United Kingdom: South Hampstead School Asks Parents to Sign Pledge Curbing Phone Use at Home

South Hampstead High School asks parents to sign pledge curbing phone use at home
by Rosemary Bennett, Education Editor, The Times, 30 November 2018

Millions of parents admit they are struggling to cope with
screen-obsessed children/ ALAMY

A leading girls’ independent school has asked its pupils and their parents to sign a contract promising to reduce smartphone use at home.

The school said that it wanted to help families to reset digital habits by requesting them to ban phones during mealtimes and to use commuting time to “read, listen to a book or talk”. The terms of the voluntary contract include a promise to implement a phone-free weekend or a digital holiday.

The two-page “Family Phone Pledge” was sent to parents of pupils at South Hampstead High School, whose alumnae include Helena Bonham Carter and Rabbi Julia Neuberger. It was endorsed by Victoria Bingham, the head teacher, but drawn up by sixth-form pupils studying psychology who said that they were alarmed by their dependence on smartphones.

Effects of Wireless Technology on Health

Wireless Warfare Exposed. Includes ways to protect your family. (76 min. - 28 October 2018)

This is one of the best videos we've seen on this subject. As one person commented: "Solid research and extremely informative. Everyone needs to watch this!" Over 260,000 views and 12,000 likes.

Includes: Dr. George Carlo, Dr. Henry Lai, Dr. Devra Davis, Dr. Magda Havas, Dr. David Carpenter , Prof. Olle Johansson... and mention of the latest scientific studies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9bdU_uw2Dc

"Deploying 5G is Like Conducting Experiments on Humans and Nature."

"Deploying 5G is like conducting experiments on humans and nature."
by Christian Rappaz, Illustré, 25 November 2018 - translation *

© Magali Girardin

One hundred seventy scientists from 37 countries, including two Swiss, a physician from Zurich and Doctor of Biology, Daniel Favre, from canton Vaud, signed an appeal asking the United Nations to act to stop the deployment of 5G (1) for health reasons. Dr. Favre explains:

Dr. Favre, why did you sign this appeal for a moratorium against 5G in May 2015 (2)?

You will understand from the summary:
"We the undersigned scientists, doctors, environmental organizations and citizens from many countries, urgently call for a halt to the deployment of the 5G (fifth generation) wireless network, including 5G from space satellites. 5G will massively increase exposure to radio frequency (RF) radiation on top of the 2G, 3G and 4G networks for telecommunications already in place. RF radiation has been proven harmful for humans and the environment. The deployment of 5G constitutes an experiment on humanity and the environment that is defined as a crime under international law."

The Federation of Swiss Doctors (FMH) also opposes the operators' request to increase the power of base stations in our country. Can we say that there is a real outcry from the health sector against this new technology?

Finland's Digital-Based Curriculum Impedes Learning, Researcher Finds

Finland’s digital-based curriculum impedes learning, researcher finds

yle.fi, 19 November 2018, updated 22 November 2018

File photo of pupils using tablets in classroom.

A Helsinki University researcher says Finland's current digital and 'phenomenon-based' learning methods used in schools may not be suitable for all students.

Finland's new digital and phenomenon-based curriculum programmes hinders student learning, according to a new study from Helsinki University.

The psychology researcher behind the study, Aino Saarinen, told Yle's Swedish news service that one of the reasons behind the recent decline in Finland's ranking on Pisa education lists is an increase in the use of digital learning materials. The researcher's findings were first reported by Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish).

For some time now - thanks to regular top placement in the international Pisa education rankings - Finland has been touted as having the best education system in the world. And to improve on this, policymakers made the decision to bring digital tools to the forefront of classrooms.

Krakow, Poland: Third International Forum on Protection from Electromagnetic Environmental Pollution: Video and Summary of Presentation by Dr. Marc Arazi

Krakow hears of heart cancers and corruption while the U.N. promotes wireless technology and the White House weighs tax cuts and less red tape for 5G
by John Weigel, emfcommunity.com 24 October 2018

View the video of the lecture given by Dr. Marc Arazi in Krakow on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHU_idsU6t8

Dr. Marc Arazi

(Krakow, Poland) At the Third International Forum on Protection from Electromagnetic Environmental Pollution [24 September 2018] three scientists speaking the city’s Hall of Sessions told the international audience of the threat posed by modern microwave based technology to human life amide and environment of political and corporate corruption. Krakow remains the only municipality on the planet to protect it’s citizens from the dangers of electromagnetic radiation pollution.

