ICNIRP Revamp: Closer Ties to WHO EMF Project

ICNIRP Revamp: Closer Ties to WHO EMF Project

Seven New Commissioners
Akimasa Hirata To Be New Leader

microwavenews.com, 11 Dec. 2023

In November, the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) elected a new chair, vice chair and seven new Commissioners to join the remaining five. The new lineup takes over in mid-July 2024.

Yet, despite all the changes, ICNIRP’s outlook and policies are expected to remain much the same. While two medical doctors will be joining the Commission —there are none now— the membership will continue to be dominated by physicists and electrical engineers. ICNIRP’s entrenched thermal dogma will most likely continue to hold sway with cancer risks, and other non-thermal effects downplayed, when not dismissed outright.

Akimasa Hirata, a professor of electrical engineering at Japan’s Nagoya Institute of Technology, will be the next chairman. He has been on the Commission since 2016. Hirata replaces Australia’s Rodney Croft, a psychologist, who leaves after 12 years, the last four as ICNIRP chair. Hirata is the first person from Japan —or any other Asian country— to lead the Commission.

Continue reading:
https://microwavenews.com/news-center/icnirp-revamp-closer-ties-who-emf-project

Combined Neurological Syndrome in Electrohypersensitivity and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Clinical Study of 2018 Cases - by Dominique Belpomme and Philippe Irigaray

Combined Neurological Syndrome in Electrohypersensitivity and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Clinical Study of 2018 Cases
New paper by Dominique Belpomme and Philippe Irigaray, 30 Nov. 2023
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(23), 7421; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12237421

Abstract

From a cohort of 2018 evaluable consecutive cases issued from the European Clinical Trial Database, we describe the complete clinical symptomatic presentation of electrohypersensitivity (EHS) and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and their association in the framework of a unique, sensitivity-related environmental neurologic syndrome. Eligibility criteria are those of the Atlanta consensus meeting for MCS, and those of WHO for EHS. There were 1428 EHS, 85 MCS and 505 EHS/MCS evaluable cases, so EHS was associated with MCS in 25%. Women appeared to be much more susceptible to EHS and/or to MCS than men, with no statistical significance between the EHS and MCS groups (p = 0.07), but the combined group revealed a more significant female sex ratio of 80.4% (p < 0.0001). All symptoms except emotional behavior were significantly more frequent in EHS patients than in healthy controls (p < 0.0001). We found no pathognomonic symptoms to establish the diagnosis of both disorders or to distinguish EHS from MCS. The three groups of patients were found to share identical symptoms, while several symptoms were found to be more significantly frequent in EHS/MCS than in EHS (p < 0.0001). From these data, we suggest that EHS and MCS are new brain disorders, generated via a common etiopathogenic mechanism.

Full text of paper:
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/23/7421

6G: network operators want profitable returns on 5G first

6G: network operators want profitable returns on 5G first
Before the next generation of wireless communications is rolled out, better take-up of this one is needed
Financial Times, 13 Dec. 2023

(Photo): Many smartphone customers struggle to notice any difference when moving to 5G from 4G © EPA-EFE

This month, a consortium of global telecoms standards organisations declared plans to work on a sixth generation of superfast wireless cellular communications specifications. But consumer take-up of 5G has been lacklustre. One wonders whether 6G, due out next decade, will attract much attention. 

Mobile carriers such as Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile promised that 5G networks would transform our lives. Auctions for bandwidth hit a record in 2021 when Verizon bid more than $45bn. Yet many smartphone customers struggle to notice any difference. 

Newly Published Scientific Review Finds Numerous Impacts to Insects from Wireless Radiation and Non-Ionizing EMFs

Newly Published Scientific Review Finds Numerous Impacts To Insects From Wireless Radiation and Non-Ionizing EMFs

Environmental Health Trust, Nov 29, 2023

Teton Village, WY (November 29, 2023) – A systematic review and metaanalysis of studies on the biological effects to insects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields, including cell tower and Wi-Fi radiation, was published in the journal Reviews on Environmental Health finding the “vast majority of studies found effects, generally harmful ones” with toxic effects such as impacts to reproduction and immune health occurring at legally allowed exposure levels.

The study entitled “Biological effects of electromagnetic fields on insects: a systematic review and meta-analysis” was authored by Alain Thill Marie-Claire Cammaerts and Alfonso Balmori.

