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Please keep sharing these updates so we can all come together against the social paths trying to kill and harm all of us! posted Dec 9/18

 

The wonders of Sungite to protect the body from dangerous EMF 1 hr 49 min Military Intel stop 5G posted Dec 10/18

 

Want to know about weather modification and smart grid Intel ? posted Dec 17/18

 

Doctor speaks about EMF 5G effect on the body! posted Dec 20/18

 

The Science of exposure- Wireless radiation! posted Dec 28/18

 

Jerry Day warns about inhumanism through destructive tech to our bodies! posted Jan 8/19

 

 

Doctor vital to Italian court case plus Australia saying no to 5G posted Jan 19/19 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)  With the increase in EMR, we all should be considering getting devices like AEDs since hearts are very vulnerable to interference by wireless radiation.  I happen to know of several people under 50 who have pacemakers due to similar episodes the causes of which have not been explained.

 

My Heart Suddenly Stopped. Sudden Cardiac Arrest

 

“After someone’s heart stops, each minute defibrillation is delayed their chance of survival drops by 7-10%. After just 12 minutes, an adult’s survival rate is less than 5%.

In New Brunswick, the provincial government requires land ambulances to respond to an urban emergency within 9 minutes, or up to 22 minutes for rural calls. They are expected to meet or exceed these times only 90% of the time. Response times of 12 minutes aren’t unusual.

If your heart were to stop, and there is any delay before someone finds you, calls 911, an ambulance is dispatched and travels to your location, you may not have a chance of survival.”

https://www.globalresearch.ca/my-heart-suddenly-stopped-sudden-cardiac-arrest/5665541

 

2)  In Australia resistance to 5G microcells is growing, primarily due to health concerns.  But, as in BC, Huawei’s presence in the infrastructure remains a possible threat to security.

 

Australian residents and councils raise health concerns about “small cell” installations

 

‘The ABC reported earlier this month that residents in NSW have petitioned for the removal of small cell boxes.  “In a move that experts say will become more common as Australia prepares itself for the 5G rollout, TPG, in conjunction with China’s Huawei, has begun placing the transmitters — roughly the size of two shoe boxes — on power poles across the suburb of Ryde, in Sydney’s north-west.”

The transmitters will initially be used to boost 4G in suburban areas.  Small cell installations are also essential to paving the way for the rollout of 5G.  Residents were not given a say in the matter.”

 

https://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2019/01/18/australian-residents-and-councils-raise-health-concerns-about-small-cell-installations/

 

3)    Dr. Arazi’s discovery that a vast number of cellphones expose their users to dramatically higher levels of radiation than allowed or admitted was fundamental in Italy’s recent court ruling that the public should be educated on the risks associated with cellphone use.

 

Italy: a landmark judgment condemns the state to inform the population of the health risks due to mobile phones

 

“We hope that this Italian decision will, both at European and international level, set an example for the implementation of campaigns to protect the health of mobile phone users. It is essential that public authorities and manufacturers take the train of good resolutions in 2019. Especially at a time when the Phonegate scandal shows that manufacturers have knowingly misled all users by exposing them well beyond the limits not to be exceeded.

 

https://www.phonegatealert.org/en/italy-a-landmark-judgment-condemns-the-state-to-inform-the-population-of-the-health-risks-due-to-mobile-phones

 

4)  More people are being bullied and threatened by BC Hydro which has led to more people being scammed through threats and bullying tactics.  Shameful that our utility company uses the same tactics as scammers —  and they will carry through with their threats to turn off power if their demands are not met. 

 

Record year: 2018 sees highest number of attempts to scam BC Hydro customers

“It turns out 2018 was a record year for scam artists ripping off the utility’s customers.

“Fraudsters posing as BC Hydro employees were actually 50 per cent more successful in 2018 than they were in 2017, and this resulted in them basically stealing about $45,000 from our customers, a number that we expect would actually be much higher if everyone reported being a victim of these scams,” Mora Scott with BC Hydro explains.

She says the scam involves a fraudster threatening to immediately disconnect a customer’s service if a payment is not made. They apparently reach out to the customer by phone, email, or text.”

https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/01/18/2018-highest-number-scam-bc-hydro-customers/

 

Sharon

 

“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”   – Dalai Lama

 

Extortion from smart dumb meters being addressed, court ruling in Italy plus, Audit showing dumb management! posted Jan 17/19 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)  An audit of the BC Hydro smeter program identifies several short comings, but fails to identify that these things cause fires, endanger health, and invade privacy. It  concludes it is not well-managed, but fails to report on the tens of millions of dollars extorted from those who wanted to protect themselves – or how this money was spent. It reported that smeters requires regular upgrades but it failed to address the short lifespan.

 

Exclusive: Audit says BC Hydro smart meters not managed smartly

“A BC Hydro internal audit of smart meter operations found the system is suffering from a lack of management teamwork. 

The Oct. 24, 2018 report, obtained by theBreaker.news under freedom of information, assessed governance, operations and monitoring and reporting.

“Strategic governance is not clear or socialized across the organization,” the audit said. “With the smart metering operation spanning across four business groups, prioritization and decision making occurs in isolation resulting in inconsistent objectives. There is no long term strategy to realize additional value from the investment in smart meters.””

 

https://thebreaker.news/news/smart-meters-audit/

2)   Extortion in Oregon is very similar to that in BC, and is being called out. Why should people have to pay to keep their families safe?

 

Letter: Stop smart meter extortion

 

“For our health, jobs, basic freedoms and property rights, we need real choice without penalty: To opt out without prohibitive surcharges. Our city councils, our county commissioners and our state representatives should all support us in this basic right.”

 

https://www.dailyastorian.com/opinion/letters/letter-stop-smart-meter-extortion/article_02acee96-11ed-11e9-9d8d-9798312182d6.html

 

3)  As we’ve been telling the govt., BCUC, and anyone else who has responsibility for the smeter program, there are design flaws with smeters which make them unreliable as well as dangerous.

 

Designing reliable smart meters

 

“… they are exposed to humidity and significant fluctuations in temperatures, both of which can change rapidly. This has two major impacts on the design of the meter.

First, humidity and temperature fluctuations can affect the reliability of measurement for smart meters, which is unlike analog meters that have a conventional electromechanical design resulting in reliable measurement regardless of the environmental conditions.

Second, smart meters normally utilize a capacitive power supply in which the AC capacitor is permanently connected in series to the power line. Humidity and temperature fluctuations can diminish the lifespan of conventional capacitors, which can lead to malfunctions in this particular type of power supply. Traditional EMI suppression capacitors have long been used in smart meters for this circuit position because they are typically UL or ENEC certified and represent a safer choice than other components. However, these capacitors are not designed to meet the rugged environmental requirements nor the long-term operation requirements of power meters.”

https://www.ept.ca/features/designing-reliable-smart-meters/

 

4)    In Italy, the public must be informed about the dangers associated with mobile and cordless phones.  It is time we began a national campaign here in Canada.

