On the Thirty-Seventh Anniversary of the Chernobyl Catastrophe

On the thirty-seventh anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe
by Robert James Parsons, Independent Journalist, 26 April 2023

The article below was published in 2016 on the thirtieth anniversary of the catastrophe of Chernobyl. Little has changed since then. The World Health Organization still insists that the catastrophe (the only appropriate word for what happened -- and is still happening) caused a mere 51 deaths.

The WHO's refusal to acknowledge the catastrophe's stupendous implications and ever greater ramifications for the life of the planet as time goes on prompted a civil society organization in France and French-speaking Switzerland (Independent WHO) to set up a vigil at the entry of the WHO. The vigil, which lasted ten years and had at least one person there every working day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., demanded that the WHO end the stranglehold that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has over the WHO by virtue of a legally binding agreement that gives the IAEA veto power over anything that the WHO might wish to undertake in the area of radiation and health.

'Knife in the back': Havana Syndrome victims dispute report dismissing their cases

'Knife in the back': Havana Syndrome victims dispute report dismissing their cases
Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald on Apr 27, 2023, arcamax.com

MIAMI — “Patient Zero,” an American official stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, was in his Havana apartment one night in December 2016 when he heard a strange sound and felt what he described as a “head-crushing pressure” and a “massive ear pain.”

(Photo): Danierys Font, 42, Senior Administrative Assistant at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine, sits in a rotary chair used to diagnose diplomatic personnel, who experience neurosensory symptoms after exposure to a unique sound/pressure phenomenon in Havana.

The sound stopped after he moved to another residence, but the symptoms remained, he told the Miami Herald: “I would wake up with nosebleeds that wouldn’t stop.”

A doctor the CIA sent to investigate had a similar incident himself in his Capri Hotel room just hours after arriving on the island’s capital in April 2017. “I woke up with severe pain in my right ear. I had a deafening, resounding headache and nausea. I sat on the bed and realized I was awake. I had this extreme feeling of pressure. I thought, ‘This can’t be happening; it’s crazy,’” he told the Herald.

A scientific study notices increase in brain tumors in South Korea and correlates it with cell phone use

A scientific study notices increase in brain tumors in South Korea and correlates it with cell phone use
By : Phonegate Team • 26 Apr 2023

An epidemiological study has recently been carried out by researcher Jinyoung Moon*, with the aim of establishing a potential correlation between the exposure of the population to radiation emitted by mobile phones and the observed increase in certain types of brain tumors in South Korea. The results, published in early March 2023 in Environmental Research journal, confirm the international trend seen in other countries such as France, with a fourfold increase in 30 years in glioblastomas (the most serious cancers of the brain).

In order to estimate the impact of mobile phones in the occurrence of brain tumors, the South Korean scientist relied on the national mobile phone subscription rate, used as an approximation for the exposure assessment to electromagnetic waves. The researcher thus analyzed the incidence of certain tumors, both benign and malignant, by brain region and for the entire population of South Korea.

United States: D.C. Court Rules Inadmissibility of Evidence that Failed to Show Cancer Link to Cell Phones

D.C. Court Rules Inadmissibility of Evidence that Failed to Show Cancer Link to Cell Phones
By Ahmad Hathout, broadbandbreakfast.com, 26 April 2023

The allegation cell radiation causes cancer has been talked about for years.

WASHINGTON, April 26, 2023 – The Superior Court of D.C. ruled Tuesday that witness testimony presented as part of a plaintiff’s allegation that cell phones were causing illnesses was inadmissible because it failed to show a causation between the two.

The court held hearings in September 2022 in a consolidated case of 13 separate lawsuits to determine admissibility of evidence involving individuals suing Motorola, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Audiovox Communications – all companies involved in the making of components of wireless equipment – for brain tumors and cancers either they or their clients suffered allegedly because of long-term exposure to cell phone radiation.

United States: Apple Takes Aim at CHD’s Arguments in Cellphone Radiation Case

Apple Takes Aim at CHD’s Arguments in Cellphone Radiation Case

In its latest effort to keep a cellphone radiation case from heading to the U.S. Supreme Court, Apple tried to poke holes in arguments submitted to the Supreme Court by Children’s Health Defense for why unelected federal bureaucrats cannot override state health and safety law.