'Allergic' Reaction After Exposure to Toxic Fumes in a ‘Top Gun’Jet

'Allergic' Reaction After Exposure to Toxic Fumes in a ‘Top Gun’Jet
Jet fuel in the blood?
by BEARNAIRDINE BEAUMONT, Take-Off: Aviation's Wounded Canaries, 12 Dec. 2023

Photo by Jonathan Ridley on Unsplash

Miles Teller garnered worldwide success starring in the hit action film Top Gun: Maverick - in this short clip taken from an interview on the Seth Myers show he talks about his reaction following exposure to toxic fumes in a ‘Top Gun’ jet.

The story in the video sounds hilarious doesn’t it - especially Tom Cruise’s response.

But, here it comes: Did you know that aircrew working commercial jets are exposed to those fumes every time they go to work and that reactions to the toxic substances in those fumes in aircraft cabin breathing air can occur at any time?

Miles Teller is very fortunate that he chose to be an actor and not an airline pilot, still, he reacted to a once-off flight, that has to get you thinking.

United States: CHD Funds Lawsuit on Behalf of Man Who Says Verizon Cell Tower Triggered Life-Threatening Cardiac Events

CHD Funds Lawsuit on Behalf of Man Who Says Verizon Cell Tower Triggered Life-Threatening Cardiac Events

The lawsuit, filed today, could set an important legal precedent that would help people like Henry “Hank” Allen, who have electromagnetic sensitivity, fight back against cell towers being placed near their homes.
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.Brenda Baletti, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 12 Dec. 2023

An Idaho man alleging the radiofrequency radiation emitted by a cell tower installed next to his home triggered more than 15 episodes of atrial fibrillation today sued Verizon and other companies involved in the operation of the tower.

Henry “Hank” Allen, age 53, said his electromagnetic sensitivity (EMS) makes him vulnerable to life-threatening cardiac episodes, which began in April 2021, when Verizon activated the tower.

The lawsuit, funded by Children’s Health Defense (CHD) and filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho Southern Division, could set an important legal precedent that would help others with EMS who want to fight back against having a cell tower placed near where they live.

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."

Case Study on 5G: "A 49-Year-Old Man Developed Severe Microwave Syndrome after Activation of 5G Base Station 20 Meters from his Apartment"

Mona Nilsson, Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, and Dr. Lennart Hardell, the Environment and Cancer Research Foundation,  have published a new case study on 5G: "A 49-Year-Old Man Developed Severe Microwave Syndrome after Activation of 5G Base Station 20 Meters from his Apartment" in the Journal of Community Medicine & Public Health

Link to study: 

https://www.stralskyddsstiftelsen.se/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/microwave-syndrome_man49years_Nilsson_Hardell_nov2023.pdf

Conclusion: "This case study showed that a man living in an apartment at a distance of 20 meters from a 5G base station quickly developed severe symptoms of the microwave syndrome. The study confirmed previous case studies that 5G entails very high RF radiation exposure that causes illness in people living in the vicinity, and that the exposure levels that caused this illness are very much below the ICNIRP limits. There are no studies showing that 5G is safe for human health."

Stamford, Connecticut, Rejects 5G, Citing Evidence of Health Risks

Connecticut City Rejects 5G Citing Evidence of Health Risks

After being presented with evidence of wireless radiation’s negative health impacts, the Board of Representatives in Stamford, Connecticut, voted to reject an agreement that would have allowed telecommunications carriers to install 5G equipment on city-owned utility poles.

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 20 November 2023

The Board of Representatives in Stamford, Connecticut, earlier this month voted to reject a model agreement that would have allowed AT&T and Verizon to install 5G equipment on city-owned utility poles.

In a bid to get 5G swiftly installed in his state, Gov. Ned Lamont’s office created a template contract between the nation’s top two telecommunication carriers and the state’s five major cities.

Stamford, the state’s second-largest city, is the only city so far to have voted against using the contract. Twenty-one representatives voted against the pact. Five were in favor and eight abstained.

"Canary in a Gold Mine" comes to Hollywood - 11 November 2023

"Canary in a Gold Mine" comes to Hollywood - California premiere on 11 November - play/movie about electrohypersensitivity to be presented by the Piti Theatre Co. followed by a discussion including Brenda Martinez of Children's Health Defense and an electrosensitive building biologist, Michael Schwaebe.

