Dear School Officials,
Parents have sent School Officials 1,000’s
of peer reviewed studies by scientists and medical experts showing the harmful
effects of wireless technology associated with long term exposure to microwave
radiation such as increased infertility, neurodegenerative disease and cancer. Experts both nationally and internationally
continue to call on the Canadian
government to implement much stricter exposure standards for radio frequency
radiation to mitigate risk, especially for infants and children who are most
vulnerable.
Why have School Officials refused to heed the recommendations from the
highest level of public health? The
World Health Organization (WHO), declared that parents should reduce children's
chronic exposure to RF/MWR where ever possible to mitigate risk for harmful
effects, pointing out that any reasonable measure to limit or reduce
exposure would be benefit children, fetuses and those with EHS.
According to a report
delivered June 18th 2015, by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (HESA) the microwave
radiation from wireless devices is now a "serious public health
issue". The Canadian Parliamentary
Committee discussed possible links between RF exposure and cancer, reproductive
issues and autism. Concerns were raised about RF exposure in schools due to use
of Wi-Fi; the need for RF exposure limits to protect vulnerable populations
such as pregnant women, infants and children, and persons with electromagnetic
hypersensitivity (EHS)
The International EMF Scientist Appeal, signed by
over 200 EMF research scientists, university professors and medical doctors
from 40 countries, called upon the
United Nations, the WHO, and the UN Member States to address the emerging
public health crisis
Health Canada has
disregarded or minimized certain recent studies, such as cancer, DNA damage,
protein synthesis, stress response, and detrimental biological health effects
in humans that occur at radiation levels far below the existing Safety Code 6
Guideline. During the hearings four international experts testified that Health Canada is "either unwilling or
not competent" to judge current scientific evidence that wireless
radiation is harmful to our health. Health Canada is not protecting the public.
In
February 20, 2013, in the Superior Court of Quebec, James McNamee,
Health Canada scientist admitted that the Safety
Code 6 guidelines for microwave radiation (which includes radiation from
most of the devices we are concerned about like mobile phones, cell phone
antennas, Wi-Fi, wireless toys and baby monitors, smart meters etc. is based ONLY on preventing a heating
effect! That is burning of the skin
within 6 minutes.
The statement in the Preface of Safety Code 6 (2009) is the following
(page 3):
The
purpose of this code is to establish safety limits for human exposure to
radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic energy in the frequency range from 3 kHz to
300 GHz. The safety limits in this code
apply to all individuals working at, or visiting, federally regulated sites.
These guidelines may also be adopted by the provinces, industry or other
interested parties.
Health
Canada’s Safety Code 6 does NOT apply to provinces, industry, or other
interested parties. The provinces have the authority to establish levels
far more restrictive than Safety Code 6.
Dr.
McNamee finally admitted that the guidelines in question regarding cell towers
are based ONLY on preventing a thermal effect, it is now accurate to say that Canada
does not have a guideline to protect Canadians from long-term exposure to
“non-thermal” levels of microwave radiation!
In February 2015, Lloyds of London
officially reiterated its long-held policy to exclude any liability coverage for injuries, “Directly or indirectly
arising out of, resulting from, or contributed to by electromagnetic fields,
electromagnetic radiation, radio waves or noise.” (Exclusion
32) This would include microwave wireless radiation emitted from the
commercial grade Wi-Fi transmitters and the multiple wireless devices.
The
Ministry of Education has put the onus on the individual School Boards to
approve the installation of this wireless technology thus relieving themselves
of any liability. It is made very clear in a letter to the BCCPAC dated
November 19, 2012, from the Ministry of Education, the Board of Education
has the authority to develop policies addressing the use of wireless technology
in schools and to implement the appropriate technology where it is deemed
necessary to support the education needs of students.
When
parents requested ONE peer reviewed study proving ‘wifi was safe for children
and the unborn,’ Health Officers were unable to present one. The Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Kendall has stated in a letter in March
2015, “Nor, as others have suggested
do I make statements that such radiation is 'safe' ”.
Vancouver Island School Medical Officer Dr. Stanwick has stated: Upon review of
the evidence, the prevailing position in this province from experts at the
federal, provincial and regional levels is that the evidence reveals that “Wi-Fi
exposure in schools does not pose a level of risk that is unacceptable.” The
other chief medical health officers in the province, Provincial Health Officer,
Ministry of Health and other federal and provincial agencies hold this
position.
Stating
there is in fact a risk.
Why are School Officials refusing Parents, Teachers and Students their RIGHT
TO KNOW http://www.c4st.org/PMB about the
health risks from this unregulated technology that has never been tested for
safety? Safety Manuals and Disclaimers
have not been disclosed, for example:
Apple instructs its users: “Read all
safety information below and operating instructions before using iPad to avoid
injury.”
“...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”
A child cannot hold an iPad without being exposed to microwave radiation
pulsating every 4 seconds. That’s 900 bursts of radiation in one hour!
The user
manual also recommends users (many children): “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.”
Samsung 3G
Laptop: “Usage precautions during 3G connection: Keep
safe distance from pregnant woman’s stomach or from lower stomach of
teenagers. Body work operation: Important safety information regarding radiofrequency
radiation (RF) exposure. To ensure
compliance with RF exposure guidelines the Notebook PC must be used with a
minimum of 20.8 cm (8 Inches) antenna separation from the body.”
Apple "iPhone's SAR
measurement may exceed the FCC exposure guidelines for body-worn operation if
positioned less than 15 mm (5/8th inch) from the body. When using iPhone
near your body for voice calls or for wireless data transmission over a
cellular network, keep iPhone at least 15 mm (5/8th inch) away from the body,
and only use carrying cases, belt clips or holsters that do not have metal
parts and that maintain at least 15 mm (5/8th inch) separation between iPhone
and the body
Why are teachers being forced to claim disability
or early retirement, parents having to take their children out of school for
home schooling and others forced in frustration to give up their parental right
to protect their children? Why is it no amount of evidence, peer reviewed
studies, presentations by scientists and medical experts fail to make School
Officials understand this mandatory exposure to microwave radiation causes permanent
and irreversible damage?
Why are School Officials willfully turning a deaf
ear to the voices of our children who are suffering from this RF exposure?
Janis Hoffmann
CST Director, Children's Health & Safety
C4ST Riding Rep
Founder Parents for Safe Schools
C4ST Riding Rep
Founder Parents for Safe Schools
United Nations Declaration of the Rights of
the Child, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), asserts:
Article 3
1. In all actions concerning
children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions,
courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best
interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.
2. States Parties undertake to
ensure the child such protection and care as is necessary for his or her
well-being, taking into account the rights and duties of his or her parents,
legal guardians, or other individuals legally responsible for him or her, and,
to this end, shall take all appropriate legislative and administrative
measures.
3. States Parties
shall ensure that the institutions, services and facilities responsible for the
care or protection of children shall conform with the standards established by
competent authorities, particularly in the areas of safety, health, in the
number and suitability of their staff, as well as competent supervision.
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