United States: Piti Theatre’s Jonathan Mirin in “Canary in a Gold Mine” @ DC Independent Film Festival, March 3 & 4

Piti Theatre’s Jonathan Mirin in “Canary in a Gold Mine” @ DC Independent Film Festival, 

March 3 & 4
Press release, ptco.org/canary, 7 February 2023

Inventive, comedic documentary sheds light on environmental illness

After a viral premiere at the Ko Festival of Performance, Piti Theatre’s “Canary in a Gold Mine” comes to the DC Independent Film Festival in Washington, DC on March 3rd at 6:30 pm and Saturday, March 4th at 4:15 pm, Landmark E Street Cinema Theatre, 555 11th Street, NW.

A unique blend of theatre and documentary, “Canary” uses humor to explore fatherhood, marriage and environmental health. Writer/Performer/Director Jonathan Mirin describes the show as "like theater … but flatter." The one hour screening on Friday will be followed by a panel discussion with Jonathan Mirin; Dr. Mikhail Kogan, MD; journalist Barbara Koeppel; Joseph Sandri, President, National Spectrum Association; and Theodora Scarato, Executive Director, Environmental Health Trust. A reception at 5:30 will precede Friday’s screening. Tickets are $13 @ dciff-indie.org.

5G Towers Can Make Healthy People Sick, Two Case Reports Show

Article from Children's Health Defense on the two case reports from Sweden.

5G Towers Can Make Healthy People Sick, Two Case Reports Show

A new case report on two previously healthy men who developed “microwave syndrome” symptoms after a 5G cell tower was installed on the roof of their office, and a similar report published last month, show that non-ionizing 5G radiation can cause health problems in people with no prior history of electromagnetic sensitivity.

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 23 February 2023

A new case report shows that two previously healthy men rapidly developed typical “microwave syndrome” symptoms shortly after a 5G cell tower was installed on the roof of their office.

According to the report, published Feb. 4 in the Annals of Clinical Case Reports, the men experienced headaches, joint pain, tinnitus, abnormal fatigue, sleep disturbances, burning skin, anxiety and trouble concentrating.

The findings match the results of a similar case report published last month in the same journal — that appeared earlier in the Swedish journal Medicinsk Access — showing a previously healthy man and woman developed similar microwave syndrome symptoms soon after a 5G tower was installed on top of their apartment.

Wyoming: Wireless Radiation: Hide yo kids, hide yo wildlife

Dozens, if not hundreds, of satellite antennas and towers loom across Teton County, Wyoming. Read what Dr. Devra Davis, president of the Environmental Health Trust, and resident of the county, has to say about the risks of wireless radiation in this excellent article.

Wireless radiation: Hide yo kids, hide yo wildlife
By Miranda de Moraes, jhnewsandguide.com, 22 Feb. 2023

Dozens, if not hundreds, of satellite antennas and towers loom across Teton County.

(Photo): A cell tower disguised as a Gothic bell tower stands tall behind Redeemer Lutheran Church on Willow Street. The tower is just a few hundred feet from Davey Jackson Elementary School. Health advocates and others want the Federal Communications Commission to recognize the risks to people and the environment from wireless radiation.

When asked if there are any health problems with the wireless radiation emitted by those facilities, many local officials were silent.

“We don’t have anything really to say on that subject,” said Jodie Pond, the director of the Teton County Health Department.

“This would not fall under the DEQ’s authority or expertise,” said Keith Guille, outreach officer of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.

Safety Evaluation of Smart Scales, Smart Watches, and Smart Rings Shows Evidence of Potential Interference in Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices

Shock to the system

University of Utah study shows certain wearable gadgets could interfere with implantable cardiac electronic devices
News release, eurekalert.org, 22 Feb. 2023

Peered review publication, University of Utah:
Full text of study: https://www.heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-5271(22)02696-0/fulltext

Feb. 22, 2022 — In this high-tech era, wearable devices such as smartwatches have proven to be invaluable companions for the health conscious. But a new study from the University of Utah shows that for a small group of people, some of these electronic fitness gadgets could possibly be risky to their health — even potentially deadly.

