Russia's State Duma Bans Cellphones in School Classrooms

News about ban of mobile phone for children in Russia

 
School children hand in their cell phones before an exam.

The ban on mobile phones in classes in Russian schools is established by law today in the Russian Parliament - State Duma. The ban was established for the first time in the mandatory Sanitary Regulations from January 2021. Now the ban on the use of mobile phones in school lessons has been included in the Education Law. This is the result of work we began together with colleagues from the team of Prof. V. Kuchma in the summer of 2020 - reducing the risk to children’s health from a complex of harmful factors of information and communication technologies, among the sources of risk in the first place is a cell phone or smartphone.

Dr. Oleg A. GRIGORIEV
Dr. Sc. (radiobiology), Ph.D. (radiobiology & hygiene of non-ionizing radiation)
Chairman, Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
Chairman of the Non-ionizing Radiation Departments, Scientific Council for Radiobiology of the Russian Academy of Science and Radiobiology Scientific Society of the Russian Academy of Science
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Russia's State Duma Bans Cellphones in School Classrooms
Moscow Times, Dec 6, 2023

Russian lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favor of banning the use of cellphones in school classrooms, a move they argue will help improve the learning process for students.

Switzerland: Electrohypersensitive people can't take it anymore!

Switzerland: Electrohypersensitive people can't take it anymore!

A petition has been launched for people suffering from electrohypersensitivity (EHS) to be recognized.
by Eric Felley, lematin.ch, 6 déc 2023 - auto-translation

 

In Bern, the Federal Council has just confirmed that it will do nothing in Switzerland to monitor the compliance of smartphones with radiation safety standards, unlike in France. This news distresses Marie Gontier, head of the “Suisse-electrosensible” association : “More and more Swiss citizens are declaring themselves electrohypersensitive (EHS), she observes. These people make a direct link between their symptoms and exposure to electromagnetic waves.

(Photo): There are more and more people suffering from hypersensitivity to electro-magnetic waves.Getty Images

49-Year-Old Develops Severe Heart Problems After New 5G Antenna Installed

49-Year-Old Develops Severe Heart Problems After New 5G Antenna Installed

Immediately after a 5G tower was erected across the street from his apartment building, a previously healthy 49-year-old Swedish man developed concerning cardiac symptoms and other issues that dissipated when he took refuge in an apartment without 5G, according to a new case study published in the Journal of Community Medicine & Public Health.
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 4 December 2023

Within a week of a 5G cell tower being activated near his home, a 49-year-old Swedish man developed severe heart symptoms that forced him to flee his home, according to a new peer-reviewed case study.

The case study, published Nov. 13 in the Journal of Community Medicine & Public Health, reported that the man’s symptoms immediately lessened when he took refuge in an apartment without 5G radiation. But each time he returned to his original home to collect his belongings, the symptoms returned.

This is the fifth scientific report by Dr. Lennart Hardell, a world-leading scientist on cancer risks from radiation, and Mona Nilsson on the human health effects of real-life 5G radiofrequency (RF) radiation.

France: More than forty smartphone models have been singled out for excess power

More than forty smartphone models have been pinned down for excess power
France Info, December 1, 2023 - auto-translation

In September 2023, the withdrawal of the iPhone 12 was widely publicized, but more than forty smartphone models from many brands have been pinned since 2017. In each case, an excess of the authorized radio frequency emission power.

(Photo): The iPhone 12, like around forty other smartphones, have been singled out for exceeding regulatory thresholds for radio frequency emissions. (Anna Frank / Getty)

Users of the iPhone 12 (manufactured by Apple) in France learned on September 12 that their smartphone was emitting too many waves. Indeed, the specific absorption rate (SAR) of Apple's smartphone exceeded the authorized limits. This measurement, regulated at European level, makes it possible to quantify the energy of electromagnetic waves emitted by our phones and absorbed by the human body.

French Green MEP Michèle Rivasi dead at 70

This is very sad news for all of us. "Michèle Rivasi, a French member of European Parliament from the Greens/European Free Alliance group, died Wednesday at the age of 70. “The passing of Michèle Rivasi is an immense loss for political ecology, European democracy, and for all those who had the privilege of knowing her and working alongside her. Her colleagues and team salute her courage, integrity, and closeness to the people. Her qualities of heart endured until the end,” reads a statement sent from her office."

French Green MEP Michèle Rivasi dead at 70
Longtime lawmaker had been a European parliamentarian since 2009.
BY CARLO MARTUSCELLI, www.politico.eu, 29 November 2023

Michèle Rivasi, a French member of European Parliament from the Greens/European Free Alliance group, died Wednesday at the age of 70, according to her office.

The EU lawmaker was a combative presence in Parliament. She was a champion for numerous causes in public health, the environment and transparency in public administration.

She could be withering for those bearing the brunt of her cross-examinations, for example during sessions of the budget control committee where she sat.

