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Wi-Fi Health Hazards Shown in Video Series

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Wi-Fi health advocate Cecilia Doucette and parent Keith Marciniak have created a five-part YouTube series that describes the health hazards of pulsed electro-magnetic radiation that floods the environment.

The series covers radiation sources such as cellphones, computers, iPads, cordless phones, cell towers, and Wi-Fi routers that are in most classrooms in the U.S.

 

Episodes are “Discovering the Dangers”; “Educating the Greater Community”; “Why We Don’t Know”; “Impacts of Excessive Screen Time,” and “Solutions.”

Doucette has lectured at the Ashland, Mass., library, which earlier this year hosted a six-part series on the dangers of radiation.

BULLETIN: Apple now recommends using a headset when talking to the iPhone Activate the hands-free option. It tells users to carry the iPhone at least 5 mm [one-fifth of an inch] away from the body. Says Apple: “This ensures that the load is not above the values determined in the tests. Enclosures with metal parts [i..e., cars, buses, trains, planes] may alter the RF (high-frequency) performance of the equipment and adversely affect its compliance with the RF power guidelines in a manner that has not been tested or certified.”

Apple is reacting to measurements that show its two latest products, the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 plus, have a significantly higher radiation load than older models. Both products are at the so-called SAR value (specific absorption rate) at up to 1.38.

Below are some of the scientific papers cited in the Doucette/Marciniak series.

Electromagnetic Radiation Spectrum chart: http://www.citizensforsafetechnology….

Manufacturers’ fine print warnings: http://showthefineprint.org/see-the-f…

U.S. National Toxicology Program study results just released finding electromagnetic radiation causes cancer: http://www.cqlpe.ca/pdf/SPINvsFACTS-F…

Harvard Law School Center for Ethics’ Report, Captured Agency: How the Federal Communications Commission is Dominated by the Industries it Presumably Regulates: http://ethics.harvard.edu/files/cente…

International Appeal: Scientists Call for Protection from Non-ionizing Electromagnetic Field Exposure, signed by 221 world scientists specializing in electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and submitted to the World Health Organization and the United Nations: https://www.emfscientist.org/images/d…

Columbia University’s Dr. Martin Blank gives a three-minute appeal overview here: https://vimeo.com/123468632

IEEE Power Electronics Magazine article indicating even the IEEE, which helped to set the FCC standards in 1996 based on thermal effects, now recognizes biological effects at the non-thermal level: Some Effects of Weak Magnetic Fields on Biological Systems: RF fields can change radical concentrations and cancer growth rates: http://www.wirelesseducation.org/ieee…

BioInitiative Report Summary for the Public: http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/w…

Dr. Martin Pall’s 16-minute lecture on what electromagnetic radiation is doing to our bodies and why it is causing illness:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kQQy…

Nobel Peace Prize Co-Laureate Scientist Dr. Devra Davis and former long-time Microsoft Canada President Frank Clegg presenting the need for an EMF right-to-know initiative to the MA legislature: https://vimeo.com/134411701

Environmental Health Trust article, First US Public School District Limits Wi-Fi Radiation Exposure to Students and Staff: http://ehtrust.org/first-us-public-sc…

Senate Bill 1222: An Act creating a special commission to study the health impacts of electromagnetic fields: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S…

WACA-TV public service video for the Acoustimeter on loan at Ashland Public Library showing how to measure common home exposures and solutions to create a safer environment: https://vimeo.com/159873631

Boston Parents Paper back-to-school cover story: Is Wi-Fi in Schools Safe?: http://bostonparentspaper.com/article…

Ashland Public Schools, MA, Best Practices for Mobile Devices: https://3a4786cd-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.g…

OctoWired Solution: http://octowired.com/

On-line 40-minute wireless education course for less than the cost of a movie ticket: http://www.wirelesseducation.org/stor…

Feel free to peruse my research repository for additional information, Understanding EMFs: https://sites.google.com/site/underst…

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P-L board rejects Verizon tower proposal

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PINETOP-LAKESIDE — The Pinetop-Lakeside Board of Adjustment rejected an application Nov. 2 for a variance request by Verizon Wireless to build 94-foot tower on the corner of Woodland Lake Road and Julia Lane.

The site is located on the former Pico’s Nursery property, which is now operated as an wedding and event center.

