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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

HypeWatch: Does Wi-Fi Really Disturb Fetal Brains?
7 hours ago

Even without much evidence to support concerns that prenatal exposure to wireless radiation leads to ADHD, the BabySafe Project is still promoting a "better safe than sorry" campaign to pregnant women.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014817579

Source: Grassroots Environ. Ed. and Environ. Health Trust

Please join us at 10:30 am (EST) on June 3rd for a press conference from New York City announcing the BabySafe Project, a new public awareness initiative designed to inform women about the links between pregnancy and wireless radiation.

USTREAM HERE: http://www.babysafeproject.org/news-conference/

ABOUT: The BabySafe Wireless Project is a joint initiative of two environmental health non-profit organizations, Grassroots Environmental Education and Environmental Health Trust. For more information, please visit the websites of the participating organizations. The goals of the Project have been endorsed by many of the world’s leading experts in the fields of microwave radiation, brain development, obstetrics, pediatrics and public health. To read the Joint Statement on Wireless Radiation and Pregnancy and view a list of signatories, click here.

Read more: http://www.babysafeproject.org/news-conference/

http://www.babysafeproject.org/the-joint-statement/

[center]Joint Statement on Pregnancy and Wireless Radiation[/center]

We join together as physicians, scientists and educators to express our concern about the risk that wireless radiation poses to pregnancy and to urge pregnant women to limit their exposures.

We recognize that the exquisitely delicate systems that direct the development of human life are vulnerable to environmental insults, and that even minute exposures during critical windows of development may have serious and life-long consequences.

We know that the scientific process demands a thorough and exhaustive examination of the possible impact of wireless radiation on health; however, we believe substantial evidence of risk, rather than absolute proof of harm, must be the trigger for action to protect public health.

We call on the research community to conduct more studies to identify the mechanisms by which a fetus could be affected by wireless radiation exposures. We call on our elected leaders to support such research and to advance policies and regulations that limit exposures for pregnant women. We call on industry to implement and explore technologies and designs that will reduce radiation exposures until such research is carried out.

We affirm our role as health and science professionals to inform the public about the potential dangers associated with early-life exposures to wireless radiation, and invite all professionals engaged in obstetric, pediatric, and environmental health advocacy to join us in our quest to ensure the safety and health of future generations.


[center]http://www.babysafeproject.org/signatories/

Signatories for the Joint Statement
(Affiliations listed for identification purposes only)[/center]


Mikko Ahonen, PhD, University of Tampere, Finland

David Carpenter, MD, Director, School of Public Health, University at Albany

Devra Davis, Ph.D. MPH, Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley

Alvaro Augusto A. de Salles, PhD, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Dr. Elizabeth Evans MA, (Cantab) MBBS (London), DRCOG, UK

Beatrice A. Golomb, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego School of Medicine

Magda Havas, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental & Resource Studies, Trent University

Süleyman Kaplan, PhD, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey

Henry Lai, Bioelectromagnetics Research Laboratory, University of Washington

Don Maisch,PhD, www.emfacts.com

Anthony B. Miller, MD, School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Joel Moskowitz, PhD, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

Yael Stein, MD, Hebrew University – Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Annie J. Sasco, MD, DrPH, University of Bordeaux, France

Stephen Sinatra, M.D., F.A.C.C., C.N.S., C.B.T.

Hugh Taylor, MD, Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Leonardo Trasande, MD, Institute of Environmental Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center

John Wargo, PhD, Professor of Risk Analysis, Environmental Policy, and Political Science, Yale University

Jingduan Yang, MD, Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia

B. Blake Levitt, former New York Times contributor, medical/science journalist, author

Nancy Alderman, President, Environment and Human Health. Inc.

