Monday 27 January 2014

Motion to Inform Parents and Students of iPads Safety Warnings and Disclaimers was Defeated January 20, 2014


Notice of Motion: McNally

a)
i. That the Board ensure that all K-5 classrooms with wifi capability have simplified iPad safety requirements posted where students can read them, and
ii.that the instructions are clearly interpreted in drawings for non-readers; 
iii. that the classroom teacher review these safety requirements with students as needed and if unsafe operation of the iPad is noted, and
iv. that all school personnel who will be working with students and iPads be given a copy of the iPad safety information below:

School Staff Information:

Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy:   iPad contains radio transmitters and receivers. When on, iPad sends and receives radio frequency (RF)  energy through its antenna. The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® antennas are located behind the screen to the left of the Home button, and behind  the Apple logo. iPad has been tested and meets the SAR exposure requirements for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth operation. A cellular antenna is located at the top edge of the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, when oriented with the Home button at the bottom. For optimal  mobile device performance and to be sure that human exposure to RF energy does not exceed the FCC, IC, and European Union guidelines,  always follow these instructions and precautions: Orient the device in portrait mode with the Home button at the bottom of the display, or in landscape mode with the cellular antenna (located under the black  edge at the top of the device) away from your body or other objects .

Electronic  Interference: The wireless transmitters and electrical circuits in iPad Wi-Fi + 3G may cause interference in other electronic equipment. If you have any reason to suspect that interference is taking place, turn iPad off immediately (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, and then slide the onscreen slider)

Medical Devices: iPad contains radios that emit electromagnetic fields....[which] may interfere with pacemakers or other medical devices. If you wear a pacemaker maintain at least 6 inches (approximately 15 cm) of separation between your pacemaker and iPad....iPad has magnets along the left edge of the device and on the right side of the front glass which may interfere with ...medical devices.

Medical conditions:  If you have any medical condition that you believe could be affected by iPad (for example, seizures, blackouts, eyestrain or headaches),  consult with your physician prior to using iPad.  

Seizures, Blackouts, and Eyestrain
A small percentage of people may be susceptible to blackouts or seizures (even if they have never had one before) when exposed to flashing lights or light patterns such as when playing games or watching video. If you have experienced seizures or blackouts or have a family history of such occurrences, you should consult a physician before playing games or watching videos on your iPad. Discontinue use of iPad and consult a physician if you experience headaches, blackouts, seizures, convulsion, eye or muscle twitching, loss of awareness, involuntary movement, or disorientation. To reduce risk of headaches, blackouts, seizures, and eyestrain, avoid prolonged use, hold iPad some distance from your eyes, use iPad in a well-lit room, and take frequent breaks.

Glass Parts
The outside cover of the iPad screen is made of glass. This glass could break if iPad is dropped on a hard surface or receives a substantial impact. If the glass chips or cracks, do not touch or attempt to remove the broken glass and stop using iPad.

b)
That the Board ensure all middle school classrooms have summarized points from the iPad safety section in the manual posted in every classroom, and that the classroom teacher supervising operation of iPads review the safety information as needed / when unsafe operation is observed.

Proposed summary:  If you hold the ipad in Portrait mode with the short edges at the top and bottom,  keep the Home button at the bottom. If you hold the iPad in Landscape mode with the long edges on the top and bottom, hold the iPad so the the cellular antenna (located under the black  edge at the top of the device) is away from your body. Use the iPad on  a table top. Do not hold it against your body.

c)
That high school classrooms have the iPad safety information from the applicable manual  posted and visible to students, and that it be brought to students’ attention by the classroom teacher as needed.

d)
That any information posted in classrooms and / or provided to teachers regarding safe operation of iPads be sent to parents by the Administration of every school in which wifi is used.

e) 
That the link to videos of recorded  iPad emissions on the SafeInSchool site be provided to parents by school Principals. (http://www.safeinschool.org/2012/01/ipad-iphone-wi-fi-radiation-and.html)

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Background for motion:

  • iPad manual  (2013 manual Safety, Handling and Support, 2012 Safety Information, and 2010 Safety Guidelines):
  • 2010:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1524/en_US/iPad_Important_Product_Information_Guide.pdf
  • 2012 http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1571/en_US/ipad_2_att_important_product_info.pdf
  • iPad has built -in proximity sensor to reduce RD exposure:
            http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/12/can-a-100-ipad-case-improve-3g-data-power/2/
  • Based on the photos released by the FCC, the 3G models include additional antennas as well as a plastic strip in the rear panel to improve reception.
            http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad+Wi-Fi+Teardown/2183
  • 5 antennas in some models:
            http://gizmodo.com/5528612/ipad-3g-dismantled-there-are-five-antennas
  • iPad emissions videos
            http://www.safeinschool.org/2012/01/ipad-iphone-wi-fi-radiation-and.html




Sunday 26 January 2014

Tear Downs by iFixit.com on different iPad Models


The user manual of iPad 1st Generation states:

Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy  iPad contains radio transmitters 
and receivers. When on, iPad sends and receives radio frequency (RF) 
energy through its antenna. The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® antennas are 

located behind the screen to the left of the Home button, and behind 

the Apple logo. iPad has been tested and meets the SAR exposure 
requirements for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth operation.

A cellular antenna is located at the top edge of the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, 
when oriented with the Home button at the bottom. For optimal 

mobile device performance and to be sure that human exposure to RF 
energy does not exceed the FCC, IC, and European Union guidelines, 

always follow these instructions and precautions: Orient the device in 
portrait mode with the Home button at the bottom of the display, or 

in landscape mode with the cellular antenna (located under the black 
edge at the top of the device) away from your body or other objects.