Comp ticket requests: https://www.skiptownplayhouse.com/screeningschedule

Why There Should Be No More Discussion about “Appropriate” Screen Time for Infants, Toddlers, and Children

Why There Should Be No More Discussion about “Appropriate” Screen Time for Infants, Toddlers, and Children
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International Image courtesy Floris Freshman. Nov. 7, 2023

As a consumer culture, we do not debate the “appropriate level of exposure” for smoking, alcohol, gambling, pornography, guns, driving, or drug paraphernalia for infants, toddlers, and young children. A product or practice is either safe, or not safe, in childhood.

Previously, although often belatedly, society has met the responsibility to protect children from risks of harm, especially from addictive substances.

For example, the 2020 story of the five-year old from Utah who drove his family’s car onto the interstate was reported with a reminder to keep car keys away from children.

Now, perhaps nowhere in modern society is lack of discernment more damaging than in the blind acceptance of cell phones, tablets, screens, and wireless device use by children. We need to fix this, not only for children, but to reclaim reason in ourselves.

The Phonegate Alert SAR Calculator (bêta test version)

The Phonegate Alert SAR Calculator (bêta test version)
Phonegate Alert, November 2023

The Alerte Phonegate teams have set up this calculator (bêta test version) to allow you to know, in an indicative manner, the real specific absorption rate (SAR) of your mobile phone.

This calculation was made using a large amount of data that we have obliged mobile telephony regulatory agencies to make public, as well as the most up-to-date scientific knowledge bases on the subject.

It comes from five years of work by our NGO.

A color code comes with the results:
• if a value is displayed in GREEN, it means that it complies with the standards of the concerned country.
• if a value is displayed in RED, it means that the manufacturer’s SAR does not correspond to the reality of your exposure when your smartphone is close to your body or head. You will find below a summary table recalling the SAR limits not to be exceeded.

To launch the calculator, all you have to do is to enter the SAR measurements indicated by the manufacturer of your mobile phone (which you can find on the instructions or on the online documentation corresponding to your device), as well as your geographical area.

Access to calculator / continue reading:
https://phonegatealert.org/en/resources/sar-calculator/

Aerotoxic Syndrome: The Scientific Controversy

The Grey Area That Never Benefits The Victims
Aviation's "Wounded Canaries" or Aerotoxic syndrome: The Scientific Controversy
by BEARNAIRDINE BEAUMONT,

Take-Off: Aviation's Wounded Canaries, NOV 8, 2023

Is aerotoxic syndrome a new occupational disease? Described more than twenty years ago based on symptoms and disorders reported to doctors by numerous pilots and flight attendants, it is not recognized as such. It is still the subject of scientific controversy. This is "a denial", says Eric BAILET, a former pilot who founded the Association of Victims of Aerotoxic Syndrome (AVSA) in 2016. “Pilots are poisoned by the air they breathe on board aircraft," he explains. The pressurization system used on virtually all commercial aircraft today was adopted in 1955. Almost immediately, undesirable effects on crews were reported and the cause was established: the air supplied was taken from the engine compressors and contaminated by leaking lubricating oil. When heated to high temperatures, these oils can release dangerous compounds, including neurotoxic organophosphates.

Justice Recognizes the Reality of Aerotoxic Syndrome

Sick Pilots: Justice recognizes the Reality of Aerotoxic Syndrome
by BEARNAIRDINE BEAUMONT - Take-Off: Aviation's Wounded Canaries
NOV 2, 2023

image source © FL360aero

As first reported by MEDIAPART France, on October 20, 2023, the Bordeaux Judicial Court recognized the causal link between this illness and occupational exposure, for yet another affected pilot. The judge relied in particular on the medical expertise of the head of the occupational and environmental pathologies department at Nantes University Hospital, according to whom the disorders reported by the pilot "are part of an ‘Aerotoxic Syndrome’ caused by the short- and long-term effects of exposure to oil-fumes-contaminated air in aircraft cabins.