L. Lloyd Morgan, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Health Trust

Janet Newton, EMRadiation Institute

Giorgio Cinciripini, Co founder of Italian Network of No-Electrosmog NGOs

Desiree Jaworski, Executive Director, Center for Safer Wireless

Ellen Marks, California Brain Tumor Association

Wafaa Aborashed, Executive Director, Bay Area Healthy 880 Communities

Cindy Sage, MA, Co-Editor, BioInitiative 2012 Report, Sage Associates

Frank Clegg, CEO, Canadians For Safe Technology

Mary Beth Brangan & James Heddle, Co-Directors, EON

STREAMING NOW PRESS CONFERENCE: BabySafe Project

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1. Speaking now: Hugh Taylor, MD, Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital (nt)

2. Speaking now: Devra Davis, Ph.D. MPH, Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley (nt)

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VIDEO: BabySafe News Conference here (54 minutes)

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Cell phone study - #KnowYourExposure

Source: Ernie Anastos/ Dari Alexander/ Stacy Delikat - Fox5News

A study on pregnancy, cell phone radiation and behavioral changes in mice was released. (No additional text)

EXCELLENT INTRO VIDEO. Watch it go viral.

Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/Clip/10229270/knowyourexposure

http://www.aansneurosurgeon.org/2014/06/11/risks-to-babys-brain-development-from-wireless-radiation/

June 11, 2014 9:00 — 0 Comments

Risks to Baby’s Brain Development from Wireless Radiation

A national public-awareness campaign, called the BabySafe Project is being coordinated to urge pregnant women to limit their exposure to wireless radiation from cell phones and other devices by taking simple steps to protect themselves and their unborn children. The effort is based on research that links exposure to wireless radiation from cell phones during pregnancy to neurological and behavioral problems in children. Although more research is needed to determine how the developing brain is affected, evidence suggests potential harm.

Researchers recommend taking simple precautions, such as avoiding carrying your cell phone on your body or avoiding prolonged or direct exposure to nearby Wi-Fi routers. To read more about this study, click here.

This article was written by AANS Neurosurgeon on Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 at 9:00 am.

Joel Moskowitz ?@berkeleyprc 11h
Amer Assn Neurological Surgeons: Risks to Baby’s Brain Development from Wireless Radiation http://bit.ly/1linLPu

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[center]

INTERNATIONAL PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS
by Governments, Authorities and Schools.

Governments and health authorities around the world are taking action
to minimize citizen’s exposure to wireless radiation.[/center]

DETAILS AT LINK.

[center]INTERNATIONAL PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS
by Governments, Authorities and Schools.

Governments and health authorities around the world are taking action
to minimize citizen’s exposure to wireless radiation.[/center]

France: New Legislation and the National Agency for Health, Food and Environmental Safety (ANSES).
● 2013 The French National Assembly passed an amendment banning WiFi from nursery Schools and strongly discouraging Wi­Fi in their schools until its proven “safe for human consumption.”
● 2011 French Cell Phone Statute: Merchants must display SAR Radiation levels for different phone models, all phones must be sold with a headset, cell phone ads aimed at children younger than 14 are banned and phones made for children under 6 are banned.
● 2013 ANSES Report recommends hands free phones, SAR labeling, and “limiting the population's exposure to radiofrequencies... especially for children and intensive users, and controlling the overall exposure that results from relay antennas.”
● The French National Library along with other libraries in Paris, and a number of universities removed Wi­Fi networks in 2008.
● Herouville­Saint­Clair has removed all Wi­Fi equipment installed in municipal facilities. Priority was given to schools. WiFi is replaced in almost all schools by fiber optic cable.

Belgium: Federal Public Health Regulations on March 2013 due to Health Concerns for Children.
● Phones designed for children under 7 years old are prohibited from sale.
● Total Advertising Ban on cell phones aimed at children younger than 14.
● Mandatory Radiation SAR levels must be available for consumers at point of sale.
● Warning label on phones: “Think about your health – use your mobile phone moderately, make your calls wearing an earpiece and choose a set with a lower SAR value.”
● Recommendations include use of hands­free methods to keep the phone away from the body such as text messaging and not making calls when the signal is weak, such as in an elevator or in a moving vehicle.
Australia: In 2013 the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency issued Fact Sheet 14: titled How to Reduce exposure from mobile phones and other wireless devices.
● Reduce the risk from WiFi devices by “keeping them at a distance, for example placing the wireless router away from where people spend time”, and “reducing the amount of time you use them”.
● “ARPANSA recommends that parents encourage their children to limit their exposure.”