Following is an extract from the article on the presentation by Dr. Marc Arazi, President, Phonegate Alert Association, France.

Dr. Marc Arazi is a medical doctor and radiation health activist. His 2016 enquiries and subsequent legal action led to the release of French government documents in 2017 which list cell phones that generate radiation levels in excess of legal thresholds. The radiation levels noted by the government in 2015 revealed that radiation levels from nine out of 10 cell phone manufacturers were as much as three times statutory guidelines.

Krakow, Poland: Third International Forum on Protection from Electromagnetic Environmental Pollution: Summary of Presentation by Prof. Olle Johansson

Krakow hears of heart cancers and corruption while the U.N. promotes wireless technology and the White House weighs tax cuts and less red tape for 5G
by John Weigel, emfcommunity.com 24 October 2018

(Krakow, Poland) At the Third International Forum on Protection from Electromagnetic Environmental Pollution [24 September 2018] three scientists speaking the city’s Hall of Sessions told the international audience of the threat posed by modern microwave based technology to human life amide and environment of political and corporate corruption. Krakow remains the only municipality on the planet to protect it’s citizens from the dangers of electromagnetic radiation pollution.

Following is an extract from the article on the presentation by Prof. Olle Johansson, neuroscientist, formerly of the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden:

Due in large part to the relentless work of Johansson and the Swedish Association for the ElectroSensitive, Sweden is the only country in the world to recognize electrosensitivity as a functional impairment.

Krakow, Poland: Third International Forum on Protection from Electromagnetic Environmental Pollution: Summary of Presentation by Dr. Fiorella Belpoggi

Krakow hears of heart cancers and corruption while the U.N. promotes wireless technology and the White House weighs tax cuts and less red tape for 5G
by John Weigel, emfcommunity.com 24 October 2018

You may view Dr. Belpoggi's presentation here.

Dr. Fiorella Belpoggi at
Krakow Forum

(Krakow, Poland) At the Third International Forum on Protection from Electromagnetic Environmental Pollution [24 September 2018] three scientists speaking the city’s Hall of Sessions told the international audience of the threat posed by modern microwave based technology to human life amide and environment of political and corporate corruption. Krakow remains the only municipality on the planet to protect it’s citizens from the dangers of electromagnetic radiation pollution.

Following is an extract from the article on the presentation by Dott.ssa Fiorella Belpoggi (Italy), director, Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, Ramazzini Institute, Bologna, Italy:

Collegium Ramazzini is an independent, international academy with 180 invited members from more than 30 countries. It was founded in 1982 by American-born Dr. Irving Selikoff who made the definitive link between asbestos and lung disease.

It was named after 16th Century Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini. The Collegium Ramazzini’s brief is to investigate occupational and environmental health issues. As head of research, Dr. Fiorella Belpoggi conducts her scientific studies at the Collegium’s Ramazzini Institute in Bologna, Italy.

Your Habit Of Buying A New Smartphone Every 2 Years Is Killing The Planet

Your Habit Of Buying A New Smartphone Every 2 Years Is Killing The Planet
By Daniel Tencer, huffingtonpost.ca, 14 November 2018

Canadian researchers blame telecoms and phone makers for creating an unsustainable business model.

Caiaimage/Tomorrow via Getty Images

The common practice of buying a new smartphone every two years is taking a toll on the planet and threatens to undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Canadian researchers have found.

In a research paper published earlier this year, McMaster University associate professor Lotfi Belkhir, along with recent graduate Ahmed Elmeligi of the faculty of engineering concluded that the global information and communications tech sector — including consumer devices — is in the midst of a rapid explosion in its carbon footprint.

While the entire sector accounted for just 1 to 1.6 per cent of global carbon emissions in 2007, by 2040, it will account for 14 per cent of emissions, the researchers projected. That's the equivalent of half the transportation sector's emissions.

What Brain and Sperm Share and Why Care - TEDx Talk on Cell Phone Radiation by Dr. Devra Davis

Please view and share this very informative video on cell phone radiation.