 

Italian Court Orders Public Safety Campaign

 

Must Begin by July 16;
Government Will Not Appeal Decision

“In a victory for advocates of precaution, an Italian court has ordered the government to launch a campaign to advise the public of the health risks from mobile and cordless phones.

The information campaign must begin by July 16…

 

“This case has important implications not only in Italy, but worldwide,” Bertone said. “At the moment, health and safety information is contained —or, I should say, buried— in cell phone manuals. This is not good enough. If it was, the court would have agreed with the government that sufficient information is already available.””

 

https://microwavenews.com/short-takes-archive/italian-decision-precaution

Sharon

 

“Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.” -Alice Walker

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California reject 5G plus UN say Cite C dam illegal! posted Jan 16/19

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)    Re. Site C may contravene international agreements.

UN committee says B.C.’s Site C dam may break international deals

Says Site C would infringe Indigenous Peoples’ rights protected under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

A United Nations committee has warned Canada that continued construction of the Site C hydro dam in northeastern B.C. may violate international agreements.

The UN’s committee on the elimination of racial discrimination says Canada may have already violated an agreement it signed 50 years ago. That agreement commits Canada to prevent development on Indigenous land without adequate consultation.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/un-committee-says-b-c-s-site-c-dam-may-break-international-deals

 

2)   Further to the article about the plan to put 20,000 satellites that use 5G technology in space, here is a letter to Elon Musk, written by several European experts, warning about the hazards this project will pose to life on earth.

 

Open Letter to Elon Musk from Dr. Claus Scheingraber and Roland Wolff re Planet Earth – Worldwide 5G Radiation from Orbit – June 18, 2018:

– http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Open-Letter-to-Elon-Musk-from-Dr.-Claus-Scheingraber-and-Roland-Wolff-re-Planet-Earth-Worldwide-5G-Radiation-from-Orbit-June-18-2018.pdf

 

3)   A pilot project to reduce costs for those opting out of smeters, is being presented to the Oregon PUC.  There are so many ways of reducing fees for those with transmitters turned off or lucky enough to still have their analogs. In some countries, people are allowed to call their readings in or to take a photo and email it in. But Hydro is too eager to get extortion fees from as many as possible for as long as possible, even if they cannot be justified – and especially because they are not reported.

 

Pacific Power proposes Fixed-Bill Pilot for opt-out customers

“Also according to the release, the Fixed-Bill Pilot would allow opt-out customers to pay a monthly fixed dollar amount for a 12-month period and have their meter read three times per year. The monthly payment would include an average of the customer’s most recent 12-month energy bills, a 7.5 percent adder fee to cover energy usage fluctuations, plus a $36 meter reading fee charged three times per year across 12 months or $9 per month.”

https://theworldlink.com/news/local/pacific-power-proposes-fixed-bill-pilot-for-opt-out-customers/article_e0d8a94a-a02c-537a-a214-9b9342198072.html

4)  About 4 months ago another city in the high-tech area of No. California rejected microcells based on health concerns. These are knowledgeable residents, many of whom probably work in the telecom industry.

 

Bay Area City Blocks 5G Deployments Over Cancer Concerns.

 

“The Bay Area may be the center of the global technology industry, but that hasn’t stopped one wealthy enclave from protecting itself from the future.

The city council of Mill Valley, a small town located just a few miles north of San Francisco, voted unanimously late last week to effectively block deployments of small-cell 5G wireless towers in the city’s residential areas.

Through an urgency ordinance, which allows the city council to immediately enact regulations that affect the health and safety of the community, the restrictions and prohibitions will be put into force immediately for all future applications to site 5G telecommunications equipment in the city. Applications for commercial districts are permitted under the passed ordinance.”

 

https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/10/bay-area-city-blocks-5g-deployments-over-cancer-concerns/

 

The city council is working on the details given that, like Innovation, Science and Economic Development (formerly Industry Canada)  the US FCC allows very little local control over the radiation-emitting devices that are put in communities.

Mill Valley joins effort to constrain 5G proliferation

“The issue is that 5G towers, which would allow for faster and higher-capacity video streaming and other transmissions, could exacerbate health symptoms already suspected as a result of exposure to electromagnetic fields, according to the EMF Safety Network, a group advocating to keep communities EMF-free…

 

“What 5G does is it adds another cloud to what we refer to as ‘electromagnetic smog’ into an environment that is already pretty saturated,” said Fairfax resident and activist Valeri Hood. “In Fairfax, what we’re doing is asking our council to step up in the way councils have in the past, and just say no to 5G.””

 

https://www.marinij.com/2018/09/09/mill-valley-joins-effort-to-constrain-5g-proliferation/

 

I haven’t read the entire staff report but I believe it might have ideas, info that we can use to address concerns with our city councils.

 

Mill Valley Staff Report

 

http://cityofmillvalley.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1290&meta_id=59943

 

Letters:

 

From:  Marcus  (name given with permission)

Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2019 2:01 PM

To:  tamara.mitchell@gov.bc.ca 

 

Subject: Is this accountability?

 

Hello, Tamara,

 

This is an excerpt from a letter, supposedly written by Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, to a lady whose grandson suffers for man-made, EMF intolerance, just like my wife, and thousands of others.  This cut and paste style of reply, is what many of our members received from this government and BC Health. 

Specific questions remain intentionally unanswered.  Is this accountability?   

 

The bold large text are excerpts, from Dr. Bonnie Henry’s recent letter.  I added my comments, between the lines.   

 

“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.”

 

1.  Doctors are not trained in the field of EMF science, and her appointment to BC’s Chief Medical Officer, does not automatically and miraculously, bestows  expert knowledge to the holder of this office.

     

2.  Who are these people from BCCDC and the BC Cancer Agency?  What are their qualifications in the highly specialized field of EMF science?

 

3.  Which “recent publications” is Dr. Henry referring to?  Like her predecessor, she avoids answering these questions, once again.    

 

4.  The BC Cancer Agencies, Mary McBride, was exposed by CTV, as someone who misrepresented her credentials over many years. 

The CTV’s expose revealed, that McBride has no MD, nor PhD credentials!  Despite this shocking exposure, McBride remains at the BC Cancer Agency to this day, and is referred to on their website, as; “distinguished scientist”.

The CEO, Dr. Max Coppes from The BC Cancer Agency receives the obscene salary of $561,000, while they celebrate volunteers, working for free, to raise money!

Cancer has become a shrewd business!        

 

5.  Who monitors the telecom industry in BC?

I have spoken to a TELUS lobbyist who informed me, that no government agency is monitoring them.  Industry is allowed to monitor itself!

 

6.  Is Dr. Henry unaware, that BC Hydro, TELUS and Glentel, have made enormous donations to The BC Cancer Agency? 

How can this agency maintain their scientific objective, in light of millions of dollars in corporate donations? 

 

In 2011, the World Health Organizations re-classified all radiofrequency radiation, as a possible human carcinogen. 

This includes the entire spectrum of non- ionizing radiation, emitted by TELUS cell towers, cell phones, WiFi, and BC Hydro’s smart meters, with no exceptions!