Finland: The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority issued recommendations for children which include: favoring text messages, parents limiting duration and amount of calls,the use of hands free devices, avoiding calls in a low reception area and keeping the phone away from the body.
● "With children, we have reason to be especially careful, because there is not enough research on children's mobile phone use. Unfortunately, it will not be easy to obtain this information in the future, either, because of ethical considerations, the use of children as research subjects must always be heavily justified", according to STUK research director Sisko Salomaa.

Israel: The Israeli Ministry Of Education has issued guidelines limiting WiFi and cell phone use in schools.
● Preschool through 2nd grade have banned the use of wireless networks.
● A hard wired direct cable connection is required if the teacher has a computer in the class.
● The Israeli Supreme Court Has ordered the Israeli government to reply why Wifi installations should
not cease by July 2014.
● In third and fourth grade class internet is restricted to 3 hours per week.
● The Education Ministry has instructed all schools to perform radiation tests.
● Israel's Minister of Health Rabi Litzman stated that he supports a ban on Wi­Fi in schools.

Switzerland: The Governing Council of Thurgau Canton 2008 “The Governing Council recommends for schools to forgo the use of wireless networks when the structural makeup of a given school building allows for a wired network.“

Germany: The German Federal Ministry for Radiation Protection states,”supplementary precautionary measures such as wired cable alternatives are to be preferred to the WLAN system.”
● Bavaria: The State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs: “For precautionary reasons the Federal Office for Radiation Protection recommends for schools that if a wireless network is used to place its components in suitable locations and to prefer the use of wired network solutions whenever possible.” In 2007 Parliament recommendation to all schools to not install wireless LAN networks.
● Frankfurt: “In Frankfurt’s schools there will be no wireless networks in the short or mid term. The Local Education Authority did not wish to conduct a “large scale human experiment,” said Michael Damian, spokesperson of the Head of the School Department Jutta Ebeling.

Austria: "The official advice of the Public Health Department of the Salzburg Region is not to use WLAN and DECT in Schools or Kindergartens.” ­Gerd Oberfeld, MD.
● The Austrian Medical Society has issues cell phone safety guidelines stating that cell phones should be used for as short of a time as possible and that children under 16 should not use cell phones at all. The state that wireless LAN leads to high microwave exposure.
United Kingdom: The UK National Health Service has specific Recommendations for children and cell phones as “children are thought to be at higher risk of health implications”.
● “Children should only use mobile phones for essential purposes and keep all calls short. “
● For the public they have “recommendations to help lower any potential long­term risks” which
include keeping calls short, keep phone away from the body on standby mode, only use it when the reception is strong and use a phone with an external antenna.

India: 2012 The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology issued EMF guidelines with new Exposure Limits lowered to 1/10 of the ICNIRP level, SAR labeling on phones.
● Official guidelines for cell phone use include: Headsets, Speakerphones, limiting cell use, increasing distance from devices, and choosing landlines.
● 2013: Supreme Court of India upholds a decision of the High Court of the State of Rajasthan to remove all cell towers from the vicinity of schools, colleges, hospitals and playgrounds because of radiation “hazardous to life.”
● The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has a webpage entitled “ A Journey for EMF” detailing guidelines and current issues with wireless devices and cell towers.

Italy: The Italian Supreme Court ruled a man’s brain tumor was caused by his cell phone use in 2012. The National Institute for Workmen’s Compensation must compensate a worker with head tumor due to cell use.

Russia: The Russian National Committee on Non­Ionizing Radiation Protection has repeatedly warned about electromagnetic radiation impacts on children and recommended WiFi not be used in schools.
● “Thus, for the first time in the human history, children using mobile telecommunications along with the adult population are included into the health risk group due to the RF EMF exposure.”
● “In children, the amount of so­called stem cells is larger than in adults and the stem cells were shown to be the most sensitive to RF EMF exposure.”
● “It is reasonable to set limits on mobile telecommunications use by children and adolescents, including ban on all types of advertisement of mobile telecommunications for children.”
● Decision of Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection 2008, "CHILDREN AND MOBILE PHONES: THE HEALTH OF THE FOLLOWING GENERATIONS IS IN DANGER.”