In the 1st generation iPad, there were TWO Wi-Fi antennas; one at the Apple logo and another one at the bottom next to the Home buttonhttp://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad+Wi-Fi+Teardown/2183

In the subsequent models of iPad, ifixit.com's dissection found that "The Wi-Fi antenna is attached to the bottom right edge of the rear case of the iPad via screws and a cable."  It is not at behind the Apple logo anymore (possibly to make the unit thinner). Apple failed to update their newer user manuals with this change. Curiously, they deleted the part that says the WiFi and Bluetooth antennas are at the bottom next to the Home button. They continued to say that users should orient the iPad with the Home button at the bottom when viewing in portrait mode (Note: there is already another "cellular" antenna at the top of the iPad which needs to be avoided!). Even more curiously, they continued to state that the WiFi-Bluetooth antenna is behind the Apple logo, even though it's not! Perhaps Apple realized that - if users know about the real location of the WiFi-Bluetooth antenna - they will have a hard time deciding how to orient the iPad when there are antennas both at the top and the bottom while in portrait mode, and it's impossible to hold the iPad with the hands in landscape mode while trying to avoid the antennas on the left and right.

With the WiFi-Bluetooth antenna at the bottom of the iPad being undisclosed in the current user manuals, there is no warning to users about keeping a distance from this bottom antenna. People will be resting this antenna directly on their laps, and be touching it when holding the iPad with their hands without knowing the risk.

iPad 2 Manual: 
iPad 3 Manual: 

Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy   iPad 
contains radio transmitters and receivers. When on, 

iPad sends and receives radio frequency (RF) energy 
through its antenna. The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® 

antennas are located behind the Apple logo. iPad 
has been tested and meets the SAR exposure 

requirements for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth operation.

A cellular antenna is located at the top edge of 

iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, opposite the Home button at the 
bottom. For optimal mobile device performance 

and so that human exposure to RF energy does not 
exceed the FCC, IC, and European Union guidelines, 

always follow these instructions and precautions: 
Orient the device with the cellular antenna (located 
under the black edge at the top of the device) away 
from your body or other objects.


iPad 2 WiFi-Bluetooth replacement antenna:
Pad 2 Wi-Fi EMC 2415 model 
No more WiFi antenna at the Apple logo:
iPad 2 Wi-Fi EMC 2560 model 
No more WiFi antenna at the Apple logo:
 

Here is a list of the Specific Absorption Rate of all the currently available iPads, including Cellular+WiFi and WiFi-only models.

This compilation is to show that the Specific Absorption Rate, SAR of iPads in 3G/Celluar mode and in WiFi mode are similar, as some people have incorrectly suggested that the emission from WiFi-only iPads is lower. As a matter of fact, we have found that in real-life measurement, the signals sent from a WiFi-enabled iPad was more continual than when it's on 3G transmission, since (when on WiFi) it blasts every few seconds, constantly trying to search for or maintain connection with the WiFi router. The peak radiation level of the WiFi-iPad is also many times higher than an iPhone on talking transmission.
 
Since iPad 2, the WiFi antenna of the iPad is no longer "located behind the Apple logo".

* * *

Here is a list of the SAR of all the currently available iPads, including Cellular+WiFi and WiFi-only models.
RF exposure for most of the models can be found here:  http://www.apple.com/legal/rfexposure/

Monday 13 January 2014

iPad Safety Warnings and Disclaimers


Apple says, “Read all safety information below and operating instructions before using iPad to avoid injury.”

iPad contains radio transmitters and receivers. When on, iPad sends and receives radio frequency (RF) energy through its antenna. The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® antennas are located behind the screen to the left of the Home button, and behind the Apple logo... A cellular antenna is located at the top edge of iPad Wi-Fi+3G, when oriented with the Home button at the bottom.”

... to be sure that human exposure to RF energy does not exceed the FCC, IC, and European Union guidelines, always follow these instructions and precautions: Orient the device in portrait mode with the Home button at the bottom of the display, or in landscape mode with the cellular antenna (located under the black edge at the top of the device) away from your body or other objects...”

you can further limit your exposure by limiting the amount of time using iPad  Wi-Fi+3G  in wireless mode, since time is a factor in how much exposure a person receives, and by placing more distance between your body and iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, since exposure level drops off dramatically with distance.”

Seizures, Blackouts, and Eyestrain
 
A small percentage of people may be susceptible to blackouts or seizures (even if they have never had one before) when exposed to flashing lights or light patterns such as when playing games or watching video. If you have experienced seizures or blackouts or have a family history of such occurrences, you should consult a physician before playing games or watching videos on your iPad. Discontinue use of iPad and consult a physician if you experience headaches, blackouts, seizures, convulsion, eye or muscle twitching, loss of awareness, involuntary movement, or disorientation. To reduce risk of headaches, blackouts, seizures, and eyestrain, avoid prolonged use, hold iPad some distance from your eyes, use iPad in a well-lit room, and take frequent breaks.

Glass Parts
The outside cover of the iPad screen is made of glass. This glass could break if iPad is dropped on a hard surface or receives a substantial impact. If the glass chips or cracks, do not touch or attempt to remove the broken glass and stop using iPad. Glass cracked due to misuse or abuse is not covered under the warranty.