The scientists who were part of this decision in 2011, such as Dr. Anthony Miller, are now demanding a 1 A – Human Carcinogen re-classification by the WHO, in light of overwhelming, unequivocal scientific evidence of harm to living cells, from non-ionizing radiation, far below Safety Code 6! 

 

Money influence at the BC Cancer Agency.   Would they also gratefully accept millions of dollars in donations, from tobacco giants such as, Phillip Morris, or the Asbestos industry, who knew for many years that their products were toxic to life?  

 

“There continues to be more research needed around cellphone use and cancer . . . “  

7.  It was agreed (incl. Canada) the Precautionary Principal 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 recent 10 year, NTP and the Ramazzini studies and thousands of other peer reviewed studies on cancer, proving harm to life, are not enough? 

Why are thousands of studies insufficient?

 

It appears that this information of The Precautionary Principal, seems to have escaped this government, the BC Cancer Agency, BCCDC, and even Dr. Bonnie Henry. 

 

“. . . and we continue to recommend people make personal choices to reduce their exposure.”

8.   How can any informed person take this statement seriously? 

EVERYONE is exposed to cell towers, smart meter and WiFi radiation, in schools, work places, the home, and now even in hospitals, from TELUS cell towers and Shaw’s public WiFi hot spots, without informed consent!  There are no “personal choices”!

Exposing the public without consent, constitutes a giant, illegal, unauthorized biological experiment.  We are the lab rats, and no one is monitoring anything!   

 

“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.”

9.  This absurd statement is copied from the playbook of the wireless industry, and a complete fabrication of scientific facts!  Shame on Dr. Henry!

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.”

When 247 EMF experts from 41 nations, launch an International Scientists Appeal, against wireless radiation exposure, there is no “scientific consensus”!

When thousands of physicians signed The International Doctors Appeal 2012, there is no “scientific consensus”!

When entire medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, issued warnings for RFR exposure, there is no “scientific consensus”!  

When the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, issues repeated warnings, regarding RFR exposure, there is no “scientific consensus”!

 

The repeated attempts to misinform the public, through various government agencies, is in violation of their office, and abandonment of due diligence. 

 

Please advise:

 

Where can we address our grievances to, regarding senior government officials negligence? 

Our experience so far is, that everyone passes the buck, and nobody is responsible for anything!    

 

Are our letters read in person, by Dr. Bonnie Henry or the Ministers, or are our letters answered by assistants to the assistants, who have a script to follow?

 

How can we request an educational EMF seminar, to be held for health officials, physicians and nurses, possible by Dr. Riina Bray and Dr. Anthony Miller?

 

Our experience communicating with this government and health officials is sobering.  We did not expect that this supposedly democratic government, would be so disappointingly negligent in their duties, to protect the public.  It appears that nothing is read by senior officials, and the fate of public health is left in the hands of junior staff.

 

Your help would be much appreciated!

 

Best regards,

Marcus Schluschen

Sharon

 

“All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”     -Arnold Schopenhauer

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20,000 Satellites for 5G to be Launched Sending Focused Beams of Intense Microwave Radiation Over Entire Earth posted Jan 14/19

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)    Approval has been given and preparations are underway to begin to put 20,000 satellites with phased array antennae shooting milliwave radiation to every point on earth.  Radiation is not the only cause for major concern. The rockets will use a mercury-based fuel that is a neurotoxin. Damage to the environment and to all living things is likely to be inevitable. This article explains the significance of phased array antennae very well.

 

20,000 Satellites for 5G to be Launched Sending Focused Beams of Intense Microwave Radiation Over Entire Earth

 

“As bad as these small cell towers might seem from the standpoint of constant exposure to radio frequency (RF) radiation in close proximity to the source, perhaps an even more alarming prospect will be the beaming of millimeter length microwaves at the earth from thousands of new communication satellites.

The FCC gave approval to SpaceX on March 29, 2018, to launch 4,425 satellites into low orbit around the Earth. [1]

The total number of satellites that is expected to be put into low and high orbit by several companies will be 20,000 satellites. [1]

5G will use Phased Array Antennas to shoot Beams of Radiation at Cell Phones

These satellites will use the same type of phased array antennas as will be used by the ground-based 5G systems”

 

http://healthimpactnews.com/2019/20000-satellites-for-5g-to-be-launched-sending-focused-beams-of-intense-microwave-radiation-over-entire-earth/

 

2)  We all know that evidence is undeniable that cell phone radiation endangers health. But using one where the signal is weak increases the exposure by thousands.

 

13 Investigates: Poor cell phone reception could increase your radiation exposure by 10,000x

 

“Researchers at the California Department of Health say using cell phones in areas with weak reception can result in microwave radiation emissions that are 10,000 times higher than in areas with strong reception.

The study, made public this week, is being published in the journal Environmental Research, and it suggests consumers should take extra precautions when they see only one or two “bars” of reception on their mobile phones.

“With a weak signal, what happens is your phone puts out a lot more radiation to make the connection with the cell tower,” explained Joel Moskowitz, director of the Center for Family and Community Health at the University of California Berkeley’s School of Public Health. He says the implications of the study are important not only for families who live in rural areas where there might be limited reception, but also for people who live and work in urban areas.

“This would strongly urge that people should not use cell phones in elevators or moving vehicles or public transit … or in a basement or a building with steel beams where the signal is likely to be very weak, because not only are you exposing yourself to very high levels of cell phone radiation, you’re exposing all those people around you.””

https://www.wthr.com/article/13-investigates-poor-cell-phone-reception-could-increase-your-radiation-exposure-10000x

3)  As more and more people are using solar power and going off grid, San Diego Gas and Electric, a major utility in So. Calif., is looking to stop selling electricity.  Community Choice Aggregations (CCAs), as I understand it, would allow local control over the power produced and sold via solar panels, etc.  This seems to be in recognition of the death spiral for utility companies and seems to be similar to what Dr. Timothy Schoechle has recommended. It could allow local control and also protect the users from the misuse/hacking of the grid.

Why SDG&E wants to get out of the business of buying electricity

With California’s grid going through dramatic changes, San Diego Gas & Electric has approached the Legislature in Sacramento with a proposal that, at least at first blush, sounds pretty radical — it wants to get out of the business of buying and selling electricity.

CCAs have sprung up across California in recent years, boasting they offer customers cleaner sources of power at roughly equal or sometimes even lower prices than traditional utilities.

Under the CCA model, local governments purchase the power…

Throw in the increasing numbers of customers getting their power from rooftop solar panels and private electric re-sellers called Direct Access providers — not to mention large industrial customers buying power directly from renewable generators — and SDG&E and other investor-owned utilities anticipate steep erosion of their customer base.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/sd-fi-sdge-wants-out-of-buying-power-procurement-20190113-story.html

Letters:

 

Published in the Penticton Herald  http://www.pentictonherald.ca/opinion/article_434d1cb6-fdaa-11e8-a8e5-af7cc44c9511.html   Scroll to “Smoking wasn’t bad once, either”

 

Dear Editor:

Wireless convenience causing medical inconvenience!