University of Utah electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Benjamin Sanchez Terrones and U associate professor of medicine Benjamin Steinberg have published a new study that shows wearable devices such as the Samsung Galaxy watch 4, Fitbit smart scales, or Moodmetric smart rings, among others, have sensing technology that could interfere with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) such as pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices.

Phonegate Canada: Denial of Transparency by Health Canada

The strategy implemented in Canada, as well as in many other countries, consists in delaying the transmission of data concerning the dangers of cell phones as long as possible. For example, Health Canada has been refusing for almost a year to transmit information that could help convict the smartphone manufacturers Apple and Samsung, who are facing a class action lawsuit in the Phonegate health scandal in Canada.

Denial of transparency by Health Canada
By : Phonegate Team • 23 fév 2023

On March 25, 2022, after two years of complaints by our NGO, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) sent our local correspondent in Canada, Sharon Noble, the list of specific absorption rate (SAR) levels of mobile phones tested between 2016 and 2021. Nearly a year later, and despite several requests for clarification on protocols and test results, Canadian health authorities continue to withhold information.

Case Report: Development of the Microwave Syndrome in Two Men Shortly after Installation of 5G on the Roof above their Office

Another case report by Lennart Hardell and Mona Nilsson published on 4 February 2023 in the Annals of Clinical Case Reports, this time of two men working in three office rooms close to base stations.

Development of the Microwave Syndrome in Two Men Shortly after Installation of 5G on the Roof

Annals of Clinical Case Reports Remedy Publications LLC., | http://anncaserep.com/ 2023 | Volume 8 | Article 2378 OPEN ACCESS - Published Date: 04 Feb 2023

Case Report:
https://www.anncaserep.com/open-access/development-of-the-microwave-syndrome-in-two-men-shortly-after-9589.pdf

Abstract

The 5th generation, 5G, for wireless communication is rolled out without previous studies on potential effects on human health and the environment. In this case study we describe two men, case 1 and case 2, working in three office rooms close to base stations. After the deployment of 5G, both men developed symptoms typical for the microwave syndrome, e.g., headache, tinnitus, dizziness, balance disorder, concentration and attention deficiency, and fatigue. Radiofrequency Radiation (RFR) after the 5G deployment was measured in the three offices. In office one maximum (peak) RFR during one minute varied from 463 to 1,180,000 µW/m2 , in office two from 6,230 to 501,000 and in office three from 13,700 to 613,000 µW/m2 .The symptoms disappeared in both men within a couple of weeks (case 1) or immediately (case 2) after leaving the office for other offices with much lower maximum peak RFR emissions, maximum for case 1 =16 and for case 2 =2,920 µW/m2 . This case report may be regarded as a provocation study on health from 5G RFR. The clinical picture in both men was clearly related to the exposure, although the exposures were well below the guidelines recommended by ICNIRP that are claimed to protect against all health effects. We conclude that the guidelines for RFR exposure based only on tissue heating by ICNIRP are inadequate to protect human health and that 5G appears to provoke symptoms of microwave syndrome in previously healthy people.

United States: As Health Concerns Escalate After Ohio Train Disaster, Advocates Want to ‘Take Back Our Rail System From Greedy Profiteers’

As Health Concerns Escalate After Ohio Train Disaster, Advocates Want to ‘Take Back Our Rail System From Greedy Profiteers’

Evidence continues to mount of serious health and environmental impacts from the derailment and explosion of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, raising concerns for local residents despite assurances from regulatory agencies that the area is safe.

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. Children's Health Defense, 15 February 2023

Evidence continues to mount of serious health and environmental impacts from the derailment and explosion of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month, raising concerns for local residents.