Rapid Fire - What Brain and Sperm Share and Why Care | Dr. Devra Davis | TEDxJacksonHole

 (9 November 2018 - 14 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm5Oc5s4_8M

The Phonegate Scandal

Image from Pierre Le Hir's article in Le Monde.

We note that people are amending the French Wikipedia entry on "Phonegate".  We question the current title suggested for the entry:  "Marketing of non-compliant mobile phones" ("Commercialisation de téléphones portables non conformes").  To us, it says little about this serious public health and industrial scandal.  If the reason for eliminating "Phonegate" is that it has never been "read" or "heard" by people then that is false. The term was coined by the journalist Pierre le Hir in his article published in one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world, Le Monde, on 23 December 2016, « Soupçons sur les ondes des téléphones portables » (English translation: "Suspicions about Mobile Phones").  We would wish  the term, "Phonegate" to become commonly known.

We remind people that this is a very serious public health issue, affecting hundreds of millions of mobile phone users worldwide, who have been overexposed for more than 20 years to the radiation from their mobile phones.  This especially concerns children, pregnant women, an estimated 300 million persons suffering from microwave sickness and others who are more vulnerable to this type of radiation.

10 Tips to Reduce Electromagnetic Radiation from Your Cell Phone and Wi-Fi

10 tips to reduce electromagnetic radiation from your cell phone and wifi
electrosante.fr

Today, many new wireless technologies are used in homes. Scientific research shows that radiation from wifi and mobile phones pose health risks. Therefore it is wise to minimize radiation exposure.

Below are 10 tips for reducing your exposure to electromagnetic radiation:

1. Preferably use a hardwired Internet connection and wired telephone.

2. Use your smartphone as little as possible and when calling use the speakerphone or use air-tube earphones. Airtube headsets avoid directing radiation toward the head via metal wires. Have your calls diverted to your landline when you are at home, so you can turn off your mobile phone without missing a call.

3. “Distance is your friend”. Wear your smartphone in a bag or put it on your table when possible. Do not wear the phone on your body all day. The modern smartphone emits both high-frequency radiation (2G, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.) and a low-frequency magnetic field.

Surgery Students 'Losing Dexterity to Stitch Patients'

Surgery students 'losing dexterity to stitch patients'
By Sean Coughlan, BBC News education and family correspondent, 30 October 2018

A professor of surgery says students have spent so much time in front of screens and so little time using their hands that they have lost the dexterity for stitching or sewing up patients.

Roger Kneebone, professor of surgical education at Imperial College, London, says young people have so little experience of craft skills that they struggle with anything practical.

"It is important and an increasingly urgent issue," says Prof Kneebone, who warns medical students might have high academic grades but cannot cut or sew.

How NTP Controlled Coverage of Cell Phone Cancer Story

How NTP Controlled Coverage of Cell Phone Cancer Story

Did New York Times Have an Inside Track?

microwavenews.com, 9 November 2018

Much of the press coverage of the final NTP cell phone/cancer report was lousy. This time, the NTP seems to have wanted it that way.

Reporters were given very little notice to join the NTP teleconference on the release of the report. Nor was there much time to prepare a story for publication.

I received an email at 10:45 am on October 31 for a teleconference at 2 pm that same day. Many reporters missed the advisory and the call. Editors had little time to assign the story.

Attendance on the teleconference was spotty. Most of the major media outlets were missing. The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, ABC News, CBS News, Bloomberg, Associated Press and Science were all absent. Most of them had been on the last two calls on NTP’s cell phone/cancer study.

GMO Potato Creator Now Fears Its Impact on Human Health

GMO Potato Creator Now Fears Its Impact on Human Health
by Ken Roseboro, ecowatch.com, 5 November 2018

Of all the genetic engineers who have renounced the technology—Arpad Pusztai, Belinda Martineau, Thierry Vrain, John Fagan and Michael Antoniou, among others—because of its shortsighted approach and ability to produce unintended and potentially toxic consequences, Caius Rommens' story may be the most compelling.

Rommens was director of research at Simplot Plant Sciences from 2000 to 2013 where he led development of the company's genetically engineered Innate potato. But over time, Rommens started to have serious doubts about his work and worried about potential health risks from eating the GMO potatoes, which are now sold in 4,000 supermarkets in the U.S.