For many years I studied the area of ‘wireless’ radiation and I am deeply concerned for the health of the general public.

I have witnessed volumes of studies suggesting the carcinogenicity of microwave frequency radiation ignored, denied, denigrated, or even attacked by irresponsible and negligent public health officials. They repeat the mantra of ‘no convincing evidence of harm’ (a term coined by the tobacco industry) at the same time as hundreds of the world’s top research scientists petition the WHO for changes to public health exposure standards on an urgent basis. Since 1998 there have been many appeals to the WHO involving thousands of scientists and medical doctors petitioning for more protective standards. Little of this news reaches you, being screened out by mainstream media (almost universally owned also by wireless companies) addicted to industry advertising dollars. Meanwhile, short-sighted politicians give their nod to industry profits over our children’s health. But it is not too late for you and your family to develop awareness of the dangers of existing and proposed new sources of radiation such as the coming 5G mini cellular towers to be placed in front of every fifth or eighth home.

Many of you reading this may be too young to remember, but we’ve been through many other predictable public health disasters such asbestos, tobacco, lead, thalidomide, DDT, and other products. Invariably industry claims their products safe and seeks to muddy the scientific waters by demanding 100% proof of harm to prolong the debate as long as possible. In the meantime, many will lose their health and lives.

For your family’s sake please pay attention to the most recent and best science in this area. The U.S. NIH National Toxicology Program study (NTP)  https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/results/areas/cellphones/index.html and the Italian Ramazzini study, two of the most  meticulously designed and executed studies ever conducted, both conclusively linked wireless to cancer causation and malignant heart tumors. The French CERENAT study of 2014 reported a doubling of brain tumors with a doubling of exposure and a tripling with a tripling of exposure. Wireless is a probable carcinogen, and exposures for all of us are now ubiquitous. Even if individual risk appears low, it is widely distributed with a long latency period and could become a major public health problem. Please educate and protect yourself: https://ehtrust.org/take-action/educate-yourself/.

Hans Karow

Coalition to Reduce Electropollution (CORE)

Sharon

 

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”  Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

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INTERNATIONAL APPEAL Stop 5G on Earth and in Space

Posted: 12 Jan 2019 02:06 PM PST posted Jan 13/19

  INTERNATIONAL APPEAL Stop 5G on Earth and in Space The 5G Appeal There are 31,291 signatories as of January 11, 2019 To the UN, WHO, EU, Council of Europe and governments of all nations We the undersigned scientists, doctors, environmental organizations and citizens from (__) countries, urgently call for a halt to the deployment

Food Guide changes here plus meter opt out issues in UK posted Jan 13/19 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)  The tenth smartphone model found to exceed the SAR limit. Dr. Arazi continues the fight to have the phones that exceed the allowed limits to be withdrawn from the market – more than 250 models that are still being sold and used.

 

Tenth smartphone exceeding SAR: the Logicom M BOT 60 measured at 2.81 W/kg

 

“We advise all consumers concerned not to let this happen and to ask the distributors who sold them these smartphones to refund them and provide them with a new mobile phone for free. And this without presuming any possible legal actions by future groups. Feel free to contact us if you are in this situation.”

 

https://www.phonegatealert.org/en/tenth-smartphone-exceeding-sar-the-logicom-m-bot-60-measured-at-2-81-w-kg

 

https://www.change.org/p/ms-el%C5%BCbieta-bie%C5%84kowska-protect-the-health-of-millions-of-mobile-phone-users?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_7_9_2018_7_57_COPY_01)

 

2)  Another  inconsistency in Health Canada demands answers.  A member sent in another example of HC saying what is ethical regarding one category while they continue to ignore the precautionary principle re. EMR, allowing conflicts of interest within their agency, the panel that reviews Safety Code 6, and in the evidence they consider.  Often HC will not consider studies done by independent researchers, while giving great weight to industry funded studies.   If you have or find other examples, please send to me at dsnoble@shaw.ca  with “Health Canada’s inconsistency”  on the subject line.

 

Dairy farmers vs. vegans: Health Canada prepares to rewrite the food guide

 

“Health Canada says it excluded studies produced by industry. “Let’s just say there is potential for either real or perceived conflict of interest for those sorts of reports,” said Hasan Hutchinson, director general of the office of nutrition policy and promotion.”

 

https://nationalpost.com/health/health-canada-prepares-to-rewrite-the-food-guide

 

3)   In the UK, customers are being bullied into accepting smeters even though there is no law requiring it. Why is this strong-armed approach being used in so many different countries?  What is the push?  Is it that “they” want  our data? It is hard to understand why the same tactics are used and the same lies are being told while the same problems exist.

 

Energy suppliers are still ‘bullying’ customers over smart meters even though they are not compulsory

The scheme has been beset by problems, with some meters preventing users from switching supplier to take advantage of cheaper tariffs if they wish to keep the ‘smart’ facility. 

Experts also have security concerns over the meters, claiming they may leave households vulnerable to cyber attack. 

The programme is estimated to have cost households an average of £450 in higher energy bills.Ralph Taylor, a retired electronics engineer from Cullompton in Devon, received the Eon letter this month and was outraged. 

He says: ‘I immediately went on to the Eon website and lodged a complaint about the choice of words. I pointed out no customer is obliged to have a smart meter.’

Ralph, who uses Eon to supply his electricity and gas, is not keen on smart meters, as he says they are vulnerable to cyber attack. This is based on a career in the aircraft industry.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-6584597/Energy-suppliers-bullying-customers-smart-meters.html 

 

Sharon

 

“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse”   Edmund Burke

 

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Health Canada selective concerns but not WIFI EMF posted Jan 12/19

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)   Updated chart showing various opt out options and costs that I have found or have been sent is available at  http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/OPT-OUT-FEES.pdf     If anyone knows of any additions, errors or amendments please let me know at dsnoble@shaw.ca with “opt out chart” on the subject line.

2)    Health Canada is concerned about studies that show health risks associated with vaping. Great but what about cell phones, wifi, RF studies?? Why is Health Canada ignoring this major health risk? I hope you will consider writing about this.  Below is a letter I sent to the Canadian Press. I believe letters should be sent to Maryse Durette but I have yet to find her email address. I have found this and will share her email address when I find it.

 

Maryse Durette works as Senior Media Relations Advisor for Health Canada.
Maryse can be reached at 613-946-6249

 

Health Canada launches campaign to educate teens on the health risks of vaping

“Health Canada is ramping up efforts to warn young Canadians about the potential risks associated with vaping, the agency said Thursday.

