B vitamins naturally. Their influence is felt in many parts of the body. They function as coenzymes that help the body obtain energy from food. They also are important for normal appetite, good vision, healthy skin, healthy nervous system and red blood cell formation

  •  Milk Thistle has a protective effect on the liver and improves its function. The liver plays a major part in ridding your body of toxins and so needs to be kept as healthy as possible.
  •  Vitamin D (up to 4000mcg a day) ~ In addition to calcium metabolism, accumulating evidence indicates other roles in human health, including immune function, reduction of inflammation, and effects on cell proliferation, differentiation, and programmed cell death.
  •  Digestive enzymes ~ assist your body in absorbing essential nutrients.
  •  Probiotics ~ re-establish and maintain a normal intestinal microflora.
  •  For additional information on supplements to protect your body and assist with movingmercury out of your system, please see:http://mercurytalk.com/wiki/index.php/Detoxing:Getting_Started_With_A_Detox_PlanREPLACEMENT OF AMALGAM DENTAL FILLINGSNot only do amalgam dental fillings attract EMF and electricity to your body, they create electrical current, and they contain mercury. Mercury is very toxic and is difficult for the human body to process and get rid of. Heavy metals in your body may have contributed to your getting sick in the first place. There are many ways in which you could have acquired heavy metal toxicity but dental amalgam fillings are a major source of contamination. It is not a single incident contamination but an ongoing leaching into the body. see: Environment Canada’s Mercury and the Environment, Health Concerns http://www.ec.gc.ca/MERCURY/EH/EN/eh-hc.cfm?SELECT=EHDental Mercury is the Source of Two-Thirds of Mercury in the PopulationAmalgam restorations consist of mercury, silver, tin, copper, and a trace amount of zinc. The dental amalgam has two fundamental flaws that adversely affect a patient’s health. The first fundamental flaw is that all amalgam metals are cations(a). The net result of the tendency for covalent(b), ionic and metallic bonding and van der Waals forces(c) between amalgam cations is a weak repulsion. So there is a sustained release of mercury and other metals from the amalgam into the body. Researchers have measured a daily release ofmercury on the order of 10 micrograms from the amalgam into the body. Mercury is a toxic metal; the most minute amount damages cells.The second fundamental flaw is that there are five dissimilar metals in the amalgam. Galvanic(d) action between these metals in inevitable (the dissimilar metals form a battery). Galvanism produces electricity that flows through the body. The electric currents produced by the amalgam typically are between 0.1 and 10 microamps, compared to the body’s natural electric current of 3 microamps.The mercury challenges systemic functions of every individual and of developing fetuses, so it can lead to health problems and fetal malformations. Mercury leakage and its subsequent pathophysiologic effects are most often slow, insidious processes. So health problems caused by dental mercury poisoning are perceived many years after the amalgams are placed. (DAMS Inc. 1997 & 2005)

(a) An ion or group of ions having a positive charge and characteristically moving toward the negative electrode in electrolysis
(b) Of or relating to a chemical bond characterized by one or more pairs of shared electrons
(c) The relatively weak attractive forces that are operative between neutral atoms and molecules and that arise because of the electric polarization induced in each of the particles by the presence of other particles (d) Of, relating to, involving, or producing a direct current of electricity

Removal and replacement of amalgam fillings with non-metallic fillings is not straight forward. A specific protocol needs to be followed to ensure that you don’t absorb any more mercury during the procedure, and to bolster your immune and nervous systems. Having amalgam dental fillings replaced without following this protocol can cause severe health reactions. Working in unison with your natural health care practitioner and your dentist, while you are having you fillings replaced, is strongly recommended.

Even though it is scientific fact that mercury is released from amalgam fillings, most dentists are misguided and are still using it. (See: http://amalgamillness.com/Mercury.html) In my search for a dentist, to replace my amalgam fillings, I have spoken to several who seem to be under the impression that mercury is not dangerous. One dentist told me there is less mercury in one filling than in a can of tuna. But what if you have more than one filling? And aren’t they warning against eating tuna?

Environment Canada also has strong concerns regarding mercury fillings. See Canadian Dental Association – Environment Canada Best Management Practices for Amalgam Waste in Canada – 2002 , Appendix D for the protocol for handling dental mercury. http://www.ec.gc.ca/MERCURY/DA/EN/da-damou.cfm#AnnexD

Another dentist, aware of the mercury issue, wanted to replace my amalgam fillings with gold because it doesn’t have the same chemical interactions as amalgam. Maybe not, but it is still metal and conducts electricity. They all try to talk me into having x-rays, which of course, I decline. I am only telling you this to stress the point that you need to find a dentist who understands the issues you are dealing with, or will at least listen when you explain and put your health at risk.

For the dental protocol to safely remove amalgam fillings see: International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) http://www.iaomt.org/articles/files/files288/Safe%20Removal%20of%20Amalgam%20Fillings.pdf

For mercury free and mercury safe dentists in North America see: IAOMT-Find a Dentist/Physician http://www.iaomt.org/patients/results.aspx?stateProv=Ontario
This page also contains a link to international chapters.

REMOVAL OF MERCURY AND HEAVY METALS FROM YOUR BODY

Heavy metals in the body are dangerous on three levels. They are toxic; they can move in the body, when you are near electromagnetic radiation and fields, causing damage to the surrounding tissue; and they can attract and conduct electricity.

If not done correctly, removal (via chelation) of heavy metals from the body can be dangerous. It is recommended that you find a health care practitioner with a lot of experience and recommendations from previous patients. It is also recommended that you read the book Amalgam Illness Diagnosis and Treatment by Dr. Andrew Hall Cutler PhD., PE. http://www.noamalgam.com/

Testing for mercury in the body is difficult because mercury remains in the blood for a very short period before being excreted or settling in the organs and brain.

There are several methods of testing but because the DMPS Challenge involves moving large amounts of mercury in your body at one time, it can be very dangerous and is not recommended. Please see: Testing for Mercury Toxicity for more options and information. http://mercurytalk.com/wiki/index.php/Testing_for_Mercury_Toxicity

Detoxing is a long-term plan that you have to faithfully follow if it is going to work. Here are specific ideas to help you create a good detox plan.

Mercury detox is a two-tier project: Protection

Mobilization (via Chelation)

First, you have to protect your body from the effects of mercury, then you want to “mobilize” the mercury, that is, you want to pull it from body tissue and get it out. Providing a balance between protection and mobilization will allow you to feel reasonably well while assisting the body in eliminating mercury at a faster rate than it normally would. This balancing act is important because mobilizing too much mercury too fast can redistribute the mercury causing it to end up back in your body tissue causing more damage as it travels. If you mobilize too slowly, then mercury remains in your body longer than necessary.

A good plan will involve starting gently and becoming more agressive as you become stronger and healthier.

Read more… Detoxing:Getting Started With A Detox Plan

http://mercurytalk.com/wiki/index.php/Detoxing:Getting_Started_With_A_Detox_Plan

Psychological and Social Aspects of EHS

As I mentioned earlier, I am not a health care practitioner so, once again, I am turning to the experts for this section. I would also suggest that you read the advice on the The Environmental Health Clinic at The New Women’s College Hospital’s website. It is about living with other environmental sensitivities, but the advice given is practical for all sensitivities. The information I supply here on coping and social/spiritual aspects of environmental sensitivities is excerpted from their web site. http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/centres/environmental/sensitivities/index.html

COPING

It is common to feel “out of control,” particularly in the beginning of this illness. It is helpful to keep a diary of activities and then note your symptoms in relation to exposure. This is a useful tool for making changes in your environment and helps one to regain some control. If there are a number of things that need to be changed it can appear overwhelming. It is important to set priorities and realistic time frames to make changes.

It often helps to view symptoms as early warning signs. If you can remove yourself from triggering agents, when the earliest symptoms start, you may be able to avoid developing further symptoms. Relaxation exercises are helpful to decrease stress. Below is an example of an easy exercise to promote relaxation:

Choose a place in your house as your “relaxation space,” preferably a place that you can close the door and be alone and uninterrupted for at least 10 minutes at a time. Sit in a comfortable chair and close your eyes. Take a few breaths to settle in – it may help to say nurturing phrases to yourself such as, “this is my time” or “as I breathe, I heal.” When you feel settled, as you breathe in through your nose, say silently to yourself “re” and “lax” as you exhale. Do this for 10 minutes twice a day at times when you know that you will not be interrupted. You may need to discuss this with your family to let them know that this is a time when you are to be left alone.

This exercise can also be done at any time of day for a few minutes whenever you first recognize your particular symptoms of stress.

Coping strategies are critical for people with environmental sensitivities/intolerances, as they may experience the feeling that their lives are being “turned upside down.” They may have lost their ability to work. They may be unable to socialize outside their homes – or even perform routine tasks such as grocery shopping, due to triggering of symptoms by everyday environmental exposures.

In a US-based survey of people with chronic fatigue syndrome, the most helpful coping skill was “attitudinal adjustment.” This refers to basically acceptance of the illness and taking care of themselves. In this study, people said, “I stopped comparing myself to others,” or “I don’t waste time worrying about what might have been” and “I remind myself to be in the moment – that’s all there is.”

SOCIAL/SPIRITUAL

Anyone experiencing a debilitating chronic illness needs time to grieve over the loss of his or her former life.

Isolation is often one of the most difficult aspects of having environmental sensitivities/intolerances. Family and friends may not understand the patient’s many sensitivities and symptoms and may go through many of the same emotional stages that the sick person does – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. This lack of understanding may be compounded if health professionals and insurance companies do not validate the illness as “real.” The first step in helping others to understand your condition is to educate yourself, and then others. You may wish to have family and friends come to your own home when socializing, rather than going to their homes, as it is easier to control your own environment.

Sadly, in some cases, in spite of education about ES/MCS, family and friends may not be supportive. It is probably wise to minimize or eliminate contact with these people as much as possible, as they can be very “energy draining.” On the other hand, building a group or community of people who understand and care can be energy well spent. It may be helpful to connect with others who have the illness, through a support group. If you cannot leave your home or find a tolerable space to meet, it is usually still possible to network with supportive others through telephone calls, the Internet and/or email.

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TAKING ACTION

Some people find that when they start to feel better they want to become active in making environmental changes in their community to prevent others becoming ill or to help others who have environmental sensitivities. This is a great way to “make a difference.” Find out what groups are working in your community to create safe and healthy environments through your local politicians or support groups for people with environmental sensitivities/intolerances

Employment and Accommodation

As stated earlier, avoiding EMFs is very important in regaining your health. This can be difficult to do when at work. You may need to take some sick time at first, to start the healing process, but you still have bills to pay and a life to live.
The nature of your work may make it possible for you to work from home. You will have to determine, for yourself, what is best for your situation.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission approved a Policy on Environmental Sensitivities on June 15th, 2007. This policy has weight of law for federal employers, and sets a precedent for others. In this policy, EHS is classified as an environmental sensitivity and therefore a disability. There are two reports dealing with the medical perspective and the legal perspective. To help your employers better understand EHS, you may want to refer them to this site.

The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities By: Margaret E. Sears (M.Eng., Ph.D.) http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_hypersensibilitee/toc_tdm-en.asp

also can be found here if link above is down

http://lindasepp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2007-chrc-the-medical-perspective-on-environmental-sensitivities.pdf

and
Accommodation for Environmental Sensitivities: Legal Perspective By: Cara Wilkie and David Baker http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_legal_hypersensibilitee/toc_tdm-en.asp

Also can be found here http://lindasepp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2007-chrc-accommodation-for-environmental-sensitivities_legal-perspective.pdf

Here are some pertinent excerpts from these reports and from the Discrimination Prevention section of their web site.

ENVIRONMENATAL SENSITIVITIES, DISABILITY AND MEDICAL EVIDENCE

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_legal_hypersensibilitee/page3- en.asp

a. Definitions of Disability

International approaches to definitions of disability in human rights protection vary in their reliance on medical diagnoses and symptoms. At one end of this spectrum are the Canadian and Australian approaches, in which a very broad definition of disability is adopted.3 As a result of this, complainants are required to provide minimal medical evidence to establish that they qualify as persons with a disability, and individuals with environmental sensitivities do not need to prove the veracity of their condition. In fact, the courts have specifically held that the inability of the medical community to diagnose a condition or identify its cause does not affect whether an individual has a disability, so long as its triggers can be identified.

b. Evidentiary Difficulties

The general lack of knowledge on sensitivities within the medical community and the unavailability of tests to identify particular triggers may act as an obstacle to the treatment of sensitivities and to a complainant’s ability to identify appropriate experts to testify before a tribunal or provide evidence to an employer about accommodation needs.

Recommendation 1: Where an individual with a poorly understood disability is unable to provide expert medical evidence, the employer, service provider or other decision maker should seek an informed expert opinion on the effects of the condition and the resulting accommodation needs.

Recommendation 2: Employers, service providers and other decision makers should ensure that, if accommodation requests are rejected, it is not because the medical evidence provided is not as unequivocal as it may be with other disabilities: knowledge and understanding of the condition is still developing, and the expectations regarding medical evidence should reflect this. 3. Disability is defined in section 25 of the Act as “any previous or existing mental or physical disability and includes disfigurement and previous or existing dependence on alcohol or a drug.”

ACCOMMODATION ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES: BEST PARCTICES

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_legal_hypersensibilitee/page6- en.asp
a. Accommodation Principles and Practices
As for any other disability, the accommodation process for persons with environmental sensitivities must be conducted in an individualized, respectful and inclusive manner. Employers and service providers are well-advised to accommodate in a respectful manner that protects the individual’s self-respect, privacy, comfort and autonomy. Accommodations should be individual in nature and not “one size fits all.” Finally, the goal of accommodations is independence and full participation of the individual. When evaluating potential accommodations, this is the standard that they ought to be measured against.

UNDUE HARDSHIP

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/preventing_discrimination/duty_obligation-en.asp

What is undue hardship?

The employer’s or service provider’s duty to accommodate is limited only by “undue hardship’’ i.e. the employer or service provider need not accommodate an employee or client if it can show that the accommodation would cause the employer or service provider to suffer undue hardship. Section 15(2) of the Canadian Human Rights Act states that ‘’it must be established that accommodation of the needs of an individual or a class of individuals affected would impose undue hardship on the person who would have to accommodate those needs, considering health, safety and cost’’ in order for the accommodation to be considered too much of a burden.

Undue Hardship – Health and Safety

If accommodating a person’s age, physical or mental disability, family or marital status, or religious practice would pose an undue risk to the health and safety of that person, or others, then an employer or service provider may be able to establish undue hardship. For example, an airline may require its pilots to have a certain level of uncorrected vision, hearing and manual dexterity in order to land a plane with all its passengers, safely, without instruments in an emergency. This requirement could prevent persons with certain disabilities from being a pilot.

Undue Hardship – Cost

The cost of a proposed accommodation would be considered ‘’undue’’ if it is so high that it affects the very survival of the organization or business, or it threatens to change its essential nature. The mere fact that some cost, financial or otherwise, will be incurred is insufficient to establish undue hardship. Some factors that can be considered in appraising undue hardship are the size and financial resources of the employer, and external financing, and details of any additional risks or detriments.page20image1496 page20image1656

Recommended Reading

The BioInitiative Report. http://www.bioinitiative.com
The Canadian Human Rights Commission Report – Policy on Environmental Sensitivities

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/legislation_policies/policy_environ_politique-en.asp?lang_update=1

Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Biological Effects of Dirty Electricity with Emphasis on Diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis. Magda Havas http://weepinitiative.org/scientific.html

Dirty Electricity and Electrical Hypersensitivity: Five Case Studies. Magda Havas & David Stetzer

http://weepinitiative.org/linked docs/scientific/Dirty Electricity and Electrical Hypersensitivity Five Case Studies.pdf

Evidence That Electromagnetic Radiation Is Genotoxic: The Implications For The Epidemiology Of Cancer And Cardiac, Neurological And Reproductive Effects. Dr. Neil Cherry http://weepinitiative.org/scientific.html

Building Biology Indoor Environment Checklist©

http://www.baubiologie.net/docs/elektrosmog_bb_indoor_environment_checklist.pdf

The Blood Brain Barrier. Dr. David Begley http://www.gaucher.org.uk/bloodbrainmay2005.htm

Methyl B-12 in Combating Degenerative Diseases and Mental Illness

http://www.vistamagonline.com/articles/print.php?s=methyl_b-2_in_combating_degenerative_diseases_and_mental_illness

Amalgam Illness Diagnosis and Treatment. Andrew Hall Cutler, PhD, PE

http://www.noamalgam.com/

The Dental Amalgam Issue, DAMS Inc. http://www.amalgam.org/

References

Sage, C. 2007. The BioInitiative Report. retrieved from: http://www.bioinitiative.org Havas, M. 2004. Dirty Electricity and Electrical Hypersensitivity: Five Case Studies.

Sears, M.E. 2007. Retrieved from: The Canadian Human Rights Commission. The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities. http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_hypersensibilitee/toc_tdm- en.asp

Havas, M. & Stetzer, D. 2004. Retrieved from: Graham/Stetzer Filters Improve Power Quality in Homes and Schools, Reduce Blood Sugar Levels in Diabetics, Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms, and Headaches.

http://www.dirtyelectricity.ca/images/havas_stetzer_london2004.pdf

Building Biology Indoor Environment Checklist© Retrieved from: http://www.baubiologie.net/docs/elektrosmog_bb_indoor_environment_checklist.pdf

http://weepinitiative.org Begely, D. 2005. The Blood Brain Barrier. Retrieved from:

http://www.gaucher.org.uk/bloodbrainmay2005.htm

DAMS Inc. 1997 & 2005. The Dental Amalgam Issue. Retrieved from: http://www.amalgam.org/

Mercury Talk. Retrieved from: http://www.mercurytalk.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Index

Natural Health Techniques. Retrieved from: http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/HealingTechniques/Dry_Brushing_Technique.htm

Canadian Human Rights Commission; Discrimination Prevention. Retrieved from: http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/preventing_discrimination/duty_obligation-en.aspm

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Apple bans cellphone radiation detection app from ‘App Store’

Saturday, April 28, 2012 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

(NaturalNews) An Israeli startup company known as Tawkon has developed a mobile application that provides visual readouts on the amount of radiation being emitted from mobile phones at any given time. But according to numerous reports, tech-giant Apple continues to refuse the addition of the “app” to its App Store, which means users must “jailbreak” their iPhones in order to download and use it.

Concerns about cellphone radiation and its dangers to human health are growing, as reports continue to emerge showing that repeated and prolonged exposure can cause chronic headaches and migraines, behavioral and developmental problems, and even cancer (http://www.naturalnews.com/cell_phone.html). But it is precisely because of these dangers that companies like Apple appear to be trying to hide the truth about mobile phone dangers.

According to a Tech Crunch report from August 23, 2011, Apple’s former CEO Steve Jobs, who not even two months later died of cancer (http://www.naturalnews.com/033793_Steve_Jobs_chemotherapy.html), had once again denied requests to include Tawkon’s radiation detection app in his company’s App Store (http://techcrunch.com). Jobs’ response to Tawkon’s request consisted solely of the the following:

“No Interest.

Sent from my iPhone”

The only way for iPhone users to get the app, in other words, is to have their iPhones “jailbroken,” a process in which Apple’s proprietary operating system software is modified to allow iPhone users more freedom in modifying their own devices. Apart from these alterations, which can potentially void an iPhone’s warranty, iPhone users are restricted by Apple from knowing the truth about how much radiation their phones are emitting.

Electro-sensitivity, a growing public health epidemic

Whether to shelter its own profits or to deliberately keep its users in the dark about the radiation dangers of mobile phones, Apple’s despotic decision to prevent its users from accessing pertinent information about their own phones is a public health nuisance. Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from mobile phones and other devices is causing widespread health problems, many of which go undiagnosed.

The growing prevalence of electro-sensitivity (ES), a condition in which EMR-producing devices, including mobile phones, cause chronic health problems to develop, is becoming pandemic. Headaches, speech problems, dizziness, chest palpitations, tinnitus, memory loss, nausea, joint pain, back pressure, and many other symptoms are all associated with perpetual exposure to EMRs, particularly from mobile phones.

Fortunately, mobile phone users can still measure EMRs without Tawkon’s app using electromagnetic frequency (EMF) detectors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMF_meter). These devices can be placed near mobile phones, microwaves, compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs, and other radiation-emitting devices to detect the amount of EMRs being emitted.

RF Exposure
Sources for this article include:

http://www.activistpost.com

http://techcrunch.com

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/035705_cellphone_radiation_Apple_app_store.html#ixzz2iqYUReES

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If you research this subject with an open mind and search for the truth, you will find that this condition is a real and growing issue for our society. The following are news stories, articles, research papers and websites that you will rarely see in the main stream press. This is how the truth becomes evident:

Evidence for EHS:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21793784
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241215/
http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/cordless-heart/
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/uploads/scribd/Genuis%202.pdf
http://www.weepinitiative.org/LINKEDDOCS/scientific/20080117_bevington_emfs.pdf
http://www.hese-project.org/hese-uk/en/niemr/ehs.php
http://www.mcs-america.org/july2012.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22153604
http://www.emractionday.org/science
http://www.norad4u.com/ehs
http://www.es-uk.info/

Press stories about EHS:

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/frank-clegg/post_5393_b_3745157.html
http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/245588/158/Wireless-Refugees-Cell-Phones-WiFi-Making-Us-Sick
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/gallery/2013/mar/29/electrosensitivity-technology-killing-us-photographs
http://www.magdahavas.com/gro-harlem-brundtland-talks-at-the-university-of-waterloo/
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/06/15/cellphone_towers_one_womans_struggle_with_electromagnetic_hypersensitivity.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north/northcote-resident-says-smart-meter-caused-her-tinnitus/story-fnglenug-1226696426024

http://www.onthemedia.org/2011/sep/16/escape-wifi-national-quiet-zone/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-21386477
http://vimeo.com/59956235#
http://electroplague.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/ami-living-june-12-2013.pdf
http://www.foodsmatter.com/es/personal_histories/articles/es_refugees_ladberg.pdf
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/PublicationsDVD.php#1
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/article_7a0c5f3e-193b-561f-9502-fd74169c384d.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jul/20/man-living-alone-woods-escape-wifi-mobiles
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-02/disconnected
http://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.com/2012/07/respect-rights-of-those-who-are.html
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Forced-to-Disconnect-Electrohypersensitive-fugitives.pdf
http://stopsmartmeters.org/2012/07/08/electro-sensitive-or-electromagnetically-aware/
http://www.gq.com/cars-gear/gear-and-gadgets/201002/warning-cell-phone-radiation
http://www.electromagneticman.co.uk/index.php/case-studies/electrosensitivity-sufferers
http://ehsfighback.blogspot.com/2012/08/wireless-epidemic-that-may-affect-50-of.html
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/826236—i-had-turned-into-this-old-frail-man-overnight
http://tinyurl.com/cm6p94p
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobilfunk_newsletter/dIcFwCYxRjw
http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/the-west-virginia-town-where-wireless-signals-are-illegal-191901444.html
https://www.facebook.com/WendyWalksforES
http://electroplague.com/2013/07/30/jeske-family-langford-bc/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzRP_J7P-c
http://radirid.com/www/my-story/
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/95056
http://allehanda.se/start/harnosand/1.6203287-marta-i-eu-domstolen
http://www.canada.com/sensitivity+solution+sought+ferries/8692314/story.html
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/08/06/zakhele-lives-in-cellphone-hell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNfAbDa0k1A
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-02/disconnected
http://www.electrosensitivesociety.com/2010/06/01/the-dr-carlos-sosa-m-d-story/
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobilfunk_newsletter/dIcFwCYxRjw
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Daily-Mail-Weekend-27.6.09-dacrepdf-1.pdf
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2158015/Allergic-modern-life-Pregnant-mother-sensitive-electromagnetic-waves-use-iPad-make-mobile-phone-trip-town.html
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Forced-to-Disconnect-Electrohypersensitive-fugitives.pdf
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?p=6138
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/smart-meter-shock-forces-family-out/story-fn7x8me2-1226181915461
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jul/20/man-living-alone-woods-escape-wifi-mobiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izwY-cO_qoY
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1387972/Woman-allergic-electricity-Cancer-survivor-sensitive-gadgets-lives-candlelight.html
http://ehsfighback.blogspot.com/2012/06/article-about-dafna-tachover-ehs.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1201896/Allergic-wi-fi-How-electrosmog-leaves-Afterlife-DJ-agony.html
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3682/
http://www.feb.se/feb/blackonwhite-complete-book.pdf
http://electromagneticman.co.uk/index.php/case-studies/electrosensitivity-sufferers
http://kfor.com/2013/07/23/customers-says-oge-smart-meters-making-them-sick/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2331369
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QxAzzicjn4
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2013/mar/29/electrosensitivity-is-technology-killing-us-video
http://www.ei-resource.org/articles/multiple-chemical-sensitivity-articles/identity,-self,-and-psychology-in-multiple-chemical-sensitivity/

http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/BioInitiativeReport2012.pdf

Cell Tower Madness

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Diagnosing Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and “The effects of invisible waves”

The Environmental Health Clinic at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto recently held an educational event on the environmental health condition called electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EMS, aka EHS). Dr. Ray Copes, chief, environmental and occupational health, Public Health Ontario, Dr. Magda Havas, associate professor of environmental and resource studies, Trent University, and Dr. Riina Bray, medical director, Environmental Health Clinic, WCH were among the speakers.

“We need to create more awareness about this condition,” said Dr. Riina Bray. “Health-care practitioners need to better understand EMS (EHS) so they can help their patients prevent and manage their symptoms. The public needs to know how to protect themselves from the broad range of health impacts electromagnetic fields have on their minds and bodies.”

Recognition of EHS is slowly growing as more people are affected. The number of wireless devices is growing, and it’s difficult to avoid exposure. Smart meters on every house, cell phones in nearly every pocket, cell towers in every neighbourhood, wifi in every other café and home… Never before in human history have we been exposed in this way.

I personally am lucky that compared to some people, my EHS symptoms are mostly mild to middling, although they have been severe at times.

I had problems with fluorescent lights causing migraine headaches since junior high, and those problems intensified as years went bye.  Things got worse after myriad chemical exposures while living in what became the sick house in Toronto. Having my health knocked back so much by the chemical injuries made me more vulnerable to developing EHS. I think it was wearing a wireless microphone for a tv news interview that really  triggered it for me.  After wearing the mike for about 30 minutes, I felt buzzing for the rest of the day. Having very high dirty electricity measurements in the house did not help (bad wiring, probably not to code, including some old knob and tube in parts of the house).

The biggest (most obvious) problems I’ve experienced are with the phone. Thanks later to a BELL tech at the cabin who identified stray voltage or current on the phone line, who then found me a line that was free of this current, and having my symptoms resolve, I now understand the issues I was having with my phone in Toronto were also due to stray voltage on the line there, probably because it was illegally cut and patched several times. I didn’t know to ask Bell to test the line for stray current then, but now whenever my head starts buzzing from using the phone, I’ve asked them to check, and sure enough… they’ve found some.

It got so bad for me in Toronto that from a couple of minutes on the phone, it felt like a swarm of angry bees was buzzing around inside my head, and the longer I tried to ignore it, the longer it took before I could use the phone again without the effects becoming excrutiatingly disabling. I was down to being able to use the phone for less than 5 minutes a WEEK and this small amount of time exacerbated the symptoms I was already experiencing from the chemical exposures in addition to making my head feel like the swarm of bees was in there.  All this was at a time I needed to be able to communicate with others to find new housing. Needless to say, there were a lot of unresolved communication problems as a result.

I’ve been affected when driving (or being driven) past electric transformer stations, under high transmission lines and past cell towers, sometimes severely.  I can’t be around cell-phones, or wi-fi without symptoms, some serious if the exposures are prolongued.

The smart meters here are affecting me, but fortunately for me, my unit is the farthest away from them. Tragically, the woman who sleeps against the wall they are all mounted against has been experiencing some serious problems since they were activated, problems she didn’t have before. Co-incidence? From what I have learned, I think not.

From the WCH press release:

“Cell phones, cell phone towers, wireless internet routers, cordless phones and power lines of all sorts have all been recognized as possible contributors to an environmental health condition called electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EMS) caused by significant exposure from radio waves.

EMS symptoms include poor sleep, fatigue, headache, nausea, dizziness, heart palpitations, memory impairment and skin rashes. Patients’ reactions vary, some requiring life-altering changes to minimize exposures as much as possible.”

See more:  
http://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/news-and-events/connect/the-effects-of-invisible-waves

Magda Havas

“Earlier this year (March 2012), the Austrian Medical Association released a very important document: Guideline of the Austrian Medical Association for the diagnosis and treatment of EMF related health problems and illnesses (EMF syndrome).  Consensus paper of the Austrian Medical Association’s EMF Working Group (AG-EMF).  Click herefor pdf.

If you think you are responding adversely to electromagnetic radiation, it is important that you share this document with your doctor/health care professional.  EHS is an emerging illness that has not been taught in most medical schools, especially in North America.  However, it is increasing at an alarming rate and now children as well as adults are adversely affected by this radiation.”…

http://www.magdahavas.com/austrian-medical-association-guidelines-to-diagnosing-and-treating-patients-with-electrohypersensitivity/

Environmental Health Trust

WEEP 
The Canadian Initiative to Stop Wireless, Electric, and Electromagnetic Pollution is an organization formed to inform the Canadian public about the potential environmental effects associated with various forms of electric and electromagnetic emissions

Disconnect (2012)
There are 6 billion cell phones worldwide but what do we really know about the effects of this revolutionary technology?
Through extensive research and interviews with the world’s leading doctors, scientists, politicians, and industry innovators; director Kevin Kunze traces the rise of an unregulated industry and unveils the detrimental relationships that have debased corporate responsibility.

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WHAT IS ELECTROHYPERSENSITIVITY

Adapted from material written by Beau Binder and Anna Jonsson

Description

Electrohypersensitivity or EHS is a physiological condition. It is characterized by neurological and immunological symptoms that noticeably flare or intensify upon, or following expose to:

  • electric and magnetic fields (EMF)
  • one or more of the types of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) found in the modern environment

Having Electromagnetic Field Sensitivity means experiencing recurring stress or illness when near active EMF sources or emitters of EMR. Symptoms normally diminish with distance from these sources but typically require considerable time to vanish after exposure. The World Health Organization identifies this collection of symptoms and triggers as Electrohypersensitivity, often referred to as Electrosensitivity. It is not recognized as a medical diagnosis. However, it is accepted as a functional impairment in Sweden and the Canadian Human Rights Commission recognizes it as an environmental sensitivity and classifies it as a disability.

Likely Causes

Excessive exposures to EMF or EMR from power lines, cell phone transmission towers, cell & digital cordless phones, computers, fluorescent lights and various electrical tools & equipment.

Similarly, a synergistic effect involving heavy metal buildup in the body has been reported. Predisposing genetic factors, such as the inability to excrete heavy metals, have a role in this. Common sources of heavy metal exposure are mercury in dental amalgam, aka “silver fillings”, and some vaccines.

EHS is frequently seen in people with multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), resulting from overexposure or intolerance to certain chemicals.

Common Symptoms

  • Concentration problems
  • Memory lapses
  • Aches or pressure in head, throat and chest
  • Unsteady balance, dizziness
  • Altered heart rate
  • Ringing in the ears
  • Excessive fatigue
  • Numbness or pain in affected areas
  • Sleep disturbances
  • Eye irritation
  • Red skin blotches, eczema

Four Stages of Electrohypersensitivity

  1. Mild combinations of some of the common symptoms – typically headaches, concentration & memory problems – while working with electronic equipment.
  2. Longer lasting symptoms after working with electronic equipment. Similar reactions in the vicinity of transmission towers and relay antennae. Symptoms often require medical care.
  3. Inability to work full-time; frequent sick leaves taken to cope with symptoms.
  4. Acute adverse reactions from electromagnetic pollution, both in outdoor and indoor environments. Results in unemployment and severe curtailment of freedom. Requires expensive reengineering of home environment or relocation to spartan, EMF/EMR-free rural or wilderness areas.

Prevention Tips from the EHS Community

  • Keep bedroom free of battery chargers, cell & digital cordless phones and other wireless products.
  • Sleep away from high field areas like the house power main and operational refrigerators. Remember fields extend some distance, even through walls.
  • Limit exposure to and keep distance from, TV’s, computers and monitors.
  • Other common high EMF/EMR sources are: microwave ovens, induction stoves, electrical blankets, hair dryers, heating pads, tanning beds, and radiant heat systems.
  • Use standard land line phones. Only use cell phones for short calls or emergencies. Use hands free model and direct the phone antenna away from your body. Do not use headphones.
  • Remove digital, cordless phones from home and office; they act as mini-cell towers.
  • Do not use wireless networks or gaming systems; instead use cabled/corded alternatives.
  • Use a precautionary approach to new electronic devices and systems.
  • Use incandescent lighting and not fluorescent.
  • Turn off and unplug electrical equipment when not in use.
  • Seek out low emission/low field areas both indoors and outdoors to de-stress.
Because the body of evidence is only now being taken seriously, most family practitioners are still unaware of EHS or anything that is involved in treating it.
If you have, or believe you may have EHS, we have prepared an information package to help you talk to your doctor about it. Please see: Talking to Your Doctor. (Just Below) Take a printed copy with you, to your next appointment with him/her.
For more indepth information about what you need to do to regain and maintain your good health see:
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Talking to your doctor

Electro Hypersensitivity

Talking to Your Doctor

In addition to numerous other health problems, electromagnetic pollution has been associated with an increase in the number of individuals suffering from a condition known as electrohypersensitivity (EHS). EHS is defined by the World Health Organization as: “…a phenomenon where individuals experience adverse health effects while in the vicinity of devices emanating electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields.”

In Sweden, it is classified as a disability and health care facilities with low levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation are available. The Canadian Human Rights Commission report also acknowledges environmental sensitivity attributed to electromagnetic exposure. (28) Researchers estimate that approximately 3% of the population has severe symptoms of EHS, and another 35% of the population has moderate symptoms such as an impaired immune system and chronic illness (Havas, 2007).

Because EHS is an environmental sensitivity, avoidance of triggers is essential in preventing symptoms and regaining good health. Like other environmental sensitivities, EHS presents with a variety of symptoms and it is common to have overlapping conditions. For instance, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Fibromyalgia, among other illnesses, are common in people with EHS and severity of symptoms in people with M.S., Diabetes, and other illnesses have been shown to be exacerbated with exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) and abated with mitigation of the EMF source(s).

SYMPTOMS OF ELECTRO HYPERSENSITIVITY

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The biological effects from exposure to EMF/EMR include both adverse health effects and loss of homeostasis and well-being. Symptoms vary from patient to patient depending on their physical biology and exposure intensity and duration. Symptoms quickly improve when away from EMF/EMR sources, particularly when the patient moves away from computers, fluorescent lighting, transformers, wireless antenna, cell and cordless phones,

appliances and out of proximity to cell phone towers, electrical substations and power lines. All these are potential sources of higher than normal EMF/EMR exposure. Symptoms recur on returning to the irradiated environment. Over time, sensitivity is increased to smaller and smaller EMF/EMR exposures. (Sage, 2001)

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SYMPTOMS OF ELECTRO HYPERSENSITIVITY

Neurological

Cardiac

Respiratory

Dermatological

Ophthalmologic

headaches

depression

palpitations

sinusitis

skinrash

deteriorating vision

difficulty conce ntra ting

anxiety

pain or pressure in the chest

asthma

facial flushing

pain or burning in the eyes

muscle and joint pain

confusion and spatial disorientation

low or high blood pressure

bronc hitis

itching

pressure in/behind the eyes

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memory loss

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fatigue

shortness of breath

pne umo nia

burning

floaters

dizzi ness

weakness

arrhythmias

cataracts

na usea

tremors

slow or fast heart rate

swelling of face and neck

irritability

muscle spasms

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numb ness

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leg/foot pain

tingli ng

“Flu-like” symptoms

hyperactivity

feve r

altered reflexes

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insomnia

OTHER

digestive problems

abdominal pain

testicular/o va rian pain/swe lli ng

enlarged thyroid

great thirst

dehydration

nosebleeds

internal bleeding

hair loss

pain in the teeth

deteriorating fillings

Light sensitivity

swollen lymph nodes

loss of appetite

h yp o xi a

allergies

frequent urination and incontine nce

night sweats

immune abnorma lities

redistribution of metals within the body

ringing in the ears (tinnitus or similar chronic ear-noise)

impaired sense of smell

altered sugar metabolism

dryness of lips, tongue, mouth, eyes

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Severe reactions can include seizures, paralysis, psychosis, and stroke

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF EMF/EMR EXPOSURE

(Excerpted from: Do You Have Microwave Sickness? Paul Doyon)

Exposure to EMF/EMR:

Induces Oxidative Damage leading to depletion of the body’s natural store of antioxidants like Super Oxide Dimutase (SOD), Catalase, Glutathione, CoQ10, and Melatonin. When the body becomes depleted in antioxidants, premature aging, increased infections, and sticky blood are just a few of the consequences. With a depressed level of antioxidants in the blood, for example, high-density lipoproteins (HDL) or the good cholesterol will bind with free radicals (oxidants) turning the good cholesterol into bad cholesterol or low-density lipoproteins (LDL).

Affects an abnormal influx of calcium into cells. When there is an abnormal influx of calcium into mast cells, for example, they produce histamine. This is just one of the ways in which microwave exposure has been known to trigger or aggravate allergic reactions.

Induces mitochondria dysfunction. The mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Dysfunctional mitochondria will interfere with the cells’ ability to produce energy and can be linked to fatigue and possibly even obesity.

Depolarizes the body’s red blood cells, causing them to clump together. When this happens, the amount of oxygen getting to the brain cells and the cells of the body’s other organs is diminished substantially leading to hypoxia. This can cause symptoms similar to altitude sickness: nausea, dizziness, inability to concentrate, and so on.

Induces a decrease in the numbers of Natural Killer (NK) cells. This leads to the body’s weakened ability to recover from viral and other types of infections. Therefore, people exposed to microwave radiation would take longer than normal to recover from your day-to-day infections.

Long-term microwave radiation has been shown to change a particular form of white blood cell (lymphocyte) ratio – known as the T-helper/T-suppressor (T4/T8) cell ratio – from normal to abnormal. Abnormalities in this T-lymphocyte ratio have been shown to lead to an increased susceptibility to viral, fungal, and bacterial infections. Symptoms include sore throats, low-grade fevers, weakness, persistent fatigue, and swollen lymph glands.

Increases viruses, bacteria, mold, parasites, and yeast in the blood of the human host.

Induces what is known as “subliminal” stress causing the adrenal glands to excrete an abnormally greater amount of cortisol and adrenaline. Excretion of adrenaline, for one, can lead to irritability and a feeling of hyperactivity – the latter now very common in children with ADHD. In a continuous state this will eventually lead to adrenal exhaustion. Excessive cortisol has been linked to obesity.

Causes a decrease of 5-HT in the blood. 5-HT is a precursor to the production of the brain hormone serotonin. Low levels of serotonin have been linked to anxiety and depression. An increase in anxiety and depression can in turn be linked to an increase in the number of suicides.

Induces a decrease in levels of the brain hormone norepinephrine. This hormone is essential for control of the autonomic nervous system, and lack of it can lead to autonomic nervous system disorders. For example, if the autonomic nervous system is not working properly, the body will have trouble regulating its temperature – i.e. cooling itself when it is warm and heating itself when it is cold. An abnormal decrease in norepinephrine levels has also been connected to short-term memory disturbances and depression.

Alters production of melatonin. This brain hormone and antioxidant is necessary for proper sleep. 42 million (approximately one in five) Americans now take sleep medication for insomnia while others often experience sleep disturbances due to exposure to electromagnetic radiation (EMR). A drop in melatonin levels has also been connected with increases in breast cancer.

Reduces the levels of the brain hormone, dopamine. A drop in dopamine levels have been linked with depression.

Affects an abnormal drop in the levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. A drop in the levels of this neurotransmitter has been linked to a number of neurological and neuromuscular disorders – including Alzheimer’s disease.

Induces restlessness and hence may very well also be responsible for a syndrome called restless leg syndrome (RLS).

Alters regional cerebral blood flow. In conditions like autism and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) it has been shown via http://weepinitiative.org/talkingtoyourdoctor.pdf

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The Canadian Human Rights Commission approved a Policy on Environmental Sensitivities on June 15th 2007. EHS is included in this report and is recognized as a disability.

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/legislation_policies/policy_environ_politique-en.aspDiagnostic Criteria

Diagnostic criteria are such that independent physicians would come to the same conclusion when examining a particular patient. This is important both for treatment purposes and for research.

With regard to multiple chemical sensitivity, thirty-four experienced North American physicians and researchers who had examined patterns of symptoms in thousands of people reached a consensus regarding criteria to establish a diagnosis:

  • symptoms are reproducible with repeated exposure;
  • the condition is chronic;
  • low levels of exposure [lower than previously or commonly tolerated] result in manifestations ofthe syndrome;
  • symptoms improve or resolve when the incitants are removed;
  • responses occur to multiple chemically unrelated substances; and
  • symptoms involve multiple organ systems.A systematic literature review confirmed the diagnostic criteria, and suggested that neurological symptoms could be an additional criterion. The consensus diagnostic criteria were also validated, as they identified those most and least likely to be affected among 2,546 patients in Toronto medical practices with high and low prevalence of patients with sensitivities. In the same study, a combination of four neurological symptoms also discerned people most likely affected by multiple chemical sensitivities: having a stronger sense of smell than others; feeling dull/groggy; feeling “spacey;” plus having difficulty concentrating. A pattern consistent with these diagnostic criteria is also reported for sensitivities to electromagnetic phenomena.”Environmental sensitivities” does not describe a single, simple condition with a universal cause. Environmentally sensitive individuals link their symptoms to aspects of their environment such as being in a particular place or being exposed to one or more factors such as chemicals, biological materials or electromagnetic phenomena. Table 1 lists some terms that have been used to describe aspects of environmental sensitivities.Adding to the complexity of the clinical picture are overlapping conditions, also listed in Table 1. Environmental exposures may not contribute to all these conditions in all patients, but one should be alert to the possibility that a range of factors may contribute to an individual’s ill health.Table 1: Names used for aspects of environmental sensitivities and commonly overlapping conditions

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Aspects of Environmental Sensitivities

State of heightened reactivity to the environment
Total allergy syndrome
Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT) Multiple chemical sensitivity(ies) (MCS) Multiple chemical hypersensitivity(ies) Chemical intolerance(s)

Gulf War illness/syndrome
Idiopathic environmental intolerance Environmental illness
Chemical injury/allergy
Toxic injury
Tight building syndrome
Sick building syndrome
Twentieth century disease
Chemically induced illness
Chemophobia
Electromagnetic (hyper) sensitivities /intolerance
Radiowave sickness

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Commonly Overlapping Conditions

Fibromyalgia
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) Chronic fatigue syndrome
Post-viral fatigue syndrome Post-infectious neuromyasthenia Yuppie flu
Chronic pain
Migraine
Arthritis
Allergies
Rhinitis
Asthma
Food intolerance syndrome
Celiac disease
Irritable bowel syndrome
Major depression
Anxiety or panic disorder Hypothyroidism

(http://www.c hrc-ccdp.ca /researc h_program_ reche rche /ese nsitivities_hyperse nsibilitee/page2-e n.asp#21)

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(Excerpted from The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities > Page 6 The Canadian Human Rights Commission Research Project)

Early recognition, avoidance of symptom-triggering agents, environmental control, treatments that may reduce residual toxins and recovery of normal biological processes are key to regaining health for people with sensitivities. Without mitigation of the incitant, people with environmental sensitivities may become severely debilitated.

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The most immediate and effective course of action is to avoid all sources of electromagnetic radiation.

Once exposure to incitants is eliminated, helpful interventions include:

  • treating gastrointestinal infections which, if untreated, can lead to absorption of internal toxins and large-molecule food antigens, or conversely, may lead to poor absorption of nutrients;
  • regimens to enhance detoxification and elimination such as sauna and exercise therapy;
  • reduction of heavy metal contamination using oral and intravenous chelation for toxic metals(shown to be safe to treat lead in children; it is currently in clinical trials for children with autism);
  • oral and intravenous vitamins;
  • securing hormonal homeostasis, given that many of the toxins observed are endocrine disruptors;
  • correcting biochemical irregularities;
  • psychological, social and spiritual support;
  • occupational accommodation.

The Environmental Health Clinic at the The New Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario http://www.womenscoll egehospi tal .ca/programs/program76.html

All patients with suspected Environmental Sensitivities would benefit greatly from attending this clinic.

The Environmental Health Clinic is a unique multidisciplinary clinic, and the only one of its kind in Ontario. It was established in 1996 by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care to be a provincial resource in promoting environmental health, and to improve health care for people with environment-linked conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities.

The Environmental Health Clinic is the clinical part of a joint clinical and research program of Women’s College Hospital and the University of Toronto.
The purpose of the Clinic is to:

  • Educate our clients, the public and health-care professionals about environmental health issues
  • Provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment for clients with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances (and related conditions), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, and to make recommendations to theirtreating physicians regarding the management of their ongoing health care needs
  • Gain a better understanding of the health-care needs of those with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances,Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia through participation in clinical research a better understanding of the health-care needs of those with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia through participation in clinical researchA physician referral is required. To have a referral package mailed to you, call toll free 1-800-417-7092.THE CONTROVERSY(Excerpted from the Bioinitiative Report, http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/)Problems with Existing Public Health Standards (Safety Limits)Today’s public exposure limits for telecommunications are based on the presumption that heating of tissue (for RF) or induced electric currents in the body (for ELF) are the only concerns when living organisms are exposed to RF.
    In the past, scientists and engineers developed exposure standards for electromagnetic radiation based on what we now believe are faulty assumptions that the right way to measure how much non-ionizing energy humans can tolerate (how much exposure) without harm is to measure only the heating of tissue (RF) or induced currents in the body (ELF). In the last few decades, it has been established beyond any reasonable doubt that bioeffects and some adverse health effects occur at far lower levels of RF and ELF exposure where no heating (or induced currents) occurs at all; some effects are shown to occur at several hundred thousand times below the existing public safety limits where heating is an impossibility.

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Effects occur at non-thermal or low-intensity exposure levels thousands of times below the levels that federal agencies say should keep the public safe. For many new devices operating with wireless technologies, the devices are exempt from any regulatory standards. The existing standards have been proven to be inadequate to control against harm from low-intensity, chronic exposures, based on any reasonable, independent assessment of the scientific literature. The explosion of new sources of RF and ELF has created unprecedented levels of artificial electromagnetic fields that now cover all but remote areas of the habitable space on earth.

Main Reasons for Disagreement Among Experts

  1. Scientists and public health policy experts use very different definitions of the standard of evidence used to judge the science, so they come to different conclusions about what to do. Scientists do have a role, but it is not exclusive and other opinions matter.
  2. We are all talking about essentially the same scientific studies, but use a different way of measuring when “enough is enough” or “proof exists”.
  3. Some experts keep saying that all studies have to be consistent (turn out the same way every time) before they are comfortable saying an effect exists.
  4. Some experts think that it is enough to look only at short-term, acute effects.
  5. Other experts say that it is imperative we have studies over longer time (showing the effects of chronicexposures) since that is what kind of world we live in.
  6. Some experts say that everyone, including the very young, the elderly, pregnant women, and people withillnesses have to be considered – others say only the average person (or in the case of RF, a six-foot tallman) matter.
  7. There is no unexposed population, making it harder to see increased risk of diseases.
  8. The lack of consensus about a single biological mechanism of action.
  9. The strength of human epidemiological studies reporting risks from ELF and RF exposures, but animalstudies don’t show a strong toxic effect.
  10. Vested interests have a substantial influence on the health debate.

No one would recommend that drugs used in medical treatments and prevention of disease be randomly given to the public, especially to children. Yet, random and involuntary exposures to EMFs occur all the time in daily life.

Medical conditions are successfully treated using EMFs at levels below current public safety standards, proving another way that the body recognizes and responds to low-intensity EMF signals. Otherwise, these medical treatments could not work. The FDA has approved EMFs medical treatment devices, so is clearly aware of this paradox.

RECOMMENDED READING

Resources are endless on this topic. Here are some links to highly recommended reading materials.

The BioInitiative Report

http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/index.htm

By the BioInitiative Working Group. An international working group of scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals (The BioInitiative Working Group) has released its report on electromagnetic fields (EMF) and health. They document serious scientific concerns about current limits regulating how much EMF is allowable from power lines, cell phones, and many other sources of EMF exposure in daily life.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission
Policy on Environmental Sensitivities. http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/legislation_policies/policy_environ_politique-en.asp?lang_update=1

Evidence that Electromagnetic Radiation is Genotoxic: The implications for the epidemiology of cancer and cardiac, neurological and reproductive effects
by Dr. Neil Cherry June 2000

http://www.whale.to/b/cherry6.html

WEEP Canadian Initiative to stop Wireless, Electric, and Electromagnetic Pollution. http://.weepinitiative.org

http://weepinitiative.org/talkingtoyourdoctor.pdf

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Experiments with Cress [and Wi-Fi] in 9th Grade attracts international attention [Denmark] 16th May 2013

Foreign researchers are extremely excited for a biology project from five 9th grade girls.

Researchers from England, Holland and Sweden have shown great interest in the five girls’ biology experiments.

Take 400 Cress seeds and place them into 12 trays. Then place six trays in two rooms at the same temperature. Give them the same amount of water and sun over 12 days, and remember to expose half of them to mobile [Wi-Fi] radiation.

It is a recipe for a biology test so brilliant that it has attracted international attention among acknowledged biologists and radiation experts. Behind the experiment are five girls from 9b in Hjallerup School in North Jutland, and it all started because they found it difficult to concentrate during the school day:

- We all think we have experienced difficulty concentrating in school, if we had slept with the phone next to our head, and sometimes also experienced having difficulty sleeping, explains Lea Nielsen, who is one of the five aspiring researchers.

The school was not equipped to test the effect of mobile phone radiation on them. Therefore, the girls had to find an alternative. And the answer was Cress.

Six trays of seeds were put into a room without radiation, and six trays were put into another room next to two [Wi-Fi] routers. Such routers broadcast the same type of radiation as an ordinary mobile.

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The “healthy” cress without the influence of the router. Photo: The girls from 9b

Then it was just necessary to wait 12 days, observe, measure, weigh and take pictures along the way. And the result spoke was clear: cress seeds next to the router did not grow, and some of them were even mutated or dead.

- It is truly frightening that there is so much affect, so we were very shocked by the result, says Lea Nielsen.

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The “sick” cress exposed to the [Wi-Fi] router. Photo: The girls from 9b

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The experiment secured the girls the finals in the competition “Young Scientists”, but it was only the beginning. Renowned scientists from England, Holland and Sweden have since shown great interest in the girls’ project so far.

From left: Lea Nielsen, Mathilde Nielsen, Signe Nielsen, Sisse Coltau and Rikke Holm. Photo: Kim Horsevad 

The renowned professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Olle Johansson, is one of the impressed researchers. He will now repeat the experiment with a Belgian research colleague, Professor Marie-Claire Cammaert at the Université libre de Bruxelles, for the trial, according to him, is absolutely brilliant:

- The girls stayed within the scope of their knowledge, skilfully implemented and developed a very elegant experiment. The wealth of detail and accuracy is exemplary, choosing cress was very intelligent, and I could go on, he says.

He is not slow to send them an invitation to go on the road:

- I sincerely hope that they spend their future professional life in researching, because I definitely think they have a natural aptitude for it. Personally, I would love to see these people in my team!

No mobile by the bed

The five girls from northern Jutland have not yet decided their future careers. They are still very surprised by all the sudden attention.

- It has been such a rollercoaster ride. I still cannot believe it, says Lea Nielsen.

And Mathilde Nielsen added:

- It’s totally overwhelming and exciting. It’s just not something you experience every day.

But there have also been other consequences of the cress trial, which is quite low-tech in nature.

- None of us sleep with the mobile next to the bed anymore. Either the phone is put far away, or it is put in another room. And the computer is always off, says Lea Nielsen.

http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2013/05/16/131324.htm (in Danish)

Barrie Trower on WiFi – Irreplaceable DNA Damage

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Smart Meter Roll-Out – Response by Dr Andrew Goldsworthy, Lecturer in Biology (retired) Imperial College London

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1. Smart Meters will not deliver value for money.

2. We should not expect any reduction in cost to the average consumer. In fact, people in the USA and Canada who already have Smart Meters have usually found that they bills have risen, partly because the meters have to be paid for out of revenue and partly because many people (particularly the poor and elderly) will not understand the complex tariffs. Past experience in the UK has shown that utility companies, when given the opportunity to use complex tariffs, use them to their own advantage. However, any potential benefits will be more than outweighed by the known and predicted health effects from being exposed 24/7 to intermittent microwave radiation.

3. There have been no truly successful implementations of Smart Meters in other countries because of their deleterious effects on health. Many users in the USA and Canada have experienced serious effects on their health, including severe headaches, tinnitus, dizziness, nausea and poor sleep following their installation. The mechanisms of these effects are now known, which may be regarded as further evidence that they are real.

4. Effects on the inner ear

Tinnitus, dizziness and nausea are due to false activation of the sensitive “hair cells” of the inner ear. When it occurs in those of the cochlea, it can cause tinnitus (false sensations of sound). These hair cells can detect sound of as little as a billionth of a watt by first converting it to electrical signals that then trigger nerve impulses that are sent to the brain. They are also sensitive, even to weak pulsed microwaves.

When this occurs in the hair cells of the vestibular system (the part of the inner ear concerned with balance) they too send false signals to the brain, causing dizziness, loss of balance and symptoms of motion sickness, including nausea. These can be very debilitating.

5.  Effects on the brain itself are also due to the pulsed microwave radiation interfering with its normal electrical activity by generating extra by false nerve impulses. This can result in brain hyperactivity, stress headaches and a reduced ability to concentrate (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)).

6.  Autism can occur when ADHD occurs in the brain of the foetus and/or childrenunder about 18 months. It can interfere with normal learning during this relatively brief period when the brain is concerned primarily with recognizing body language, other peoples’ emotions, basic communication skills and social interactions. At the end of this period, what the child has learnt become hard-wired into its psyche and cannot easily be added to later. This can result in one of a whole range of autistic spectrum disorders in which the child lacks one or more communications skills (often with other disorders) and is usually irreversible.

7. Microwave exposure has been linked to a fifty-fold increase in autism since the advent of mobile phones, cordless phones and their respective base stations. About one child in fifty is now likely to be at least partially autistic and the annual economic cost of autism in the UK has been estimated by workers at King’s College London as being about £27 billion. Wireless Smart Meters can only make this worse. Can the Nation afford it?

8. Other reported long-term effects of pulsed microwaves are obesity and fatigue. Exposure to the radiation from mobile phones and their base stations (circa seven years for living within 100 metres of a base station) is damaging to the thyroid gland, which is in an exposed position in the front of the neck. This results in hypothyroidism, the main symptoms of which are obesity and fatigue. It may be no coincidence that the Western World is currently suffering from an outbreak of obesity and chronic fatigue syndrome that Wireless Smart Meters can only be expected to exacerbate. The economic and health costs of both are also enormous; can we afford them?

9. The disturbing effects of Wireless Smart Meters on sleep and cancer are apparently due to a reduction in melatonin production (a sleep hormone) by the pineal gland in the brain. This is also worrying since it disrupts our natural circadian rhythms. These circadian rhythms also control our immune systems, which are normally most active during what the body clock “thinks” is night (the subjective night). Similar disruption of the circadian rhythms of shift workers and people regularly exposed to light at night has been found to give rise to cardiac problems and reduced immunity to diseases. There is also a more than doubled risk of getting several forms of cancer as the immune system fails to dispose of aberrant cancer cells from various sources. Exposure to light at night is recognized by the World Health Organisation as being a Group 2A carcinogen (probably carcinogenic). We can therefore expect the current Group 2B status of wireless Smart meters to be elevated to Group 2A. Is the Government or Power Industry happy to take this risk with every household in the land? I hope not.

9. The situation is potentially worse in the UK than in the USA and Canada, where the meters are usually on the outside of houses and relatively little power is needed to transmit the signal.  In the UK, most meters are either under the stairs; i.e. in the centre of the house or in the basement, so a much higher signal strength is needed to reach the base station. Therefore our own exposure will be that much greater and the symptoms likely to be worse.

10. Vulnerable customers should certainly not be allocated wireless smart meters,nor should charities be encouraged to support them. There will inevitably be litigation that charities may not be able to afford when their effects of health become fully recognized.

11. The main pitfall in the introduction of wireless smart meters is the effects of their regular radiation pattern (especially at night) on the health of consumers. If you must have wireless smart meters for billing purposes, they should be restricted to one transmission per day and even that should not occur at night.

12. However, it would be far better to use a wired of fibre optic connection using the telephone or broadband connections, which virtually every household already has.

13. DECC is not giving the public the necessary information to enable it to decide on the safety of smart meters, particularly their likely effects on cancer and other health concerns.  Either it does not know about them or it has been badly misinformed.

14, There are thousands of peer-reviewed scientific papers showing biological effects from electromagnetic fields (including microwaves) that may be orders of magnitude below official safety standards (these only measure the short term heating effects). Seewww.bioinitiative.org <http://www.bioinitiative.org/>  .  Compliance with these standards cannot therefore be taken as an indication of safety. The public should be informed of this so that they can make a sensible and fully informed decision about the safety of wireless smart meters.