Town Community Development Director Cody Blake offered introductory comments and said that Verizon’s interest in building a new tower was a “complaint-driven” response from local residents requests. The Board of Adjustment, at their Oct. 19, meeting also requested that the town assess the possibility of co-locating on a tower owned by White Mountain Communications. Verizon said the existing tower would not satisfy their needs, Blake said.

Fifteen residents lined up following Blake’s introductory comments to speak on the issue themselves. An overwhelming theme of most who testified Nov. 2 said they were mostly concerned with possible negative health effects, and property values dropping should the tower become a reality. Most said they didn’t want the tower in their residential neighborhood.

Although most everyone agreed that the wireless service is poor in the area, most said they didn’t want better service if it meant a potential risk to their health or a drop they would see in property values.

The first four speakers mentioned their health concerns for two autistic children who live within about 100 feet of the proposed location.

Don McMasters, who also lives near the proposed tower site, introduced himself as the president of the White Mountains Autism Foundation and said that living near a cell tower is extremely damaging to an autistic person. he also spoke to the general feeling against having the tower in a residential area.

“Everyone who would like to live within 400 feet of a cell tower, raise your hands,” he said. Very few hands went up.

“We have a son with autism who is 29 and we’ve been told not to live anywhere near high EMF (Electromagnetic fields).” Barb McMasters, Bob’s wife said.

McMasters gave members of the board an 18-page packet of materials about the health risks involving cell towers.

“Some say it’s a theory. Let me tell you, it’s not a theory, it’s real. Please dig into it. And by the way, there are six — and not two — individuals with autism living in this community,” he added

Chris Paxman, the father of two autistic children who lives across the street from the proposed tower site gave the most emotional presentation of the night.

Paxman is a photographer, came to the lectern fighting back tears. He said his children were the two that everyone was talking about and that he would have a view of the new tower from his front window. Paxman produced photographs of his view of the Pico Greenhouse property with a rainbow, a photo of one son and an aerial view he took with a drone to show the board and the crowd what he was faced with.

“Let’s make this more realistic,” Paxman said as he took out a dark felt pen and drew the tower onto his photograph. “Oh, and let’s put those realistic branches they propose on it, too,” he said, referring to plans to make the tower look like an tree.

As he drew a rough-looking tower sketch on his photo, the impact of Paxman’s emotions seemed to grip the audience. He then produced a photo of one of his son said, “He can’t go anywhere, but he has the time of his life in the backyard. I am not really willing to risk myself or my kids for this.”

Merry Lee Cox, who lives nearby, has been a vocal opponent of the tower. She said it was a lack of communication about the tower that brought her to the meeting Oct. 19. She spoke of a possible 5 -20 percent drop in nearby property values as a result of the tower.

“We’re middle-class people and our homes are our equity,” she said, adding that tower fires can occur, causing catastrophic failure and referencing YouTube videos to confirm such incidents.

The property owners, Alison Stewart and John Samora, were the only ones to speak in favor of the tower. They said they couldn’t testify to the health concerns, but said it is a commercial property and they were going to try to make it blend in. They said they planned to make the facility as aesthetically pleasing to the neighborhood as possible by planting trees and shrubs to blend it into the trees. Stewart and Samora own the Greenhouse on Woodland, a wedding and event center located at the former Pico’s Nursery location.

In written comments the offered after the meeting, Samora said that he found some of the passionate comments made by people at the meeting “hypocritical.”

“I am willing to bet that most if not all of those speakers at the (town) council meeting…had cell phones in their pockets, which also emit waves. Further, there was a lot of talk about protecting our children from these waves, and yet, many of these same people send their children to the Blue Ridge School district where there are not one, but two cell towers on their campuses,” he wrote.

“You know EM radiation is everywhere. I mean, it’s just floating all around us these days,” Councilman James Snitzer said. “We used to be told that watching TV would give us radiation, then it was microwave ovens and now it’s cell phones and they’re everywhere, so they wouldn’t be around in my opinion, if that was true. I just don’t believe there’s a significant risk from cell phones.”{/div}

Councilor Kathy Dahnk said she would like to see Verizon research an area outside of a residential area. Others wondered why a Verizon representative was not there to answer questions.

Councilor Carla Bowen said she just didn’t think it was the right place. Then Dahnk made a motion to deny the variance, which was seconded by Bowen. The vote passed 6-1 to deny Verizon’s variance request, with Snitzer against the denial and Councilor Norris Dodd attending via teleconference.