Spokeswoman Maryse Durette said the government body has launched a multi-phase campaign to tackle what it sees as an increasing problem among youth…

Health Canada said much of the research around youth vaping is still in its early stages, adding it could not provide firm figures for Canadian vaping rates. But Durette said both unpublished research as well as international data paint an alarming picture.”

https://www.timescolonist.com/health-canada-launches-campaign-to-educate-teens-on-the-health-risks-of-vaping-1.23590689

  

Letters:

From:  X
Sent: January 8, 2019 9:25 PM
To: Andrew Weaver <a.weaver@leg.bc.ca>
Cc: John Horgan <premier@gov.bc.ca>
Subject: I understand you are not concerned

 

about EMF and radiation. Many people who are not physically affected in a negative way (dare I say yet?) feel the same way as you do. I am taking the liberty of forwarding this letter by Dr. Golomb to the California Governor Brown. It is very enlightening. Sadly I am, unlike you and many others, personally electro hyper sensitive. It is very limiting of where I can go, and what I can do.

 

The letter by Dr Golomb expresses the issues involved in this sensitivity better than I could do it, and from a professional point of view. Please do take the time to read it. I don’t think you can be the leader of the Green party and remain uninformed, because many scientists warn this is the budding epidemic of the 21st century!! Furthermore it affects all living things, in other words it has a broad environmental impact!

 

Sincerely

Eva Lyman, MCRP, MLArch (Harvard)

 

Beatrice Alexandra Golomb, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego School of Medicine 9500 Gilman Drive, #0995

La Jolla, CA 92093-0995 Phone: 858 558-4950 x201

Dear Governor Brown,
I urge in the strongest terms that you veto California SB 649. If you sign this bill, many people will suffer greatly, and needlessly, as a direct result. This sounds like hyperbole. It is not. 

<snip>

From: Sharon Noble [mailto:dsnoble@shaw.ca]
Sent: January 11, 2019 11:22 PM
To:editorial@thecanadianpress.com‘ <editorial@thecanadianpress.com>
Subject: Contact our newsroom (CP website)

 

Dear Sir or Madam,

 

I would appreciate it very much if you would forward this email to Michelle McQuigge, the reporter for this article.

 

https://www.timescolonist.com/health-canada-launches-campaign-to-educate-teens-on-the-health-risks-of-vaping-1.23590689

 

Health Canada is doing its job re. vaping, but why does it refuse to react to the thousands of excellent, peer reviewed studies that show the dangers associated with wireless radiation? In 2011 the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified this radiation as a possible human carcinogen, the same as lead, DDT and many industrial chemicals, yet no warnings have been given to parents about the hazards posed to children using cell phones. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5504984/

 

Last year 2 major 10 year, multi-million dollar studies reported a direct association between microwave radiation from cell phones, wifi, cell towers, smart meters,etc. and cancer as well as other serious health effects.  As a result of these studies several hundred expert researchers are calling for the classification of wireless radiation to be increased to a positive human carcinogen, yet Health Canada remains silent.

 

I would like to ask Ms. McQuigge to find out why Health Canada considers vaping more of a hazard than cell phones, for example. Millions of children, even babies, hold and use these things for hours every day while parents are lead to believe that there is no reason for caution.

 

Should Ms. McQuigge, or anyone else, wish to have more information, I will be very happy to provide it.

 

Thank you.

 

Regards,

 

Sharon Noble

Victoria, BC

Sharon

 

“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.”   J. Watkins.

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Doctor speaks out about EMF dangers posted Jan 8/19 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)   The people in BC and Canada who are responsible for protecting the public health are so very negligent, consistently repeating the same lies about there being “a scientific consensus” that there is no evidence that microwave radiation is harmful. I say these are lies because they are deliberate and are made despite having been provided with strong evidence to the contrary.  There is no one in the various agencies in BC, the health dept,. the provincial health officer, the BC Center for Disease Control, who has education or experience in the field of biological effects of microwave radiation, yet they deny the evidence of true experts. Why? Is it due to job-related pressure? Is it due to conflicts of interest?  Is it due to laziness?  Whatever the reason, we and our children suffer the consequences.  Here is a letter from a true expert, written to warn the governor of California of the consequences of his decisions.  There are pages of references for those who doubt that evidence exists.

 

“My research group at UC San Diego alone has received hundreds of communications from people who have developed serious health problems from electromagnetic radiation, following introduction of new technologies. Others with whom I am in  communication, have independently received hundreds of similar reports. Most likely these are a tip of an iceberg of tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands of affected person. As each new technology leading to further exposure to electromagnetic radiation is introduced – and particularly introduced in a fashion that prevents vulnerable individuals from avoiding it – a new group become sensitized to health effects. This is particularly true for pulsed signals in the radiowave and microwave portion of the spectrum, the type for which the proposed bill SB 649 will bypass local control.”

 

http://electromagnetichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Golomb-Beatrice-Sept-2017-FINAL1.pdf   

 

Dr. Golomb’s CV which is quite amazing.

 

http://cnl.salk.edu/~bgolomb/

 

2)   In France, Dr. Arazi continues to face hurdles in his battle to protect the public against cell phones which expose users to radiation levels many times the officially reported levels.

 

[Press release] ANFR: French Administrative Court refuses Dr Arazi’s requests

 

“By a judgment handed down on 28 December 2018, the Melun Administrative Court denied Dr Marc Arazi access to the original and full mobile phone test reports carried out by the French National Frequency Agency (ANFR) in 2015.”

 

https://www.phonegatealert.org/en/press-release-anfr-french-administrative-court-refuses-dr-arazis-requests?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_7_9_2018_7_57_COPY_01)

 

3)   In Australia, a lightning bolt set a smeter on fire even though there is no evidence that the home was hit. This was not a “first”.

 

‘My wife was screaming’: Listener’s home bursts into flames

 

“The bolt of lightning set fire to Louie’s smart meter, with flames pouring out of the box…

 

It begs the question, are these smart meters safe?

Louie called Endeavour Energy who told him it is most definitely not the first time this has happened.

John Stanley promises to follow up with the electricity company to see if we should trust these smart meters.”

https://www.2gb.com/my-wife-was-screaming-listeners-home-bursts-into-flames/   (includes a 7 min. radio interview)

 

4)  Some of the hardest working, most dedicated people in the Coalition are extremely sensitive to EMR and many suffer greatly from cell tower radiation.  Here is someone in Tucson who also is suffering. When will the health professionals do their jobs and force removal of these things from areas near homes, schools, and hospitals?  If our provincial health authority, Dr. Bonnie Henry, would read some of the many letters and emails with so many studies and reports, perhaps she would begin to do her job as a public health doctor.  Please keep writing to her.

 

Cell phone towers are dangerous in residential neighborhoods

 

“I had multiple surgeries to remove a brain tumor, and metal mesh was installed in my skull. As a result, I am very sensitive to magnetic radio waves. Recently, we had a cell phone tower constructed near our house, and it has great affect on me. When there are excessive waves, I am terribly debilitated both emotionally and physically. I have difficulty concentrating on simple tasks, and trouble walking.”