14. To carry out compulsory mass exposure to pulsed microwave radiation without the fully informed consent of the people affected is in contravention of the Nuremberg code.

15. The question of security of supply has not been adequately addressed. Any wireless connection is vulnerable to electromagnetic interference such as that from solar flares, not to mention deliberate attempts at hacking by potential enemies (remember  the Stuxnet virus, which destroyed the centrifuges needed for the Iranian nuclear program).  Similar attacks on our smart meter system or the intense magnetic fields from a direct hit by the radiation from a solar flare could destroy the electronics of our wireless smart meters (which are designed to fail to the off position) so that the whole nation could be in darkness and without power. If that happened, it could be months if not longer before the meters were replaced and power restored. The likelihood that the meters will be outsourced from another country (probably from China) that will be aware of any vulnerability does little to inspire confidence in our procurement policies.

In conclusion, to go ahead with this wireless smart meter program can at best be described as foolhardy and at worst a recipe for National Suicide.

Dr Andrew Goldsworthy
Lecturer in Biology (retired)
Imperial College London

Written evidence to Commons Select Committee 

BioInitiative 2012 five-year update
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A new report by the BioInitiative Working Group 2012 says that evidence for risks to health has substantially increased since 2007 from electromagnetic fields and wireless technologies (radiofrequency radiation). The Report reviews over 1600 new scientific studies.  Cell phone users, parents-to-be, young children and pregnant woman are at particular risk.

There is a consistent pattern of increased risk for glioma (a malignant brain tumour) and acoustic neuroma with use of mobile and cordless phones saysLennart Hardell, MD at Orebro University, Sweden.  “Epidemiological evidence shows that radiofrequency should be classified as human carcinogen. The FCC/IEEE and ICNIRP public safety limits and reference levels are not adequate to protect public health.”

A dozen new studies link cell phone radiation to sperm damage.  Even a cell phone in the pocket or on a belt may harm sperm DNA, result in misshapen sperm, and impair fertility in men.  Laptop computers with wireless internet connections can damage DNA in sperm.

Based on strong evidence for vulnerable biology in autism, EMF/RFR can plausibly increase autism risk and symptoms.

While we aggressively investigate the links between autism disorders and wireless technologies, we should minimize wireless and EMF exposures for people with autism disorders, children of all ages, people planning a baby, and during pregnancy,” says Martha Herbert, MD, PHD.

Wireless devices such as phones and laptops used by pregnant woman may alter brain development of the fetus.  This has been linked in both animal and human studies to hyperactivity, learning and behaviour problems.

According to David O. Carpenter, MD, and co-editor of the 2012 Report.

There is now much more evidence to health affecting billions of people world-wide.  The status quo is not acceptable in light of the evidence of harm.”

This study covers EMF from powerlines, electrical wiring, appliances and hand-held devices; and from wireless technologies (cell and cordless phones, cell towers, ‘smart meters’, Wi-Fi, wireless laptops, wireless routers, baby monitors, and other electronic devices).  Health topics include damage to DNA and genes, effects on memory, learning, behaviour, attention, sleep disruption, cancer and neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.  New safety standards are urgently needed for protection against EMF and wireless exposures that now appear everywhere in daily life.

The BioInitiative 2012 Report is available at www.bioinitiative.org on 7th January, 2013

Resonance – Beings of Frequency – How EMFs are Destroying the Earth – 2012

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N.B. For contractual reasons the film has been made private for now but will be available again for free later in the year

RESONANCE is a sensational eye opening documentary which reveals the harm we are doing by existing in an ocean of man made wireless frequencies.
Two billion years ago life first arrived on this planet; a planet, which was filled with a natural frequency. As life slowly evolved, it did so surrounded by this frequency. and Inevitably, it began tuning in.

By the time mankind arrived on earth an incredible relationship had been struck; a relationship that science is just beginning to comprehend.

Research is showing that being exposed to this frequency is absolutely integral to us. It controls our mental and physical health, it synchronizes our circadian rhythms, and it aids our immune system and improves our sense of wellbeing.

Not only are we surrounded by natural frequencies, our bodies are filled with them too. Our cells communicate using electro magnetic frequencies. Our brain emits a constant stream of frequencies and our DNA delivers instructions, using frequency waves. Without them we couldn’t exist for more than a second.

This delicate balance has taken billions of years to perfect. But over the last 25 years the harmony has been disturbed. and disturbed dramatically.

Mankind has submerged itself in an ocean of artificial frequencies. They are all around us, filling the air and drowning out the earth’s natural resonance.

To the naked eye the planet appears to be the same. But at a cellular level it is the biggest change that life on earth has endured; the affects of which we are just starting to see and feel.

The Non-Thermal Effects of Radio Frequencies on Trees by Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy

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There is quite a lot of information on the non-thermal effects of radio frequencies on trees on the BEMRI website. See
http://bemri.org/hese-uk/en/issues/nature1441.html?id=trees

What evidence is there for this? According to studies made in the 1990′s on the effects of the VHF radar station at Skrunda in Latvia, the growth rings of trees were reduced during the period in which the station was operational and the pine needles made more resin (an indication of cellular stress). Incidentally, just for the record, a parallel study on the performance of schoolchildren in tests was significantly reduced in the main beam of the station compared with those in relative safety behind the antennas.

For my part, I was first alerted to these effects many years ago by a couple of Forestry Commission workers who thought that Die-back in Oak was correlated with the path of microwave transmission links, where they skimmed the surface of the trees. At first, I didn’t believe it; that is until I saw what was happening to the trees around an old and powerful Vodafone mast near my local park. Many of the Oaks in the park within about 400 metres of the mast are suffering from severe die-back and one is now just a dead skeleton. Many of the badly damaged and dead trees have now been removed by the council, including many conifers and a whole row of dead Silver Birch extending up to about 300 metres from the Mast. The symptoms are those of drought, abnormal growth patterns, cancer-like growths beneath the bark ,and fungal disease.

Most of these effects can be attributed to the effects of the radio waves on the pigment cryptochrome. This is one of many pigments used by plants to detect the presence and wavelength of light, but most important of all, it forms a vital part of the biological clock that controls their circadian rhythms and it is also affected by radio waves. The mechanism of its radio sensitivity depends on the quantum mechanics of an electron’s ability to move between two free radicals. This was first discovered by Ritz and his co-workers (Nature 249: May 13th, 177-180, 2004) in relation to magnetic navigation in robins, which use cryptochrome to sense the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field. Navigation was upset by a broad range of frequencies up to about 7MHz. If this is also true of the cryptochrome that controls the biological clock in plant cells, then modulated or pulsed radiation containing any of these frequencies could upset their circadian rhythms and have potentially devastating effects.

Circadian rhythms are important in both animals and plants because they enable them to anticipate the arrival of dawn and dusk to get their enzymes and metabolic pathways ready in time (See “Introducing Biological Rhythms”. Koukkari and Sothern: Springer 2006). In plants, they begin opening the stomata and synthesising photosynthetic enzymes before dawn. In both plants and animals, they control the immune system. In plants, it works best during the day when there is spare energy available from photosynthesis, but in animals it works best when we are asleep at night when the lack if physical activity make more energy available for it.

These circadian rhythms can usually go on for several cycles without external signals from the environment, but eventually they fade out under constant conditions. When this happens, at no time will the immune system function at maximum efficiency and the animal or plant becomes more susceptible to disease. Although much of the work has not yet been published, studies in the Netherlands indicate that in some plants at least, modulated microwaves cause these circadian rhythms to fade out, with a partial loss of immune function.

Photographic studies made in  the Netherlands and throughout Europe has also shown a progressive increase in the occurrence of tumour-like growths beneath the bark of urban trees over the last decade or so, which corresponds in time to the increases usage of mobile phones and WiFi. There also seems to be an increase in splits in the bark, which then become infected by various organisms and could be a mode of entry for various pathogens, which, together with a loss of immune function, could be the perfect storm.

All this needs checking out with a properly funded and independent research programme, and if governments are not prepared to do this, we must surely ask why.

Dr Andrew Goldsworthy

Lecturer in Biology (retired)

Imperial College London

1,2,3,4g – Now it’s Mobile Phone masts in Conservation Areas

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Not content with the current tilted planning system the Mobile Operators are hoping to slew the planning regulations in their favour still further.

Bosses at Vodafone, O₂, EE and Three met Maria Miller, the Culture Secretary, to push for a shake-up of rules in the protected areas, including many parks, town squares and village greens. The companies want the rules relaxed so they can meet government targets for the introduction of super-fast 4G coverage.

The companies want urban conservation areas put on an equal footing with ordinary parts of towns or cities, so that the public only has 56 days to raise objections to masts up to 15 metres tall. The 56 days would start from the point at which a council announced the plans, for example by putting up notices.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/9634667/Relax-laws-on-erecting-masts-in-conservation-areas-say-phone-firms.html

Reconnect – Movie – A documentary on cell phones and the potential negative health effects

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Described by its director:”I’m Kevin Kunze the director of Reconnect, a documentary on the potential negative health effects from cell phone radiation, the proposed policies regarding safer use, and the mainstream media’s portrayal of the issue.

I’ve been working on this film for nearly two years interviewing doctors, politicians, cancer patients, and representatives from the cell phone industry. Although we’re nearly finished with the film there is still a lot that needs to be done, including: filming additional b-roll, motion graphics, composing an original score, color correction, sound mixing, licensing footage, submitting to film festivals, and creating an interactive website. Take a minute to watch our trailer and see how far we’ve come.

Go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reconnect/reconnect

EM Radiation Trust Press Release : Prof’ Yury Grigoriev calls for order

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Professor Yury Grigoriev calls for order and the world needs to listen:

“Man conquered the Black Plague, but he has created new problems – EMF pollution”

The Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection has agreed to provide a detailed report for the world containing clear information on the most important Russian research results in RF/EMF radiation over the past 50 years.

RF/EMF researchers and environmental activists, Eileen O’Connor, Director for the UK Radiation Research Trust charity and Sissel Halmøy, Chairman for the International EMF Alliance and Secretary General for the Citizens´ Radiation Protection in Norway recently returned from a trip to meet with top scientists at the Russian Federation.

Halmøy said: “According to the RNCNIRP, the following health hazards are likely to be faced by children who use mobile phones in the near future: disruption of memory, decline of attention, diminishing learning and cognitive abilities, increased irritability, sleep problems, increase in sensitivity to the stress, increased epileptic readiness. Action must be taken immediately to adopt biologically based guidelines to protect children.” Current standards are based more on engineering needs than biological studies.

O’Connor said “The Russian report is a gift to the world.  The UK Radiation Research Trust will present the report in the Autumn to the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP and will be forwarded to the UK Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies.”

She added “Russian scientists are advanced in their knowledge on RF/EMF radiation and have extended the hand of friendship and are willing to share their expertise and knowledge. I hope decision makers from the western world accept this great honour and work together.”

Russian research offers  crucial and important aspects of developmental relevance that conveys a sense of urgency for the global RF/EMF framework.  Without it, national governments may not be able to ensure the health of future generations are protected, especially that of our children.

Russian warnings exists urging pregnant women to avoid using mobile phones entirely along with children under eighteen. Likewise, Germany, India, the United Kingdom, Israel, Finland, Belgium and Toronto, Canada, have issued health warnings for children to not use mobile phones, or for emergency use only. Unfortunately, most children, parents, doctors and teachers are not aware of this important information.

Furthermore, in May 2011 the World Health Organisation and IARC issued a classification stating that radio frequency – electromagnetic fields are possibly carcinogenic to humans (group 2B). This warning is issued not only for mobile phones and phone masts, but for Wi-Fi, smart meters, wireless computers and all applications of technology on the RF/EMF Spectrum (radio-frequency radiation to electromagnetic radiation.)

Chairman of Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, member of International Advisory Committee of WHO “EMF and Health” Professor Yury Grigoriev said:  “The brain is a critical organ. Vital brain structures are under EMF exposure daily when using a mobile phone.  The brain is made up of permanent complex biophysical processes and vital functions.  We need to take care with mobile phones and use distance and reduce time.  Children should use mobile phones for emergencies only and also use hands free.”

Deputy Chairman, Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Professor Oleg Grigoriev said: “We need correct control and assessment of electromagnetic pollution. There are currently a lot of new frequencies containing modulation and no one knows the results which could be a serious problem.”

Russian scientists are also warning countries throughout the world including ministries of health and other organizations, responsible for the population safety (including children), to pay attention to the regulation of mobile phones and Wi-Fi use in kindergardens and are recommending the usage of wired networks in schools and educational institutions, rather than a network using wireless broadband systems, including Wi-Fi.

The Russians stand by their solid research which has consistently shown that prolonged exposure to RF/EMF radiation disturbs cognitive function.

For protection from RF/EMF non-ionizing radiation, many countries have adopted a set of guidelines provided by private group of industry-friendly scientists known as ICNIRP. The ICNIRP guidelines are for short-term, acute thermal RF/EMF exposure. The current ICNIRP, IEEE standards are based on the preconceived and out dated view of government authorities that the only possible established biological effect of RF/EMF exposure is tissue heating.

The Russian standards are supported by science as a result of extensive research and take into account the dangers of non-thermal exposure. The standards are also backed by the Russian Ministry of Health and are a small fraction of what is allowed by ICNIRP and the IEEE which is currently adopted in many counties.

Research clearly underlines the need for action on mobile phones and wireless technology.  We need to launch global government backed hard-hitting advertising campaign especially for children, and large health warnings should be clearly visible on all RF/EMF emitting equipment. Mass media campaigns can also create awareness.

O’Connor said: “I am grateful to the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith for offering to submit the Russian report to the UK Chief Medical Officer and hope that Government and health agencies worldwide listen to concerns raised by Russian and independent scientists and urgently adopt health based RF/EMF standards to protect human health. We need to provide as swift solution to this problem as soon as possible. We simply cannot afford to wait.”

Russian scientists recognise the value of  non-Government groups in discussion and research. Deputy Chairman, Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Professor Oleg Grigoriev said: “We need to include non-Government groups in discussion and research.  Non-Government groups play an equal importance to Government and the scientific community. NGO’s are a new power and are representing people with electrosensitivity (ES) and should be an equal player.”

He added that “If the decisions are not made together with the NGOs, then decisions may have no value.”

The UK Radiation Research Trust, Citizens´ Radiation Protection in Norway and International EMF Alliance are calling for the Governments to engage with NGO’s and Independent (non-telecommunications funded) scientists.

It’s time for action!

Professor Oleg Grigoriev, Head of Department of Non-Ionizing Radiation,

Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia

Deputy Chairman, Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection

Director, Center for Electromagnetic Safety

Professor Yury Grigoriev, Chairman of Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, a member of Int. Advisory Committee of WHO “EMF and Health”

Sissel Halmøy, Secretary General for the Citizens´ Radiation Protection in Norway www.stralevern.org and founder and Chair of International EMF Alliance  http://www.iemfa.org

Eileen O’Connor, Founder and Board member for the International EMF Alliance and

Director of UK EM Radiation Research Trust www.radiationresearch.org

Contact:

Eileen O’Connor

Email  Eileen@radiationresearch.org

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Creation of the first EHS Refuge Zone in Italy 

Protecting yourself from artificial HF microwave radiation is now essential
for living a normal life.

A wave of electromagnetic radiation is propagated in a straight line from an emitting source
(which can be a relay antenna, a Hertzian repeater, a radar apparatus or even a mobile phone), at a speed of 3 x 10 to the power of 8 m/s. Various factors in the surrounding area can deflect, reflect or absorb this radiation.

What’s more, a radiating wave is also absorbed by any conductive material
that resonates at the same frequency:
H²O (water), rain, 0² (oxygen), the atmosphere, our bones, metallic mesh, etc.
It also interferes with all other frequencies in its vicinity, thus causing a fluctuation in the vibrational pattern of space-time.

In order to avoid all this interference and to be protected effectively against the damaging effects of microwave radiation on the metabolism, especially when asleep, it is necessary to sleep in a complete Faraday cage. 

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From this pagel :  http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EHS_Veil.php

Protect yourself from mankind’s madness,
spread in particular by “Repacholi, the Goebbels of the manufacturers”

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Technician from Deutsche Telekom working on a phone mast in special overalls as
protection against artificial HF microwave radiation (Photo: Deutsche Telekom)

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Radiation Protection Professional Intervention GHZ Hertzian Repeaters

TEST

Fabric trade name:
“Aaronia-Shield”
(developed by US military technology)

Designation:
protective veiling against artificial HF microwave radiation

Tests carried out close to a relay antenna GSM and UMTS 3G (2169 MHz)

TEST RESULTS 1 (without veil) . . . . . .TEST RESULTS 2 (with veil)

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Isotropic probe 100 kHz – 2500 MHz – fiber optic link – intervals ΔT 2” – 70m distance
GRAPH RESULTS 1 & 2

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NB: the variations observed in TEST 1 were due to strong gusts of wind during the test,
which goes to show that EMFs are influenced not only by the humidity present but also by strong winds.

“Aaronia-Shield”
Protective veiling against artificial HF microwave radiation

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ZOOM
Detail of wire mesh
 (click)

Détail : 100X, 200X, 500X

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Fabric trade name:
“Aaronia-Shield”
(developed by US military technology)

Designation:
protective veiling against artificial HF microwave radiation

Composition
blend of polyamide with high-tech weaving of fine silver wire

Fabric width 1.40m – weight 40g/m² – mesh about 0.7mm

Protection rating 0,5 GHz (500 MHz) at 6 GHz from 50 db-45 db ie. 99,999%-99,992%

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NB: The reduction in dB divides the value by a factor of 10:
90dB is 10 times less than 100dB and 80dB is 100 times less, etc.

This fabric is very effective and fairly transparent and can be used for personal protection,
either as an insulating lining for clothes, caps, etc,
or as a shawl, provided it is not in direct contact with the skin.
It can also be used as drapes to create a Faraday cage or a curtain surrounding a bed,
in which case it is essential to have it independently earthed.

Warning: This protective fabric is totally ineffective against VLF EMFs of 50 Hz.

Normal sale price from 65€ per metre of 1.40m width.

Sandra, ultra-EHS, tests the”Aaronia-Shield” fabric

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Sandra’s encephaloscan . . . no comment
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ZOOM
Detail of wire mesh
 (click)

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Sandra in protective clothing tests
the fabric standing in the beam from a GSM/UMTS-3G relay antenna: No problem

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Man and Woman (head and neck)

in situ tests: phone masts GSM and UMTS 3G (2169 MHz)

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Isotropic probe 100 kHz – 2500 MHz – fiber optic link – intervals ΔT 2” – 70m distance

TEST RESULTS 1 (unprotected)

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TEST RESULTS 2 (with protection)

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GRAPH of TEST RESULTS 1 & 2

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Composition: 97% cotton, 3% fine wire mesh
Protection: 45 dB / 200 MHz to 18 dB / 2400 MHz,
99,995 % to 98 %

ZOOM détail of wire mesh (click)

Next-up organization discourages this type of protection
(No interior insulation = discharge in contact with the skin)
Next-up Organisation is currently working on an improved version of this cowl
(which is already on the market), adding a protective cotton lining and an integral veil.

European Survey_Uk Version

In the face of the present unprecedented increase in artificial microwave radiation in the environment, there is a vital need to obtain up to date information as a basis for a comprehensive assessment of the impact of this radiation on people’s health.

This questionnaire for the general public is easy to fill in and anonymous.
For it to be credible and representative it is essential for it to be circulated widely in Europe and worldwide so that we can amass the maximum statistical data.

Designed originally in a printed version by Dr Roger Santini, it has been updated so that people who live close to relay antennas can give the full details of their experience.
The statistics gathered from this enquiry will be sent anonymously to scientists
and health organisations for analysis and publication.

Please help circulate this questionnaire.

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“Protect yourself from electromagnetic waves”

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ulrich Weiner EHS

Serge Sargentini EHS: Open Letter to François Fillon, Prime Minister

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Evidently the EHS person who adapted his garage as a living space has not understood a thing and knows nothing about EMFs (electromagnetic fields).

From what can be seen of the arrangements made, the cure is a lot worse than the problem,
since there are many sources of both LF and HF wavelengths, such as the cathode tube computer creen, lots of energy-saving light bulbs, an electric heater, and no separate earth contact.

In these conditions the use of multi-layered metallic protection doesn’t only trap the EMFs generated,
it intensifies them by reflection!
What’s more it is not only ineffective but completely irresponsible
to cover the furniture as well since it increases the reflection of the radiation.

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For those who are EHS and wish to protect their living space
it is fundamental to remove every source of radiation within the area.

View of protected sleeping area (as in the EHS Refuge Zone test caravan)

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Faraday cage: Graph Measures = – 87,6 dBm = 0,00037106 V/m
corresponding approximately to ambient noise

Conversions table and equivalences [click]

HF conversion table
Readings from spectrum analyser
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Lighting with non-radiating incandescent light bulbs

Edison 20W bulb that does not give off radiation . . . and provides 95% of the energy to heat the caravan.
With the use of low-energy CFL bulbs that has been imposed recently, everybody’s heating bill will be going up!

Bio-rupters (interrupt the 2 phases)

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Faraday Cage: why use a stainless steel grille of 0.8 mm mesh for the ventilation?

A law of physics tells us that for counteracting EM radiation the mesh spacing should be less than 1/4 of the wavelength
of the radiating HF wave, ie bi-band mobile phone frequencies 900 MHz (33.3cm), 1800 MHz (16.5cm),
UMTS up to 2200 MHz = 2.2 GHz (13cm), and up to Wi-fi 2.4 GHZ (12.5cm),
which makes a 3cm mesh.

However experience shows that this theoretical construct does not tally with the facts.
Our experience shows that to absorb radiation effectively the mesh has to be less than 2mm
(as in the metallic mesh used for food protection).
Completely independent earth contact

EHS Refuge Zone: earth contact (D=240mm) for the Faraday cage caravan with post in stainless steel 260x50x10mm

Faraday cage chassis: detail (zoom) of the stainless steel earth, with 32mm² cables (BTR stainless steel D=12mm)

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ZOOM > CLICK

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Total protection against HF microwaves EMFs

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ZOOM > CLICK

Example of a room completely protected against EMF radiation in MHz and GHz frequencies:
- walls and ceiling covered in painted decorative metallic wallpaper.
- sliding glass doors with metal frame.
- doors and windows covered with folding shutters and metal fastenings (duralumin).

Sarah Dacre

 The woman who needs
a veil of protection from modern life.

RADIATION ZONE


Headquarters of Next-up Organisation (France)
Our registered offices are right above a major Orange mobile phone base station, which is 80 metres away.
We have therefore put up a protective metal barrier 7.70 metres high right opposite the beams radiating from the relay antennas.
The small photo top right shows the metal barriers against the artificial HF microwave radiation being put up in 2005.
The red letters ZONE IRRADIÉE (RADIATION ZONE) are more than a metre high.
A covered hatch (the small white square in the middle of the wall) allows us to take photos, to carry out
experiments in real conditions and to take measurements of the electromagnetic field with isotropic meters, etc.
[Checking the electromagnetic field (1,92 V/m) through the hatch].

The parabolic TV antennas on the roof (all receivers), some of them more than 3 metres in diameter,
enable us to access and to handle the news from the main TV chains and networks worldwide.

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EMF: Physical protection

Protecting a roof with alternating layers of aluminium foil and insulating material

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Whole Life Expo 2007 Toronto, November 25, 2007 ____________________________________________________________________________________

Electromagnetic fields:
Questions and answers about wireless technologies

Andrew Michrowski, Ph.D.
The Planetary Association for Clean Energy, Inc

100 Bronson Avenue, Suite 1001 OTTAWA, Ontario K1R 6G8 (613) 236-6265; fax: 235-5876

pacenet@canada.com http://pacenet.homestead.com

____________________________________________________________________________________

What are the issues, the second-hand effects, and the standards for the wireless technologies? ____________________________________________________________________________________

Life on earth has evolved amidst a broad band of electromagnetic frequencies, which originate from throughout the universe. By 1980, environmental exposure to artificial, repetitive or random signals in the radiofrequency / microwave band has risen dramatically – by more than a trillion times, mostly for military technology.

Since 1980, mostly for newly-introduced commercial applications, the average “second-hand” exposure in Southern Canada has risen from about 0.005 microWatt/cm2 to the current background environmental range of 0.4 to 100.0 μWatt/cm2. We note an 8 to 20,000-fold increase with peaks in downtown Toronto and some centres, including Brantford and Mississauga. About 100 square kilometres in Southern Ontario have environmental broadband radiofrequency and microwave power emission exposures during timeframes that can exceed the Health Canada Safety Code 6 exposure limit of approximately 0.6 to 1 milliWatt/cm2 (600 – 1,000microWatt/cm2). Such illegal irradiation coverage can be expected to rise exponentially to several hundred square kilometres in both Ontario and Quebec by the end of this decade, on a more persistent basis, as more and more wireless technologies are approved by governments and marketed. Note that individuals within such exposed zones may experience a continual body temperature rise, with time, (but actually “feel” colder, and may seek greater warmth).

By “second-hand” exposure, we are referring to cases whereby an individual does not own nor use any radiofrequency/microwave device (wireless communication device, microwave oven, wireless computer tool, surgically implanted or portable RFID “spy chip”, etc) and is exposed simply by being in an irradiated zone, often outdoors. Additionally, there are places (public buildings, institutions, restaurants, etc.) where multi-frequency power absorption is unsolicited – actually, legally-speaking, in trespass of body functions. This level of average “second-hand” exposure is doubling annually in sparsely populated regions and tripling within more affluent urban zones. We can expect at 3 to 5 fold increase in second-hand exposure by 2010.

Background power emissions (0.5 MHz – 3GHz band) selected Canadian cities, 2007 microWatt/cm2

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City

μWatt/cm2

City

μWatt/cm2

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Windsor

0.2 – 15

Cornwall

0.3 – 5

London

0.2 – 5

Ottawa

0.1 – 25

Brantford

0.8 – 50

Montreal

0.1 – 10

Hamilton

2 – 10

St-Hyacinthe

0.1 – 4

Burlington

1 – 10

Mississauga

4.0 – 25

Oakville

1 – 15

Drummondville

0.1 – 4

Toronto

2.5 – 120

Laval

0.1 – 5

Ajax

1 – 10

St-Sauveur / Ste-Adèle

0.1 – 3

Oshawa

1 – 10

Mirabel

0.3 – 8

Trenton

0.2 – 20

Gatineau

0.1 – 5

Belleville

0.2 – 5

Renfrew

0.1 – 3

Kingston

0.3 – 5

Peterborough

0.3 – 3

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What is behind the increases in second-hand and direct-use microwave exposure?

We can expect a further 3 to 5-fold Canadian general population increase in “environmental” exposure of microwave frequencies within a few years, with more wireless technologies, such as: smart water and electric power meters, intercarrier text messaging, mobile satellite radio, music downloaders, wireless e-mail, wireless video calling, social and corporate networking, mobile television, instant text, multimedia messaging, smartphones, 3G (as well as 4G available in Europe) products and services, GPS mapping. Still more leaps in exposure emerge as the plans of investors, the military and governments materialize: to have every dwelling, school, office and store in the world become a microwave transmitter/receiver for wireless computers and related linkages, and to have transceivers implanted and/or injected in our bodies, including for banking transactions. A significant factor driving cell phone sales worldwide is for telephone banking delivering monetary services to the “unbanked”. Vodaphone started in Kenya Safaricom “mobile money” banking in Swahili, attracting 175,000 subscribers signing up at a rate of 2,500 a day, even if they may need “fingertip” RFID chip authentication for their micro-lending. Although the intention was to enable loan payments, individuals have been using the phones for person-to-person transfers – in a “dial ‘M’ for money” type of culture.

There are 19 million wireless customers in Canada (pop. 32,000,000). More than 5% of households now have only a cell phone. There is a convergence in usage rates with traditional phone services. At the end of 2006, Canada had 55.1 mobile subscribers and 55.3 traditional wire line access lines per 100 inhabitants (vs: 18.7 wireless subscribers and 64.4 traditional wire line accesses in 1999). 74% of those between the ages of 18 and 34 use a cellphone for an average of 400 minutes per month. 40% of Canadians between ages 12 and 24 consider cellphones to be their main means of communication. In the United Kingdom, 90% of the youth use cellphones, many sleeping with them “on”, under their pillows. 10% of the wireless transmissions are data, a segment that is rising 50% every 3 months.

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Households with only a cell phone, December 2005

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%

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Canada

4.8

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N.L.

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2.3

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P.E.I.

3.8

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N.S.

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4.1

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N.B.

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2.4

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Que .

4.8

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Ont.

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4.1

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Man.

4.5

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Sask.

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2.5

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Alta.

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5.8

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B.C.

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7.1

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Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 56M0001XCB.

Direct-use microwave exposure characteristics and lack of quality control

Microwave devices are notorious for lack of quality control during manufacturing, especially with their emission leakage characteristics. For example, at least 33% of microwave products manufactured, whether microwave ovens or wireless communications devices do not meet the Canada Safety 6 Code, which sets the basic limits that are not be exceeded and are given in terms of body currents either by induction, or contact with energized metallic objects, or in terms of the rate at which radiofrequency/microwave energy is absorbed in a body, averaged over a period of time across the body. Some jurisdictions worldwide have more stringent regulations than Canada, as indicated below. We can infer the rules are not being met worldwide, for lack of competence, compliance and failure to measure emissions at manufacture. Microwave devices tend to easily deteriorate with wear and tear, lack of maintenance and proper cleaning.

INTERNATIONAL Radiofrequency / Microwave EXPOSURE STANDARDS

Country

New South Wales, Australia
Salzburg, Austria (pulsed transmissions) Russia / Bulgaria / Hungary/ Switzerland Belgium
China
Italy / Toronto, Canada
Auckland, New Zealand
Australia
New Zealand / Japan / Germany/ US /Canada United Kingdom

Exposure level (microW/cm2) 0.001
0.1
2 –10

3
7 –10
10
50
200
200 –1,000 1,000 –10,000

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Toward second-hand exposure statistics

On the basis of environmental irradiation surveys, it can be deduced that, in Toronto – population of over 2,500,000, at least 25,000 individuals are being exposed by unwanted trespass of “second-hand” environmental microwave emissions – for several hours daily – that are more elevated than those permitted by Canada Safety Code 6, simply by working or living in high-density urban “hot-spots” and that this number can increase during periods of wet ground as a result of precipitation. This means that these individuals risk irreversible damage to their body functions merely because of the popularity and the commercialisation of the wireless technologies. While government agencies assume that such environmental emissions are merely “a fog”, actual mapping point out to a dense and active network of multiple frequencies permeating the built-up environment, often without any centralized organisation. The densest groupings of hotspots tend to be in the traditional commercial cores, the transportation nodes (interchanges, bridges, over and underpasses) to and from the city, near high-voltage power transmission lines and near buildings that house significant mainframe computers and automated functions (such as postal sorting facilities, fabricators, etc.).

“Second-hand” microwave geography in Salt Lake City, Utah

Paul M. Torrens, Geography, Arizona State University

Autism connection

It is estimated that at least 300,000 Canadian children are being exposed to, and, are absorbing, illegal levels of microwave power associated with cellphone usage alone. This number is expected to double by 2010, even though the actual total base population of children is expected to decrease. These children face severe (or life-threatening) wireless-related physical conditions. Add to this group about 300,000 in Ontario alone who suffer from some form of autism, considering that 30 years ago, there were only a few hundred cases. More than 1 child in 100 is autistic, compared with 1 in 10,000 only 30 years ago, before the pervasive environmental exposure of wireless technologies.

A study by Tamara Mariea and George Carlo indicates how microwave wireless frequency emissions render cells incapable of releasing heavy metals (including mercury and aluminum), such as those used as stabilizers in the massive vaccination programmes. Heavy metals in the body interfere with the distribution of dopamine, a hormone and a neurotransmitter which controls motor skills. In autistic children, such functions are inhibited. When autistic children are detoxified from heavy metals, and when they are no longer exposed to wireless emissions, they can recover. This situation has the potential for trans-generation toxic accumulation.

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Microwave device (dry weather conditions)

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μWatt/cm2

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Common exposure

Cellphone @ user

9 – 3,500

Cellphone, second hand exposure

1 – 200

Microwave oven @ user

10 – 2,000

Cordless phone base station @ 2 to 6m

7 – 17

Analog in urban environment (1-2 blocks away)

5 – 25

Digital in urban environment (within 100m)

0.2 – 5

Analog in rural environment 500m

0.25 – 30

Local amplification by metal window, door frames, studs, metal plumbing, grounding wire, unfiltered telephone and Cable TV wires

1 to 4.5 fold power increase

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(microW/cm2) 0.0000000000001

0.0000000001 0.000000001 0.0000000027 0.00000001 0.00000002 0.000005 0.00001 0.000027 0.001

0.002

0.0027 0.0027 to 0.007 0.01 0.016 0.06

0.06

0.05

0.1
0.1 to 1.8

0.13 0.168 0.2 to 8.0 0.3

0.6 0.6 0–4 1.0

1.0 2.5 5.0 2.0

5.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0

1,000.0

Reported Biological Effects

Altered genetic structure in E. Coli Threshold of human sensitivity Altered EEG in human subjects Growth stimulation in Vicius fabus Effects on immune system in mice Stimulation of ovulation in chickens Effect on cell growth in yeast Conditioned “avoidance” reflex in rats Premature aging of pine needles

100 Yards / metres from Cell Phone

Sleep disorders, abnormal blood pressure, nervousness, weakness, fatigue, limb and joint pain, digestive problems, fewer schoolchildren promoted Growth inhibition in Vicius fabus
Smaller tree growth ri ngs

50 Feet from a Cordless Phone

Human sensation

1 Mile (1.6Km) from a Cellular Tower

Altered EEG, disturbed carbohydrate metabolism, enlarged adrenals, altered adrenal hormone levels, structural changes in liver, spleen, testes, and brain in white rats and rabbits
Slowing of the heart, change in EEG in rabbits

10 Feet /3 meters from a Wireless Computer

References

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BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MICROWAVES BELOW U.S. & CANADA’S REGULATORY LIMIT

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Increase in melatonin in cows
Decreased life span, impaired reproduction, structural and developmental abnormalities in duckweed plants
Decreased cell growth (human epithelial amnion cells)
Irreversible sterility in mice
Childhood leukemia near transmitters
Impaired motor function, reaction time, memory and attention of school children, and altered sex ratio of children (fewer boys)
Change in calcium ion efflux from brain tissue
Cardiac arrhythmias and sometimes cardiac arrest (frogs)
Altered white blood cell activity in schoolchildren
Headache, dizziness, irritability, fatigue, weakness, insomnia, chest pain, difficulty breathing, indigestion (humans—occupational exposure) Stimulation of white cells in guinea pigs
Breakdown of blood-brain barrier (used a digital cell phone to radiate) Leukemia, skin melanoma and bladder cancer near TV and FM transmitter (lower “Microwave hearing” – clicking, buzzing, chirping, hissing, or high-pitched threshold notetones known)

Biochemical and histological changes in liver, heart, kidney, and brain tissue Damaged mitochondria, nucleus of cells in hippocampus of brain
Impaired memory and visual reaction time in people living near transmitters Decreased size of litter, increased number of stillborns in mice Redistribution of metals in the lungs, brain, heart, liver, kidney, muscles, spleen, bones, skin, blood

Dumanskij 1974
Serkyuk, reported in McRee 1980

Stark 1997

Magone 1996 Kwee 1997 Magras 1997 Hocking 1996

Kolodynski 1996 Dutta 1986 Frey 1968 Chiang 1989

Shutenko 1981
Meg Sears, Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities, Canadian Human Rights Commission, 2007.

United States FCC Exposure Limit, Safety Code 6 Canada limit

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Salford

1978 1997

Simonenko 1998 Shanda la
1997
Dolk

Frey 1963, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1988, Justeson 1979, Olsen 1980, Wieske 1963, Lin 1978
Belokrinitskiy l982
Belokrinitskiy 1982a
Chiang 1989
Il’Chevich (reported in McRee 1980)

Significant Secondary infrastructure effects

There has been a significant increase in corrosion problems in the last few decades, parallel to the spread and implementation of wireless technologies. Whereas in the 1970s, only a small number of engineers consulted on corrosion problems, now a full quarter of all engineers in North America are experts in corrosion trying to resolve problems associated with building structures, water and oil and gas pipelines, fluid containers. How radiofrequencies affect corrosion can be verified by anyone who replaces a fluorescent compact bulb into a metallic fixture that once had an incandescent bulb. It takes only a few weeks to have the onset of paint coating corroding in lamp holders, followed by the steady eating away of metallic sheeting. Likewise, one can see which urban areas are exposed to elevated levels of microwave emissions: where sewer and telephone service covers rust – actually powder away rather than just coat themselves with oxidation, where fire hydrants crumble – even if installed within the previous 6 months – that is likely to be a zone subject to denser environmental microwave emissions. Normally, such fittings last problem–free for decades. This is an effect of enormous burden to tax and rate-payers.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has made an emergency plea to the federal government for $123 Billion within 5 years to avoid building collapses in Canadian cities due to corrosion, which only emphasizes how outrageously expensive for our civilization is this problem of accelerated corrosion from radiofrequencies and microwaves is. What is little known is that most corrosion is induced by weak voltages and amperages from net currents in our electric power delivery systems, which are imbalanced. What is even less known is that as the electric power system becomes more affected by the use of computers and wireless systems, radiofrequencies and microwaves penetrate the electric power system’s ground, via neutral wires. The ground in many populated areas now carries charges that are highly electronic with radiofrequency and microwave characteristics. This new phenomenon accelerates corrosion of materials – whether pipelines, rebars in buildings and transportation infrastructure or even nuclear power plant reactor rods – by quantum leaps. Galvanic coupling between alloys and hydrogen and e particles is accelerated, leading to hydrogen- induced cracking in steels. Electromagnetically-induced Hydrogen diffusion has become so commonplace under such environmental conditions that a Russian scientist, P. S. Orlov proposed this year a method of locating underground corroded (hydrogen saturated/embrittled) steel gas-supply pipes simply by measuring hydrogen leakages. This conduction of charges has been observed with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and reported this year by scientists from Atomic Energy of Canada and the National Research Council of Canada. There is also greater spattering of deposits, crevice enhancements and oxidation reactions.

What we can expect as health effects due to these new exposures?
Experimental observations with low-level microwave exposure

Observation

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Effects of microwave emissions

Exposure level

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Effects on DNA

Single and double-strand breaks, electron flows within staked base pairs of double helix of DNA molecules, direct gene transcription, 40-90% increase in Fos mRNA from cellphone signals,

2h, 0.6W/kg, 0.001W/kg

Blood-brain barrier

Toxins may reach brain tissues: serotonin, glucose, selective permeability, allows glucose to pass

After 2 minutes, as low as 0.0004W/kg

Psychoactive Drugs

Neurotransmitter functions modified: Pentobarbital (alters narcosis), entylenetetrazol (more convulsions), Curare (less anaesthesia), Valium, Librium (potentiated). Endogenous opiods activated: increase in alcohol use, less of withdrawal symptoms in morphine-dependents

Eye damage

Worsen effects.

Behavioural changes

Major errors in judgment, vision altered; disruptive attitude (hyperactivity); memory problems, [non-lethal weapons for combat advantage]; synthase inhibition caused by increase in body nitric oxide production by digital (pulsed) signals

Cognitive functions

Faster reaction time, auditory memory retrieval [mind control], difficulty in concentration, “fuzzy thinking”, dizziness (indication of serotonin activity increase)

0.16 μWatt/cm2

Sleep

May promote sleep, sleepiness, reduction of REM sleep (important to memory, learning)

Melatonin

Melatonin secretion decreases

Fundamental life processi

ELF-encodes in wireless transmissions may imitate heartbeat, cellular communications, brainwaves, cell growth, human metabolism; sperm count lowered, irreversible infertility in mice after 5 generations from “an antenna park”, chicken embryo mortality increases by half

As low as 0.005 W/kg

Dosedependency

Observed in Korean War, US embassy personnel in Moscow, cumulative effects

Microwave syndrome

Fatigue, irritability, nausea, anorexia, depression Cardiovascular disorders, hypo /hypertension Change in skin, skin allergies, eczema, psoriasis
Increase in lymphocytes, effects in EEGs, reduced insulin production, multiple allergies, Tinnitus, itches in the ear, ears feel heated

As low as 0.02 to 8.0 μWatt/cm2

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Some, natural, highly-coherent oscillations in living beings have same or similar characteristics as those produced by wireless technologies. For example, the 2Hz-encoded signal from cellphones reporting to base stations resembles the heartbeat (and can entrain heartbeat). Other extremely-low-frequency-encoded signals resemble, and interact with, brain waves, cell growth, cell communication, calcium ion balance and other fundamental life processes, even at levels as low as 0.005W/kg.

What can be done?

In many built environments, microwave power levels are too elevated for even minimum health risk conditions.

Many health practitioners are unaware either of the general exposure conditions, not those of their patients, thus not taking under consideration their bearing of the diagnosis, nor therapy at hand. Similarly, employers may not realize that the microwave environment faced by their employees might adversely affect their job performance, occupational health and safety and productivity.

Fortunately, appropriate design and careful oversight in installation can provide citizens with acceptable, safe and generally no-risk levels of electromagnetic fields. But the implementation of these measures, even if they entail relatively no cost to the public or private purses, requires a public demand for common sense safety.

Municipal governments who participate in the siting process by issuing permits are in the frontline for complaints and legal filings because they are, legally, accomplices. The City of Toronto has an active guideline that provides for a Canadian platform for precedence from a health and safety legal perspective, that other communities can emulate, and eventually help industry and federal regulatory agencies, including the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), review their current policies and practices.

An European Parliament expert analysis in 2000, which was comprised of World Health Organization, European Community and scientific peers recommended that the average annual exposure near microwave emitters should not exceed 0.10 μWatt/cm2 (following the lead of the Italian Government notion of quality target) and that anyone exposed to higher fields should receive regular medical attention, including blood analysis, EEG and ECG tests. All zones with higher exposure rates should be posted with markings on pavement and with road signs.

In Canada, you can view your wireless transmission environment on http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/tafl/tafindxf.html. A socio-political question

Is it worthwhile to promote an industry that emerges while it hurts civilization and induces costs greater and more expensive than the “benefits” that it offers? Is the wireless industry prepared to pay for these costs?

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Dylan Eleven,  Truth11.com, Truth11 Films

Truth11 Films Upcoming Film : The Cost Of Technology | Freedom, Humanity, Sanity, Health and Life

Technology has shaped our lives to be quick fast and full of sparkling entertainment and information.  Most people would love a chip in the head so they can get the latest weather report without opening their eyes in the morning.  Most are completely addicted to techno crack junk food for the soul that fulfills our desires with the latest, the greatest, the smallest the biggest, the thinest, the fastest, the shiniest, and the deadliest.

3g, 4g,  and now 5G so powerful you can download a movie in a second.  But at what cost.  This addiction is killing you from all around you, from in your pocket as your apps track you, from every cell tower and every microwave station that envelops your city.  The toxic soup is real and dangerous even though you can’t see it.  We all need to get away from it.

There is so much energy swimming around us to give us the various degrees of G, too much energy, and its growing at an expanentional rate.  Cell towers are on every other building, and not just one of them, 14, 20, towers sitting 10 feet above tenants heads.  Shooting at you and them from every angle. When you drive away from them to find peace, you find another tower complex, and so on.  To get 10 km away from a cell tower you need to drive 5 hours out of a city to completely rural area, avoid all major roads and park yourself in the middle of nowhere.

There is so much energy swimming around you that someone has invented a device to extract the energy in the air and convert it into DC power.  Does anyone else see a problem with this? Does anyone else feel the pain behind the eyes, all organs not at ease, migraines, lymph node swelling with pain.  The list of symptoms goes on and on.  All related to EHS  Electro-Hypersensitivy.  Something that 30% of the population suffers from terribly.  Caused by cell towers and devices they use daily.  Most of them unaware their symptoms are from EHS. They are being falsely diagnosed for something else, including mental disorders, and they sit in the soup and are still suffering, some to the point of suicide.  3% of the population are completely debilitated the now can’t be around a fridge or anywhere near a cell tower or even one single phone.  They are banished from society.   They are the lucky ones.  The rest are playing with fire and should head the warnings of the canaries in the coal mine.

Cell Towers

Cell towers are not safe why we sleep, or eat or breath or to be around in any way.  They are not safe to be within several km of us.  The cell companies say they are fine, but equip their technicians with state of the art microwave radiation suits, and the standard joke of the installers is they go up quick, overnight in an hour, and then they run.  But they say the towers are fine.

If cell towers are so safe why does Apple remove their image from Apple maps.  Who’s job is it at Apple to go through and photoshop out each tower, for every building in every city.  Why would they go to such painstaking lengths to remove the image from our landscape.  The bucket from the painter is up there, the detail is great yet one detail has been removed.  Why if they are so safe?

Cell Towers Removed From Apple Maps

Devices: iPhones, Smart phones, Blackberries, wifi computers, iPads….

The Apple lawyers have covered their buts with a statement of use of the cellular and wifi products.  Don’t hold your phone while surfing, texting, chatting,  keep your device a minimum of 10mm away from your body.

RF Exposure Apple Legal Statement

Steve Jobs created a product that kills, it killed him and when asked about an app solution that could limit ones exposure to harmful EMF rays by identifying sources of radiation around you, he stated. “Not interested.  Sent from my iPhone.”  He died two weeks later probably in a wifi environment getting his latest stock quotes.

In addition to killing us, our freedoms and rights are being eroded with the help of our Technology.  Just like IBM helped the Nazis with its Hollerith Machine. Thanks to Apple and the rest of the techno crony elite, big brother microchipping agenda is in full effect.   We are all being tracked, every move, every word, every email all by your smart iPhone or equivalent evil.   Fingerprint database, new iPhone is collecting that.  Facial recognition, has been in iPhoto for years. Facebook is sharing your face and your data with the FBI, Google wants all information, shares all information, reads your emails, Googleberg is the new face of the bilderberg crony crew.  Google island, google glasses, watching your every move. Wow hitler would have been proud.

Thanks to recent technology we all possess and demand,  a toxic soup has become the norm and our freedom is gone.  The number one killer in the US of kids is cancer.  This soup surrounds us, it penetrates though us. The nazi police state reigns supreme in North America. You are all being watched.   Run, run for the hills, and when your on your way, put your cell phone on aeroplane mode and only turn in when you have to.  Work offline, live offline, go online with ethernet to send your work.  Boycott all hotels and apartments that have towers on their roofs, and all business around them.  Move to rural areas, abandon the cities.  Demand the network be brought down.  The silent soup killer has to stop.  Get off the grid.  Become self sufficient so you don’t care if the grid comes down.

Truth11 Films latest short film release will be announced soon: The Cost Of Technology | Truth11 Films

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Previous Truth11 Films:

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Truth11 Films | Drones, Assassination WIthout Trial, Nazis In Power

Truth11′s latest short film discusses the purpose of the drone program and the actions of the US Government. Obamas drone program is CIA murder of innocent people and drones must be abolished. Set to Dimmu Borgir, Puritania


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Truth11 Films | The Enemy Within

Truth11 Films short film The Enemy Within discusses the fascist police state that surrounds us and is a wake up call for some to realize we are controlled by the same people who funded Hitler. The camps are built, the drills have been run. The police state is secured. Its time to wake up. Don’t get on the bus to the camps, resist Nazi Fascist control. We have great strength in numbers. We must unite and organize ourselves with self government through internet automation.

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Truth11 Films | Armed With The Truth, United We Stand. The Rise Of The 99%

Truth11 Films 8th release documents the reasons the 99% have risen. We the 99% are rising up to say we are awake and aware of the truth. We are also aware of the power of unity, armed with the truth.

This film provides a list of issues that drive the 99% to form and to revolt. It outlines the subjects that need to be discussed, the areas of corruption and areas of government tyranny. Each subject in the film is a category on Truth11.com and you can research each item in detail on our site. Many ask why the 99% are rising up. Here is a list of reasons why. This film is a big picture view of the vast scope of the corruption and deception carried out by our own governments.

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Truth11 Films | Perpetual War

We have been tricked into fighting perpetual wars of mass genocide for pointless profit. There is no enemy. The enemy is within the US government. All exterior enemies are created to justify the advancing military industrial complex.

There is only one way war will end. The masses must rise up, unite, and demand world peace.

Here is Truth11 Films 7th short film set to The Lotus Eater by Opeth.

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Truth11 Films | Techno Revolution + Self Government System

Truth11 films presents its 6th short film Techno Revolution + Self-Government System. The film is a call to action. Peacefull instant global techno revolution, followed buy a system of self government organized by internet automation. Utopia is possible. Lets organize, unite and build it. Armed with the truth, united we stand, connected and organized.

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Truth11 Films | Fuck Everything You Stand For. Toronto G20

A look at the Toronto G20. Fascist police violating rights. Fake black block. The purpose was a government experiment using mass protesting citizens to asses ease of arrest, reaction to rights removed, and inhumane treatment. In preparation for martial law.


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Truth11 Films | Propaganda vs Truth In Advertising

We are enslaved without mass protest due to propaganda. The Television and print mass media monopoly has been very effective in creating a bubble of lies. John Lennon and Yoko Ono used their wealth to penetrate this bubble through a series of advertising billboards in Tokyo, London, New York that stated that “War Is Over, If you want it to be”. This was so effective he was assassinated. This short film is a call to those with the ability to help the truth movement in this medium (Just do it anonymously or collectively) . If your looking to donate money, don’t. Instead pay for a billboard stating some truth that others should know.

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Truth11 Films | 9/11 Truth

911 Was a false flag attack by our own government, used as a pretext to remove our rights with the Patriot Act and to justify wars of aggression. The towers fell by controlled demolition. The columns were cut at specific angles and lengths to promote collapse and ease of shipping. The concrete pulverized into clouds of dust. Millions of people have been slaughtered over the fake war on terror. This short film is a visual representation of the big picture of 9/11 set to Tool’s Ticks and Leeches.

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Environment-linked conditions | Hypersensitivity To Scents, Perfumes, Chemicals, Cell phones, Cell Towers, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities

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Why Do Smells Make Some People Sick?  Jan. 22, 2012 — Science Daily

Do you get a headache from the perfume of the lady next to you at the table? Do cleaning solutions at work make your nose itch? If you have symptoms prompted by everyday smells, it does not necessarily mean you are allergic but rather that you suffer from chemical intolerance. According to Linus Andersson at Umeå University, this hypersensitivity can be the result of an inability to get used to smells.


Normally your smell perceptions diminish rapidly, as when you enter a friend’s apartment. Even though you clearly notice smells just inside the door, you don’t think about them for long. For people with chemical intolerance, on the other hand, smells seem always to be present. Psychology researcher Linus Andersson has exposed both intolerant and non-intolerant individuals to smells and compared their reactions.

“The hypersensitive individuals felt that the smell was getting stronger even though its concentration had not changed. Their brain activity images also differed from those in the other group,” he says.

The results were observed using methods based on both electroencephalography (EEG) and functional brain imaging technology (fMRI). The EEG method involved placing electrodes on the heads of trial subjects and registering the minute changes in tension in the brain that arise following exposure to smells. Unlike the people in the normal group, Linus Andersson explains, the intolerant people did not evince a lessening of brain activity during the period of more than an hour they were exposed to a smell. The inability to grow accustomed to smells is thus matched by unchanging brain activity over time.

“These individuals also have a different pattern in the blood flow in their brains, compared with those who perceive that a smell diminishes. A similar change can be found in patients with pain disorders, for example.”

Sensitivity to smell impacts the entire body A further finding in the dissertation is that chemical intolerant people also react strongly to substances that irritate the mucous linings of their nose and mouth. People who cough more when they inhale capsaicin, the hot compound in chili peppers, also have heightened reactions in the brain to other smells. Besides the fact that intolerant individuals perceive that smells grow stronger, effects are also seen in mucous linings and in the brain.

“In other words we can see indications that this intolerance affects both the body and the mind, and that it’s important not to blindly focus on just one of these aspects,” says Linus Andersson.

Chemical intolerance is surprisingly common — up to ten percent of the Swedish population report they are bothered by everyday smells, whereas roughly two percent experience severe symptoms. Yet, in contrast to the situation regarding allergies and asthma, there is very little research about what causes this condition. Linus Andersson maintains that if it were possible to identify what characterizes this hypersensitivity then it would be possible to develop methods for diagnosis and treatment. But research can also provide new knowledge about how we should think about our work and everyday environments.

“Some co-workers are bothered more than others by the smell of the printer — what should we do to make our working conditions acceptable to as many people as possible?”

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Strong colognes and perfumes make me have instant migraines,  loss of 75% of vision and vomiting.  I have to move 10 times if I’m on public transit as people sit near you that seem to have been just bathing in the stuff.  If this is you or someone you know please be aware you are potentially making people violently ill.  Please stop waring so much.  Please stop waring any at all.

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Hypersensitivity to scents it covered under the Canadian Human Rights Act as a disability.  Accommodation by employers to request a scent free environment is required under this act.

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Chemical Free Area

Seriously Sensitve to Pollution

Canadian Recognition of MCS/ES (Multiple Chemical Sensitivities/Environmental Sensitivities)

The Canadian Human Rights Commission

Policy on Environmental Sensitivities

Individuals with environmental sensitivities experience a variety of adverse reactions to environmental agents at concentrations well below those that might affect the “average person”. This medical condition is a disability and those living with environmental sensitivities  are entitled to the protection of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. …

UPDATE 2013: see Canadian Human Rights Documents Archived

Ontario’s Human Rights Code

What is disability?

“Disability” covers a broad range and degree of conditions, some visible and some not visible. A disability may have been present from birth, caused by an accident, or developed over time. There are physical, mental and learning disabilities, mental disorders, hearing or vision disabilities, epilepsy, drug and alcohol dependencies, environmental sensitivities, and other conditions.

The Code protects people from discrimination because of past, present and perceived disabilities. For example, the Code protects a person who faces discrimination because she is a recovered alcoholic. So is a person whose condition does not limit their workplace abilities, but who is believed to be at greater risk of being able to do less in the future.

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/disability-and-human-rights

CERA the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation

…While environmental sensitivities are not well understood by the general public, they are recognized by Health Canada, the Canadian Health Network, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Canadian and Ontario Human Rights Commissions, the Ontario Medical Association and the Environmental Health Committee of the Ontario College of Family Physicians – among others….

http://www.equalityrights.org/cera/?page_id=674

Environmental Health Clinic

The Environmental Health Clinic is a unique multidisciplinary clinic, and the only one of its kind in Ontario. It was established in 1996 by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to be a provincial resource in promoting environmental health, and to improve health care for people with environment-linked conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities.

The Environmental Health Clinic is the clinical part of a joint clinical and research program of Women’s College Hospital and the University of Toronto.

http://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/programs-and-services/environmental-health-clinic469/

 

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EHS Electro-hypersensitivy

Whole Life Expo 2007 Toronto, November 25, 2007 ____________________________________________________________________________________

Electromagnetic fields:
Questions and answers about wireless technologies

Andrew Michrowski, Ph.D.
The Planetary Association for Clean Energy, Inc

100 Bronson Avenue, Suite 1001 OTTAWA, Ontario K1R 6G8 (613) 236-6265; fax: 235-5876

pacenet@canada.com http://pacenet.homestead.com

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What are the issues, the second-hand effects, and the standards for the wireless technologies? ____________________________________________________________________________________

Life on earth has evolved amidst a broad band of electromagnetic frequencies, which originate from throughout the universe. By 1980, environmental exposure to artificial, repetitive or random signals in the radiofrequency / microwave band has risen dramatically – by more than a trillion times, mostly for military technology.

Since 1980, mostly for newly-introduced commercial applications, the average “second-hand” exposure in Southern Canada has risen from about 0.005 microWatt/cm2 to the current background environmental range of 0.4 to 100.0 μWatt/cm2. We note an 8 to 20,000-fold increase with peaks in downtown Toronto and some centres, including Brantford and Mississauga. About 100 square kilometres in Southern Ontario have environmental broadband radiofrequency and microwave power emission exposures during timeframes that can exceed the Health Canada Safety Code 6 exposure limit of approximately 0.6 to 1 milliWatt/cm2 (600 – 1,000microWatt/cm2). Such illegal irradiation coverage can be expected to rise exponentially to several hundred square kilometres in both Ontario and Quebec by the end of this decade, on a more persistent basis, as more and more wireless technologies are approved by governments and marketed. Note that individuals within such exposed zones may experience a continual body temperature rise, with time, (but actually “feel” colder, and may seek greater warmth).

By “second-hand” exposure, we are referring to cases whereby an individual does not own nor use any radiofrequency/microwave device (wireless communication device, microwave oven, wireless computer tool, surgically implanted or portable RFID “spy chip”, etc) and is exposed simply by being in an irradiated zone, often outdoors. Additionally, there are places (public buildings, institutions, restaurants, etc.) where multi-frequency power absorption is unsolicited – actually, legally-speaking, in trespass of body functions. This level of average “second-hand” exposure is doubling annually in sparsely populated regions and tripling within more affluent urban zones. We can expect at 3 to 5 fold increase in second-hand exposure by 2010.