Samora and Stewart spoke greeted many in the crowd following the meeting, and hugged Chris Paxman. Samora said he hoped the tower issue would not affect his relationships with all of his neighbors.

”With a few, certainly. But not, I hope, with most…we were looking at this as partially a public safety issue and an infrastructure issue as proposed,” he wrote.

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More Canadians petitioning the government about fear of cellphone radiation

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by Maura Forrest

Cell Towers -being zapped by radiationIf petitions are any indication, a growing number of Canadians are very concerned about being zapped by radiation from their cellphones, baby monitors and wireless internet routers.

Seven of the 16 environmental petitions submitted to the auditor general’s office between July 2016 and June 2017 “concerned potential adverse health effects on humans from radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation from personal wireless devices,” according to one of the fall reports from Canada’s environment commissioner, released Tuesday. That’s up from one in 2014-2015 and none in 2015-2016.

Several of the petitions express concern about how close people hold their cellphones to their bodies. One requests that Canada stop marketing wireless devices to children under 14. Another focuses on the possible impacts of radiation on the human eye and newborn babies. One asks that Statistics Canada collect data on electromagnetic hypersensitivity as part of its Canadian community health survey, while another wants the federal government to monitor radiofrequency and microwave radiation in schools.

The petitions were submitted by individuals and organizations in Ontario and Manitoba. One was filed by a group called Canadians for Safe Technology (C4ST), which claims on its website that “current assumptions about the safety of electromagnetic radiation are outdated and must be revised.”

On its website, Health Canada states that a growing number of people are reporting symptoms they attribute to electromagnetic fields (EMFs), including headaches, fatigue, nausea and skin redness. But according to the department, “there is no scientific evidence that the symptoms attributed to EHS (electromagnetic hypersensitivity) are actually caused by exposure to EMFs.”

According to the World Health Organization’s website, ‘no adverse health effects from low level, long-exposure to radiofrequency or power frequency fields have been confirmed.’

The true cause of the symptoms is “unclear,” Health Canada says, but could be related to fluorescent lights or glare from computer monitors.

The petitioners all take aim at Canada’s Safety Code 6, Health Canada’s radiofrequency human exposure guidelines, many suggesting the guidelines aren’t stringent enough.

Health Canada says Safety Code 6 guidelines are based on hundreds of peer-reviewed studies and are “set far below the lowest level of RF (radiofrequency) exposure that could produce potentially harmful effects in humans.” The code was most recently updated in 2015.

According to the World Health Organization’s website, “no adverse health effects from low level, long-exposure to radiofrequency or power frequency fields have been confirmed,” though research continues. Studies to date have not shown a link between normal exposure to radiofrequency radiation and increased risk of cataracts, cancer or pregnancy problems.

In June 2015, the House of Commons health committee issued a report recommending that the government further study electromagnetic hypersensitivity and a possible connection between wireless device use and cancer. In response, the government promised to keep studying the international scientific literature.

But that’s not good enough, argue the petitioners. According to the environment commissioner’s report, one petition “asks the (health) minister to produce the scientific findings that Health Canada used to support Safety Code 6.”

Unlike other government petitions, environmental petitions don’t need multiple signatures. They are submitted to the environment commissioner, who obtains answers from relevant federal ministers. None of these seven petitions have yet received a response.

In contrast, public petitions presented in the House of Commons require the support of at least five Canadians and must be sponsored by a member of Parliament.

Recent public petitions include requests that the government ban shock collars on pets (5,421 signatures), that curling be declared a national sport (3,659 signatures) and that Parliament pass a law giving employees the legal right to ignore work emails outside working hours (79 signatures).

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Three ways to improve health of your home…

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For this week’s lead story gives you cause for concern, here are three quick fixes to improve the health of your home environment, writes Lucy Boon.

1. Get some houseplants

It’s pretty easy to improve indoor air quality with the addition of plain old houseplants.

According to a study by US professor Vadoud Niri and his team at the State University of New York at Oswego, houseplants are a good way to absorb volatile chemical compounds in the air.

For instance, the crassula family of plants (money or jade plant) is especially good at absorbing toluene — emitted by heating oil, paints and lacquers.