However, as previously mentioned in other articles of mine don't look for ‘Aerotoxic Syndrome‘ in the international occupational disease classification tables (ICD-10): it is still not/not yet listed there. You can find my articles on the subject on my Academia.edu website here and here. The term Aerotoxic Syndrome (AS) was coined in 1999 and described as a medical condition by three scientists from France, the USA, and Australia who had independently of each other come to the same conclusions and then networked and put their findings together. AS is a collection of very diverse symptoms reported by aircrews who have been victims of cabin and cockpit air contamination events which are commonly referred to as "fume events".

Canada: Toronto District School Board Reviewing Cell Tower Radiation Concerns at North York High School

TDSB reviewing cell tower radiation concerns at North York high school
by Kevin Connor, Toronto Sun, 5 Nov. 2023

More than a dozen teachers at a North York high school refused to go to work last week over concerns their school is close to a cellphone tower that may emit radiation.

The concerns are over emissions from numerous network antennas on a cell tower located just off school property near William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute – northeast of Sheppard Ave. W. and Dufferin St.

(Photo): The TDSB is reviewing cellphone tower radiation concerns at William Lyon Mackenzie C.I. in North York after a group of teachers refused to go to work last week.© Provided by Toronto Sun

The teachers have the support from health groups.

“When 18 educators take job action because of workplace safety, they are also standing up for our students, who are more vulnerable,” Shelley Wright, director of Canadian Educators for Safe Technology, said in a statement.

Effect of Mobile Phones on Sperm Quality - Review Papers

Effect of Mobile Phones on Sperm Quality
saferemr.com, 1st November 2023

Diagram representing various sources of RF EMF exposure effect on brain and testicular organ and deleterious outcomes (Kesari, Agarwal & Henkel, 2018)

Review Papers posted on site of Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Family and Community Health
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley

Link: https://www.saferemr.com/2015/09/effect-of-mobile-phones-on-sperm.html

Diagram representing various sources of RF EMF exposure effect on brain and testicular organ and deleterious outcomes (Kesari, Agarwal & Henkel, 2018)

Doctors, Lawyers, and Scientists Join Together in International Children's Declaration for the Digital Age

Doctors, lawyers, and scientific researchers are invited to join as Signatories to the Declaration.
Educators, parents, and child advocates are encouraged to sign as supporters.

Link: International Declaration on the Human Rights of Children in the Digital Age

Doctors, Lawyers, and Scientists Join Together in International Children's Declaration for the Digital Age

NEWS PROVIDED BY Americans for Responsible Technology
01 Nov, 2023

Three Fundamental Rights of Children Are Affirmed Regarding Digital Technology

NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- An international group of leading lawyers, physicians, physicists, epidemiologists and other children's health experts have today announced their support for a new International Declaration intended to raise public awareness of three fundamental rights of children which are not adequately being protected: the right to be free from addictive platforms and apps; the right to be free from hazardous radiation from wireless devices; and the right to be free from commercial exploitation of private information.

Children have a fundamental human right to be free from addiction, exposure and exploitation in the digital world.Post this

Children around the world are suffering from digital addiction, radiation exposure and commercial exploitation.

France: List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users (update 20 October 2023)

List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users
By : Phonegate Team • 20 Oct 2023

There are now 45 models of cell phones, identified as dangerous to the health of users, which have been either withdrawn from the French market or have seen their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) updated by software. The latest: the DOOGEE S88, the EMPORIA simplicity V27, the Iphone 12, the Motorola Edge, the Essential Clap 20+ (you have until June 30, 2023 to bring it back to Boulanger), the Xiaomi Poco X3 and the Logicom Le Swipe.

DOOGEE S88 and EMPORIA simplicity V27 withdrawn from the French market and recalled

The list of phones at risk from regulatory non-compliance continues to grow. In a press release published on October 19, 2023, the Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR) has just pinpointed two new smartphones for exceeding specific absorption rate (SAR) levels in the limbs.

On reading the test reports for the two cell phones (DOOGEE S88, EMPORIA simplicity V27), our NGO notes once again that the agency waited some ten months before publicly informing users. More problematically, as with the iPhone 12, the tests carried out by the German laboratory Cetecom Advanced do not reveal the said overruns.

Why not? The ANFR, which we contacted, has still not replied…

According to the ANFR press release, the SAR of the DOOGEE S88 and EMPORIA simplicity V27 was measured at 4.23 W/kg, compared with the regulatory limit of 4 W/kg. This led the agency to make the following decisions:

“ANFR enjoins EMPORIA and DOOGEE to implement all available means to rapidly remedy this malfunction on equipment on the market as well as those already marketed. Distributors must also cease marketing their products.”