Background power emissions (0.5 MHz – 3GHz band) selected Canadian cities, 2007 microWatt/cm2

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City

μWatt/cm2

City

μWatt/cm2

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Windsor

0.2 – 15

Cornwall

0.3 – 5

London

0.2 – 5

Ottawa

0.1 – 25

Brantford

0.8 – 50

Montreal

0.1 – 10

Hamilton

2 – 10

St-Hyacinthe

0.1 – 4

Burlington

1 – 10

Mississauga

4.0 – 25

Oakville

1 – 15

Drummondville

0.1 – 4

Toronto

2.5 – 120

Laval

0.1 – 5

Ajax

1 – 10

St-Sauveur / Ste-Adèle

0.1 – 3

Oshawa

1 – 10

Mirabel

0.3 – 8

Trenton

0.2 – 20

Gatineau

0.1 – 5

Belleville

0.2 – 5

Renfrew

0.1 – 3

Kingston

0.3 – 5

Peterborough

0.3 – 3

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What is behind the increases in second-hand and direct-use microwave exposure?

We can expect a further 3 to 5-fold Canadian general population increase in “environmental” exposure of microwave frequencies within a few years, with more wireless technologies, such as: smart water and electric power meters, intercarrier text messaging, mobile satellite radio, music downloaders, wireless e-mail, wireless video calling, social and corporate networking, mobile television, instant text, multimedia messaging, smartphones, 3G (as well as 4G available in Europe) products and services, GPS mapping. Still more leaps in exposure emerge as the plans of investors, the military and governments materialize: to have every dwelling, school, office and store in the world become a microwave transmitter/receiver for wireless computers and related linkages, and to have transceivers implanted and/or injected in our bodies, including for banking transactions. A significant factor driving cell phone sales worldwide is for telephone banking delivering monetary services to the “unbanked”. Vodaphone started in Kenya Safaricom “mobile money” banking in Swahili, attracting 175,000 subscribers signing up at a rate of 2,500 a day, even if they may need “fingertip” RFID chip authentication for their micro-lending. Although the intention was to enable loan payments, individuals have been using the phones for person-to-person transfers – in a “dial ‘M’ for money” type of culture.

There are 19 million wireless customers in Canada (pop. 32,000,000). More than 5% of households now have only a cell phone. There is a convergence in usage rates with traditional phone services. At the end of 2006, Canada had 55.1 mobile subscribers and 55.3 traditional wire line access lines per 100 inhabitants (vs: 18.7 wireless subscribers and 64.4 traditional wire line accesses in 1999). 74% of those between the ages of 18 and 34 use a cellphone for an average of 400 minutes per month. 40% of Canadians between ages 12 and 24 consider cellphones to be their main means of communication. In the United Kingdom, 90% of the youth use cellphones, many sleeping with them “on”, under their pillows. 10% of the wireless transmissions are data, a segment that is rising 50% every 3 months.

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Households with only a cell phone, December 2005

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Canada

4.8

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N.L.

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2.3

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P.E.I.

3.8

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N.S.

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4.1

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N.B.

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2.4

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Que .

4.8

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Ont.

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4.1

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Man.

4.5

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Sask.

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2.5

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Alta.

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5.8

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B.C.

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7.1

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Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 56M0001XCB.

Direct-use microwave exposure characteristics and lack of quality control

Microwave devices are notorious for lack of quality control during manufacturing, especially with their emission leakage characteristics. For example, at least 33% of microwave products manufactured, whether microwave ovens or wireless communications devices do not meet the Canada Safety 6 Code, which sets the basic limits that are not be exceeded and are given in terms of body currents either by induction, or contact with energized metallic objects, or in terms of the rate at which radiofrequency/microwave energy is absorbed in a body, averaged over a period of time across the body. Some jurisdictions worldwide have more stringent regulations than Canada, as indicated below. We can infer the rules are not being met worldwide, for lack of competence, compliance and failure to measure emissions at manufacture. Microwave devices tend to easily deteriorate with wear and tear, lack of maintenance and proper cleaning.

INTERNATIONAL Radiofrequency / Microwave EXPOSURE STANDARDS

Country

New South Wales, Australia
Salzburg, Austria (pulsed transmissions) Russia / Bulgaria / Hungary/ Switzerland Belgium
China
Italy / Toronto, Canada
Auckland, New Zealand
Australia
New Zealand / Japan / Germany/ US /Canada United Kingdom

Exposure level (microW/cm2) 0.001
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2 –10

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7 –10
10
50
200
200 –1,000 1,000 –10,000

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Toward second-hand exposure statistics

On the basis of environmental irradiation surveys, it can be deduced that, in Toronto – population of over 2,500,000, at least 25,000 individuals are being exposed by unwanted trespass of “second-hand” environmental microwave emissions – for several hours daily – that are more elevated than those permitted by Canada Safety Code 6, simply by working or living in high-density urban “hot-spots” and that this number can increase during periods of wet ground as a result of precipitation. This means that these individuals risk irreversible damage to their body functions merely because of the popularity and the commercialisation of the wireless technologies. While government agencies assume that such environmental emissions are merely “a fog”, actual mapping point out to a dense and active network of multiple frequencies permeating the built-up environment, often without any centralized organisation. The densest groupings of hotspots tend to be in the traditional commercial cores, the transportation nodes (interchanges, bridges, over and underpasses) to and from the city, near high-voltage power transmission lines and near buildings that house significant mainframe computers and automated functions (such as postal sorting facilities, fabricators, etc.).

“Second-hand” microwave geography in Salt Lake City, Utah

Paul M. Torrens, Geography, Arizona State University

Autism connection

It is estimated that at least 300,000 Canadian children are being exposed to, and, are absorbing, illegal levels of microwave power associated with cellphone usage alone. This number is expected to double by 2010, even though the actual total base population of children is expected to decrease. These children face severe (or life-threatening) wireless-related physical conditions. Add to this group about 300,000 in Ontario alone who suffer from some form of autism, considering that 30 years ago, there were only a few hundred cases. More than 1 child in 100 is autistic, compared with 1 in 10,000 only 30 years ago, before the pervasive environmental exposure of wireless technologies.

A study by Tamara Mariea and George Carlo indicates how microwave wireless frequency emissions render cells incapable of releasing heavy metals (including mercury and aluminum), such as those used as stabilizers in the massive vaccination programmes. Heavy metals in the body interfere with the distribution of dopamine, a hormone and a neurotransmitter which controls motor skills. In autistic children, such functions are inhibited. When autistic children are detoxified from heavy metals, and when they are no longer exposed to wireless emissions, they can recover. This situation has the potential for trans-generation toxic accumulation.

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Cellphone @ user

9 – 3,500

Cellphone, second hand exposure

1 – 200

Microwave oven @ user

10 – 2,000

Cordless phone base station @ 2 to 6m

7 – 17

Analog in urban environment (1-2 blocks away)

5 – 25

Digital in urban environment (within 100m)

0.2 – 5

Analog in rural environment 500m

0.25 – 30

Local amplification by metal window, door frames, studs, metal plumbing, grounding wire, unfiltered telephone and Cable TV wires

1 to 4.5 fold power increase

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Altered genetic structure in E. Coli Threshold of human sensitivity Altered EEG in human subjects Growth stimulation in Vicius fabus Effects on immune system in mice Stimulation of ovulation in chickens Effect on cell growth in yeast Conditioned “avoidance” reflex in rats Premature aging of pine needles

100 Yards / metres from Cell Phone

Sleep disorders, abnormal blood pressure, nervousness, weakness, fatigue, limb and joint pain, digestive problems, fewer schoolchildren promoted Growth inhibition in Vicius fabus
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50 Feet from a Cordless Phone

Human sensation

1 Mile (1.6Km) from a Cellular Tower

Altered EEG, disturbed carbohydrate metabolism, enlarged adrenals, altered adrenal hormone levels, structural changes in liver, spleen, testes, and brain in white rats and rabbits
Slowing of the heart, change in EEG in rabbits

10 Feet /3 meters from a Wireless Computer

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Increase in melatonin in cows
Decreased life span, impaired reproduction, structural and developmental abnormalities in duckweed plants
Decreased cell growth (human epithelial amnion cells)
Irreversible sterility in mice
Childhood leukemia near transmitters
Impaired motor function, reaction time, memory and attention of school children, and altered sex ratio of children (fewer boys)
Change in calcium ion efflux from brain tissue
Cardiac arrhythmias and sometimes cardiac arrest (frogs)
Altered white blood cell activity in schoolchildren
Headache, dizziness, irritability, fatigue, weakness, insomnia, chest pain, difficulty breathing, indigestion (humans—occupational exposure) Stimulation of white cells in guinea pigs
Breakdown of blood-brain barrier (used a digital cell phone to radiate) Leukemia, skin melanoma and bladder cancer near TV and FM transmitter (lower “Microwave hearing” – clicking, buzzing, chirping, hissing, or high-pitched threshold notetones known)

Biochemical and histological changes in liver, heart, kidney, and brain tissue Damaged mitochondria, nucleus of cells in hippocampus of brain
Impaired memory and visual reaction time in people living near transmitters Decreased size of litter, increased number of stillborns in mice Redistribution of metals in the lungs, brain, heart, liver, kidney, muscles, spleen, bones, skin, blood

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Serkyuk, reported in McRee 1980

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Significant Secondary infrastructure effects

There has been a significant increase in corrosion problems in the last few decades, parallel to the spread and implementation of wireless technologies. Whereas in the 1970s, only a small number of engineers consulted on corrosion problems, now a full quarter of all engineers in North America are experts in corrosion trying to resolve problems associated with building structures, water and oil and gas pipelines, fluid containers. How radiofrequencies affect corrosion can be verified by anyone who replaces a fluorescent compact bulb into a metallic fixture that once had an incandescent bulb. It takes only a few weeks to have the onset of paint coating corroding in lamp holders, followed by the steady eating away of metallic sheeting. Likewise, one can see which urban areas are exposed to elevated levels of microwave emissions: where sewer and telephone service covers rust – actually powder away rather than just coat themselves with oxidation, where fire hydrants crumble – even if installed within the previous 6 months – that is likely to be a zone subject to denser environmental microwave emissions. Normally, such fittings last problem–free for decades. This is an effect of enormous burden to tax and rate-payers.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has made an emergency plea to the federal government for $123 Billion within 5 years to avoid building collapses in Canadian cities due to corrosion, which only emphasizes how outrageously expensive for our civilization is this problem of accelerated corrosion from radiofrequencies and microwaves is. What is little known is that most corrosion is induced by weak voltages and amperages from net currents in our electric power delivery systems, which are imbalanced. What is even less known is that as the electric power system becomes more affected by the use of computers and wireless systems, radiofrequencies and microwaves penetrate the electric power system’s ground, via neutral wires. The ground in many populated areas now carries charges that are highly electronic with radiofrequency and microwave characteristics. This new phenomenon accelerates corrosion of materials – whether pipelines, rebars in buildings and transportation infrastructure or even nuclear power plant reactor rods – by quantum leaps. Galvanic coupling between alloys and hydrogen and e particles is accelerated, leading to hydrogen- induced cracking in steels. Electromagnetically-induced Hydrogen diffusion has become so commonplace under such environmental conditions that a Russian scientist, P. S. Orlov proposed this year a method of locating underground corroded (hydrogen saturated/embrittled) steel gas-supply pipes simply by measuring hydrogen leakages. This conduction of charges has been observed with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and reported this year by scientists from Atomic Energy of Canada and the National Research Council of Canada. There is also greater spattering of deposits, crevice enhancements and oxidation reactions.

What we can expect as health effects due to these new exposures?
Experimental observations with low-level microwave exposure

Observation

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Effects of microwave emissions

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Effects on DNA

Single and double-strand breaks, electron flows within staked base pairs of double helix of DNA molecules, direct gene transcription, 40-90% increase in Fos mRNA from cellphone signals,

2h, 0.6W/kg, 0.001W/kg

Blood-brain barrier

Toxins may reach brain tissues: serotonin, glucose, selective permeability, allows glucose to pass

After 2 minutes, as low as 0.0004W/kg

Psychoactive Drugs

Neurotransmitter functions modified: Pentobarbital (alters narcosis), entylenetetrazol (more convulsions), Curare (less anaesthesia), Valium, Librium (potentiated). Endogenous opiods activated: increase in alcohol use, less of withdrawal symptoms in morphine-dependents

Eye damage

Worsen effects.

Behavioural changes

Major errors in judgment, vision altered; disruptive attitude (hyperactivity); memory problems, [non-lethal weapons for combat advantage]; synthase inhibition caused by increase in body nitric oxide production by digital (pulsed) signals

Cognitive functions

Faster reaction time, auditory memory retrieval [mind control], difficulty in concentration, “fuzzy thinking”, dizziness (indication of serotonin activity increase)

0.16 μWatt/cm2

Sleep

May promote sleep, sleepiness, reduction of REM sleep (important to memory, learning)

Melatonin

Melatonin secretion decreases

Fundamental life processi

ELF-encodes in wireless transmissions may imitate heartbeat, cellular communications, brainwaves, cell growth, human metabolism; sperm count lowered, irreversible infertility in mice after 5 generations from “an antenna park”, chicken embryo mortality increases by half

As low as 0.005 W/kg

Dosedependency

Observed in Korean War, US embassy personnel in Moscow, cumulative effects

Microwave syndrome

Fatigue, irritability, nausea, anorexia, depression Cardiovascular disorders, hypo /hypertension Change in skin, skin allergies, eczema, psoriasis
Increase in lymphocytes, effects in EEGs, reduced insulin production, multiple allergies, Tinnitus, itches in the ear, ears feel heated

As low as 0.02 to 8.0 μWatt/cm2

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Some, natural, highly-coherent oscillations in living beings have same or similar characteristics as those produced by wireless technologies. For example, the 2Hz-encoded signal from cellphones reporting to base stations resembles the heartbeat (and can entrain heartbeat). Other extremely-low-frequency-encoded signals resemble, and interact with, brain waves, cell growth, cell communication, calcium ion balance and other fundamental life processes, even at levels as low as 0.005W/kg.

What can be done?

In many built environments, microwave power levels are too elevated for even minimum health risk conditions.

Many health practitioners are unaware either of the general exposure conditions, not those of their patients, thus not taking under consideration their bearing of the diagnosis, nor therapy at hand. Similarly, employers may not realize that the microwave environment faced by their employees might adversely affect their job performance, occupational health and safety and productivity.

Fortunately, appropriate design and careful oversight in installation can provide citizens with acceptable, safe and generally no-risk levels of electromagnetic fields. But the implementation of these measures, even if they entail relatively no cost to the public or private purses, requires a public demand for common sense safety.

Municipal governments who participate in the siting process by issuing permits are in the frontline for complaints and legal filings because they are, legally, accomplices. The City of Toronto has an active guideline that provides for a Canadian platform for precedence from a health and safety legal perspective, that other communities can emulate, and eventually help industry and federal regulatory agencies, including the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), review their current policies and practices.

An European Parliament expert analysis in 2000, which was comprised of World Health Organization, European Community and scientific peers recommended that the average annual exposure near microwave emitters should not exceed 0.10 μWatt/cm2 (following the lead of the Italian Government notion of quality target) and that anyone exposed to higher fields should receive regular medical attention, including blood analysis, EEG and ECG tests. All zones with higher exposure rates should be posted with markings on pavement and with road signs.

In Canada, you can view your wireless transmission environment on http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/tafl/tafindxf.html. A socio-political question

Is it worthwhile to promote an industry that emerges while it hurts civilization and induces costs greater and more expensive than the “benefits” that it offers? Is the wireless industry prepared to pay for these costs?

34 Scientific Studies Showing Adverse Health Effects From Wi-Fi

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Here is an excellent collection of scientific papers finding adverse biological effects or damage to health from Wi-Fi signals, Wi-Fi-enabled devices or Wi-Fi frequencies (2.4 or 5 GHz), complied by campaign group WiFi In Schools.

The papers listed are only those where exposures were 16V/m or below.  Someone using a Wi-Fi-enabled tablet computer can be exposed to electromagnetic fields up to 16V/m.  Papers are in alphabetical order.  A file of first pages, for printing, can be found here.

If you feel like sending a copy of this collection to the local schools in your area, you can search for them here and either print out this article to post or email the link.

Wi-Fi papers

1. Atasoy H.I. et al., 2013. Immunohistopathologic demonstration of deleterious effects on growing rat testes of radiofrequency waves emitted from conventional Wi-Fi devices. Journal of Pediatric Urology 9(2): 223-229. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22465825

2. Avendaño C. et al., 2012. Use of laptop computers connected to internet through Wi-Fi decreases human sperm motility and increases sperm DNA fragmentation. Fertility and Sterility 97(1): 39-45.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22112647

3. Avendaño C. et al., 2010. Laptop expositions affect motility and induce DNA fragmentation in human spermatozoa in vitro by a non-thermal effect: a preliminary report. American Society for Reproductive Medicine 66th Annual Meeting: O-249http://wifiinschools.org.uk/resources/laptops+and+sperm.pdf)

4. Aynali G. et al., 2013. Modulation of wireless (2.45 GHz)-induced oxidative toxicity in laryngotracheal mucosa of rat by melatonin. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 270(5): 1695-1700.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23479077

5. Gumral N. et al., 2009. Effects of selenium and L-carnitine on oxidative stress in blood of rat induced by 2.45-GHz radiation from wireless devices. Biol Trace Elem Res. 132(1-3): 153-163.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19396408

6. Havas M. et al., 2010. Provocation study using heart rate variability shows microwave radiation from 2.4GHz cordless phone affects autonomic nervous system. European Journal of Oncology Library Vol. 5: 273-300. http://www.icems.eu/papers.htm?f=/c/a/2009/12/15/MNHJ1B49KH.DTL  part 2.

7. Havas M. and Marrongelle J. 2013. Replication of heart rate variability provocation study with 2.45GHz cordless phone confirms original findings. Electromagn Biol Med 32(2): 253-266.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675629

8. Maganioti A. E. et al., 2010. Wi-Fi electromagnetic fields exert gender related alterations on EEG. 6th International Workshop on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic fields.http://www.istanbul.edu.tr/6internatwshopbioeffemf/cd/pdf/poster/WI-FI%20ELECTROMAGNETIC%20FIELDS%20EXERT%20GENDER.pdf

9. Margaritis L.H. et al., 2013. Drosophila oogenesis as a bio-marker responding to EMF sources.
Electromagn Biol Med., Epub ahead of print.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23915130

10. Naziroğlu M. and Gumral 2009. Modulator effects of L-carnitine and selenium on wireless devices (2.45 GHz)-induced oxidative stress and electroencephalography records in brain of rat. Int J Radiat Biol. 85(8): 680-689. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19637079

11. Nazıroğlu M. et al., 2012. 2.45-Gz wireless devices induce oxidative stress and proliferation through cytosolic Ca2+ influx in human leukemia cancer cells. International Journal of Radiation Biology 88(6): 449–456. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22489926

12. Nazıroğlu M. et al., 2012b. Melatonin modulates wireless (2.45 GHz)-induced oxidative injury through TRPM2 and voltage gated Ca(2+) channels in brain and dorsal root ganglion in rat. Physiol Behav. 105(3): 683-92. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22019785

13. Oksay T. et al., 2012. Protective effects of melatonin against oxidative injury in rat testis induced by wireless (2.45 GHz) devices. Andrologia doi: 10.1111/and.12044, Epub ahead of print.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23145464

14. Papageorgiou C. C. et al., 2011. Effects of Wi-Fi signals on the p300 component of event-related potentials during an auditory hayling task. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience 10(2): 189-202. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21714138 (Wi-Fi alters brain activity in young adults:http://wifiinschools.org.uk/resources/wifi+brain+July+2011.pdf)

15. Shahin S. et al., 2013. 2.45 GHz Microwave Irradiation-Induced Oxidative Stress Affects Implantation or Pregnancy in Mice, Mus musculus. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 169: 1727–1751.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23334843

16. Türker Y. et al., 2011. Selenium and L-carnitine reduce oxidative stress in the heart of rat induced by 2.45-GHz radiation from wireless devices. Biol Trace Elem Res. 143(3): 1640-1650.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21360060

And here are a few more studies of similar microwave frequencies at low exposures (6V/m or below)  (this is not comprehensive):

17. Balmori A. 2010. Mobile phone mast effects on common frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles: the city turned into a laboratory. Electromagn. Biol. Med. 29(1-2):31-35.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20560769

18. Erdinc O. O. et al., 2003. Electromagnetic waves of 900MHz in acute pentylenetetrazole model in ontogenesis in mice. Neurol. Sci. 24:111-116 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14600821

19. Fesenko E. E. et al., 1999. Stimulation of murine natural killer cells by weak electromagnetic waves in the centimeter range. Biofizika 44:737–741 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10544828

20. Fesenko E. E. et al., 1999. Microwaves and cellular immunity. I. Effect of whole body microwave irradiation on tumor necrosis factor production in mouse cells, Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 49:29–35http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10619445

21. Havas M. et al., 2010. Provocation study using heart rate variability shows microwave radiation from 2.4GHz cordless phone affects autonomic nervous system. European Journal of OncologyLibrary Vol. 5: 273-300 http://www.icems.eu/papers.htm?f=/c/a/2009/12/15/MNHJ1B49KH.DTL part 2.

22. Kesari K. K. and Behari J., 2009. Microwave exposure affecting reproductive system in male rats. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 162(2):416-428 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19768389

23. Kesari K. K. and Behari J., 2009. Fifty-gigahertz microwave exposure effect of radiations on rat brain. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 158:126-139 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19089649

24. Khurana V. G. et al., 2010. Epidemiological Evidence for a Health Risk from Mobile Phone Base Stations. Int. J. Occup. Environ. Health 16:263–267 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20662418

25. Maier R. et al., 2004. Effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields on cognitive processes – a pilot study on pulsed field interference with cognitive regeneration. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 110: 46-52 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15180806

26. Nittby H. et al., 2008. Cognitive impairment in rats after long-term exposure to GSM-900 mobile phone radiation. Bioelectromagnetics 29: 219-232 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18044737

27. Novoselova E. G. et al., 1998. Stimulation of production of tumor necrosis factor by murine macrophages when exposed in vivo and in vitro to weak electromagnetic waves in the centimeter range Bofizika 43:1132–1333.

28. Novoselova E. G. et al., 1999. Microwaves and cellular immunity. II. Immunostimulating effects of microwaves and naturally occurring antioxidant nutrients. Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 49:37–41http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10619446

29. Otitoloju A. A. et al., 2010. Preliminary study on the induction of sperm head abnormalities in mice, Mus musculus, exposed to radiofrequency radiations from Global System for Mobile Communication Base Stations. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 84(1):51-4.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19816647

30. Panagopoulos D. J.et al., 2010. Bioeffects of mobile telephony radiation in relation to its intensity or distance from the antenna. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. Vol 86(5):345-357.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20397839

31. Persson B. R. R. et al., 1997. Blood-brain barrier permeability in rats exposed to electromagnetic fields used in wireless communication. Wireless Networks 3: 455-461.

32. Pyrpasopoulou A. et al., 2004. Bone morphogenic protein expression in newborn kidneys after prenatal exposure to radiofrequency radiation. Bioelectromagnetics 25:216-27http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15042631

33. Salford L. G. et al., 2010. Effects of microwave radiation upon the mammalian blood-brain barrier. European Journal of Oncology Library Vol. 5:333-355 http://www.icems.eu/papers.htm?f=/c/a/2009/12/15/MNHJ1B49KH.DTL part 2.

34. Salford L. G., et al., 2003. Nerve cell damage in mammalian brain after exposure to microwaves from GSM mobile phones. Environ. Health Perspect. 111:881-883.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12782486

With thanks to WifiInSchools.

This first appeared at Stop Smart Meters!

Truth11 Films | The Cost Of WiFi and Cellular Technology

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Dylan Eleven, Truth11.com, Truth11 Films

Truth11 Films | The Cost WiFi and Cellular Technology | Freedom, Humanity, Sanity, Health and Life

Technology has shaped our lives to be quick fast and full of sparkling entertainment and information. Most people would love a chip in the head so they can get the latest weather report without opening their eyes in the morning. Most are completely addicted to techno crack junk food for the soul that fulfills our desires with the latest, the greatest, the smallest the biggest, the thinest, the fastest, the shiniest, and the deadliest.

3g, 4g, and now 5G so powerful you can download a movie in a second. But at what cost. This addiction is killing you from all around you, from in your pocket as your apps track you, from every cell tower and every microwave station that envelops your city. The toxic soup is real and dangerous even though you can’t see it. We all need to get away from it.

Truth11 Films latest release discusses EHS ElectroHyper-Sensitivity and the growing issue of wireless pollution. Something that affects us all and poses a serious threat to our health and sanity. The film also looks at the role wireless technology plays in our privacy and freedom.

Student Science Experiment: Plants Won’t Grow near Wi-Fi

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Elizabeth Renter

Prison Planet.com
March 20, 2014

Over 60 percent of US households have WiFi, with little thought being given to the effects of the radiation it produces. Most of us never shut off our wireless routers, letting them run 24 hours a day so we can conveniently connect whenever the need arises. But there is some interesting evidence that all this radiation is harming us.

Some 34 studies have linked WiFi exposure to things like abnormal heart rates, headaches, infertility, oxidative stress, and even increased cancer risk. Recently, a group of students in Denmark set out to determine just how WiFi would affect life in general, by attempting to grow seedlings near such common radiation.

The students initially wanted to test cellphone radiation effects on humans since they had noticed they lacked focus on days after sleeping near their cellphones. But their school, Hjallerup School, didn’t have the resources for such an experiment. Instead, they opted to test the growth of plants when near Wifi.

Six trays filled with Lepidium sativum (a garden cress) were placed in a room with two routers. Another six trays were placed in a room where there was no cellular radiation. Even before their 12-day study period was over, the results were astounding. The radiation produced by two routers is similar to that produced by ordinary cell phones, according to the girls’ calculations.

Read: Laptop Wifi Found to Damage Infertility

The seedlings in the radiation room had either not grown or were completely dead. Those in the non-radiation room were thriving.

Not only did the students win top honors in a science competition, they earned the interest of scientists around the world. Their teacher reports a professor of neuroscience from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden is working to recreate their experience in a controlled scientific setting.

More than likely, your Wifi is having some effects on your health and wellbeing, whether you recognize it or not. You can limit your exposure by shutting off the router when it’s not in use. One of the simplest ways of doing this is putting the device on a timer, so it shuts down in the evening hours. These timers are available at most home improvement stores for less than $20.

This post originally appeared at Natural Society

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Truth11 Films | The Cost Of WiFi and Cellular Technology

Truth11 Films 11th film discusses EHS ElectroHyper-Sensitivity and the growing issue of wireless pollution from WiFi and Cellular sources. Something that affects us all and poses a serious threat to our health and sanity. The film also looks at the role wireless technology plays in our privacy and freedom.

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11 Articles On EMF Pollution, EHS Electrohypersensitvity, Mind Control Of The Masses, Modern society increasingly confused, irritable and sleepless

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Dylan Eleven | Truth11.com

Electrohypersentiivity is a growing condition that many of us are suffering from.  There is things you can do to improve you life, moving locations away from towers and reducing your own wifi and cell phone use.  These symptoms are real and turning peoples lives upside down.  We made a short film about EHS and below are 11 articles on the subject.

In Canada and Sweden EHS is recognized as an environmental sensitivity and therefore is considered a disability.Dylan Eleven, Truth11.com, Truth11 Films

Truth11 Films | The Cost WiFi and Cellular Technology | Freedom, Humanity, Sanity, Health and Life

Technology has shaped our lives to be quick fast and full of sparkling entertainment and information. Most people would love a chip in the head so they can get the latest weather report without opening their eyes in the morning. Most are completely addicted to techno crack junk food for the soul that fulfills our desires with the latest, the greatest, the smallest the biggest, the thinest, the fastest, the shiniest, and the deadliest.

3g, 4g, and now 5G so powerful you can download a movie in a second. But at what cost. This addiction is killing you from all around you, from in your pocket as your apps track you, from every cell tower and every microwave station that envelops your city. The toxic soup is real and dangerous even though you can’t see it. We all need to get away from it.

Truth11 Films latest release discusses EHS ElectroHyper-Sensitivity and the growing issue of wireless pollution. Something that affects us all and poses a serious threat to our health and sanity. The film also looks at the role wireless technology plays in our privacy and freedom.

 

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Americans’ brains being fried by cell towers: New scientific evidence reveals shocking extent of electropollution damage

Wednesday, March 26, 2014
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com

(NaturalNews) Exposure to cell phone towers alters brain function in alarming ways, causing a lack of concentration, irritability, difficulty sleeping and lack of appetite. That’s the conclusion of a new study just published by the British Medical Journal.(1)

The study, authored by Professor Enrique A Navarro, concluded that the severity of such symptoms directly correlated to cell tower exposure levels. In other words, the closer a person lives to a cell tower, the greater the severity of their symptoms. This was true regardless of race, income level and other demographics.

Cell towers, of course, broadcast and receive electromagnetic switching signals. Human biology — and the brain in particular — relies on electro-biochemical pathways for healthy function. Many scientists have long suspected that chronic exposure to low levels of EMF pollution (electropollution) may interfere with healthy functioning of the brain and body. This latest research adds yet more support to that alarming idea.

It’s not your imagination: Electromagnetic hypersensitivity is real
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity has long been dismissed as non-existent by some doctors and industry-funded scientists. After all, if EMF pollution from cell towers really does harm public health, then the implications are truly massive, both economically and in terms of human suffering.

But electromagnetic hypersensitivity is a genuine phenomenon. People are not “inventing” side effects or symptoms. As Navarro writes in the study:

The term electromagnetic hypersensitivity has been recently introduced in discussions attributing symptoms to exposure to EMFs. A review of this topic in 2010 found that 8 of the 10 studies evaluated through PubMed had reported increased prevalence of adverse neurobehavioral symptoms or cancer in populations living at distances < 500 m from [cell phone towers].

Importantly, all these symptoms were recorded in people living near cell phone towers whose broadcast signal strength meets current safety guidelines. As the study author points out, this most likely means current government guidelines on cell phone towers are inadequate to protect the public. Revising such guidelines could have drastic implications for the nationwide telecommunications infrastructure.

By the way, people who live fewer than 500 meters from cell phone towers appear to be especially at risk of electromagnetic interference with brain function. Because electropollution strength is determined by the inverse square of the distance, a person who moves twice as close to a cell tower experiences four times the radiation.

190,000 cell phone towers and growing

There are currently over 190,000 cell phone towers across the United States.(2)

Their typical “maximum range” is over 21 miles, meaning their electromagnetic pollution extends in a sphere with a radius of over 21 miles. (In reality, this pollution extends indefinitely, but the intensity of it drops off with the square of the distance.)

The following map shows AT&T coverage areas in orange. If you live inside an orange area, you are currently exposed to cell tower radiation.

People who live within range of two or more cell phone towers experience electropollution from all the towers within a range of 21 miles. This electropollution effect is cumulative.

It is not known how many Americans live within 21 miles of at least one cell tower, but given that over half the U.S. population lives in urban areas, it’s safe to assume that at least 150 million — and more likely close to 300 million — Americans are exposed to EMF electropollution from cell towers.

Modern society increasingly confused, irritable and sleepless

Have you noticed how the mass public seems increasingly confused and irritable? A society that once operated with some degree of sanity and politeness has become largely demented and rude. Mathematical abilities are nearly lost across the population, as very few people under the age of 40 can even calculate 15% waiter’s tips at a restaurant. The ability of voters to understand laws, liberties, freedom and even the structure of government is almost entirely lost in nations where cell phone towers are ubiquitous.

Given this recent research revealing the negative impact of cell phone radiation of human brain function, it would be incredibly irresponsible to fail to consider how cell tower radiation alters healthy brain function and promotes confusion and irritability. As more scientists look into this issue, we may indeed find that the fall of American civilization is being accelerated by electromagnetic pollution that leads to disastrous cognitive consequences across the population.

Sources for this article include:
1. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/12/e003836….
2. http://www.statisticbrain.com/cell-phone-tow…

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/044464_cell_towers_EMF_pollution_mental_confusion.html#ixzz30CZt3rvg

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Neuroscientist Exposes Dangers of Electromagnetic Fields

Electromagnetic Killing Fields / image source

Kevin Samson
Activist Post

Neuroscience has come under scrutiny for its involvement in an array of mind control initiatives and other ethically questionable research. But at least one neuroscientist from Sweden has gone on record to caution against the increasing dangers of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) on human beings and other living organisms, as you will see in the presentation below.

Our modern world is creating an electromagnetic soup filled with electrical pulses, radio frequencies, computer screens, wireless signals, as well as personal devices such as cell phones and gadgets that are emitting damaging radiation. There are many peer-reviewed scientific studies which are drawing conclusions that should concern us all, but particularly young children and pregnant women. In fact, the debate is heating up to such a level that government agencies are even infighting over the matter, as evidenced when the Department of the Interior recently sent a letter with their own scientific papers chastising the FCC for using standards that are 30 years out of date. As the DOI stated, the concern is not only in the negative health effects upon people, but upon wildlife as well.

Please listen to Professor Olle Johansson, PhD as he offers a comprehensive view of the many issues surrounding EMFs, including an industry-wide attempt by telecom to cover up the negative consequences. His information is echoed by the recent reversal of a ruling in Maine which had everything to do with industry pressure and influence. Professor Johansson also addresses what we can do to protect ourselves and our environment from the impact of EMFs.

Dr. Johansson is Associate Professor in the Neuroscience department of the world-renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. This presentation was filmed at a technical seminar on the Environment and Health in Barcelona, Spain. It is a key presentation, as he is speaking to medical practitioners, not only to a lay audience. Nevertheless, it’s a very straightforward and easily understood lecture.

Particularly troubling is his opening sequence which recounts the long history of known negative health effects.

He also asserts that all people are hypersensitive to EMFs and are being radiated in the classical way that we would think of as related to major events such as Fukushima. The health effects are long term – including DNA fragmentation – and also must be addressed as a cumulative threat.

At the very least, Professor Johansson asserts, EMFs very easily can be linked to a growing number of allergies, and he urges us to re-evaluate the rise in allergic conditions in tandem with the rise in the use of electronic devices.

Please share this information and help your friends and family make better informed decisions in a world of increased connectivity. Professor Johansson is no Luddite, but a concerned scientist who would like to see a full open debate based on the very troubling scientific health studies he cites.

This video can help to start a debate in your local community and government, before the lowest standards possible continue to be applied to human health and the environment. If you find yourself grappling with the apathy of others, I’d like to leave you with a quote:

When I die, I want the last thought to be I did my best; not I could have done better. - Professor Olle Johansson 

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Government Agencies Battle Over Adverse Impact of Cell Tower Radiation on Wildlife

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Kevin Samson
Activist Post

The dangers to people (especially pregnant women and children) of Wi-Fi and the electromagnetic radiation emitted from cell phones and various “smart” devices are quickly becoming a non-debate to anyone who has investigated the reams of studies available.

However, there is also mounting evidence that these dangers extend to wildlife as cell towers are becoming more prevalent, deeper into previously non-explored areas.

This potential threat to wildlife appears to be such that it has sparked an attack by the Department of the Interior against the FCC for what they claim are outdated standards.

The Director of the Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance of the United States Department of the Interior sent a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the Department of Commerce which addresses the Interior Department’s concern that cell tower radiation has had negative impacts on the health of migratory birds and other wildlife.

The Interior Department accused the Federal government of employing outdated radiation standards set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a federal agency with no expertise in health. The standards are no longer applicable because they control only for overheating and do not protect organisms from the adverse effects of exposure to the low-intensity radiation produced by cell phones and cell towers. (Source)

As you’ll read below, the FCC’s current criteria is 30 years out of date.

The idea of “energy pollution” is gaining increased awareness. Our modern world literally bathes us in in radio frequencies from power lines and transformers, smart-meters, appliances, fluorescent lights, electrical devices, and of course computers and cell phones. This “hidden” pollution has been tested on animals, which serve as a benchmark for potential effects on humans. Researchers have discovered, for example, that “pregnant rats exposed to microwave radiation from cellular phones had fetuses whose brains showed signs of harm, as measured by enhanced oxidative stress and altered levels of neurotransmitters.” (Source)

But in terms of sensitivity (not to mention the physical interaction with the towers), birds might be a much better indicator of the overall environmental impact. In the letter offered by the Department of the Interior to the FCC, they note the following information as evidence of why we should be concerned.

The placement and operation of communication towers, including un-guyed, unlit, monopole or lattice-designed structures, impact protected migratory birds in two significant ways. The first is by injury, crippling loss, and death from collisions with towers and their supporting guy-wire infrastructure, where present. The second significant issue associated with communication towers involves impacts from non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation emitted by them.

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The second significant issue associated with communication towers involves impacts from nonionizing electromagnetic radiation emitted by these structures. Radiation studies at cellular communication towers were begun circa 2000 in Europe and continue today on wild nesting birds. Study results have documented nest and site abandonment, plumage deterioration, locomotion problems, reduced survivorship, and death (e.g., Balmori 2005, Balmori and Hallberg 2007, and Everaert and Bauwens 2007). Nesting migratory birds and their offspring have apparently been affected by the radiation from cellular phone towers in the 900 and 1800 MHz frequency ranges- 915 MHz is the standard cellular phone frequency used in the United States. However, the electromagnetic radiation standards used by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continue to be based on thermal heating, a criterion now nearly 30 years out of date and inapplicable today. This is primarily due to the lower levels of radiation output from microwave-powered communication devices such as cellular telephones and other sources of point-to-point communications; levels typically lower than from microwave ovens. The problem, however, appears to focus on very low levels of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. For example, in laboratory studies, T. Litovitz (personal communication) and DiCarlo et al. (2002) raised concerns about impacts of low-level, non-thermal electromagnetic radiation from the standard 915 MHz cell phone frequency on domestic chicken embryos- with some lethal results (Manville 2009, 2013a). Radiation at extremely low levels (0.0001 the level emitted by the average digital cellular telephone) caused heart attacks and the deaths of some chicken embryos subjected to hypoxic conditions in the laboratory while controls subjected to hypoxia were unaffected (DiCarlo et al. 2002). To date, no independent, third-party field studies have been conducted in North America on impacts of tower electromagnetic radiation on migratory birds. With the European field and U.S. laboratory evidence already available, independent, third-party peer-reviewed studies need to be conducted in the U.S. to begin examining the effects from radiation on migratory birds and other trust species.”  (emphasis added)

The DOI letter concludes with their own 19 source list of research that backs up their concerns. It remains to be seen if, or how, the FCC will respond to this information.

Whether or not one is ultimately concerned with the fate of birds, this just further illustrates how technology gets rolled out without proper long-term studies and considerations being offered. It is such short-term thinking that has resulted in the prevalence of smart meters and genetically modified organisms (GMO). We, as activists, are now placed in the difficult position of trying to undo massive industries with ever-growing resources. In this case, however, it’s a pretty good indication of how potentially harmful cell tower radiation is when one government agency openly attacks another and issues a reminder about their proper responsibilities for health and the environment.

In lieu of bringing government agencies and reckless corporate entities fully to heel, we would do well to study how we can protect our own bodies at least from the effects of living in an electromagnetic soup.

While some look to holistic methods, there are some interesting high-tech solutions to help thwart the high-tech invasion. Dylan Charles recently featured some positive developments from Tesla’s Innovational Technologies in Australia.

These products are based on the original scientific genius of Nikola Tesla, the man who invented modern electric power systems in the early 20th century. After realizing the harm which EMF from high-voltage AC electric power lines and other electromagnetic radiation causes to human health, he developed a method to alter the atomic structure of titanium so that it becomes a transceiver of a very fine, bio-friendly energy known as “photon” or “tachyon” energy.”

EMF neutralizing products include: phone tags, personal pendants, travel plates, computer plates, house plates, and car plates. Each type of plate is unique in its circumference, diameter, thickness, and is typically made from one of the Earth’s natural elements. Personal items are touted to significantly boost vitality and strengthen the immune system.

More about Tesla’s titanium products made by Tesla’s Innovational Technologies can be found here. (Source)

If you have your own research or sources about solutions to the expanding threat of electromagnetic radiation, please leave your thoughts in the comment section. 

Full Department of Interior letter and report is available here.

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Cell Phone Industry Beats Public Health Concern in Maine

And an opportunity presents itself…
Dees Illustration

Kevin Samson
Activist Post

In a case study of political influence over science and a concern for public health, the following story stands near the top.

The dangers of Wi-Fi and the electromagnetic radiation emitted from cell phones and various “smart” devices are quickly becoming a non-debate to anyone who has investigated the reams of studies available.

For starters, please see “34 Scientific Studies Showing Adverse Health Effects From Wi-Fi,” then have a look at “First Study on 4G/LTE Cell Phone Radiation Shows It Affects Brain Activity.”

No doubt it was the type of information presented in these two articles alone that has led to pressure from concerned citizens in Maine.

As Joel Moskowitz, PhD writes in his article “Lobbying Madness: Wireless Radiation Label Bill Passes Maine Legislature Before Dying:”

On March 11, 2014, the Maine House House of Representatives passed an amended version of “The Wireless Information Act” on a vote of 83 to 56. The bill, LD 1013, requires that any manufacturer’s information relating to radio-frequency exposure must be plainly visible on the outside of the cell phone’s product packaging or the packaging must contain a label with the following warning for all cell phones sold in the state that have manufacturer’s safety warnings:

“RF EXPOSURE: To find information relating to radio-frequency exposure, refer to information supplied by the manufacturer and language directing consumers to the page or pages of the owner’s manual or other insert or location where the radio-frequency exposure guidelines or instructions or general information may be found.” (Source)

The Maine Senate agreed and voted 21-14.

So there it was, (in its own roundabout way) to be presented for all to see that it’s been at least acknowledged that cell phone exposure is something consumers should be examining more closely.

However, much like the fiasco surrounding GMO labeling, the decision to pass a cell phone radiation label requirement is itself a half measure. Those who fundamentally oppose GMO assert that the right to know that you – if you read the label then still purchase; or those who never read the label – are being widely poisoned is not much of a right at all. Nevertheless, it was a small step toward making the poisoning more obvious to those who might still be in the dark about the existence of any threat at all.

Until cellular industry lobbyists entered the picture, which is when we again begin to see parallels to what has been happening with GMO activism.

Moskowitz explains what happened next:

Before a bill goes to the Governor for approval in Maine, it is returned to the originating body for enactment, usually a routine matter. However, on March 20, the bill died in the Maine House of Representatives as the House failed to enact it on a 77-60 vote. Cell phone industry lobbyists killed the bill by co-opting the Democratic House leadership to switch their votes from approval to disapproval. Several other states, including California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, have tried to adopt cell phone warning label laws but have been blocked by intense lobbying by the cell phone industry. The industry does not want consumers to read the microwave radiation safety warnings that cell phone manufacturers bury in cell phone user manuals, nor does it want cell phone users to take simple precautions to reduce their risk of harm. The industry has argued before the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that consumers will panic if they are informed about the risks from exposure to cell phone radiation that have been reported in the scientific literature. (emphasis added)

And panic they should. Whenever we see a lobby of this size come in and immediately cause a reversal of position by those who should be representing the public’s interest, we will find that a genuine threat exists.

This is one small example that should demonstrate that half measures cannot be successful. Perhaps additional exposure and pressure will get the cellular lobby to capitulate and force them to embrace more obvious labeling. But returning to the GMO example, it would be wise to begin a campaign straightaway that tells the whole truth.

Here is an example provided by Jon Rappoport of a more aggressive strategy that should be employed by anti-GMO activists:

Suppose you had this TV ad: a mother and her little child stand on their lawn in front of the camera. The mother says, “See the rashes and lesions on my son’s body? Do you know where he got them? From the weed killer we sprayed out of a bottle. It’s called Roundup. It’s made by Monsanto. Do you want this for your child?”

You’ve got the beginning of a powerful and true piece of information, delivered in a way that goes beyond the impact of any poll question about chemicals and food.

Unfortunately, the men who bankrolled Prop 37 and 522 in CA and WA took the poll data at face value. They settled for “the right to know what’s in your food” and stopped there

They thought they had a winner, the only winner.

They need to go back to the drawing board. They have to knock off those bland TV ads they ran in CA and WA and realize they have the opportunity to achieve something much greater.

They can show people the truth about Monsanto and cause the kind of outcome they’ve been hoping for.

If they have the courage for that kind of fight.

GMO labeling alone is not going to add up to a victory in the struggle against Monsanto. Some proponents of labeling admit this. They say, “But you see, we’re educating people about GMOs in the process.”

Well, do you want to really make an impact on people or do you just want to mess around? If you’re serious, forget the polls and the pollsters. Start producing TV ads that bite. Bite hard. (Source)

TV ads showing the dangers of cell phone use, especially in children, might look a bit like the image presented at the top of this article by artist/activist David Dees. Or this one:

Ads that show the direct link between radio frequencies and the human brain and body. Ads that highlight the carcinogenic effects of cellphone radiation, damage to DNA and damage to fertility. Ads that expose that cell phones themselves are constructed with with toxins like mercury, chlorine, and cadmium. Ads that remind people of what they might have missed in U.S. corporate media, like the fact that a Supreme Court in Rome ruled definitively that cell phones can cause brain tumors.

Ads that might even demand a thorough re-examination of where this technology came from and what it was really designed to do. Ads that suggest that just labeling will never be enough. Ads promising crippling class action lawsuits directed at any company who knowingly promotes products that cause suffering and death, with special effort against those who advertise such products to children.

Hat Tip: Take Back Your Power

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10 Ways to Reduce Radiation from Cell Phone Use

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Christina Sarich
Prison Planet.com
March 31, 2014

The world loves its cell phones  - so much so that there are more cell phones on this planet than people! While these technological devices can offer incredible service and ease in a hectic, modern world, they can also be a serious health hazard.

Cell phones emit radiofrequency energy, a form of non-ionizing radiation. Our bodies absorb this radiation and have a difficult time processing it – leading to numerous bodily complications. One study found that 10 years of cellphone use resulted in an average 290% increased risk of brain tumor development. Interestingly, the tumor development was found on the side of the head in which the cellphone was most used.

And while everyone’s soft tissues are especially (negatively) affected by cell phone use, due to developing organs, lower bone density of the skull, lower body weight, and a less effective blood brain barrier, children are very vulnerable to cell phone radiation.

It is easy to see why protecting yourself from cell phone radiation is more important than ever. Below are 10 tips for reducing exposure.

Protecting Against Radiation

1. Use the speakerphone on your cell phone when you can have a public conversation, or hook your cell phone up to an earphone or headphones to keep it as far from you as possible while still talking on it.

2. Keep your phone charged up. When the bars are low on your cell phone it is working harder to capture a signal from the radio towers, which means that the radiation it emits is even greater. Only make calls when your signal is strong. Consider texting when you can’t charge your phone.

3. Text instead of talk. This pings the cell phone towers for seconds rather than minutes and minimizes your radiation exposure.

4. Don’t talk while you drive. The constant movement means that your phone is also trying to make contact with cell phone towers over and over again, increasing its frequency, and therefore your radiation exposure. But you shouldn’t text while you drive either – so don’t do anything while driving!

5. Look for low-radiation emitting phones. There is a list of the 20 best phones for low-radiation emissions, here. The Samsung Galaxy Note is at the top of the list – sorry iPhone users!

6. Go old school. Use a landline. If you are under the age of 20, you might scoff at this suggestion, but landlines don’t expose you to radiation. Wait to talk to your BF at your grandmother’s house on her old wall phone. Your brain will thank you.

7. Don’t put the cell phone to your ear until a call connects. Dial on speaker phone and then if you must talk straight into the phone, only talk once your end-user picks up.

8. Minimize use. Talk less on your phone and you will be exposed to less radiation. I know this is difficult for some of us, but when you can have your conversations in person. I recently took a vacation for an entire week and couldn’t use my cell phone at all. After the first day I had technology withdrawal since I was so used to having a phone in my hand, but after that, it was remarkably peaceful not to have to respond to every little thing within minutes.

9. Keep your cell phone far away from you while sleeping or simply not using your cell phone. There is no reason for it to be close to you if you aren’t using it unless you’re expecting a call – especially if you keep it on sound, not vibrate.

10. Lastly, consider investing in some form of radiation protection. There are tons of products out there, such as Global Healing Center’s cell phone radiation protector. You can also protect yourself from radiation in your home by placing a large electromagnetic field protector in the area.

Additional Sources:

Cancer.gov

This post originally appeared at Natural Society

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Electrohypersensitivity is Real And Treatable

by Milt Bowling
Source: Health Action Magazine Spring 2008


Modern communication systems are making some of us sick, and some to the point of total disability. Such disability is termed electrohypersensitivity (EHS). Unfortunately, involuntary exposure to these communication effects is increasing exponentially. Fortunately, there is finally hope for those suffering.

Recent scientific studies have identified the source of EHS as information carrying radio waves (ICRW)-the packets of voice, data and text carried on main transmitting signals. Early onset clinical symptoms include migraines, heart arrhythmia, ringing in the ears, fatigue, short and long term memory loss, nosebleeds, dizziness, nausea, skin rashes and insomnia. Published scientific studies link ICRW exposure to brain and eye cancer, tumours of the auditory nerves and salivary glands and autism in young children.

In our modern society, sufferers have nowhere to hide from the cause of their illness. Many don’t even realize the root cause of their affliction. Doctors, and the sufferer’s family, often think the symptoms are all in the person’s head. Doctor visits usually result in calming medication and a referral to a mental health professional.

The World Health Organization and Health Canada acknowledge that EHS exists, but deny that it has anything to do with electromagnetic fields. Sweden, on the other hand, classifies EHS as a disability, like blindness, and provides compensation.

Due to the recent understanding and acceptance of the cause of EHS, clinically validated treatments are now available. Ironically, it is the cell membrane’s normally protective reaction to ICRW that lead to symptoms. Because ICRW do not exist in nature, the membrane’s response to them is to “harden” its surface, which prevents nutrients from entering and toxins from leaving. Treatment involves reversing this harm by targeting the damaging pathways in the pathological mechanism using preventive and therapeutic interventions.

Electrohypersensitivity involves treatment from three complementary perspectives. First is primary intervention, which focuses on avoidance of the cause, which can include shielding rooms in the home or office, and wearing protective garments. Secondary intervention focuses on repairing or alleviating the symptoms caused by the exposure. The third focus is rebuilding the health of the individual by strengthening the immune system and bringing mental and physical wellbeing into balance. The latter intervention could include improved diet, exercise, nutritional supplements, yoga and meditation, for example.

The Help for Wireless Victims (HWV) organization (mobilfunkkritiker.com) was launched in Germany this year with plans to expand to other countries, including Canada. HWV aims to provide the following:
–Medical monitoring and screening for wireless radiation induced health effects;
–Treatment for wireless radiation-induced medical problems;
–Monetary compensation for wireless radiation emitting device-induced damages, including past medical costs, loss of income, and loss of consortium and loss of employment.

The organizers of HWV say funds must be provided through all possible sources, including the wireless technology industry, appropriate government agencies, philanthropists and political organizations around the world.

The Canadian launch of HWV will be formally announced by the founder of the Safe Wireless Initiative, Dr. George Carlo, at a Health Action Network Society (HANS) event, co-sponsored with Common Ground Magazine, May 2, 2008. HANS will also assist in developing the network of preferred providers for the Canadian program.

Finally, there is hope for electrohypersensitive people. In addition, the HWV associated clinics will also provide interventions for those with multiple chemical sensitivities, autism, addictions and other conditions.

Milt Bowling is president of the Clean Energy Foundation and chair of the HANS Electromagnetic Task Force.

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Warning: Has Your Home Become a Microwave?

Do you know how close your home is to cell towers and or cell phone antennas? “Being exposed to a mobile tower located within 160’ of your home or workplace is like being in a microwave oven for 24 hours,” said Prof. Girish Kumar…

 

by Samantha Clove

 

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published on Natural News 27 March 2014
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imageDo you know how close your home is to cell towers and or cell phone antennas? “Being exposed to a mobile tower located within 160’ of your home or workplace is like being in a microwave oven for 24 hours,” said Prof. Girish Kumar, department of electrical engineering, IIT Bombay, who submitted a report on cell tower radiation to the department of telecommunications.

 

Knowledge is power.  Locate the number of towers and cellphone antennas you are living and working near.  You can find the exact number by simply putting your address into this service:

 

http://www.antennasearch.com

 

I am always disgusted when I see what a pathetic job the US does in removing toxins and other environmental risks for their citizens. Once again we are on the list of almost worst offenders in this regards.

 

Country Limits: Radiation Values and norms in other countries are more stringent and allowed exposure is much lower than in US.  (stated in milliwatts per meter square)

 

Switzerland: 42 mw/m sq

Russia: 100 mw/m sq

China: 400 mw/m sq

US: 3000 mw/m sq

India: 4,500 mw/m sq

 

Several studies done in various countries — such as Germany, Austria, Brazil, Israel, etc — have reported increase in cancer cases in 5 to 10 years, where radiation level was more than 1 mW/m2.

 

Cancer is the last stage and before that, people living close to mobile phone towers have reported sleep disturbances, headaches, memory loss, lack of concentration, fatigue, joint pains, vision distortion, miscarriage, heart problems, etc.

 

Also, these safety standards are based on 6 minutes per day exposure, without accounting for people who live close to cell towers 24/7. The norms allow EMF of 4,500 mw/m2.

 

What you can do to protect yourself:

 

Don’t buy a home near one even if the price is right.

Maximize your health through proper nutrition and good hydration.

People who are living within ¼ to ½ mile of a mobile tower should get their houses tested for radiation.

Eat foods high in antioxidants and take supplements.

Limit your use of wireless devices. Go back to ‘wired’ connections whenever possible.

 

People can refuse to work or shop in environments that endanger their health. They can demand that wireless devices be removed from their children’s schools and from their work and entertainment places.

Don’t let cell phone companies install cell phone antennas on the roofs of schools where your children attend.

An apartment owners Association or Resident Welfare Association (RWA) should ensure that service providers and property owners have permission from occupants before installing Cell phone Towers.

If any citizen has apprehensions, he should seek an explanation from the company putting up the tower. If that remedy fails then they have a right to approach the court of law.

 

You can also use the antennasearch.com site to check for future proposed towers to keep up with what you are being exposed to.

 

 

Resources:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/wellness/is-mobile-phone-tower-radiation-a-health-hazard/article1-889268.aspx

http://static.ewg.org/reports/2009/CellPhoneRadiation_ScienceReview_2009.pdf

http://bioinitiative.org/report/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/BioInitiativePressRelease1-1-2013.pdf

Mike Adams/Natural News:http://www.naturalnews.com/044464_cell_towers_EMF_pollution_mental_confusion.html

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WiFi-Free Town Becomes Refuge for People Sickened by Technology

Elizabeth Renter

by  April 25th, 2014 Updated 04/25/2014 at 12:19 am

wifi virginia 263x164 WiFi Free Town Becomes Refuge for People Sickened by TechnologyGreen Bank, West Virginia is small, with around 150 people living inside the Allegheny Mountain Range, part of Appalachia. But this tiny community is growing, not because of the views but because of what it’s missing – wifi and electromagnetic chaos. Green Bank is part of the National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ), established in 1958 by the federal government to reduce “harmful interference to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory”, located nearby. It encompasses 13,000 square miles and is home to one of the world’s largest radio telescopes. In the NRQZ you won’t get a cell phone signal, radio reception, and you definitely won’t find a WiFi hotspot. But this is one dead-zone that people are flocking to.

Known as “WiFi refugees”, Green Bank is attracting people who have experienced negative health reactions to electromagnetic fields—those put off by WiFi and cell phones. As of 2013, more than 30 people have relocated to West Bank claiming Electromagnetic Sensitivity, and all of them have reported remarkable improvements.

“I used to be sick all the time when I lived in Iowa. I was in constant pain,” said Diane Schou, according to the Daily Mail. “If anyone came near me with a cell phone or a device with Wi-Fi I would be in agony. But since I’ve moved to Green Banks the illnesses have cleared up.”

The World Health Organization (WHO) says electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is characterized by a variety of symptoms but is not part of any recognized syndrome. The list of those symptoms most common with EHS are: “dermatological symptoms (redness, tingling, and burning sensations) as well as neurasthenic and vegetative symptoms (fatigue, tiredness, concentration difficulties, dizziness, nausea, heart palpitation, and digestive disturbances).” ___________

Cell Phones, EMF Negatively Altering Important Regions of the Brain

Mike Barrett

by  January 27th, 2012 Updated 11/06/2012 at 12:56 pm

satelitewaves 210x131 Cell Phones, EMF Negatively Altering Important Regions of the Brain A new Greek scientific study has demonstrated how frequency electromagnetic fields, namely cell phones, portable phones, WiFi, and wireless computer equipment, alter important protein changes in the brains of animals. Exposure to electromagnetic frequencies is the result of our advancing technologies, but it is important to study these effects so people know exactly what they’re dealing with in order to take the necessary precautionary measures. The study, entitled “Brain proteome response following whole body exposure of mice to mobile phone or wireless DECT base radiation,” was published in the journal Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine. Important areas of the brain such as the hippocampus, cerebellum, and frontal lobe are regions responsible for learning, memory, and other functions. These areas are negatively impacted by microwave radiation, even at levels below the safety guidelines put in place by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation protection.

Researchers found that 143 proteins in the brain were negatively impacted by radio frequency radiation over a period of 8 months. A total of 3 hours of cell phone exposure were simulated over the 8 month time period, and the results showed that many neural function related proteins’ functional relationship changed the for worse. It is known that short term exposure of microwaves exuded from a cell phone, depending on how far the antenna is from the head, can penetrate as much as 1 1/2 inches into the brain, but this study focuses more on the long term effects and how EMF impacts specific brain proteins. This provides new evidence of the potential relationship between EMF and health complications stemming from EMF such as headaches, dizziness, sleep disorders, and even tumors and Alzheimer’s disease. Another study conducted by a Russian team of researchers also showed that EMF and cell phones cause significant long-term cognitive decline in children. It may be time for parents to re-determine if young children should really be using these devices with growing bodies and developing brains. A number of foreign countries are attempting to adopt precautionary protocols to limit cell phone use in an attempt to mitigate the number of adverse effects they have on human health. In 2011, the WHO/IARC released a report stating that cell phone radiation may have a carcinogenic effect on humans. In fact, the World Health Organization actually said that cell phones are in the same cancer-causing category as lead, engine exhaust, and chloroform.