Rommens' concerns about the GMO potato led him to write a book, Pandora's Potatoes, which was recently published. The book is a case study on how a scientist's initial enthusiasm about genetic engineering turns to doubt and fear as he realizes the hazards the technology can create.

Smartphones and tablets are causing mental health problems in children as young as TWO by crushing their curiosity and making them anxious

Smartphones and tablets are causing mental health problems in children as young as TWO by crushing their curiosity and making them anxious

By SAM BLANCHARD HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE, 2 November 2018

• Just an hour a day looking at a device's screen could damage mental health
• Young children's still-growing brains are susceptible to damage from technology
• Youngsters become less emotionally stable and less able to finish tasks 

Children as young as two are suffering anxiety and depression because of how much time they spend on smartphones, researchers from the US have warned, and parents and teachers should do more to curb how long they're online

Researchers from San Diego State University and the University of Georgia say time spent on smartphones is a serious but avoidable cause of mental health issues.

'Half of mental health problems develop by adolescence,' professors Jean Twenge and Keith Campbell said.

'Screens are Poison': Tech Elites Keeping Devices Out of Their Children's Schools

'Screens are Poison': Tech Elites Keeping Devices Out of Their Children's Schools (4 mn.)

As seen on Tucker Carlson Tonight, insider.foxnews.com, 30 October 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeld9vaXbeE

After a New York Times report highlighted that Silicon Valley tech elites are keeping digital devices out of the schools of their children, Tucker Carlson said on Monday they're doing so because they know that "screens are poison."

Author and psychotherapist Tom Kersting said on Tucker Carlson Tonight that the idea that digital devices will benefit students has now proven to be "absolutely false."

United States: Local Governments Hit FCC with Three 5G Lawsuits

Local governments hit FCC with three 5G lawsuits
By Benjamin Freed, statescoop.com, 30 October 2018

Twenty-two West Coast cities and counties are challenging a recent federal ruling that restricts what municipalities can charge phone companies for installing next-generation wireless equipment.

(Getty Images)

Two dozen cities and counties filed lawsuits last week against the Federal Communications Commission over recently enacted rules governing the implementation of 5G wireless equipment. In filing their suits, the local governments made good on threats to challenge regulations that restrict how much phone companies have to pay to install new antennas on public property, as well as how much time municipal authorities have to review applications to deploy the devices.

The 24 governments taking legal action filed three separate suits, but each case makes the same basic argument against the FCC's order on 5G rollout. The governments argue that the order kneecaps their ability to manage how phone companies use public property.

Another French Court Recognizes EHS / Microwave Sickness

Another French Court Recognizes EHS / Microwave Sickness

wearetheevidence.org, 3 November 2018

A new court decision from France, from Sept 27, 2018, recognizes EHS and its correlation to EMFs ( I don’t like the name EHS and prefer to call it Microwave Sickness -the older and more accurate name). Glad to see another judge who has shown commitment to common sense and truth. The French Social Security Court recognized electromagnetic intolerance as a work-related handicap.

A reminder, in 2016 another French court awarded disability payments for a woman who the court acknowledged to be suffering from “Allergy to W-Fi”

Unfortunately courts have been failing especially on the wireless issue however, this decision and a few others keep me still hoping that courts may be of help nevertheless. That some judges are left with common sense and who are brave enough to see the truth and act upon it.

Statement By Ronald Melnick PhD On The National Toxicology Program Final Reports On Cell Phone Radiation

"Health and regulatory agencies need to warn the public about the health effects of radiofrequency radiation and provide clear information on how to reduce exposures, especially for children and pregnant women."

Statement By Ronald Melnick PhD On The National Toxicology Program Final Reports On Cell Phone Radiation
Environmental Health Trust, November 2018

Ronald Melnick PhD, the National Institutes of Health Senior Scientist who led the design of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) studies on cell phone radiation released this statement after the NTP released their final reports on rats and mice exposed to long term radiofrequency radiation November 1, 2018. Melnick recently published an article in the journal Environmental Research debunking widely circulated criticisms of the NTP study and also released a scientific criticism of the way the NTP study was treated by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).