Canada: Health Canada offers “Practical Advice” on reducing exposure to wireless radiation.
● Recommendations: 1. Limit the length of cell phone calls, 2. Replace cell phone calls with text, use
"hands­free" devices and 3. Encourage children under the age of 18 to limit their cell phone usage
● “Health Canada reminds cell phone users that they can take practical measures to reduce RF
exposure. The department encourages parents to reduce their children's RF exposure from cell phones since children are typically more sensitive to a variety of environmental agents...There is a lack of scientific information regarding the potential health impacts of cell phones on children.”

European Environment Agency: “All reasonable measures to be taken to reduce exposures to electromagnetic fields, especially radiofrequencies from mobile phones and particularly the exposures to children and young adults. Current exposure limits to be reconsidered.”

The European Environment Agency Report: “Late Lessons from Early Warnings, Volume II” 2013 Report details the accumulating science on radio frequency radiation, the significant risks of waiting and critical need to take precautionary action to reduce exposures to avoid widespread harm.

Resolution 1815: In 2011 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe issued The Potential Dangers of Electromagnetic Fields and Their Effect on the Environment.

A call to European governments to “take all reasonable measures” to reduce exposure to electromagnetic fields “particularly the exposure to children and young people who seem to be most at risk from head tumours.”
The Resolution calls for member states to:
● Implement “information campaigns about the risk of biological effects on the environment and
human health, especially targeting children and young people of reproductive age. “
● “Reconsider the scientific basis for the present standards on exposure to electromagnetic
fields set by the International Commission on Non­Ionising Radiation Protection, which have serious limitations, and apply ALARA principles, covering both thermal effects and the athermic or biological effects of electromagnetic emissions or radiation.”
“For children in general, and particularly in schools and classrooms, give preference to wired Internet connections, and strictly regulate the use of mobile phones by schoolchildren on school premises.”

United States: Legislation has been introduced at the state and national level. Some Communities have issued proclamations, resolutions and and started initiatives to inform the public of wireless health issues.
● 2012 The Cell Phone Right to Know Act H.R. 6358 was introduced receiving strong support from many organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics. (AAP Letter here.) This legislation called for labels on mobile devices at point of sale, a comprehensive national research program to study whether exposure to wireless devices causes adverse biological effects directed by NIEHS and the EPA and exposure level regulation.
● 2014 The Maine LD 1013 "The Wireless Information Act" passed the State Senate and House but then failed to pass the second vote. The Bill requires manufacturer's information on radio­frequency exposure be visible on the outside of the cell phone's product packaging.
● 2014 Hawaii Senate Bill SB 2571 was introduced calling for a warning label encouraging consumers to follow the enclosed product safety guidelines to reduce exposure to radiation that may be hazardous to their health.
● The San Francisco Cell Phone Right to Know Ordinance was signed in 2011 requiring cell phone retailers to distribute an educational sheet created by the San Francisco Department of Environment that explains radiofrequency emissions from cell phones and how consumers can minimize their exposure. The CTIA sued the city and settled with the City to block implementation of the Ordinance in exchange for a waiver of attorneys' fees. The City still maintains a Cell Phone Information page with significant information on how to reduce exposure.
● 2012, Jackson Hole, Wyoming made a Proclamation of Cell Phone Safety which cites concern over long term health effects as well as the increased risk the radiation poses to children.
● Pembroke Pines, Florida passed Resolution 3362 which expressed the City's "Urgent Concerns" about Wireless Radiation and Health, encourages citizens to read their manuals and presents information on how to reduce exposure by using a headset or speakerphone.
● 2010 Burlingame California City Council voted to include cell phone safety guidelines in their Healthy Living in Burlingame initiative which include the WHO classification and precautions a consumer can take if concerned.
● 2010, Portland Maine, October was declared “Cell Phone Awareness Month”
● Past Proposed Legislation includes SB 932 California, HM 32, New Mexico, HB 1408 Pennsylvania,
and SB 679 Oregon.

