Monday 6 May 2019

Submission to the US Assembly Bill 272 to ban smartphones in classrooms

Assembly Member Al Muratsuchi

It takes leadership to challenge what is popular and address the growing problem of cell phone addiction in our schools.  It’s clear the constant use of cell phones is interfering with our children’s ability to interact and develop healthy relationships in the real world.  This addiction is robbing our children of the opportunity to build life skills that include critical thinking, communication, cooperation, and the ability to focus.

Besides the negative impact this addiction has on learning, parents, teachers and students are aware of the known biological effects from this unregulated exposure to microwave radiation emitting from these wireless devices.  Most concerning is the increase in anxiety and depression sometimes resulting in suicide.  Many studies have reported that exposure to wireless radiation can cause depression, neurological and psychological changes, especially in children. 

It is a SCIENTIFIC FACT that this exposure causes many health effects, including cancers, anxiety, depression, autism, Alzheimer’s, hormone problems, DNA damage, infertility, etc.  As documented in
over 27,000 peer reviewed studies by scientists and medical experts https://www.emf-portal.org/en

Children are still putting these devices to their heads, abdomens and in their pockets when the Safety Manuals clearly state”  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…away from your body… Why is the government refusing to educate parents, teachers and students on the safe use of these wireless devices?  Just recently an Italian court ordered the government (Ministries of the Environment and Education) to launch a campaign to advise the public of the health risks from mobile and cordless phones.  https://microwavenews.com/short-takes-archive/italian-decision-precaution

This decision to ban cell phones during school hours will make a huge impact on the reduction of radiation exposure our children are experiencing in our classrooms.

Respectfully,

Janis Hoffmann
Parents for Safe Schools

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The Court of Florence has ordered the immediate shutdown of Wi-Fi in a school to protect the health of a minor

US Schools Are Banning Cell Phones In The Classroom
This is a compilation of news from 2016 and 2017

Cell Phones in Schools: To ban or not to ban?

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France to impose total ban on mobile phones in schools

This School Banned Cell Phones And Happiness Followed

Secondary schools are introducing strict new bans on mobile phones 

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NSW review may ban smart phones in schools

Parents, teachers welcome ban on cell phones in schools

Proposed legislation looks to tackle phone use in schools

Government outlaws use of cell phones in schools

Study: Number of children going to ER with suicidal thoughts and attempts has doubled
"Diagnoses of either condition increased from 580,000 in 2007 to 1.12 million in 2015, according to the study, published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. The average age of a child at the time of evaluation was 13, and 43% of the visits were in children between 5 and 11.  "The numbers are very alarming," said Dr. Brett Burstein, the lead study author and a pediatric emergency room physician...

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Child suicide attempts are skyrocketing in the US, but nobody knows why

http://tinyurl.com/y5s2bqy8


International student is found dead sparking police probe into 'sudden death' in Bristol where 12 university students have taken their own lives since 2016

http://tinyurl.com/y2hp34zc


Teen who was allergic to WiFi commits suicide

The mom told the court she had pleaded with her daughter’s teachers to allow her to work in rooms without Wi-Fi, but the school refused.

Canadian hospitals stretched as self-harming teens seek help
"We're seeing twice as many kids as we were 10 years ago," said Dr. Hazen Gandy, division chief of community-based psychiatry at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa.  "Commonly it's cutting," he said of kids typically aged 12 to 17 who slash their arms, thighs or bellies with everything from razor blades to the sharp edges of protractors.


'I felt helpless': Teachers call for support amid 'escalating crisis' of classroom violence

Classrooms in Crisis: Verbal, physical, sometimes violent outbursts plaguing Oregon classrooms. 

Prince George school counsellors say mental health situation is at a crisis point

Momo Is A Red Flag – The internet is not a safe nor a happy place for our children.
In 2018 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association release findings showing a 64% rise in depression in teens between 2013 and 2016 with the Center for Disease Control reporting in 2016 a concurrent 30% rise in suicide. Jean Twenge’s 2017 research found that teens who spend five or more hours per day on their devices are 71 percent more likely to have one risk factor for suicide regardless of the content consumed


Peer-reviewed Studies
Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time

Microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce widespread neuropsychiatric effects including depression

Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health

Electromagnetic Fields, Pulsed Radiofrequency Radiation, and Epigenetics: How Wireless Technologies May Affect Childhood Development

Rats exposed to 2.45GHz of non-ionizing radiation exhibit behavioral changes within creased brain expression of apoptotic caspase 3

Effects of 1.8 GHz Radiofrequency Fields on the Emotional Behavior and Spatial Memory of Adolescent Mice.

Electromagnetic Fields, Pulsed Radiofrequency Radiation, and Epigenetics: How Wireless Technologies May Affect Childhood Development. Child Dev. doi:10.1111/cdev.12824

Depression, anxiety, and smartphone addiction in university students- A cross sectional study

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