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 24 April 2023

Apple iPhone credit: Marco Verch/Flickr

Apple wants the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of a lawsuit that would decide if the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) cellphone radiation guidelines preempt state safety and health laws.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Andrew Cohen et al. v. Apple Inc., allege that Apple’s iPhone emitted radiofrequency (RF) radiation that regularly exceeded the federal exposure limit and that Apple violated state health and safety law by failing to warn consumers about the health and safety risks of holding the device close to the body.

United States: Berkeley Wants High Court To Hear IPhone Radiation Suit

Berkeley Wants High Court To Hear IPhone Radiation Suit
By Jonathan Capriel, Law360, Mar 15, 2023

Law360 (March 15, 2023, 10:11 PM EDT) -- The city of Berkeley, California, has been on the losing end of its own fight regarding the line between state and federal law when it comes to regulating radiofrequency levels, and it wants the U.S. Supreme Court to step into another case to prevent the Ninth Circuit from leaning too hard toward preemption.

Berkeley filed an amicus brief before the justices Wednesday, asking them to grant a writ of certiorari to a proposed class of iPhone users who are suing Apple over what they say are dangerous levels of radiation that the smartphones exposed them to.

The Ninth Circuit has tossed the phone users' case, saying that the California consumer protection law they brought their suit under was preempted by the Federal Communications Commission's power to regulate radiation levels and declare what amount is considered safe.

But Berkeley says courts have been taking preemption too far.

United States: Motorola Gets Brain Cancer Cellphone Suit Slashed

Motorola Gets Brain Cancer Cellphone Suit Slashed
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Law360, Apr 24, 2023

Law360 (April 24, 2023, 8:52 PM EDT) -- A Louisiana federal judge has slashed part of a suit against Motorola that alleged a man died from brain cancer caused by exposure to harmful amounts of radiation from his phones, finding that the dismissed claims were preempted by the Federal Communications Commission's authority to set standards for phones' radio frequency emissions.

In an April 21 order, U.S. District Judge James D. Cain Jr. said most of the claims brought by the deceased man's family were preempted because they were based on "general attacks" on the FCC's certifications and cellphone manufacturers' "alleged manipulation of testing results."

United States: Apple Urges Justices Not To Take Up IPhone Radiation Suit

Apple Urges Justices Not To Take Up IPhone Radiation Suit
By Nadia Dreid, Law360 (April 17, 2023)

Apple wants the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of a suit targeting the tech behemoth for the amount of radiation its iPhones put off, telling the justices that federal law is quite clear that the Federal Communications Commission is the one that sets radiofrequency emissions and not states or localities.
There's no reason for the justices to disturb the Ninth Circuit's ruling, which found that the iPhone users' suit was preempted by federal law, Apple said Friday in its opposition to the proposed class's petition for a writ of certiorari.

When the Ninth Circuit said the suit was preempted by federal law, it was "merely join[ing] every other court to confront the issue by holding that the FCC's regulations preempt conflicting state standards on RF emissions," Apple said.

There’s Another Pandemic Raging. It’s Targeting the Young and Online

There’s another pandemic raging. It’s targeting the young and online.
By Mitch Daniels, Opinion, Washington Post, 17 April 2023

Mitch Daniels is a senior adviser to the Liberty Fund, president emeritus of Purdue University and a former governor of Indiana.

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A pandemic rages uncontrolled, a damaging and even deadly plague sweeping across a wide swath of society. The scientific evidence of its dangers is massive and irrefutable. Its worst harm is inflicted on the young, who are the most vulnerable to its contagion, and whose injuries may well prove irreversible with time.

The last time the nation faced such a threat, leaders panicked and overreacted, understandably at first.  But then they failed to course-correct even as the scientific data plainly guided them to do so. Consequently, enormous and tragic collateral damage occurred in the form of other health risks left untreated, more than a year of vital learning lost by schoolchildren, increases in mental illness, drug abuse and suicide, not to mention the destruction of countless businesses and economic livelihoods.

5G smartphones: this is why users’ health is not guaranteed!

5G smartphones: this is why users’ health is not guaranteed!
By : Phonegate Team • 18 Apr 2023

We have already pointed out on many occasions that the SAR (specific absorption rate) does not in any case offer sufficient protection and that its standards, both European and international, have allowed the mobile telephony industry to overexpose all mobile phone users for 30 years, prioritizing patient sensitivity to public health. However, the National Frequency Agency (ANFR), far from questioning the use of this indicator, intends to maintain confusion by adding two additional ones: the IPD (Incident Power Density) and the APD (Absorbed Power Density).