Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) is a Humanitarian Crisis that Requires an Urgent Response

ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY (EHS) IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT REQUIRES AN URGENT RESPONSE.

International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields, July 2024

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ICBE-EMF is dedicated to the protection of humans and other species from the harmful effects of non-ionizing radiation. Of highest concern are children, pregnant women, and those with chronic health conditions including those who are Electromagnetically Hypersensitive (EHS). We attribute the growth of EHS to the rapid expansion in anthropogenic (human-caused) electromagnetic fields. EHS symptoms may occur through use of devices or exposure to infrastructure, such as mobile phones, DECT cordless landlines, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth enabled computers, Wi-Fi routers, smart meters, base station antennas, electric vehicles, power lines, household electrical appliances and other low intensity exposures.

All biology uses electromagnetic fields as well as chemical signalling. Widely used EMF (electrical and magnetic fields) are new and very different from those found in nature, making them disruptive to normal biological functioning, even at what are labelled as low levels.

"The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness"

"The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness":

Bestselling author Jonathan Haidt warns against smartphone usage

As one of today's 50 most influential psychologists and most cited researchers of political and moral psychology, Jonathan Haidt and a team of experts examined the changes in children and young people growing up with smartphones.

About the book

From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why?

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the *play-based childhood" began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the "phone-based childhood" in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this "great rewiring of childhood" has interfered with children's social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies.

France: List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users: (including Nokia G22, Motorola Moto G53 and SPC Discovery)

Recently, three smartphones were pinned by the French Frequency Agency (ANFR) as having SAR levels exceeding regulatory limits: the Nokia G22, the Motorola Moto G53 and the SPC Discovery. This is the press release from Phonegate Alert concerning all three phones. 

List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users
By : Phonegate Team • 25 July 2024

There are now 51 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 SPC Discovery, the Motorola MOTO G53, the Nokia G22, the HOTWAV Cyber 7, the LOGICOM Flow, the EMPORIA smart 4, the DOOGEE S88, the EMPORIA simplicity V27, the Iphone 12, the Motorola Edge, the Essential Clap 20+, the Xiaomi Poco X3 and the LOGICOM Le Swipe.

SPC Discovery pinned for overexposure!

At the end of July 2024, almost every day a new smartphone is found to have exceeded regulatory levels non protecting the health and safety of users. Today, it’s the SPC Discovery, a brand from Spain mainly dedicated to senior citizens, which has been pinpointed during an inspection carried out in France.

France: List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users: the Motorola Moto G53

Recently, three smartphones were pinned by the French Frequency Agency (ANFR) as having SAR levels exceeding regulatory limits: the Nokia G22, the Motorola Moto G53 and the SPC Discovery. This is the press release from Phonegate Alert concerning the Motorola Moto G53. See the PR on the Nokia G22.

List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users
By : Phonegate Team • 23 July 2024

There are now 50 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 Motorola MOTO G53, the Nokia G22, the HOTWAV Cyber 7, the LOGICOM Flow, the EMPORIA smart 4, the DOOGEE S88, the EMPORIA simplicity V27, the Iphone 12, the Motorola Edge, the Essential Clap 20+, the Xiaomi Poco X3 and the LOGICOM Le Swipe.

Motorola MOTO G53, the fiftieth smartphone model to be pinned for non-compliant exposure

Our NGO’s action is bearing fruit, even if we still have a long way to go to achieve effective, real protection for the health of millions of cell phone users. In any case, with your support, we have reached the symbolic milestone of 50 cell phone models withdrawn from the market or updated in France. This success is yours!

France: List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users (update: 22 July 2024)

List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users
By : Phonegate Team • 22 July 2024

There are now 49 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 Nokia G22, the HOTWAV Cyber 7, the LOGICOM Flow, the EMPORIA smart 4, the DOOGEE S88, the EMPORIA simplicity V27, the Iphone 12, the Motorola Edge, the Essential Clap 20+, the Xiaomi Poco X3 and the LOGICOM Le Swipe.

ANFR forgets to inform users!

Despite the summer period, our team regularly monitors the Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR) database. Our vigilance is paying off! We have discovered that three dangerous smartphones were added to the regulatory agency’s database on July 5, 2024, without ANFR even informing users and the public, as it regularly does.