Radio Frequency Interference
Radio-frequency emissions from electronic equipment can negatively affect the operation of other electronic equipment, causing them to malfunction... the wireless transmitters and electrical circuits in iPad Wi-Fi + 3G may cause interference in other electronic equipment. Therefore, please take the following precautions:

Aircraft
Use of iPad may be prohibited while traveling in aircraft.
For more information about using Airplane Mode to turn off the iPad wireless transmitters, see the iPad User Guide.

Vehicles
Radio frequency emissions from iPad may affect electronic systems in motor vehicles. Check with the manufacturer or its representative regarding your vehicle.

Pacemakers
The Health Industry Manufacturers Association recommends that a minimum separation of 15 cm (6 inches) be maintained between a handheld wireless phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker.

Persons with pacemakers: Should always keep iPad more than 15 cm (6 inches) from the pacemaker when the wireless device is turned on.

If you have any reason to suspect that interference is taking place, turn iPad off
immediately (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, and then slide the onscreen slider).

Other Medical Devices
If you use any other personal medical device, consult the device manufacturer or your physician to determine if it is adequately shielded from radio frequency emissions from iPad.

Health Care Facilities
Hospitals and health care facilities may use equipment that is particularly sensitive to external radio frequency emissions. Turn iPad off when staff or posted signs instruct you to do so.

Blasting Areas and Posted Facilities
To avoid interfering with blasting operations, turn off iPad when in a “blasting area” or in areas posted “Turn off two-way radio.” Obey all signs and instructions.

Read more: 

Sunday 12 January 2014

Do you and your children know what to do if someone breaks a CFL Bulb?


The government has discontinued the cheap and safe incandescent light bulb and has now made it mandatory to use highly toxin CFL bulbs that need poisonous mercury vapor to work. The other choice is the expensive LED bulbs which are not eco-friendly either because of their content of lead and nickel.

Does your children know to evacuate the room with someone breaks a CFL bulb?

Why are we being forced to use expensive light bulbs that are filled with poisons and polluting our environment?

Toxic Light - The Dark Side of Energy Saving Bulbs 

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: A New Cancer Risk in Your Home

http://www.anh-usa.org/compact-fluorescent-light-bulbs-a-new-cancer-risk-in-your-home/

LED bulbs not as eco-friendly as some might think

Please co-sign Cheryl Gallant's letter to the Minister of Natural Resources (The Hon Joe Oliver), Health (The Hon Rona Ambrose) and Environment (The Hon Leona Aglukkaq) and tell the Government to stop the light bulb ban.
You can co-sign the letter here at
http://www.stopthelightbulbban.ca


Here is an excerpt from a note from Prof. Olle Johansson, Karolisnka Inst., Stockholm, Sweden on the banning of the incandescent light bulb. 
 
"I do not think I need to remind you of the health issues ranging from the fact that they are radiofrequent (most often between 70,000 and 120,000 Hz) to all the problems with their mercury content (a child exposed to one broken CFL bulb will receive eight thousand times the recommended amount of mercury vapor!), all the plastic and metal waste from the socket concomitant with a general recycling problem, the UV problem (a recent study shows that CFL bulbs emit high levels of ultraviolet radiation, specifically, UVC and UVA rays.

In fact, the UV rays are so strong that they can actually burn skin and skin cells. Experts say the radiation could initiate cell death and cause skin cancer in its deadliest form, malignant melanoma), etc., etc., etc."

It is all a huge spin, lie, scam and fraud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta2ozf_uJJ8

Wednesday 8 January 2014

URGENT INFORMATION: The Fifth Estate, "The Silence of the Labs", January 10th. CBC TV


    The Silence of the Labs

   In the past few years, the federal government has cut funding to more than 76 world-renowned research institutes and hundreds of programs. The Harper government has dismissed more than 2,000 scientists and researchers. It has cut programs that monitored smoke emissions, food inspections, oil spills, water quality and climate change

    Now scientists have become unlikely radicals, denouncing what they call is a politically driven war on knowledge. In Silence of the Labs, Linden MacIntyre tells the story of scientists - and what is at stake for Canadians - from Nova Scotia to the B.C. Pacific Coast to the far Arctic Circle.

     We know Health Canada ignores science about the dangers of RF, as does our provincial government and Provincial Medical Officer, Dr. Perry Kendall. 


How the Harper Government Committed a Knowledge Massacre 

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/capt-trevor-greene/science-cuts-canada_b_4534729.html



Wednesday 1 January 2014

2013 Collection of Studies, Videos and News Releases


Studies
1396 Reference Links to Peer-Reviewed Studies re RF Microwave Radiation
…how much more proof do parents need before school officials will protect students from needless microwave radiation? Hard-wired computers are much safer!
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/Electrosmog-Bibliography-COLLECTIONS,28,3376

WHO International Stakeholder Seminar on RF Policies – We are calling on the World Health Organization to lead the world, because the public has clearly not given permission or approval or been given proper advice or words of caution to allow them to make informed decisions…


World Health Organization - IARC MONOGRAPHS ON THE EVALUATION OF CARCINOGEN RISKS TO HUMANS
Children are particularly vulnerable as “the average exposure from use of the same mobile phone is higher by a factor of 2 in a child’s brain and higher by a factor of 10 in the bone marrow of the skull.”  Also, the child’s brain is developing at a much greater rate than the adult's brain.
http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol102/mono102.pdf

Studies - You may review the more than 5000 studies listed in these documents plus the searchable database below:

34 Scientific Studies Showing Adverse Health Effects From Wi-Fi

Here is an excellent collection of scientific papers finding adverse biological effects or damage to health from Wi-Fi signals, Wi-Fi-enabled devices or Wi-Fi frequencies (2.4 or 5 GHz), complied by campaign group WiFi In Schools.

and here are the first pages of all 34 studies, a great compilation:   

http://www.wifiinschools.org.uk/resources/Wi-Fi+papers.pdf

Swedish review strengthens grounds for concluding that radiation from cellular and cordless phones is a probable human carcinogen.
Report on recent studies which advise that RF from wireless devices should be classified as 2A (probable) human carcinogen. Many earlier studies were poorly done, perhaps because many, such as the Interphone Study, were funded largely by the industry

Wi-Fi technology – an uncontrolled global experiment on the health of mankind by Marko Markov & Yuri G. Grigoriev - Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine (pages 200-208) - June 2013:
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/WiFi-technology--an-uncontrolled-global-experiment-on-the-health-of-mankind,6,3162

The alteration of spontaneous low frequency oscillations caused by acute electromagnetic fields exposure.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24012322

Everything You Wanted to Know about Cell Phone Radiation

Health effects of electromagnetic radiation exposure from cell phones, Wi-Fi, and Smart Meters, and strategies to reduce potential harm.

http://www.saferemr.com/2013/11/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about.html

Editorial: Effects of electromagnetic fields on biological systems
Marko Markov. Editorial: Effects of electromagnetic fields on biological systems. Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine. 32(2):121-122. June, 2013.
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/15368378.2013.776333

Bibliography of Reported Biological Phenomena ('Effects') and Clinical Manifestations Attributed to Microwave and Radio-Frequency Radiation Research Report -October 04, 1971 & April 20, 1972:

 www.magdahavas.com

RADIOFREQUENCYIMICROWAVE RADIATION BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
AND SAFETY STANDARDS: A REVIEW
Here is one document from the US military, written in 1994, but referencing studies showing harm, proving harm, done in the 1950s.
http://www.stopthecrime.net/docs/RF-Microwave-Radiation-Biological-Effects%20Rome%20Labs.pdf
 
Psychotronic and Electromagnetic Weapons: Remote Control of the Human Nervous System - Dr. Zory Glaser gave her thousands of previously classified US military documents about this very topic.

- http://www.globalresearch.ca/psychotronic-and-electromagnetic-weapons-remote-control-of-the-human-nervous-system/5319111

The History of the Health Effects from RF and Microwave Radiation from the Archives of Zory Glaser - Dr. Zory R. Glaser Ph.D., LT, MSC, USNR - Former U.S. Navy Researcher, NIOSH Manager, Executive Secretary Advisor to the U.S. FDA:

NASA Langley Research Center Powerpoint presentation called ‘Future Strategic Issues/Future Warefare’ - Circa 2025 by Chief Scientist, Dennis M. Bushnell.screens 49-51. A startling admission from July, 2001
- http://www.stopthecrime.net/docs/nasa-thefutureof-war.pdf  pages 49-51 (of special note; PAGE 50)

Autism and EMF? Plausibility of a pathophysiological link


Wireless Networking in Schools – A call to limit unnecessary radiation exposure in light of potential health risks - September 24, 2013:

European Citizen’s Initiative “Electromagnetic Radiation”
An international group of organizations from Spain, France, Portugal, and Sweden met in Madrid last month to follow up and take action on the Council of Europe's Resolution 1815 regarding wireless microwave-producing devices
http://www.peccem.org/DocumentacionDescarga/Campanas/ICE2013/ENG_EUROPEAN_MANIFESTO_IN_SUPPORT_THE_ECI.pdf

BC Centre for Disease Control Report Points to Damaging Health Effects from Wireless Devices

http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/BC-Centre-for-Disease-Control-Report-Points-to-Damaging-Health-Effects-from-Wireless-Devices,85,3386

Exposure to Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields during Pregnancy and the Risk of Spontaneous Abortion: A Case-Control Study

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24077469

The influence of microwave radiation from cellular phone on fetal rat brain.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22268709

Interference between Active Implanted Medical Devices and Electromagnetic Field Emitting Devices is Rare but Real: Results of an Incidence Study in a Population of Physicians in France
Experts have warned about these meters interfering with medical devices such as pacemakers (cardiac), deep brain implants (Parkinsons), dialysis (kidneys).


The relationship between cell phone use, academic performance, anxiety, in college students

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-5-JeCa2Z7hSDBhbFIyVXZfMGM/edit?pli=1

ICEMS Position Paper on the Cerebral Tumor Court Case


Multifocal Breast Cancer in Young Women with Prolonged Contact between Their Breasts and Their Cellular Phones


News Releases

Expert Panel Review Safety Code 6 - Submissions and Presentations - October 28, 2013:

Written submissions to Royal Society Panel

Expert Panel Review Safety Code 6 - Margaret Friesen B.Sc. M.Sc. - SECOND Submission to Royal Society of Canada - scientific literature on wireless radiation:

http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/Expert-Panel-Review-Safety-Code-6--Margaret-Friesen-BSc-MSc,82,3587

UK medical doctors call for 'immediate action' against wireless technologies

Extra-low-frequency magnetic fields alter cancer cells through metabolic restriction

http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/15368378.2013.817334
Federal Wi-Fi panel criticized for undisclosed conflict


