From: Janis Hoffmann
Sent: January 8, 2019 7:28 PM
To: bonnie.henry@gov.bc.ca; HLTH.Health@gov.bc.ca
Cc: premier@gov.bc.ca; hlth.minister@gov.bc.ca; mike.farnworth.mla@leg.bc.ca; educ.minister@gov.bc.ca; victoria.lee@ubc.ca
Subject: FW: Our request for a statement on Wifi safety in our schools
To: bonnie.henry@gov.bc.ca; HLTH.Health@gov.bc.ca
Cc: premier@gov.bc.ca; hlth.minister@gov.bc.ca; mike.farnworth.mla@leg.bc.ca; educ.minister@gov.bc.ca; victoria.lee@ubc.ca
Subject: FW: Our request for a statement on Wifi safety in our schools
Dear Dr. Henry,
We are appalled that you feel a regurgitated form letter from Kendall’s library of lies and deception was good enough to send to a large group of parents, teachers and students who are concerned about the current proven health risks to our children from the mandatory exposure to microwave radiation exposure in our schools. Dr. Kendall disregarded
and minimized thousands of peer-reviewed studies, providing proof of
cancer, DNA damage, protein synthesis, stress response, and detrimental
biological and health effects in humans that occur at radiation levels
far below the existing Safety Code 6 Guideline.
Dr.
Kendall was unable to provide the parents with even ONE peer reviewed
study by a scientist or medical expert stating “exposure to microwave
radiation is safe for children and the unborn.” He acted negligently
and without due diligence in his duty to protect our children by
failing to take reasonable steps to mitigate risk from radiation
exposure in our classrooms.
You have failed to provide us with an official response to the current findings of the US National Toxicology Program and the supporting Ramazzini Institute Study that confirmed the link to Cancer.
Dr. Stanwick has endorsed the installation of a known 2b carcinogen listed next to lead, DDT, methyl mercury, chloroform, and car exhaust as an acceptable risk in our schools. We want to know is Cancer an acceptable risk too?
You state that “. . . and we continue to recommend people make personal choices to reduce their exposure.” How can parents make a Personal Choice to protect their children when microwave radiation exposure is mandatory in all our public schools and hospitals?
As a Provincial Health Officer and a civil servant, paid by the taxpayers of BC, you have failed to do your due diligence
by willfully closing your eyes to our requests for answers. We expect
our questions to be answered and immediate action to be taken to protect
our children from harm in the classroom.
Respectfully,
Janis Hoffmann
Parents for Safe Schools
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Health, HLTH HLTH:EX <HLTH.Health@gov.bc.ca>
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Janis Hoffmann
Dear Janice Hoffmann:
I
am responding to a number of emails and letters you have sent in the
last few months. I am aware that you have had several responses from my
predecessor Dr. Kendall and from staff at the Ministry of Health on this
issue. The Honourable Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, asked that I
respond on his behalf.
As
you are aware Health Canada administers the Radiation Emitting Devices
Act which governs the sale, lease, and importation of radiation emitting
devices. The agency has a mandate to carry out research into possible
human effects, monitor scientific literature, and develop recommended
human health exposure guidelines. Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 [https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmental-workplace-health/reports-publications/radiation/safety-code-6-health-canada-radiofrequency-exposure-guidelines-environmental-workplace-health-health-canada.html]
sets out recommended limits for safe human exposure to electromagnetic
fields (EMF). Safety Code 6 is designed to protect all age groups
including children on a continuous basis and considers cumulative
exposure to electromagnetic fields.
In
British Columbia, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) also
provides information regarding the human health effects of
electro-magnetic exposures. This information can be found at: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/health-your-environment/electro-magnetic-exposures.
In addition the statement from Dr. Kendall and frequently asked questions on this issue is available:
In
my role as Provincial Health Officer I, along with my colleagues across
the country, continue to monitor the science around electromagnetic
fields and have reviewed the recent publications with scientists at the
BCCDC and the BC Cancer Agency. There continues to be more research
needed around cellphone use and cancer and we continue to recommend
people make personal choices to reduce their exposure. The scientific
consensus, however, continues to support there is no evidence that
exposure to wifi and smart metres and other devices which use
radiofrequency transmission at current exposure levels poses a threat to
health of children or adults in BC. The statement above remains the
position of my office on this issue.
Sincerely,
Bonnie Henry, MD
MPH, FRCPC
Provincial Health Officer
pc: Honourable John Horgan, Premier
Honourable Adrian Dix, Minister of Health
Honourable Rob Fleming, Minister of Education
We are disappointed that you have been unable to find time to respond to our letters asking you to implement the Precautionary Principal to protect our children's health in our schools.
We are now requesting an appointment to come to your office to discuss the simple solutions to reducing RF radiation in our classrooms.
This will be a health crisis and we can't afford to wait another school year.