The three smartphones pinpointed by the ANFR in tests carried out by the accredited German laboratory Cetecom Advanced are the Nokia G22, the Motorola Moto G53 and the SPC Discovery.

A critical appraisal of the WHO 2024 systematic review of the effects of RF-EMF exposure on tinnitus, migraine/headache, and non-specific symptoms

Excerpt from "conclusions":  "We... call for a retraction of the SR by Röösli et al., and an impartial international investigation, by unconflicted experts, of both the currently available evidence base on these issues, as well as related research priorities for the future."

A critical appraisal of the WHO 2024 systematic review of the effects of RF-EMF exposure on tinnitus, migraine/headache, and non-specific symptoms

John W. Frank , Ronald L. Melnick and Joel M. Moskowitz 

From the journal Reviews on Environmental Health, published online by De Gruyter July 15, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2024-0069

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2012 initiated an expert consultation about research on the health effects of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) for a WHO monograph that was last updated in 1993. The project was abandoned over concerns about the quality of the commissioned review papers. The WHO restarted the project in 2019 by commissioning 10 systematic reviews (SRs) of the research on RF-EMF exposure and adverse biological and health outcomes in laboratory animals, cell cultures, and human populations. The second of these SRs, published in 2024, addresses human observational studies of RF-EMF exposure and non-specific symptoms, including tinnitus, migraine/headache, and sleep disturbance. The present commentary is a critical appraisal of the scientific quality of this SR (SR7) employing criteria developed by the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. Based upon our review, we call for a retraction of SR7 and an impartial investigation by unconflicted experts of the currently available evidence and future research priorities.

28 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or Health (8 July 2024)

28 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or Health 

Electromagnetic Radiation Safety, July 8, 2024

Dr. Joel Moscowitz, University of California Berkeley, has been circulating abstracts of newly-published scientific papers on radio frequency and other non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF) monthly since 2016. The complete collection of these papers contains more than 2,000 abstracts with links to the papers. Several hundred EMF scientists around the world receive these updates.

To see abstracts for the most recent papers or to download volumes 1 to 3 of this collection go to:
https://www.saferemr.com/2022/06/recent-research-on-wireless-radiation.html

Recent Research on Wireless Radiation and Electromagnetic Fields

COSMOS. A methodologically-flawed cohort study of the health effects from exposure to radiofrequency radiation from mobile phone use

Response to the letter to the editor regarding “Mobile phone use and brain tumour risk − COSMOS, a prospective cohort study”

United Kingdom: Ministry of Defense admits death of decorated RAF pilot from rare cancer after he was exposed to toxic exhaust fumes

The Ministry of Defense admits death of decorated RAF pilot from rare cancer after he was exposed to toxic exhaust fumes

BEARNAIRDINE BEAUMONT, 9 July 2024

This is a very important verdict - because it paves the way for civil action.

(Photo): Late Squadron Leader Kai Macnaughton pictured with his wife Clare

Following its 'groundbreaking' agreement in the High Court to take responsibility for the hearing loss suffered by former armed services people, the Ministry of Defense has now acknowledged that exposure to hazardous fumes caused cancer in certain military personnel.

There are currently about 100 people wishing to sue the Ministry of Defense on the grounds that poisonous fumes caused their or a family member's cancer.

Engine jet exhaust gasses, which include benzene carcinogens, "were being sucked through the cabin and out again through the cockpits - mixing with the air which everyone on board the aircraft was breathing," according to leading barrister Jonathan Dingle of Normanton Chambers.

What Is Sprayed in Our Skies?

What Is Sprayed in Our Skies?
childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv, 5 July 2024

“The data never lies,” or so the saying goes. But what if it's corrupted, hidden, manipulated or deleted? When Keith Meyers noticed suspicious things going on in the skies, he did a deep dive into the available public reports while also documenting his own observations. When he brought the evidence to those responsible for explaining and analyzing that information as well as protecting the public, he was not only ignored but also maligned for speaking up. On “Doctors & Scientists” this week, Keith is given the platform to share his findings, warn the public, and encourage viewers to become active participants in environmental advocacy.

https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/shows/good-morning-chd/what-is-sprayed-in-our-skies/

Switzerland: Setback for 5G expansion: a new planning application is needed for thousands of existing antennas

Setback for 5G expansion: a new planning application is needed for thousands of existing antennas

5G installations may not emit more radiation without a permit. This was decided by the Federal Supreme Court, putting pressure on telecoms companies.