[center]Examples of Schools Implementing Best Practices[/center]

2014: UPPER Sturt Primary School, Australia opts for “No WIFI”
2014: The St. Augustine School in Italy turned off Wifi and goes back to Wires.
2013 Winlaw Elementary School, B.C. Canada turned off WiFi.
2013 Te Horo Primary School New Zealand Replaced WIFI with cable­based internet. 2013 Kootenay Lakes District School Board BC (One school without Wi­Fi)
2013 Blaise­Cendrars High School, Switzerland. Teachers vote to remove WiFi.
2012 Kivioja primary school in Ylivieska Finland bans phones and minimizes Wireless. 2011 City of Lakes Waldorf School, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
2011 Aurora School in Ontario removed Wifi and replaced with hardwired.
2011 North Cariboo Christian School in Quesnel, B.C., removed Wi­fi .
2011 Pretty River Academy in Ontario no WiFi.
2011 Wayside Academy, Peterborough, Ontario no Wi Fi.
2010 Surrey, BC Roots and Wings Montessori removed Wi­Fi.
2010 Ontario St. Vincent Euphrasia elementary school: Parents voted to turn off Wi­Fi. 2009 HEROUVILLE­SAINT­CLAIR wi­fi networks removed.

[center]Parent Teacher Organizations[/center]
2013 Canadian Teacher Federation’s Brief (200,000 elementary and secondary school teachers)
● “CTF is concerned about the lack of definitive research regarding the adverse health effects of Wi­Fi.
● “We propose a prudent approach to the use of Wi­Fi, especially where children are present.”
● “We recommend an education program regarding the relative safety of Wi­Fi exposure and that
appropriate resources be developed to educate the public regarding ways to avoid potential
exposure risks of Wi­Fi access points and devices.”
● “Pedagogical needs could be met in schools with an approach that limits exposure to Wi­Fi.”
2013 United Teachers of Los Angeles, representing 40,000 teachers and staff
● Resolution passed: “I move that UTLA will abide by current National NEA Policy for Environmentally
Safe Schools which states that all employees and stakeholders should be informed when there are changes in their exposure to environmental hazards including electromagnetic radiation and that all stakeholders and the public should be notified of any actual and potential hazards.”
2013 Elementary Teacher's Federation of Ontario ­ over 76,000 teachers
● Label the location Of Wi­Fi access points.
● Develop a hazard control program related to wireless microwave radiation through JHSC.
2012; The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (45,000 Ontario teachers)
● Recommends a wired infrastructure as WIFI “may present a potential Health and Safety risk or
hazard in the workplace...The safety of this technology has not thoroughly been researched and therefore the precautionary principle and prudent avoidance of exposure should be practiced.”

2010 : UK VOICE ;The Union for Education Professionals­ 20,000 members
● "Voice has advocated that new Wi­Fi systems should not be installed in schools, that existing
systems should be turned off when not required and that schools should consider whether they really need to use Wi­Fi, which was developed to facilitate Internet access on the move rather than to be used as a convenient alternative to cables in dedicated IT facilities.”
2010 Greater Victoria Teachers' Association
● Wi­Fi free zones should be available.
● On/Off routers recommended and record any adverse Wi­Fi health effects.
● Minimal or non­use within elementary schools.
2013 BC Teachers Federation adopted Wireless Resolutions and Proposed Resolutions
● “The BCTF supports members who are suffering from Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity by ensuring
their medical needs are accommodated in the workplace.”
● Proposed Resolutions “the World Health Organization's classification of radiofrequency/electromagnetic fields emitted by wireless devices as a 2B possible cancer risk to humans; that the BCTF ensures all teachers have the right to work in a safe environment, including the right to work in a Wi­Fi/ wireless­free environment.”
● Recommendation to the Ministry of Education that school boards “begin immediate installation of on/off switches for Wi­Fi routers in schools, thereby reducing microwave radiation exposure and reducing health risks to members, and/or provide safer Ethernet cables or fibre optics”.
2013 The BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils (BCCPAC) of 821 Advisory Councils representing over 500,000 parents in British Columbia passed two resolutions.
● Resolution 17 "calls on each Board of Education to have one public school at each education level that is free of Wi­Fi, cordless phones and cell phones. This school will only be equipped with wired computers and wired telephones for personal, educational and administrative purposes."
● Resolution 18 calls on Boards of Education to "cease to install Wi­Fi and other wireless networks in schools where other networking technology is feasible." passed with a clear majority.
2008 Lucerne Elementary Secondary Arrow Lakes District SD 10 New Denver BC, Canada
● Opts for “No WIFI