Respectfully,
Janis Hoffmann
250-478-7976
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Re: Requesting a response to
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April 20, 2018
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Dear Dr. Bonnie Henry,
We
request that the
BC Provincial Health Officer provide the public with
an official response to
the findings of the US National
Toxicology Program
Expert Panel who concluded that there is “Clear
Evidence of Carcinogenic Activity” and the
association of cancer in the heart and brain and cell
phone radiation.
This is serious health and safety matter
that will cause permanent damage to thousands of
children in all our public schools. Currently it is
mandatory that our children be exposed RF Microwave
Radiation with no way to shield themselves from this
full body radiation, much like the rats used in this
study.
Parents
have been robbed of their right to decide if this
chronic exposure, an established 2B carcinogen listed
next to lead, DDT, methyl mercury, chloroform, and car
exhaust is an acceptable risk or whether precautionary
measures should be implemented given there is
alternative simple solution.
More
and more schools are applying a 'No cell phone' policy
during school hours due to distractions that
negatively impact learning. This has made a
huge impact on the reduction of radiation exposure our
children are experiencing in our classrooms.
However, the removal of the industrial
strength Wi-Fi routers should implemented immediately
and return to hard-wired Internet, which is faster,
cheaper, more reliable, more secure and safer than
wireless networks.
For
as little as a one time cost of $500 US dollars every
classroom would be provided with 40 Ethernet ports
plus adapters for their wireless devices,
costing about $20 per child, a small price to pay
compared to brain surgery, chemotherapy, radiation
treatments etc.
As
the Provincial Health Office you have a duty to take
reasonable steps to reduce wireless radiation in our
schools given the overwhelming amount of evidence of
harm that concerned parents have submitted.
Respectfully.
Janis Hoffmann
Founder of Parentsforsafeschools
Vancouver Island Rep. C4ST.org
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Parents, teachers and
students want to know why the BC Provincial
Health Officer has not done her due diligence
and informed the School Boards about the health
risks
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Janis Hoffmann
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Dear
Dr. Bonnie Henry,
Parents, teachers and students want to know why the BC Provincial Health Officer has not done her due diligence and informed the School Boards about the health risks from the prolonged and accumulative exposure to RF radiation emitting from wireless technology in our schools.
On March 26-29, 2018, the National Toxicology Program (NTP), a 10-year study costing the US 25 million dollars, had eleven experts review the reports from the NTP's cell phone radiation studies. They concluded that exposure to cell phone radiation caused a rare cancer, malignant schwannoma in the heart, and incidences of glioma, a rare, aggressive and highly malignant brain cancer.
https://ehtrust.org/cell-phone-radiofrequency-radiation-study/
Conclusions were based on NTP’s scale of “clear evidence”, “some evidence”, “equivocal evidence”, and “no evidence”. Clear Evidence being conclusive.
"The
evidence indicating wireless is carcinogenic
has increased and can no longer be ignored,"stated
University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of
Public Health Professor Emeritus Anthony B.
Miller MD, Member of the Royal Colleges of
Physicians of Canada and the UK, and Senior
Medical Advisor to EHT who is also a long-term
advisor to the World Health Organization.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=bgGJeOVEdQs
Soon after, the Ramazzini Institute also completed the world's largest animal study on cell tower radiation and confirmed the findings of the National Toxicology Program link to Cancer. This information accompanied with the over 26,000 peer reviewed studies by scientists and medical experts https://www.emf-portal.org/en is more than enough evidence for you to apply the precautionary principal to protect our children. http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/worlds- largest-animal-study-on-cell-tower-radiation-confirms-cancer-link-953696.htm
In January 1998, The Wingspread Conference held a three-day academic conference where the Precautionary Principle was defined. It was agreed the Precautionary Principle would be implemented when an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. The Precautionary Principle shifts the burden of proof, insisting that those responsible for an activity must vouch for its harmlessness and be held responsible if damage occurs. http://sehn.org/wingspread-conference-on-the-precautionary-principle/
Parents, teachers and students want to know why the BC Provincial Health Officer has not done her due diligence and informed the School Boards about the health risks from the prolonged and accumulative exposure to RF radiation emitting from wireless technology in our schools.
On March 26-29, 2018, the National Toxicology Program (NTP), a 10-year study costing the US 25 million dollars, had eleven experts review the reports from the NTP's cell phone radiation studies. They concluded that exposure to cell phone radiation caused a rare cancer, malignant schwannoma in the heart, and incidences of glioma, a rare, aggressive and highly malignant brain cancer.