Continue reading:
https://phonegatealert.org/en/list-of-mobile-phones-with-non-compliant-sars-removed-or-updated-in-france-2/

Mobile phone use may affect semen quality

News of this new study from the University of Geneva is being picked up by the global mainstream media.

Mobile phone use may affect semen quality

Press Release, University of Geneva, 1st November 2023

A team from the UNIGE and Swiss TPH has published a large study covering more than a decade of data on the effects of mobile phones on semen quality of young men.

© Rita Rahban. Sample of human spermatozoa.

Does electromagnetic radiation emitted by mobile phones affect semen quality? While various environmental and lifestyle factors have been proposed to explain the decline in semen quality observed over the last fifty years, the role of mobile phones has yet to be demonstrated. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration  with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), has published a major cross-sectional study on the subject. It shows that frequent use of mobile phones is associated with a lower sperm concentration and total sperm count. However, researchers did not find any association between mobile phone use and low sperm motility and morphology. Read the results in Fertility & Sterility.

First public release of “The Digital Dilemma" - 14 November 2023, European Parliament in Brussels

A friend passed to me notice of this invitation from Michèle Rivasi, Member of the European Parliament

On 14 November, we are delighted to welcome to the European Parliament the avant-première of the film “THE DIGITAL DILEMMA”, the latest production of the director and writer Klaus Scheidsteger (“Portables en accusation” , ‘Thank you for Calling’, ‘Ondes de choc’…).

This first public release of “THE DIGITAL DILEMMA” will take place on Tuesday 14 November 2023, at the European Parliament in Brussels, from 20h to 22h.

A discussion in E/F with the audience will follow.

About the film:

We are going on an exciting cinematic journey and will show the flip side of the usual advertising of progress. While industry touts the brave new digital world, independent science is increasingly concerned about digital armament. For scientists researching all over the world, it has not only been clear since 5G: there is a problem and we need a solution as humanity. A realistic solution to the dilemma between technological progress and the risks to our health and environment.

During the shooting for his new film The Digital Dilemma: Interview by Klaus Scheidsteger with Fiorella Belpoggi, Head of Research at the Ramazzini Institute in Bologna, Italy – 13 April 2023

Interview:

https://kompetenzinitiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Interview_F_Belpoggi_Bologna_Avril_2023.pdf

https://kompetenzinitiative.com/en/das-digitale-dilemma/

Meta, Apple and Google cheer FCC ruling that could pave the way for new AR and VR applications

Meta, Apple and Google cheer FCC ruling that could pave the way for new AR and VR applications
by Lauren Feiner, cnbc.com, 19 October 2023, update 20 October 2023

Meta Quest 3. Todd Haselton/ CNBC

KEY POINTS

• The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday agreed to open a band of spectrum for some forms of wearable devices.
• Apple, Broadcom, Meta and Google have advocated for the FCC to take this step, believing it would help pave the way for a new generation and application of augmented and virtual reality wearables.
• The FCC expects it will “spur an eco-system of cutting-edge applications.”

Our Devices Are Making Us Sick

Our devices are making us sick
by Dr. Pascaline Phillips ND - Naturopathic Notes, Opinion, countyweeklynews.ca/, 16 October 2023

Dr. Pascaline Phillips ND jpg, BI

Dr. Pascaline Phillips ND jpg, BI

This article has been brewing for a while, as I observe far too many people and kids walking around with their phones – in their hand or a pocket, and blue tooth ear buds in their ears. I find this use of, and addiction to, electronics very concerning.

And then, last week, while muscle testing a patient who was curious as to how muscle testing works, I had her muscle test her Apple watch. Her testing arm weakened and dropped quite dramatically – enough that she got the message immediately: that her body rejected this technology. I have never had anyone muscle test ‘ok’ with any wireless technology.

Switzerland: 5th Global Science Film Festival - Bern - 28-29 October 2023

5th Global Science Film Festival
Bern Edition, 28. – 29.10.2023

The film "Electric Malady" will be screening at the 5th Global Science Film Festival in Bern, Switzerland on Saturday 28th October for its Swiss premiere! 