Statement by Ronald Melnick PhD - November 1, 2018

An important lesson that should be learned from the NTP studies on cell phone radiofrequency radiation is that we cannot assume any current or future wireless technology is safe without adequate testing. In the interest of public health, government agencies must utilize results from these well-conducted health effects studies and issue clear recommendations to the public on how to reduce exposures to agents that are hazardous to our health. The NTP studies clearly shows that non-ionizing radiation can cause cancers and other adverse health effects.

Scientists Find ‘Clear Evidence’ Cellphone Radiation Can Cause Cancer in Rats

Scientists Find ‘Clear Evidence’ Cellphone Radiation Can Cause Cancer in Rats

By Sarah Krouse, wsj.com, 1st November 2018

Researchers cite growing confidence in links between radiation exposure and some tumors in rats

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked the National
Toxicology Program to carry out the study in 1999. 
Photo: Eugene Tanner/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

U.S. researchers found “clear evidence” that cellphone radiation exposure can cause cancerous heart tumors in male rats. It is still unclear what the final conclusions of their two-decades-long study of the health impact on rodents mean for humans.

Scientists at the National Toxicology Program, which carried out the major study, this week published final reports that express more confidence in links between cellphone radiation exposure and some tumors in rats than they did in draft reports earlier this year.

Their final reports, for example, concluded that there is “clear evidence” that male rats exposed to high levels of cellphone radiation developed cancerous heart tumors, after initially saying there was just “some evidence”—a less certain classification.

Major American Study: "Clear Evidence" Links Cell Phone Waves to Cancer in Animals

Major American study: “clear evidence” links cell phone waves to cancer in animals
PhoneGate Team, phonegatealert.org, 1st November 2018

The US Federal Health Agency’s National Toxicology Program (NTP) press release issued Thursday, November 1, 2018 confirms in its final report that exposure to high levels of radio frequency, such as those used in 2G and 3G mobile phones, is associated with:

– Clear evidence* of tumors in the hearts of male rats. The tumors were malignant schwanomas.
– Some evidence of tumors in the brains of male rats. The tumors were malignant gliomas.
– Some evidence of tumors in the adrenal glands of male rats.

This publication follows a study of more than 10 years that cost more than $25 million. In March 2018, during the review by a panel of international experts, they considered it necessary, in order to analyse the results, to raise the level of evidence of several conclusions made by NTP scientists.

This is confirmed by Dr. John Bucher, one of the scientists in charge of the study: “We believe that the link between radio frequency radiation and tumors in male rats is real, and the external experts agreed.”.

High Exposure to Mobile Phone Signals Causes Cancer Tumors in the Hearts of Male Lab Rats

High exposure to mobile phone signals causes cancer tumours in the hearts of male lab rats
by Joe Mellor, thelondoneconomic.com, November 1, 2018

High exposure to mobile phone signals could trigger cancer in the heart, brain and adrenal gland, scientists have warned.

Although the tests were done on rodents at levels much higher than humans are currently exposed to there was a clear link with male rats.

For female rats and mice of both sexes the evidence was less clear as to whether cancers observed were associated with signal exposure.

Senior scientist Dr John Bucher at the National Toxicology Programme in Durham, North Carolina said: “The exposures used in the studies cannot be compared directly to the exposure that humans experience when using a cell phone.

“In our studies, rats and mice received radio frequency radiation across their whole bodies.

“By contrast, people are mostly exposed in specific local tissues close to where they hold the phone.

National Toxicology Program Final Reports on Rat and Mouse Studies of Radio Frequency Radiation: Summaries and Full Texts

National Toxicology Program. NTP technical report on the toxicology and carcinogenesis studies in Hsd:Sprague Dawley SD rats exposed to whole-body radio frequency radiation at a frequency (900 MHz) and modulations (GSM and CDMA) used by cell phones. Research Triangle Park, NC. November, 2018.

SUMMARY

Background

Cell phones utilize a specific type of radio waves, or radio frequency radiation (RFR), to transmit between the devices and the network. Exposure of people to RFR occurs primarily through use of cell phones and other wireless devices. We studied the effects of nearly lifetime exposures to two different types, or modulations, of RFR (GSM and CDMA) used in cellular telephone networks in the United States in male and female rats and mice to identify potential toxicity or cancer-related hazards.