Wireless radiation safety hearing criticized

Electro-hypersensitivity – the position in Sweden – Professor Olle Johansson
http://www.foodsmatter.com/es/general/articles/johansson_ehs_in_sweden.html

One woman’s battle with electromagnetic hypersensitivity shares her account of living with an extreme sensitivity to everyday technology by Noor Javed - Toronto Star - June 15, 2013 [Toronto Women's College Hospital]:
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/06/15/cellphone_towers_one_womans_struggle_with_electromagnetic_hypersensitivity.html

Wireless Smart Meter Case Studies - American Academy of Environmental Medicine - October 23, 2013:
- http://
skyvisionsolutions.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/aaem-wireless-smart-meter-case-studies.pdf



Australian government ordered to compensate worker with electromagnetic hypersensitivity
http://www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/australian-government-ordered-to-compensate-worker-with-electromagnetic-hypersensitivity
http://health.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/wran-dcmdva/message/576

CSIRO scientist Dr David McDonald wins compensation for Wi-Fi pain


Belgium Adopts New Regulations to Promote Cell Phone Radiation Safety
Children’s mobile phones are banned. The specific absorption rate (SAR) must be listed on every mobile phone at the point of sale and a warning provided to customers to choose a lower SAR phone, use it moderately, and wear an earpiece.

 


New Zealand Parents Removed Wi-Fi From Their Childrens' School Because 'Wi-Fi Causes Cancer'

Australian parents demand school Wi-Fi ban despite ARPANSA saying it’s safe

Electromagnetic waves kept away from schools - (France)
The amendment states that the implementation of the public service provided by digital educational text should be promoting the "wired" connections, that is to say with Ethernet rather than wireless

Electro sensitivity recognized as a disease in France
http://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.ca/2013/11/electrosensitivity-finally-recognized.html?spref=tw
 
More teachers effected by Wi-Fi in schools
http://c4st.org/news/what-s-happening-in-canada/kingston-teacher-suffers-from-emr.html

Switzerland: Teachers Vote to Keep Wi-Fi Out of School


The Israeli Supreme Court Ordered the Israeli Government to Investigate the Number of Children Currently Suffering From EHS
http://www.emfacts.com/2013/07/the-israeli-supreme-court-ordered-the-israeli-government-to-investigate-the-number-of-children-currently-suffering-from-ehs/

ISRAEL Supreme Court on WIFI -07/2013 - summary

Update from the Supreme Court today on the appeal to stop the deployment of WIFI in schools in ISRAEL:
http://norad4u.blogspot.co.il/2013/07/israel-supreme-court-on-wifi-072013.html
Doctor warns of health effects of WiFi exposure ....WiFi will soon be out of style. What’s coming is LiFi — they’re actually using light to carry the information.”

Doctors weigh in on dangers of Wi-Fi signal exposure


EMF at High Performance Schools
http://healthybuildingscience.com/2013/08/05/emf-at-high-performance-schools/?goback=%2Egde_2680375_member_263780861

Stop Exposing Children to WiFi and 3G in our schools - August 12, 2013:
http://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2013/08/12/stop-exposing-children-to-wifi-and-3g-in-our-schools/

Winlaw parents win lobby for no Wi-Fi in school

http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/206826071.html?fb_comment_id=fbc_413124982119151_2355146_413131465451836#f31ce56843f52f

iPads: How Safe Are Our Children?
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/uploads/scribd/iPads-AreChildrenSafe-TheGreenGazette-2013.pdf

Wi-Fi - Ontario Elementary teachers' union updates electronic device policy
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/08/17/toronto-cell-phone-ban.html

Ontario Teachers' Union Votes To Ban Cell Phones In Classrooms http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/08/17/ontario-cell-phone-classrooms-etfo_n_3773730.html)

Dr Marie-Therese Gibson resigns from Tangara School for Girls over Wi-Fi health worries


EMF exposures destroy health and well-being, claims panel of top international scientists by Lloyd Burrell
http://
www.naturalnews.com/041575_electromagnetic_fields_cell_phones_public_health.html#ixzz2c25TcPTY

Autism – Could it be caused by radiofrequency exposure during vulnerable development periods?
http://www.electricalpollution.com/Autism.html

Children’s Health Expert Panel: Cell Phones & Wi-Fi―Are Children, Fetuses and Fertility at Risk?

Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs), Extremely Low-Frequency (ELF) and Radiofrequency (RF): What are the Health Impacts? (May 20, 2013):

- http://www.globalresearch.ca/electromagnetic-fields-emf-extremely-low-frequencies-elf-and-radio-frequencies-rf-what-are-the-health-impacts/5335801

A New Allergy, Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity 


Electro-hypersensitivity - the position in Sweden - Professor Olle Johansson

http://www.foodsmatter.com/es/general/articles/johansson_ehs_in_sweden.html

Is Your WiFi making you sick?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-morford/is-your-wifi-making-you-s_b_3315685.html

Wi-Fi waves causing sickness, says woman by Christopher Sun - Alberni Valley News - July 18, 2013:
http://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/216372111.html

Something Doesn't Add Up About "ADD!" Summit
- http://www.wishsummit.com/add 

Something Is Rotten in Denmark - Danish Cancer Society Plays Games with Brain Cancer Rates - December 13, 2013:
- http://microwavenews.com/news-center/something-rotten-denmark 

Wireless Radiation Standards Essential To Prevent Cancer, Other Harm

Wireless broadband Internet access is all the rage. The noise is drowning out concerns for this technology’s risks.

http://arizonaadvancedmedicine.com/wifi-blues-by-jeffry-fawcett-phd/


Electromagnetic Radiation Safety

Health effects of electromagnetic radiation exposure from cell phones, Wi-Fi, and Smart Meters, and strategies to reduce potential harm. 

http://www.saferemr.com/2013/12/cellphone-radiation-safety-in-2013-year.html?spref=tw

Digital dementia: Digital technology could be hampering our children and grandchildren in more ways than one!