(Cinema Rex Bern: Schwanengasse 9 - 3011 Bern)

In collaboration with the Swiss Science Film Academy, the mLAB presents the 5th Global Science Film Festival. World politics and science meet on the big screen. The festival will show international feature films, documentaries and short films that link social developments with current scientific debates. Following the film screenings, the topics will be explored in depth in moderated discussions between the audience, filmmakers and researchers.

Electric Malady - 28 October at 17h

In Swedish with English sub-titles

Under a cloak made of fabric laced with copper wires, William is encountered in a remote cabin in Sweden. For ten years he has been fighting an illness that eludes scientific evidence: hyperelectrosensitivity. People who experience symptoms caused by electronic radiation that make it impossible for them to continue living in digitalized everyday life. The visually stunning film describes the experiences of a young man and his emotional world in dealing with the illness, the support of a worried family, but also the inadequacies of a health system in dealing with an invisible illness, the symptoms of which are nevertheless a stark reality for those affected.

5G Exposé

 5G Exposé

OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN'S FUTURE IS AT STAKE

This great online event took place 17 October 2023. The 2 hr 30 min video archive is available at https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/.../5g-expose.../

This 5G Exposé brought together experts in the fields of wireless radiation, cancer, legislation and the law. Viewers can hear from the following speakers and panelists:

• Igor Belyaev, DrSc., associate professor in the Department of Radiobiology at the Cancer Research Institute in the Slovak Republic.
• Klaus Buchner, former Technical University professor in Munich and former member of the EU parliament in Germany.
• Frank Clegg, CEO of Canadians for Safe Technology, on the Environmental Health Trust board of directors and former Microsoft Canada president.
• Miriam Eckenfels-Garcia, Esq., director of CHD’s EMR & wireless program.
• Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, oncologist and cancer epidemiologist.
• Mona Nilsson, Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation director in Sweden.

30 Groups Call on EU Regulators to Ban Sales of iPhone 12 That Failed Safety Test

30 Groups Call on EU Regulators to Ban Sales of iPhone 12 That Failed Safety Test

Some of the organizations are considering legal action against Apple if the company does not compensate current iPhone 12 owners for subjecting them to illegally high levels of radiofrequency radiation.

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 5 October 2023, updated 16 October 2023

Thirty organizations on Tuesday joined the France-based Phonegate Alert to demand that French and European authorities permanently withdraw Apple’s iPhone 12 from all European markets.

The demand came after France lifted a temporary sales ban on the phone. The ban was first imposed when Apple’s iPhone 12 failed radiation safety test.

Some of the organizations also consider legal action against Apple if the company does not compensate current iPhone 12 owners for subjecting them to illegally high levels of radiofrequency (RF) radiation.

Switzerland: Politicians want 5G expansion – every fourth person is afraid of cell phone radiation

Politicians want 5G expansion – every fourth person is afraid of cell phone radiation
by Daniel Tressel and Christina Pirskanen, 20min.ch, 5 October 2023 - auto-translation

20min/Matthias Spicher

There is still a lot of skepticism among the population about 5G. At the same time, the mobile network should be expanded as quickly as possible.

That's what it's about

• 28 percent of the Swiss population is concerned about their health because of cell phone radiation.
• According to radiation protection expert Martin Röösli, no harmful effects of 5G on health have yet been scientifically proven.
• FDP National Councilor Christian Wasserfallen is committed to a faster expansion of 5G. His motion was accepted by almost all parties – except the Greens.
• Green National Councilor Marionna Schlatter criticizes accelerated 5G expansion. The long-term consequences are not yet known and we should act with the necessary caution, she says.

US Cellphone Radiation Tests Ignore Long-Term Health Effects

US Cellphone Radiation Tests Ignore Long-Term Health Effects
by Rada Mateescu, healththoroughfare.com, 5 October 2023

It has been just revealed that, unfortunately, the US cellphone radiation tests are ignoring the long-term health effects. we suggest that you check out the latest reports about the matter below in order to be able;e to remain safe.

The huge risks of cell phones

The recent ban on sales of iPhone 12 in France due to radiation concerns has raised worries across Europe about the potential health risks of cellphone radiation exposure. While tests in the U.S. mainly focus on whether phones cause tissue heating, some experts argue that they do not provide a complete picture.