Erich Aschwanden, nzz.ch, 3 July 2024 - translation by DeepL

At the end of April, the Federal Supreme Court handed down a ruling whose groundbreaking consequences hardly anyone took note of. Only the telecoms providers suspected it. And today they see themselves vindicated: The ruling will set back the expansion of 5G technology.

(Photo): Converting a mobile phone antenna with adaptive technology is not a trivial matter, the Federal Supreme Court has ruled. Salvatore Di Nolfi / Keystone

In the canton of Aargau alone, providers will have to submit a retrospective planning application to the local municipalities for 200 existing antennas. The Aargau government recently informed the mobile network operators Swisscom, Salt and Sunrise of this, as detailed in a press release. Numerous other cantons are likely to send similar letters in the coming weeks and months.

Bluetooth Headsets Linked to Increased Thyroid Nodules

NEW STUDY: BLUETOOTH HEADSETS LINKED TO INCREASED THYROID NODULES
Environmental Health Trust, July 4, 2024

A new study by published in the journal Scientific Reports by Zhou et. al (2024) found that prolonged daily use of Bluetooth headsets was “strongly linked” to an increased risk of developing thyroid nodules.

The authors conclude that their research is relevant to developing public health policies to reduce thyroid nodule risk:

…our research provides a scientific basis for the formulation of public health policies and personal health habit choices, suggesting that attention should be paid to the duration of Bluetooth headset use in daily life to reduce the potential risk of thyroid nodules.

Switzerland: Federal Court Ruling Delays 5G Deployment

Federal Court ruling delays 5G deployment
chance5g.ch, July 3, 2024 - auto-translation

According to a recent court ruling, in future, a building permit application will have to be submitted in accordance with the ordinary procedure in order to activate the correction factor with adaptive antennas. Although all guidelines were complied with at all times, thousands of existing systems are now affected by this legal technicality. Mobile coverage with efficient and modern technology is thus continuing to be significantly delayed in Switzerland.

Every mobile phone antenna must be constantly updated, as technological developments in the telecommunications sector are particularly rapid. Continuous modernisation of data networks is essential , on the one hand, to continue to handle the increasing data volumes correctly and, on the other hand, to be able to guarantee the efficiency and reliability of this critical basic infrastructure. For the current 5G standard, modern adaptive antennas are used. In contrast to older antennas (e.g. 3G and 4G), these are able to send signals in a targeted manner to the individual terminals. This significantly reduces energy consumption and reduces radiation exposure for non-users. Since these more advanced antennas would be disadvantaged by current evaluation methods, a correction factor (see box below) can be applied as compensation. The advantages of adaptive antennas are therefore only fully exploited with the correction factor. This is activated by software.

New York City: The Nation's Largest School District Could Ban Cell Phones by January

The nation’s largest school district could ban cell phones by January
By Jeff Winter and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 26 June 2024

Adding to a growing list of school districts banning cell phones, the nation’s largest could be moving to do the same as early as January.

An empty classroom at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/File 

Phone usage during the school day has not only become a distraction, but an addiction, David Banks, the chancellor of New York City Public Schools, said during an on-camera interview with WNYW.

“We recognize the problem and that it is a major issue,” Banks said.

Cell Tower Radiation Linked to Genetic Changes in Nearby Residents

Cell Tower Radiation Linked to Genetic Changes in Nearby Residents
More Chromosomal Aberrations
A Finding Too Hot To Handle
microwavenews.com, 1st July 2024

Senior European scientists are reporting that people living near cell phone towers show significant changes in their genetic makeup. This is the first time that chronic exposure to cell tower radiation has been linked to unrepairable genetic damage.

A team led by Wilhelm Mosgöller of the Medical University of Vienna and Igor Belyaev of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava contend that years of low-dose RF exposure can increase the incidence of a number of different types of chromosomal aberrations. Such changes could lead to serious, though uncertain, health consequences, including cancer and neurological disease. (Chromosomes are strands of DNA coiled around proteins.)

The new study is small —but provocative. It’s persuaded Mosgöller and Belyaev that they may have identified a “biologically plausible mechanism” for how RF radiation can cause cancer.

This is all spelled out in a paper which was posted online on May 30 in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, a peer-reviewed journal. It’s open access.