The study also showed the common spider plant absorbs more than 90 per cent of o-Xylene, found in plastic and rubber products.

2. Open a window

Clare Sherriff (see lead story) advises us to open our windows whenever we can.

She says: “Studies have shown that naturally ventilated buildings are better for us than air-conditioned ones. Likewise, hang your dry-cleaning outside to air for a few hours before bringing it into the house, and make your home a shoes-off zone to limit the amount of chemical compounds you bring to your indoor environment.”

3. Charge your electricals downstairs

Electromagnetic fields from technology are said to interfere with the function of cells in your body, so it’s best to try to limit them near you.

Clare advises to not sleep close to fuse boxes and to charge your mobile phones downstairs, rather than by your bedside.

According to Professor Vadoud Niri at the State University of New York at Oswego, putting a peace lily (spathiphyllum wallisii) on your bedside table could really help, too, as the plant was found to absorb electromagnetic radiation emitted by computers.

PS Clare Sherriff’s forthcoming book, The Healthy Buildings Book, is due for publication next year. It discusses the work of leading environmentalists, scientists, academics architects and journalists on the subject.

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Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown Vetoes Cellphone Tower Bill

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Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday, after about a month’s wait, vetoed Senate Bill 649 that would have removed local control over cellphone tower creation.

It would have created a state mandated system of cell towers every couple of hundred feet apart in California, said opponents.

Opposing it were 300 cities, 47 counties and more than 100 community, planning, health, environment and justice organizations.

Senate Bill 649 Vetoed

EMF Safety Network and Ecological Options Network opposed SB 649 since the bill was introduced in March because it said cell towers emit harmful radiation. The bill would have allowed unlimited refrigerator-size cell equipment on utility poles, streetlights, sidewalks, in parks, on schools and public buildings with no safety oversight.

Sandi Maurer, Director of EMF Safety Network said, “We mailed Governor Brown a couple thousand postcards depicting SB 649 as a slobbering warty monster wielding a zapping cell tower and asked him to veto SB 649. We are thrilled and relieved Governor Brown vetoed this bill.”

Mary Beth Brangan co-director of EON said, “Now we need to prepare ourselves for the next state and federal telecom push, where they will try again with bills to overtake local authority and disregard public health.”

Gov. Brown said local communities should have a say in placement of any such towers.

Cellular Industry Backed Bill

The bill was primarily supported by the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, the main trade group for the U.S. wireless telecommunications industry. The group said SB 649 would help boost the economy.

Yet the bill had alarmed many local government officials around the state. They worried if SB 649 became law, it would cap how much they could charge phone companies for leases to $250 a year. Activists, meanwhile, were concerned about the risk to public health from cell towers.

“I am thrilled that Governor Brown showed strength and stood up to this powerful wireless industry and said no — you are not going to do this in my state!” Ellen Marks, a San Francisco-based leader of the California Alliance for Safer Technology, wrote in an email  after Brown’s decision was posted online.

“This is a tremendous victory for democracy,” said Marks, whose group is trying to keep cellular antennas away from homes, schools, offices and parks.

A CTIA spokeswoman said the bill maintained local authority for “small cell” antennas, particularly in historical or coastal areas, and that governments could recover capital and administrative costs.

But San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo was among several Bay Area leaders who voiced their opposition to the bill, and he did so again in an Oct. 3 opinion piece published in the New York Times.

Local Authority Would Have Been Overridden

In it, Liccardo argued that if enacted into law, SB 649 would override local authority to set lease rates, supplant local jurisdiction rights to decide how to deploy telecommunications equipment over public areas, and wouldn’t require those companies to expand broadband access to low-income neighborhoods.

Grass-roots activists and scientists said that if SB 649 became law, a projected 50,000 new cellular antennas would be installed on public buildings and utility poles in California neighborhoods, creating a risk to public health because of the dangers of radiation and electromagnetic frequencies emitted by cell towers.

Quirk and Hueso called that criticism by scientists of their legislation overblown, saying the cell towers are safe. Yet repeated calls this summer by the Bay Area News Group to the Washington, D.C.-based CTIA seeking comment on potential health concerns related to cellular antennas were never returned by any spokesperson.

At the time, Joel Moskowitz, director of the Center for Family and Community Health at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, told the Bay Area New Group that the trade group habitually ducks publicly addressing the health risks of cell antennas.