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These protesters are calling for an end to ‘pylon and wind farm lunacy’

MORE THAN 3,000 protesters have flocked to Dublin, calling on the government to revisit plans to build wind turbines and pylons across the county.   by The Journal
published on The Journal 15 Apr 2014 republished here under the term of Fair Use

MORE THAN 3,000 protesters have flocked to Dublin, calling on the government to revisit plans to build wind turbines and pylons across the county.   Their fears range from how it will affect our health and water supply, to the impact the plans could have on tourism.   Many are calling increased use of other forms of renewable energy such as biomass.   The protest was organised by Wind Aware, an umbrella group representing opposed to pylons, high-power cables and large-scale wind farms.   We spoke to some of those protesting outside Leinster House today:

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Pentagon to use drones to create remote wi-fi hotspots

Cheryl K. Chumley
BBC
April 14, 2014

The Pentagon is planning to turn old drones into wi-fi hotspots.

The equipment needed for long-range high-bandwidth wi-fi is often unavailable to troops in the field.

Engineers hope this will be remedied with airborne wi-fi hotspots that can remain close to isolated troops.

The move is similar to Facebook’s initiative to bring the world online with blanket wi-fi, but some critics fear the drones will compromise security.

Getting access to a secure, stable and fast internet connection might become easier for remote US troops if the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (Darpa) latest wi-fi hotspot programme successfully launches.

Full article here

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Whirling Wi-Fi: Vibrant + images reveal how wireless networks sweep and surround us

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Here is an visual representation of the evil waves that envelope us.  They may look pretty but they are destroying health.

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By JONATHAN O’CALLAGHAN

A student has produced a series of vivid photographs that reveal what the networks that keep us connected to the web look like.

The images, created by Luis Hernan from Newcastle University, show spectres of Wi-Fi sweeping and swirling around in bright beams.

They were produced as part of Hernan’s Digital Ethereal project, which aims to bring the invisible world around us to life.

Newcastle University student Luis Hernan produced these photographs of the invisible wireless networks as part of his studies. Hernan, who is studying for a PhD in Architecture and Interactive Design, used self-designed equipment to create the images

Newcastle University student Luis Hernan produced these photographs of the invisible wireless networks as part of his studies. Hernan, who is studying for a PhD in Architecture and Interactive Design, used self-designed equipment to create the images

 

HOW THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN

 

Student Luis Hernan created the photographs using a custom-made instrument designed to reveal them.

It scans continuously for wireless networks, and transforms the signal strength to colour LEDs.

The results are multi-coloured streaks of light which twirl and wrap in spaces, showing how they surround objects and people.

Hernan has also created an app which can be downloaded for free, for Android devices called Kirlian, which allows people to see the strength of Wi-Fi around them.

Luis, who is studying for a PhD in Architecture and Interaction Design, said he is fascinated with the idea of being able to see the hidden wireless networks which surround us.

 

‘I call the images “spectres” because wireless networks remind me of ghosts,’ he said.

‘They are there but you can’t see them with the human eye.

‘The fact we are becoming increasingly reliant on something that we can’t see intrigues me. I wanted to find a way to show the wireless which is around us and also to show how it changes.

‘It is an impossibly fragile and volatile infrastructure that holds our digital technologies together, and shapes the way in which we interact with the digital world.

‘Something as seemingly inconsequential as walking around the house will interfere with and reshape their propagation and strength field.

‘Close the wrong door, and the bedroom becomes a dead spot for wireless.’

Hernan captured the images using a piece of self-designed equipment that converts signal strength into colour images. He also has an app available on Android called Kirlian that enables people to measure the strength of Wi-Fi around them for themselves

Hernan captured the images using a piece of self-designed equipment that converts signal strength into colour images. He also has an app available on Android called Kirlian that enables people to measure the strength of Wi-Fi around them for themselves

 

The images show how Wi-Fi signals of different strengths surround objects and people. They were created using a programme that changes colour depending on the strength of a signal - blue is strongest, ranging to red at the other end of the scale

The images show how Wi-Fi signals of different strengths surround objects and people. They were created using a programme that changes colour depending on the strength of a signal – blue is strongest, ranging to red at the other end of the scale

 

Hernan created the photographs using a custom-made instrument designed to reveal them.

It scans continuously for wireless networks, and transforms the signal strength to colour LEDs.

The results are multi-coloured streaks of light which twirl and wrap in spaces, showing how they surround objects and people.

This image shows how Wi-Fi signals around a ladder may appear
While this image reveals how Wi-Fi signals surround people when using their phones

The left-hand image shows how Wi-Fi signals around a ladder may appear, while the image on the right reveals how Wi-Fi signals surround people when using their phones

 

 

Hernan has also created an app which can be downloaded for free, for Android devices called Kirlian, which allows people to see the strength of Wi-Fi around them.

He said: ‘I would love other people to get involved and to create their own images using the app.

‘I used it as part of an exhibition of my work, where we hung mobile phones from the ceiling and it showed how signal strength was varying as people moved around the room.’

THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD OF WI-FI

An American artist created his own colourful representations showing what Wi-Fi waves, peaks and pulses would look like if we could see them.

Nickolay Lamm worked with former Nasa astrobiologist M. Browning Vogel last year to learn how the networks move and based the designs on coverage data taken from around the U.S Congress and The National Mall in Washington.

His results show the shape of the Wi-Fi signals, and different colours were used to distinguish the different sub channels.

The Wi-Fi pulses are shown here as spheres. Fields are usually spherical or ellipsoidal and can extend up to 30 metres, and data is sent over channels. Lamm used red, orange, yellow and other colours to represent these invisible channels that make up the overall Wi-Fi signal

 

 

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Mobilize – Documentary Depicting The Dangers Of Cell Phone Radiation

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Cell phone use is only a couple of decades old, and just like anything else we use in this world, revelations regarding their use have not been properly examined and studied until now.

The use of cellular phones has become the norm today for people of all ages, using it to stay connected and keep in touch with friends and family. Almost everyone you see today has a cell phone. That’s why it’s so important to share documentaries like this one which are just starting to surface.

For example, a study conducted by the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC), which included over 20,000 children/ teens between grades 3 and 12, concluded that approximately 20% of grade 3 students already owned a cell phone. The numbers steadily rose from that point forward to approximately 25% in grade 4, 39% in grade 5 and 83% in middle school. You can read that entire study HERE.

So what have we found? Multiple studies have revealed that cell phone radiation can cause cancer. Did you know that The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified radio frequency fields (including those from cell phones) as a possible cause of cancer in 2011? (1) The dangers of cell phone use gained a lot of mainstream credibility in 2011 when the World Health Organization (WHO) admitted that cell phone radiation may cause cancer. The statement was based off of a cumulative decision made by a team of 31 scientists, from 14 different countries, after reviewing evidence that suggested this to be the case. You can read more about that HERE.

It’s great to see films like this getting ready to surface, the film is the trailer to Mobilze, a documentary that is set for release in September 2014.

Cell phones are very valuable devices and they are two wave microwave radios that should not be held directly next to the brain and body. A cell phone is a very weak form of microwave radiation, it’s not as powerful as an oven, but it has a very similar frequency and some of us are using it for thousands of minutes and month right next to our brain. – Dr Devra Davis of Environmental Health Trust. (source)

Related Articles:

Source: 
http://www.cancer.ca/en/prevention-and-screening/be-aware/harmful-substances-and-environmental-risks/cell-phones/?region=on


EHS Free Zone Italy and France | Solution for EHS Sufferers

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  Legal acknowledgement of the condition of EHS and compensation in Australia
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Dr Alexander McDonald and Comcare 

 


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Protecting yourself from artificial HF microwave radiation
is now essential for living a normal life –

A wave of electromagnetic radiation is propagated in a straight line from an emitting source
which can be a relay antenna, a Hertzian repeater, a radar apparatus or even a mobile phone), at a speed of 3 x 10 to the power of 8 m/s.
Various factors in the surrounding area can deflect, reflect or absorb this radiation.

What’s more, a radiating wave is also absorbed by any conductive material that resonates at the same frequency:
H²O (water), rain, 0² (oxygen), the atmosphere, our bones, metallic mesh, etc.
It also interferes with all other frequencies in its vicinity, thus causing a fluctuation in the vibrational pattern of space-time.

In order to avoid all this interference and to be protected effectively against the damaging effects of microwave radiation on the metabolism,
especially when asleep, it is necessary to sleep in a complete Faraday cage.

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France: EHS Refuge Zone “How it works”

The EHS Refuge Zone is an extensive private property in an unspoilt rural area. It has been made available by the organisation without charge as a humanitarian gesture for EHS sufferers in crisis for their rest and refreshment. All the facilities are entirely free.
It is not a White Zone, but a zone with very low radiation untouched by any transmitter beam or EMF. The configuration of the land and the features installed block almost all radiation, but a variable trace level persists. The very low background radiation levels vary from less than 0.01 μW/m² in the insulated caravans to 0.01/0.02 μW/m² in the protected area outdoors.

Since May 2010 a Faraday cage has been made available for extreme cases, to be used for a short period on arrival. Those who wish to stay in the Refuge Zone need to have a caravan with metal bodywork or an approved camper van.
It is not possible to stay in a tent.
People must be able to look after themselves entirely. It is essential to have a trial visit of a few days, especially for the severely EHS, and insulated caravans are available for free for these trail stays. The communal areas are fitted with protection against radiation and since June 2010 with extra shielding against radiation from satellites.

Arranging a stay in the Refuge Zone
Preconditions 
Recommendation: if you are not known to our organisation at all you need to provide a letter of recommendation from a doctor, a campaign group or a person who is known to us.
Liability: An EHS person who stays in the Refuge Zone does so entirely on their own responsibility in all conceivable circumstances. The organisation and the owner of the site accept no liability, civil or criminal, in case of any accident, etc. All vehicles present in the Refuge must be fully legal, and in particular fully insured.

There are two options for a stay:

- If you have your own camper van or a caravan, please send us at
contact@ehs-refuge-zone.eu your date of arrival, even if it is approximate.
A map and directions will be sent to you by return.

- If you do not have a vehicle to stay in please send us at contact@ehs-refuge-zone.eu the exact dates when you would like to stay and we will send you an immediate answer depending on the availability of the caravans.
When you have confirmed your dates a map and directions will be sent to you.
If you wish to travel by train to Valence TGV station, someone can fetch you and take you back,
but the transport will be charged for.
In any case a trial stay cannot exceed 3 days, so that caravan space is available for others. If you wish to stay longer you will have to obtain or rent a caravan or camper van. Some EHS also sleep in an estate car.

Reminder: Our organisation provides certain facilities such as shielded communal areas, gas cookers, showers, toilets, the discharge facility, lighting with incandescent or LED bulbs, earth cables, water, and electricity for those who wish, etc. Apart from that, the residents have to look after everything themselves and keep the place in order.
No animals are allowed.

In June 2010 an organic vegetable garden with irrigation was established in the Refuge for those who wish to use it.

About 1.5km from the Refuge Zone there is a small shop (set up by the district council) that provides basic food, bread and newspapers. There is also a phone box. The nearest organic shop is in the middle of Crest, about 6km away.
It is opposite a car park and easy to find but in an area with phone masts and WiFi, so a protective veil is advisable.

It is possible to send and receive personal emails from the Refuge without charge twice a day at the following address:ehs@ehs-refuge-zone.eu

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SPAIN JUDGEMENT:
Hypersensitivity to the waves produced
by mobile phones becomes a new cause of permanent disability

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Health Practices Discharge Practice

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EMF Measures
Faraday Cage= – 87,6 dBm = 0,00037106 V/m

HF conversion table
Readings from spectrum analyser*
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* Calculation dBm <->µW/m2 (V/m),
valid for the used Antenna (Gigahertz-Solutions UBB27-SA)

Tables conversions et d’équivalences [click]
Conversion Puissance Voltage / Power to Voltage conversion

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A world first at the EHS Refuge Zone (France):
Health practices, initiating the discharge unit

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Initiating the discharge unit

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Location of the discharge unit

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Work ALGECOs = Faraday cage

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 - ALGECO unit: structure and supporting frame 100% metal, double ceiling in metal panels insulated
with glass wool, external structure 40mm thick and doors in double sandwich of rigid Duralumin (Au4G)
with foam insulation, floor OMEGA metallic supports, all wiring enclosed in the metal structure.
Additional  improvements:
Protection of the openings and ventilation against LF 50Hz and HF 300Hz – 300GHz.

Thus with a few additional protective modifications the basic ALGECO model can provide
a solution for the EHS who live in a place polluted by artificial EMFs.


Views
Meeting room Faraday cage
EHS Self-diagnosis

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Posters

 - Introduction
Artificial HF radiation from microwaves causes changes in the proteins of the cell membrane, which trigger a signal that modifies the level of internal calcium, then activates enzymes and creates stress proteins. Enzymes first of all set off a chain reaction, then, if the signal persists, the stress proteins block several processes within the cell itself, such as the messages between brain cells called neuromediators, resulting in a change in brain activity.
In addition, exposure of the brain to HF microwave radiation for more than 3 minutes causes an opening of the Brain-Blood Barrier. It takes an hour to eliminate the stress proteins created by making a mobile phone call.  For people who live close to a relay antenna and who are irradiated continuously, this period of rest and recovery is impossible.

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Other ALGECOs = Faraday cage

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EHS Refuge Zone: earth contact for the Faraday cage

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EHS: Testimony Marie-Christine “I’m no longer electrosensitive”

ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASES: WHEN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION “CAN’T HELP YOU”


Video report France 3 : Phone masts beam (Grenoble-France), WHO, BioInitiative 0,6 V/m.


EHS Refuge Zone
Health Zone Open Zone (free)

Media: photos available in HR, citation required: www.next-up.org

 – French version (click) . . . .  – Deutsch Version (klicken)

contact@ehs-refuge-zone.eu

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German EHS telecom engineer staying on the Refuge Zone

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EHS Refuge Zone: the first delivery

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EHS Refuge Zone: Only just!

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Paul keeps an eye on the delivery manoeuvre

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First unit for the EHS International Centre for Study and Contact (hi-tech and no radiation)

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“France has its first radiation-free refuge in the Drôme”


Report (FR)
EHS Refuge Zone

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European Survey_Uk Version

In the face of the present unprecedented increase in artificial microwave radiation in the environment, there is a vital need to obtain up to date information as a basis for a comprehensive assessment of the impact of this radiation on people’s health.

This questionnaire for the general public is easy to fill in and anonymous.
For it to be credible and representative it is essential for it to be circulated widely in Europe and worldwide so that we can amass the maximum statistical data.

Designed originally in a printed version by Dr Roger Santini, it has been updated so that people who live close to relay antennas can give the full details of their experience.
The statistics gathered from this enquiry will be sent anonymously to scientists
and health organisations for analysis and publication.

Please help circulate this questionnaire.

TV reports compiled (Fr): click

France 3 TV report : click

Protective veil and standard relay antennas 2.70m high

Swedish EHS children feel better immediately when their electrostatic charge is released into the ground

The thrill of feeling better!

EHS Refuge Zone Open Zone Health Zone (free)

10 2009 reports : BBC, AFP, BFM TV,. . .

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Sibylle and Michael

Measures HF: 0,0107 V/m

Faraday cage (open) : interviews Claire and Sibylle

interviews Claire and Sibylle

interviews Philippe (EHS)

Sibylle and Claire (EHS)


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Improvements after the first trial visits

Entrance to the EHS Refuge Zone, a completely secluded private area that is part of a listed rural conservation zone
without any inhabitants or potential development – and therefore without any radiation from relay antennas. 

New sign on the approach road

Communal area: new protective measures to exclude the trace background radiation from the Hertzian repeaters in GHz

Entrance to the communal area

Protection for the central seating area from the background radiation

Within the new protective enclosure

Cooking area (communal area)

 – EHS Refuge Zone Open Zone (Free)
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A new caravan for the EHS that functions as a Faraday cage

Protecting yourself from artificial HF microwave radiation
is now essential for living a normal life –

A wave of electromagnetic radiation is propagated in a straight line from an emitting source
which can be a relay antenna, a Hertzian repeater, a radar apparatus or even a mobile phone), at a speed of 3 x 10 to the power of 8 m/s.
Various factors in the surrounding area can deflect, reflect or absorb this radiation.

What’s more, a radiating wave is also absorbed by any conductive material that resonates at the same frequency:
H²O (water), rain, 0² (oxygen), the atmosphere, our bones, metallic mesh, etc.
It also interferes with all other frequencies in its vicinity, thus causing a fluctuation in the vibrational pattern of space-time.

In order to avoid all this interference and to be protected effectively against the damaging effects of microwave radiation on the metabolism,
especially when asleep, it is necessary to sleep in a complete Faraday cage.

The Microwave Syndrome

Tests in extreme conditions of the new Faraday cage (here the DDP readings are above 10V!)
Dossier in progress on the true levels of electromagnetic radiation that the public is subjected to

Faraday cage: Graph Measures = – 87,6 dBm = 0,00037106 V/m
corresponding approximately to ambient noise

Conversions table and equivalences [click]

Turning a caravan into a Faraday cage takes about 200 hours’ work for
a basic caravan of 5-6m with entirely metallic bodywork (this one is Duralumin Au4G of 10/10th thickness),
with a bolted and soldered metallic structure and chassis and wheel arches all in metal.

Reflective metallic paint for the outside

Taking out all the interior fittings to insert a new floor covering in Duralumin 4/10th sheet
(Duralumin is an alloy of aluminium, copper, magnesium and manganese)

Adding 15 layers of protection to the inside

As finished: double bed

Sitting area

Cooking area and bathroom with and without carpet

Bio-rupters (interrupt the 2 phases)

Edison 20W bulb that does not give off radiation . . . and provides 95% of the energy to heat the caravan.
With the use of low-energy CFL bulbs that has been imposed recently, everybody’s heating bill will be going up!
Enviro2B


Faraday Cage: why use a stainless steel grille of 0.8 mm mesh for the ventilation?

A law of physics tells us that for counteracting EM radiation the mesh spacing should be less than 1/4 of the wavelength of the radiating HF wave,
ie bi-band mobile phone frequencies 900 MHz (33.3cm), 1800 MHz (16.5cm), UMTS up to 2200 MHz = 2.2 GHz (13cm), and up to Wi-fi 2.4 GHZ (12.5cm),
which makes a 3cm mesh.

However experience shows that this theoretical construct does not tally with the facts.
Our experience shows that to absorb radiation effectively the mesh has to be less than 2mm (as in the metallic mesh used for food protection).

EHS Refuge Zone: earth contact (D=240mm) for the Faraday cage caravan with post in stainless steel 260x50x10mm 

Faraday cage chassis: detail (zoom) of the stainless steel earth, with 32mm² cables (BTR stainless steel D=12mm)

EHS Refuge Zone Open Zone (Free)

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StopSmartMeters.org.uk

190 Scientists & Experts Urge UN to Deal with Emerging Wireless Public Health Crisis

On May 11, 2015   

190 scientists from 38 nations have submitted the International EMF Scientist Appeal to the United Nations, UN member states and the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting they adopt more protective exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields (EMF) and wireless technology in the face of increasing evidence of risk from this rapidly increasing environmental pollutant. The scientists who have signed the Appeal have collectively published over 2,000 peer-reviewed papers on the biological or health effects of non-ionizing radiation.  It was submitted on 11 may 2015 to His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, to Dr. Margaret Chan, MD, Director General of the World Health Organization, and to the United Nations Member States. Here is Dr. Martin Blank’s three-minute video announcing the Appeal.

Dr. Blank has had over 30 years of experience conducting EMF research at Columbia University and is a past president of the International Bioelectromagnetics Society. In his own words, Dr. Blank gives a compelling explanation of the major health crisis we are facing due to increasing levels of environmental pollution from growing and expanding EMF sources. We encourage you to read quotes about the importance of this Appeal by some of the scientists who signed it: http://www.emfscientist.org/index.php/science-policy/expert-emf-scientist-quotations Learn more: http://www.emfscientist.org – See more at: http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/190-scientists-experts-urge-un-to-deal-with-emerging-wireless-public-health-crisis/#sthash.QlzH40r0.dpuf

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Is Wi-Fi making your child ill? – Telegraph

As France bans Wi-Fi in nursery and primary schools, a British expert who has given up using wireless gadgets says we should do the same Invisible threat: children exposed to wireless radiation could be at risk By Florence Waters 7:00AM BST 09 May 2015 Six years ago, […]Read more →

 

“Media Blackout on Smart Meter Dangers” Wins Project Censored Award

Prof. James Tracy’s story, “Health Impact of RF Radiation: Media Blackout on Smart Meter Dangers,” published at Memory Hole Blog and by Professor Michel Chossudovsky, editor of Global Research, in January 2014, was nominated by student researchers and faculty evaluators working with Project Censored at San Francisco […]Read more →

 

Lloyd’s of London EXCLUDES liability coverage for harm from RF-EMFs/wireless radiation

via Smart Meter Harm and Citizens For Safe Technology Credit to Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters in British Columbia, for bringing this information to the public’s attention.  Listen to an interview with Sharon here. Lloyd’s of London excludes any liability coverage for claims; “Directly […]Read more →

 

The Debate Is Over: Researchers Conclude Wireless Radiation Causes Cancer After Latest Scientific Findings Announced

National advocacy group calls on major children’s health organizations to promote safe technology in schools with the “Turn It Off 4 Kids” Initiative Feb. 3, 2015 – The National Association for Children and Safe Technology (NACST) is taking action after two recently published studies indicate there is […]Read more →

 

WiFi BANNED in pre-school childcare facilities by French Government

This week the French Parliament passed a law addressing the serious issues of electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic hypersensitivity.  While the new law does not go far enough, it is a bold move and the first of its kind in the world. Reported in Le Monde newspaper, among […]Read more 

Prof. Martin Pall – How WiFi & other EMFs Cause Biological Harm

[Video] “I think this is going to be one of the major issues in the next few years. Most people are not aware of this, and the people who are mostly know the old data – and there’s a lot of new [information] on this that’s extremely, […]Read more →

 

Dr. Erica Mallery-Blythe – Electromagnetic Radiation, Health and Children 2014

[Video] British ER physician and PHIRE founder, Dr Erica Mallery-Blythe, recently delivered this brilliant synopsis of the harm being done to our children – and all future generations – from our pathological addiction to microwave-emitting, wireless devices. Wireless baby monitors, laptops, tablets, smart phones and ‘smart’ meters  […]Read more →

 

Electrosensitive: Outliers in a Wireless World – Extended Preview

The following links are mainly from stories we have posted on the health effects of EMR.  The collection is by no means exhaustive but is a good starting point for those wanting to learn more about an issue which will affect all of us in some way. […]Read more →

 

Bombshell: Nokia’s ex-Chief Technologist says mobile phones wrecked his health

This is a translation of an article published in Finnish newspaper, Satakunnan kansa. The translation was kindly provided by Henrik Eriksson. For links to the Finnish language text, see here: http://betweenrockandhardplace.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/former-nokia-technology-chief-mobile-phones-wrecked-my-health/ ***************** Former Nokia Boss: Mobile-Phones wrecked my health by Anne Nikka [English translation Henrik Eiriksson] Nokia’s […]Read more →

 

The Smart (Meter) Agenda – Mike Mitcham, AV5

 

Natural Health Show Interviews Dr Elizabeth Evans – Health Impacts of WiFi & Smart Meters

This is an excellent podcast of a radio interview with Stop Smart Meters‘ very own Dr Liz Evans, by the founder of Arnica UK, Anna Watson. Some links: British Medical Doctor’s Letter calling for action against wireless technologies (PDF) US Naval Medical Research Institute Report from 1971 […]Read more →

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Two new reports highlight significant Smart Meter risks from EMP & RF/microwave radiation

via Take Back Your Power. Dr. Isaac Jamieson has authored two significant reports on risk awareness, both of which are directly related to liability created by so-named “smart” meters and “smart” grid technologies.  The abridged reports are linked below. The report “RF / Microwave Radiation Risk Awareness” […]Read more →

 

Interview with Dr Samuel Milham on Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) and Dirty Electricity

This is an excerpt from an interview with epidemiologist Dr Samuel Milham, the full version of which is available free of charge for the next 48 hours as part of the EMFSummit. Dr. Milham is the author of “Dirty Electricity”, a book which lays out the link […]Read more →

 

‘Smart’ Meter Fires Provoke Mass Removal of 175,000 Units in Canada and US

 

WARNING: ‘Smart’ Meter Fire Risks – Refuse Smart Meters!

Having razed numerous homes to the ground in the United States and Canada, fire-breathing ‘Smart’ Meters are now coming to the UK.  And they could provide you with a highly ‘innovative’ (but very expensive) way of heating your home. The EMF Safety Network this year reported fires, […]Read more →

 

Is a 300% increase in Crohn’s disease the result of our escalating exposure to wireless technologies?

Stop Smart Meters! (UK) – London, UK – 26 June 2014 Guest Post:  by Dr Andrew Goldsworthy You may have seen recent reports of a 300% increase in Crohn’s disease, such as this article in the Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/crohns-disease-hospital-admissions-surge-300-because-of-junk-food-and-antibiotics-9548524.html Possible explanations for the rising trend include the use […]Read more →Back to Top

Mobile Phone Radiation Leads to Oxidation in Cells – Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology & Radiobiology (Kiev)

The Ukrainian group of scientists around Igor Yakymenko at the Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology in Kiev consider it to be proven that mobile phone radiation leads to harmful oxidation processes in cells through the overproduction of free radicals. In the editorial ” Low intensity […]Read more →

 

BabySafe Project – Know Your Exposure, Protect Your Baby

The BabySafe Project is a new, public awareness initiative designed to inform women about the risks of wireless radiation in pregnancy and offers 10 ways to reduce wireless exposure – including sleeping as far away as possible from wireless Smart Meters (better still: get them removed). The […]Read more →

 

Internationally-acclaimed biochemist calls for action against Smart Meters, WiFi in schools & baby monitors

Prof. Martin Pall is the Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences at Washington State University.  He has been studying environmental medicine and chronic illnesses for nearly 15 years and has received eight international honours for his work. In this short presentation, Prof. Pall lays to […]Read more →

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“Not-so-smart meters” – What Doctors Don’t Tell You magazine exposes Smart Meter threats

Our thanks go to What Doctors Don’t Tell You magazine and columnist Guy Hudson for their excellent article this month on the dangers of Smart Meters. You can pick up a copy of the magazine – published monthly – in WH Smiths, or subscribe at http://www.wddty.com. To […]Read more →

Prof. Olle Johansson, PhD – Electromagnetic Fields & The Largest, Full-Scale Experiment Ever

Dr. Johansson is Associate Professor in the Neuroscience department of the world-renowned, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. In this talk, he presents his long-standing concerns as a neuroscientist relating to electromagnetic fields on human and other biological organisms.  The presentation, which lays out copious evidence for harmful […]Read more →

Is Wireless Science Being Hidden from the Public?

by Eileen O’Connor, Director, Radiation Research Trust http://www.radiationresearch.org/ “500 million citizens relying on SCENIHR: Is  Science Being Hidden from the Public?” The European Commission in collaboration with the Greek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) under the auspices of the EU Council Greek Presidency organised a major workshop in Athens on EMF […]Read more →

Dept. of Interior Attacks FCC regarding Adverse Impact of Cell Tower Radiation on Wildlife

The Department of Interior charges that the FCC standards for cell phone radiation  are outmoded and no longer applicable as they do not adequately protect wildlife. The Director of the Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance of the United States Department of the Interior sent a letterto […]Read more →

PHE (Public Health England) to rebrand as PHUK in “PR Gaff of the Year”

LONDON, ENGLAND, APRIL 1st, 2014 Exactly one year to the day after the UK’s Health Protection Agency rebranded to “Public Health England”, the agency has announced it is to change its name again – to Public Health UK, or “PHUK”. Amid raised eyebrows from government insiders – […]Read more →

A world-first clinical study into the harmful effects of Smart Meters

TRANSLATED ARTICLE The Huffington Post Canada | By André Fauteux An Australian family physician has rigorously documented 92 cases of patients with symptoms of EHS occurred after the installation of an electricity meter emits radio frequency ( RF) pulse. A world first, the case study of Dr. […]Read more →

Dr Karl Maret – EMF concerns of Smart Meters

Dr. Karl Maret is an engineer, physician, former researcher in the Canadian Armed Forces and expert in electromagnetic fields.  He is President of Dove Health Alliance in Aptos, CA and Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policy in Washington, D.C..  Dr. […]Read more →

Insurance firm, Swiss Re, warns of large losses from “unforeseen consequences” of wireless technologies

Specialists from the Emerging Risks team at leading global reinsurance firm, Swiss Re, are warning the insurance industry that “unforeseen consequences of electromagnetic fields” could lead to a raft of claims and significant product liability losses in the next 10 years. In its Swiss Re SONAR Emerging […]Read more →

Google Glass: Enthusiasts Complaining of Headaches – Calls for Warning Labels

[The following story from CNet yesterday seems to discuss an important phenomenon without specifically identifying it – that is, a common symptom of Electromagnetic-Hypersensitivity (EHS).  EHS is often a debilitating condition that is thought to affect between 4% and 30% of the population (to varying degrees) when […]Read more →

WiFi *BANNED* in pre-school childcare facilities by French government

(NaturalNews)  The French National Assembly has adopted a bill to limit exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) generated by wireless technologies – cell phones, tablets, Wi-Fi etc.  This bill will mean the following: • A ban on Wi-Fi in all childcare facilities for children under the age of […]Read more →

UK’s £12 billion ‘Smart’ Meter programme is FCUKED

The UK’s smart metering is set to be the country’s next Government IT disaster, writes Nick Hunn – saddling consumers with a £12 billion cost on their fuel bills for little or no benefit. Having delayed the Fiendishly Complicated United Kingdom Enduring Deployment (FCUKED) of smart meters earlier […]Read more →

Plants won’t grow near Wi-Fi routers, experiment finds (Natural News)

[SSM] Thanks to Natural News for the mention in their write-up of this wonderful classroom study. [/] (NaturalNews) It’s not difficult to understand the appeal of Wi-Fi. This revolutionary technology, which has been commercially available since 1999, eliminates cabling and wiring for computers, reduces cellular usage charges […]Read more →

Dangers of the Smart Grid & the Artificial Biosphere – Red Ice Radio

Our thanks to Red Ice Radio for inviting Mike to their show for a recent interview.  If you have not come across the Red Ice podcast previously, it provides a enlightening alternative to corporate-sponsored media. Our discussion centers on the major privacy and health concerns with the […]Read more →

Bees, Birds and Mankind – how wireless radiation is destroying the natural world order

The Effects of Wireless Communication Technologies – a report published by the Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity, Environment and Democracy The following report is authored by Dr. Ulrich Warnke, an internationally renowned bioscientist at Saarland University.  His research, for decades, has centered around the effects […]Read more →

Scientific Studies Showing Adverse Biological Effects + Damage From Wi-Fi

[EDIT:  if you like this post, you will probably find this one interesting too: Major wireless telecoms company patent admits exposure to WiFi is “genotoxic” and “causes clear damage to hereditary material” – click here] Here is a collection of scientific papers finding adverse biological effects or damage […]Read more →

RT exposes leaked Motorola email: “We have sufficiently war-gamed the [mobile phone dangers] issue”

News channel RT has released this excellent piece by Daniel Bushell on how the dangers of wireless radiation are being “war-gamed” (in the words of Motorola executives) and covered-up. As you watch it, bear in mind that Smart Meters emit pulsed microwaves constantly – 24 hours a […]Read more →

Ultrasound Causes Brain Damage in Fetuses: Study

Ultrasound has become routine during pregnancy over the last 3 decades. It is assumed to be safe, though safety was never investigated. Research is now finally being done, and the results are dismal, demonstrating clear and permanent brain damage, as shown in this study. Nearly all babies […]Read more →

First Study on 4G/LTE Cell Phone Radiation Shows It Affects Brain Activity

New peer-reviewed research finds that 30 minutes’ exposure to LTE [4G] cellphone radiation affects brain activity on both sides of the brain. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Sep. 23, 2013 – BERKELEY, Calif. – The first study on the short-term effects of Long Term Evolution […]Read more →

Electromagnetic Pollution & Disease – Interview with Epidemiologist Dr Sam Milham – Coast To Coast AM

Wireless ‘Smart’ Meters will add significant amounts of electromagnetic pollution to people’s homes and the environment.  Exercise your lawful right to refuse them.Read more →

Humanity Faces “An Entire Generation Without The Capacity For Empathy” ~ Dr Devra Davis

The following clip features an urgent warning by Dr Devra Davis – author of Disconnect – during a video interview prior to an event in June 2013 entitled “Cell Phones and Wifi – Are Children, Fetuses and Fertility at Risk?”. Here is a transcription of Davis’s comments […]Read more →

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Live Blood Analysis – Observable Effects of RF/MW Radiation from ‘Smart’ Meter

The following clip is an excerpt from upcoming documentary, Take Back Your Power – a critical investigation of the Smart Metering phenomenon and Smart Grid.  It shows observable effects of the RF/MW radiation from a Smart Meter on human blood cells using dark-field microscopy. Please watch and […]Read more →

The FRACKtured Future of Water: Millions to face higher bills with compulsory water meters to quench UK’s thirst for FRACKING

The corporate-led worlds of Smart Metering and Fracking seem like they are about to converge around our most precious commodity: water. The Telegraph’s Tim Ross yesterday reported that millions of people will face higher bills under plans to make water meters compulsory. “Water companies across a third […]Read more →

Dr R M Powell: Biological Effects from RF Radiation – Implications for Smart Meters and Smart Appliances

Applied physicist and Harvard PhD, Dr Ronald M Powell, has authored a very useful document showing the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation in the context of Smart Meters. Of particular note is the Biological Effects Chart which Dr. Powell presents – providing a succinct graphical representation of […]Read more →

New ‘Smart’ Meters vs Mobile Phone Mast – guess what? (Smart Meters worse – video)

Well this doesn’t look good. The following video shows a Gigahertz HF35C RF Analyser being used to compare microwave emissions from a cell phone tower (mobile phone mast) with Smart Meters.  The HF35C is capable of detecting microwave emissions between the 800Mhz and 2.7Ghz range – which […]Read more →

UK medical doctors call for ‘immediate action’ against wireless technologies

Open letter by UK medical doctors: Health and safety of Wi-Fi and mobile phones We wish to highlight our concern over the safety of exposure to microwave radiation from wireless technology, particularly for vulnerable groups like children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with compromised health. There […]Read more →

Authorities in India to relocate 300 mobile towers to “isolated places” over health risks

In the wake of health risk posed by mobile phone towers, the Noida Authority has decided to relocate all such antennas from residential areas of the city. The authority will identify locations in isolated places — far from residential colonies — where they will be relocated. There […]Read more 

Smoking? It’s seriously good for the Treasury, Macmillan told Eden (The Independent)

[SSM]  Story from the Independent in 2008.  If this is what was said about smoking revenues, how valuable are those presently represented by wireless technologies seen to be?  Consider the consumer and enterprise markets for wireless devices, networks, equipment, infrastructure, apps, services, etc. and all associated revenues.  […]Read more →

Smart Meter killing shrub (video)

If anyone has Alan Titchmarsh’s phone number, there is a seriously harmful garden pest we need to warn him about. Comment on YT by video owner: “Three shrubs have been growing against the brick wall of this home for several years. They had such healthy and thick […]Read more →

9th grade student “Cress + WiFi” experiment attracts international attention

Foreign researchers are extremely excited for a biology project from five 9th grade girls. Researchers from England, Holland and Sweden have shown great interest in the five girls’ biology experiments. Take 400 Cress seeds and place them into 12 trays. Then place six trays in two rooms […]Read more →

Prof. Olle Johansson on WiFi radiation – we could have “irreversible sterility within five generations”

Prof. Olle Johansson, neuroscientist at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute (famed for awarding Nobel prizes in physiology and medicine) warns that wireless exposures to our offspring today could mean “irreversible sterility within five generations” because of what he describes as a “full-scale experiment using our own kids.” That’s 150 […]Read more →

T Mobile-funded study into mobile phone radiation ‘covered up’ to obfuscate profound health risks

You might be surprised to learn about what follows given the 13-year period since it should have been front page news.  But with at least 5,000 studies now showing biological harm from electromagnetic radiation, this information is now more important than ever. In 2000 – the same […]Read more →

“There is no justification for the statement that Smart Meters are safe” ~ Dr David Carpenter

In the following clip, physician and former Director at the New York State Department of Health Dr David O. Carpenter shines a light on a major problem associated with Smart Meters – their impact on our health. The question to ask… is what is the evidence that […]Read more →

Family with young children forced to live in the cold, without power, for refusing a Smart Meter

LOS ANGELES- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has terminated electricity to the family of a middle school teacher, her husband, and their six children for refusing to have a smart meter on their home, which they say caused their family serious health problems. In […]Read more →

The Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on Human Health – Camilla Rees

This excellent presentation by Camilla Rees, founder of ElectromagneticHealth.org, was delivered as her keynote address for the Healthy Bodies Healthy Buildings Conference 2012.  It offers a clear, understandable synopsis of some of the science behind health damage from electromagnetic radiation (assiduously backed-up with graphical references) and offers […]Read more →

Prof. Susan Greenfield on the Internet and ‘mind-change’

Professor Susan Greenfield argues that new digital technologies are rewiring the brain’s frontal cortex – the area of the brain responsible for cognitive analysis and abstract thought. Greenfield suggests that ‘mind change’, brought on by increasing internet use and the popularity of social media sites like Twitter […]Read more →

Our Wireless World: A Commercial Bonanza for Big Business, A Train Wreck for the Health of the Consumer

An interview with Cindy Sage, EMR Health Researcher and Editor of the BioInitiative Report, 2012.  From The Morning Show (USA) with Patrick Timpone. Download Cindy Sage speaks out on radio-frequency emissions from cell phones, cell towers, WiFi, cordless phones, Smart Meters, etc. “This very well could be one […]Read more →

Telecom Company’s Patent Admits: Non-Thermal Exposures To Wireless Radiation Is “Genotoxic”, Causes “Clear Damage to Hereditary Material”

Wireless industry’s patent to reduce “electrosmog” from wireless local networks was aimed at reducing the cancer risks associated with non-thermal exposures to microwave radiation Patent states “clear damage to hereditary material has been demonstrated” The system was never adopted Telecoms industry has known – and sought patents […]Read more →

Smart Meters – Engineering a Virtual Panopticon

Our thanks go to the UK Column newspaper for featuring an article written by us this month: http://www.ukcolumn.org.  Please share widely. LONDON, March 7, 2013, Stop Smart Meters! (UK) If you are the average Internet and telephone user, 736 pieces of personal information are collected about you […]Read more →

Belgium BANS Mobile Phones For Children

On the same day that we read reports from the Lancet that the UK is “lagging behind similar countries on many indicators for ill-health” (and continues to lag in the diagnosis and survival of cancer), the Belgian government has announced measures to restrict the use of mobile […]Read more →

Wireless Radiation – See It Measured

This helpful video shows audible wireless radiation emissions from a wireless router and compares them to levels known to cause negative effects.  Similar pulses would be heard from mobile/Smart phones, cordless DECT phones, wireless laptops/tablets/keyboards/mouse/trackpads, Bluetooth headsets/devices, wireless baby monitors, wireless games consoles and, of course, ‘Smart’ […]Read more →

– See more at: http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/category/health-effects/page/3/#sthash.URI3sEXl.dpuf

Insurance Firms Refusing To Cover Mobile Phone Health Claims – Begin Forecasting Brain Tumour Costs Between 2020-2030

Wendy Mesley reports about how many insurance companies are not covering cell phone manufacturers and wireless carriers – 60% refuse to insure purveyors against future health damage suits. Dr. Devra Davis interviewed. What do big insurance firms know that most wireless device users do not?  Why are […]Read more →

Lou Collins Radio Show 11/2/13 – Mike from Stop Smart Meters! (UK)

Interview starts around 7 minutes in after Lou played the trailer for Take Back Your Power.  Mike covered quite a lot of ground in this interview. Download available here (155Mb): http://stream15.mixcloud.com/cloudcasts/originals/3/e/5/6/bea4-64c4-47f8-91c1-9ad0f9402b68.mp3 via Lou Collins Radio Show 11/2/13 Mike from Stop Smart Meters UK by Lou Collins on […]Read more →

This Valentine’s, Show Your Little Swimmers Some Love… (Observable effects of EMR on sperm)

And remember, Smart Meters can expose our bodies to between 140 and 800 times as much radiation as mobile phones! Share the love – please forward this onto your nearest & dearest. (And, for the girls, here’s a picture of the inter-generational effects of EMR on girl’s […]Read more →

ANH-Intl Joins Worldwide Revolt Against Smart Meters ~ “For the sake of your health, your privacy and your community – please get involved!”

Founded in 2002 by Dr. Robert Verkerk, the Alliance for Natural Health International is an internationally active non-governmental organisation promoting natural and sustainable approaches to healthcare worldwide. ANH-Intl campaigns across a wide range of fields, including for freedom of choice and the use of micronutrients and herbal […]Read more →

Harvard Pediatric Neurologist warns schools against WiFi – says ‘thermal-only’ impact claims are “definitively outdated scientifically”

Two days ago (Feb 8th 2013), Dr. Martha R. Herbert of the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital wrote a letter to a US school division currently considering installing WiFi in its schools. We are publishing a copy of that letter here in the hope that […]Read more →

WiFi as a Coronary (and Pregnancy) Risk Factor – Dr. Stephen Sinatra

“The mechanism for wireless radiation in causing disease and DNA breakdown and pathology is due to nitric oxide disruption.  That is how wireless works – it causes enormous oxidative stress, endothelial cell dysfunction and nitric oxide depletion.” ~ Dr. Stephen Sinatra In this short excerpt, Dr. Sinatra […]Read more →

Two mothers arrested for refusing Smart Meter installation in United States (still think this is about benefitting you?)

*Warning – the first video on this page starts automatically*. Video from CBS, story from http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/24/woman-arrested-while-refusing-smart-meter-installation-on-her-property-tells-us-her-story/ Jennifer Stahl has been a strong advocate against the smart meter program in Naperville, Ill., for the last two years. The issue came to a head Wednesday afternoon when she was […]Read more →

Spray-on nanotechnology particles to turn trees into antennas

In spite of it being only the 18th day of 2013, there is a fair chance that this will qualify as the most gut-wrenching story we post this year. A company in the USA has developed nanotechnology capable of being ‘sprayed’ around our natural habitat to turn […]Read more →

WiFi in Schools

Around the world an increasing number of governments and authorities have banned or warned against the use of WiFi in schools. Many experts, scientists and doctors are warning that a precautionary approach needs to be taken. In this informative video, WiFi In Schools Australia examine the facts.  […]Read more →

BioInitiative 2012 Report Issues New Warnings on Wireless Radiation and EMF

UNIVERSITY OF ALBANY, Rensselaer, New York – January 7, 2013 A new report by the BioInitiative Working Group 2012 says that evidence for risks to health has substantially increased since 2007 from electromagnetic fields and wireless technologies (radiofrequency radiation). The Report reviews over 1800 new scientific studies. […]Read more →

Belgian telecoms chief removes Wi-Fi and says mobile phone signals are “dangerous”

[SSM UK comment] You don’t see stories like this everyday; apparently there is a company boss in Beligum with some common sense and a conscience.  Wow! This is the news report of Mr. Didier Bellens, the head of Belgium telecoms operator Belgacom, and his policy of removing Wi-Fi […]Read more →

British Gas Quietly Removes ‘Safety & Security’ Contentions From Email Slurring Stop Smart Meters!

Over the last few months, Stop Smart Meters! has been on the receiving end of some defamatory and unsubstantiated claims from Philip Bentley, Managing Director of UK energy giant, British Gas. We are currently considering what formal action to take, but something interesting happened recently that we […]Read more →

Resonance – Beings of Frequency (Full Documentary)

What follows is an outstanding documentary by UK-based director, James Russell. Do not miss this! RESONANCE is a sensational eye opening documentary which reveals the harm we are doing by existing in an ocean of man made wireless frequencies. Two billion years ago life first arrived on […]Read more →

Hurricane Sandy 1-0 Not-So-Smart Grid. Poor Response to Recent Storm Power Outages & Continued Warnings By Medical Experts

[SSM UK comment]: Despite Hurricane Sandy being used by some as an opportunity to vacuously promote the energy non-panacea that is Smart Grid, the result of it’s first match is in.  Smart Grid promoters might want to look away now…(but don’t say we didn’t try to warn […]Read more →

Take Back Your Power – Official Trailer

Featuring a host of scientists, medical practitioners, researchers, experts, consultants and victims, we are proud to be the first to present you with the brand new, official trailer for the upcoming feature film, Take Back Your Power. *PS – if you have not yet seen the full-length interview the […]Read more →

Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt – Smart Meters & EMR: The Health Crisis Of Our TIme

This is a new video from the team at TakeBackYourPower.net.  Please take the time to listen to Dr Klinghardt’s invaluable insights and warnings.Read more →

Chairman of Interior Smart Meter Awareness (Kamloops) Exposes the Reality of “Smart Grid” and the “Cloud”

Great video presentation by Brian Thiesen covering a lot of important information, some specific to Canada but all of it relevant.  Don’t miss it. Brian is also now blogging at http://bcfreedom.wordpress.comRead more →

The Intergenerational Effects of EMR – Drawn On a Side of A4 Paper

This diagram, by retired physicist and former Government microwave weapons expert Barrie Trower, makes understanding the intergenerational effects of microwave EMF (WiFi, etc.) child’s play. We are also including an interview Mr Trower did in November 2010.Read more →

Smart Meters: Correcting the Gross Misinformation

Quebec-based magazine La Maison du 21e siecle asked physician David O. Carpenter, former founding dean of the University at Albany (NY)’s School of Public Health, to comment on a letter published in the Montreal daily Le Devoir last May 24. This letter claimed wireless smart meters pose no risk to public health. Some […]Read more →

ALERT: ‘Smart’ Water Meters to be installed in UK homes

[SSM UK Comment]  There are very serious concerns raised by the desire to place ‘Smart’ Water Meters into our water supply.  Not only do they measure and communicate water usage through harmful electromagnetic radiation, they also introduce a remotely-disconnectable, internet-enabled, wirelessly-accessible component into our water supply.  It is a profoundly stupid […]Read more →

– See more at: http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/category/health-effects/page/4/#sthash.hBGDOb5t.dpuf

MUST SEE: Cell Phone Dangers – by Dr. Devra Davis @ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIEHS

“We don’t want to believe that our new toys to which we are so attached – and which bring enormous profits – could also cause our demise or that of our children.  But science is NOT about belief.  Government’s responsibility to their  citizens should not be either.” […]Read more →

RESONANCE – Beings Of Frequency – Official Trailer

RESONANCE is a sensational eye opening documentary which reveals the harm we are doing by existing in an ocean of man made wireless frequencies. The film examines 60 years of scientific research, to uncover for the very first time, the actual mechanisms by which mobile phone technology […]Read more →

As mobile phones are linked to brain tumours and infertility, The Sun finds out health risks

[SSM UK comment]  It is worth noting that Smart Meters can expose the human body to between 160x and 800x times as much microwave radiation as mobile phones. [/] Scientists have called for urgent research into links between mobile phones and cancer after it was revealed there […]Read more →

Smart Meter Articles from Canada – Health and Environment Effects

More videos on Smart Meters available at www.emrabc.ca/?page_id=1318, including: multiple Smart Meters on the living room wall of a Stratford Home Microwave radiation from these six smart meters penetrates through the brick wall of this townhouse and causes very strong exposure levels inside the house. A young child […]Read more →

MUST WATCH: Smart Meters Health & Privacy Explained – Prof. Glen Chase

In this interview, Professor Glen Chase brings to light some absolutely KEY information in the areas of privacy and health regarding ‘Smart’ Meters, using primary data including information obtained under a court order.  Prof. Chase interprets and makes this information highly accessible. Once you have seen it, […]Read more →

Children with Cancer UK Conference – Live Video Stream

Starting tomorrow, Tuesday 24th April 2012, charity CHILDREN with CANCER UK is holding a 3-day international scientific conference on the causes of childhood cancers.  The programme is available via the link below, and includes diet, ionising radiation and EMF-related effects including exposure from power lines and mobile […]Read more →

Dr Robert Baan from IARC – RF radiation from Smart Meters also 2B Carcinogen

http://www.scribd.com/doc/79928679/The-WHO-IARC-Listing-of-RFR-as-a-Possible-Human-Carcinogen   Email from Dr Robert Baan, the principal author of the 2011 IARC Monograph on the carcinogenicity of radiofrequency radiation, in which he interprets the 2B classification of RFR as applicable to all form of RFR exposures, including Smart Meters and Wi-Fi: Subject: EMF Class 2B […]Read more →

Dr Andrew Goldsworthy – The Biological Effects of Weak Electromagnetic Fields

Dr Andrew Goldsworthy is a retired lecturer from Imperial College London, which is among the top three UK universities after Oxford and Cambridge and is renowned for its expertise in electrical engineering and health matters. Dr Goldsworthy spent many years studying calcium metabolism in living cells and […]Read more →

AAEM Issues Stern Warning on Biological & Health Effects from Electromagnetic Field Exposures

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) today issued a position paper on “Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Field Effect on Human Health,” including wireless technologies and smart meters. Today’s report on electromagnetic fields takes a strong stand that society must acknowledge the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, educate […]Read more →

Disconnect (2012) – Official Trailer

There will come a point where the harmful effects of non-ionising, microwave radiation from wireless technologies -including Smart Meters- becomes as self-evident as the risks of cigarette smoking and alcohol abuse.  It will become profoundly well known that the negative effects of some wireless technologies on human […]Read more →

More horror stories from Australian residents with Smart Meters

http://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2012/03/26/sick-with-palpitations-chest-pain-insomnia-dizziness/ I managed to have smart meter installation delayed at my house, but suddenly became sick overnight with palpitations, chest pain, insomnia, dizziness, inability to concentrate and memory loss and fainting spells. AFTER becoming sick I found out that the day I became suddenly sick was the […]Read more →

Victoria, Australia Stop Smart Meter Information Leaflet

http://stopsmartmetersau.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/publichealthawarenessflyer.pdf   While we are preparing our own leaflet for people to share with their neighbours/friends/realtives/colleagues this is an excellent leaflet produced by Stop Smart Meters Australia where Smart Meter installation is in full swing.Read more →

The Glow by WiredChild.org

The effects of non-ionising, microwave radiation emitted by Smart Meters, mobile phones, cordless DECT phones, wireless baby monitors and WiFi are widely misunderstood amongst the general public. WiredChild.org is trying to change this.Read more →

Texans Demand Freedom from Smart Meters – And Even Chuck Norris Speaks Out!

More than 100 Texans have joined together to petition public utilities regulators to ban so-called “smart” power meters because of the health threats they impose on the general public. The meters are designed to interact with various advanced electronic appliances to monitor – and even manipulate – […]Read more →

 

Angry Residents and Tall Grey Poles in Australia – part of Smart Grid

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/march-of-the-tall-grey-poles-has-residents-fuming-20110311-1br8p.htmlRead more →

More Deadly Smart Meter Horrors – Wake Up!

http://www.rense.com/general95/mresmm.html Blog from Cynthia Larson in the US I just heard the news that smart meters will begin being installed in Santa Barbara, starting next month. We’ve had them in my neighborhood now for more than a year, and I gradually became quite ill from them, much […]Read more →

California Health Department Report on Smart Meter Risks

via www.lamesa.patch.com/blog_posts/california-health-department-cites-smart-meter-health-risks-in-report The first California County Health Department smart meter report has been issued in Santa Cruz, CA, expressing strong concerns about health effects from smart meter radiation exposures, asking their county to impose another moratorium on installations. In addition, the health department asks the county supervisors to […]Read more →

The Genetic Effects of Radio Frequency Fields – DNA Damage & Cancer? Dr. Henry Lai

via Can Cell Phones Damage DNA and Cause Cancer? Dr. Henry Lai – YouTube Hat tip to Giles – thanks.Read more →

Mobile Phones & Cancer – Survivors Speak Out

This moving story from Today Tonight Australia shows the devastating effects of cancer and has many calling for a moratorium on mobile phone use for under 16s. via Mobile phone cancer danger – Today Tonight – Yahoo!7 News.Read more →

Greek Study Shows Regions of the Brain Related to Learning, Memory, Alzheimer’s Impacted by EMF

A Greek study led by Adamantia Fragopoulou and Lukas Margaritis has demonstrated important protein changes in the brain of animals following whole body exposure to RF electromagnetic fields, similar to the kind of microwave radiation emitted from cell phones, portable phones, WiFi and wireless computer equipment [and […]Read more →

– See more at: http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/category/health-effects/page/5/#sthash.DzN17bTv.dpuf

Open Letter to General Practitioners and Other Medical Colleagues from Dr Andrew Tresidder

[SSM UK Comment]  We are grateful to Dr Tresidder for allowing us to post this open letter directly.  It was originally posted at http://www.es-uk.info/.  We also applaud Dr Tresidder for taking the conscientious decision to speak out in the interests of raising awareness within the medical community […]Read more →

Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt Links Wireless Microwave Radiation With Lyme Disease

via Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt about Lyme Disease – YouTube. “One of my primary treatments for Lyme disease is to put people in protective clothing that shields them from incoming microwaves,” he says.  ”We shield the bedside.  We turn off the wireless internet at home.  We […]Read more →

AAEM Calls for Immediate Moratorium on Smart Meters on Health Concerns

“Dear Commissioners “The Board of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine opposes the installation of wireless “smart meters” in homes and schools based on a scientific assessment of the current medical literature (references available on request). Chronic exposure to wireless radiofrequency radiation is a preventable environmental hazard that […]Read more →

IARC/WHO Classifies Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields As Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans (Class 2B)

“The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless phone use.” via http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdfRead more →

Radiation Measurement From Smart Meter

This is the radiation measured from a Smart Meter mounted on the external wall of an energy customer’s home. via Stratford smart meter 1 – YouTube.Read more →

£11bn smart meter plans risk fiasco: MPs warn only energy suppliers will benefit

“Putting ‘smart’ gas and electricity meters in every home – at a total cost of £11.7billion – may bring little benefit to customers, MPs will warn today.” “Families will have to pay higher bills to fund the Government-backed scheme to have the digital equipment installed by 2019.” […]Read more →

Say NO to “Big Brother’s” Smart Meters

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Karolinska ‘Nobel Prize’ Institute threatens work of noted wireless safety researcher

via http://mastsanity.org/home/2/297-disgraceful-karolinska-nobel-prize-institute-threatens-work-of-noted-wireless-safety-researcher.html (DUBLIN) An eminent Swedish professor at the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Stockholm is being blocked from completing replication experiments aimed at seeking a definitive answer to the effects of electromagnetic frequencies on the human body. Prof. Olle Johansson, a long-time critic of wireless communications technology […]Read more →

Children and Mobile Phones – The health of the following generations is in danger

From the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (2008) via Citizens for Safe Technology “For the first time in history, we face a situation when most children and teenagers in the world are continuously exposed to the potentially adverse influence of the electromagnetic fields (EMF) from […]Read more →

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Cell Phones – Cell Towers – Haarp. An EMF Triple Threat | All part of the Depopulation Agenda

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By Michael T. Winter

Part I – Cell phones 

When it comes to cell phones dangerous side effects, the cat is out of the bag. Public awareness has grown regarding their dangers. Nations worldwide have adopted legislation curtailing the use of cell phones by children. Stacks of scientific papers published by leading universities and research institutes all point to the same conclusion:  cell phone use causes loss of bone density, cardiac arrhythmia and brain cancer, to name a few of the more serious effects, though there are many others. (1. 2. 3. 4)

A cell phone is only as good as its signal. No bars = no talking. All cell phones depend on being “in range” of a tower. If one is getting a signal, then that person’s body is receiving the cell tower’s electromagnetic radiation right along with the phone. The measurement of a cell phone’s power is defined by Hertz. A hertz is a unit defining the frequency of an electromagnetic wave.

A basic understanding of human physiology is required to comprehend the dangers we face. The human body is a self-contained electrical “machine”. We create this electricity through the action of eating food which our system converts into electrical power. When Morpheus held up a battery in front of Neo, he wasn’t kidding; we are batteries, if boiled down to a final analysis.

The human body functions best while operating at around 10 hertz. Note the above figure of a person on the far left. This is our safe, or natural zone. Within our bodies, hundreds of millions of cells each have their own electromagnetic field (EMF). Key to remaining healthy is maintaining the delicate balance of these EMFs. Cancer is caused by cellular mutation. A disturbance to the electromagnetic field (a deviation from our balance of 10 hertz) at a cellular level leads to a disruption in the normal operation of the cell, in turn leading to improper function, resulting in mutation, which can morph into cancer. Pretty basic stuff. Granted, this article is dealing in overviews, and of course there is an enormous amount of data not addressed here; but that does not change the general hypothesis.

Before Marconi and his radio; before there was any EMF not part of the natural cycle of the self-contained bubble of life that is earth, human beings were in harmony with the planetary EMF. With the introduction of the radio, our bodies became recipients of artificially introduced electromagnetic frequencies. Radio waves are not so damaging, as they operate fairly close to our natural, harmonious balance with nature. But, the key here is, the higher the frequency, the farther away from 10 hertz. The farther away, the more damage is wreaked on our cells.