Photo credit: @blckndgldfn/Twitter (left); @StrictlyChristo/Twitter (right)


Despite releasing more details about air and water contamination resulting from the crash, regulatory agencies like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have continued to affirm that it is safe for residents to return to their homes after they were initially evacuated. But they have been cautioned not to drink the water.

The UK 5G Legal Action and the EU – Helping Us Secure a Safer Future

Article covering the “Action Against 5G Court Case” which took place on 6 and 7 February 2023 at the Royal Courts of Justice on Strand, London. The case addressed the fact that the U.K. Government has refused to examine a large body of high quality, peer-reviewed scientific evidence of harms to life from RF radiation.

The UK 5G Legal Action and the EU – Helping Us Secure a Safer Future
By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International, 9 February 2023

The U.K. Government has failed in its duty to inform the public about the risks of wireless radiation

Monday and Tuesday February 6 and 7, the “Action Against 5G Court Case” took place at the Royal Courts of Justice on Strand, London WC2A 2LL. K, United Kingdom.

The UK Court Action Against 5G originally scheduled for Dec. 13 had been graciously postponed by the court until February.

A Suggested Method for Testing Electrohypersensitivity

A SUGGESTED METHOD FOR TESTING ELECTROHYPERSENSITIVITY 

 Jacques Lintermans D.Sc. and André Vander Vorst* Prof.em. UCLouvain 

 *Founding Member of European Microwave Association

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Introduction

Although there is a controversy regarding the physiological effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on human beings, the EMF-attributed effects are life-disabling for some people. These are called electrohypersensitive (EHS) and their prevalence in the population today is estimated to be in a range of about 4-10 %. To diagnose EHS and submit those individuals to an appropriate treatment has become a medical challenge of significant importance. The symptoms however are relatively non-specific and mainly related to the mental function; because physicians have no objective algorithms to diagnose EHS, these patients are most of the time declared relevant to psychology or even psychiatry.

Objective diagnosis tests are therefore needed and some have been tentatively developed: abnormal values of biochemical parameters observed in EHS individuals have been taken as biomarkers of their disorder and provocation tests were performed by checking those individuals’ reactions in experimental EMF exposure conditions.

India: 320 mobile towers found exceeding prescribed EMF radiation limits as on Dec 2022: MoS Telecom

Comment from Dr. Joel Moscowitz, University of California, Berkeley:

India systematically monitors cell tower radiation to ensure compliance with radio frequency exposure limits; however, in the US no agency does this. The FCC, which is captured by industry, responds to complaints about electromagnetic interference but does not systematically monitor cell tower compliance with FCC regulations. The cost of a comprehensive monitoring system would likely be covered by the fines assessed to industry for noncompliance. Moreover, workers and the public would be better protected from intense exposure to cell tower radiation."

Our summary of article: "As on 31.12.2022, Licensed Service Area (LSA) field units of DoT have tested 11.6 lakh [1.16 million] Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) across the country to check the compliance to prescribed Electromagnetic Field (EMF) radiation norms, out of which a total of 320 BTSs were found exceeding the prescribed EMF limits." Penalties of Rs 13.10 crore ($131 million) have been recovered from defaulting telcom service providers for exceeding the prescribed EMF limits, Minister of State for Communications said.

320 mobile towers found exceeding prescribed EMF radiation limits as on Dec 2022: MoS Telecom
The Economic Times, Feb 10, 2023

Photo caption: Devusinh Chauhan said 320 mobile towers found exceed prescribed EMF radiation

Telecom Department field units have tested as many as 11.6 lakh BTSs across the country for compliance to stipulated EMF radiation norms as on December 2022, of which 320 were found exceeding prescribed limits, Parliament was informed on Friday. As on December 31, 2022, penalties of Rs 13.10 crore have been recovered from defaulting telcom service providers for exceeding the prescribed EMF limits, Minister of State for Communications, Devusinh Chauhan said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

European Parliament: MEP Michèle Rivasi Invites Phonegate Alert to a Workshop: Brussels, 7 February 2023 : Videos

The meeting held on 7 Feb. at the European Parliament in Brussels, at the initiative of MEP Michèle Rivasi, was a real success. You can see in videos the strength and diversity of the interventions on the health issues of cell phones as well as the presentation of Dr. Marc Arazi on the industrial scandal of Phonegate.