“The National Education Association believes that all educational facilities must have healthy indoor air quality, be smoke­free, be safe from environmental and chemical hazards, and be safe from hazardous
electromagnetic fields.” Section C­19 of the NEA 2013­2014 Resolutions

http://ehtrust.org/france-new-national-law-bans-wifi-nursery-school/

France: New National Law Bans WIFI in Nursery School
by Annie Sasco, MD D.Sc

Dr. Annie Sasco, served the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, for 22 years, including posts as Chief of Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention and Acting Chief of the Cancer Control Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO). She earned her MA, MS, and DSc from Harvard University and is currently Professor of Epidemiology University of Bordeaux.

Professor Annie Sasco, MD, DSc former Cancer Prevention Chief of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and a distinguished science adviser to Environmental Health Trust sends us her report about France’s new national law regulating electromagnetic field exposure:

On January 29, 2015, the French National Assembly made history by passing a new national law to reduce exposures to wireless radiation electromagnetic fields.

* WiFi Banned in Nursery Schools: WIFI and Wireless devices will be banned in “the spaces dedicated to home, to rest and activities of children under 3 years”.
* WiFi Minimized in Schools: In schools for children up to 11 years, WIFI routers should be turned off when not in use for pedagogic purposes.
* Schools Will be Informed: The board of the school should be informed when new tech equipment is being installed in schools.
* Cell Tower Emission Compliance Will Be Verified: A decree will define the limits of emission of equipments for electronic communications or transmission to which the public is exposed. These values can be verified by accredited organisations and results will be made accessible to the public through a National Radiofrequency Agency.
* Citizens Will Have Access to Environmental/Cell Tower Radiation Measurements Near homes: Every resident may get access to the results of measurements for their living space. Conditions of information of the public as well as involvement of the local authorities are specified as are the steps to follow in case of disagreement.
* Cell Antennae Maps For the Country: A description and map of the places with atypical (higher than the limits) places will be conducted at regular intervals with follow up of the actions being taken to limit the exposure. A map of all antennas will be produced for each town
* Continued Evaluation of Health Effects: The National Radiofrequence Agency will be in charge of surveillance and vigilance, evaluating potential risks and setting up scientific research, including information on health effects.
* SAR Radiation Labeling Mandated: The SAR of cell phones must be clearly indicated on the package.
* Information on Reducing Exposures Mandatory: Information on ways to reduce exposure will be detailed in the contents of the cell phone package. .
* WIFI Hotspots will be Labeled: Places where WIFI is provided should be clearly marked with a pictogram.
* Advertisements Must Recommend Devices That Reduce Radiation Exposure to the Brain: Advertising for cell phones should clearly indicate the recommendation of hand free kits for protection of the head of the user and it will be included in the package. * Advertising for cell phone not accompanied by such a kit is forbidden. Companies in violation will be fined 75,000 Euros.
* Children Must Be Provided Protections: At the request of the buyer, equipment reducing cell phone radiation exposures to the head for children less than 14 years should be provided.
* The Public Will Be Informed: Within a year, a policy of information on awareness and information on a responsible and reasonable use of cell phones and other apparatus emitting radiofrequencies will be set up.
* Electrohyper-sensitivity Report To Be Submitted: Within a year, a report on electrohyper sensitivity must be given to the Parliament.