To understand how damaging cell phone electromagnetic radiation is to us, recall that we operate at 10 hertz. 100 hertz equal 1 kilohertz. 100 kilohertz equal 1 megahertz. The average EMF emitted by cell phones is 1900 megahertz, with a market shift toward (currently in use) 2500 megahertz phones (5). Essentially, we are being saturated 24/7 with many, many thousands times stronger radiation fields than our body is equipped to deal with. Our failure to deal with this onslaught is manifesting in the form of stress and sleep disorders, birth defects, cancer and Alzheimer’s. We are being silently culled, and footing the bill to make it happen! By paying your cell bill, you simply ensure the continuity of a product that is killing, and will kill, millions and millions of people. There is a coming wave of brain tumors that will decimate a percentage of our population. Sixty years ago, autism was 1:50,000. Today it’s 1:50. Vaccines are the primary cause of autism, but cell towers and a constant bathing in radioactive electromagnetic frequencies are playing their part as well (Graph – 6).

Enough about cell phones. If you don’t know the dangers by now, you either don’t want to know, refusing to believe something so terrible is happening (Our old pal, cognitive dissonance), or you are choosing to roll the dice with cancer and an early death for the sake of (or fear of) being without the constant ability to reach and be reached. Either of these is a poor substitute for proactively addressing the reality of our EMF-drenched world.

Part II – Cell Towers 

Cell towers operate in Watts. A watt is a standard definition of a unit of power. An example of how wattage affects the amount of electricity used can be found in light bulbs. While a normal, round incandescent light bulb uses 40 to 100 watts, fluorescent bulbs produce the same amount of light using only five to 30 watts (7). So, lower wattage equates to less electricity expended to produce a desired result.

It is here we delve into nefarious conspiracy facts. There is no “theory” involved in this conspiracy, as the facts presented can be easily validated through numerous credible sources.  Seeking empirical truth? Visit your nearest cell tower and look for a squat metal box with thick cables coming out of it and snaking up to the tower array. You will be looking at an electrical power transformer – almost every cell tower is constructed with one at the base. A transformer is designed to increase the power output, or watts. They are attached to cell towers to boost the power of the EMF signal. The $10,000 question, therefore, becomes:  Why do our cell towers requires so much juice? To put the amount of power they use in perspective, consider the following.

A WiFi signal from any standard router is 20 milliwatts. This low output signal can be picked up blocks away from the router, penetrating walls and distance. A standard cell phone transmits 300 milliwatts. Broadly defined, as cells operate at 30 watts, a perfectly capable cellular “node”, or tower, would be equipped with a 30 watt transmitter. Right here is where the shills and disinfo crew will vomit reams of science debunking this simple fact. The fact is:  transformers pumping out hundreds of thousands of watts, if utilized to that purpose, would not only fry the phone, but quite likely (at the hazard proximity we share with them) cause a plethora of physical damages to our tender 10 hertz wiring. This being the case, we come full circle to the question of why so much power is needed when the reality is that an infinitesimal fraction will do the trick.

Consider also that a cheapy walkie-talkie, bought at Walmart or Radio Shack can connect with its mate up to two miles away, and do so at .0000001% of the power output of a cell phone. Consider also that radio station WLS in Chicago pumps out a formerly impressive 50,000 watts, and can be picked up over a 1000 miles away with a middling quality radio receiver. The average cell tower in the USA pumps out between 100,000 to 500,000 watts. As demonstrated in factual examples related in this paper, if 30 watts will do the job, then why have nodes pulsing at up to half a million watts?

Is that much power required? No, it is not. As recently as 2013, there were very few cell towers in Mexico, though cell reception was on par with the USA in clarity; not to be confused with “blanket coverage of all areas”. This coverage in Mexico was accomplished with small, 8”-10” low power cell antennas connected to buildings and rooftops. No towers. No transformers. A standard wall outlet provides ample power to maintain a signal with the same clarity as found in the USA. If a tiny antenna is fine for the task, then why do we have these all over the place?”

Is it because we have more cell phones than them, and so need bigger, stronger towers? No. Our percentage of cell phones to population is very similar. See full table for all countries here (8).

Can it be there is an ulterior motive, or motives, above and beyond a strong signal, in equipping these towers with up to half a million watts of transmitter power? Yes there is. Several in fact.

Recalling the beginning of this article, you will note that the human body is a self-contained electrical unit. The human brain is a biological computer and, like a computer, it has a clock frequency that all your existence is centered around. This is a little basic because your brain in reality has multiple simultaneous clock frequencies which interact with each other and serve different purposes for biological function, whereas a microprocessor, standard desktop computer, normally has only one central clock that everything in it synchronizes with. In contrast, your visual cortex may process at a different frequency than the section of your brain which regulates your heartbeat. Feelings and thoughts will run at another frequency. Because your brain is an ultra-parallel computer, it can accomplish a lot while using frequencies that are far lower than would be practical in a microprocessor, and these frequencies are in the ELF (extended low frequency) range. The fact that your brain operates on frequencies leaves it susceptible to manipulation via electronic means. Since different moods are reflected by different frequencies, it is possible to electronically force people to be relaxed when they should be angry, laugh when they should be appalled, and give loyalty when they should rebel (9).

The manipulation of our emotions in such a fashion can only be accomplished with an enormous amount of delicately tuned and precisely directed EMF emissions. Like the 1988 classic movie, They Live, the means are in place and are being used against us to “obey”, to have “no independent thought”.

An unpublicized function of cell towers is weather modification. To promulgate such a suggestion is to be ridiculed in extremis. You know you’ve hit the nail on the head when trolls come out from under their rocks to misdirect, vilify and ultimately debunk or negate the posit.

Just as we are electrical in nature, so too is the atmosphere itself. Lightning should serve as ample proof of this. The fact is that all things in our known existence operate on an electromagnetic frequency. Indeed, we human beings, unaided with scientific gadgets, experience a minuscule 4% of the total EMF range. That being so, with the proper influence, found in directed energy via “cell towers”, these frequencies can be tampered with, in the form of directed energy pulses; creating tornadoes, earthquakes, weather pattern manipulation and more. Our seemingly harmless “cell” towers act as relay stations to piggyback energy pulses to wherever directed.

Wondering how a cell phone tower can generate a strong enough EMF to influence weather patterns, cause earthquakes, stir up hurricanes? Consider this:  there are an estimated 269,989 (15) cell towers in the USA (with more added daily). Let’s be generous and lop off 170,000 of them as being nothing more than what they are promoted to be – a benign cellular phone tower. This leaves 100,000 towers with a (very conservative) estimate of 150,000 watts of power each. 100,000 X 150,000 yields a mind-boggling 15 billion watts. When they are directed and synchronized to a specific purpose, it becomes quite evident that the juice is there to cook up just about any weather condition sought. For perspective on how much power that is, understand that the Haarp array in Alaska is a trifling 100 million watts output, and consider the weather modification damage caused at that relatively low power output. The USA Haarp facility is but one of 8-10 of these arrays situated throughout the globe. The war of pulse energy weapons isn’t found only on Star Trek reruns – it’s here, and it’s live!

How can we be completely sure that cell towers do not require 100,000 – 500,000 watts to provide a clear signal for these little cancer-causing pocket pals? For those doubting Mexico’s lack of towers yet enjoying great reception, we look to Australia’s 3G networks. Down Under, 3 watts, when put through highly directional antennas, is enough to reach 2 miles and justify having cell nodes (towers) spaced 4 miles apart. With 10 nodes per tower, that equals a total radiated power of 30 watts; which is more than enough to penetrate virtually anything and provide excellent coverage.

In establishing that 30 watts, (Yes, just thirty) per tower, with towers spaced 4 miles apart, provides ample power to penetrate everything other than our “under renovation” sub-subterranean secure facility for COG, or Continuity of Government, in Cheyenne Mountain. Let’s just call it “the globalist bug-out hideaway”.

A logical question to pose is this: If a mere 30 watts is required to effectively transmit signal, and photovoltaic panels can generate and store sufficient solar power to meet the demands, why do we have these huge transformers? Some basic math will help us in understanding how inexpensive a genuine tower can be.

With solar power now costing approximately three dollars a watt, including inverters, panels, and backup batteries, you can equip a 10 node cell tower with a thousand watt solar setup for approximately $3,000 and never need to worry about installing a transformer at all. If you are transmitting 30 watts, you will draw at least 45 watts because of waste. The hardware is going to eat some juice, but that should not come out to over 100 watts more. So let’s just agree that one cell tower has a real power need of 150 watts. A 1000 watt solar setup will handle that without breaking a sweat. With low wattage running a high voltage feed to a cell tower so it can get its 300,000 Haarp watts and not fry out without a transformer only confirms ever more securely that a transformer is not required.  Utilizing solar panels, if cell transmission were the only purpose, makes a great deal of economic sense (11).  Something is rotten in our red, white and blue Denmark. A 150′ tower ranges in cost from $100,000 up to $300,000 per unit (12), with additional costs to lease ground for the tower itself. Leases run on a low end of $100 per year (for suckers willing to be irradiated 24/7 for $8.33 per month) up to $156,000 per year (13).

Power – Solar? 1000 watts, which exceeds nine times over the wattage requirements – $2,499.65 (14).
Pole not included. But in truth (Ola’, Mexico?) an 8” antenna plugged into a wall socket will meet the needs. So why are they 150′-200′ tall? Current USA set-up? Up to $300,000 just for the pole! Add in transformers costing thousands of dollars each, and the invisible cost of the power grid required to keep them online. Last I checked, corporations existed for profit, except when willing to take a hit to help realize an unpublished, secretive objective.A common sense question is:  If cell towers are so dangerous, then why would the 1% largely responsible for our current state subject themselves to the EMF fields? Answer? They don’t!

Picking a town of familiarity, as a Saint Louis, Missouri native, it is well known and proven that there is a concentrated “wealth band” running from the center of the city, starting around Clayton, all the way to west Saint Louis County. This “corridor” is where all the money lives (a generalization, but accurate).

From the words “St Louis” and projecting out toward Clayton, Creve Coeur and beyond reside the 1%. It is a fact – ask any native for validation.

Now let us look at another map, this one noting cell tower placement in St. Louis. You will note Creve Coeur, Chesterfield and Town & Country are mysteriously almost “tower-free”. Town and Country is ranked 80th in the nation for highest per capita income (16). Not even shown is uber-rich Ladue.  Hmmm….coincidence? I think not.

If you think that big green area free of towers is a fluke, please perform the same search in most major metropolitan areas – it’s the same everywhere. This alone validates the dangers of cell towers. If the 1% want nothing to do with them, then rest assured neither do we.

Part III – Haarp 

The High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or Haarp, in Alaska is well known by now, at least to those even semi-awake. The acknowledgement of Haarp as a method of controlling the weather is not a secret; indeed, it is a stated function as published by the US Government.

This high-tech facility, operated by the US Navy, Air Force and several universities, is an extremely powerful transmitter that (very simplistically put) directs intense energy beams into the ionosphere with the goal of influencing:  jet streams, creating rain or drought, tsunamis, hurricanes and other uses as well. This ultimately is equivalent to “cooking” our ionosphere. Haarp, however, is limited by the curvature of the earth; hence its range of manipulation is finite.

This is where cell towers come into play. Cell towers can be “harnessed” in their power, allowing for focused energy bursts within a tightly held geographical area. The signal can be bounced tower to tower until reaching its destination.

There is an enormous mountain of data supporting the following theories of Haarp and cell tower shenanigans in relation to the following recent events.

*California, drought –

Between chemtrails and ionospheric manipulation, the government has artificially created the drought in California. Combine the lack of water from mountain snowfall, and the new saying gains weight. “Water is the new oil”. Sounds like the movie Omega Man is coming soon to a theater near us. While this huge drought affecting our entire nation is wreaking havoc on human lives, agriculture and the nation’s economy, the Bush family quietly buys land known to have water under it. The Nestle company does the same, then bottles it and charges exorbitant prices for an earth resource! When one party controls the supply, creates a demand, then provides the solution, the “have nots” are at the mercy of the ‘haves’. The depth of out-n-out evil exhibited by these soulless wealthy so-n-sos is almost beyond belief, but then, truth is stranger than fiction. Drinking kitchen tap water is not a life-embracing solution, unless one is comfortable drinking fluoride, a proven neurotoxin.  They get us coming and going!

** Katrina – hurricane – The Haarp facility was highly active in the weeks prior, during, or shortly after Katrina became a hurricane out of Tropical Depression Twelve. The colored “slots”, resembling piano keys, are visual reflections of Haarp activity in the area Katrina was active. This is called a “waterfall chart”. The vertical axis is a frequency reading, measuring from 1 to 30 MHz (10).

The graphic above displays Haarp activity when Tropical Depression (DT) Twelve forms. Katrina grew out of TD12. Note the lack of “slots” found at the vertical 5 and the horizontal 2 axis point.

Compare to below, when Katrina hit New Orleans.

If Haarp were inactive during this time range, 08.22 to 08.30, then there would be nothing to discuss here. But wait! These graphics come from Haarp’s own website! These days, evil is “loud n’ proud”!

*** Tsunami – Japan – The tsunami that destroyed Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant is worldwide news. One of the capabilities of Haarp is to direct energy to a specific spot. A highly credible theory is that, an energy beam was shot into the ocean along a known fault line. The result was a sub-surface earthquake which resulted in the tsunami.

There are a great many more examples, but one gets the idea. All information here was found online. None of it is secret. Disbelieve? Go do the research if still in doubt. Check Bosnia, North Korea, Haiti, Malaysia to get the gears in motion.

Why does the United States, ostensibly the most scientifically advanced country on earth (to hear our scientists), lag behind our supposedly less developed fellow nations when it comes to public awareness of the dangers of cellular phone usage? Why the silence?! Why do companies like Sprint and AT&T market cell phones to young children, knowing full well children’s skull and periosteum are not fully developed, thus amplifying the danger of radioactive frequency immersion? The answer, hard as it is to swallow, is that the combined effects of cell phones, towers and Haarp are designed to sow death. Slap a slick marketing campaign together, bash it into public consciousnesses, and we end up with fools waiting at dawn outside retailers for the “next generation” cell phone. It’s all quite Pavlovian…and sad.

A medical catastrophe is in the making…right now! It’s a metaphorical tsunami on the horizon; targeted at and composed of  today’s children, which a now smaller percentage of will become tomorrow’s adults. A horrific percentage of our toddlers will, in their twenties or thirties, develop cranial tumors and lesions, bone marrow destruction, loss of intellect and many other vile maladies. A wave of death is approaching, and as much as I abhor it, I won’t shrink from trying to enlighten others to what is coming down the pike.

Who is to blame for this? Cell companies? Certainly.

Parents? Certainly. Squished between child peer pressure, convenience, cognitive dissonance, a media-induced apathy (from cell towers…oh, the irony!), and uber-slick marketing campaigns, the majority of parents and people continue to use them. In essence, we are like cows in a Far Side cartoon. Picture a line of cows leading into a building called “Slaughter House”. One cow comes up to another to hear the approached cow say, “Hey! No butting!”

Sheer madness it is to fund these companies that knowingly are giving us cancer and a host of other ailments. One can recall that the earth continued to turn and life continued to exist…all without a cell phone for, oh, roughly 6,000 years some will reckon. How did we evolve into pansies not daring to leave home without one? Anyone with a lick of common sense will cancel their service, throw out the phone and share this article. It really is a matter of life and death.

1. http://www.globalresearch.ca/44-reasons-to-believe-cell-phones-can-cause-cancer/5420118
2. http://www.medicaldaily.com/cell-phones-and-cancer-2-studies-provide-new-evidence-possible-link-249317
3. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/01/06/cell-phone-use-brain-cancer-risk.aspx
4. 1Electromagnetichealth.org 

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_frequencies
6. http://www.safespaceprotection.com/electrostress-from-cell-towers.aspx
7. http://www.ehow.com/facts_6707208_difference-between-watts-hertz.html
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_mobile_phones_in_use
9. http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/cells.html
10. http://montalk.net/conspiracy/142/haarp-earthquakes-and-hurricanes
11. http://jimstonefreelance.com/3g3.html
12. http://www.celltowerinfo.com/faq-home.htm
13. http://www.cell-tower-leases.com/Cell-Tower-Lease-Rates.html
14. https://www.anapode.com/products/1000w_1kw_Complete_Solar_Panel_Module_Kit_DIY
15. http://www.towerlocation.com/
16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_places_in_the_United_States

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THE DISEASE OF “MODERN” CIVILIZATION . . . NEURASTHENIA (AKA EHS Electromagnetic Hyper-sensitivity)

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1907_-bell-operatorsAt the turn of the 20th century a mysterious illness emerged.  The first people to be affected by it were the telegraph line installers and the telephone switch board operators.  The symptoms of the illness included:  nerve disorders, hence the name neurasthenia or nervous asthenia, depression, extreme anxiety, exhaustion, convulsions, unconsciousness, rashes, and a whole host of other malaise.

The afflictions became so bad that in 1907, the Bell telephone switchboard operators in Toronto went on strike.  They demanded much shorter working hours and better working conditions.

In the 1950s with the invention of microwave frequencies, radar operators started suffering with similar symptoms that they called radio wave or microwave illness.

Now at the turn of the 21st century with the introduction of personal wireless technologies the general population seems to be plagued with the same symptoms, which we call electrohypersensitivity disorder or EHS.

What do these three events have in common?  The introduction of chronic overexposure to electromagnetic fields.

In the telephone switchboard operator case, the personelle would manually place jacks into a switchboard panel to connect one telephone caller to another individual by the use of a switchboard cable.  Their proximity to the switchboard caused them to be chronically exposed to hundreds of live telephone connections for up 8 hours each.  They sat with electromagnetic fields on their head from the speakers in their headset and their bodies came in contact with voltage by the individual connections.

In the case of the radar operators, they worked near large radar antennas that were broadcasting and receiving wireless electromagnetic fields.

In the third case, we now wear microwave transmitters in the form of  smart phones,wireless tablets that constantly emit Wi-Fi, blue tooth, and cellular data.

So basically, neurasthenia, radio wave illness and electrohypersenitvity are one and the same.  However, neurasthenia is classified as an illness in the WHO list of diseases and EHS is relegated to idiopathic environmental illness, which basically means we don’t know the cause.  In reality, the medical community knew it was a problem but in order to allow technology to progress the use of the word neurasthenia fell out of favour and is rarely used today as a diagnosis.

With the help of microsoft and the University of California, the Royal Commission document headed by the former Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King of the plight of the Bell Switchboard Operators was documented and digitized  and I have made it available here.  It is a fascinating read and the transcription of the hearing deserves to be turned into a feature film or at least an audio book.

The entire Royal Commission Report is available here for download (10 MB)

 

Electrohypersensitive individuals (EHS) in the digital world – a disabled population, deprived of home, work and basic rights

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EHS

SLIDE SHOW – Electrohypersensitive individuals (EHS) in the digital world – a disabled population, deprived of home, work and basic rights, Dr Yael Stein, MD http://www.slideshare.net/YaelStein1/ehs-human-rights

By Catherine J. Frompovich

The State of Maine Public Utility Commission recently received what it thinks is the ultimate verdict in the issue of electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court agreed with the PUC that utility companies’ smart meters are safe and not harmful to human health and safety.

Perhaps the judge who rendered that decision ought to reconsider what’s going on regarding EHS, especially at the United Nations and their conference where EHS issues were discussed.

Dr Yael Stein, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hebrew University – Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, gave an 83 slide presentation titled “Environmental Refugees” wherein Dr Stein pointed out key factors that need to be addressed in the modern age of microwave technology that super saturates humans with EMFs and RFs from cell phones and towers, Wi-Fi, utility companies’ AMI smart meters, smart phones, routers, monitors, etc. and other electronics that can send and receive data, information, voice, photographs, etc.

Dr Stein’s comprehensive presentation was before the UNESCO 10th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law held January 6 to 8, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. [1]

One very prominent classification regarding EHS, pointed out by Dr Stein, is that in Sweden,electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) officially is recognized as a functional impairment and not regarded as a disease! Furthermore, there’s a published peer-review paper, “Electrohypersensitivity: state-of-the-art of a functional impairment” [2] wherein Sweden’s position on EHS is discussed. The Abstract for that paper states:

Survey studies show that somewhere between 230,000-290,000 Swedish men and women report a variety of symptoms when being in contact with electromagnetic field (EMF) sources.

Where do U.S. states’ PUCs and utility companies come off with there are no adverse health effects and that EMFs are safe?

Furthermore, the World Health Organization states,

EHS is characterized by a variety of non-specific symptoms that differ from individual to individual. The symptoms are certainly real and can vary widely in their severity. Whatever the cause, EHS can be a disabling problem for the affected individual.

Source: Dr Yael Stein, MD, Slide 67 of 83 / UNESCO 10th Word Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law

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In Slide 68, Dr Stein refers to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and that discrimination against a person with a disability, which a functional impairment as recognized in Sweden also should be included, “is a violation of the inherent dignity and worth of the human person.” Aren’t there federal and state laws against discrimination against disability individuals [6] in the United States, and why aren’t PUCs and utilities made to abide by them?

slide 68In Slide 70, Dr Stein emphasizes via a red outline that “States Parties undertake to ensure and promote the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all persons with disabilities” to which end State Parties have certain obligations to meet and enforce, including appropriate legislative measures, which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and other U.S. states apparently deliberately are neglecting or accommodating those who suffer with EHS by not allowing opt-outs from AMI smart meters.

slide 70Slide 73 deals with Accessibility, which would apply to an EHS person if he/she cannot live or be in an area contaminated with EMFs from AMI smart meters, Wi-Fi, etc. Consequently, those barriers or obstacles to that person’s accessibility to remain safely without adverse health effects within the home, workplace, etc. need to be eliminated or, as in the case of a personal home, allow a legal opt-out from utilities’ AMI smart meters on their homes.

slide 73Dr Stein emphasizes that EHS is being taken seriously for those who suffer with it. In file 80, he lists what are designated as EHS Refuge Zones or areas, plus support groups, in France, Canada, the UK, and Sweden. How come there’s nothing listed for the USA? Probably because utility companies and PUCs work too closely together to get all the federal funding [3-4] that’s available for creating the smart grid that eventually will lead to the Internet of Things [5].

God help us!

References:

[1] http://en.unesco.org/events/10th-world-conference-bioethics-medical-ethics-and-health-law
[2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17178584
[3] http://energy.gov/oe/technology-development/smart-grid/recovery-act-smart-grid-investment-grants
[4] https://www.smartgrid.gov/recovery_act/overview/smart_grid_investment_grant_program.html
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
[6] http://www.dol.gov/general/topic/disability/adaResource:

SLIDE SHOW – Electrohypersensitive individuals (EHS) in the digital world – a disabled population, deprived of home, work and basic rights, Dr Yael Stein, MD http://www.slideshare.net/YaelStein1/ehs-human-rights

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Catherine J Frompovich (website) is a retired natural nutritionist who earned advanced degrees in Nutrition and Holistic Health Sciences, Certification in Orthomolecular Theory and Practice plus Paralegal Studies. Her work has been published in national and airline magazines since the early 1980s. Catherine authored numerous books on health issues along with co-authoring papers and monographs with physicians, nurses, and holistic healthcare professionals. She has been a consumer healthcare researcher 35 years and counting.

Electro Hyper Sensitivity Sufferer Developed EHS while working at Apple. Apple denied disability benefits

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Are you a Canadian suffering from Electro Hypersensitivity? Tell us your story!

EHS is defined by the World Health Organization as: “…a phenomenon where individuals experience adverse health effects while in the vicinity of devices emanating electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields.”
In Sweden, electrosensitivity is classified as a disability and health care facilities with low levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation are available. A Canadian Human Rights Commission report acknowledges environmental sensitivity attributed to electromagnetic exposure. Estimates range that anywhere from 3% to 35% of the population has varying symptoms of electrosensitivity.
Canadians of all ages are being forced out of their homes, schools and work environments due to being affected by electrosensitivity. The numbers are growing and becoming more and more severe each new day. Our government must recognize this. Below you will find some personal accounts of how severely some lives are disrupted.

Electrosensitive Stories

DR’s Story

Electro Hyper Sensitivity Sufferer Developed EHS while working at Apple. Apple denied disability benefits

Diagnosis: Neurological compromise secondary to severe atypical migraines associated with loss of vision and parenthesis. Difficulty concentrating, tachycardia, panic attacks, dizziness, memory loss, nausea, pain behind eyes, testicular pain.

While working at Apple, I developed EHS Electro-Hyper Sensitivity. The wireless networks and various wireless devices started to give me migraines at work to the point of loosing vision with extreme pain and nausea. I had left work numerous days each year as this condition got worse.

Finally working at Apple my EHS developed so great that I became very sick every time coming to work. I spoke to the human resource manager and explained what was going on. Her response was “Wow it must be really hard to work here now, you should quit”. This is not the correct response from a human resource manager. She should have suggested I claim the disability benefits that I had paid into. At the time I did not realize that disability was the correct choice so I followed her advice and quit.

In addition to EHS I have MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, which requires a scent free environment. This was not enforced at Apple despite my repeated requests and emails and no scent free environment was offered to me. No accommodations at all were made to me for both or either one of these disabilities.

I have not been able to work at all since leaving Apple. I am completely and permanently disabled and cannot be around any source of wireless radiation for life. I cannot go into a mall, movie theatre or any place there is other people with cell phones.

Working at Apple filled my body with radiation and got topped to the point of TILT (Toxicant Induced Loss Of Tolerance). This required me to leave the city and move to a rural location. Avoid all forms of wireless pollution. Which is what I have done. I should have been put on permanent disability by Apple and should have received the benefits that I had paid into for 4 years while working there.

Apple is fully aware of the dangers of RF pollution as it states in the legal agreement on devices such as iPads and iPhones that you should avoid exposure by not holding the devices. Keeping them at a 10mm distance at all times. This is something that I could not do while working there. Specifically being told to hold the iPad at concierge position and not being allowed to put it down despite my requests to do so due to the condition. Plus all the other wireless pollution from every device in the store and each customer I helped.

My livelihood and standard of living has been robbed by this event. Instead of suing Apple for loss of lifetime income and damages for pain and suffering. I simply wanted to be put on long term disability This request is perfectly reasonable. However after speaking to them they have denied this request.

I have also applied and gone through the ODSP process. Waited 2 years for a appeal from the tribunal only to have my application denied based upon lies. After my hearing the tribunal had 60 days maximum to give me a decision, they waited 100 days to say no based upon no facts whatsoever. I am now requesting another hearing which my lawyer feels is warranted based upon the written decision being full of factual errors.


Other EHS Sufferer Stories

RC’s Story

I was an early adopter of Wi-Fi, as well as a regular cell phone user for a number of years, not to mention cordless phones. Therefore, I am no Luddite with an irrational fear of technology by any measure.My symptoms: elevated heart rate, headaches, eyestrain, tinnitus, fatigue, difficulty sleeping, and a general sense of anxiety and alarm.My personal life has also been…

MF’s Story

Fifteen years ago my quality of life took a sharp turn for the worse when I started having severe adverse reactions to certain types of electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Those EMFs are emitted by devices such as computers, household appliances and cell phones. The first noticeable symptoms were numbness in my finger tips and mouth whenever I used my computer. Within weeks adverse reactions had…

MC’s Story

Within days of moving in 2003, I began to feel adverse health symptoms.When I experienced tinnitus, I consulted a professional, whose lifework at the National Research Council was in the area of ‘sick building syndrome’. He determined that the likely cause of my symptoms was the pulsed electromagnetic fields coming from a cell phone tower with a huge dish beaming right over my roof…

AJ’s Story

I started noticing headaches right after using a cell phone during the 1990s.My symptoms: headaches and nausea.  The nausea occurred when we set up wi-fi in our house for a short period of time. I don’t own a cell phone and have no wireless in our house anymore. We use corded phones.  I have volunteered to…

DR’s Story

My symptoms and sensitivity have increased over the years with exposure to cell phone and other RF radiation.2002-03: I bought a “Solo” cell phone.With usage of 15 to 30 minutes of calls per day for a period of 4 months, I developed headaches on the side of my head that I was using the phone. These would come on several minutes…

FH’s Story

My symptoms started about 3 1/2 years ago after being in close proximity to cell towers and cordless phones for several hours a day.My symptoms include:
  • nausea
  • inability to express my thoughts in a coherent, concise manner
  • depression
  • mild headaches to feeling like my head is in a vice
  • face flushing

SS’s Story

My symptoms:
  • Imagine you were a person who does not drink coffee and then you have 10 cups of coffee one after the other
  • I get a headache, not just a headache; it is a weird feeling of my mind being stretched, fractured and fried
  • Find it very difficult to think, function or feel at home in my body
  • My nerves feel very agitated,…

JL’s Story

Bonjour, Voici mon témoignageJe suis technicien en télécommunication d’affaires depuis une dizaine d’années. J’installe des centrales téléphoniques traditionnelles et IP ainsi que des solutions de communication sans-fil pour des magasins à grandes surface et usines de petite et très grande envergure très connues au…

SW’s Story

My journey with electro-sensitivity started a few years ago when I began to feel sharp “zaps” in my head. This pain was quite different from other headaches. It ranges in intensity from pins and needle sensations to razor sharp zaps in the posterior part of my brain, just behind the centre point.Curiously, with every exposure my symptoms appeared to get worse. Rather…

VM’s Story

About two months ago I began to notice the following symptoms.
  • My ears are constantly ‘ringing’
  • I have much difficulty sleeping…nightly episodes of insomnia
  • Occasional brutal headaches, sometimes my head feels ‘weird’…it is difficult to explain the exact sensation.
  • My heart feels out of sync sometimes

I don’t know why I…

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Woman Wins Disability Payments For Wi-Fi Allergy 

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Jillian Kestler-D’Amours – Toronto Star

A French court has awarded disability payments to a woman who claims cell phones and Wi-Fi routers make her sick.

Marine Richard was granted renewable monthly payments of 800 Euros (about $1,200 CAD) over three years after the Toulouse court said she was unable to work due to a condition known as electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS).

“It’s almost like they are being electrocuted, but very slowly,” said Lucienne Cendrier, spokesman of Robin des Toits, a French organization that wants EHS recognized, about the condition’s impact.

While an appeal has been filed and the payments are frozen until the case is heard, Richard’s lawyer said the decision brings hope to many in France suffering from the same problem.

“It doesn’t help the situation for the time being. But it’s a first and it gives hope to many people with electro-hypersensitivity that they will finally be recognized,” Alice Terrasse told the Star.

EHS is not formally recognized by the French government, and experts are divided over what causes the condition. Some believe exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) emitted from computers, mobile phones and cell phone towers, TV screens, radios, Wi-Fi connections, cordless phones and other technology are to blame.

While difficult to diagnose, the most common symptoms exhibited by individuals suffering from EHS are dermatological and include redness of the skin, tingling and burning. Other effects are headaches, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, digestive problems and heart palpitations.

As with chemical sensitivities, people with EHS suffer from “a range of non-specific symptoms that lack apparent toxicological or physiological basis or independent verification,” according to the World Health Organization. It says about 10 per cent of EHS cases are severe.

Robin des Toits wants EHS to be formally recognized and for the French government to establish national regulations to limit exposure to electromagnetic waves.

Cendrier said he estimated between 1 and 3 per cent of the French population suffer from some degree of EHS. “When they’re at home, people should use wired (Internet) connections. It allows them to be modern and in good health,” he told the Star.

“You have to be aware that for a small comfort you could have serious health problems. People need to be conscientious to adapt their consumption, knowing that in some cases it can make people hypersensitive.”

Terrasse said her client first noticed a problem in 2010 when she began having memory loss, vertigo, itchy eyes and fainting. Richard’s eventual diagnosis with electro-hypersensitivity, Terrasse said, “was a descent into Hell for her.”

First, the former radio journalist and playwright sought refuge in the secluded Pyrenees mountains. Richard now lives in a very modest home, several kilometres from the nearest village, Terrasse said.

But experts are unsure EMF can be directly linked to EHS.

The WHO says “research has not been able to provide support for a causal relationship between exposure to electromagnetic fields and self-reported symptoms, or ‘electromagnetic hypersensitivity.’”

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, a WHO-affiliated body, classified electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans in 2011.

Sweden officially recognizes electrohypersensitivity as a functional impairment. Between 230,000 and 290,000 citizens suffer from various symptoms of EHS in the country. In 2012, the Austrian Medical Association set out guidelines to help doctors diagnose EMF-related health problems.

Health Canada has set limits on exposure to electromagnetic radiation. The agency says the only adverse health effects come from acute exposure relate to tissue heating and nerve stimulation from exposure in the range of 3 kHz to 300 GHz.

Other acute, chronic or cumulative health problems, Health Canada says, “suffer from a lack of evidence of causality, biological plausibility and reproducibility” and cannot be used as a scientific basis for other measures.

Last December, Oakville MP Terence Young introduced a bill that would make companies put warning labels on cell phones. The labels, Bill C-648 reads, “will serve to increase awareness among Canadians of the potential health hazards linked to the use of radio apparatus.”


EMF Health Alert Issued By Former Silicon Valley Tech Expert: “Wireless Wake-Up Call”

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Kevin Samson

Awareness continues to increase surrounding the health dangers of Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) emanating from our daily gadgets, as well as from the rise of the Smart Grid.  Over the last few years we have witnessed a range of experts declare their concern about the current path we are on.

A prominent neuroscientist has gone on record in a lecture to the medical community itself where he exposed the many health risks as well as an industry-wide attempt by telecom to cover up the negative consequences. A world-renown biochemist has sought to abolish WiFi in schools. And a British ER physicianhas made it her mission to educate people about what steps they can take to minimize exposure and damage to WiFi. A slew of peer-review scientific studieshave supported the warnings of these experts.

It is also becoming clear that it is not a purely anti-tech “Luddite” crowd who distrusts the bill of goods we are being sold by the government and industry about the safety of modern devices. Case in point is the must-see video below – the first ever TEDx talk which has focused on the health risks of wireless technology.

The talk is given by Jeromy Johnson, a former Silicon Valley tech employee with a master’s degree in engineering who, himself, began to feel negative impacts from his exposure to wireless radiation. What has come to be known as Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, hundreds of thousands of people have reported mild to severe symptoms from exposure to EMF sources. In fact, the condition has been officially recognized as valid in Sweden where a peer-reviewed paper documented a large survey that established the veracity of the claims. Please read Catherine Frompovich’s excellent article detailing the specifics of these “Environmental Refugees” HERE.

Adding emphasis to Jeromy’s personal story is the fact that his wife is a medical doctor – hardly a duo of conspiracy-inclined paranoiacs.  Jeromy’s “wake-up call” comes at a critical time, as we are seeing a massive roll-out of city-wide initiatives that will blanket public space with WiFi, essentially eradicating any possibility of opting out. Combined with smart meters and the entire smart cities agenda, we are looking at millions upon millions of people who will be crippled by Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, and possibly killed by the carcinogenic properties of microwave radiation.

Most importantly, this TEDx discussion focuses on solutions. As you’ll see, regulatory agencies are not to be relied upon to protect our health; we must take responsibility for our health unto ourselves.  This is also not about returning to some pre-tech age, but simply ensuring that the technology we are employing is properly – and independently – tested. In fact, the solution to this compromised tech, Jeromy asserts, is tech itself – but used in a much more responsible way.

Please learn all you can and share your findings with others who certainly won’t get this information from establishment sources.

Are you suffering from Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity? Please share your story, thoughts and solutions in the comment section.

Please visit Jeromy Johnson’s website EMFanalysis.com to learn more about how to protect your family from EMF pollution.

H/T: Take Back Your Power

Kevin Samson writes for ActivistPost.com. This article may be freely shared in part or in full with author attribution and source link.

Going Off-grid Safely For EHS Sufferers | The only known cure for Radio Wave Sickness is to stop being exposed to high frequencies.

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The only known cure for Radio Wave Sickness is to stop being exposed to high frequencies. 

      I was sick with what was ultimately diagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome for nearly 5 years before I stumbled across a mention of electrical pollution in an agricultural magazine. It was life changing. For me, it turned out that the cause of my chronic fatigue syndrome was over-exposure to radiofrequencies on electrical wiring. It would have properly been diagnosed as radiofrequency sickness if the mainstream medical community had been aware of it. I began my recovery by turning off all non-essential circuits in the house. As soon as they became available, I installed Graham/Stetzer filters (a.k.a. Stetzerizer filters), they made further recovery possible.

After I had been well for over eight years, we were faced with the prospect of forced installation of transmitting utility meters or having our power cut off. The former was not an option, since we knew how sick we would all be. So, we began researching how to be independent of the utility, safely.

People, including us, who are contending with illness due to exposure to radiofrequency radiation either from “dirty” power or transmitted radiofrequency radiation (wireless technology) often think that going off-grid with a DC (direct current) electrical system will solve their problems.

Unless the system is carefully researched and engineered, meticulously installed, and then appropriate filtering is installed to eliminate the radiofrequency signals that inevitably result from the operation of most components available today, this will NOT be the case.

Most DC systems are inherently polluted with high frequencies due the equipment that is used within the system. This can be measured with a specially designed Graham/Stetzer Microsurge Meter. The Graham/Stetzer Microsurge Meter gives a good indication of whether the electrical pollution present on the system will have an adverse effect on human health. The norms indicated on the meters (optimal below 30 G/S units and acceptable to 50 G/S units) were determined by tests performed in Kazakhistan and standardized to their radiofrequency radiation standards established to prevent biological harm to the population. These meters are available from Stetzer Electric which can be reached by phone at (608) 989-2571 or at their website http://www.stetzerelectric.com/. Questions can be directed to sales@stetzerelectric.com

Inverters used to convert DC to AC are usually extremely electrically polluting. Caution should be exercised in trying to filter them. It may be best done by the manufacturer. I have not yet heard of one that does not have extremely high readings on the Graham/Stetzer Microsurge meter a.k.a. Stetzerizer Meter.

Most off-grid systems have at least some portion of the system run off of an inverter. Inverters are usually HIGHLY electrically polluting. They usually pollute the entire system that is connected to them when they operate, likely including the DC system if the two systems are connected at all. (If this seems incredible to you, take a Graham/Stetzer Microsurge meter for DC systems and do measurements on such a system.) Several inverter systems measured have readings from 1500 G/S units to over 2000 G/S units. Thus, such an inverter cannot be part of a “clean” system unless sufficient filtering is possible. ALL grid-tie systems have inverters. Use a Graham/Stetzer Microsurge meter to see how it affects the power quality in a home with a grid-tie system. Turn the system on and off and see what the readings do.

On the bright side, a straight DC system can be highly efficient. Inverters can cost as much as 50% in efficiency. So going DC can nearly double the yield from the same solar panels.

In order to set up a “clean” DC system, it is imperative that you research EVERY component of the system. Most manufacturers are quite up front about any radiofrequency interference (RFI), signaling frequencies, electrical noise, or high frequency “sewage” that their device puts out or uses. In general, if a device has a “controller” instead of an on/off switch you will want to check into it. “Controller” can often mean that radiofrequency/high frequency signaling was used or that potentially polluting circuitry was used. When getting a motor-driven device, look for single speed motors, not motors with variable speed frequency drives. Also, look for brushless motors since they are generally “cleaner” than brush motors. Brushless motors are still not necessarily “clean”. You can use either a Graham/Stetzer meter to check them or a handheld battery-operated AM radio – scan through the AM frequencies with the motor running. It is polluting if you hear static that is not present with the motor off. Avoid lights or other devices which use pulse width modulation or switching power supplies or other switching electronics.

Some common components that can be problematic:

Battery chargers are often highly electrically polluting. Both AC grid-based battery chargers and generator operated battery chargers often are highly electrically polluting. If absolutely necessary, a battery charger can be used, but, unless you can find a “clean” one, you should plan to not be around any wiring attached to the charger while the charging is occurring. It should be kept completely off and/or disconnected the rest of the time.

Charge controllers can also be highly polluting. Great care should be used in selecting a charge controller. Many charge controllers use pulse width modulation, another switching technology that results in electrical pollution. Some charge controllers do not employ this technology at all and others allow it to be turned off. The controller that we have found to be clean is made by Flexcharge and it is model NC25A-12(24,36,48). Their website is http://www.flexcharge.com. It does click on and off every thirty seconds or so when fully charged which would generate a transient, but otherwise it seems to be “clean”.

Voltage converters can be highly polluting devices. Unless you can find a “clean” voltage converter, it is best to design your system to run at the voltage you will be using or use other methods of generating multiple voltage levels or using different voltage equipment e.g. connecting in series or tapping batteries differently.

Voltage switches can also be highly polluting due to the controller circuitry. If you need a voltage switch, Solar Converters makes a “clean” voltage switch that can be ordered from Solar Converters using VCS-1AH FET or VCS-1AL FET. The regular product can be found at (http://www.solarconverters.com/index.php/products/92-voltage-controlled-switch). It is the FET that tells them to make it clean. I believe it restricts what the switch can do, but it still operates as a voltage switch.

Back-up generators can be highly polluting. These are usually used for generating 60 Hz power for a house that loses power temporarily or to provide power to an AC device that is prohibitively far from the electrical grid. While most are quite electrically polluting, some are not. Be sure to use the Graham/Stetzer Microsurge meter to check the specific make and model you wish to purchase prior to making a purchase. The power quality varies greatly model to model.

For more information on DC solar systems, you may want to read “Photovoltaics Design and Installation Manual” by Solar Energy International. I highly recommend reading it before even contacting a professional so you are knowledgeable independently. Most professionals know little or nothing about the power quality issues inherent in an off-grid system. They can install a system; you will need to be sure it is “clean” enough for you to be healthy. One way to help with that is to have a minimal amount of wiring so that you are not so highly exposed to any pollution. Another way is to have the home wiring completely disconnected from the polluting and constantly live portion of the system. Then, only plug in the majority of the wiring in the evening when the lights are needed and unplug it again at night.

We have a 48 volt system powered by four 175 watt solar panels. We got a 48 volt system so that we could run the well-pump we needed. However, there are some distinct pluses to having a 48 volt system. For instance, the higher voltage allows us to make longer wire runs with smaller wire. We are able to use our existing wiring to power the LED lights throughout the house due to the higher voltage. The higher voltage has made some of the electronics conversions possible. For instance, the printer/fax/copier required 30 volts. It does, however, make it a bit more challenging to use the gizmos designed for 12 or 24 volt systems. Fortunately, we never had many gizmos. Also, small stand alone solar chargers can be used by those on and off-grid to charge battery operated electronics. They can be left in the sun to charge in areas away from humans and pets, to minimize exposure to the polluted electromagnetic fields that are likely to result. The system provides plenty of power for our needs during the vast majority of the year. We usually only have to charge briefly every few days.

Here are a few of the ways that we have maintained as normal a life as possible while going off-grid:

Refrigeration – We have a propane refrigerator. We had originally wanted to get a DC refrigerator and chest freezer, but discovered that the compressor being used at the time was highly polluting. We are enjoying our propane refrigerator. The only difference we find is that as ambient temperature changes on a seasonal basis, we have to adjust the temperature control. We are still without a large freezer for our home use.

Heat – We installed a gravity flow hot water system. Read How Come? Hydronics Heating Questions We’ve Been Asking For More Than 100 Years (with straight answers) by Dan Holohan to find out more. The book can be obtained through his website http://www.HeatingHelp.com. We used the overhead system as he describes with a few modifications. Modern modifications include: a closed system (no external oxygen exchange which prevents system oxidation) with a modern diaphragm pressure tank mounted off of the boiler, boiler operates off of a millivolt thermostat, with no minimum temperature requirement only a high temperature shut-off on the boiler, thus it only heats as much as necessary. We have found that the system heats much more evenly and efficiently than our forced air furnace had. Quiet too. Completely non-electric gravity flow boilers are still available, but a doctor’s letter and proof of inability to have electricity may be necessary. We do not have the system permanently plugged into a water refill to avoid electrical current transfer from the water system. We fill with a hose. We have several dielectric unions in the gas line. We also have plastic line from the LP tank (a potential rf collector) to the house.

Lights – We have tried various LED possibilities. With the very low amperage LEDs draw and the higher voltage (48V) our existing wiring has been fine to use. This would not necessarily be true at lower voltages or higher amperages.

We have hooked two 24 volt LED automotive bulbs in series so we can run them on our 48 volt system. We use several pairs of these in a fixture. According to the manufacturer, at that time, the Dialight 586-4606-105F (28VDC) bulbs, and sister bulbs, did not use pulse width modulation. A base that converts the standard Edison base to the S-8 base, which these have, can be purchased from Kansas Windpower (http://www.KansasWindpower.net). It is item L450. Many of the lightbulbs available for purchase for home use do use pulse width modulation.

We have also used LEDs (C513A-WSN-CV0Y0151-ND from http://www.digikey.com/) connected securely with a good twist and some solder in series so that they add up to the correct voltage. We have set them up using a screw in base and baby food jar covers for ease of cleaning and to diffuse the light. We prefer to point the LED lights up at our white ceilings. We find that this diffuses the light well, resulting in a much more even distribution of light within the room.

Sump Pump – This was hard. Most bilge pumps (the solution originally recommended to me) are still brush motors and their capacity was too small. We finally settled on the pump from Wayne Pumps’ 24 volt ESP-45 back-up pump system (http://waynepumps.com/index.cfm/product/56/esp45.cfm), as the best solution. It was part number 06710. We are still waiting to see how it holds up long-term since it is a back-up pump, but so far it works like a charm, doing a lot of pumping on not a lot of electricity. We have two hooked up in series and activated by the same float switch. It does require a bit of wiring work.

Well Pump – We got a powerful pump since we need to pump volumes of water at times. It is controlled by a pressure switch, no controller, which would have used high frequency signaling. It allows our system to continue functioning the same as it used to, including the pressure tank.

Solar System – We got help designing our system from the helpful folks at Backwoods Solar (http://www.backwoodssolar.com). They will not necessarily automatically design a “clean” system, but they were very obliging about providing phone numbers so I could ask the technical questions that I needed to and then re-designing the system with the answers in mind.

Electronics – We have successfully converted various electronics to run on our DC system. Most electronics are DC creatures anyway. The box at the end of the cord converts the AC to DC. It is usually highly polluting with a large electromagnetic field and uses electricity the whole time it is plugged in. (To conserve energy even on a utility system, unplug them or have them on a power strip that is turned off when not in use.) These converters usefully have what voltage DC the converter puts out so then it is a matter of having a knowledgeable professional remove the box and input the proper voltage from a DC system.

All the components we got (except lights) required additional electrical filtering to make them clean enough according to the reading from Graham/Stetzer Meter. (In spite of all the care I took in avoiding deliberate radiofrequency pollution, there was plenty of inadvertent electrical pollution to go around. Some levels were quite high.) In a pinch, the commercial Graham/Stetzer filters can be used on a DC system, however they can drain batteries so caution is required. In addition, 0.1 microfarad capacitors can be used to help filter the extremely high frequencies generated. I would recommend contacting Dave Stetzer to help design filters for your system. Stetzer Electric can be reached by phone at (608) 989-2571 or at their website http://www.stetzerelectric.com/. Questions can be directed to sales@stetzerelectric.com


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Here are some very helpful links thanks to those at EI Wellspring.org

Moving Off-grid for Low EMF — An Overview   PDF

How to go Off-Grid Fast and Simple   PDF

Living on 12 volt Solar — Part 1 (Introduction)   PDF

Living on 12 volt Solar — Part 2 (Electrical System)   PDF

Living on 12 volt Solar — Part 3 (Appliances)   PDF

Living on 12 volt Solar — Part 4 (Misc. Info)   PDF

Questions and Answers about Low-Voltage Off-Grid Living   PDF

Managing a 12 volt Solar System   PDF

Low EMF Solar Charge Control Using a Voltage-controlled Switch   PDF

Choosing and Using a Generator   PDF

Protecting LED Lights from Overheating   PDF

 

Non-Electric Living

How to Wash Clothes Without Electricity   PDF

Zero-fume Gas Stove Enclosure   PDF

Cooking Without Electricity   PDF

 

Case Stories

Desert Moon House: A Super-Low EMF Solar Electric System   PDF

No Electricity in the House   PDF

Life in a Less-Toxic Off-Grid Travel Trailer   PDF

Going Off-grid Safely on 48 Volt   (external link)

Disconnecting an Existing House from the Grid   PDF

 

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EHS

EMF Analysis

What is Electro-Hypersensitivity (EHS)?

Electro-Hypersensitivity (EHS) is a condition that has been known about since 1932 and has been called various names in different countries around the world (particularly in Europe, Canada and the former Soviet Union). The labels include Microwave Sickness, Radio Wave Syndrome, EMF Intolerance Syndrome and Rapid Aging Syndrome. Whatever you call it, the condition is real and has been known to exist for over 80 years.   Approximately 3% – 5% of people are moderately affected, with another 20-25% of people being slightly affected. Less than 1% of the population is severely affected, but the numbers are rapidly increasing with the exponential rise in EMF pollution in our homes and communities. Even if you do not feel the effects of EMF pollution, your biology is still being damaged by this invisible pollution. Thus, all humans are electro-sensitive to a degree. People with EHS are in some ways lucky because their bodies are telling them to get away from a potent source of man-made environmental pollution.

The most famous person who is EHS is Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, the former Prime Minister of Norway and former Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). It is widely thought that she was forced out of the WHO in 2003 because she admitted in a press interview that cell phones within a few meters would give her a headache. This revelation was not aligned with the economic interests that govern the World Health Organization. She has been silent about the EHS issue for over a decade, until this statement was made recently stating that she is still cautious with cell phones and other sources of microwave radiation. She also recently made this statement regarding EHS in a speech at the University of Waterloo in Canada (the home of the BlackBerry smartphone).

The typical EHS symptoms are headaches (tension along the sides of the head), heart palpitations/pressure in the chest, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), fatigue, skin rashes (particularly on the face), memory & concentration difficulties, irritability and sleep disturbance. Approximately 300,000 people in Sweden (a country that officially acknowledges EHS as a functional impairment) are affected. Millions of people throughout the world are likely affected, yet most do not realize that microwave radiation and electrical pollution are the cause of their symptoms.

EHS is analogous to an allergy and once the body becomes sensitized to sources of EMF pollution, the only known treatment is to significantly reduce exposure. This can have a dramatic impact on one’s life, with some electro-sensitive people giving up their career, their home, social networks and sometimes even their family because it is difficult to live in our modern environment that is now filled with electrical pollution and microwave radiation. There have been multiple suicides around the world related to severe cases of EHS. Thus, the condition can have devastating effects on individuals and families.

While much of the press and even some physicians still keep their heads in the sand with regard to EHS, the evidence of its existence is too strong to deny. Both anecdotal and science-based evidence, as you can see below, makes such denial an increasingly untenable position. It may take some time for it too fully sink in (just like it took generations of doctors to believe in “invisible” germs), but society is beginning to realize that microwave radiation from wireless communication technology and electrical pollution is in the same category as tobacco, asbestos, pesticides, chemicals like BPA, fracking and GMO’s. Tens of millions of people will be affected unless society begins to listen to these canaries in the coal mine and begins to implementsolutions.

As you do your own research on this topic, you will see that many mainstream sources of information (such as Wikipedia or The New Yorker) label this condition as psychosomatic and quote outdated or flawed studies. Others go so far as to state that the only way this condition can be helped is through Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) or other psychiatric methods. Mental illness is a convenient scapegoat that has been used for centuries when powerful economic interests face an uncomfortable inconvenient truth that threatens the status quo. It is being used yet again for a condition that is real. It may benefit the reader to remember that homosexuality and even peptic ulcers were once thought to be mental disorders. This may still be the case if you live in certain areas of the world.

We are at the very beginning of understanding EHS and most of the recent science shows that EMF pollution affects our biology. To dismissively label this condition a mental illness is both arrogant and lazy. Such a stance does nothing to advance medicine and science. It only benefits the hugely profitable industries that rely on the proliferation of wireless technology and electrical pollution such as telecommunications, utilities, technology, military, media conglomerates, finance and pension systems. With our very economic and political foundations now reliant on this technology, it is easy to see why there is such a concerted effort to discredit EHS as a bonafide medical condition.

If you research this subject with an open mind and search for the truth, you will find that this condition is a real and growing issue for our society. The following are news stories, articles, research papers and websites that you will rarely see in the main stream press. This is how the truth becomes evident:  (See below this article for these listings)

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Susan Parsons

Human beings are bioelectrical systems. Our hearts and brains are regulated by internal bioelectrical signals. Environmental exposures to artificial EMFs can interact with fundamental biological processes in the human body.
(Sage, 2007)

We are living in an increasingly complex electrical environment and are inundated daily with electromagnetic frequencies ranging from less than 20 Hz (electric trains) to greater than 1 billion Hz (wireless telecommunication). Most of these frequencies are man-made and were not present until the invention and subsequent commercialization of electricity (early 1900s), radio (1920s), radar (1940s), television (1950s), computers (1970s), and cell phones (1980s). Whether, and at what intensities, these frequencies have biological effects has been a subject of scientific debate for decades.

(Havas & Stetzer, 2004)

Early recognition, avoidance of symptom-triggering agents, environmental control, treatments that may reduce residual toxins and recovery of normal biological processes are key to regaining health for people with sensitivities. Without mitigation of the incitant, people with environmental sensitivities may become severely debilitated.

(Sears, 2007)

In today’s world, everyone is exposed to two types of EMFs:

1. Extremelylowfrequencyelectromagneticfields(ELF)fromelectricalandelectronicappliances and power lines

2. Radiofrequencyradiation(RF)fromwirelessdevicessuchascellphonesandcordlessphones, cellular antennas and towers, and broadcast transmission towers. (Sage, 2007)

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Dirty/Stray Electricity refers to high frequency transients, harmonics, and other noise on electrical wiring. It can be generated inside buildings by electronic equipment and it can enter the home through wiring from nearby sources including wireless telecommunication antennas connected to the power grid. When the capacity of the primary neutral on distribution lines is exceeded, current runs along the ground and enters homes via grounded water pipes. (Havas & Stetzer, 2004)

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What is Electro-Hypersensitivity or EHS?

In addition to numerous other health problems, electromagnetic pollution has been associated with an increase in the number of individuals suffering from a condition known as electrohypersensitivity (EHS). EHS is defined by the World Health Organization as: “…a phenomenon where individuals experience adverse health effects while in the vicinity of devices emanating electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields.”

In Sweden, it is classified as a disability and health care facilities with low levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation are available. The Canadian Human Rights Commission report also acknowledges environmental sensitivity attributed to electromagnetic exposure. (28) Researchers estimate that approximately 3% of the population has severe symptoms of EHS, and another 35% of the population has moderate symptoms such as an impaired immune system and chronic illness (Havas, 2007).

SYMPTOMS OF EHS

The biological effects from exposure to EMF/EMR include both adverse health effects and loss of homeostasis and well-being. Symptoms vary from patient to patient depending on their physical biology and exposure intensity and duration. Symptoms quickly improve when away from EMF/EMR sources, particularly when the patient moves away from computers, fluorescent lighting, transformers, wireless antenna, cell and cordless phones, appliances and out of proximity to cell phone towers, electrical substations and power lines. All these are potential sources of higher than normal EMF/EMR exposure. Symptoms recur on returning to the irradiated environment. Over time, sensitivity is increased to smaller and smaller EMF/EMR exposures. (Sage, 2001)

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SYMPTOMS OF ELECTRO HYPERSENSITIVITY

Ne urolog ical

Ca rdiac

R es pira to ry

De rmato logica l

Ophtha l mo logic

headac hes

depress io n

pa lp it at io ns

sinusitis

skinrash

deteriorating vision

difficulty
c o nc e n t r a t i n g

anxiety

pain or pressure in the chest

asthma

facial flushing

pain or burning in the eyes

muscle and joint pain

confusion and spatial disorientation

low or high blood pressure

bronc hit is

itc hing

pressure in/behind the eyes

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memory loss

fa t igue

shortness of breath

pne umo nia

burning

floate rs

dizziness

weak ness

arrhythmias

catarac ts

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na use a

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tre mo rs

slow or fast heart rate

swelling of face and neck

irr itab ilit y

muscle spasms

numb ness

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leg/foot pain

tingling

“Flu-like” symptoms

hyperactivity

fe ver

altered reflexes

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inso mnia

OTHER

digestive problems

abdominal pain

test ic ula r/o va r ia n pa in/s we lling

enlarged thyroid

great thirst

dehydr at io n

noseb leeds

internal bleeding

hair loss

pain in the teeth

deteriorating fillings

Light sensitivity

swollen lymph nodes

loss of appetite

hypo xia

a l le r g i e s

frequent urination and inco nt ine nce

night sweats

immune abnor ma lit ies

redistribution of metals within the body

ringing in the ears (tinnitus or similar chronic ear-noise)

impaired sense of s me ll

altered sugar metabolism

dryness of lips, tongue, mouth, eyes

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Severe reactions can include seizures, paralysis, psychosis, and stroke

SO, YOU HAVE EHS. NOW WHAT? HOW DO YOU LIVE WITH IT?

I won’t lie and tell you it’s easy. It’s not. Not in the world we live in today. Most importantly, you need to reduce your exposure to EMFs and get your body as healthy as possible. If you follow the methods outlined below, you will experience much less pain and discomfort, and fewer symptoms. Your body will also be able to recouperate from exposure to EMFs more easily. Believe me, I have been there. I am there. However, by doing many of the things I mention below, life has improved immensely over the last year.