“The passing of Michèle Rivasi is an immense loss for political ecology, European democracy, and for all those who had the privilege of knowing her and working alongside her. Her colleagues and team salute her courage, integrity, and closeness to the people. Her qualities of heart endured until the end,” reads a statement sent from her office.

New Study: Wireless Radiation Negatively Impacts Human Cells

New Study: Wireless Radiation Negatively Impacts Human Cells

Environmental Health Trust, 27 November 2023

Link to study, "The Exposure to 2.45 GHz Electromagnetic Radiation Induced Different Cell Responses in Neuron-like Cells and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells"
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/12/3129

November 24, 2023: Research on human cells exposed to wireless frequencies published in the journal Biomedicines found numerous impacts including increased oxidative stress and impacts to mitochondrial function.

In the experiments, human cells were exposed to the wireless frequency of 2.45 GHz. This frequency is used in Wi-Fi and wireless communications. Sources of 2.45 GHz in everyday life include cell phones, Wi-Fi routers, laptops and tablets, Bluetooth, cell towers and “small” cell antennas.

New Study: Wireless Radiation Impacts Sleep in Hospitalized Newborns

New Study: Wireless Radiation Impacts Sleep in Hospitalized Newborns
Environmental Health Trust, 20 November 2023

(Link to study:
"Influence of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields exposure on sleep patterns in preterm neonates"
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09553002.2023.2277365

Research supported by The French National Research Program for Environmental and Occupational Health found impacts from chronic wireless radiation frequency RF-EMF on the sleep of hospitalized preterm newborns.

Continuous measurements of RF-EMF levels were performed in 29 hospitalized preterm newborns throughout the first 21 days after birth.

The main chronic effect found was an increase in indeterminate sleep with RF-EMF exposure. At the highest exposure levels, an increase in RF-EMF levels increased sleep fragmentation. No significant relationship was found between acute (short term) RF-EMF levels and sleep parameters.

The authors concluded, ” Despite no consolidated disruption in sleep structure, this study is the first to show that some sleep parameters seem to have a certain sensitivity to chronic – but not acute – RF-EMF exposure in preterm newborns. Further studies are needed to confirm our results and examine possible mid- to long-term, sleep-related cardiorespiratory and neurodevelopmental outcomes.”

Aerotoxic Syndrome: Unprotected Flight Crews And Passengers

Unprotected Flight Crews And Passengers
Aerotoxic Syndrome: The Silence Continues

by BEARNAIRDINE BEAUMONT, "Take-Off: Aviation's Wounded Canaries", 21 Nov. 2023

image ©aerotoxic.org

The problem of cabin air contamination in airliners, which can make flight crews seriously ill, has been known for decades. But the airlines are still playing down the health and safety risks.

Last March, in front of Jetblue's head office in New York, dozens of flight attendants chanted: "Fume events are real!” It was an unprecedented demonstration, designed to sound the alarm about the incidents of fumes, known as "fume events", that occur on board aircraft.

They generate unpleasant odors, contaminate the air and, as MEDIAPART has detailed, cause a range of neurological and respiratory symptoms and disabling disorders in aircrew, known as aerotoxic syndrome.

"The American Aviation Federation and aircraft manufacturers are ignoring this health risk, even after reports of crews falling ill", says Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat senator from Connecticut, who also introduced a bill for the third time in March calling for training and protection for passengers.

New York Times’ Caroline Hopkins and scientists interviewed for the story “Do I Need to Worry About Smartphone Radiation?” should be embarrassed

New York Times’ Caroline Hopkins and scientists interviewed for the story “Do I Need to Worry About Smartphone Radiation?” should be embarrassed

by Dariusz Leszezynski, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, November 15, 2023

Presenting a complex scientific problem in a news media story is a difficult task. On the one hand, the presented science should be accurate but, on the other hand, it should be understood by an average reader, a layperson.

I have given numerous interviews for national and international news outlets and I experienced first-hand the problem of presenting a complex science in a format simplified enough for the laypersons but at the same time scientifically accurate.

On top of the complexity of science, there is always a problem of brevity. Journalists wish that the science story will be not only simple and easy for layperson readers but also short enough that the news media editors will accept it.

Study: "Electromagnetic Field Exposure and Abortion in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"

30 October 2023 study: "Electromagnetic Field Exposure and Abortion in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis", published online in the Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, doi: 10.21315/mjms2023.30.5.6

Link to study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10624444/

Conclusion: " It is hoped that the results of this study will increase awareness of healthcare providers, such as gynaecologists and midwives, about the adverse effects of electromagnetic waves on pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage. In this way, pregnant women will be encouraged to protect themselves from exposure to electromagnetic waves. Pre-pregnancy and early pregnancy counseling on the proper way to limit exposure to electromagnetic waves from electrical appliances and devices, mobile phones and the internet may reduce the risk of spontaneous abortions."