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Dear
Adrian Dix,
Unfortunately
our request for a statement about the safety of wireless
technology in our schools from our new Provincial Health
Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry has gone unanswered. The most current letter
on file is dated July 2011, from our School Health Officer,
Dr. Stanwick, who was unable to provide us with any
peer-reviewed studies stating the safety of RF radiation
exposure. Dr. Stanwick instead has shifted “the
responsibility for professional oversight” to the
Provincial Health Officer. Dr. Stanwick, appears to have no
educational background on the biological health effects of
RF radiation exposure, yet 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.
The
latest findings of the National Toxicology Program and the
supporting Ramazzini Studies stating “Clear Evidence of
Carcinogenic Activity” and the association of cancer in the
heart and brain and cell phone radiation, warrants the
solicitation of a current letter re Wi-Fi safety from Dr.
Bonnie Henry to ensure the most accurate health information
and recommendations for all children were being used as a
basis for sound decision making on such an important topic
as our children’s health and well being.
Given
the start of a new school year, parents, teachers and
students are expecting a timely response to our concerns
about this upcoming health crisis.
Respectfully,
Janis
Hoffmann
Parentsforsafeschools
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Dear Dr. Bonnie Henry,
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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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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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/
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.
Vancouver
Island School Boards have shifted the
responsibility of
potential lawsuits caused by this wireless
technology to their School Medical
Health Officer, Dr. Stanwick, who has endorsed the installation
of a known 2b carcinogen in our schools and is
unable to provide parents with any peer reviewed
studies stating the safety of radiation
exposure. Dr. Stanwick then
shifted “the
responsibility for professional oversight” to the
Provincial Health Officer.
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
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