Moskowitz Heartened by Veto

The CTIA “never says it’s safe because the industry will be in deep water when the lawsuits play out finally before a jury,’’ said Moskowitz, who has studied and written about the issue for eight years.

In an email to the Bay Area News Group late Sunday, Moskowitz was heartened by Brown’s veto, coming on the heels of a federal appeals court ruling last week that supports Berkeley’s landmark cell phone “right to know” ordinance.

The city law, which took effect last year, requires retailers to warn cellphone customers that wearing their device next to the body could result in exposure to radio frequency radiation exceeding federal guidelines.

Cellphone retailers must either post the message or give a paper copy to people who buy or lease phones.

“The Governor’s veto of SB 649 protects Californians from exposure to millimeter radiation from as many as 50,000 new cell towers,” wrote Moskowitz.

He noted that more than 180 scientists and doctors have signed a declaration calling for a moratorium on the increase of cell antennas required for 5G deployment, “as we are concerned about the health effects including neurological impacts, infertility, and cancer.”

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Unhealthy Electromagnetic Frequencies

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Electro-magnetic fields (EMFs) are man-made and is an increasing threat in this modern world. We need to know what it is, the source of it, and how it harms in order to minimize our exposure to the health risks it poses as much as possible.

If you think you are living a rather healthy lifestyle yet are often sickly without being able to find the cause, you might be a victim of this silent killer.

There are two types of EMFs—natural and man-made. We will discuss here, the man-made EMFs that seem to pose a far greater threat to our health. They are all around us, yet we are rather oblivious to the extent of harm it can cause to our health and our family’s health. This is the dark side of technology, and the price we have to pay for modernization and convenience.

What is Electro-Magnetic Radiation (EMR)?

EMF radiations are invisible forces that occur when electrical current flows through an electrical device. Electric and magnetic fields emanate outwards and affecting everything around them.

The intensity of the field varies with voltage. The higher the voltage, the stronger the electric fields. Interaction between the electricity and magnetic fields produces electro-magnetic radiation (EMR).

Exposure to an electric field can sometimes be weakened by things around it. It can sometimes be felt, making your skin or hair tingle. However, the magnetic field travels through most things, and cannot be felt.

Radiation is an energy that takes the form of waves, spreading outwards from its source, very much like ripples in water that move outwards when a pebble is dropped into it. EMR passes through space at the speed of light at about 300 million meters per second and it interacts with things around it.

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How EMFs Affect Our Health

We are fundamentally electro-magnetic beings with micro electrical currents being generated to control our bodily functions such as growth, metabolism, thought, movements, etc. Disturbances to this “electrical” network in our body can cause malfunctioning of our internal organs, especially to the brain.

Exposure to consistent external frequency for more than a few minutes can cause our body’s electrical functionality to be disrupted. This is true even with exposures to very weak EMFs.

Research has documented that prolonged exposure to EMFs can reduce the brain’s protective mechanism and causes psychiatric disorders like depression, shortened attention span and insomnia. It also interferes with the body’s natural healing process.

Our human bodies are very sensitive to EMFs. When we interact with natural energies, we reinforce the natural balance within our energy system. But when we are exposed to man-made EMFs which are unnatural for our bodies, they create a chaotic situation that is harmful. Our bodies absorb and store the energy fields that weaken our immune system, resulting to various illnesses and diseases.

Some diseases linked to constant exposure to EMFs: Headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome, memory loss, miscarriages, birth defects, leukemia, lymphoma, brain tumor and even cancer.

Electro-pollution: Look at the dangers around you

Contrary to what we may think, low dose exposure doesn’t mean low risk. In fact, low level EMF exposures increase health risks!! And here are some unlikely suspects:

Wi-Fi Dangers

Wireless routers—as well as Bluetooth and similar wireless systems—give off electromagnetic radiation in the low-gigahertz frequency. This level is considered potentially dangerous to people. And the danger is compounded by several factors:

  • Just like the wireless signals themselves, the EMFs can pass through walls.
  • Most routers are not turned off at night, so you are exposed 24/7.
  • You are not only exposed to EMFs from your own router. Did you ever search for a wireless signal and see not only your wireless network, but also your neighbor’s and the one from the business down the street? All of them emit EMFs.

