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/
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
Ontario
to ban cellphones from classrooms
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?
Transition to cellphone-free
classrooms smooth: principal
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
'Cellphone hotels' give Kingston
students a break
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...
http://tinyurl.com/y6h3chsu
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