When I first found out I had EHS and was told the things I should do to get better, it just seemed so overwhelming. But once I took action, I started feeling much better. I was quite shocked when I realized how much subliminal pain and discomfort I had been living with. This was pain and discomfort other than the acute pains I was experiencing, and I didn’t even know it was there until after it was gone! My head actually felt ten times lighter and cooler. I was ecstatic from the physical relief I felt. I think my family thought I had gone mad. Here I was with a terrible diagnosis and I was dancing around the house singing.

Very quickly, all my symptoms started to abate. I could walk, think, and speak without difficulty; the ringing in my ears decreased; there were no daily headaches and no more seizures! I also had a nice surprise when other things improved too. Things I hadn’t associated with EHS; Chronic sinus and ear pain and pressure that the doctors couldn’t explain, Fibromyalgia symptoms, sensitivity to perfumes, nosebleeds, vision, and bladder problems (that had gotten very bad). All the symptoms improved or went away within weeks of staying home from work, eliminating wireless technologies and reducing the sources of EMFs in my home. The symptoms do return, when I’m exposed, but not as badly as before. And it will take a while for my body to heal enough that I don’t have any symptoms from short term exposure. I will never be able to tolerate exposure to wireless and cell towers.

After all I’ve been through, I’m just thankful that I’m not a frog or I’d still be boiling away in that pot of water.

Sections

EMF Mitigation and Avoidance

The Medical Aspects of Regaining Your Health Getting the Right Medical Help Medical Issues of EHS

Treating EHS
Replacement of Amalgam Dental Fillings
Removal of mercury and heavy metals from your body

Psychological and Social Aspects of EHS Employment and Accommodation Recommended Reading
References

Put a frog in a pot of boiling water and it will jump out. Put it in a pot of cold water that is slowly heated, and it won’t notice a thing and stay in the pot.

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EMF Mitigation and Avoidance

The first and most important thing you can do for yourself, is to avoid exposure to EMFs. This is next to impossible in today’s world, but you can greatly reduce your exposure by knowing what and where the sources are in your environment, and then taking action to eliminate or minimize your exposure to them.

First and foremost
GET RID OF YOUR WIRELESS PARAPHERNALIA. (All wireless technology emits RF) Yes, you can live without it. In fact, you can’t live with it and withdrawal from these conveniences/pleasures is necessary to avoid eventual withdrawal from society.

CORDLESS PHONES – Use corded phones… you’ll get used to it again. A speaker phone will reduce your exposure even more.
WIRELESS INTERNET AND BLUETOOTH SYSTEMS – hard wire it.
(Bluetooth applications include all close range wireless communication devices such as wireless keyboards, mouse, printers, hands-free headsets, gaming consoles, bar code scanners.) WIRELESS BABY MONITORS – use corded, plug in, sound activated type and keep it well away from your baby.

CELL PHONES AND BLACKBERRIES – Use a land line. Some people keep one in their glove compartment in case of emergencies. Not using a cell phone regularly not only protects you and those near you but it also reduces the number of signals transmitting from cell phone towers and improves the environment for everyone.

REPLACE FLOURESCENT LIGHTS AND BULBS with incandescent bulbs. Although the government is encouraging everyone to use fluorescent bulbs, they only have power savings in mind. They are toxic in more ways than one: they emit strong EMFs and contain mercury. Research is being conducted on a certain type of LED lighting which may be safer to use.

The following is excerpted from Environment Canada’s website: “Because mercury is toxic and has significant impacts on human and environmental health, even small mercury spills should be considered hazardous and should be cleaned up with caution. Liquid mercury, commonly found in household thermometers, thermostats and barometers, volatilizes easily to form a poisonous, colourless and odourless vapor when spilled. If inhaled, this vapor is rapidly absorbed through the lungs of an exposed individual. Children are especially at risk of exposure because mercury vapors, which are heavier than air, often linger near the floor where children crawl and play.” read the protocol for cleaning up a ‘small’ mercury spill (http://www.ec.gc.ca/MERCURY/EN/cu.cfm?)

Your body heals and regenerates while you sleep. If you are being bombarded with EMFs during this time, not only will you be causing more damage but your body will not get the chance to heal itself.
REMOVE ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FROM THE BEDROOM. Clock radios, T.V.s, phones, electric blankets. If you must have them in the bedroom, place them as far away from the head of the bed as possible. It would be best to use a wind up or battery operated alarm clock.

  •  If you sleep in a water bed, unplug it (only switching off is not sufficient) before getting in at night.
  •  Do not use electric blankets. Use a hot water bottle or preheat bed with electric blanket, but unplug during sleep (only switching off is not sufficient).
  •  Sleep with your head away from power outlets. -4–

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Top performance of body and mind as well as optimal regeneration and relaxation require a healthy building that is largely free from undesirable environmental stressors.

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SLEEP/REST AWAY FROM HIGH FIELD AREAS like the house power main and operational refrigerators and appliances. Remember, fields extend some distance, even through walls.

  •  Place kitchen and laundry appliances on outside walls.
  •  It is highly beneficial to turn the power to the bedroom off at night. Remember there mayalso be lighting fixtures in ceilings below your bedroom and these should be turned off at the main also.IN YOUR VEHICLE: There are high levels of EMFs in the engine compartment of a vehicle. The alternator and ignition being the main culprits. If you are in the market for a new car, it would be best to choose one that allows you to sit further back from the engine. Although fuel efficiency is a concern, for the health purposes of someone with EHS it would be better to choose a larger car. If you are to measure for the EMFs in a car, you should be driving at the time. measure all areas of the car includig the footwell. Measure with the heater and A/C on and off.Generally, standard transmission and deisel powered vehicles emit fewer EMFs. Deisel being the best. Some vehicles have high electrical fields and low electromagnetic fields and some the opposite.
  •  DonotuseGPS
  •  Limit the use of the heater and air conditioner
  •  Disconnect onboard DVD players etc. Not only are they usually placed very close to theheads of those in the front seats, the EMFs they emit are being bounced around inside thevehicle striking everyone multiple times.
  •  The stereo system can also be a bad source of EMFs, from the digital display, even whenturned off. You can ‘disconnect’ it by pulling the fuse.
  •  There is a transparent window shielding that can be installed on you vehicle’s windows butyou may need special permission to do this. It will protect against RF from the plethora of cell towers along the highways. All windows will need to be coated so RF signals don’t get in and ricochet around inside the vehicle. See: Protective fabrics
  •  While driving on the highway try to stay away from commercial vehicles. They usually have high powered transmitters for communicationsLIVE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM power lines, distribution lines, electrical substations, electrical bus cables and cell phone towers.ONLY SUBMIT YOURSELF TO X-RAYS, MRI’s OR CT SCANS in emergency situations. Although exceptional diagnostic tools, these procedures are extremely dangerous and will only make your symptoms worse. Unless your situation is dire, it would be unwise to submit to them. (Updated information Mar 25, 2008)For information on the technology of MRIs please see:
    Whole Body Screening using MRI or CT Technology (Health Canada) (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iyh- vsv/med/mri-irm_e.html#he);
    Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) (Georg Frese, Hans Engels) (http:/weepinitiative.org/LINKEDDOCS/health/MRI-Frese_text.pdf);
    Euro Work Safe (http:/weepinitiative.org/LINKEDDOCS/health/MRI_euroworksafe.pdf);
    and Guidelines for Ethics Approval of Research Protocols Involving Human Exposure to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (HSREB, 2005) (http:/weepinitiative.org/LINKEDDOCS/health/2g004-guideline-use-of-mri- mar-2005.pdf)LIMIT EXPOSURE AND STAY A SAFE DISTANCE FROM ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

TV’s, computers and monitors. Use a flat screen monitor. If you use long extensions on your mouse keyboard and monitor, you can have your computer further away from your desk and body. You can also sit further back from the monitor. Do not use a wireless keyboard and mouse. Be aware: the mouse and keyboard also have EMFs page6image1248

  •  If you have a laptop, do not sit with it on your body. Use an external keyboard, mouse, and possibly monitor. Using it on battery power will also reduce EMF exposure. Recharge the battery away from high use areas of your home.
  •  Refrigerators can be put on timers so they run periodically to maintain their temperature but don’t have current running to them constantly.
  •  Do not sit between two sources of EMFs. Electromagnetic fields attract one another, which expands the field from one source towards the other. Sitting between two sources puts you in this expanded field and increases your exposure. An example would be an attraction between your computer and TV. This can even have an effect if the TV is in an adjacent room.
  •  Unplug all electrical equipment when not in use. Even when something is turned off it will still conduct ‘dirty electricity’ from power surges and bring that into the room and closer to you.
  •  Remove or unplug lamps and other electrical equipment from occasional and end tables, if they are near to where you will be sitting. This includes telephones. Use overhead lighting or place lamps at a distance from where you will be sitting.
  •  Do not use a microwave oven. These not only emit high levels of EMF’s but they also irradiate your food, causing it to be less nutritious.
  •  Some people turn the power off in their homes for short periods to give their body a break.
  •  Other common high EMF/EMR sources are: furnace, water heater and pump, air conditioningunit, induction stoves, hair dryers, heating pads, tanning beds, sewing machines, printers, copiers, fax machines and radiant heating systems. See Building Biology Indoor Environment Checklist © (http://www.baubiologie.net/docs/elektrosmog_bb_indoor_environment_checklist.pdf)INSTALL EMF/EMR FILTERS AND CAPACITORS on electrical circuitry in your home. Electromagnetic fields are constantly riding on the wiring and electrical devices in your home. These filters harmonize the electromagnetic fields (EMF) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) on the wiring and reduce your exposure. WEEP does not sell or promote any particular brand of filter but you can find plenty of information on the internet. You will need filters that work in the 4kHz to 100kHz range.CHECK THE WIRING IN YOUR HOME to make sure all connections are secure and there is no breakage anywhere.CHECK ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES to ensure they are in perfect working order. Do not break off the ground prong on the plugs.CHECK THE OUTSIDE CONNECTION TO THE MAIN POWER LINES Call your electric utility provider and have them check to make sure they are all secure and there is no breakage anywhere. Also have them trim tree branches around the supply cable so they don’t touch and create surges on your line.ANOTHER MAJOR SOURCE OF EMFs IS GROUND CURRENT ENTERING YOUR HOME ON WATER AND GAS PIPES. Install a dielectric coupling (electrically insulating piece) after having it checked by a licensed electrician. Replacing copper pipe with PVC can also reduce the transmission of EMFs around the home.OTHER CONSIDERATIONSBecause metal is an ideal transmitter and reflector of electricity and electromagnetic radiation, it is wise to keep your distance from and reduce the number of metallic objects in your environment.Consider replacing your spring bed with a natural material mattress. This is especially important because your body heals and regenerates while at rest.

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  •  When purchasing new furniture take into consideration the amount of steel or metal it contains.
  •  Because of stray current on water pipes, a steel bathtub can be a high source of EMFs.
  •  Metallic jewellery can also attract EMFs. You may have already noticed aching in yourhands, wrists, and neck from this.
  •  DO NOT WEAR HATS WITH METAL STUDS and BUCKLES. Check the little button on top ofbaseball caps. This can cause major injury, especially near cell phone towers or in wirelessinternet environments.
  •  Wear eyeglasses with as little metal as possible. Even those plastic frames have metal postsin the arms.
  •  At work, take frequent outside breaks to give your body a rest. See section onaccommodation below.GET OUTSIDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. While indoors not only are you surrounded by sources of EMF but it also reflects and ricochets off walls and objects in the room, creating even denser electrical pollution. So getting outside, more often, will help you immensely. But be mindful of high EMF/EMR areas outisde too.
  •  As with inside the house, it is always a good idea to measure EMF/EMR in your outside environment, so you know the best place to sit and relax.
  •  Stay away from overhead or underground high power lines, electrical transformers, substations, cell phone towers etc.In your own back yard, some areas that may have a detrimental effect on your health are:
  •  Near the power supply and supply cable
  •  Underground water, gas pipes, TV cable, TV antennae, phone lines, and metal fences.Sitting in steel frame lawn chairs is also not a good idea. Sitting away from the house will reduce your proximity to steel veranda supports and rails, aluminum soffits, fascia, and eaves troughs.PROTECTIVE FABRICSThere are a lot of EMF protective devices and materials on the market and they do work but only under certain conditions. For instance there are protective fabrics that will deflect or absorb EMFs. So you may think it a good idea to line your bedroom with some of the more reflective fabric. This will only work if you have no sources of EMF inside the shielded area because they would bounce around inside the room, increasing your exposure. (If you were to do this you would have to make sure that the floor and ceiling are also lined.)Fabric for protective clothing.At first, I thought that the more protective the fabric the better. However, this isn’t the case. It can actually attract and retain EMFs instead of repel them.Some fabrics need to be grounded. I have seen on the news, a woman in England who wears mesh over her head. This mesh needs to be grounded to dissipate the EMFs. I’m not sure about the ground current situation in England but in N. America, we have a terrible ground current problem so this is not a good idea. The current from stray electricity in the earth will run up the ground wire as well as down so you are at risk of shock and further injury. One person has complained of having terrible pains in her head when she goes to bed. She wore a foil hat to protect against cell tower emissions. This isn’t a very good idea. If you are being exposed to EMFs from any direction other than from the side or top, of your head, the EMFs will travel through your body and brain, out the top of your head; reflect off the shield and then travel back down through your brain and body, increasing your exposure.page8image1128 page8image1288

I wear a hat made from NaturaShield fabric. I have lined a hat with it that I wear to go out and I also have a couple made only of this fabric for in the house and to sleep in. I wear a hat 24/7. When I first started wearing it I couldn’t believe the relief I got. My head instantly felt ten times cooler and most of the pressure was gone within days. This is the pain I mentioned earlier that I didn’t know was there.

This fabric is strong enough to reflect most of the ambient EMFs from the electrical paraphernalia around me but only partially blocks out the direct RF signals from cell towers and wifi. It also isn’t

strong enough to attract EMFs to my head. In blocking the ambient EMFs it actually reduces my exposure which in turn helps my body deal with the stronger RF signals. It also lets the stronger exposures I may experience from an upward angle to my body, pass right through. Once in a while, when I start feeling pain on the top of my head, I take the hat off because it is usually something affecting me from below. This may happen more if you are on an upper floor of a building and there are EMF sources on the floor(s) below.

As with everything that can be used for protection against EMFs, some things work for some but not for others. I know people who have tried wearing ‘the hat’ and find it doesn’t help at all or gives them a headache. This may due to the direction and type of the exposure in their environment and/or their particular biology. It is all trial and error and you will need to be patient to find what works for you.

Although WEEP does not usually promote specific devices or commercial companies, I feel that in this instance if you don’t use the right fabric, you may injure yourself further. The NaturaShield fabric can be ordered on line at http://www.lessemf.com/fabric.html

The Medical Aspects of Regaining Your Health

“Diseases are crises of purification, of toxic elimination.” Hypocrites, 500 BC

GETTING THE RIGHT MEDICAL HELP

Equally important to mitigation and avoidance of EMFs, is healing and strengthening your body. Since most family doctors only treat the symptoms of illness, seeing a registered complimentary and alternative medical practitioner is necessary to receive the right care. You have become electrohypersensitive because EMFs have affected your body on a broad spectrum and at a cellular level, so it is important to treat the root cause and not just the symptoms. For a list of Registered Naturopathic Doctors, by province see: Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (http://www.cand.ca/index.php?id=professional&L=0)

It is also important to contact the Environmental Health Clinic at The New Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, and ask them for a referral package. There is a waiting list to get into the clinic, so the sooner this is done, the better. The Doctors at The Environmental Health Clinic will help you better understand EHS and what you need to do to regain your health. They will also help your family doctor understand EHS and what he or she can do to help you. Because the body of evidence is only now being taken seriously, most family practitioners are still unaware of EHS or anything that is involved in treating it. To help you talk to your doctor about EHS, we have prepared a document for you to take with you when you visit him/her. A printable version is available here. Talking to Your Doctor

Having a diagnosis from the Environmental Health Clinic will also help when you talk to your employer and insurance providers.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CLINIC AT THE NEW WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL,

http://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/programs/program76.html

The Environmental Health Clinic is a unique multidisciplinary clinic, and the only one of its kind in Ontario. It was established in 1996 by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care to be a provincial resource in promoting environmental health, and to improve health care for people with environment-linked conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities.

The Environmental Health Clinic is the clinical part of a joint clinical and research program of Women’s College Hospital and the University of Toronto.

The purpose of the Clinic is to:

  •  Educate our clients, the public and health-care professionals about environmental health issues
  •  Provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment for clients with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances (and related conditions), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, and to make recommendations to their treating physicians regarding the management of their ongoing health care needs
  •  Gain a better understanding of the health-care needs of those with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia through participation in clinical research a better understanding of the health-care needs of those with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia through participation in clinical researchA physician referral is required. To have a referral package mailed to you, call toll free 1-800-417-7092.Other environmental health care facilities in Canada:
    In Nova Scotia, the Environmental Health Centre (http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/facilities/nsehc/index.html) was established at a permanent site in 1997. This facility is associated with Dalhousie University and includes Canada’s only environmental control unit for treatment and research.The provinces and territories, rather than the Government of Canada, are primarily responsible for the administration and delivery of health care services. It is therefore, recommended that you contact provincial/territorial Ministries of Health to find out what is available to you. The following Health Canada website provides links to provincial and territorial health ministries: http://www.hc- sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/delivery-prestation/ptrole/ptmin/index_e.html#1MEDICAL ISSUES OF EHSI strongly reccommend that you read the The Canadian Human Rights Commission Research Project, The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities. (Sears, 2007) Link. It will help you better understand the issues surrounding your health care and recovery.The following are excerpts from this report.ORIGINS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIEShttp://www.chrc- ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_hypersensibilitee/page5-en.asp

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Overload the “General Adaptation Syndrome” model underpins modern medicine, describing

how the body responds to “stressors” (e.g. chemical agents, vigorous exercise, emotional

loss). If the stress does not kill, initially there is a “flight/fight” response, then a period of adaptation and then resistance to the stressor. Eventually, if the stress continues for long enough, or there is a sudden surge of stress, adaptive mechanisms are exhausted. This brings generalized breakdown of body systems and non-specific illness. Recognition of these universal bodily reactions to stressors of all types, which are mediated via the pituitary/hypothalamus/adrenal axis, spawned the science of psychoneuroendocrine immunology.

Ashford and Miller described this scenario as “Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance” (TILT), a disease paradigm affecting a broad cross-section of society, including veterans of war, workers in many professions and trades, and children in poorly ventilated or maintained schools. This toxic overload is treated by reducing the number of stressors, including chemicals and allergens in the body, the surroundings, food and water, as well as electromagnetic fields, currents and radiation. Reduction of emotional stressors may also help.

Summary

The balance of scientific evidence and experience indicates that environmental sensitivities generally arise from physiological causes, although there are many neurological and psychological consequences. Physiological responses to environmental factors vary greatly among individuals, and individuals’ experiences must play an important role in determining treatments. Once environmental factors initiating and triggering environmental sensitivities are addressed with safe housing, workplaces, food and water, then psychosocial interventions may assist people. The comprehensive biopsychosocial model of medicine, treating the body, mind and environment, is therefore the most appropriate and effective framework for treating environmental sensitivities.

ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES – MEDICAL ISSUES

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_hypersensibilitee/page6- en.asp

Early recognition, avoidance of symptom-triggering agents, environmental control, treatments that may reduce residual toxins and recovery of normal biological processes are key to regaining health for people with sensitivities. Without mitigation of the incitant, people with environmental sensitivities may become severely debilitated. Once exposure to incitants is eliminated, helpful interventions include: treating gastrointestinal infections which, if untreated, can lead to absorption of internal toxins and large-molecule food antigens, or conversely, may lead to poor absorption of nutrients;

  •  regimens to enhance detoxification and elimination such as sauna and exercise therapy;
  •  reduction of heavy metal contamination using oral and intravenous chelation for toxicmetals (shown to be safe to treat lead in children; it is currently in clinical trials for childrenwith autism);
  •  oral and intravenous vitamins;
  •  securing hormonal homeostasis, given that many of the toxins observed are endocrinedisruptors;
  •  correcting biochemical irregularities;
  •  psychological, social and spiritual support;
  •  occupational accommodation.

SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?

I am not a health care practitioner and I don’t claim to know anything about human biological systems, so I asked my Naturopathic Doctor, Edie Pett (D.C., D.T.) to help me with this section.

To regain your good health you must repair and strengthen your body as much as possible before embarking on other more intensive treatments to rid your body of heavy metals.

NUTRITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR MAXIMIZING OUR HEALTH:
Your food should be organic, non GMO (genetically modified) and as local and seasonal as possible for optimal nutrient value.

It is recommended to eat: 8 to 10 servings of vegetables. Eat a variety of colours, red peppers, green kale, white cauliflower, orange carrots and squash. Use a variety of cooking methods from steaming, sautéing, baking, and some raw. Vegetable juice is especially useful if digestion is poor as it is high in enzymes and absorbable nutrients. Some suggestions would be to use a combination of carrot, celery, beet, ginger and cabbage.

1 to 3 servings of Fruit, but only if local and seasonal. Fruit must be picked ripe to have any significant nutritional value. Freezing or canning local fruit in the summer is a way to provide great fruit in the winter.

Whole Grains: Brown rice (all kinds), millet, quinoa, buckwheat, oatmeal, rye, amaranth, kamut, spelt

Legumes: chick peas, lentils, black beans, aduki, lima, split peas, navy, kidney beans, soybeans and tofu. These provide great fibre for assisting in the elimination of wastes and toxins from the body, as well as plentiful nutrients and protein. Eat some of each of them on a daily basis. Great in soups, as side dishes, dips, salads.

Protein: When eating any animal protein choose only that which is hormone and antibiotic free and as organically raised as possible. Fish should be wild when possible. Larger fish such as tuna should be eaten less frequently due to their higher mercury content. Smaller fish such as anchovies and sardines provide high quality omega 3 essential fatty acids as well as being good protein sources. Complete vegetable protein is derived from combining legumes and whole grains together as well as the addition of nuts and seeds. Almonds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pecans and walnuts are good sources of oil and protein. Of course eggs are also a good protein source.
Extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, sesame oil and sunflower oil are great oils to use in cooking and salads.
Herbs and spices add flavour and medicinal value: use garlic, onions, leeks, shallots often. Curries, cilantro, basil, oregano, turmeric etc.

Water in sufficient amounts is required to keep the body detoxifying well. Usually it is recommended to drink half your body weight in ounces. It should be purified, a Brita filter, reverse osmosis filter etc. Avoid buying water in plastic bottles or using plastic bottles to drink from. There are harmful chemicals that leach out of the plastic into our water.

AVOID all foods that contain sugar, high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners. Better choices would be honey, maple syrup or stevia. A basic rule of thumb, if there are more than 5 ingredients listed on a product it’s best to avoid it!

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If you do use them choose organic ones, or as an alternative try goat or sheep milk products. Many alternative choices to wheat are available: brown rice pasta, rye or spelt breads and crackers, brown rice cakes and crackers, granolas and mueslis. Corn and corn products are also not tolerated well by many individuals. If you do eat it, make sure it is organic as there is a lot of modified, gmo corn on the market.

REALLY, THE WAY TO GO IS TO DO YOUR OWN COOKING FROM SCRATCH SO THAT YOU KNOW ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS IN YOUR FOOD. Get to know local farmers, go to farmers’ markets, many are growing organically now. Read labels, ask questions, know what you’re eating!

BASIC HEALTHY LIFESTYLE SUGGESTIONS:

Sleep: Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night. You may need to darken your room to help with this.

Dry brush your skin daily with a natural bristle brush or loofa. Eliminates wastes and acids from the skin as well as assisting in lymphatic drainage.

Get outside daily for at least 1⁄2 hour.

Movements…do something! Walk, swim, dance, run, and jump……every day.

DRY BRUSHING

Excerpted from Natural Health Techniques http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/HealingTechniques/Dry_Brushing_Technique.htm (See this site for details on dry brushing.)

The skin is the largest most important eliminative organ in the body and is responsible for one quarter of the body’s detoxification each day
The skin eliminates over one pound of waste acids each day in the average adult, most of it through the sweat glands

That the skin is known also as our third kidney
That the skin receives one third of all the blood circulated in the body
That the skin is the last to receive nutrients in the body, yet the first to show signs of imbalance or deficiency

Detoxification is performed by a number of organs, glands, and transportation systems, including the skin, gut, kidneys, liver, lungs, lymphatic system, and mucous membranes. The dry brushing technique deals with detoxification of the skin.

Dry brushing is a way to stimulate all the above organs of detoxification because it provides a gentle internal massage.

Dry Brushing was recommended by the Finnish Dr., Paavo Airola for his patients 30 years ago and is still popular in European spas and many cancer treatment centers today. The Russians, Turks and Scandinavians have used this treatment for centuries. Dry brushing is promoted as a preventative for dry skin and a way to exfoliate the skin, thus stimulating skin renewal that is super soft to the touch, but there are many other benefits as well:

Health Benefits of Dry Skin Brushing:

1. Cleansesthelymphaticsystem
2. Strengthenstheimmunesystem
3. Stimulatesthehormoneandoil-producingglands 4. Stimulatescirculation
5. Improvesthefunctionofthenervoussystem
6. Helpsdigestion

SUPPLEMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN HEALING YOUR BODY

THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER (BBB)
Because the BBB is compromised with EHS, Methylcobalamin B12 injection protocol is essential for patients with environmental sensitivities. (This is different to Cyanocobalamin B12 that is commonly available) For those who cannot stomach injections, a sublingual form is available at health food stores but will not be as effective.

The blood-brain barrier is created by the cells which line the small blood vessels (capillaries) of the brain, called endothelial cells. These cells form tight junctions between each other, which are not generally present in most organs, and stop a free exchange of substances occurring between the blood and the brain. This barrier protects the brain and creates its unique environment. (Begley, 2005) (6)

Methylcobalamin is the active form of vitamin B12 and triggers regeneration of the nerves without adverse side effects. It facilitates methylation, the process that creates and maintains nerves and brain chemicals.

(Recommended by the doctors at the Environmental Health Clinic at The New Women’s College Hospital)

The Methylcobalamin Protocol for patients with environmental illness is:

Methylcobalamin injection 25,000 IU/cc (preservative free) 5cc vial X6R
0.1cc subcutaneously daily or 2-3x per week or as directed. It is best to use an Insulin syringe 3/10cc (painless)(#30)
Keep refrigerated and discard after expiry date

(Kathleen Kerr MD, 2005)

You must purchase Methylcobalamin at a Compounding Pharmacy. Your regular pharmacist can help you find one near you. Although this is most likely not covered by your insurance company, (it is not very expensive) ask your doctor for a prescription so you can claim the expense on your taxes.

ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION

Because of the potential for side effects and interactions with medications, dietary supplements should be taken only under the supervision of a knowledgeable health care provider.
It is recommended that you use only high quality supplements

  •  Omega 3-6-9 fatty acids ~ reduce inflammation and help prevent risk factors associated with chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and arthritis. These essential fatty acids are highly concentrated in the brain and appear to be particularly important for cognitive (brain memory and performance) and behavioral function.
  •  Anti-oxidants ~ prevent and repair damage done by free radicals. Antioxidants may also enhance immune defense and therefore lower the risk of cancer and infection.
  •  Melatonin ~ helps regulate other hormones and maintains the body’s circadian rhythm. In addition to its hormonal actions, melatonin has strong antioxidant effects. Preliminary evidence suggests that it may help strengthen the immune system. It is recommended that you speak with your health care practitioner before taking melatonin.
  •  Calcium ~ the most abundant mineral in the human body, has several important functions. More than 99% of total body calcium is stored in the bones and teeth where it functions to support their structure [1]. The remaining 1% is found throughout the body in blood,“…… Ultra-high doses of methylcobalamin even promote nerve regeneration in experiments.” (The Journal of Neurological Science, April 1994)

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muscle, and the fluid between cells. Calcium is needed for muscle contraction, blood vessel contraction and expansion, the secretion of hormones and enzymes, and sending messages through the nervous system. A constant level of calcium is maintained in body fluid and tissues so that these vital body processes function efficiently. B-Complex ~ B vitamins are an important part of the diet and are needed to help avoid many health conditions. The body does not produce B vitamins naturally. Their influence is felt in many parts of the body. They function as coenzymes that help the body obtain energy from food. They also are important for normal appetite, good vision, healthy skin, healthy nervous system and red blood cell formation

  •  Milk Thistle has a protective effect on the liver and improves its function. The liver plays a major part in ridding your body of toxins and so needs to be kept as healthy as possible.
  •  Vitamin D (up to 4000mcg a day) ~ In addition to calcium metabolism, accumulating evidence indicates other roles in human health, including immune function, reduction of inflammation, and effects on cell proliferation, differentiation, and programmed cell death.
  •  Digestive enzymes ~ assist your body in absorbing essential nutrients.
  •  Probiotics ~ re-establish and maintain a normal intestinal microflora.
  •  For additional information on supplements to protect your body and assist with movingmercury out of your system, please see:http://mercurytalk.com/wiki/index.php/Detoxing:Getting_Started_With_A_Detox_PlanREPLACEMENT OF AMALGAM DENTAL FILLINGSNot only do amalgam dental fillings attract EMF and electricity to your body, they create electrical current, and they contain mercury. Mercury is very toxic and is difficult for the human body to process and get rid of. Heavy metals in your body may have contributed to your getting sick in the first place. There are many ways in which you could have acquired heavy metal toxicity but dental amalgam fillings are a major source of contamination. It is not a single incident contamination but an ongoing leaching into the body. see: Environment Canada’s Mercury and the Environment, Health Concerns http://www.ec.gc.ca/MERCURY/EH/EN/eh-hc.cfm?SELECT=EHDental Mercury is the Source of Two-Thirds of Mercury in the PopulationAmalgam restorations consist of mercury, silver, tin, copper, and a trace amount of zinc. The dental amalgam has two fundamental flaws that adversely affect a patient’s health. The first fundamental flaw is that all amalgam metals are cations(a). The net result of the tendency for covalent(b), ionic and metallic bonding and van der Waals forces(c) between amalgam cations is a weak repulsion. So there is a sustained release of mercury and other metals from the amalgam into the body. Researchers have measured a daily release ofmercury on the order of 10 micrograms from the amalgam into the body. Mercury is a toxic metal; the most minute amount damages cells.The second fundamental flaw is that there are five dissimilar metals in the amalgam. Galvanic(d) action between these metals in inevitable (the dissimilar metals form a battery). Galvanism produces electricity that flows through the body. The electric currents produced by the amalgam typically are between 0.1 and 10 microamps, compared to the body’s natural electric current of 3 microamps.The mercury challenges systemic functions of every individual and of developing fetuses, so it can lead to health problems and fetal malformations. Mercury leakage and its subsequent pathophysiologic effects are most often slow, insidious processes. So health problems caused by dental mercury poisoning are perceived many years after the amalgams are placed. (DAMS Inc. 1997 & 2005)

(a) An ion or group of ions having a positive charge and characteristically moving toward the negative electrode in electrolysis
(b) Of or relating to a chemical bond characterized by one or more pairs of shared electrons
(c) The relatively weak attractive forces that are operative between neutral atoms and molecules and that arise because of the electric polarization induced in each of the particles by the presence of other particles (d) Of, relating to, involving, or producing a direct current of electricity

Removal and replacement of amalgam fillings with non-metallic fillings is not straight forward. A specific protocol needs to be followed to ensure that you don’t absorb any more mercury during the procedure, and to bolster your immune and nervous systems. Having amalgam dental fillings replaced without following this protocol can cause severe health reactions. Working in unison with your natural health care practitioner and your dentist, while you are having you fillings replaced, is strongly recommended.

Even though it is scientific fact that mercury is released from amalgam fillings, most dentists are misguided and are still using it. (See: http://amalgamillness.com/Mercury.html) In my search for a dentist, to replace my amalgam fillings, I have spoken to several who seem to be under the impression that mercury is not dangerous. One dentist told me there is less mercury in one filling than in a can of tuna. But what if you have more than one filling? And aren’t they warning against eating tuna?

Environment Canada also has strong concerns regarding mercury fillings. See Canadian Dental Association – Environment Canada Best Management Practices for Amalgam Waste in Canada – 2002 , Appendix D for the protocol for handling dental mercury. http://www.ec.gc.ca/MERCURY/DA/EN/da-damou.cfm#AnnexD

Another dentist, aware of the mercury issue, wanted to replace my amalgam fillings with gold because it doesn’t have the same chemical interactions as amalgam. Maybe not, but it is still metal and conducts electricity. They all try to talk me into having x-rays, which of course, I decline. I am only telling you this to stress the point that you need to find a dentist who understands the issues you are dealing with, or will at least listen when you explain and put your health at risk.

For the dental protocol to safely remove amalgam fillings see: International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) http://www.iaomt.org/articles/files/files288/Safe%20Removal%20of%20Amalgam%20Fillings.pdf

For mercury free and mercury safe dentists in North America see: IAOMT-Find a Dentist/Physician http://www.iaomt.org/patients/results.aspx?stateProv=Ontario
This page also contains a link to international chapters.

REMOVAL OF MERCURY AND HEAVY METALS FROM YOUR BODY

Heavy metals in the body are dangerous on three levels. They are toxic; they can move in the body, when you are near electromagnetic radiation and fields, causing damage to the surrounding tissue; and they can attract and conduct electricity.

If not done correctly, removal (via chelation) of heavy metals from the body can be dangerous. It is recommended that you find a health care practitioner with a lot of experience and recommendations from previous patients. It is also recommended that you read the book Amalgam Illness Diagnosis and Treatment by Dr. Andrew Hall Cutler PhD., PE. http://www.noamalgam.com/

Testing for mercury in the body is difficult because mercury remains in the blood for a very short period before being excreted or settling in the organs and brain.

There are several methods of testing but because the DMPS Challenge involves moving large amounts of mercury in your body at one time, it can be very dangerous and is not recommended. Please see: Testing for Mercury Toxicity for more options and information. http://mercurytalk.com/wiki/index.php/Testing_for_Mercury_Toxicity

Detoxing is a long-term plan that you have to faithfully follow if it is going to work. Here are specific ideas to help you create a good detox plan.

Mercury detox is a two-tier project: Protection

Mobilization (via Chelation)

First, you have to protect your body from the effects of mercury, then you want to “mobilize” the mercury, that is, you want to pull it from body tissue and get it out. Providing a balance between protection and mobilization will allow you to feel reasonably well while assisting the body in eliminating mercury at a faster rate than it normally would. This balancing act is important because mobilizing too much mercury too fast can redistribute the mercury causing it to end up back in your body tissue causing more damage as it travels. If you mobilize too slowly, then mercury remains in your body longer than necessary.

A good plan will involve starting gently and becoming more agressive as you become stronger and healthier.

Read more… Detoxing:Getting Started With A Detox Plan

http://mercurytalk.com/wiki/index.php/Detoxing:Getting_Started_With_A_Detox_Plan

Psychological and Social Aspects of EHS

As I mentioned earlier, I am not a health care practitioner so, once again, I am turning to the experts for this section. I would also suggest that you read the advice on the The Environmental Health Clinic at The New Women’s College Hospital’s website. It is about living with other environmental sensitivities, but the advice given is practical for all sensitivities. The information I supply here on coping and social/spiritual aspects of environmental sensitivities is excerpted from their web site. http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/centres/environmental/sensitivities/index.html

COPING

It is common to feel “out of control,” particularly in the beginning of this illness. It is helpful to keep a diary of activities and then note your symptoms in relation to exposure. This is a useful tool for making changes in your environment and helps one to regain some control. If there are a number of things that need to be changed it can appear overwhelming. It is important to set priorities and realistic time frames to make changes.

It often helps to view symptoms as early warning signs. If you can remove yourself from triggering agents, when the earliest symptoms start, you may be able to avoid developing further symptoms. Relaxation exercises are helpful to decrease stress. Below is an example of an easy exercise to promote relaxation:

Choose a place in your house as your “relaxation space,” preferably a place that you can close the door and be alone and uninterrupted for at least 10 minutes at a time. Sit in a comfortable chair and close your eyes. Take a few breaths to settle in – it may help to say nurturing phrases to yourself such as, “this is my time” or “as I breathe, I heal.” When you feel settled, as you breathe in through your nose, say silently to yourself “re” and “lax” as you exhale. Do this for 10 minutes twice a day at times when you know that you will not be interrupted. You may need to discuss this with your family to let them know that this is a time when you are to be left alone.

This exercise can also be done at any time of day for a few minutes whenever you first recognize your particular symptoms of stress.

Coping strategies are critical for people with environmental sensitivities/intolerances, as they may experience the feeling that their lives are being “turned upside down.” They may have lost their ability to work. They may be unable to socialize outside their homes – or even perform routine tasks such as grocery shopping, due to triggering of symptoms by everyday environmental exposures.

In a US-based survey of people with chronic fatigue syndrome, the most helpful coping skill was “attitudinal adjustment.” This refers to basically acceptance of the illness and taking care of themselves. In this study, people said, “I stopped comparing myself to others,” or “I don’t waste time worrying about what might have been” and “I remind myself to be in the moment – that’s all there is.”

SOCIAL/SPIRITUAL

Anyone experiencing a debilitating chronic illness needs time to grieve over the loss of his or her former life.

Isolation is often one of the most difficult aspects of having environmental sensitivities/intolerances. Family and friends may not understand the patient’s many sensitivities and symptoms and may go through many of the same emotional stages that the sick person does – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. This lack of understanding may be compounded if health professionals and insurance companies do not validate the illness as “real.” The first step in helping others to understand your condition is to educate yourself, and then others. You may wish to have family and friends come to your own home when socializing, rather than going to their homes, as it is easier to control your own environment.

Sadly, in some cases, in spite of education about ES/MCS, family and friends may not be supportive. It is probably wise to minimize or eliminate contact with these people as much as possible, as they can be very “energy draining.” On the other hand, building a group or community of people who understand and care can be energy well spent. It may be helpful to connect with others who have the illness, through a support group. If you cannot leave your home or find a tolerable space to meet, it is usually still possible to network with supportive others through telephone calls, the Internet and/or email.

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TAKING ACTION

Some people find that when they start to feel better they want to become active in making environmental changes in their community to prevent others becoming ill or to help others who have environmental sensitivities. This is a great way to “make a difference.” Find out what groups are working in your community to create safe and healthy environments through your local politicians or support groups for people with environmental sensitivities/intolerances

Employment and Accommodation

As stated earlier, avoiding EMFs is very important in regaining your health. This can be difficult to do when at work. You may need to take some sick time at first, to start the healing process, but you still have bills to pay and a life to live.
The nature of your work may make it possible for you to work from home. You will have to determine, for yourself, what is best for your situation.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission approved a Policy on Environmental Sensitivities on June 15th, 2007. This policy has weight of law for federal employers, and sets a precedent for others. In this policy, EHS is classified as an environmental sensitivity and therefore a disability. There are two reports dealing with the medical perspective and the legal perspective. To help your employers better understand EHS, you may want to refer them to this site.

The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities By: Margaret E. Sears (M.Eng., Ph.D.) http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_hypersensibilitee/toc_tdm-en.asp

also can be found here if link above is down

http://lindasepp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2007-chrc-the-medical-perspective-on-environmental-sensitivities.pdf

and
Accommodation for Environmental Sensitivities: Legal Perspective By: Cara Wilkie and David Baker http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_legal_hypersensibilitee/toc_tdm-en.asp

Also can be found here http://lindasepp.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2007-chrc-accommodation-for-environmental-sensitivities_legal-perspective.pdf

Here are some pertinent excerpts from these reports and from the Discrimination Prevention section of their web site.

ENVIRONMENATAL SENSITIVITIES, DISABILITY AND MEDICAL EVIDENCE

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_legal_hypersensibilitee/page3- en.asp

a. Definitions of Disability

International approaches to definitions of disability in human rights protection vary in their reliance on medical diagnoses and symptoms. At one end of this spectrum are the Canadian and Australian approaches, in which a very broad definition of disability is adopted.3 As a result of this, complainants are required to provide minimal medical evidence to establish that they qualify as persons with a disability, and individuals with environmental sensitivities do not need to prove the veracity of their condition. In fact, the courts have specifically held that the inability of the medical community to diagnose a condition or identify its cause does not affect whether an individual has a disability, so long as its triggers can be identified.

b. Evidentiary Difficulties

The general lack of knowledge on sensitivities within the medical community and the unavailability of tests to identify particular triggers may act as an obstacle to the treatment of sensitivities and to a complainant’s ability to identify appropriate experts to testify before a tribunal or provide evidence to an employer about accommodation needs.

Recommendation 1: Where an individual with a poorly understood disability is unable to provide expert medical evidence, the employer, service provider or other decision maker should seek an informed expert opinion on the effects of the condition and the resulting accommodation needs.

Recommendation 2: Employers, service providers and other decision makers should ensure that, if accommodation requests are rejected, it is not because the medical evidence provided is not as unequivocal as it may be with other disabilities: knowledge and understanding of the condition is still developing, and the expectations regarding medical evidence should reflect this. 3. Disability is defined in section 25 of the Act as “any previous or existing mental or physical disability and includes disfigurement and previous or existing dependence on alcohol or a drug.”

ACCOMMODATION ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITIES: BEST PARCTICES

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_legal_hypersensibilitee/page6- en.asp
a. Accommodation Principles and Practices
As for any other disability, the accommodation process for persons with environmental sensitivities must be conducted in an individualized, respectful and inclusive manner. Employers and service providers are well-advised to accommodate in a respectful manner that protects the individual’s self-respect, privacy, comfort and autonomy. Accommodations should be individual in nature and not “one size fits all.” Finally, the goal of accommodations is independence and full participation of the individual. When evaluating potential accommodations, this is the standard that they ought to be measured against.

UNDUE HARDSHIP

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/preventing_discrimination/duty_obligation-en.asp

What is undue hardship?

The employer’s or service provider’s duty to accommodate is limited only by “undue hardship’’ i.e. the employer or service provider need not accommodate an employee or client if it can show that the accommodation would cause the employer or service provider to suffer undue hardship. Section 15(2) of the Canadian Human Rights Act states that ‘’it must be established that accommodation of the needs of an individual or a class of individuals affected would impose undue hardship on the person who would have to accommodate those needs, considering health, safety and cost’’ in order for the accommodation to be considered too much of a burden.

Undue Hardship – Health and Safety

If accommodating a person’s age, physical or mental disability, family or marital status, or religious practice would pose an undue risk to the health and safety of that person, or others, then an employer or service provider may be able to establish undue hardship. For example, an airline may require its pilots to have a certain level of uncorrected vision, hearing and manual dexterity in order to land a plane with all its passengers, safely, without instruments in an emergency. This requirement could prevent persons with certain disabilities from being a pilot.

Undue Hardship – Cost

The cost of a proposed accommodation would be considered ‘’undue’’ if it is so high that it affects the very survival of the organization or business, or it threatens to change its essential nature. The mere fact that some cost, financial or otherwise, will be incurred is insufficient to establish undue hardship. Some factors that can be considered in appraising undue hardship are the size and financial resources of the employer, and external financing, and details of any additional risks or detriments.page20image1496 page20image1656

Recommended Reading

The BioInitiative Report. http://www.bioinitiative.com
The Canadian Human Rights Commission Report – Policy on Environmental Sensitivities

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/legislation_policies/policy_environ_politique-en.asp?lang_update=1

Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Biological Effects of Dirty Electricity with Emphasis on Diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis. Magda Havas http://weepinitiative.org/scientific.html

Dirty Electricity and Electrical Hypersensitivity: Five Case Studies. Magda Havas & David Stetzer

http://weepinitiative.org/linked docs/scientific/Dirty Electricity and Electrical Hypersensitivity Five Case Studies.pdf

Evidence That Electromagnetic Radiation Is Genotoxic: The Implications For The Epidemiology Of Cancer And Cardiac, Neurological And Reproductive Effects. Dr. Neil Cherry http://weepinitiative.org/scientific.html

Building Biology Indoor Environment Checklist©

http://www.baubiologie.net/docs/elektrosmog_bb_indoor_environment_checklist.pdf
The Blood Brain Barrier. Dr. David Begley http://www.gaucher.org.uk/bloodbrainmay2005.htm

Methyl B-12 in Combating Degenerative Diseases and Mental Illness

http://www.vistamagonline.com/articles/print.php?s=methyl_b-2_in_combating_degenerative_diseases_and_mental_illness

Amalgam Illness Diagnosis and Treatment. Andrew Hall Cutler, PhD, PE

http://www.noamalgam.com/
The Dental Amalgam Issue, DAMS Inc. http://www.amalgam.org/

References

Sage, C. 2007. The BioInitiative Report. retrieved from: http://www.bioinitiative.org Havas, M. 2004. Dirty Electricity and Electrical Hypersensitivity: Five Case Studies.

Sears, M.E. 2007. Retrieved from: The Canadian Human Rights Commission. The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities. http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/research_program_recherche/esensitivities_hypersensibilitee/toc_tdm- en.asp

Havas, M. & Stetzer, D. 2004. Retrieved from: Graham/Stetzer Filters Improve Power Quality in Homes and Schools, Reduce Blood Sugar Levels in Diabetics, Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms, and Headaches.
http://www.dirtyelectricity.ca/images/havas_stetzer_london2004.pdf

Building Biology Indoor Environment Checklist© Retrieved from: http://www.baubiologie.net/docs/elektrosmog_bb_indoor_environment_checklist.pdf

http://weepinitiative.org Begely, D. 2005. The Blood Brain Barrier. Retrieved from:

http://www.gaucher.org.uk/bloodbrainmay2005.htm

DAMS Inc. 1997 & 2005. The Dental Amalgam Issue. Retrieved from: http://www.amalgam.org/

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Canadian Human Rights Commission; Discrimination Prevention. Retrieved from: http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/preventing_discrimination/duty_obligation-en.aspm

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Apple bans cellphone radiation detection app from ‘App Store’

Saturday, April 28, 2012 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

(NaturalNews) An Israeli startup company known as Tawkon has developed a mobile application that provides visual readouts on the amount of radiation being emitted from mobile phones at any given time. But according to numerous reports, tech-giant Apple continues to refuse the addition of the “app” to its App Store, which means users must “jailbreak” their iPhones in order to download and use it.

Concerns about cellphone radiation and its dangers to human health are growing, as reports continue to emerge showing that repeated and prolonged exposure can cause chronic headaches and migraines, behavioral and developmental problems, and even cancer (http://www.naturalnews.com/cell_phone.html). But it is precisely because of these dangers that companies like Apple appear to be trying to hide the truth about mobile phone dangers.

According to a Tech Crunch report from August 23, 2011, Apple’s former CEO Steve Jobs, who not even two months later died of cancer (http://www.naturalnews.com/033793_Steve_Jobs_chemotherapy.html), had once again denied requests to include Tawkon’s radiation detection app in his company’s App Store (http://techcrunch.com). Jobs’ response to Tawkon’s request consisted solely of the the following:

“No Interest.

Sent from my iPhone”

The only way for iPhone users to get the app, in other words, is to have their iPhones “jailbroken,” a process in which Apple’s proprietary operating system software is modified to allow iPhone users more freedom in modifying their own devices. Apart from these alterations, which can potentially void an iPhone’s warranty, iPhone users are restricted by Apple from knowing the truth about how much radiation their phones are emitting.

Electro-sensitivity, a growing public health epidemic

Whether to shelter its own profits or to deliberately keep its users in the dark about the radiation dangers of mobile phones, Apple’s despotic decision to prevent its users from accessing pertinent information about their own phones is a public health nuisance. Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from mobile phones and other devices is causing widespread health problems, many of which go undiagnosed.

The growing prevalence of electro-sensitivity (ES), a condition in which EMR-producing devices, including mobile phones, cause chronic health problems to develop, is becoming pandemic. Headaches, speech problems, dizziness, chest palpitations, tinnitus, memory loss, nausea, joint pain, back pressure, and many other symptoms are all associated with perpetual exposure to EMRs, particularly from mobile phones.

Fortunately, mobile phone users can still measure EMRs without Tawkon’s app using electromagnetic frequency (EMF) detectors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMF_meter). These devices can be placed near mobile phones, microwaves, compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs, and other radiation-emitting devices to detect the amount of EMRs being emitted.

RF Exposure
Sources for this article include:

http://www.activistpost.com

http://techcrunch.com

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/035705_cellphone_radiation_Apple_app_store.html#ixzz2iqYUReES

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If you research this subject with an open mind and search for the truth, you will find that this condition is a real and growing issue for our society. The following are news stories, articles, research papers and websites that you will rarely see in the main stream press. This is how the truth becomes evident:

Evidence for EHS:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21793784
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241215/
http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/cordless-heart/
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/uploads/scribd/Genuis%202.pdf
http://www.weepinitiative.org/LINKEDDOCS/scientific/20080117_bevington_emfs.pdf
http://www.hese-project.org/hese-uk/en/niemr/ehs.php
http://www.mcs-america.org/july2012.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22153604
http://www.emractionday.org/science
http://www.norad4u.com/ehs
http://www.es-uk.info/

Press stories about EHS:

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/frank-clegg/post_5393_b_3745157.html
http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/245588/158/Wireless-Refugees-Cell-Phones-WiFi-Making-Us-Sick
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/gallery/2013/mar/29/electrosensitivity-technology-killing-us-photographs
http://www.magdahavas.com/gro-harlem-brundtland-talks-at-the-university-of-waterloo/
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/06/15/cellphone_towers_one_womans_struggle_with_electromagnetic_hypersensitivity.html
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north/northcote-resident-says-smart-meter-caused-her-tinnitus/story-fnglenug-1226696426024

http://www.onthemedia.org/2011/sep/16/escape-wifi-national-quiet-zone/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-21386477
http://vimeo.com/59956235#
http://electroplague.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/ami-living-june-12-2013.pdf
http://www.foodsmatter.com/es/personal_histories/articles/es_refugees_ladberg.pdf
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/PublicationsDVD.php#1
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_view/article_7a0c5f3e-193b-561f-9502-fd74169c384d.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jul/20/man-living-alone-woods-escape-wifi-mobiles
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-02/disconnected
http://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.com/2012/07/respect-rights-of-those-who-are.html
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Forced-to-Disconnect-Electrohypersensitive-fugitives.pdf
http://stopsmartmeters.org/2012/07/08/electro-sensitive-or-electromagnetically-aware/
http://www.gq.com/cars-gear/gear-and-gadgets/201002/warning-cell-phone-radiation
http://www.electromagneticman.co.uk/index.php/case-studies/electrosensitivity-sufferers
http://ehsfighback.blogspot.com/2012/08/wireless-epidemic-that-may-affect-50-of.html
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/826236—i-had-turned-into-this-old-frail-man-overnight
http://tinyurl.com/cm6p94p
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobilfunk_newsletter/dIcFwCYxRjw
http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/the-west-virginia-town-where-wireless-signals-are-illegal-191901444.html
https://www.facebook.com/WendyWalksforES
http://electroplague.com/2013/07/30/jeske-family-langford-bc/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzRP_J7P-c
http://radirid.com/www/my-story/
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/95056
http://allehanda.se/start/harnosand/1.6203287-marta-i-eu-domstolen
http://www.canada.com/sensitivity+solution+sought+ferries/8692314/story.html
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/08/06/zakhele-lives-in-cellphone-hell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNfAbDa0k1A
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-02/disconnected
http://www.electrosensitivesociety.com/2010/06/01/the-dr-carlos-sosa-m-d-story/
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobilfunk_newsletter/dIcFwCYxRjw
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Daily-Mail-Weekend-27.6.09-dacrepdf-1.pdf
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2158015/Allergic-modern-life-Pregnant-mother-sensitive-electromagnetic-waves-use-iPad-make-mobile-phone-trip-town.html
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Forced-to-Disconnect-Electrohypersensitive-fugitives.pdf
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?p=6138
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/smart-meter-shock-forces-family-out/story-fn7x8me2-1226181915461
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jul/20/man-living-alone-woods-escape-wifi-mobiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izwY-cO_qoY
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1387972/Woman-allergic-electricity-Cancer-survivor-sensitive-gadgets-lives-candlelight.html
http://ehsfighback.blogspot.com/2012/06/article-about-dafna-tachover-ehs.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1201896/Allergic-wi-fi-How-electrosmog-leaves-Afterlife-DJ-agony.html
http://www.buergerwelle.de:8080/helma/twoday/bwnews/stories/3682/
http://www.feb.se/feb/blackonwhite-complete-book.pdf
http://electromagneticman.co.uk/index.php/case-studies/electrosensitivity-sufferers
http://kfor.com/2013/07/23/customers-says-oge-smart-meters-making-them-sick/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2331369
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QxAzzicjn4
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2013/mar/29/electrosensitivity-is-technology-killing-us-video
http://www.ei-resource.org/articles/multiple-chemical-sensitivity-articles/identity,-self,-and-psychology-in-multiple-chemical-sensitivity/

http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/BioInitiativeReport2012.pdf

Cell Tower Madness

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Diagnosing Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and “The effects of invisible waves”

The Environmental Health Clinic at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto recently held an educational event on the environmental health condition called electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EMS, aka EHS). Dr. Ray Copes, chief, environmental and occupational health, Public Health Ontario, Dr. Magda Havas, associate professor of environmental and resource studies, Trent University, and Dr. Riina Bray, medical director, Environmental Health Clinic, WCH were among the speakers.

“We need to create more awareness about this condition,” said Dr. Riina Bray. “Health-care practitioners need to better understand EMS (EHS) so they can help their patients prevent and manage their symptoms. The public needs to know how to protect themselves from the broad range of health impacts electromagnetic fields have on their minds and bodies.”

Recognition of EHS is slowly growing as more people are affected. The number of wireless devices is growing, and it’s difficult to avoid exposure. Smart meters on every house, cell phones in nearly every pocket, cell towers in every neighbourhood, wifi in every other café and home… Never before in human history have we been exposed in this way.

I personally am lucky that compared to some people, my EHS symptoms are mostly mild to middling, although they have been severe at times.

I had problems with fluorescent lights causing migraine headaches since junior high, and those problems intensified as years went bye.  Things got worse after myriad chemical exposures while living in what became the sick house in Toronto. Having my health knocked back so much by the chemical injuries made me more vulnerable to developing EHS. I think it was wearing a wireless microphone for a tv news interview that really  triggered it for me.  After wearing the mike for about 30 minutes, I felt buzzing for the rest of the day. Having very high dirty electricity measurements in the house did not help (bad wiring, probably not to code, including some old knob and tube in parts of the house).

The biggest (most obvious) problems I’ve experienced are with the phone. Thanks later to a BELL tech at the cabin who identified stray voltage or current on the phone line, who then found me a line that was free of this current, and having my symptoms resolve, I now understand the issues I was having with my phone in Toronto were also due to stray voltage on the line there, probably because it was illegally cut and patched several times. I didn’t know to ask Bell to test the line for stray current then, but now whenever my head starts buzzing from using the phone, I’ve asked them to check, and sure enough… they’ve found some.

It got so bad for me in Toronto that from a couple of minutes on the phone, it felt like a swarm of angry bees was buzzing around inside my head, and the longer I tried to ignore it, the longer it took before I could use the phone again without the effects becoming excrutiatingly disabling. I was down to being able to use the phone for less than 5 minutes a WEEK and this small amount of time exacerbated the symptoms I was already experiencing from the chemical exposures in addition to making my head feel like the swarm of bees was in there.  All this was at a time I needed to be able to communicate with others to find new housing. Needless to say, there were a lot of unresolved communication problems as a result.

I’ve been affected when driving (or being driven) past electric transformer stations, under high transmission lines and past cell towers, sometimes severely.  I can’t be around cell-phones, or wi-fi without symptoms, some serious if the exposures are prolongued.

The smart meters here are affecting me, but fortunately for me, my unit is the farthest away from them. Tragically, the woman who sleeps against the wall they are all mounted against has been experiencing some serious problems since they were activated, problems she didn’t have before. Co-incidence? From what I have learned, I think not.

From the WCH press release:

“Cell phones, cell phone towers, wireless internet routers, cordless phones and power lines of all sorts have all been recognized as possible contributors to an environmental health condition called electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EMS) caused by significant exposure from radio waves.

EMS symptoms include poor sleep, fatigue, headache, nausea, dizziness, heart palpitations, memory impairment and skin rashes. Patients’ reactions vary, some requiring life-altering changes to minimize exposures as much as possible.”

See more:  
http://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/news-and-events/connect/the-effects-of-invisible-waves

Magda Havas

“Earlier this year (March 2012), the Austrian Medical Association released a very important document: Guideline of the Austrian Medical Association for the diagnosis and treatment of EMF related health problems and illnesses (EMF syndrome).  Consensus paper of the Austrian Medical Association’s EMF Working Group (AG-EMF).  Click herefor pdf.

If you think you are responding adversely to electromagnetic radiation, it is important that you share this document with your doctor/health care professional.  EHS is an emerging illness that has not been taught in most medical schools, especially in North America.  However, it is increasing at an alarming rate and now children as well as adults are adversely affected by this radiation.”…

http://www.magdahavas.com/austrian-medical-association-guidelines-to-diagnosing-and-treating-patients-with-electrohypersensitivity/

Environmental Health Trust

WEEP 
The Canadian Initiative to Stop Wireless, Electric, and Electromagnetic Pollution is an organization formed to inform the Canadian public about the potential environmental effects associated with various forms of electric and electromagnetic emissions

Disconnect (2012)
There are 6 billion cell phones worldwide but what do we really know about the effects of this revolutionary technology?
Through extensive research and interviews with the world’s leading doctors, scientists, politicians, and industry innovators; director Kevin Kunze traces the rise of an unregulated industry and unveils the detrimental relationships that have debased corporate responsibility.