30 Minutes Exposure to 4G Cell Phone Radiation Affects Brain Activity: New Study
The peer-reviewed journal Clinical Neurophysiology has just published research showing that 30 minutes of exposure to LTE cellphone radiation effects brain activity on both side of the brain.


Louise Brosnan pulled her boys out St Kevin’s Primary School at Geebung after Wi-Fi was installed


Belgium Adopts New Regulations to Promote Cell Phone Radiation Safety

Children’s mobile phones are banned. The specific absorption rate (SAR) must be listed on every mobile phone at the point of sale and a warning provided to customers to choose a lower SAR phone, use it moderately, and wear an earpiece.

http://www.prlog.org/12231532-belgium-adopts-new-regulations-to-promote-cell-phone-radiation-safety.html


Cell Phone Radiation Litigation - Class Actions - Merchant Law Group LLP:

- https://www.merchantlaw.com/classactions/cell_radiation.php

Cellphones implicated in cancer
The influence of being physically near to a cell phone transmission mast on the incidence of Cancer
http://www.wvgazette.com/Opinion/OpEdCommentaries/201307260126
 
LTE Cell Phone Radiation Affects Brain Activity in Cell Phone Users

Wearing Your Smartphone – Not Too Smart? - Public News Service - November 11, 2013:
- http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2013-11-11/health-issues/wearing-your-smartphone-not-too-smart/a35522-1

 Cell Phone Radiation Affects Brain Activity in Cell Phone Users

Warning: Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Everything You Wanted to Know about Cell Phone Radiation - Electromagnetic Radiation Safety - November 20, 2013:
- http://
www.saferemr.com/2013/11/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about.html

Former wireless-industry executive Jeremy Denton dies

Cell Phones and Cell Biology: Are We Selling Out? by David Katz, M.D., Director, Yale Prevention Research Center - Huffington Post - December 12, 2013:

What is that “Smartphone” Really Costing You and Your Family?

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The Wireless Age - Human Progress or Profit and Greed?

Up to 10 teenagers diagnosed with brain tumors in the same Los Angeles suburb: Erin Brockovich is investigating this cancer cluster.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2517674/Up-10-teenagers-diagnosed-brain-tumors-Moorpark-California.html#ixzz2mXmjMI1u
 

Avid Cellphone Use by College Kids Tied to Anxiety, Lower Grades

Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512002254

Laptop use lowers student grades, experiment shows
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/laptop-use-lowers-student-grades-experiment-shows-1.1401860?cmp=rss

Laptop use lowers student grades, experiment shows - Screens also distract laptop-free classmates 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/08/14/technology-laptop-grades.html?cmp=rss

Students Find Ways To Hack School-Issued iPads Within A Week
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/09/27/226654921/students-find-ways-to-hack-school-issued-ipads-within-a-week

L.A. Unified takes back iPads as $1-billion plan hits hurdles

LAUSD halts home use of iPads for students after devices hacked                                                                                                                      

iPad software licenses expire in three years, L.A. Unified says
Renewing licenses could cost $50 to $100 per iPad, about $60 million annually, despite earlier statements that the district would own the software permanently.   "At the end of three years, that content is going to disappear or we're going to be violating something by attempting to use this content?”
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-1120-lausd-ipads-20131120,0,429771.story#tugs_story_display

Baby Monitor Hacked: Security Experts Advise Securing Home WiFi Network After Father Hears Disturbing Voice Emanating From Device

Letters

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) – August 29, 2013
...find out why child health experts are asking the US Government for much stricter radiation standards for all wireless devices including Wi-Fi (wireless internet).
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7520940378

Letter to Parents on Fertility and Other Risks to Children from Wireless Technologies


Project Definition and Funding Strategy for Phase 1A of the
Common Core Technology Project Plan – Cindy Sage, Letter to Los Angeles Board of Education

Why are we rushing ahead with this spread of microwave radiation?

Harvard doctor warns against wireless hazards

A letter sent to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) from Martha R. Herbert, PhD, MD regarding wireless installations in LA schools.

http://emfsafetynetwork.org/harvard-doctor-warns-against-wi-fi-hazards/ 

Videos

Dr. Anthony Miller to Toronto Council re: RF Exposure
University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health presents to Toronto Council that RF exposure should be classified as a 2A (probable carcinogen), not a 2B (possible carcinogen)


The Royal Society of Canada is in the process of reviewing Health Canada’s exposure standards (Safety Code 6) in relation to radio frequency radiation emitted by cell towers and all wireless technologies to determine if new safety standards are needed.