Increasingly, scientists and researchers are uncovering the health risks of EMFs. Depending on the level and the length of exposure, those risks are potentially dangerous:

  • Contributes to the development of insomnia
  • Damages childhood development
  • Affects cell growth
  • Derails brain function
  • Reduces brain activity
  • Affects fertility
  • Increases heart rate that provokes cardiac stress
  • Increases risk of tumor development

Radiowaves Energy

Radiowaves are energy emitted by radio stations to receiving units in your home devices. All wireless technology has its own frequency band, like remote controllers for your automatic gate, home alarm systems, cordless phones, cell phones, radio, remote controlled toys, digital baby monitor, global positioning system (GPS), etc.

Radiowaves can produce deep heating into our body organs without affecting the skin. Non-thermal effects emanating from these devices have been proven to be even more harmful, causing: headaches, disturbance in sleep patterns, shortened attention span, increased blood pressure, damage to eyes especially when glaucoma medication are also taken, childhood leukemia, growth of cancer cells in brain, and many more.

The video clip below shows you the radiowaves emitted from ringing cell phones that can pop corns. Imagine how it can also burn your brain out !!

Safety precautions on using cell phones:

  • Avoid using mobile or cordless phones for an extended period, if you can.
  • If you really have to use the phone, make your calls short or use a handsfree set.
  • Avoid using the phone in poor signal areas—handsets will automatically adjust to increase their broadcast power under this circumstance.
  • Use an external (bluetooth) earpiece that keeps the phone away from your head.
  • If you wear glasses, go for plastic frames or non-metal frames. Good conductor material can serve as an antenna to channel radiowaves directly into your brain.

Television Waves and Extremely Low Frequency (ELF)

Television sets radiate EMF in all directions when plugged in, not just while turned on. Larger screens may radiate a stronger field that can even penetrate walls. Video display terminals (VDTs) are included in this category, emitting very low frequency which interferes with our internal electrical system.

Other devices that emit ELF: Computers, laser printers, photocopiers, electric blankets, electric clocks.

Computer: According to Peggy Bentham in her book VDU Terminal Sicknesses, she mentioned eight type of EMR from computers. (And I’m also exposed to the risks as I create this website.):

  • X-rays, stronger in color VDUs
  • Ultraviolet radiation
  • Infrared radiation
  • Microwaves
  • Radio waves
  • Extremely low frequency
  • Very low frequency fields
  • Static electricity

Some of the health risks from long-term exposure to computers and VDUs: miscarriages, low birth weights, eye problems, hearing problem, suppressed immune system, hyperactivity in young children, skin irritation, etc.

Safety Precautions on Using TVs and VDUs:

  • Sit at least 24 inches away (ideal) from the screen.
  • EMFs radiate from all sides of the computer, especially from the top and back. Sit at least 3 feet away from a computer that is in operation.
  • Avoid working at the VDU for more than 2 hours a day (rather impossible for me!)
  • Switch off the power of your TV or computer when not in use.
  • Wear UV-protection eye glasses if possible, to reduce the UV radiation that can cause cataract.
  • Put some live plants next to your computer. The leaves can help absorb some infrared radiation and produce negative ions that are necessary for our bodies.

Power Stations

Power transmission lines carry very high voltages and emit both electrical and magnetic fields. How close is YOUR home to power lines? A safe distance is about 1,000 feet away.

Substations might be closer to home and they give off very high magnetic fields.

power station

EMFs emitted from your neighborhood transformer are rather high too, but due to its small structure, the field strength diminishes rapidly with distance. So, the further your home is from any power stations or neighborhood transformer, the better.

All of us walking on the street may be exposed to EMFs from these transmission lines. Scientific studies have found a link between increased rates of cancer and proximity to power lines.

Another study by epidemiologist, Dr Nancy Wertheimer from the University of Colorado, showed that children living near these backyard power lines had 3 times the likelihood of developing childhood leukemia and cancer. Children are more susceptible to exposure to EMFs.

Many other studies have confirmed her findings and found increased risk of leukemia, lymphomas, brain tumor, cancer of the brain and nervous system. There are also links of EMFs and other mysterious diseases, sudden death of babies, fatigue, extreme headaches, disorders of the central nerve system and exhaustion.

Dangers in the Medical Field

Diagnostic X-rays and scans expose you to unnecessary radiation. Professor and Director of Medical Physics at Hammersmith Hospital in London wrote: “Medical irradiation is by far the largest man-made contribution to the radiation burden of the population of developed countries.”