This new law represents a significant step forward. Further laws and decrees may reinforce the current law, in particular with a stronger protection in schools.

Annie Sasco, MD D.Sc,

Dr. Annie Sasco, served the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, for 22 years, including posts as Chief of Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention and Acting Chief of the Cancer Control Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO), She earned her MA,MS, and DSc from Harvard University and is currently Professor of Epidemiology University of Bordeaux.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/wellbeing/11589857/Is-Wi-Fi-making-your-child-ill.html

Background:

In February the French government banned Wi-Fi in nursery schools and restricted use in primary schools. The German government has recommended that the use of Wi-Fi in the workplace or home should be avoided where possible. LA has reduced student exposure to Wi-Fi radiation to 10,000 times below US government standard.

In 2000, a report commissioned by the Government concluded that no school should fall within 100 metres of a mobile phone mast; in 2007 a BBC Panorama programme found that the readings next to a classroom laptop showed radiation at double the level only 100 metres from a mobile phone mast.

A five-year-old absorbs up to 60 per cent more radiation than an adult due largely to their thinner skulls and the high water content of a young body. In Western countries brain tumours have overtaken leukaemia as the most common cause of cancer in children.
A 2008 study found a fivefold increase in the risk of glioma (a form of brain cancer now recognised by the World Health Organisation as being linked to mobile phone usage) for those starting mobile phone use under 20 years of age, indicating that the age group at first use is highly significant.

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Protect Your Pregnancy From Wireless Radiation
Published on Jun 6, 2014

For more information go to: http://www.babysafeproject.org/

Four moms talk about their decision to avoid wireless radiation from cell phones and wireless networks during pregnancy, and Dr. Hugh Taylor from Yale University talks about his study linking exposure to wireless radiation to neurological and behavioral problems including symptoms resembling attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Learn more about wireless radiation and pregnancy at http://www.babysafeproject.org/ and join the conversation on Twitter at #KnowYourExposure.

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Public Health Impacts of Wireless Radiation -- Flying Blind
Posted: 07/07/2014 10:12 am EDT Updated: 5 hours ago

By Devra Davis, Ph.D.
President and Founder, Environmental Health Trust, lecturer, San Francisco, London

As uses and users of wireless transmitting devices are skyrocketing in our homes, schools and even our national parks, one would think that scientific research on the human health and environmental implications of wireless electromagnetic radiation would be exploding with fierce competition. Yet as I write this blog fresh from the Capetown South Africa meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, research funding and training in this field is at its lowest point in modern history in both the government and private sector. Motorola's once vaunted laboratory is no more.

The society awarded its highest accolade to Environmental Protection Agency Senior Scientist Carl Blackman at the meeting. EPA's most distinguished and prolific investigator in the field, Blackman retired just two days after receiving the D'Arsonval Medal. Blackman explained that funds for research in this field at EPA had been wiped out.

This is a tragedy for the field and bespeaks an unfortunate policy direction. Despite the extraordinary growth in wireless transmitting devices, we lack the resources to study their impacts in any systematic way. The absence of research on the health or environmental impacts of wireless radiation should not be confused with proof of safety.

Other presentations highlighted the exciting new field of electro-ceuticals -- where electric current is being applied to treat a range of diseases including cancer. Thus, the biological impact of electromagnetic fields is not in dispute. The meeting also heard presentations showing that cows, bats and carp orient their bodies along lines that reflect the earth's magnetic field. When asked what this might mean for mammalian migration and even for human health, Uwe Bregger, the animal ecologist who presented this work, quipped, "I would certainly never live near a wireless tower."

The issue of exposures to towers is one of many on which we simply have no serious research underway, despite growing public concerns.

The last national survey on exposures to electromagnetic fields in America took place in 1980. Standards for cell phones were set 18 years ago. Would you fly in an airplane that met old safety standards? While the Israelis have established a national institute to evaluate wireless transmitting devices, no serious research is underway in the U.S., excepting one large animal study that was first proposed 14 years ago. In fact, this past week researchers in China published a study on pregnant women planning to have an abortion. Those results are mindboggling: Women with the highest exposures to electromagnetic fields had much smaller embryos.