Rodney Palmer’s presentation (18 min) Child affected by Wi-Fi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsPBUuwCfaI
Learn what actions school officials took after two children died in Simcoe SD from cardiac arrest

Charlene Acres presentation (8min) Child affected by Wi-Fi

Dr. Martin Blank presentation (13 min)

Frank Clegg, former President of Microsoft

Marcey Kliparchuk, (14 min) teacher

Sharon Noble, Director of Stop Smart Meters BC

Una St Clair, Director of CST

Dan Welland, C4ST (7 min)

Margaret Friesen M. Sc (14 min)
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/Presentation-to-the-Royal-Society-of-Canada--Margaret-Friesen,49,3564

A Science Icon Died 17 Years Ago. In His Last Interview, He Made A Warning That Gives Me Goosebumps. by Rajiv Narayan - Upworthy:
- http://www.upworthy.com/a-science-icon-died-17-years-ago-in-his-last-interview-he-made-a-warning-that-gives-me-goosebumps-5?c=ufb1

Special DNA concerns for children - Martin Blank, PhD
Martin Blank, PhD joined Devra Davis, PhD, Hugh Taylor, MD, David Carpenter, MD, Camilla Rees, MBA and Frank Clegg at the 1st public forum in the U.S. on EMF effects on Children, Fetuses and Fertility in Stonington, CT, June 2013.
Do we need more research? - Martin Blank, PhD Special Lecturer and Retired Assoc. Professor, Columbia University
http://vimeo.com/71837266
Wi-Fi in Schools: Dr. Stephen Sinatra M.D.

Dr. Olle Johansson of the Karolinska Institute of Sweden warns about the potential irreversible damage being done to DNA of our children by exposure to RF radiation from cell phones and transmitters, Wi-Fi Internet, smart meters, etc. 

Scientist/Research Biochemist Dr. Jerry Phillips speaks of industry interference with studies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YBxyY8FoOs

Dr. Magda Havas: The Truth About Wired & Wireless Technologies
Dr. Hugh Taylor discussing Yale research showing ADHD like behavior and brain changes from cell phone exposure in mice. by ElectromagneticHealth.Org - Vimeo - 2013:
- http://vimeo.com/73431739

Strong evidence for hazards of RF in brain cancer. "A whole generation may be very much at risk" - David Carpenter, MD by ElectromagneticHealth.Org - Vimeo - June 2013:
http://vimeo.com/73806191

WiFi Health Effects: Presentation to Portland Public Schools Board
Dr. Martin Pall, Professor Emeretis of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences, and Merry Callahan, health advocate, present updated information on the health impacts from EMF radiation. 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCAyPMVuJHY

Radiofrequency Radiation - Hidden Health and Environmental Effects by B. Blake Levitt

Dr. Klinghardt showing the chilling effect of microwave radiation on the pathogens in our bodies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=qMAV-pZMlZs&NR=1

Mr. Barrie Trower, residing in England, is a retired British military intelligence scientist, a physicist, specialist in microwaves and had a career in MI5, when RF and microwaves were used as weapons.

Barrie Trower at the Open Mind Conference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMewMGsiTk8

NEW Barrie Trower WiFi Report - Humanity At The Brink

These 14 clips of Barrie Trower's presentations total about 30 minutes, please take the time to watch them.

Barrie Trower (Clip 1 of 14) - Irreparable DNA Damage from Non-Ionising Radiation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCbUwhlQl7w

Barrie Trower (Clip 2 of 14) - No Safe Level of Microwave Radiation for Children

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wa0jhKxH_I

Barrie Trower (Clip 3 of 14) - Electro-Sensitivity in School Children

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsZTDsIevm4
Barrie Trower (Clip 4 of 14) - Why won't schools confirm in writing that Wi-Fi is Safe?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA6hrehZtzY

Barrie Trower (Clip 5 of 14) - Schools are not insured against microwave damage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzBy0KBmj4E

Barrie Trower (Clip 6 of 14) - Doctors are afraid to diagnose microwave sickness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VipQDJG4nWM
Barrie Trower (Clip 7 of 14) - The government will not let this industry fail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNEHBIc0pgA
Barrie Trower (Clip 8 of 14) - If you take on this industry, you take on the government
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQYD1_NNrkU

Barrie Trower (Clip 9 of 14) - How the mobile phone industry can buy itself another 25 years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPGDGI3DHVM

Barrie Trower (Clip 10 of 14) - You can't take these people to court proving it's dangerous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI8WyCfnLFE

Barrie Trower (Clip 11 of 14) - Impossible to pass radiation through a child without a reaction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31rRUFa0G8I

Barrie Trower (Clip 12 of 14) - There will be lawsuits enough to bankrupt any government

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYP3u0lWyJ4

SSITA BT (Clip 13 of 14) - The slow, slippery slope to ill health (Microwave effects on melatonin)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bHuY8ReSGY

Barry Trower (Clip 14 of 14) - Schools do not have the right to make that decision

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxtBfjwodsI

Death, Lies and Mutations: Proof the Military Knew All Along About Microwave Radiation Dangers

http://www.zengardner.com/death-lies-and-mutations-proof-the-military-knew-all-along-about-microwave-radiation-dangers/

MICROWAVES, SCIENCE AND LIES DOCUMENTARY: The Trailer
- http://www.ulule.com/ondes-science-et-manigances/
 
Why are the medical professionals not getting involved
http://vimeo.com/23681299

Limit School WIFI Exposure - YouTube - September 21, 2013:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AflhQ7ILla4

Safe & Smart 4 r Kids- reduce wireless radiation (9min)
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency’s advice (ARPNSA)
is equivalent to Health Canada who determines our exposure standard (Safety Code 6) for radio frequency, microwave radiation exposure
. 