X-rays

X-rays are ionizing radiation that are damaging. There is no such thing as a “safe” X-ray. The few kinds of X-rays: mammograms, bone X-rays, dental X-rays, CT scans and fluoroscopy.

X-rays have higher energy than light waves that can pass through the body. The high energy radiation can cause damage to cells in the body, which increases the risk of developing cancer. Even though the risk is rather low, it increases with the increasing number of X-rays you are exposed to during your lifetime.

CT ScanCT (computerized tomography) scan is a moving beam of X-rays that create a 3-dimensional picture, (e.g. the brain). And because it shoots so many fine-beam X-rays all at one, the dose of radiation received is much higher than that of a standard X-ray.

Radiation exposure does most damage to cells during rapid growth, therefore, babies and young children are at a far greater risk from these exposures.

Mammography

The ionizing radiation in mammography poses cumulative cancer risks. The radiation absorbed dose (RAD) is about 1,000 times more than a chest X-ray. If a pre-menopausal woman undergoes annual screening over a 10-year period, it would have exposed her to 10 RADs on each breast, bringing the cumulative risk to 10%.

Breast tissues are extremely susceptible to radiation-induced cancer. So, you can see that mammograms can initiate the very breast cancer that women want to avoid by taking annual mammograms!! Avoid it at all costs.

Hazards in Our Households

Most household electrical appliances also emit EMFs but at a much lower risk. Here is a highlight of some:

  • Fluorescent light: emits EMR at the energies of visible and UV light. Prolonged exposure has been found to cause red blood cells to clump together, reducing alertness, causing a tired feeling. Always opt for natural sunlight where possible.
  • Electric clocks that comes with a radio have a moderately high EMF. Avoid putting these at your bedside if possible.
  • Electric blankets create EMFs that can penetrate 6-7 inches into the body. An epidemiological study has linked electric blankets with miscarriages and childhood leukemia.
  • Other electrical items emitting low-level EMF: hair dryer, electric shaver, hair dryer, vacuum cleaner, microwave oven, washing machine, dishwasher, refrigerator, etc.

Safety Precautions You Can Take At Home:

  • Grow some plants indoors. Plants are natural eco-friendly air purifiers and their leaves can help absorb some infrared radiation and produce negative ions that are necessary for our bodies.
  • Detoxify radiation with clay bath and green juices.
  • Practice grounding every day to detoxify and discharge radiation from your body.
  • Use electrical items for only brief periods. Switch off the power of all electronic items when not in use, including your router.
  • Even though laptops are called such because they are used on the laps, use it on a desk instead, to protect your reproductive system health.
  • Remove all electrical appliances at least 6 feet away from your bed.
  • Do not put your cell phone under your pillow as an alarm clock. It emits EMF even when not in use.
  • Avoid prolonged exposure of your children to television, computers and tablets.
  • Minimize the use of electrical devices like the radio and microwave oven. Turn off the power when not in use.

 

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Churches Are Leasing Spires for 20-35 Years for Cellphone Towers

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“The initial lease offered a property owner is usually quite one-sided in favor of the wireless company,” says an essay posted on the website of the law firm.

SucSusan Fosterh leases can significantly affect a church for decades such as restricting how the church uses its property, says John Pestle, partner in charge of the firm’s communication law practice. Alterations may be “more difficult, more expensive or even impossible,” it adds.

Churches should make sure they are not exposed to liability or restricted in its main operations, it also says. Restrictions should be put on the size of the antennas, it adds since “the fine print often provides that the wireless company can put up any kind of broadcasting antenna it wants.”

The new 4G and 5G cellphone antennas work over much shorter distances than earlier antennas. Hundreds of thousands of new transmitting statioJohn Pestlens will be needed and churches are a prime target of AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and the other telecoms. Church steeples have been sought as stations since the early 1990s, said California Watch, which merged with revealnews.org.

There are 350,000 religious facilities in the U.S.—314,000 Protestant and Christian; 24,000 Catholic, and 12,000 mosques, temples and non-Christian.

DCG, which helps churches to market their spires to telecoms, dismisses EMF health claims in two sentences midway through a 1,073-word release. “Many people still fear that cellular towers pose a health hazard because the equipment emits levels of radiation. Although there’s little evidence to support claims that cellular towers are dangerous, it is a common fear.