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WHAT IS ELECTROHYPERSENSITIVITY

Adapted from material written by Beau Binder and Anna Jonsson

Description

Electrohypersensitivity or EHS is a physiological condition. It is characterized by neurological and immunological symptoms that noticeably flare or intensify upon, or following expose to:

  • electric and magnetic fields (EMF)
  • one or more of the types of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) found in the modern environment

Having Electromagnetic Field Sensitivity means experiencing recurring stress or illness when near active EMF sources or emitters of EMR. Symptoms normally diminish with distance from these sources but typically require considerable time to vanish after exposure. The World Health Organization identifies this collection of symptoms and triggers as Electrohypersensitivity, often referred to as Electrosensitivity. It is not recognized as a medical diagnosis. However, it is accepted as a functional impairment in Sweden and the Canadian Human Rights Commission recognizes it as an environmental sensitivity and classifies it as a disability.

Likely Causes

Excessive exposures to EMF or EMR from power lines, cell phone transmission towers, cell & digital cordless phones, computers, fluorescent lights and various electrical tools & equipment.

Similarly, a synergistic effect involving heavy metal buildup in the body has been reported. Predisposing genetic factors, such as the inability to excrete heavy metals, have a role in this. Common sources of heavy metal exposure are mercury in dental amalgam, aka “silver fillings”, and some vaccines.

EHS is frequently seen in people with multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), resulting from overexposure or intolerance to certain chemicals.

Common Symptoms

  • Concentration problems
  • Memory lapses
  • Aches or pressure in head, throat and chest
  • Unsteady balance, dizziness
  • Altered heart rate
  • Ringing in the ears
  • Excessive fatigue
  • Numbness or pain in affected areas
  • Sleep disturbances
  • Eye irritation
  • Red skin blotches, eczema

Four Stages of Electrohypersensitivity

  1. Mild combinations of some of the common symptoms – typically headaches, concentration & memory problems – while working with electronic equipment.
  2. Longer lasting symptoms after working with electronic equipment. Similar reactions in the vicinity of transmission towers and relay antennae. Symptoms often require medical care.
  3. Inability to work full-time; frequent sick leaves taken to cope with symptoms.
  4. Acute adverse reactions from electromagnetic pollution, both in outdoor and indoor environments. Results in unemployment and severe curtailment of freedom. Requires expensive reengineering of home environment or relocation to spartan, EMF/EMR-free rural or wilderness areas.

Prevention Tips from the EHS Community

  • Keep bedroom free of battery chargers, cell & digital cordless phones and other wireless products.
  • Sleep away from high field areas like the house power main and operational refrigerators. Remember fields extend some distance, even through walls.
  • Limit exposure to and keep distance from, TV’s, computers and monitors.
  • Other common high EMF/EMR sources are: microwave ovens, induction stoves, electrical blankets, hair dryers, heating pads, tanning beds, and radiant heat systems.
  • Use standard land line phones. Only use cell phones for short calls or emergencies. Use hands free model and direct the phone antenna away from your body. Do not use headphones.
  • Remove digital, cordless phones from home and office; they act as mini-cell towers.
  • Do not use wireless networks or gaming systems; instead use cabled/corded alternatives.
  • Use a precautionary approach to new electronic devices and systems.
  • Use incandescent lighting and not fluorescent.
  • Turn off and unplug electrical equipment when not in use.
  • Seek out low emission/low field areas both indoors and outdoors to de-stress.
Because the body of evidence is only now being taken seriously, most family practitioners are still unaware of EHS or anything that is involved in treating it.
If you have, or believe you may have EHS, we have prepared an information package to help you talk to your doctor about it. Please see: Talking to Your Doctor. (Just Below) Take a printed copy with you, to your next appointment with him/her.
For more indepth information about what you need to do to regain and maintain your good health see:
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Talking to your doctor

Electro Hypersensitivity

Talking to Your Doctor

In addition to numerous other health problems, electromagnetic pollution has been associated with an increase in the number of individuals suffering from a condition known as electrohypersensitivity (EHS). EHS is defined by the World Health Organization as: “…a phenomenon where individuals experience adverse health effects while in the vicinity of devices emanating electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields.”

In Sweden, it is classified as a disability and health care facilities with low levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation are available. The Canadian Human Rights Commission report also acknowledges environmental sensitivity attributed to electromagnetic exposure. (28) Researchers estimate that approximately 3% of the population has severe symptoms of EHS, and another 35% of the population has moderate symptoms such as an impaired immune system and chronic illness (Havas, 2007).

Because EHS is an environmental sensitivity, avoidance of triggers is essential in preventing symptoms and regaining good health. Like other environmental sensitivities, EHS presents with a variety of symptoms and it is common to have overlapping conditions. For instance, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Fibromyalgia, among other illnesses, are common in people with EHS and severity of symptoms in people with M.S., Diabetes, and other illnesses have been shown to be exacerbated with exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) and abated with mitigation of the EMF source(s).

SYMPTOMS OF ELECTRO HYPERSENSITIVITY

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The biological effects from exposure to EMF/EMR include both adverse health effects and loss of homeostasis and well-being. Symptoms vary from patient to patient depending on their physical biology and exposure intensity and duration. Symptoms quickly improve when away from EMF/EMR sources, particularly when the patient moves away from computers, fluorescent lighting, transformers, wireless antenna, cell and cordless phones,

appliances and out of proximity to cell phone towers, electrical substations and power lines. All these are potential sources of higher than normal EMF/EMR exposure. Symptoms recur on returning to the irradiated environment. Over time, sensitivity is increased to smaller and smaller EMF/EMR exposures. (Sage, 2001)

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SYMPTOMS OF ELECTRO HYPERSENSITIVITY

Neurological

Cardiac

Respiratory

Dermatological

Ophthalmologic

headaches

depression

palpitations

sinusitis

skinrash

deteriorating vision

difficulty conce ntra ting

anxiety

pain or pressure in the chest

asthma

facial flushing

pain or burning in the eyes

muscle and joint pain

confusion and spatial disorientation

low or high blood pressure

bronc hitis

itching

pressure in/behind the eyes

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memory loss

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fatigue

shortness of breath

pne umo nia

burning

floaters

dizzi ness

weakness

arrhythmias

cataracts

na usea

tremors

slow or fast heart rate

swelling of face and neck

irritability

muscle spasms

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numb ness

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leg/foot pain

tingli ng

“Flu-like” symptoms

hyperactivity

feve r

altered reflexes

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insomnia

OTHER

digestive problems

abdominal pain

testicular/o va rian pain/swe lli ng

enlarged thyroid

great thirst

dehydration

nosebleeds

internal bleeding

hair loss

pain in the teeth

deteriorating fillings

Light sensitivity

swollen lymph nodes

loss of appetite

h yp o xi a

allergies

frequent urination and incontine nce

night sweats

immune abnorma lities

redistribution of metals within the body

ringing in the ears (tinnitus or similar chronic ear-noise)

impaired sense of smell

altered sugar metabolism

dryness of lips, tongue, mouth, eyes

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Severe reactions can include seizures, paralysis, psychosis, and stroke

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF EMF/EMR EXPOSURE

(Excerpted from: Do You Have Microwave Sickness? Art Kab)

Exposure to EMF/EMR:

Induces Oxidative Damage leading to depletion of the body’s natural store of antioxidants like Super Oxide Dimutase (SOD), Catalase, Glutathione, CoQ10, and Melatonin. When the body becomes depleted in antioxidants, premature aging, increased infections, and sticky blood are just a few of the consequences. With a depressed level of antioxidants in the blood, for example, high-density lipoproteins (HDL) or the good cholesterol will bind with free radicals (oxidants) turning the good cholesterol into bad cholesterol or low-density lipoproteins (LDL).

Affects an abnormal influx of calcium into cells. When there is an abnormal influx of calcium into mast cells, for example, they produce histamine. This is just one of the ways in which microwave exposure has been known to trigger or aggravate allergic reactions.

Induces mitochondria dysfunction. The mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Dysfunctional mitochondria will interfere with the cells’ ability to produce energy and can be linked to fatigue and possibly even obesity.

Depolarizes the body’s red blood cells, causing them to clump together. When this happens, the amount of oxygen getting to the brain cells and the cells of the body’s other organs is diminished substantially leading to hypoxia. This can cause symptoms similar to altitude sickness: nausea, dizziness, inability to concentrate, and so on.

Induces a decrease in the numbers of Natural Killer (NK) cells. This leads to the body’s weakened ability to recover from viral and other types of infections. Therefore, people exposed to microwave radiation would take longer than normal to recover from your day-to-day infections.

Long-term microwave radiation has been shown to change a particular form of white blood cell (lymphocyte) ratio – known as the T-helper/T-suppressor (T4/T8) cell ratio – from normal to abnormal. Abnormalities in this T-lymphocyte ratio have been shown to lead to an increased susceptibility to viral, fungal, and bacterial infections. Symptoms include sore throats, low-grade fevers, weakness, persistent fatigue, and swollen lymph glands.

Increases viruses, bacteria, mold, parasites, and yeast in the blood of the human host.

Induces what is known as “subliminal” stress causing the adrenal glands to excrete an abnormally greater amount of cortisol and adrenaline. Excretion of adrenaline, for one, can lead to irritability and a feeling of hyperactivity – the latter now very common in children with ADHD. In a continuous state this will eventually lead to adrenal exhaustion. Excessive cortisol has been linked to obesity.

Causes a decrease of 5-HT in the blood. 5-HT is a precursor to the production of the brain hormone serotonin. Low levels of serotonin have been linked to anxiety and depression. An increase in anxiety and depression can in turn be linked to an increase in the number of suicides.

Induces a decrease in levels of the brain hormone norepinephrine. This hormone is essential for control of the autonomic nervous system, and lack of it can lead to autonomic nervous system disorders. For example, if the autonomic nervous system is not working properly, the body will have trouble regulating its temperature – i.e. cooling itself when it is warm and heating itself when it is cold. An abnormal decrease in norepinephrine levels has also been connected to short-term memory disturbances and depression.

Alters production of melatonin. This brain hormone and antioxidant is necessary for proper sleep. 42 million (approximately one in five) Americans now take sleep medication for insomnia while others often experience sleep disturbances due to exposure to electromagnetic radiation (EMR). A drop in melatonin levels has also been connected with increases in breast cancer.

Reduces the levels of the brain hormone, dopamine. A drop in dopamine levels have been linked with depression.

Affects an abnormal drop in the levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. A drop in the levels of this neurotransmitter has been linked to a number of neurological and neuromuscular disorders – including Alzheimer’s disease.

Induces restlessness and hence may very well also be responsible for a syndrome called restless leg syndrome (RLS).

Alters regional cerebral blood flow. In conditions like autism and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) it has been shown via http://weepinitiative.org/talkingtoyourdoctor.pdf

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The Canadian Human Rights Commission approved a Policy on Environmental Sensitivities on June 15th 2007. EHS is included in this report and is recognized as a disability.

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/legislation_policies/policy_environ_politique-en.aspDiagnostic Criteria

Diagnostic criteria are such that independent physicians would come to the same conclusion when examining a particular patient. This is important both for treatment purposes and for research.

With regard to multiple chemical sensitivity, thirty-four experienced North American physicians and researchers who had examined patterns of symptoms in thousands of people reached a consensus regarding criteria to establish a diagnosis:

  • symptoms are reproducible with repeated exposure;
  • the condition is chronic;
  • low levels of exposure [lower than previously or commonly tolerated] result in manifestations ofthe syndrome;
  • symptoms improve or resolve when the incitants are removed;
  • responses occur to multiple chemically unrelated substances; and
  • symptoms involve multiple organ systems.A systematic literature review confirmed the diagnostic criteria, and suggested that neurological symptoms could be an additional criterion. The consensus diagnostic criteria were also validated, as they identified those most and least likely to be affected among 2,546 patients in Toronto medical practices with high and low prevalence of patients with sensitivities. In the same study, a combination of four neurological symptoms also discerned people most likely affected by multiple chemical sensitivities: having a stronger sense of smell than others; feeling dull/groggy; feeling “spacey;” plus having difficulty concentrating. A pattern consistent with these diagnostic criteria is also reported for sensitivities to electromagnetic phenomena.”Environmental sensitivities” does not describe a single, simple condition with a universal cause. Environmentally sensitive individuals link their symptoms to aspects of their environment such as being in a particular place or being exposed to one or more factors such as chemicals, biological materials or electromagnetic phenomena. Table 1 lists some terms that have been used to describe aspects of environmental sensitivities.Adding to the complexity of the clinical picture are overlapping conditions, also listed in Table 1. Environmental exposures may not contribute to all these conditions in all patients, but one should be alert to the possibility that a range of factors may contribute to an individual’s ill health.Table 1: Names used for aspects of environmental sensitivities and commonly overlapping conditions

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Aspects of Environmental Sensitivities

State of heightened reactivity to the environment
Total allergy syndrome
Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT) Multiple chemical sensitivity(ies) (MCS) Multiple chemical hypersensitivity(ies) Chemical intolerance(s)

Gulf War illness/syndrome
Idiopathic environmental intolerance Environmental illness
Chemical injury/allergy
Toxic injury
Tight building syndrome
Sick building syndrome
Twentieth century disease
Chemically induced illness
Chemophobia
Electromagnetic (hyper) sensitivities /intolerance
Radiowave sickness

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Commonly Overlapping Conditions

Fibromyalgia
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) Chronic fatigue syndrome
Post-viral fatigue syndrome Post-infectious neuromyasthenia Yuppie flu
Chronic pain
Migraine
Arthritis
Allergies
Rhinitis
Asthma
Food intolerance syndrome
Celiac disease
Irritable bowel syndrome
Major depression
Anxiety or panic disorder Hypothyroidism

(http://www.c hrc-ccdp.ca /researc h_program_ reche rche /ese nsitivities_hyperse nsibilitee/page2-e n.asp#21)

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T R E AT ME N T

(Excerpted from The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities > Page 6 The Canadian Human Rights Commission Research Project)

Early recognition, avoidance of symptom-triggering agents, environmental control, treatments that may reduce residual toxins and recovery of normal biological processes are key to regaining health for people with sensitivities. Without mitigation of the incitant, people with environmental sensitivities may become severely debilitated.

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The most immediate and effective course of action is to avoid all sources of electromagnetic radiation.

Once exposure to incitants is eliminated, helpful interventions include:

  • treating gastrointestinal infections which, if untreated, can lead to absorption of internal toxins and large-molecule food antigens, or conversely, may lead to poor absorption of nutrients;
  • regimens to enhance detoxification and elimination such as sauna and exercise therapy;
  • reduction of heavy metal contamination using oral and intravenous chelation for toxic metals(shown to be safe to treat lead in children; it is currently in clinical trials for children with autism);
  • oral and intravenous vitamins;
  • securing hormonal homeostasis, given that many of the toxins observed are endocrine disruptors;
  • correcting biochemical irregularities;
  • psychological, social and spiritual support;
  • occupational accommodation.

The Environmental Health Clinic at the The New Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario http://www.womenscoll egehospi tal .ca/programs/program76.html

All patients with suspected Environmental Sensitivities would benefit greatly from attending this clinic.

The Environmental Health Clinic is a unique multidisciplinary clinic, and the only one of its kind in Ontario. It was established in 1996 by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care to be a provincial resource in promoting environmental health, and to improve health care for people with environment-linked conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities.

The Environmental Health Clinic is the clinical part of a joint clinical and research program of Women’s College Hospital and the University of Toronto.
The purpose of the Clinic is to:

  • Educate our clients, the public and health-care professionals about environmental health issues
  • Provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment for clients with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances (and related conditions), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, and to make recommendations to theirtreating physicians regarding the management of their ongoing health care needs
  • Gain a better understanding of the health-care needs of those with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances,Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia through participation in clinical research a better understanding of the health-care needs of those with Environmental Sensitivities/Intolerances, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia through participation in clinical researchA physician referral is required. To have a referral package mailed to you, call toll free 1-800-417-7092.THE CONTROVERSY(Excerpted from the Bioinitiative Report, http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/)Problems with Existing Public Health Standards (Safety Limits)Today’s public exposure limits for telecommunications are based on the presumption that heating of tissue (for RF) or induced electric currents in the body (for ELF) are the only concerns when living organisms are exposed to RF.
    In the past, scientists and engineers developed exposure standards for electromagnetic radiation based on what we now believe are faulty assumptions that the right way to measure how much non-ionizing energy humans can tolerate (how much exposure) without harm is to measure only the heating of tissue (RF) or induced currents in the body (ELF). In the last few decades, it has been established beyond any reasonable doubt that bioeffects and some adverse health effects occur at far lower levels of RF and ELF exposure where no heating (or induced currents) occurs at all; some effects are shown to occur at several hundred thousand times below the existing public safety limits where heating is an impossibility.

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Effects occur at non-thermal or low-intensity exposure levels thousands of times below the levels that federal agencies say should keep the public safe. For many new devices operating with wireless technologies, the devices are exempt from any regulatory standards. The existing standards have been proven to be inadequate to control against harm from low-intensity, chronic exposures, based on any reasonable, independent assessment of the scientific literature. The explosion of new sources of RF and ELF has created unprecedented levels of artificial electromagnetic fields that now cover all but remote areas of the habitable space on earth.

Main Reasons for Disagreement Among Experts

  1. Scientists and public health policy experts use very different definitions of the standard of evidence used to judge the science, so they come to different conclusions about what to do. Scientists do have a role, but it is not exclusive and other opinions matter.
  2. We are all talking about essentially the same scientific studies, but use a different way of measuring when “enough is enough” or “proof exists”.
  3. Some experts keep saying that all studies have to be consistent (turn out the same way every time) before they are comfortable saying an effect exists.
  4. Some experts think that it is enough to look only at short-term, acute effects.
  5. Other experts say that it is imperative we have studies over longer time (showing the effects of chronicexposures) since that is what kind of world we live in.
  6. Some experts say that everyone, including the very young, the elderly, pregnant women, and people withillnesses have to be considered – others say only the average person (or in the case of RF, a six-foot tallman) matter.
  7. There is no unexposed population, making it harder to see increased risk of diseases.
  8. The lack of consensus about a single biological mechanism of action.
  9. The strength of human epidemiological studies reporting risks from ELF and RF exposures, but animalstudies don’t show a strong toxic effect.
  10. Vested interests have a substantial influence on the health debate.

No one would recommend that drugs used in medical treatments and prevention of disease be randomly given to the public, especially to children. Yet, random and involuntary exposures to EMFs occur all the time in daily life.

Medical conditions are successfully treated using EMFs at levels below current public safety standards, proving another way that the body recognizes and responds to low-intensity EMF signals. Otherwise, these medical treatments could not work. The FDA has approved EMFs medical treatment devices, so is clearly aware of this paradox.

RECOMMENDED READING

Resources are endless on this topic. Here are some links to highly recommended reading materials.

The BioInitiative Report

http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/index.htm

By the BioInitiative Working Group. An international working group of scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals (The BioInitiative Working Group) has released its report on electromagnetic fields (EMF) and health. They document serious scientific concerns about current limits regulating how much EMF is allowable from power lines, cell phones, and many other sources of EMF exposure in daily life.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission
Policy on Environmental Sensitivities. http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/legislation_policies/policy_environ_politique-en.asp?lang_update=1

Evidence that Electromagnetic Radiation is Genotoxic: The implications for the epidemiology of cancer and cardiac, neurological and reproductive effects
by Dr. Neil Cherry June 2000
http://www.whale.to/b/cherry6.html

WEEP Canadian Initiative to stop Wireless, Electric, and Electromagnetic Pollution. http://.weepinitiative.org

http://weepinitiative.org/talkingtoyourdoctor.pdf

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Experiments with Cress [and Wi-Fi] in 9th Grade attracts international attention [Denmark] 16th May 2013

Foreign researchers are extremely excited for a biology project from five 9th grade girls.

Researchers from England, Holland and Sweden have shown great interest in the five girls’ biology experiments.

Take 400 Cress seeds and place them into 12 trays. Then place six trays in two rooms at the same temperature. Give them the same amount of water and sun over 12 days, and remember to expose half of them to mobile [Wi-Fi] radiation.

It is a recipe for a biology test so brilliant that it has attracted international attention among acknowledged biologists and radiation experts. Behind the experiment are five girls from 9b in Hjallerup School in North Jutland, and it all started because they found it difficult to concentrate during the school day:

– We all think we have experienced difficulty concentrating in school, if we had slept with the phone next to our head, and sometimes also experienced having difficulty sleeping, explains Lea Nielsen, who is one of the five aspiring researchers.

The school was not equipped to test the effect of mobile phone radiation on them. Therefore, the girls had to find an alternative. And the answer was Cress.

Six trays of seeds were put into a room without radiation, and six trays were put into another room next to two [Wi-Fi] routers. Such routers broadcast the same type of radiation as an ordinary mobile.

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The “healthy” cress without the influence of the router. Photo: The girls from 9b

Then it was just necessary to wait 12 days, observe, measure, weigh and take pictures along the way. And the result spoke was clear: cress seeds next to the router did not grow, and some of them were even mutated or dead.

– It is truly frightening that there is so much affect, so we were very shocked by the result, says Lea Nielsen.

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The “sick” cress exposed to the [Wi-Fi] router. Photo: The girls from 9b

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The experiment secured the girls the finals in the competition “Young Scientists”, but it was only the beginning. Renowned scientists from England, Holland and Sweden have since shown great interest in the girls’ project so far.

From left: Lea Nielsen, Mathilde Nielsen, Signe Nielsen, Sisse Coltau and Rikke Holm. Photo: Kim Horsevad 

The renowned professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Olle Johansson, is one of the impressed researchers. He will now repeat the experiment with a Belgian research colleague, Professor Marie-Claire Cammaert at the Université libre de Bruxelles, for the trial, according to him, is absolutely brilliant:

– The girls stayed within the scope of their knowledge, skilfully implemented and developed a very elegant experiment. The wealth of detail and accuracy is exemplary, choosing cress was very intelligent, and I could go on, he says.

He is not slow to send them an invitation to go on the road:

– I sincerely hope that they spend their future professional life in researching, because I definitely think they have a natural aptitude for it. Personally, I would love to see these people in my team!

No mobile by the bed

The five girls from northern Jutland have not yet decided their future careers. They are still very surprised by all the sudden attention.

– It has been such a rollercoaster ride. I still cannot believe it, says Lea Nielsen.

And Mathilde Nielsen added:

– It’s totally overwhelming and exciting. It’s just not something you experience every day.

But there have also been other consequences of the cress trial, which is quite low-tech in nature.

– None of us sleep with the mobile next to the bed anymore. Either the phone is put far away, or it is put in another room. And the computer is always off, says Lea Nielsen.

http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2013/05/16/131324.htm (in Danish)

Barrie Trower on WiFi – Irreplaceable DNA Damage

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Smart Meter Roll-Out – Response by Dr Andrew Goldsworthy, Lecturer in Biology (retired) Imperial College London

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1. Smart Meters will not deliver value for money.

2. We should not expect any reduction in cost to the average consumer. In fact, people in the USA and Canada who already have Smart Meters have usually found that they bills have risen, partly because the meters have to be paid for out of revenue and partly because many people (particularly the poor and elderly) will not understand the complex tariffs. Past experience in the UK has shown that utility companies, when given the opportunity to use complex tariffs, use them to their own advantage. However, any potential benefits will be more than outweighed by the known and predicted health effects from being exposed 24/7 to intermittent microwave radiation.

3. There have been no truly successful implementations of Smart Meters in other countries because of their deleterious effects on health. Many users in the USA and Canada have experienced serious effects on their health, including severe headaches, tinnitus, dizziness, nausea and poor sleep following their installation. The mechanisms of these effects are now known, which may be regarded as further evidence that they are real.

4. Effects on the inner ear

Tinnitus, dizziness and nausea are due to false activation of the sensitive “hair cells” of the inner ear. When it occurs in those of the cochlea, it can cause tinnitus (false sensations of sound). These hair cells can detect sound of as little as a billionth of a watt by first converting it to electrical signals that then trigger nerve impulses that are sent to the brain. They are also sensitive, even to weak pulsed microwaves.

When this occurs in the hair cells of the vestibular system (the part of the inner ear concerned with balance) they too send false signals to the brain, causing dizziness, loss of balance and symptoms of motion sickness, including nausea. These can be very debilitating.

5.  Effects on the brain itself are also due to the pulsed microwave radiation interfering with its normal electrical activity by generating extra by false nerve impulses. This can result in brain hyperactivity, stress headaches and a reduced ability to concentrate (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)).

6.  Autism can occur when ADHD occurs in the brain of the foetus and/or childrenunder about 18 months. It can interfere with normal learning during this relatively brief period when the brain is concerned primarily with recognizing body language, other peoples’ emotions, basic communication skills and social interactions. At the end of this period, what the child has learnt become hard-wired into its psyche and cannot easily be added to later. This can result in one of a whole range of autistic spectrum disorders in which the child lacks one or more communications skills (often with other disorders) and is usually irreversible.

7. Microwave exposure has been linked to a fifty-fold increase in autism since the advent of mobile phones, cordless phones and their respective base stations. About one child in fifty is now likely to be at least partially autistic and the annual economic cost of autism in the UK has been estimated by workers at King’s College London as being about £27 billion. Wireless Smart Meters can only make this worse. Can the Nation afford it?

8. Other reported long-term effects of pulsed microwaves are obesity and fatigue. Exposure to the radiation from mobile phones and their base stations (circa seven years for living within 100 metres of a base station) is damaging to the thyroid gland, which is in an exposed position in the front of the neck. This results in hypothyroidism, the main symptoms of which are obesity and fatigue. It may be no coincidence that the Western World is currently suffering from an outbreak of obesity and chronic fatigue syndrome that Wireless Smart Meters can only be expected to exacerbate. The economic and health costs of both are also enormous; can we afford them?

9. The disturbing effects of Wireless Smart Meters on sleep and cancer are apparently due to a reduction in melatonin production (a sleep hormone) by the pineal gland in the brain. This is also worrying since it disrupts our natural circadian rhythms. These circadian rhythms also control our immune systems, which are normally most active during what the body clock “thinks” is night (the subjective night). Similar disruption of the circadian rhythms of shift workers and people regularly exposed to light at night has been found to give rise to cardiac problems and reduced immunity to diseases. There is also a more than doubled risk of getting several forms of cancer as the immune system fails to dispose of aberrant cancer cells from various sources. Exposure to light at night is recognized by the World Health Organisation as being a Group 2A carcinogen (probably carcinogenic). We can therefore expect the current Group 2B status of wireless Smart meters to be elevated to Group 2A. Is the Government or Power Industry happy to take this risk with every household in the land? I hope not.

9. The situation is potentially worse in the UK than in the USA and Canada, where the meters are usually on the outside of houses and relatively little power is needed to transmit the signal.  In the UK, most meters are either under the stairs; i.e. in the centre of the house or in the basement, so a much higher signal strength is needed to reach the base station. Therefore our own exposure will be that much greater and the symptoms likely to be worse.

10. Vulnerable customers should certainly not be allocated wireless smart meters,nor should charities be encouraged to support them. There will inevitably be litigation that charities may not be able to afford when their effects of health become fully recognized.

11. The main pitfall in the introduction of wireless smart meters is the effects of their regular radiation pattern (especially at night) on the health of consumers. If you must have wireless smart meters for billing purposes, they should be restricted to one transmission per day and even that should not occur at night.

12. However, it would be far better to use a wired of fibre optic connection using the telephone or broadband connections, which virtually every household already has.

13. DECC is not giving the public the necessary information to enable it to decide on the safety of smart meters, particularly their likely effects on cancer and other health concerns.  Either it does not know about them or it has been badly misinformed.

14, There are thousands of peer-reviewed scientific papers showing biological effects from electromagnetic fields (including microwaves) that may be orders of magnitude below official safety standards (these only measure the short term heating effects). Seewww.bioinitiative.org <http://www.bioinitiative.org/>  .  Compliance with these standards cannot therefore be taken as an indication of safety. The public should be informed of this so that they can make a sensible and fully informed decision about the safety of wireless smart meters.

14. To carry out compulsory mass exposure to pulsed microwave radiation without the fully informed consent of the people affected is in contravention of the Nuremberg code.

15. The question of security of supply has not been adequately addressed. Any wireless connection is vulnerable to electromagnetic interference such as that from solar flares, not to mention deliberate attempts at hacking by potential enemies (remember  the Stuxnet virus, which destroyed the centrifuges needed for the Iranian nuclear program).  Similar attacks on our smart meter system or the intense magnetic fields from a direct hit by the radiation from a solar flare could destroy the electronics of our wireless smart meters (which are designed to fail to the off position) so that the whole nation could be in darkness and without power. If that happened, it could be months if not longer before the meters were replaced and power restored. The likelihood that the meters will be outsourced from another country (probably from China) that will be aware of any vulnerability does little to inspire confidence in our procurement policies.

In conclusion, to go ahead with this wireless smart meter program can at best be described as foolhardy and at worst a recipe for National Suicide.

Dr Andrew Goldsworthy
Lecturer in Biology (retired)
Imperial College London

Written evidence to Commons Select Committee 

BioInitiative 2012 five-year update
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A new report by the BioInitiative Working Group 2012 says that evidence for risks to health has substantially increased since 2007 from electromagnetic fields and wireless technologies (radiofrequency radiation). The Report reviews over 1600 new scientific studies.  Cell phone users, parents-to-be, young children and pregnant woman are at particular risk.

There is a consistent pattern of increased risk for glioma (a malignant brain tumour) and acoustic neuroma with use of mobile and cordless phones saysLennart Hardell, MD at Orebro University, Sweden.  “Epidemiological evidence shows that radiofrequency should be classified as human carcinogen. The FCC/IEEE and ICNIRP public safety limits and reference levels are not adequate to protect public health.”

A dozen new studies link cell phone radiation to sperm damage.  Even a cell phone in the pocket or on a belt may harm sperm DNA, result in misshapen sperm, and impair fertility in men.  Laptop computers with wireless internet connections can damage DNA in sperm.

Based on strong evidence for vulnerable biology in autism, EMF/RFR can plausibly increase autism risk and symptoms.

While we aggressively investigate the links between autism disorders and wireless technologies, we should minimize wireless and EMF exposures for people with autism disorders, children of all ages, people planning a baby, and during pregnancy,” says Martha Herbert, MD, PHD.

Wireless devices such as phones and laptops used by pregnant woman may alter brain development of the fetus.  This has been linked in both animal and human studies to hyperactivity, learning and behaviour problems.

According to David O. Carpenter, MD, and co-editor of the 2012 Report.

There is now much more evidence to health affecting billions of people world-wide.  The status quo is not acceptable in light of the evidence of harm.”

This study covers EMF from powerlines, electrical wiring, appliances and hand-held devices; and from wireless technologies (cell and cordless phones, cell towers, ‘smart meters’, Wi-Fi, wireless laptops, wireless routers, baby monitors, and other electronic devices).  Health topics include damage to DNA and genes, effects on memory, learning, behaviour, attention, sleep disruption, cancer and neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.  New safety standards are urgently needed for protection against EMF and wireless exposures that now appear everywhere in daily life.

The BioInitiative 2012 Report is available at www.bioinitiative.org on 7th January, 2013

Resonance – Beings of Frequency – How EMFs are Destroying the Earth – 2012

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N.B. For contractual reasons the film has been made private for now but will be available again for free later in the year

RESONANCE is a sensational eye opening documentary which reveals the harm we are doing by existing in an ocean of man made wireless frequencies.
Two billion years ago life first arrived on this planet; a planet, which was filled with a natural frequency. As life slowly evolved, it did so surrounded by this frequency. and Inevitably, it began tuning in.

By the time mankind arrived on earth an incredible relationship had been struck; a relationship that science is just beginning to comprehend.

Research is showing that being exposed to this frequency is absolutely integral to us. It controls our mental and physical health, it synchronizes our circadian rhythms, and it aids our immune system and improves our sense of wellbeing.

Not only are we surrounded by natural frequencies, our bodies are filled with them too. Our cells communicate using electro magnetic frequencies. Our brain emits a constant stream of frequencies and our DNA delivers instructions, using frequency waves. Without them we couldn’t exist for more than a second.

This delicate balance has taken billions of years to perfect. But over the last 25 years the harmony has been disturbed. and disturbed dramatically.

Mankind has submerged itself in an ocean of artificial frequencies. They are all around us, filling the air and drowning out the earth’s natural resonance.

To the naked eye the planet appears to be the same. But at a cellular level it is the biggest change that life on earth has endured; the affects of which we are just starting to see and feel.

The Non-Thermal Effects of Radio Frequencies on Trees by Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy

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There is quite a lot of information on the non-thermal effects of radio frequencies on trees on the BEMRI website. See
http://bemri.org/hese-uk/en/issues/nature1441.html?id=trees

What evidence is there for this? According to studies made in the 1990’s on the effects of the VHF radar station at Skrunda in Latvia, the growth rings of trees were reduced during the period in which the station was operational and the pine needles made more resin (an indication of cellular stress). Incidentally, just for the record, a parallel study on the performance of schoolchildren in tests was significantly reduced in the main beam of the station compared with those in relative safety behind the antennas.

For my part, I was first alerted to these effects many years ago by a couple of Forestry Commission workers who thought that Die-back in Oak was correlated with the path of microwave transmission links, where they skimmed the surface of the trees. At first, I didn’t believe it; that is until I saw what was happening to the trees around an old and powerful Vodafone mast near my local park. Many of the Oaks in the park within about 400 metres of the mast are suffering from severe die-back and one is now just a dead skeleton. Many of the badly damaged and dead trees have now been removed by the council, including many conifers and a whole row of dead Silver Birch extending up to about 300 metres from the Mast. The symptoms are those of drought, abnormal growth patterns, cancer-like growths beneath the bark ,and fungal disease.

Most of these effects can be attributed to the effects of the radio waves on the pigment cryptochrome. This is one of many pigments used by plants to detect the presence and wavelength of light, but most important of all, it forms a vital part of the biological clock that controls their circadian rhythms and it is also affected by radio waves. The mechanism of its radio sensitivity depends on the quantum mechanics of an electron’s ability to move between two free radicals. This was first discovered by Ritz and his co-workers (Nature 249: May 13th, 177-180, 2004) in relation to magnetic navigation in robins, which use cryptochrome to sense the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field. Navigation was upset by a broad range of frequencies up to about 7MHz. If this is also true of the cryptochrome that controls the biological clock in plant cells, then modulated or pulsed radiation containing any of these frequencies could upset their circadian rhythms and have potentially devastating effects.

Circadian rhythms are important in both animals and plants because they enable them to anticipate the arrival of dawn and dusk to get their enzymes and metabolic pathways ready in time (See “Introducing Biological Rhythms”. Koukkari and Sothern: Springer 2006). In plants, they begin opening the stomata and synthesising photosynthetic enzymes before dawn. In both plants and animals, they control the immune system. In plants, it works best during the day when there is spare energy available from photosynthesis, but in animals it works best when we are asleep at night when the lack if physical activity make more energy available for it.

These circadian rhythms can usually go on for several cycles without external signals from the environment, but eventually they fade out under constant conditions. When this happens, at no time will the immune system function at maximum efficiency and the animal or plant becomes more susceptible to disease. Although much of the work has not yet been published, studies in the Netherlands indicate that in some plants at least, modulated microwaves cause these circadian rhythms to fade out, with a partial loss of immune function.

Photographic studies made in  the Netherlands and throughout Europe has also shown a progressive increase in the occurrence of tumour-like growths beneath the bark of urban trees over the last decade or so, which corresponds in time to the increases usage of mobile phones and WiFi. There also seems to be an increase in splits in the bark, which then become infected by various organisms and could be a mode of entry for various pathogens, which, together with a loss of immune function, could be the perfect storm.

All this needs checking out with a properly funded and independent research programme, and if governments are not prepared to do this, we must surely ask why.

Dr Andrew Goldsworthy

Lecturer in Biology (retired)

Imperial College London

1,2,3,4g – Now it’s Mobile Phone masts in Conservation Areas

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Not content with the current tilted planning system the Mobile Operators are hoping to slew the planning regulations in their favour still further.

Bosses at Vodafone, O₂, EE and Three met Maria Miller, the Culture Secretary, to push for a shake-up of rules in the protected areas, including many parks, town squares and village greens. The companies want the rules relaxed so they can meet government targets for the introduction of super-fast 4G coverage.

The companies want urban conservation areas put on an equal footing with ordinary parts of towns or cities, so that the public only has 56 days to raise objections to masts up to 15 metres tall. The 56 days would start from the point at which a council announced the plans, for example by putting up notices.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/9634667/Relax-laws-on-erecting-masts-in-conservation-areas-say-phone-firms.html

Reconnect – Movie – A documentary on cell phones and the potential negative health effects

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Described by its director:”I’m Kevin Kunze the director of Reconnect, a documentary on the potential negative health effects from cell phone radiation, the proposed policies regarding safer use, and the mainstream media’s portrayal of the issue.

I’ve been working on this film for nearly two years interviewing doctors, politicians, cancer patients, and representatives from the cell phone industry. Although we’re nearly finished with the film there is still a lot that needs to be done, including: filming additional b-roll, motion graphics, composing an original score, color correction, sound mixing, licensing footage, submitting to film festivals, and creating an interactive website. Take a minute to watch our trailer and see how far we’ve come.

Go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reconnect/reconnect

EM Radiation Trust Press Release : Prof’ Yury Grigoriev calls for order

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Professor Yury Grigoriev calls for order and the world needs to listen:

“Man conquered the Black Plague, but he has created new problems – EMF pollution”

The Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection has agreed to provide a detailed report for the world containing clear information on the most important Russian research results in RF/EMF radiation over the past 50 years.

RF/EMF researchers and environmental activists, Eileen O’Connor, Director for the UK Radiation Research Trust charity and Sissel Halmøy, Chairman for the International EMF Alliance and Secretary General for the Citizens´ Radiation Protection in Norway recently returned from a trip to meet with top scientists at the Russian Federation.

Halmøy said: “According to the RNCNIRP, the following health hazards are likely to be faced by children who use mobile phones in the near future: disruption of memory, decline of attention, diminishing learning and cognitive abilities, increased irritability, sleep problems, increase in sensitivity to the stress, increased epileptic readiness. Action must be taken immediately to adopt biologically based guidelines to protect children.” Current standards are based more on engineering needs than biological studies.

O’Connor said “The Russian report is a gift to the world.  The UK Radiation Research Trust will present the report in the Autumn to the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP and will be forwarded to the UK Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies.”

She added “Russian scientists are advanced in their knowledge on RF/EMF radiation and have extended the hand of friendship and are willing to share their expertise and knowledge. I hope decision makers from the western world accept this great honour and work together.”

Russian research offers  crucial and important aspects of developmental relevance that conveys a sense of urgency for the global RF/EMF framework.  Without it, national governments may not be able to ensure the health of future generations are protected, especially that of our children.

Russian warnings exists urging pregnant women to avoid using mobile phones entirely along with children under eighteen. Likewise, Germany, India, the United Kingdom, Israel, Finland, Belgium and Toronto, Canada, have issued health warnings for children to not use mobile phones, or for emergency use only. Unfortunately, most children, parents, doctors and teachers are not aware of this important information.

Furthermore, in May 2011 the World Health Organisation and IARC issued a classification stating that radio frequency – electromagnetic fields are possibly carcinogenic to humans (group 2B). This warning is issued not only for mobile phones and phone masts, but for Wi-Fi, smart meters, wireless computers and all applications of technology on the RF/EMF Spectrum (radio-frequency radiation to electromagnetic radiation.)

Chairman of Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, member of International Advisory Committee of WHO “EMF and Health” Professor Yury Grigoriev said:  “The brain is a critical organ. Vital brain structures are under EMF exposure daily when using a mobile phone.  The brain is made up of permanent complex biophysical processes and vital functions.  We need to take care with mobile phones and use distance and reduce time.  Children should use mobile phones for emergencies only and also use hands free.”

Deputy Chairman, Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Professor Oleg Grigoriev said: “We need correct control and assessment of electromagnetic pollution. There are currently a lot of new frequencies containing modulation and no one knows the results which could be a serious problem.”

Russian scientists are also warning countries throughout the world including ministries of health and other organizations, responsible for the population safety (including children), to pay attention to the regulation of mobile phones and Wi-Fi use in kindergardens and are recommending the usage of wired networks in schools and educational institutions, rather than a network using wireless broadband systems, including Wi-Fi.

The Russians stand by their solid research which has consistently shown that prolonged exposure to RF/EMF radiation disturbs cognitive function.

For protection from RF/EMF non-ionizing radiation, many countries have adopted a set of guidelines provided by private group of industry-friendly scientists known as ICNIRP. The ICNIRP guidelines are for short-term, acute thermal RF/EMF exposure. The current ICNIRP, IEEE standards are based on the preconceived and out dated view of government authorities that the only possible established biological effect of RF/EMF exposure is tissue heating.

The Russian standards are supported by science as a result of extensive research and take into account the dangers of non-thermal exposure. The standards are also backed by the Russian Ministry of Health and are a small fraction of what is allowed by ICNIRP and the IEEE which is currently adopted in many counties.

Research clearly underlines the need for action on mobile phones and wireless technology.  We need to launch global government backed hard-hitting advertising campaign especially for children, and large health warnings should be clearly visible on all RF/EMF emitting equipment. Mass media campaigns can also create awareness.

O’Connor said: “I am grateful to the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith for offering to submit the Russian report to the UK Chief Medical Officer and hope that Government and health agencies worldwide listen to concerns raised by Russian and independent scientists and urgently adopt health based RF/EMF standards to protect human health. We need to provide as swift solution to this problem as soon as possible. We simply cannot afford to wait.”

Russian scientists recognise the value of  non-Government groups in discussion and research. Deputy Chairman, Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Professor Oleg Grigoriev said: “We need to include non-Government groups in discussion and research.  Non-Government groups play an equal importance to Government and the scientific community. NGO’s are a new power and are representing people with electrosensitivity (ES) and should be an equal player.”

He added that “If the decisions are not made together with the NGOs, then decisions may have no value.”

The UK Radiation Research Trust, Citizens´ Radiation Protection in Norway and International EMF Alliance are calling for the Governments to engage with NGO’s and Independent (non-telecommunications funded) scientists.

It’s time for action!

Professor Oleg Grigoriev, Head of Department of Non-Ionizing Radiation,

Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia

Deputy Chairman, Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection

Director, Center for Electromagnetic Safety

Professor Yury Grigoriev, Chairman of Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, a member of Int. Advisory Committee of WHO “EMF and Health”

Sissel Halmøy, Secretary General for the Citizens´ Radiation Protection in Norway www.stralevern.org and founder and Chair of International EMF Alliance  http://www.iemfa.org

Eileen O’Connor, Founder and Board member for the International EMF Alliance and

Director of UK EM Radiation Research Trust www.radiationresearch.org

Contact:

Eileen O’Connor

Email  Eileen@radiationresearch.org

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Creation of the first EHS Refuge Zone in Italy 

Protecting yourself from artificial HF microwave radiation is now essential
for living a normal life.

A wave of electromagnetic radiation is propagated in a straight line from an emitting source
(which can be a relay antenna, a Hertzian repeater, a radar apparatus or even a mobile phone), at a speed of 3 x 10 to the power of 8 m/s. Various factors in the surrounding area can deflect, reflect or absorb this radiation.

What’s more, a radiating wave is also absorbed by any conductive material
that resonates at the same frequency:
H²O (water), rain, 0² (oxygen), the atmosphere, our bones, metallic mesh, etc.
It also interferes with all other frequencies in its vicinity, thus causing a fluctuation in the vibrational pattern of space-time.

In order to avoid all this interference and to be protected effectively against the damaging effects of microwave radiation on the metabolism, especially when asleep, it is necessary to sleep in a complete Faraday cage. 

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From this pagel :  http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EHS_Veil.php

Protect yourself from mankind’s madness,
spread in particular by “Repacholi, the Goebbels of the manufacturers”

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Technician from Deutsche Telekom working on a phone mast in special overalls as
protection against artificial HF microwave radiation (Photo: Deutsche Telekom)

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Radiation Protection Professional Intervention GHZ Hertzian Repeaters

TEST

Fabric trade name:
“Aaronia-Shield”
(developed by US military technology)

Designation:
protective veiling against artificial HF microwave radiation

Tests carried out close to a relay antenna GSM and UMTS 3G (2169 MHz)

TEST RESULTS 1 (without veil) . . . . . .TEST RESULTS 2 (with veil)

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Isotropic probe 100 kHz – 2500 MHz – fiber optic link – intervals ΔT 2” – 70m distance
GRAPH RESULTS 1 & 2

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NB: the variations observed in TEST 1 were due to strong gusts of wind during the test,
which goes to show that EMFs are influenced not only by the humidity present but also by strong winds.

“Aaronia-Shield”
Protective veiling against artificial HF microwave radiation

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ZOOM
Detail of wire mesh
 (click)

Détail : 100X, 200X, 500X

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Fabric trade name:
“Aaronia-Shield”
(developed by US military technology)

Designation:
protective veiling against artificial HF microwave radiation

Composition
blend of polyamide with high-tech weaving of fine silver wire

Fabric width 1.40m – weight 40g/m² – mesh about 0.7mm

Protection rating 0,5 GHz (500 MHz) at 6 GHz from 50 db-45 db ie. 99,999%-99,992%

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NB: The reduction in dB divides the value by a factor of 10:
90dB is 10 times less than 100dB and 80dB is 100 times less, etc.

This fabric is very effective and fairly transparent and can be used for personal protection,
either as an insulating lining for clothes, caps, etc,
or as a shawl, provided it is not in direct contact with the skin.
It can also be used as drapes to create a Faraday cage or a curtain surrounding a bed,
in which case it is essential to have it independently earthed.

Warning: This protective fabric is totally ineffective against VLF EMFs of 50 Hz.

Normal sale price from 65€ per metre of 1.40m width.

Sandra, ultra-EHS, tests the”Aaronia-Shield” fabric

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Sandra’s encephaloscan . . . no comment
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ZOOM
Detail of wire mesh
 (click)

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Sandra in protective clothing tests
the fabric standing in the beam from a GSM/UMTS-3G relay antenna: No problem

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Man and Woman (head and neck)

in situ tests: phone masts GSM and UMTS 3G (2169 MHz)

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Isotropic probe 100 kHz – 2500 MHz – fiber optic link – intervals ΔT 2” – 70m distance

TEST RESULTS 1 (unprotected)

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TEST RESULTS 2 (with protection)

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GRAPH of TEST RESULTS 1 & 2

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Composition: 97% cotton, 3% fine wire mesh
Protection: 45 dB / 200 MHz to 18 dB / 2400 MHz,
99,995 % to 98 %

ZOOM détail of wire mesh (click)

Next-up organization discourages this type of protection
(No interior insulation = discharge in contact with the skin)
Next-up Organisation is currently working on an improved version of this cowl
(which is already on the market), adding a protective cotton lining and an integral veil.

European Survey_Uk Version

In the face of the present unprecedented increase in artificial microwave radiation in the environment, there is a vital need to obtain up to date information as a basis for a comprehensive assessment of the impact of this radiation on people’s health.

This questionnaire for the general public is easy to fill in and anonymous.
For it to be credible and representative it is essential for it to be circulated widely in Europe and worldwide so that we can amass the maximum statistical data.

Designed originally in a printed version by Dr Roger Santini, it has been updated so that people who live close to relay antennas can give the full details of their experience.
The statistics gathered from this enquiry will be sent anonymously to scientists
and health organisations for analysis and publication.

Please help circulate this questionnaire.

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“Protect yourself from electromagnetic waves”

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ulrich Weiner EHS

Serge Sargentini EHS: Open Letter to François Fillon, Prime Minister

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Evidently the EHS person who adapted his garage as a living space has not understood a thing and knows nothing about EMFs (electromagnetic fields).

From what can be seen of the arrangements made, the cure is a lot worse than the problem,
since there are many sources of both LF and HF wavelengths, such as the cathode tube computer creen, lots of energy-saving light bulbs, an electric heater, and no separate earth contact.

In these conditions the use of multi-layered metallic protection doesn’t only trap the EMFs generated,
it intensifies them by reflection!
What’s more it is not only ineffective but completely irresponsible
to cover the furniture as well since it increases the reflection of the radiation.

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For those who are EHS and wish to protect their living space
it is fundamental to remove every source of radiation within the area.

View of protected sleeping area (as in the EHS Refuge Zone test caravan)

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Faraday cage: Graph Measures = – 87,6 dBm = 0,00037106 V/m
corresponding approximately to ambient noise

Conversions table and equivalences [click]

HF conversion table
Readings from spectrum analyser
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Lighting with non-radiating incandescent light bulbs

Edison 20W bulb that does not give off radiation . . . and provides 95% of the energy to heat the caravan.
With the use of low-energy CFL bulbs that has been imposed recently, everybody’s heating bill will be going up!

Bio-rupters (interrupt the 2 phases)

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Faraday Cage: why use a stainless steel grille of 0.8 mm mesh for the ventilation?

A law of physics tells us that for counteracting EM radiation the mesh spacing should be less than 1/4 of the wavelength
of the radiating HF wave, ie bi-band mobile phone frequencies 900 MHz (33.3cm), 1800 MHz (16.5cm),
UMTS up to 2200 MHz = 2.2 GHz (13cm), and up to Wi-fi 2.4 GHZ (12.5cm),
which makes a 3cm mesh.

However experience shows that this theoretical construct does not tally with the facts.
Our experience shows that to absorb radiation effectively the mesh has to be less than 2mm
(as in the metallic mesh used for food protection).
Completely independent earth contact

EHS Refuge Zone: earth contact (D=240mm) for the Faraday cage caravan with post in stainless steel 260x50x10mm

Faraday cage chassis: detail (zoom) of the stainless steel earth, with 32mm² cables (BTR stainless steel D=12mm)

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ZOOM > CLICK

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Total protection against HF microwaves EMFs

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ZOOM > CLICK

Example of a room completely protected against EMF radiation in MHz and GHz frequencies:
– walls and ceiling covered in painted decorative metallic wallpaper.
– sliding glass doors with metal frame.
– doors and windows covered with folding shutters and metal fastenings (duralumin).

Sarah Dacre

 The woman who needs
a veil of protection from modern life.

RADIATION ZONE


Headquarters of Next-up Organisation (France)
Our registered offices are right above a major Orange mobile phone base station, which is 80 metres away.
We have therefore put up a protective metal barrier 7.70 metres high right opposite the beams radiating from the relay antennas.
The small photo top right shows the metal barriers against the artificial HF microwave radiation being put up in 2005.
The red letters ZONE IRRADIÉE (RADIATION ZONE) are more than a metre high.
A covered hatch (the small white square in the middle of the wall) allows us to take photos, to carry out
experiments in real conditions and to take measurements of the electromagnetic field with isotropic meters, etc.
[Checking the electromagnetic field (1,92 V/m) through the hatch].

The parabolic TV antennas on the roof (all receivers), some of them more than 3 metres in diameter,
enable us to access and to handle the news from the main TV chains and networks worldwide.

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EMF: Physical protection

Protecting a roof with alternating layers of aluminium foil and insulating material

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Whole Life Expo 2007 Toronto, November 25, 2007 ____________________________________________________________________________________

Electromagnetic fields:
Questions and answers about wireless technologies

Andrew Michrowski, Ph.D.
The Planetary Association for Clean Energy, Inc

100 Bronson Avenue, Suite 1001 OTTAWA, Ontario K1R 6G8 (613) 236-6265; fax: 235-5876

pacenet@canada.com http://pacenet.homestead.com

____________________________________________________________________________________

What are the issues, the second-hand effects, and the standards for the wireless technologies? ____________________________________________________________________________________

Life on earth has evolved amidst a broad band of electromagnetic frequencies, which originate from throughout the universe. By 1980, environmental exposure to artificial, repetitive or random signals in the radiofrequency / microwave band has risen dramatically – by more than a trillion times, mostly for military technology.

Since 1980, mostly for newly-introduced commercial applications, the average “second-hand” exposure in Southern Canada has risen from about 0.005 microWatt/cm2 to the current background environmental range of 0.4 to 100.0 μWatt/cm2. We note an 8 to 20,000-fold increase with peaks in downtown Toronto and some centres, including Brantford and Mississauga. About 100 square kilometres in Southern Ontario have environmental broadband radiofrequency and microwave power emission exposures during timeframes that can exceed the Health Canada Safety Code 6 exposure limit of approximately 0.6 to 1 milliWatt/cm2 (600 – 1,000microWatt/cm2). Such illegal irradiation coverage can be expected to rise exponentially to several hundred square kilometres in both Ontario and Quebec by the end of this decade, on a more persistent basis, as more and more wireless technologies are approved by governments and marketed. Note that individuals within such exposed zones may experience a continual body temperature rise, with time, (but actually “feel” colder, and may seek greater warmth).

By “second-hand” exposure, we are referring to cases whereby an individual does not own nor use any radiofrequency/microwave device (wireless communication device, microwave oven, wireless computer tool, surgically implanted or portable RFID “spy chip”, etc) and is exposed simply by being in an irradiated zone, often outdoors. Additionally, there are places (public buildings, institutions, restaurants, etc.) where multi-frequency power absorption is unsolicited – actually, legally-speaking, in trespass of body functions. This level of average “second-hand” exposure is doubling annually in sparsely populated regions and tripling within more affluent urban zones. We can expect at 3 to 5 fold increase in second-hand exposure by 2010.

Background power emissions (0.5 MHz – 3GHz band) selected Canadian cities, 2007 microWatt/cm2

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City

μWatt/cm2

City

μWatt/cm2

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Windsor

0.2 – 15

Cornwall

0.3 – 5

London

0.2 – 5

Ottawa

0.1 – 25

Brantford

0.8 – 50

Montreal

0.1 – 10

Hamilton

2 – 10

St-Hyacinthe

0.1 – 4

Burlington

1 – 10

Mississauga

4.0 – 25

Oakville

1 – 15

Drummondville

0.1 – 4

Toronto

2.5 – 120

Laval

0.1 – 5

Ajax

1 – 10

St-Sauveur / Ste-Adèle

0.1 – 3

Oshawa

1 – 10

Mirabel

0.3 – 8

Trenton

0.2 – 20

Gatineau

0.1 – 5

Belleville

0.2 – 5

Renfrew

0.1 – 3

Kingston

0.3 – 5

Peterborough

0.3 – 3

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What is behind the increases in second-hand and direct-use microwave exposure?

We can expect a further 3 to 5-fold Canadian general population increase in “environmental” exposure of microwave frequencies within a few years, with more wireless technologies, such as: smart water and electric power meters, intercarrier text messaging, mobile satellite radio, music downloaders, wireless e-mail, wireless video calling, social and corporate networking, mobile television, instant text, multimedia messaging, smartphones, 3G (as well as 4G available in Europe) products and services, GPS mapping. Still more leaps in exposure emerge as the plans of investors, the military and governments materialize: to have every dwelling, school, office and store in the world become a microwave transmitter/receiver for wireless computers and related linkages, and to have transceivers implanted and/or injected in our bodies, including for banking transactions. A significant factor driving cell phone sales worldwide is for telephone banking delivering monetary services to the “unbanked”. Vodaphone started in Kenya Safaricom “mobile money” banking in Swahili, attracting 175,000 subscribers signing up at a rate of 2,500 a day, even if they may need “fingertip” RFID chip authentication for their micro-lending. Although the intention was to enable loan payments, individuals have been using the phones for person-to-person transfers – in a “dial ‘M’ for money” type of culture.

There are 19 million wireless customers in Canada (pop. 32,000,000). More than 5% of households now have only a cell phone. There is a convergence in usage rates with traditional phone services. At the end of 2006, Canada had 55.1 mobile subscribers and 55.3 traditional wire line access lines per 100 inhabitants (vs: 18.7 wireless subscribers and 64.4 traditional wire line accesses in 1999). 74% of those between the ages of 18 and 34 use a cellphone for an average of 400 minutes per month. 40% of Canadians between ages 12 and 24 consider cellphones to be their main means of communication. In the United Kingdom, 90% of the youth use cellphones, many sleeping with them “on”, under their pillows. 10% of the wireless transmissions are data, a segment that is rising 50% every 3 months.

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Households with only a cell phone, December 2005

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%

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Canada

4.8

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N.L.

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2.3

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P.E.I.

3.8

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N.S.

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4.1

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N.B.

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2.4

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Que .

4.8

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Ont.

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4.1

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Man.

4.5

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Sask.

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2.5

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Alta.

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5.8

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B.C.

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7.1

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Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 56M0001XCB.

Direct-use microwave exposure characteristics and lack of quality control

Microwave devices are notorious for lack of quality control during manufacturing, especially with their emission leakage characteristics. For example, at least 33% of microwave products manufactured, whether microwave ovens or wireless communications devices do not meet the Canada Safety 6 Code, which sets the basic limits that are not be exceeded and are given in terms of body currents either by induction, or contact with energized metallic objects, or in terms of the rate at which radiofrequency/microwave energy is absorbed in a body, averaged over a period of time across the body. Some jurisdictions worldwide have more stringent regulations than Canada, as indicated below. We can infer the rules are not being met worldwide, for lack of competence, compliance and failure to measure emissions at manufacture. Microwave devices tend to easily deteriorate with wear and tear, lack of maintenance and proper cleaning.