 

https://tucson.com/opinion/letters/local-issues/letter-cell-phone-towers-are-dangerous-in-residential-neighborhoods/article_de898208-12ba-11e9-b5f1-7bb40260cd11.html

 

Sharon

 

“Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.”   Albert Einstein

 

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UN criminal complicity to undermining country sovereignty? posted Jan 7/19 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)    The United Nations has been notified of the dangers of EMR, and has done nothing. In May 2018 a direct appeal was made by a staff member to the Secretary-General about the unsafe working conditions in the UN building. The Secretary General claims that such dangers are new to him –  a physicist and electrical engineer who has a history that disputes his statement of ignorance.  It does appear as if the telecom has influenced the UN as well as it has WHO, ICNIRP, and Health Canada.

 

UN staff member: 5G is war on humanity

The first eight months of WWII with no fighting was called The Phoney War. Using millimetre waves as a fifth-generation or 5G wireless communications technology is a phoney war of another kind.

“I did my best for two and a half years to alert the UN staff union, administration and medical service to the danger to the health of UN staff of EMR from these access points, but was ignored. That’s why, in May 2018, I took the issue to the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres [transcript]. He is a physicist and electrical engineer and lectured on telecommunications signals early in his career, yet asserted that he knew nothing about this. He undertook to ask the World Health Organization to look into it, but seven months later those public access points remain in place. I received no replies to my many follow-up emails.

As a result, I welcomed the opportunity to join the effort to publish an International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space because it was clear to me that, despite there having been 43 earlier scientific appeals, very few people understood the dangers of EMR. My experience as an editor could help ensure that a new 5G appeal, including the issue of beaming 5G from space, was clear, comprehensive, explanatory, and accessible to the non-scientist. The International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space is fully referenced, citing over a hundred scientific papers among the tens of thousands on the biological effects of EMR published over the last 80 years.”

 

https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/health-healing/un-staff-member-5g-is-war-on-humanity/

 

2)  Lucy Sanford, a Building Biologist, has created and shared a power point about EHS from which she has suffered severely, and offers some sage advice.

 

How we are affected by today’s technological world.

 

https://tinyurl.com/SanfordPP

 

3)  A comment that was written on our website which makes points that many of us have forgotten.  And, not surprisingly, has found yet evidence of another lie that Hydro has told us to justify smeters.  Initially, BC Hydro and FortisBC justified their smeter programs by reporting unsupported amounts of dollars lost to theft of power by grow ops.  The figures grew from relatively small amounts to much larger amounts as the costs of the program increased. Of course no one provided proof to support the claims that huge amounts were lost each year but from the beginning experts warned that it is easier to steal from and to hack a smeter than it is to hack an analog. 


“I think part of your topics should include that the SM program was rolled out by politicians to stop the theft of power from illegal marijuana grow opts. But just in Dec 2018 in Squamish BC they busted an illegal grow opt (sic) that was stealing power. Another lie by BC hydro and politicians. The SM program was suppose (sic) to stop the theft of power. But slam me with a bill saying my analog meter is illegal, and meanwhile keep letting grow opts “steal” power and cost the consumer. And I am sure there are plenty more grow opts out there stealing power, because of there (sic) wonderful revenue friendly SM program. As a medically disabled person John Horgan gave me a raise in income. Then he clawed it back with ICBC and BC Hydro. And in the end I had less income from the raise I got. Sounds about right, some are more equal on this animal farm. Soon they will ask for a raise in there pay and they will get, because they can’t seem to get by on a six figure income. LOL!!!

You can see all comments on this post here:
http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/bc-premier-breaks-promises-on-smart-meters-sharon-noble-january-4-2019-the-goddard-report-with-jim-goddard-by-talkdigitalnetwork-january-04-2019/#comments

 

4)  Below in letters is a stream of emails between a concerned grandmother who has been attempting to educate school trustees on the dangers of having wifi in schools and a couple of trustees. I have shared some of these before but include them again so you can see the negligence that is rampant . It is obvious that they do not wish to learn or that they have been told they cannot learn about wifi. The second trustee to respond, Jepsen, quotes verbatim the last response from the first. And the first, from Reichelt in her email at the very bottom, indicates a very limited knowledge of the issue, and the final one a lack of willingness to do her job. I hope that you will consider writing to your school trustees, you can easily use some of the great info that Janis has written in so many of her emails. It’s time we became strong advocates for safe schools.   

 

Letters:

 

From: Janis Hoffmann [mailto:parentsforsafeschools@gmail.com]
Sent: January 2, 2019 9:59 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Fwd: How safe are our children in school where microwave radiation exposure is mandatory?

 I sent this out to ALL the trustees in BC and here is one response!!!  He is a government worker (can tell by his email address) Do you know what TRAN:EX means in his email address?  His school district is Nicola-Similkameen.


Janis
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  ———- Forwarded message ———
From: Jepsen, Brian TRAN:EX <Brian.Jepsen@gov.bc.ca>
Date: Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 7:38 AM
Subject: RE: How safe are our children in school where microwave radiation exposure is mandatory?
To: Janis Hoffmann <
parentsforsafeschools@gmail.com>

 Hi Janis,

 I understand that you are very passionate about this issue. I will be honest with you and tell you that I am not concerned about the risks of WiFi and cell phones. It is not something I will be addressing as a school trustee. 

Brian Jepsen

SD#58

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From: Janis Hoffmann [mailto:parentsforsafeschools@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 8:32 PM
Subject: How safe are our children in school where microwave radiation exposure is mandatory?

 Dear Willow Reichelt,

This issue is not a passion but a real concern regarding the latest scientific proof of harm to our children from the microwave radiation emitting from wireless technology in our classrooms.  The School Boards have wilfully dismissed credible health information presented to them from qualified experts, nationally and internationally, which emphasizes children’s heightened vulnerabilities and the need for “precautionary” measures to reduce exposure and risk from the harmful effects now. 

The game changer is “Clear Evidence” of Cancer a Scientific Fact.     https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300355 

Trustees have an obligation to do their due diligence by researching the latest peer reviewed studies or requesting a current safety letter from our Provincial Health Officer in order to make a complete assessment regarding the safety of our children while they are in your care. Trustees have a “duty” to provide our children with a safe learning environment. 

Parents, teachers and students are frustrated because we have contacted the Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, Ministry of Health, Mr. Adrian Dix, Ministry of Education, Mr. Rob Fleming, Premier, Mr. John Horgan, requesting 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 only to be ignored. This information warrants the solicitation of a current letter, re Wi-Fi safety from Dr. Bonnie Henry to ensure the latest peer reviewed studies and recommendations are being applied to make a sound decision regarding our children’s health and well-being.  

All our letters, emails and requests for an appointment to discuss this important health issue have fallen on deaf ears.   

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 microwave 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.  It’s 2019 and is Cancer an acceptable risk too? 

The BC Government has failed to do their due diligence and take immediate action to mitigate the risk by informing 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. 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. http://octowired.com/ 

Health is a Provincial responsibility and we are calling on the School Boards to request a current letter from our Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry regarding the safety of wireless technology in our schools.   

Respectfully,   

Janis Hoffmann

Parents for Safe Schools

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On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:33 PM Willow Reichelt <willow_reichelt@sd33.bc.ca> wrote:

Hi Janis,

 I understand that you are very passionate about this issue. I will be honest with you and tell you that I am not concerned about the risks of WiFi and cell phones. It is not something I will be addressing as a school trustee. 