Conspicuously missing from the Bioelectromagnetics meeting are young students from America. Frank Barnes, member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and mentor to a generation of students, has no funding to continue his groundbreaking work at the University of Colorado showing the impacts of magnetic fields on experimental variability. In 2008, he chaired the committee that presented a National Research Council Report, "The Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices," as requested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, identifying research gaps and the critical need to increase our understanding of any potential adverse effects of long term chronic exposure to RF energy on children and pregnant woman. That report identified several important data gaps -- none of which has been addressed in the meantime.

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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/829881

Children Face the Highest Health Risk From Cell Phones

Roxanne Nelson
August 13, 2014

The potential harm from microwave radiation (MWR) emitted by wireless devices, particularly for children and unborn babies, is the highlight of a new review.

Although the data are conflicting, associations between MWR and cancer have been observed.

The review, by L. Lloyd Morgan, senior science fellow at Environmental Health Trust, and colleagues, was published online July 15 in the Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure.

The authors reviewed the current literature showing that children face a higher health risk than adults. They evaluated peer-reviewed cell phone exposure epidemiology from 2009 to 2014, along with cell phone dosimetry data, government documents, manufacturers' manuals, and similar publications.

The rate of absorption is higher in children than adults because their brain tissues are more absorbent, their skulls are thinner, and their relative size is smaller. The fetus is particularly vulnerable because MWR exposure can result in degeneration of the protective myelin sheath that surrounds brain neurons, they report.

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Raising "Appropriate Concerns"

The review authors "continue to raise appropriate concerns related to the ever-increasing role of technologies that emit nonionizing radiation, including cell phones and certain toys," said L. Dade Lunsford, MD, Lars Leksell Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, who was not involved in the study.

"They indicate that certain types of tumors, at least as reported, may have increased in incidence, including the most malignant brain tumors and perhaps hearing nerve tumors," he told Medscape Medical News. However, he pointed out that there are issues with some of the data, and that many of the reports are anecdotal.

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Take-Home Messages About Safe Use

As a take-home message for physicians and other healthcare practitioners, Morgan emphasized that wireless telecommunication devices need to be used in a safe manner. These devices are now part of everyday life, "but they can be used in a manner that is safe enough," he said. "Cars are not safe, for example, but they are safe enough. The essential problem is the vast majority of the public has no knowledge of their hazards."

Morgan and his colleagues have made some recommendations.

The first is that "distance is your friend." The intensity of radiation decreases as the square of the distance from the source increases (the inverse-square law). He explained that holding a cell phone 15 cm from your ear "provides a 10,000-fold reduction in risk."

Unless a cell phone is turned off, it is always radiating. When not in use, it should not be kept on the body. The best place for a cell phone is somewhere like a purse, bag, or backpack.

Devices should be kept away from a pregnant woman's abdomen, and a mother should not use a cell phone while nursing, Morgan noted. "And baby monitors should not be placed in an infant's crib."

Children and adolescents need to know how to use these devices safely. Cell phones should not be allowed in a child's bedroom at night, he continued. "The Pew Research Center has reported that 75% of preteens and early teens sleep all night with their cell phone under their pillow."

Because the risk is cumulative, and more radiation is absorbed with more hours of use, children should be taught to minimize their wireless phone use, Morgan explained. Landlines, Skype, and computer phone services (when connected to the Internet with a cable) do not emit radiation and their use should be encouraged.

Finally, Wi-Fi routers in the home should be placed away from where people, particularly children, spend the most time. "Boys should not keep a cell phone in their front pants pockets," he said. There is a potential harm to sperm, although no prepuberty studies of young boys have assessed whether early exposure to MWR has any effect on sperm after puberty, he acknowledged.

"And girls should not place their cell phone in their bras," he added. This recommendation was based on a case study of 4 young women with a history of putting cell phones in their bras and who developed breast cancer — 2 at the age of 21 years (Case Rep Med. 2013;2013:354682).

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