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Top 8 radiation sources at your home

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That tower, outside your home should concern you and rightly so. But did you ever stop to fret about the radiation from your cellphone or WiFi or Stabilizer or even from your electric shaver?

As much as Internet and telecommunication have become the part of our modern lives, Cell towers have become a feature of city skylines. The profusion of cellular technology and cell towers have caused a concern on the health impact of radiation of humans. Even as cell phone towers are the most visible sources of radiation – there are greater issues and sources of radiation in our homes, offices, and other life spaces that we are unaware of and are blind-sided to.

Look around yourself and make a note of the number of wireless, technology and electronics devices, products around yourself. Close your eyes and think of your mother’s time – how many of these devices would have been there in her time. Your grandmother? In 3 generations – the world has changed for the better and the worse. These devices emit radiation (of different intensities) most of which is not very healthy. With the advent of 24*7 hyper connectivity, IoT, Smart homes, Home automation, our exposure to such radiation is only going to compound manifold.Depending upon our lifestyles and habits, we have multiplied our ElectroMagnetic (EMF) Radiation exposures from 100X (hundred-fold) to 10,00,000X (million-fold).

Any device running on electricity generates an Electro-Magnetic field (EMF) around itself. Prolonged exposure to any such EMF is associated as a health risk. Epidemiological research has consistently associated high EMF with health effects (including cancer). These health risks include Autism in children, enhanced risks of Parkinson’s and Alzhemier’s; and infertility in adults. While the evidence linking EMF radiation to these health hazards is scratchy and not well formed, a precautionary approach will be prudent. The risk from EMF is compounded by the fact that it is invisible and insensible.

Here’s a list of the top 8 EMF radiation sources at your home. Check yourself on these device EMF parameters.

1. Cellphone

A mobile phone is the most personal device ever, and incidentally, a mini-microwave that you are carrying around.
Risk Profile: Radiation from a mobile phone increases exponentially in low coverage areas, or shadow zones. The biggest risk is the proximity of a mobile phone – it radiates at close quarters to the brain.
Hack : Use an earpiece. It helps negate upto 98% of cell phone radiation

2. WiFi

While we have problems with cell towers outside, ironically, we are at ease with a mini cell tower in home. A WiFi after-all is a mini cell tower.
Risk Profile: WiFis are seldom switched off. Therefore we have a low din- consistent and perpetual radiation exposure.
Hack : Switch it off when not in use. Try using Wired internet wherever possible.

3. Stabilizer/Inverter

These “purchase and forget” appliances are the highest sources of in-premise EMF. The older these appliances, the greater the EMF.
Risk Profile: These devices co-habit living spaces and create high EMF even at 3-5 feet distances. Do you have a stabilizer in your bedroom? Spending long hours in your day beside these appliances and that is a key risk.
Hack : Remove stabilizer from your bedroom. Relocate inverter to any covered area outside home.

4. Old electric circuitry

EMF from electrical circuitry inside old constructions and houses can create a consistent EMF.
Risk Profile: EMF from electrical sources is stubborn and consistent. By nature residents have 24*7 exposures.
Hack : Extremely difficult to do away with. Old wiring needs to be changed with new one.

5. Electric Shaver, Hair Dryer

These personal devices have an extremely localized EMF and are more prone to create damage due to proximity during-use.
Risk Profile: High EMF at proximity points. The tip/nozzle of these appliances can generate upto 70/100mG EMF.
Hack : Use sparingly. If using the hair dryer – maintain atleast 1 feet distance between the head and the nozzle.

6. Power distribution equipment outside your home

Most of our cities and colonies/RWAs have archaic power distribution equipment. Such Infrastructure has very high EMF and flout norms of public safety otherwise as well.
Risk Profile: As with old electric circuitry at home, old power distribution equipments (HT lines, transformers) are extremely stubborn EMF sources. The EMF could be significantly high as well and are perpetual in nature.
Hack : Maintain a minimum distance of separation of 50-100 feet from such sources.

7. Laptops

A laptop carries both radiation as well as EMF profile.
Risk Profile: The underside of a laptop has a very high EMF exposure at point of contact and high proximities and can be harmful for adult fertility
Hack : Use a laptop radiation shield to reduce exposure to device radiation from laptops.

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