Videos of the event in two parts (In English) on YouTube:

Part 1-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOcFIOemfo

Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku1RtL5VCM0

Dr. Arazi’s presentation (in French) on Phonegate is in Part 1.
Link to Dr. Arazi's: Slide presentation

European Parliament: Phonegate Alert invited to a workshop
By : Phonegate Team • 6 Feb 2023 - Updated 10 Feb 2023

We would like to thank Michèle Rivasi, Member of the European Parliament, for inviting us to participate in a workshop on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at the European Parliament in Brussels. The President of Phonegate Alert, Dr. Marc Arazi, will speak about the Phonegate scandal and the recent European collaborative campaign in partnership with European for safe connections.

We will provide an update on this important action to write to each of the national telecom regulators in the 27 countries of the European Union to protect the health of millions of consumers using cell phones.

Published Scientific Research on 5G, 4G Small Cells, Wireless Radiation and Health

Published Scientific Research on 5G, 4G Small Cells, Wireless Radiation and Health

Environmental Health Trust, Updated 2021?

Published peer reviewed science already indicates that the current wireless technologies of 2G, 3G and 4G – in use today with our cell phones, computers and wearable tech – creates (create) radiofrequency exposures which poses (pose) a serious health risk to humans, animals and the environment. Scientists are cautioning that before rolling out 5G, research on human health effects urgently needs to be done first to ensure the public and environment are protected.

“Small cells” are microwave antennas (basically shorter cell towers) rapidly being installed in public areas on utility poles and street lights in front of homes, parks and schools. Just like cell towers, these wireless antennas generate and emit microwave radiofrequency (RF) radiation to transmit 2G, 3G and 4G network signals. Companies soon plan to add a new technology called 5G which will use current 4G technology plus even higher frequencies. The higher frequencies include millimeter-wave emissions that were not previously released into public areas.

Companies state that these 4G and 5G antennas will increase the wireless radiation levels in the area so much that they are working to loosen several governments’ radiation limits in order to roll it out. A 2021 research study found people who are exposed to higher radiation values present more severe headaches, dizziness and nightmares. Moreover, they sleep fewer hours.“

Critique of SCHEER Opinion Report on Health Risks from Radiofrequency Radiation

Critique of SCHEER Opinion Report on Health Risks from Radiofrequency Radiation

A review of the EU expert group and opinion of August 2022 on the need of a revision of the maximum exposure limits for radiation from wireless communications

The Council for Safe Telecommunications (Denmark) and The Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, Jan 25, 2023

Authors: Mona Nilsson (The Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, Sweden), Vibeke Frøkjær Jensen and Henrik Eiriksson (The Council for Safe Telecommunications, Denmark)

Critique of Opinion Report: 

https://www.mayday-info.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Summary-Critique-of-SCHEER-Opinion-Jan-25-2023.pdf

Highlights

• The vast majority of field experts agree that the ICNIRP 1998 limits recommended by EU allow exposure to harmful levels of radiation and that they must be stricter.Harmful effects from wireless technology radiation below the ICNIRP limits are clearly established by science.

• The EU Commission scientific advisory group (SCHEER) advises positively on adoption of new ICNIRP 2020 exposure limits allowing even more harmful RF radiation exposure.

• The SCHEER Opinion is biased and appear to be designed to find no risks and to greenlight the adoption of exposure limits that benefits industry.