https://ehtrust.org/cell-phone-radiofrequency-radiation-study/
Conclusions were based on NTP’s scale of “clear evidence”, “some evidence”, “equivocal evidence”, and “no evidence”. Clear Evidence being conclusive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=bgGJeOVEdQs
Soon after, the Ramazzini Institute also completed the world's largest animal study on cell tower radiation and confirmed the findings of the National Toxicology Program link to Cancer. This information accompanied with the over 26,000 peer reviewed studies by scientists and medical experts https://www.emf-portal.org/en is more than enough evidence for you to apply the precautionary principal to protect our children. http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/worlds- largest-animal-study-on-cell-tower-radiation-confirms-cancer-link-953696.htm
In January 1998, The Wingspread Conference held a three-day academic conference where the Precautionary Principle was defined. It was agreed the Precautionary Principle would be implemented when an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. The Precautionary Principle shifts the burden of proof, insisting that those responsible for an activity must vouch for its harmlessness and be held responsible if damage occurs. http://sehn.org/wingspread-conference-on-the-precautionary-principle/
Health
is a Provincial Jurisdiction. Your duty
and obligation as the Provincial Health
Officer and as a Doctor is to implement
the Precautionary Principle by honouring
your Hippocratic Oath, “nil nocere” to do
no harm and protect our children from this
health crisis.
All schools now employ
industrial wireless networks, exposing
students and staff to ubiquitous microwave
radiation without any way to shield or
avoid this mandatory exposure. Parents have never been
informed of the health risks or given
their written consent to expose their
children to microwave radiation in our
schools. School Districts have refused to
educate students, parents and staff on how
to avoid excessive RFR exposure when
handling wireless devices during class
time as outlined in user manuals,
requirements mandated by law.
The BC Ministry of Education has stated they set educational standards, allocates funds and monitors student achievement but decisions regarding the planning and delivery of supports and services for all students are the responsibility of local boards of education and school district administrators. This includes decisions around exposure to RF frequencies and the use of WiFi in the classroom setting.
The Health Minister Philpott was also unable to provide parents with peer reviewed studies stating the safety of Wifi safety in our schools and has instead relied on Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 exposure “guidelines.”
But on February 20, 2013, James McNamee, scientist for Health Canada, admitted in the Superior Court of Quebec, that the Safety Code 6 guideline for microwave radiation emitting from wireless technology is based ONLY on thermal effects, heating of the skin. This means Canada does not have any regulations in place to protect the public from long-term exposure to the biological effects of the “non-thermal” levels of microwave radiation. http://www.magdahavas.com/health-canada-admits-safety-code-6-guideline-for-microwave- radiation-is-based-only-on-thermal-effects/
On page 3, inside the Safety Code 6 document it states, “These guidelines apply to all individuals working at, or visiting, federally regulated sites and may also be adopted by the provinces, industry or other interested parties.” Schools are not federally regulated sites and, therefore, SC 6 does not apply to wifi in schools. The fact that the provinces may Adopt SC 6 means that the provinces are free to set their own guidelines.
http://www.radiationsafety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Safety-Code-6.pdf
In
a report by Dr. Martin Pall he discusses Ken Foster
and John Moulder, 2 industry affiliated scientists
who, for years, have argued that there is no
evidence of harm from exposure to microwave
radiation. These 2 “bent” scientists have been on
Health Canada panels and reviewed Safety Code 6,
stating it is protective of non-thermal effects,
when it applies to thermal effects only. On page 412
(8 of 12) he explains how they use poor science to
help support wifi in schools, cell phones, etc
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cxHocOxsX33OO3dsOfJVLHEj2BVl3Klw/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cxHocOxsX33OO3dsOfJVLHEj2BVl3Klw/view
Tim
Singer from Health Canada responded
to
a letter concerning the radiation levels in our
schools by stating,
Health Canada is aware of concerns related to
Wi-Fi in schools, such decisions are not
within Health Canada’s mandate. We recommend
that you continue
to consult your local school board or
provincial authority to discuss your
concerns.
The finger pointing has now gone full circle and it is obvious that Provincial Health Officer will be held accountable for willfully ignoring the overwhelming amount of scientific proof of harm.
Parents want to exercise their right to protect their children from harm and are calling on you to take immediate action to mitigate the risk and inform the School Boards throughout the province of the established health risks associated with long term exposure to microwave radiation by recommending the use of hard wired connections to access the Internet in our schools.
The burden of proof should not be put upon the public to prove that it’s unsafe, but upon the industry to prove it is safe.
Sincerely,
Janis Hoffmann
Founder of Parentsforsafeschools Vancouver Island Rep. C4ST.org
The finger pointing has now gone full circle and it is obvious that Provincial Health Officer will be held accountable for willfully ignoring the overwhelming amount of scientific proof of harm.
Parents want to exercise their right to protect their children from harm and are calling on you to take immediate action to mitigate the risk and inform the School Boards throughout the province of the established health risks associated with long term exposure to microwave radiation by recommending the use of hard wired connections to access the Internet in our schools.
The burden of proof should not be put upon the public to prove that it’s unsafe, but upon the industry to prove it is safe.
Sincerely,
Janis Hoffmann
Founder of Parentsforsafeschools Vancouver Island Rep. C4ST.org