Willow Reichelt

Board Vice Chair, SD33

(604) 701-7377


On Dec 14, 2018, at 12:20 PM, Janis Hoffmann <parentsforsafeschools@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Willow Reichelt,

Thank you for your response to the Parents for Safe Schools update regarding the latest information on the safety of wireless technology. The American Cancer Society, like a lot of other organizations, has a conflict of interest and because it depends heavily on the donations can be easily influence to support certain corporations.  Below is an article that sums up how the wireless industry is protecting its investment. 

How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special Investigation

An excellent history of the industry, through various and well-known “bent” scientists deceiving the public, demeaning independent researchers, all to protect the telecoms who are knowingly exposing all of us to a very dangerous product. Just as guilty, IMHO, are the agencies such as Health Canada, Cancer Society, WHO which use the bent science to support the status quo, by deliberately misinforming the public about the unregulated wireless technology, which has never been tested for safety.

Lack of definitive proof that a technology is harmful does not mean the technology is safe, yet the wireless industry has succeeded in selling this logical fallacy to the world. In truth, the safety of wireless technology has been an unsettled question since the industry’s earliest days. The upshot is that, over the past 30 years, billions of people around the world have been subjected to a massive public-health experiment: Use a cell phone today, find out later if it causes cancer or genetic damage… 

https://www.thenation.com/article/how-big-wireless-made-us-think-that-cell-phones-are-safe-a-special-investigation/ 

In April 2018, we contacted Dr. Bonnie Henry, our BC Provincial Health Officer and asked her to provide the public with an official response to the findings of the $25 million, US National Toxicology Program and the supporting Ramazzini Studies that concluded that there is “Clear Evidence of Carcinogenic Activity” and the association of cancer in the heart and brain and cell phone radiation.   

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 to warrant 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. 

A Canadian cancer specialist who testified before the Parliamentary Committee says Philpott’s failure to acknowledge the Committee’s findings is dangerous.  “We are already seeing increases in Glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer,” said Dr. Anthony Miller, a cancer epidemiologist with the University of Toronto, who has been an advisor to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

“This type brain cancer has been directly connected to cell phone use,” he said, referring to the findings of a $25 million US government study released in June.

http://c4st.org/health-minister-caught-misleading-canadians-safety-wireless-devices/ 

There has been no response from Dr. Bonnie Henry, Adrian Dix, Ministry of Health or Premier, John Horgan.  They have refused to provide parents, teachers and students with a statement about the safety of wireless technology in our schools given the latest studies proving health risks from this exposure.   

What you might find interesting is, Tim Singer from Health Canada responded to our 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 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 responsibility has now been put on the shoulders of the School Boards and the BC Provincial Health Officer even though the BC Ministry of Education has been promoting the use of this technology in our schools.   

I am sure you can see why we are so frustrated when we can’t even get an answer from our Premier, John Horgan. 

If you have any more questions let me know.

 Respectfully, 

Janis Hoffmann

Vancouver Island Rep for C4ST

https://www.facebook.com/Parents-for-Safe-Schools-428808610553840/

https://parentsforasafeschool.blogspot.com/2018/

For as little as a one time cost of $500 US dollars every classroom could be provided with 40 Ethernet ports plus adapters for their wireless devices.  http://octowired.com/

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On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:20 AM Willow Reichelt <willow_reichelt@sd33.bc.ca> wrote:

Hi Janis,

 From my understanding, the evidence for cell phones causing cancer is weak. This article from the American Cancer Society does a good job of explaining the studies that have been done. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/cellular-phones.html

 One positive thing is that studies that have shown any increased risk of cancer from cell phones (most show not increase) have shown that risk being related to holding the phone to the ear to talk; in my experience, young people these days do the vast majority of their cell phone communication by texting rather than talking, which should minimize their risk.

 Willow Reichelt

Board Vice Chair, SD33

(604) 701-7377

 

Sharon

 

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”   Albert Einstein

www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

Canadians need help with attacks on our bodies and spirits like myself can you help me go fund me for they block me from doing so please contact me here to do so Tami posted Jan 6/19

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)   Some colleagues in Ontario, among whom are some who suffer greatly from EHS, sent me this request. I hope, if you are able, you will consider helping out.

 

“Would you consider sending this gofundme campaign out to your group?  Laura is a severely EHS friend of a few of us EHSr’s out here in Ontario.  It’s been an awful ongoing situation for her over the past few years with everything made more difficult by her becoming a single Mom.  She’s in great need of physical assistance, proper medical care and most of all, a place to live. 


(name deleted)  has kindly put together this campaign to raise much needed funds for her.”

 

Click here to support Help EMF Refugee Laura Find A Home! organized by Team Laura  (https://www.gofundme.com/help-emf-refugee-laura-find-a-home )

 

2) Thanks to a member for letting me know that the video that I included in last night’s update had been clipped to less than 6 minutes, excluding 10 min of important info.  e.g. the American Cancer Society’s conflict of interest.

 

Dr. Sharon Goldberg Testifies at Michigan’s 5G Small Cell Tower Legislation Hearing October 4, 2018 by Michgan Safe Technology – YouTube – October 09, 2018:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK0AliMe-KA&t=10s  (video 14:46 min)

 

3)  While industry is allowed to increase the number of cell antennae in our neighbourhoods, people, some as young as in their 20s,  living near cell towers with perhaps multiple antennae, are experiencing major health problems. Please scroll down the front page at this link to read about several deaths and many current health issues of people who live(d) within 2- 400 feet of one tower. Studies have shown increased cancers in people living within 4-500 meters of a cell tower. Here are a few https://mdsafetech.org/cell-tower-health-effects/

 

http://scientists4wiredtech.com/sebastopol/

 

Also on this site, measurements from both a “macro” (“standard tall tower) tower and a “small cell” like those being installed outside our homes. The current microcells contain functional antennae, most likely with 3G and 4G antennae with using frequencies up to the 3GHz range. In the near future they also will hold 5G antennae which can emit higher milliwave frequencies.  This is info that must be shared with city councillors everywhere, along with the link to the cell tower studies above.

 

A Peak RF Microwave Radiation Measurement at Ground Level at 300 Feet From This 4G Macro Tower Is Similar to a Peak RF-EMR Measurement at Ground Level at 100 Feet From a 4G So-Called “Small Cell”

 

http://mystreetmychoice.com/sebastopol.html#pah

 

Letters:

Janis Hoffmann, Founder of Parents for Safe Schools and a much-involved and highly valued member of the Coalition, is encouraging parents, grandparents, any concerned person to write to their School Boards, to the trustees we vote into office, informing them about the studies showing the possible health effects caused by exposure to EMR, especially the NTP (and the Ramazzini) and asking for official responses.  These people have responsibility to protect children in their charge – and if they are being told of potential dangers and ignore them, they are guilty of willful negligence, just as Dr. Bonnie Henry and Adrian Dix are.  Here is what she has written on her facebook page. You will find her emails to Trustee Reichelt, and Reichelt’s irresponsible response in the Update of Jan. 2 (available at www.stopsmartmetersbc.com under “newsletters”, and at the Parents for Safe School Facebook page given below.