Effects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields: Thirty years of research (290 studies)

Effects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields: Thirty years of research
saferemr.com, Feb 4, 2023 Update

Effects of Radio Frequency Radiation Exposure on Free Radical-Related Cellular Processes (290 studies)
Dr. Henry Lai, Professor Emeritus, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington

This document contains abstracts for 290 studies published since 1997 that assessed the effects of radiofrequency radiation (RFR) exposure on free radical-related cellular processes.

See pages 164-187 for the Table that summarizes key details about each study.

Summary

1. Of the 290 studies published since 1997, 263 studies (91%) reported statistically significant effects of radiofrequency radiation on free radical-related cellular processes; only 27 studies (9%) found no significant effects.

2. Change in cellular free radical status is a consistent effect of radiofrequency radiation exposure.

3. Effects can occur at low specific absorption rates (SAR) or power density of exposure. Seventy studies are marked LI for low intensity (≤ 0.4 W/kg). Of the 70 low intensity exposure studies, 68 studies (91%) reported significant effects on free radical-related cellular processes.

4. Effects have been reported at different frequencies, exposure duration, and modulations, and in different biological systems, cell lines, and animal species. These data support the assertion that “Radiofrequency radiation affects cellular free radical processes.”

5. Most of the studies are live animal (in vivo) studies with long-term exposure, e.g., daily exposure up to several months.

6. Some studies used mobile phones or RFR-emitting devices for exposure (see Table). The SAR and characteristics of RFR in these studies are not well defined. However, these studies should not be overlooked because they represent real-life exposure scenarios. Waveform modulations of RFR during wireless communication usage probably play an important role in biological effects which are not revealed in studies that used a simple form of radiation (e.g., continuous-wave or GSM) and spatially uniform fields. Researchers in bioelectromagnetics should realize that the perfect RFR exposure system simulating real life exposures simply does not exist.

To download the 187-page document (pdf): https://bit.ly/RFR-oxidative-Lai-2023

https://www.saferemr.com/2018/02/effects-of-exposure-to-electromagnetic.html

United Kingdom: Will this 5G challenge fall on deaf ears, too?

"Once again, as with Covid, as with anthropogenic climate change, we find ourselves being channelled into highly suspect policies through the elimination of dissenting voices in a ruthlessly circumscribed debate. As with Covid, as with anthropogenic climate change, human needs are being discounted in the service of rigid and highly questionable ideologies supporting rule by a technocratic elite."

Will this 5G challenge fall on deaf ears, too?
By Gillian Dymond, conservativewoman.co.uk, 6 February 2023

TODAY and tomorrow Michael Mansfield QC will be leading a team of barristers in a judicial review hearing contesting the manner in which 5G technology is being introduced throughout the UK. They will be questioning:

1. The failure to provide adequate or effective information to the public about the risks of 5G, and how it might be possible for individuals to avoid or minimise such risks;

2. The failure to provide adequate and sufficient reasons for not establishing a process to investigate and establish possible risks to health;

3. The failure to consider evidence which points to adverse effects on health;

4. The failure to meet the standards of transparency and openness required of a public body.

It will be interesting to see what kind of excuses are dished up to justify these glaring failures.

Continue reading:
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/will-this-5g-challenge-fall-on-deaf-ears-too/

Phonegate USA: Apple Sued in Supreme Court

Phonegate USA: Apple sued in Supreme Court
By : Phonegate Team • 3 Feb 2023

A new step was taken on January 23, 2023 regarding the class action lawsuit filed in the United States against Apple. The plaintiffs, alleging that the brand’s iPhones exceed regulatory Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) limitations in real-world use, filed suit with the Supreme Court, the nation’s highest court.

This new action follows the August 26, 2022 judgement, which we have previously documented, which ruled that federal regulations setting permitted emission levels prevailed over state law. The verdict, which elicited many reactions of indignation, is as follows:

"Why Fried?" - Excellent program from ABC Television, Australia - Transcript and Film

UPDATE (2 February 2023): We are re-posting this excellent video with the transcript.

UPDATE (20 February 2016):  Pro-telecoms industry scientists have said this program should never have been aired. 
[You may still view “Wi-Fried”.]