INTERNATIONAL Radiofrequency / Microwave EXPOSURE STANDARDS

Country

New South Wales, Australia
Salzburg, Austria (pulsed transmissions) Russia / Bulgaria / Hungary/ Switzerland Belgium
China
Italy / Toronto, Canada
Auckland, New Zealand
Australia
New Zealand / Japan / Germany/ US /Canada United Kingdom

Exposure level (microW/cm2) 0.001
0.1
2 –10

3
7 –10
10
50
200
200 –1,000 1,000 –10,000

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Toward second-hand exposure statistics

On the basis of environmental irradiation surveys, it can be deduced that, in Toronto – population of over 2,500,000, at least 25,000 individuals are being exposed by unwanted trespass of “second-hand” environmental microwave emissions – for several hours daily – that are more elevated than those permitted by Canada Safety Code 6, simply by working or living in high-density urban “hot-spots” and that this number can increase during periods of wet ground as a result of precipitation. This means that these individuals risk irreversible damage to their body functions merely because of the popularity and the commercialisation of the wireless technologies. While government agencies assume that such environmental emissions are merely “a fog”, actual mapping point out to a dense and active network of multiple frequencies permeating the built-up environment, often without any centralized organisation. The densest groupings of hotspots tend to be in the traditional commercial cores, the transportation nodes (interchanges, bridges, over and underpasses) to and from the city, near high-voltage power transmission lines and near buildings that house significant mainframe computers and automated functions (such as postal sorting facilities, fabricators, etc.).

“Second-hand” microwave geography in Salt Lake City, Utah

Paul M. Torrens, Geography, Arizona State University

Autism connection

It is estimated that at least 300,000 Canadian children are being exposed to, and, are absorbing, illegal levels of microwave power associated with cellphone usage alone. This number is expected to double by 2010, even though the actual total base population of children is expected to decrease. These children face severe (or life-threatening) wireless-related physical conditions. Add to this group about 300,000 in Ontario alone who suffer from some form of autism, considering that 30 years ago, there were only a few hundred cases. More than 1 child in 100 is autistic, compared with 1 in 10,000 only 30 years ago, before the pervasive environmental exposure of wireless technologies.

A study by Tamara Mariea and George Carlo indicates how microwave wireless frequency emissions render cells incapable of releasing heavy metals (including mercury and aluminum), such as those used as stabilizers in the massive vaccination programmes. Heavy metals in the body interfere with the distribution of dopamine, a hormone and a neurotransmitter which controls motor skills. In autistic children, such functions are inhibited. When autistic children are detoxified from heavy metals, and when they are no longer exposed to wireless emissions, they can recover. This situation has the potential for trans-generation toxic accumulation.

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Microwave device (dry weather conditions)

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μWatt/cm2

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Common exposure

Cellphone @ user

9 – 3,500

Cellphone, second hand exposure

1 – 200

Microwave oven @ user

10 – 2,000

Cordless phone base station @ 2 to 6m

7 – 17

Analog in urban environment (1-2 blocks away)

5 – 25

Digital in urban environment (within 100m)

0.2 – 5

Analog in rural environment 500m

0.25 – 30

Local amplification by metal window, door frames, studs, metal plumbing, grounding wire, unfiltered telephone and Cable TV wires

1 to 4.5 fold power increase

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(microW/cm2) 0.0000000000001

0.0000000001 0.000000001 0.0000000027 0.00000001 0.00000002 0.000005 0.00001 0.000027 0.001

0.002

0.0027 0.0027 to 0.007 0.01 0.016 0.06

0.06

0.05

0.1
0.1 to 1.8

0.13 0.168 0.2 to 8.0 0.3

0.6 0.6 0–4 1.0

1.0 2.5 5.0 2.0

5.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0

1,000.0

Reported Biological Effects

Altered genetic structure in E. Coli Threshold of human sensitivity Altered EEG in human subjects Growth stimulation in Vicius fabus Effects on immune system in mice Stimulation of ovulation in chickens Effect on cell growth in yeast Conditioned “avoidance” reflex in rats Premature aging of pine needles

100 Yards / metres from Cell Phone

Sleep disorders, abnormal blood pressure, nervousness, weakness, fatigue, limb and joint pain, digestive problems, fewer schoolchildren promoted Growth inhibition in Vicius fabus
Smaller tree growth ri ngs

50 Feet from a Cordless Phone

Human sensation

1 Mile (1.6Km) from a Cellular Tower

Altered EEG, disturbed carbohydrate metabolism, enlarged adrenals, altered adrenal hormone levels, structural changes in liver, spleen, testes, and brain in white rats and rabbits
Slowing of the heart, change in EEG in rabbits

10 Feet /3 meters from a Wireless Computer

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BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MICROWAVES BELOW U.S. & CANADA’S REGULATORY LIMIT

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Increase in melatonin in cows
Decreased life span, impaired reproduction, structural and developmental abnormalities in duckweed plants
Decreased cell growth (human epithelial amnion cells)
Irreversible sterility in mice
Childhood leukemia near transmitters
Impaired motor function, reaction time, memory and attention of school children, and altered sex ratio of children (fewer boys)
Change in calcium ion efflux from brain tissue
Cardiac arrhythmias and sometimes cardiac arrest (frogs)
Altered white blood cell activity in schoolchildren
Headache, dizziness, irritability, fatigue, weakness, insomnia, chest pain, difficulty breathing, indigestion (humans—occupational exposure) Stimulation of white cells in guinea pigs
Breakdown of blood-brain barrier (used a digital cell phone to radiate) Leukemia, skin melanoma and bladder cancer near TV and FM transmitter (lower “Microwave hearing” – clicking, buzzing, chirping, hissing, or high-pitched threshold notetones known)

Biochemical and histological changes in liver, heart, kidney, and brain tissue Damaged mitochondria, nucleus of cells in hippocampus of brain
Impaired memory and visual reaction time in people living near transmitters Decreased size of litter, increased number of stillborns in mice Redistribution of metals in the lungs, brain, heart, liver, kidney, muscles, spleen, bones, skin, blood

Dumanskij 1974
Serkyuk, reported in McRee 1980

Stark 1997

Magone 1996 Kwee 1997 Magras 1997 Hocking 1996

Kolodynski 1996 Dutta 1986 Frey 1968 Chiang 1989

Shutenko 1981
Meg Sears, Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities, Canadian Human Rights Commission, 2007.

United States FCC Exposure Limit, Safety Code 6 Canada limit

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Frey 1963, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1988, Justeson 1979, Olsen 1980, Wieske 1963, Lin 1978
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Belokrinitskiy 1982a
Chiang 1989
Il’Chevich (reported in McRee 1980)

Significant Secondary infrastructure effects

There has been a significant increase in corrosion problems in the last few decades, parallel to the spread and implementation of wireless technologies. Whereas in the 1970s, only a small number of engineers consulted on corrosion problems, now a full quarter of all engineers in North America are experts in corrosion trying to resolve problems associated with building structures, water and oil and gas pipelines, fluid containers. How radiofrequencies affect corrosion can be verified by anyone who replaces a fluorescent compact bulb into a metallic fixture that once had an incandescent bulb. It takes only a few weeks to have the onset of paint coating corroding in lamp holders, followed by the steady eating away of metallic sheeting. Likewise, one can see which urban areas are exposed to elevated levels of microwave emissions: where sewer and telephone service covers rust – actually powder away rather than just coat themselves with oxidation, where fire hydrants crumble – even if installed within the previous 6 months – that is likely to be a zone subject to denser environmental microwave emissions. Normally, such fittings last problem–free for decades. This is an effect of enormous burden to tax and rate-payers.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has made an emergency plea to the federal government for $123 Billion within 5 years to avoid building collapses in Canadian cities due to corrosion, which only emphasizes how outrageously expensive for our civilization is this problem of accelerated corrosion from radiofrequencies and microwaves is. What is little known is that most corrosion is induced by weak voltages and amperages from net currents in our electric power delivery systems, which are imbalanced. What is even less known is that as the electric power system becomes more affected by the use of computers and wireless systems, radiofrequencies and microwaves penetrate the electric power system’s ground, via neutral wires. The ground in many populated areas now carries charges that are highly electronic with radiofrequency and microwave characteristics. This new phenomenon accelerates corrosion of materials – whether pipelines, rebars in buildings and transportation infrastructure or even nuclear power plant reactor rods – by quantum leaps. Galvanic coupling between alloys and hydrogen and e particles is accelerated, leading to hydrogen- induced cracking in steels. Electromagnetically-induced Hydrogen diffusion has become so commonplace under such environmental conditions that a Russian scientist, P. S. Orlov proposed this year a method of locating underground corroded (hydrogen saturated/embrittled) steel gas-supply pipes simply by measuring hydrogen leakages. This conduction of charges has been observed with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and reported this year by scientists from Atomic Energy of Canada and the National Research Council of Canada. There is also greater spattering of deposits, crevice enhancements and oxidation reactions.

What we can expect as health effects due to these new exposures?
Experimental observations with low-level microwave exposure

Observation

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Effects of microwave emissions

Exposure level

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Effects on DNA

Single and double-strand breaks, electron flows within staked base pairs of double helix of DNA molecules, direct gene transcription, 40-90% increase in Fos mRNA from cellphone signals,

2h, 0.6W/kg, 0.001W/kg

Blood-brain barrier

Toxins may reach brain tissues: serotonin, glucose, selective permeability, allows glucose to pass

After 2 minutes, as low as 0.0004W/kg

Psychoactive Drugs

Neurotransmitter functions modified: Pentobarbital (alters narcosis), entylenetetrazol (more convulsions), Curare (less anaesthesia), Valium, Librium (potentiated). Endogenous opiods activated: increase in alcohol use, less of withdrawal symptoms in morphine-dependents

Eye damage

Worsen effects.

Behavioural changes

Major errors in judgment, vision altered; disruptive attitude (hyperactivity); memory problems, [non-lethal weapons for combat advantage]; synthase inhibition caused by increase in body nitric oxide production by digital (pulsed) signals

Cognitive functions

Faster reaction time, auditory memory retrieval [mind control], difficulty in concentration, “fuzzy thinking”, dizziness (indication of serotonin activity increase)

0.16 μWatt/cm2

Sleep

May promote sleep, sleepiness, reduction of REM sleep (important to memory, learning)

Melatonin

Melatonin secretion decreases

Fundamental life processi

ELF-encodes in wireless transmissions may imitate heartbeat, cellular communications, brainwaves, cell growth, human metabolism; sperm count lowered, irreversible infertility in mice after 5 generations from “an antenna park”, chicken embryo mortality increases by half

As low as 0.005 W/kg

Dosedependency

Observed in Korean War, US embassy personnel in Moscow, cumulative effects

Microwave syndrome

Fatigue, irritability, nausea, anorexia, depression Cardiovascular disorders, hypo /hypertension Change in skin, skin allergies, eczema, psoriasis
Increase in lymphocytes, effects in EEGs, reduced insulin production, multiple allergies, Tinnitus, itches in the ear, ears feel heated

As low as 0.02 to 8.0 μWatt/cm2

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Some, natural, highly-coherent oscillations in living beings have same or similar characteristics as those produced by wireless technologies. For example, the 2Hz-encoded signal from cellphones reporting to base stations resembles the heartbeat (and can entrain heartbeat). Other extremely-low-frequency-encoded signals resemble, and interact with, brain waves, cell growth, cell communication, calcium ion balance and other fundamental life processes, even at levels as low as 0.005W/kg.

What can be done?

In many built environments, microwave power levels are too elevated for even minimum health risk conditions.

Many health practitioners are unaware either of the general exposure conditions, not those of their patients, thus not taking under consideration their bearing of the diagnosis, nor therapy at hand. Similarly, employers may not realize that the microwave environment faced by their employees might adversely affect their job performance, occupational health and safety and productivity.

Fortunately, appropriate design and careful oversight in installation can provide citizens with acceptable, safe and generally no-risk levels of electromagnetic fields. But the implementation of these measures, even if they entail relatively no cost to the public or private purses, requires a public demand for common sense safety.

Municipal governments who participate in the siting process by issuing permits are in the frontline for complaints and legal filings because they are, legally, accomplices. The City of Toronto has an active guideline that provides for a Canadian platform for precedence from a health and safety legal perspective, that other communities can emulate, and eventually help industry and federal regulatory agencies, including the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), review their current policies and practices.

An European Parliament expert analysis in 2000, which was comprised of World Health Organization, European Community and scientific peers recommended that the average annual exposure near microwave emitters should not exceed 0.10 μWatt/cm2 (following the lead of the Italian Government notion of quality target) and that anyone exposed to higher fields should receive regular medical attention, including blood analysis, EEG and ECG tests. All zones with higher exposure rates should be posted with markings on pavement and with road signs.

In Canada, you can view your wireless transmission environment on http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/tafl/tafindxf.html. A socio-political question

Is it worthwhile to promote an industry that emerges while it hurts civilization and induces costs greater and more expensive than the “benefits” that it offers? Is the wireless industry prepared to pay for these costs?

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People Moving to West Virginia to Hide From Wi-Fi, Cell Phones

People Moving to West Virginia to Hide From Wi-Fi, Cell Phones

Some (different) people are so convinced that Wi-Fi and mobile phones are making them sick that they’re moving to West Virginia’s 13,000 square-mile U.S. Radio Quiet Zone, which has no wireless technology so as to avoid interfering with the local telescope. Hey, if Wi-Fi makes trees sick, why not humans?

The wireless- and cell phone-fearing folks fleeing to Appalachia claim to suffer from a condition called Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS), which they believe is caused by electromagnetic radiation emitted by Wi-Fi, cell phones, and other technology. People with EHS can experience any of the following symptoms:

  • reddening of the face
  • chest pains
  • other pains
  • burning skin sensations
  • twitchy muscles
  • headaches
  • Also:
    • “sleep disturbances
    • tiredness
    • depression
    • restlessness
    • irritability
    • concentration problems
    • forgetfulness
    • learning difficulties
    • frequent infections
    • blood pressure changes
    • tinnitus
    • hearing loss
    • impaired balance
    • giddiness
    • eye problems
    • maybe tachycardia”

    If you’ve been having any of the above health issues, then throw away your electronic devices, join the five percent of Americans who claim to be EHS-afflicted, and move to Green Bank STAT. If you don’t want to live in WV because it’s terrible, though, you can also ask your loved one to build you an insulated, wire-mesh Faraday cage, which will keep out electromagnetic waves (and scorpions, and rabid raccoons). EHS sufferer Diane Schou’s husband built her a Faraday cage (“here honey, I built you this cage for your birthday”); she tells the BBC that it worked pretty well for a while:

    He covered a wooden frame with two layers of wire mesh and a door that could be sealed shut to prevent radio waves from entering.

    Diane spent much of her time inside it, sleeping on a twin mattress on a plywood base.

    “At least I could see my husband on the outside, I could talk to him,” she says.

    Living like a pet parakeet got old for Schou, though! She’s an American, born to be free, what do you expect. So she moved her family to Green Bank, and now she doesn’t have to live inside an enclosed mesh box or capsule or whatever anymore.

    EHS is a real thing in Sweden, at Louisiana State University, and in the minds of its sufferers.

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Dylan Eleven,  Truth11.com, Truth11 Films

Truth11 Films Upcoming Film : The Cost Of Technology | Freedom, Humanity, Sanity, Health and Life

Technology has shaped our lives to be quick fast and full of sparkling entertainment and information.  Most people would love a chip in the head so they can get the latest weather report without opening their eyes in the morning.  Most are completely addicted to techno crack junk food for the soul that fulfills our desires with the latest, the greatest, the smallest the biggest, the thinest, the fastest, the shiniest, and the deadliest.

3g, 4g,  and now 5G so powerful you can download a movie in a second.  But at what cost.  This addiction is killing you from all around you, from in your pocket as your apps track you, from every cell tower and every microwave station that envelops your city.  The toxic soup is real and dangerous even though you can’t see it.  We all need to get away from it.

There is so much energy swimming around us to give us the various degrees of G, too much energy, and its growing at an expanentional rate.  Cell towers are on every other building, and not just one of them, 14, 20, towers sitting 10 feet above tenants heads.  Shooting at you and them from every angle. When you drive away from them to find peace, you find another tower complex, and so on.  To get 10 km away from a cell tower you need to drive 5 hours out of a city to completely rural area, avoid all major roads and park yourself in the middle of nowhere.

There is so much energy swimming around you that someone has invented a device to extract the energy in the air and convert it into DC power.  Does anyone else see a problem with this? Does anyone else feel the pain behind the eyes, all organs not at ease, migraines, lymph node swelling with pain.  The list of symptoms goes on and on.  All related to EHS  Electro-Hypersensitivy.  Something that 30% of the population suffers from terribly.  Caused by cell towers and devices they use daily.  Most of them unaware their symptoms are from EHS. They are being falsely diagnosed for something else, including mental disorders, and they sit in the soup and are still suffering, some to the point of suicide.  3% of the population are completely debilitated the now can’t be around a fridge or anywhere near a cell tower or even one single phone.  They are banished from society.   They are the lucky ones.  The rest are playing with fire and should head the warnings of the canaries in the coal mine.

Cell Towers

Cell towers are not safe why we sleep, or eat or breath or to be around in any way.  They are not safe to be within several km of us.  The cell companies say they are fine, but equip their technicians with state of the art microwave radiation suits, and the standard joke of the installers is they go up quick, overnight in an hour, and then they run.  But they say the towers are fine.

If cell towers are so safe why does Apple remove their image from Apple maps.  Who’s job is it at Apple to go through and photoshop out each tower, for every building in every city.  Why would they go to such painstaking lengths to remove the image from our landscape.  The bucket from the painter is up there, the detail is great yet one detail has been removed.  Why if they are so safe?

Cell Towers Removed From Apple Maps

Devices: iPhones, Smart phones, Blackberries, wifi computers, iPads….

The Apple lawyers have covered their buts with a statement of use of the cellular and wifi products.  Don’t hold your phone while surfing, texting, chatting,  keep your device a minimum of 10mm away from your body.

RF Exposure Apple Legal Statement

Steve Jobs created a product that kills, it killed him and when asked about an app solution that could limit ones exposure to harmful EMF rays by identifying sources of radiation around you, he stated. “Not interested.  Sent from my iPhone.”  He died two weeks later probably in a wifi environment getting his latest stock quotes.

In addition to killing us, our freedoms and rights are being eroded with the help of our Technology.  Just like IBM helped the Nazis with its Hollerith Machine. Thanks to Apple and the rest of the techno crony elite, big brother microchipping agenda is in full effect.   We are all being tracked, every move, every word, every email all by your smart iPhone or equivalent evil.   Fingerprint database, new iPhone is collecting that.  Facial recognition, has been in iPhoto for years. Facebook is sharing your face and your data with the FBI, Google wants all information, shares all information, reads your emails, Googleberg is the new face of the bilderberg crony crew.  Google island, google glasses, watching your every move. Wow hitler would have been proud.

Thanks to recent technology we all possess and demand,  a toxic soup has become the norm and our freedom is gone.  The number one killer in the US of kids is cancer.  This soup surrounds us, it penetrates though us. The nazi police state reigns supreme in North America. You are all being watched.   Run, run for the hills, and when your on your way, put your cell phone on aeroplane mode and only turn in when you have to.  Work offline, live offline, go online with ethernet to send your work.  Boycott all hotels and apartments that have towers on their roofs, and all business around them.  Move to rural areas, abandon the cities.  Demand the network be brought down.  The silent soup killer has to stop.  Get off the grid.  Become self sufficient so you don’t care if the grid comes down.

Truth11 Films latest short film release will be announced soon: The Cost Of Technology | Truth11 Films

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Previous Truth11 Films:

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Truth11 Films | Drones, Assassination WIthout Trial, Nazis In Power

Truth11’s latest short film discusses the purpose of the drone program and the actions of the US Government. Obamas drone program is CIA murder of innocent people and drones must be abolished. Set to Dimmu Borgir, Puritania


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Truth11 Films | The Enemy Within

Truth11 Films short film The Enemy Within discusses the fascist police state that surrounds us and is a wake up call for some to realize we are controlled by the same people who funded Hitler. The camps are built, the drills have been run. The police state is secured. Its time to wake up. Don’t get on the bus to the camps, resist Nazi Fascist control. We have great strength in numbers. We must unite and organize ourselves with self government through internet automation.

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Truth11 Films | Armed With The Truth, United We Stand. The Rise Of The 99%

Truth11 Films 8th release documents the reasons the 99% have risen. We the 99% are rising up to say we are awake and aware of the truth. We are also aware of the power of unity, armed with the truth.

This film provides a list of issues that drive the 99% to form and to revolt. It outlines the subjects that need to be discussed, the areas of corruption and areas of government tyranny. Each subject in the film is a category on Truth11.com and you can research each item in detail on our site. Many ask why the 99% are rising up. Here is a list of reasons why. This film is a big picture view of the vast scope of the corruption and deception carried out by our own governments.

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Truth11 Films | Perpetual War

We have been tricked into fighting perpetual wars of mass genocide for pointless profit. There is no enemy. The enemy is within the US government. All exterior enemies are created to justify the advancing military industrial complex.

There is only one way war will end. The masses must rise up, unite, and demand world peace.

Here is Truth11 Films 7th short film set to The Lotus Eater by Opeth.

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Truth11 Films | Techno Revolution + Self Government System

Truth11 films presents its 6th short film Techno Revolution + Self-Government System. The film is a call to action. Peacefull instant global techno revolution, followed buy a system of self government organized by internet automation. Utopia is possible. Lets organize, unite and build it. Armed with the truth, united we stand, connected and organized.

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Truth11 Films | Fuck Everything You Stand For. Toronto G20

A look at the Toronto G20. Fascist police violating rights. Fake black block. The purpose was a government experiment using mass protesting citizens to asses ease of arrest, reaction to rights removed, and inhumane treatment. In preparation for martial law.


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Truth11 Films | Propaganda vs Truth In Advertising

We are enslaved without mass protest due to propaganda. The Television and print mass media monopoly has been very effective in creating a bubble of lies. John Lennon and Yoko Ono used their wealth to penetrate this bubble through a series of advertising billboards in Tokyo, London, New York that stated that “War Is Over, If you want it to be”. This was so effective he was assassinated. This short film is a call to those with the ability to help the truth movement in this medium (Just do it anonymously or collectively) . If your looking to donate money, don’t. Instead pay for a billboard stating some truth that others should know.

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Truth11 Films | 9/11 Truth

911 Was a false flag attack by our own government, used as a pretext to remove our rights with the Patriot Act and to justify wars of aggression. The towers fell by controlled demolition. The columns were cut at specific angles and lengths to promote collapse and ease of shipping. The concrete pulverized into clouds of dust. Millions of people have been slaughtered over the fake war on terror. This short film is a visual representation of the big picture of 9/11 set to Tool’s Ticks and Leeches.

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Environment-linked conditions | Hypersensitivity To Scents, Perfumes, Chemicals, Cell phones, Cell Towers, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities

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Why Do Smells Make Some People Sick?  Jan. 22, 2012 — Science Daily

Do you get a headache from the perfume of the lady next to you at the table? Do cleaning solutions at work make your nose itch? If you have symptoms prompted by everyday smells, it does not necessarily mean you are allergic but rather that you suffer from chemical intolerance. According to Linus Andersson at Umeå University, this hypersensitivity can be the result of an inability to get used to smells.


Normally your smell perceptions diminish rapidly, as when you enter a friend’s apartment. Even though you clearly notice smells just inside the door, you don’t think about them for long. For people with chemical intolerance, on the other hand, smells seem always to be present. Psychology researcher Linus Andersson has exposed both intolerant and non-intolerant individuals to smells and compared their reactions.

“The hypersensitive individuals felt that the smell was getting stronger even though its concentration had not changed. Their brain activity images also differed from those in the other group,” he says.

The results were observed using methods based on both electroencephalography (EEG) and functional brain imaging technology (fMRI). The EEG method involved placing electrodes on the heads of trial subjects and registering the minute changes in tension in the brain that arise following exposure to smells. Unlike the people in the normal group, Linus Andersson explains, the intolerant people did not evince a lessening of brain activity during the period of more than an hour they were exposed to a smell. The inability to grow accustomed to smells is thus matched by unchanging brain activity over time.

“These individuals also have a different pattern in the blood flow in their brains, compared with those who perceive that a smell diminishes. A similar change can be found in patients with pain disorders, for example.”

Sensitivity to smell impacts the entire body A further finding in the dissertation is that chemical intolerant people also react strongly to substances that irritate the mucous linings of their nose and mouth. People who cough more when they inhale capsaicin, the hot compound in chili peppers, also have heightened reactions in the brain to other smells. Besides the fact that intolerant individuals perceive that smells grow stronger, effects are also seen in mucous linings and in the brain.

“In other words we can see indications that this intolerance affects both the body and the mind, and that it’s important not to blindly focus on just one of these aspects,” says Linus Andersson.

Chemical intolerance is surprisingly common — up to ten percent of the Swedish population report they are bothered by everyday smells, whereas roughly two percent experience severe symptoms. Yet, in contrast to the situation regarding allergies and asthma, there is very little research about what causes this condition. Linus Andersson maintains that if it were possible to identify what characterizes this hypersensitivity then it would be possible to develop methods for diagnosis and treatment. But research can also provide new knowledge about how we should think about our work and everyday environments.

“Some co-workers are bothered more than others by the smell of the printer — what should we do to make our working conditions acceptable to as many people as possible?”

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Strong colognes and perfumes make me have instant migraines,  loss of 75% of vision and vomiting.  I have to move 10 times if I’m on public transit as people sit near you that seem to have been just bathing in the stuff.  If this is you or someone you know please be aware you are potentially making people violently ill.  Please stop waring so much.  Please stop waring any at all.

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Hypersensitivity to scents it covered under the Canadian Human Rights Act as a disability.  Accommodation by employers to request a scent free environment is required under this act.

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Chemical Free Area

Seriously Sensitve to Pollution

Canadian Recognition of MCS/ES (Multiple Chemical Sensitivities/Environmental Sensitivities)

The Canadian Human Rights Commission

Policy on Environmental Sensitivities

Individuals with environmental sensitivities experience a variety of adverse reactions to environmental agents at concentrations well below those that might affect the “average person”. This medical condition is a disability and those living with environmental sensitivities  are entitled to the protection of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. …

UPDATE 2013: see Canadian Human Rights Documents Archived

Ontario’s Human Rights Code

What is disability?

“Disability” covers a broad range and degree of conditions, some visible and some not visible. A disability may have been present from birth, caused by an accident, or developed over time. There are physical, mental and learning disabilities, mental disorders, hearing or vision disabilities, epilepsy, drug and alcohol dependencies, environmental sensitivities, and other conditions.

The Code protects people from discrimination because of past, present and perceived disabilities. For example, the Code protects a person who faces discrimination because she is a recovered alcoholic. So is a person whose condition does not limit their workplace abilities, but who is believed to be at greater risk of being able to do less in the future.

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/disability-and-human-rights

CERA the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation

…While environmental sensitivities are not well understood by the general public, they are recognized by Health Canada, the Canadian Health Network, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Canadian and Ontario Human Rights Commissions, the Ontario Medical Association and the Environmental Health Committee of the Ontario College of Family Physicians – among others….

http://www.equalityrights.org/cera/?page_id=674

Environmental Health Clinic

The Environmental Health Clinic is a unique multidisciplinary clinic, and the only one of its kind in Ontario. It was established in 1996 by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to be a provincial resource in promoting environmental health, and to improve health care for people with environment-linked conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and multiple chemical sensitivities.

The Environmental Health Clinic is the clinical part of a joint clinical and research program of Women’s College Hospital and the University of Toronto.

http://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/programs-and-services/environmental-health-clinic469/

 

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EHS Electro-hypersensitivy

Whole Life Expo 2007 Toronto, November 25, 2007 ____________________________________________________________________________________

Electromagnetic fields:
Questions and answers about wireless technologies

Andrew Michrowski, Ph.D.
The Planetary Association for Clean Energy, Inc

100 Bronson Avenue, Suite 1001 OTTAWA, Ontario K1R 6G8 (613) 236-6265; fax: 235-5876

pacenet@canada.com http://pacenet.homestead.com

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What are the issues, the second-hand effects, and the standards for the wireless technologies? ____________________________________________________________________________________

Life on earth has evolved amidst a broad band of electromagnetic frequencies, which originate from throughout the universe. By 1980, environmental exposure to artificial, repetitive or random signals in the radiofrequency / microwave band has risen dramatically – by more than a trillion times, mostly for military technology.

Since 1980, mostly for newly-introduced commercial applications, the average “second-hand” exposure in Southern Canada has risen from about 0.005 microWatt/cm2 to the current background environmental range of 0.4 to 100.0 μWatt/cm2. We note an 8 to 20,000-fold increase with peaks in downtown Toronto and some centres, including Brantford and Mississauga. About 100 square kilometres in Southern Ontario have environmental broadband radiofrequency and microwave power emission exposures during timeframes that can exceed the Health Canada Safety Code 6 exposure limit of approximately 0.6 to 1 milliWatt/cm2 (600 – 1,000microWatt/cm2). Such illegal irradiation coverage can be expected to rise exponentially to several hundred square kilometres in both Ontario and Quebec by the end of this decade, on a more persistent basis, as more and more wireless technologies are approved by governments and marketed. Note that individuals within such exposed zones may experience a continual body temperature rise, with time, (but actually “feel” colder, and may seek greater warmth).

By “second-hand” exposure, we are referring to cases whereby an individual does not own nor use any radiofrequency/microwave device (wireless communication device, microwave oven, wireless computer tool, surgically implanted or portable RFID “spy chip”, etc) and is exposed simply by being in an irradiated zone, often outdoors. Additionally, there are places (public buildings, institutions, restaurants, etc.) where multi-frequency power absorption is unsolicited – actually, legally-speaking, in trespass of body functions. This level of average “second-hand” exposure is doubling annually in sparsely populated regions and tripling within more affluent urban zones. We can expect at 3 to 5 fold increase in second-hand exposure by 2010.

Background power emissions (0.5 MHz – 3GHz band) selected Canadian cities, 2007 microWatt/cm2

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City

μWatt/cm2

City

μWatt/cm2

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Windsor

0.2 – 15

Cornwall

0.3 – 5

London

0.2 – 5

Ottawa

0.1 – 25

Brantford

0.8 – 50

Montreal

0.1 – 10

Hamilton

2 – 10

St-Hyacinthe

0.1 – 4

Burlington

1 – 10

Mississauga

4.0 – 25

Oakville

1 – 15

Drummondville

0.1 – 4

Toronto

2.5 – 120

Laval

0.1 – 5

Ajax

1 – 10

St-Sauveur / Ste-Adèle

0.1 – 3

Oshawa

1 – 10

Mirabel

0.3 – 8

Trenton

0.2 – 20

Gatineau

0.1 – 5

Belleville

0.2 – 5

Renfrew

0.1 – 3

Kingston

0.3 – 5

Peterborough

0.3 – 3

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What is behind the increases in second-hand and direct-use microwave exposure?

We can expect a further 3 to 5-fold Canadian general population increase in “environmental” exposure of microwave frequencies within a few years, with more wireless technologies, such as: smart water and electric power meters, intercarrier text messaging, mobile satellite radio, music downloaders, wireless e-mail, wireless video calling, social and corporate networking, mobile television, instant text, multimedia messaging, smartphones, 3G (as well as 4G available in Europe) products and services, GPS mapping. Still more leaps in exposure emerge as the plans of investors, the military and governments materialize: to have every dwelling, school, office and store in the world become a microwave transmitter/receiver for wireless computers and related linkages, and to have transceivers implanted and/or injected in our bodies, including for banking transactions. A significant factor driving cell phone sales worldwide is for telephone banking delivering monetary services to the “unbanked”. Vodaphone started in Kenya Safaricom “mobile money” banking in Swahili, attracting 175,000 subscribers signing up at a rate of 2,500 a day, even if they may need “fingertip” RFID chip authentication for their micro-lending. Although the intention was to enable loan payments, individuals have been using the phones for person-to-person transfers – in a “dial ‘M’ for money” type of culture.

There are 19 million wireless customers in Canada (pop. 32,000,000). More than 5% of households now have only a cell phone. There is a convergence in usage rates with traditional phone services. At the end of 2006, Canada had 55.1 mobile subscribers and 55.3 traditional wire line access lines per 100 inhabitants (vs: 18.7 wireless subscribers and 64.4 traditional wire line accesses in 1999). 74% of those between the ages of 18 and 34 use a cellphone for an average of 400 minutes per month. 40% of Canadians between ages 12 and 24 consider cellphones to be their main means of communication. In the United Kingdom, 90% of the youth use cellphones, many sleeping with them “on”, under their pillows. 10% of the wireless transmissions are data, a segment that is rising 50% every 3 months.

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Households with only a cell phone, December 2005

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4.8

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2.3

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P.E.I.

3.8

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N.S.

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4.1

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N.B.

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Que .

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Ont.

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4.1

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Man.

4.5

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Sask.

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2.5

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Alta.

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5.8

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B.C.

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7.1

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Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 56M0001XCB.

Direct-use microwave exposure characteristics and lack of quality control

Microwave devices are notorious for lack of quality control during manufacturing, especially with their emission leakage characteristics. For example, at least 33% of microwave products manufactured, whether microwave ovens or wireless communications devices do not meet the Canada Safety 6 Code, which sets the basic limits that are not be exceeded and are given in terms of body currents either by induction, or contact with energized metallic objects, or in terms of the rate at which radiofrequency/microwave energy is absorbed in a body, averaged over a period of time across the body. Some jurisdictions worldwide have more stringent regulations than Canada, as indicated below. We can infer the rules are not being met worldwide, for lack of competence, compliance and failure to measure emissions at manufacture. Microwave devices tend to easily deteriorate with wear and tear, lack of maintenance and proper cleaning.

INTERNATIONAL Radiofrequency / Microwave EXPOSURE STANDARDS

Country

New South Wales, Australia
Salzburg, Austria (pulsed transmissions) Russia / Bulgaria / Hungary/ Switzerland Belgium
China
Italy / Toronto, Canada
Auckland, New Zealand
Australia
New Zealand / Japan / Germany/ US /Canada United Kingdom

Exposure level (microW/cm2) 0.001
0.1
2 –10

3
7 –10
10
50
200
200 –1,000 1,000 –10,000

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Toward second-hand exposure statistics

On the basis of environmental irradiation surveys, it can be deduced that, in Toronto – population of over 2,500,000, at least 25,000 individuals are being exposed by unwanted trespass of “second-hand” environmental microwave emissions – for several hours daily – that are more elevated than those permitted by Canada Safety Code 6, simply by working or living in high-density urban “hot-spots” and that this number can increase during periods of wet ground as a result of precipitation. This means that these individuals risk irreversible damage to their body functions merely because of the popularity and the commercialisation of the wireless technologies. While government agencies assume that such environmental emissions are merely “a fog”, actual mapping point out to a dense and active network of multiple frequencies permeating the built-up environment, often without any centralized organisation. The densest groupings of hotspots tend to be in the traditional commercial cores, the transportation nodes (interchanges, bridges, over and underpasses) to and from the city, near high-voltage power transmission lines and near buildings that house significant mainframe computers and automated functions (such as postal sorting facilities, fabricators, etc.).

“Second-hand” microwave geography in Salt Lake City, Utah

Paul M. Torrens, Geography, Arizona State University

Autism connection

It is estimated that at least 300,000 Canadian children are being exposed to, and, are absorbing, illegal levels of microwave power associated with cellphone usage alone. This number is expected to double by 2010, even though the actual total base population of children is expected to decrease. These children face severe (or life-threatening) wireless-related physical conditions. Add to this group about 300,000 in Ontario alone who suffer from some form of autism, considering that 30 years ago, there were only a few hundred cases. More than 1 child in 100 is autistic, compared with 1 in 10,000 only 30 years ago, before the pervasive environmental exposure of wireless technologies.

A study by Tamara Mariea and George Carlo indicates how microwave wireless frequency emissions render cells incapable of releasing heavy metals (including mercury and aluminum), such as those used as stabilizers in the massive vaccination programmes. Heavy metals in the body interfere with the distribution of dopamine, a hormone and a neurotransmitter which controls motor skills. In autistic children, such functions are inhibited. When autistic children are detoxified from heavy metals, and when they are no longer exposed to wireless emissions, they can recover. This situation has the potential for trans-generation toxic accumulation.

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Microwave device (dry weather conditions)

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μWatt/cm2

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Common exposure

Cellphone @ user

9 – 3,500

Cellphone, second hand exposure

1 – 200

Microwave oven @ user

10 – 2,000

Cordless phone base station @ 2 to 6m

7 – 17

Analog in urban environment (1-2 blocks away)

5 – 25

Digital in urban environment (within 100m)

0.2 – 5

Analog in rural environment 500m

0.25 – 30

Local amplification by metal window, door frames, studs, metal plumbing, grounding wire, unfiltered telephone and Cable TV wires

1 to 4.5 fold power increase

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(microW/cm2) 0.0000000000001

0.0000000001 0.000000001 0.0000000027 0.00000001 0.00000002 0.000005 0.00001 0.000027 0.001

0.002

0.0027 0.0027 to 0.007 0.01 0.016 0.06

0.06

0.05

0.1
0.1 to 1.8

0.13 0.168 0.2 to 8.0 0.3

0.6 0.6 0–4 1.0

1.0 2.5 5.0 2.0

5.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0

1,000.0

Reported Biological Effects

Altered genetic structure in E. Coli Threshold of human sensitivity Altered EEG in human subjects Growth stimulation in Vicius fabus Effects on immune system in mice Stimulation of ovulation in chickens Effect on cell growth in yeast Conditioned “avoidance” reflex in rats Premature aging of pine needles

100 Yards / metres from Cell Phone

Sleep disorders, abnormal blood pressure, nervousness, weakness, fatigue, limb and joint pain, digestive problems, fewer schoolchildren promoted Growth inhibition in Vicius fabus
Smaller tree growth ri ngs

50 Feet from a Cordless Phone

Human sensation

1 Mile (1.6Km) from a Cellular Tower

Altered EEG, disturbed carbohydrate metabolism, enlarged adrenals, altered adrenal hormone levels, structural changes in liver, spleen, testes, and brain in white rats and rabbits
Slowing of the heart, change in EEG in rabbits

10 Feet /3 meters from a Wireless Computer

References

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Belyaev Kositsky Bise Brauer B und y uk Kondra Grundler Kositsky Selga

Altpeter Brauer Balodis

Kolbun

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2001
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1970
1992

2001 1996

1995, 1997 1950
1996

1987

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MICROWAVES BELOW U.S. & CANADA’S REGULATORY LIMIT

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Increase in melatonin in cows
Decreased life span, impaired reproduction, structural and developmental abnormalities in duckweed plants
Decreased cell growth (human epithelial amnion cells)
Irreversible sterility in mice
Childhood leukemia near transmitters
Impaired motor function, reaction time, memory and attention of school children, and altered sex ratio of children (fewer boys)
Change in calcium ion efflux from brain tissue
Cardiac arrhythmias and sometimes cardiac arrest (frogs)
Altered white blood cell activity in schoolchildren
Headache, dizziness, irritability, fatigue, weakness, insomnia, chest pain, difficulty breathing, indigestion (humans—occupational exposure) Stimulation of white cells in guinea pigs
Breakdown of blood-brain barrier (used a digital cell phone to radiate) Leukemia, skin melanoma and bladder cancer near TV and FM transmitter (lower “Microwave hearing” – clicking, buzzing, chirping, hissing, or high-pitched threshold notetones known)

Biochemical and histological changes in liver, heart, kidney, and brain tissue Damaged mitochondria, nucleus of cells in hippocampus of brain
Impaired memory and visual reaction time in people living near transmitters Decreased size of litter, increased number of stillborns in mice Redistribution of metals in the lungs, brain, heart, liver, kidney, muscles, spleen, bones, skin, blood

Dumanskij 1974
Serkyuk, reported in McRee 1980

Stark 1997

Magone 1996 Kwee 1997 Magras 1997 Hocking 1996

Kolodynski 1996 Dutta 1986 Frey 1968 Chiang 1989

Shutenko 1981
Meg Sears, Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities, Canadian Human Rights Commission, 2007.

United States FCC Exposure Limit, Safety Code 6 Canada limit

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Salford

1978 1997

Simonenko 1998 Shanda la
1997
Dolk

Frey 1963, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1988, Justeson 1979, Olsen 1980, Wieske 1963, Lin 1978
Belokrinitskiy l982
Belokrinitskiy 1982a
Chiang 1989
Il’Chevich (reported in McRee 1980)

Significant Secondary infrastructure effects

There has been a significant increase in corrosion problems in the last few decades, parallel to the spread and implementation of wireless technologies. Whereas in the 1970s, only a small number of engineers consulted on corrosion problems, now a full quarter of all engineers in North America are experts in corrosion trying to resolve problems associated with building structures, water and oil and gas pipelines, fluid containers. How radiofrequencies affect corrosion can be verified by anyone who replaces a fluorescent compact bulb into a metallic fixture that once had an incandescent bulb. It takes only a few weeks to have the onset of paint coating corroding in lamp holders, followed by the steady eating away of metallic sheeting. Likewise, one can see which urban areas are exposed to elevated levels of microwave emissions: where sewer and telephone service covers rust – actually powder away rather than just coat themselves with oxidation, where fire hydrants crumble – even if installed within the previous 6 months – that is likely to be a zone subject to denser environmental microwave emissions. Normally, such fittings last problem–free for decades. This is an effect of enormous burden to tax and rate-payers.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has made an emergency plea to the federal government for $123 Billion within 5 years to avoid building collapses in Canadian cities due to corrosion, which only emphasizes how outrageously expensive for our civilization is this problem of accelerated corrosion from radiofrequencies and microwaves is. What is little known is that most corrosion is induced by weak voltages and amperages from net currents in our electric power delivery systems, which are imbalanced. What is even less known is that as the electric power system becomes more affected by the use of computers and wireless systems, radiofrequencies and microwaves penetrate the electric power system’s ground, via neutral wires. The ground in many populated areas now carries charges that are highly electronic with radiofrequency and microwave characteristics. This new phenomenon accelerates corrosion of materials – whether pipelines, rebars in buildings and transportation infrastructure or even nuclear power plant reactor rods – by quantum leaps. Galvanic coupling between alloys and hydrogen and e particles is accelerated, leading to hydrogen- induced cracking in steels. Electromagnetically-induced Hydrogen diffusion has become so commonplace under such environmental conditions that a Russian scientist, P. S. Orlov proposed this year a method of locating underground corroded (hydrogen saturated/embrittled) steel gas-supply pipes simply by measuring hydrogen leakages. This conduction of charges has been observed with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and reported this year by scientists from Atomic Energy of Canada and the National Research Council of Canada. There is also greater spattering of deposits, crevice enhancements and oxidation reactions.

What we can expect as health effects due to these new exposures?
Experimental observations with low-level microwave exposure

Observation

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Effects of microwave emissions

Exposure level

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Effects on DNA

Single and double-strand breaks, electron flows within staked base pairs of double helix of DNA molecules, direct gene transcription, 40-90% increase in Fos mRNA from cellphone signals,

2h, 0.6W/kg, 0.001W/kg

Blood-brain barrier

Toxins may reach brain tissues: serotonin, glucose, selective permeability, allows glucose to pass

After 2 minutes, as low as 0.0004W/kg

Psychoactive Drugs

Neurotransmitter functions modified: Pentobarbital (alters narcosis), entylenetetrazol (more convulsions), Curare (less anaesthesia), Valium, Librium (potentiated). Endogenous opiods activated: increase in alcohol use, less of withdrawal symptoms in morphine-dependents

Eye damage

Worsen effects.

Behavioural changes

Major errors in judgment, vision altered; disruptive attitude (hyperactivity); memory problems, [non-lethal weapons for combat advantage]; synthase inhibition caused by increase in body nitric oxide production by digital (pulsed) signals

Cognitive functions

Faster reaction time, auditory memory retrieval [mind control], difficulty in concentration, “fuzzy thinking”, dizziness (indication of serotonin activity increase)

0.16 μWatt/cm2

Sleep

May promote sleep, sleepiness, reduction of REM sleep (important to memory, learning)

Melatonin

Melatonin secretion decreases

Fundamental life processi

ELF-encodes in wireless transmissions may imitate heartbeat, cellular communications, brainwaves, cell growth, human metabolism; sperm count lowered, irreversible infertility in mice after 5 generations from “an antenna park”, chicken embryo mortality increases by half

As low as 0.005 W/kg

Dosedependency

Observed in Korean War, US embassy personnel in Moscow, cumulative effects

Microwave syndrome

Fatigue, irritability, nausea, anorexia, depression Cardiovascular disorders, hypo /hypertension Change in skin, skin allergies, eczema, psoriasis
Increase in lymphocytes, effects in EEGs, reduced insulin production, multiple allergies, Tinnitus, itches in the ear, ears feel heated

As low as 0.02 to 8.0 μWatt/cm2

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Some, natural, highly-coherent oscillations in living beings have same or similar characteristics as those produced by wireless technologies. For example, the 2Hz-encoded signal from cellphones reporting to base stations resembles the heartbeat (and can entrain heartbeat). Other extremely-low-frequency-encoded signals resemble, and interact with, brain waves, cell growth, cell communication, calcium ion balance and other fundamental life processes, even at levels as low as 0.005W/kg.

What can be done?

In many built environments, microwave power levels are too elevated for even minimum health risk conditions.

Many health practitioners are unaware either of the general exposure conditions, not those of their patients, thus not taking under consideration their bearing of the diagnosis, nor therapy at hand. Similarly, employers may not realize that the microwave environment faced by their employees might adversely affect their job performance, occupational health and safety and productivity.

Fortunately, appropriate design and careful oversight in installation can provide citizens with acceptable, safe and generally no-risk levels of electromagnetic fields. But the implementation of these measures, even if they entail relatively no cost to the public or private purses, requires a public demand for common sense safety.

Municipal governments who participate in the siting process by issuing permits are in the frontline for complaints and legal filings because they are, legally, accomplices. The City of Toronto has an active guideline that provides for a Canadian platform for precedence from a health and safety legal perspective, that other communities can emulate, and eventually help industry and federal regulatory agencies, including the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), review their current policies and practices.

An European Parliament expert analysis in 2000, which was comprised of World Health Organization, European Community and scientific peers recommended that the average annual exposure near microwave emitters should not exceed 0.10 μWatt/cm2 (following the lead of the Italian Government notion of quality target) and that anyone exposed to higher fields should receive regular medical attention, including blood analysis, EEG and ECG tests. All zones with higher exposure rates should be posted with markings on pavement and with road signs.

In Canada, you can view your wireless transmission environment on http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/tafl/tafindxf.html. A socio-political question

Is it worthwhile to promote an industry that emerges while it hurts civilization and induces costs greater and more expensive than the “benefits” that it offers? Is the wireless industry prepared to pay for these costs?

The Discovery Of The Schumann Resonance

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When we consider that the ionosphere surrounding our planet is electrically positive charged whilst the earth’s surface carries a negative charge, we must conclude that this amounts to a prevailing electrical tension within the earth/ionosphere cavity. This tension is discharged when thunderstorms develop in this cavity. In physics two concentric electrically charged balls, one placed inside the other, are called ball condensers, or capacitors.

The inside of the ionosphere layer is used in wireless information transfer to bounce off radio waves emitted by transmitters on the earth’s surface. In this way the information can be transferred over large distances.

The physicist and inventor Nikola Tesla was the first to carry out wireless energy experiments at Colorado Springs, USA, which produced such powerful electrical tensions that they resulted in the creation of artificial lightning. These lightning flashes also produced radio waves. Due to their extremely low frequency these waves could penetrate the earth without resistance and thereby Tesla discovered the resonance frequency of the earth. Unfortunately Tesla was before his time and his discoveries were not taken seriously.

See www.fosar-bludorf.com/archiv/schum_eng.htm

It wasn’t until more than half a century later in 1952, when the German physicist Professor W.O.Schumann of the Technical University of Munich predicted that there are electromagnetic standing waves in the atmosphere, within the cavity formed by the surface of the earth and the ionosphere. This came about by Schumann teaching his students about the physics of electricity. During a lesson about ball condensers he asked them to calculate the frequency between the inner and outer ball, meaning the earth and ionosphere layer. They came up with a calculation of 10Hz.

This was confirmed in 1954 when measurements by Schumann and König detected resonances at a main frequency of 7.83 Hz. In the years following this discovery, several investigators worldwide have researched “Schumann resonance” and a number of properties and characteristics have now been established.

Schumann Resonance Properties 

The spherical earth-ionosphere cavity is created by the conductive surface of the earth and the outer boundary of the ionosphere, separated by non-conducting air. Electromagnetic impulses are generated by electrical discharges such as lightning, the main excitation source, and spread laterally into the cavity. Lightning discharges have a “high-frequency component”, involving frequencies between 1 kHz and 30 kHz, followed by a “low-frequency component” consisting of waves and frequencies below 2 kHz and gradually increasing amplitude. This produces electromagnetic waves in the very low frequency (VLF) and extremely low frequency (ELF) ranges.

ELF waves at 3 Hz to 300 Hz are propagated as more or less strongly attenuated waves in the space between the earth and the ionosphere, which provides a waveguide for the signals. Certain wavelengths circumnavigate the earth with little attenuation due to the fact that standing waves are formed within the cavity, the circumference of which is “approximately equal to the wavelength which an electromagnetic wave with a frequency of about 7.8 Hz would have in free space” (König, 1979, p34). It is the waves of this frequency and its harmonics at 14, 20, 26, 33, 39 and 45 Hz that form Schumann Resonances.

On a global scale the total resonant spectrum is the effect of the global lightning worldwide which is estimated at an average of 100 strokes per second. Since there is a concentration of lightning activity during the afternoon in Southeast Asia, Africa and America there are Schumann Resonance amplitude peaks at 10, 16 and 22 UT (universal time), with activity over America around 22 UT being dominant.

There are also +/-0.5 Hz variations in the center frequency, caused by a diurnal increase in ionization of the ionosphere as a result of radiation from the sun, having the effect of reducing the height of the ionosphere at 12 local time. Another factor which influences center frequency is sunspot activity.

A Tuning Fork for Life

Although the existence of the Schumann Resonance is an established scientific fact, there are very few scientists who are aware of the importance of this frequency as a tuning fork for Life. I propose that it is not merely a phenomenon caused by lightning in the atmosphere, but a very important electromagnetic standing wave, acting as background frequency and influencing biological oscillators within the mammalian brain.

At the time when Schumann published his research results in the journal `Technische Physik’, Dr Ankermueller, a physician, immediately made the connection between the Schumann resonance and the alpha rhythm of brainwaves. He found the thought of the earth having the same natural resonance as the brain very exciting and contacted Professor Schumann, who in turn asked a doctorate candidate to look into this phenomenon. This candidate was Herbert König who became Schumann’s successor at Munich University. König demonstrated a correlation between Schumann Resonances and brain rhythms. He compared human EEG recordings with natural electromagnetic fields of the environment (1979) and found that the main frequency produced by Schumann oscillations is very close to the frequency of alpha rhythms.

Natural electromagnetic processes in the environment (I-IV), human EEG readings in comparison. Schumann oscillations (I) and the EEG a-rhythm, as well as locally conditioned fluctuations of the electric field (II) and the EEG d-rhythm, show a noticable similarity in their temporal variation. From König, 1979. 

Dr König carried out further measurements of Schumann resonance and eventually arrived at a frequency of exactly 7.83 Hz, which is even more interesting, as this frequency is one which applies to mammals. For instance, septal driving of the hippocampal rhythm in rats has been found to have a minimum threshold at 7.7 Hz (Gray, 1982).

This relationship has been explored by a number of investigators. For further information see Natural electromagnetic fields research on the h.e.s.e. project website.

One of the foremost researchers in this field is Dr Wolfgang Ludwig, who has been investigating Schumann Resonance and its place in nature for many years.

The Research of Dr Wolfgang Ludwig

It was Dr Wolfgang Ludwig who carried out further measurements whilst writing his thesis on the Schumann Resonance. His aim was to measure what kind of natural signals actually exist in a healthy environment. He became aware of the fact that due to manmade electromagnetic signals within the atmosphere, the accurate measurement of Schumann waves was almost impossible in the city. For this reason he decided to take measurements out at sea where, due to good electrical conductivity, the Schumann waves are stronger. He than had the idea to take underground measurements in mines. Here he recognized that the magnetic field of the earth fluctuated too. This was also investigated by Dr Robert Becker in his book `Electricity and Vitality: The spark of Life’.

Dr Ludwig came up with an excellent idea to take accurate measurements. When taking measurements at the earth’s surface, the reading is the result of two signals, one coming from above and one from below. But subsequently taking measurements below ground makes it possible to come up with exact readings by separating the two.

YIN and YANG

During his research Dr Ludwig came across the ancient Chinese teachings which state that Man needs two environmental signals: the YANG (masculine) signal from above and the YIN (feminine) signal from below. This description fits the relatively strong signal of the Schumann wave surrounding our planet being YANG and the weaker geomagnetic waves coming from below, from within the planet, being the YIN signal

The Chinese teachings state that to achieve perfect health, both signals must be in balance. Dr Ludwig found that this is indeed the case. He writes in his book `Informative Medizin’ that research carried out by E.Jacobi at the University of Duesseldorf showed that the one sided use of Schumann (YANG) wave simulation without the geomagnetic (YIN) signal caused serious health problems. On the other hand, the absence of Schumann waves creates a similar situation. Professor R.Wever from the Max Planck Institute for Behavioural Physiology in Erling-Andechs, built an underground bunker which completely screened out magnetic fields. Student volunteers lived there for four weeks in this hermetically sealed environment. Professor Wever noted that the student’s circadian rhythms diverged and that they suffered emotional distress and migraine headaches. As they were young and healthy, no serious health conditions arose, which would not have been the case with older people or people with a compromised immune system. After only a brief exposure to 7.8 Hz (the very frequency which had been screened out), the volunteers health stabilized again.

The same complaints were reported by the first astronauts and cosmonauts, who, out in space, also were no longer exposed to the Schumann waves. Now modern spacecrafts are said to contain a device which simulates the Schumann waves.

All the aforesaid points to the fact that the ancient teachings are correct. Mankind depends on two subtle environmental signals, the Yin from below and the Yang from above.

The urgent need for further research into the Schumann Resonance Effect

Although Schumann Resonance could easily be confirmed by measurements at the time of its discovery, it is no longer so obvious due to our atmosphere being filled with manmade radiation noise at different frequencies. This is almost drowning out the natural signals – signals that have been there through aeons of evolution. It is possible that these signals act like a natural tuning fork, not just for the biological oscillators of the brain, but for all processes of life.

With the advent of new wireless technology, in particular microwaves pulsed at frequencies close to Schumann Resonance as in mobile telephony, another threat is emerging. We may be creating an environment that is literally `out of tune’ with Nature itself. And it is at this point that there is an urgent need for us to understand how everything alive responds to the most subtle changes in magnetic and electromagnetic fields surrounding us. For instance, we need to examine the possible interaction between magnetite crystals within cells and manmade magnetic fields in the environment.

There is a great need for independent research into the bio-compatibility between natural and manmade signals. By linking together the potential importance of Schumann Resonance and the dangers posed by manmade pulsed frequencies, it will become apparent that unless we find a way to use bio-compatible signals to power new technology, we may expose all life to dangers previously not encountered. We may have to pay a high price for this shortsightedness. Serious attention must now be paid to the possible biological role of standing waves in the atmosphere, so that we do not overlook the importance of oscillations in nature that may be central to consciousness and life itself.

The late Dr Neil Cherry, a fierce opponent of the frequencies used in mobile telephony, has also focused on the importance of Schumann Resonance in his publications ‘Schumann Resonances, a plausible biophysical mechanism for the human health effects of Solar/Geomagnetic Activity’ (2002), and ‘Human intelligence: The brain, an electromagnetic system synchronised by the Schumann Resonance signal’ (2003).

See also Sedona Anomalies

If organisms do in fact respond to, and perhaps depend on, electromagnetic fields as weak as that produced by Schumann resonance at 0.22-1.12 mV/m (from Cherry, 2002), this is of major significance for the development of present and future wireless technologies. Funding for research projects investigating the Schumann Resonance Effect is now being sought and scientists who support this call for research are invited to contact by e-mail.


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References

Gray, J.A., 1982, The Neuropsychology of Anxiety: An Enquiry into the Functions of the Septo-Hippocampal System. Clarendon Press.
Cherry, N.J., 2002, Schumann Resonances, a plausible biophysical mechanism for the human health effects of Solar/Geomagnetic Activity, Natural Hazards 26(3), p 279-331

Cherry, N.J. 2003, Human intelligence: The brain, an electromagnetic system synchronised by the Schumann Resonance signal, Medical Hypotheses 60(60):843-4

Cherry,N. Cell phone radiation poses a serious biological and health risk
http://www.drscheiner-muenchen.de/Cherryeng.htm

König, H.L Bioinformation – Electrophysical Aspects. In:
Electromagnetic Bioinformation, Popp, F.A., Becker,G.,
König, H.L.Peschka,W.,(eds.) Urban und Schwarzenberg
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Ludwig,W `Informative Medizin’
VGM Verlag fuer Ganzheitsmedizin, Essen, 1999

Schumann, W.O.Ueber die strahlungslosen Eigenschwingungen einer leitenden Kugel, die von einer Luftschicht und einer Ionosphaerenhuelle umgeben ist, Z.Naturforsch. 7a, 149, 1952

Schumann W.O.
König, H. Ueber die Beobachtung von Atmospherics bei geringsten Frequenzen, Naturwissenschaften, 41, 183, 1954

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