Doctors weigh in on dangers of Wi-Fi signal exposure


Limit School WIFI Exposure - Las Vegas - September 21, 2013:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AflhQ7ILla4

Wi-Fi health hazard for students - 

13 Dangers Electromagnetic Radiation Exposure Part 1

The Truthseeker: 'Casualty catastrophe' - Cell phones & Child Brains
Insurers stop covering cell phone use and called it the next 'casualty catastrophe' after tobacco and asbestos; phone manufacturers hit with a class action and personal lawsuits; and the warning deep inside your mobile.


Concerns student's fatal brain tumour linked to wifi
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/20379497/concerns-students-fatal-brain-tumour-linked-to-wifi/

The Daily Planet Show talks about some of the effects of WiFi
Exposing ants to 30 minutes of WiFi caused the ants to slow down and it took almost 6 hours for them to recover and start moving around normally again


Devra Davis Ph.D. : Dangers of Cell Phones & The Real Truth About Health Conference [Live & Online] - Learn about preventing disease and premature aging

http://www.therealtruthabouthealthseminar.com/speakers/devra-lee-davis/devra-davis-ph-d-dangers-of-cell-phones/?inf_contact_key=199f180fbc160de6603bc0a171d65147bf3ae1d75d496f7008ee2bdde5c26beb

Cell Phone Dangers | Dr. Devra Davis @ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNNSztN7wJc&list=UUGOSWGSfR2X9TU3wN5aUgzw&index=1&feature=plcp

Could cell phones be dangerous? - December 30, 2013:
- http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=74tpyQbtsog&feature=c4-overview&list=UUHWAxNn25dBGyUOHmDRKELw

Keep Your Cellphone Out of Your Bra, Pt 1 & Pt 2 - The Dr. Oz Show & Guest John West, MD Surgeon [Breast Specialist] - December 06, 2013
(Keeping your belongings in your bra is convenient and easy. But when it comes to stowing your phone in your bra, it could be doing more harm than good. Find out if cellphones are a risk factor for breast cancer.)

Even men are getting breast cancer in unusually large numbers.


SPECIAL REPORT: Keeping cell phone in bra may lead to breast cancer


Mobile Phones Cause Cancer

Are You Allergic to Your Cell Phone?
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/uploads/scribd/ami-living-june-12-2013.pdf 

Hear Dangerous Microwaves from Baby Monitor Loud and Clear - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kvVD7hrSwY&feature=youtu.be

The Sounds of Different RF Radiation Sources with a HF Analyzer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s99i0H-nBw4&feature=youtu.be

Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks - Pictures you've e-mailed or uploaded from your smartphone could leak information that can threaten your safety or that of your children

Goodbye my Phone and Hello to Reality! YouTube - November 26, 2013:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnhzAurzKiQ#t=127

Wi-Fi - Nanaimo Council Meeting - August 07, 2013:
Christel Martin speaks about health effects from cell towers and Wi-Fi on humans and wildlife re Colliery Dams wildlife refuge

- https://www.nanaimo.ca/meetings/VideoPlayer/Index/SOC130807V


Smart Meter Radiation – Live Blood Analysis 

Microwave radiation dangers in your home - by Magda Havas - YouTube - October 19, 2010:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAnrmJ3un1g

Teaser "Where can we live?" 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QxAzzicjn4&feature=youtu.be

I Forgot My Phone - YouTube - August 22, 2013:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OINa46HeWg8

Digital dementia: The memory problem plaguing teens and young adults
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/08/15/digital-dementia-memory-problem-plaguing-teens-and-young-adults/

 
Audio
Children's Health Expert Panel (AUDIO): "Cellphones and Wifi - Are Children, Fetuses and Fertility at Risk?"
“We think its important parents, teachers and schools know about the risks to children, fetuses and those hoping to conceive from cell phones, WiFi and wireless infrastructure. So we held this program bringing in some of the most knowledgeable experts on the science. Please listen and share widely to empower people to take precautionary steps”.

http://vimeo.com/73165877

(audio 58:11)The Link Between EMF and Autism? (Sage/Herbert interview) - An audio conversation with Cindy Sage and Dr. Martha Herbert, presented by the Collaborative for Health and the Environment - December 10, 2013:

Cell Phones & WiFi--Are Children, Fetuses and Fertility at Risk" - Electromagnetic Health.org - August 29, 2013: (audio 1:40:01)
- http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/summary-and-audio/

"Cell Phones & WiFi - Are Children, Fetuses and Fertility at Risk?" - La Grua Center, Stonington, CT - June 28, 2013: (audio 1:34:56)
- http://vimeo.com/73165877

EMF Protection in the Home - Part 1- Lloyd Burrell - ElectricSense's EMF Health Show - August 2013: (audio 15:54)
- http://www.spreaker.com/user/lloyd-burrell/emf_protection_in_the_home_part_1?utm_source=widget

Flyers and Resources

A pamphlet outlining symptoms associated with electro-hypersensitivity can be downloaded, printed and shared.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/104132082/Unwittingly-Affected-2
 
Teachers' Resource Package re Wi-Fi in Schools

Parents' Information on Wi-Fi Installation in our Schools - Collection of Studies, Videos and News Releases
This is the information that was presented to the Victoria School Board over the last 2 years about the harmful effects microwave radiation has on our children in our schools.
http://citizensforsafetechnology.org/Parents-Information-on-WiFi-Installation-in-our-Schools,72,3507

Here is an informative article about iPad radiation - a "must-read" for parents and teachers:
http://citizensforsafetechnol ​ogy.org/uploads/scribd/iPads-​are-they-safe-for-children-Fl​ yer.pdf