This is an excellent 30-minute report by Dr Maryanne Demasi ** presented on the program, "Catalyst",  ABC television, Australia.

In October 2016, it was announced that the ABC’s Catalyst program was to lose its weekly slot and its 11 staff – including the suspended presenter Maryanne Demasi – made redundant under a radical plan which has been approved by the ABC board.  Senior ABC program makers warned that ditching the weekly half-hour program and disbanding the science unit would lead to a dumbing down of science programming and effectively kill off Australian science on television.

See: https://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.com/2016/10/australia-abcs-catalyst-staff-to-be.html

Wi-Fried?

abc.net.au, 16 February 2016

Could wifi-enabled devices be harmful to our health? You cannot see it or hear it but Wi-Fi blankets our homes, our schools and our cities. Australia's safety agency says there's no evidence of harm, but that's not the same as saying its safe. A growing number of scientists are concerned that the widespread use of Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi-enabled devices could be slowly making us sick. In this Catalyst investigation, Dr Maryanne Demasi explores whether our wireless devices could be putting our health at risk.

TRANSCRIPT

Havana Syndrome: Sonic Attack or All in the Mind?

Havana syndrome: sonic attack or all in the mind?
by Nicky Woolf, The Sunday Times, 22 Jan. 2023

It began at the US embassy in Cuba. Now there have been more than a thousand incidents of diplomats hearing a strange sound then suffering from mysterious brain injuries, with some victims left permanently disabled. As a new podcast reveals, investigators are still on the hunt for a convincing explanation.

In February 2017, Michael Hoffer, a surgeon and professor at Miami University, received a phone call. “This is the State Department,” the caller said. “We have a problem.” Hoffer, who specialises in neurosurgery and otolaryngology (the ear, nose and throat), had worked with the US military previously, studying traumatic brain injuries among soldiers deployed in Iraq. But the problem outlined to him on this call was different. Something was happening in Havana — something the government didn’t understand.

Study by Swiss Federal Office for the Environment Considers Connection between Mobile Communications and Insect Mortality to be Probable

A study by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment considers the connection between mobile communications and insect mortality to be probable

Research overview "Effect of non-ionizing radiation on arthropods", July 2022

The study by the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland) shows that there is a high probability that mobile phone radiation is involved in the death of insects. Radiation affects locomotion, reproduction, foraging, orientation, DNA damage, cellular stress and behavior.

On behalf of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the research overview "Effect of non-ionizing radiation (hereinafter: NIS) on arthropods " was developed at the University of Neuchatel:

Mulot M, Kroeber T, Gossner M, Fröhlich J (2022). Effect of non-ionizing radiation (NIS) on arthropods, report commissioned by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Neuchâtel, July 2022

Mobile communications communicate via non-ionizing radiation (hereinafter: NIS). Although this study overview of the effects of mobile phone radiation on insects has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal , it has a high level of validity due to its scientific nature.

United States: iPhone Users Seek SCOTUS Review of Radiation Preemption Ruling

IPhone Users Seek SCOTUS Review of Radiation Preemption Ruling
Julie Steinberg, Bloomberg Law, Jan 30, 2023 (includes link to case document)

• Certain iPhone models allegedly emit radiation above limits
• Circuit split widened; other preemption issues need guidance

IPhone users asked the US Supreme Court to review a decision disallowing claims alleging Apple Inc. failed to disclose that some phones can emit radiofrequency radiation above federal limits.

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said their claims were preempted by federal law, widening a circuit split over the preemptive effect of certain Federal Communications Commission guidelines, consumers said in a recently docketed petition for review. Its decision also presents a “golden opportunity” for much-needed guidance on when agency action preempts state-law claims, they said.

Andrew Cohen and others alleged that a lab hired by the Chicago Tribune found that the iPhone 7, 8, and X showed exposure above the federal limit when the phones were carried close to the body.