EHS: a Possible Generating Mechanism and Prevention

EHS: a possible generating mechanism and prevention

Jacques Lintermans D.Sc. and André Vander Vorst, Professor em. UC Louvain

MW-related pathophysiological alterations

Microwave (MW)-related effects on the brain consist of the pathological opening of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) with inadequate blood supply or ischemia.

The action mechanism of BBB involves a regulatory control by the proteolytic enzyme matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) (1) (Figure 1). Abnormal BBB opening occurs when these enzymes are stimulated by peroxynitrite (PN) (2) (3).

PN is massively produced in cells by MW exposure of their membrane voltage gate calcium channel (VGCC) (4) (Figure 2).

Chemically, PN is characterized by an active oxygen atom (Figure 3) which may be targeted by drugs with antioxidant properties. This makes vitamin-E a good candidate.

Vitamin-E consists of 8 molecules of which 4 are called tocopherol where mainly the alpha and gamma structural forms play a biological role (Figure 4). These are made of a long aliphatic chain which facilitates their bioavailability near the protein matrix of the BBB. In addition, vitamin-E belongs to the cell membrane.

Ischemia is associated with the EMF-related pathological opening of the BBB causing a decrease in blood supply to the brain (Figure 5) (5).

APPLE Must Withdraw its iPhone 12 from the Entire European Market

APPLE must withdraw its iPhone 12 from the entire European market
By : Phonegate Team • 3 Oct 2023

The NGO Phonegate Alert and the first signatory organizations ask the national and European authorities to withdraw the iPhone 12 everywhere in Europe and that the current owners be compensated by Apple.

More than three years after its launch on the European market, the National Frequency Agency (ANFR) announced that Apple’s iPhone 12 5G (model A2403) exceeded the authorized limit of the specific absorption rate (SAR) by more than 40% (5.74 W/kg instead of 4 W/kg) and requested its temporary ban.

ANFR and France bow to the giant Apple by accepting this parody of update

Webinar: "Radiofrequency Radiation and Your Health: Is 5G Harmful?" - Dr. Joel Moscowitz

Webinar: "Radiofrequency Radiation and Your Health: Is 5G Harmful?"

Dr. Joel Moscowitz, saferemr.com, 2 October 2023

The YouTube video in the link below, based on the FMG webinar, was recorded on September 29, 2023.

Slides: https://bit.ly/48wi8sS

Video (47 minutes): https://youtu.be/bSajqbDl8lc

The Federal Mobility Group invited me to conduct a webinar about the health effects of radiofrequency radiation including 5G, the latest cellphone technology, on September 11, 2023.

The FMG is a chartered organization in the executive branch of the federal government of the U.S. It has representatives from more than 45 departments and agencies including the military. Its mission is to identify challenges in the deployment of secure mobile technology, develop solutions, and share best practices.

 

The webinar features the path-breaking work of the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF) to catalyze the widespread support within the scientific community for the adoption of stronger regulatory standards to protect humans and wildlife from the harm due to our ever-increasing exposure to wireless radiation.

https://www.saferemr.com/2023/09/Is-5G-Harmful-Webinar.html

Why Manmade Electromagnetic Fields are the Most Damaging

Dr. Dimitris Panagopoulos recently edited and coauthored the book "Electromagnetic Fields of Wireless Communications: Biological and Health Effects". The book reflects contributions from experts in biological and health effects of Radio Frequency (RF)/Microwave and Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) used in wireless communications (WC) and other technological applications.

Why manmade electromagnetic fields are the most damaging
by André Fauteux, maisonsaine.ca/, 29 Sept. 2023

Dr. Dimitris Panagopoulos 

It’s one of many fallacious arguments often used by those ignorant of the bioeffects of artificial electromagnetic fields (EMFs) – and those who don’t want the public to discover them.

They claim manmade EMFs (also called Electromagnetic Radiation or EMR) are harmless because they are not powerful enough to cause DNA breaks as does ionizing radiation such as from radon gas, x-rays orgamma radiation. Even the World Health Organization states that the only proven health effects of manmade non-ionizing radiation is heating from acute exposure of high levels of radiofrequencies (RF) or nerve and muscle stimulation and central nervous system cell excitability by domestic EMFs (50/60 Hz also called extremely low frequency - ELF) radiation.