 

“Contact your School Board and request 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 or a current letter from our Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry regarding the safety of wireless technology in our schools. Cc: <bonnie.henry@gov.bc.ca>, <premier@gov.bc.ca>, <hlth.minister@gov.bc.ca>, <educ.minister@gov.bc.ca>

From: Janis Hoffmann
Sent: January 1, 2019 8:20 PM
To: willow_reichelt@sd33.bc.ca
Cc: dan_coulter@sd33.bc.ca; darrell_furgason@sd33.bc.ca; david_swankey@sd33.bc.ca; barry_neufeld@sd33.bc.ca; silvia_dyck@sd33.bc.ca; heather_maahs@sd33.bc.ca; jared_mumford@sd33.bc.ca; bonnie.henry@gov.bc.ca; premier@gov.bc.ca; hlth.minister@gov.bc.ca; educ.minister@gov.bc.ca

Subject: How safe are our children in school where microwave radiation exposure is mandatory?”

 

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1653592664742089&id=428808610553840&__tn__=K-R

 

Sharon

 

“A government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.”   Albert Camus

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Hard wired internet faster safer plus no wireless emergency service to million !  posted Jan 5/19

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)   When the access to wireless internet replaces available wired access, people begin to ask serious questions like, why is this so?  We all know that wired internet is much faster, more reliable and safer than wireless, but companies have convinced people that the internet equals wifi. This mis-conception needs to be addressed because the more people demand wired internet, the less wifi there will be. In addition, digital phones quit working, as they will because they run on batteries that may or may not be fully charged (even when fully charged the phone will not work more than 3-4 hours.)  How to get medical help in case of emergencies?  The industry wants you to depend on cell phones that may or may not be fully charged.  Bring back the copper line for our phones (which I did !).  How many people in BC were stranded without phones during the storm?

 

The technology Grinch stole Christmas, Exposed the Naked Wireless Emperor, and upended privacy.

“Two days after Christmas arguments spiraled out of control in millions of households around the nation.  Which bozo cut the wire to the internet? Who disconnected the router and the Xbox? Who dinged the remote controller for the game boy?…

Two days after Christmas arguments spiraled out of control in millions of households around the nation.  Which bozo cut the wire to the internet? Who disconnected the router and the Xbox? Who dinged the remote controller for the game boy?  

Far more serious than these domestic squabbles is the fact that thousands of emergency calls to 911 made from landlines (that depended on wireless access through CenturyLink) did not work from Massachusetts to Missouri.   For a while electronic medical records could not be accessed in Greeley, Colorado, and doctors had to resort to pen and paper to take notes. “

https://thriveglobal.com/stories/the-technology-grinch-stole%E2%80%8B-christmas-exposed-the-naked-wireless-emperor-and-upended-privacy/#disqus_thread

 

2)  In upstate New York the utility company had planned on beginning to install smeters last year, but the plan has been delayed. The proposed cost would have been $500 million for 1.8 million homes. The same number of homes, double the cost that BC Hydro’s program cost.  Discussion about the problems and supposed benefits continue as do negotiations for the 3rd year.

 

RG&E’s new meters: Here’s what you need to know

“…Some critics question their safety and others say they’re not worth the half-a-billion dollar investment.

For reasons that are unclear, the RG&E/NYSEG proposal has been delayed as the company, state regulators and a handful of other parties negotiate the terms of the massive program behind closed doors in Albany.

Those negotiations are now entering their third year.

When the talks conclude, one thing is a near-certainty: Your utilities rates will jump to pay for the smart-meter rollout.”

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2019/01/03/rge-nyseg-smart-meters-rochester-gas-electric-home-tech/2402721002/

 

3)  At a Michigan hearing on 5G technology an internal medicine doctor outlines some epidemics that have been associated with RF/EMR/EMF.  Why increase our exposure to more radiation when we know the current levels are extremely harmful?  The Ramazzini study reported that exposure to levels to which we are exposed in our environments today increase rates of cancers as well as other serious effects.

 

Veteran MD Drops Bombshell About 5G Technology Dangers At 5G Hearing

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qt5B39LB7c   ( video 5:46 min)

 

Sharon

 

“When there is a doubt, when it comes to our children, there is no doubt.”     Haifa’s mayor, Yona Yahav

www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

Public waking up to the dangers of 5G on the body! posted Jan 4/19

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)   We should all celebrate that word is getting around about 5G technology, much more quickly that I would have expected. Word of mouth is paying off!!  We must keep talking with every level of government as well as our friends and family – this technology is not safe and must not be outside our homes.

 

Public Waking up to Fact that 5G has not been Proven Safe for Human Health

 

“The 5G communication system will use phased array antennas, which will shoot beams of microwaves at 5G phones and other equipment containing 5G capabilities such as new computers, automobiles, and Wi-Fi hubs.

The beams of microwave radiation will follow a person who is holding a 5G phone or who is moving with one of these phones on his or her body. These beams of radiation have to be strong enough to penetrate walls and human flesh such as hands and heads, because you won’t know the direction from which the microwave beam is coming.

The beams of non-ionizing microwave radiation used by this technology also have to be strong enough to pass through the bodies of other people who might happen to walk between a person using a phone and the tower that is beaming the microwave signal at them.

5G smartphones will broadcast and receive microwave signals that are 10 times stronger than the current 4G smartphones. Wi-Fi systems using 5G will use microwave signals that are 150 times stronger than a 4G phone.”

 

http://healthimpactnews.com/2018/public-waking-up-to-fact-that-5g-has-not-been-proven-safe-for-human-health/

 

2) The intrusive searches that have become requirements to fly are now done, for most people, via scanners emitting milliwave radiation. We all know this is dangerous and should always opt out. I know it’s time-consuming and you’re made to feel foolish —  I have opted out for every flight since these started. If everyone opted out, allowing the silly, invasive body searches, perhaps the govts would get the message.

 

Los Alamos Study Finds Airport Scanners Can Rip Apart & Alter DNA

 

The TSA failed to adequately test these devices for health and safety factors as well. Unfortunately, in today’s world, security trumps human safety.

These millimeter wave technologies are designed to bombard innocent travelers with high frequency energy particles known as terahertz photons.

A study conducted by Boian S. Alexandrov et.al. at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, revealed that these terahertz waves could “…unzip double-stranded DNA, creating bubbles that could significantly interfere with processes such as gene expression and DNA replication.”

https://tinyurl.com/airport2scanner

 

The study is available at https://www.technologyreview.com/s/416066/how-terahertz-waves-tear-apart-dna/

3) Another cancer cluster:   A very sad situation in a small area of Indiana where many children have suffered various types of cancers. Blame is being place solely on toxic chemical, which may very well be a major factor. But in this town there are at least 143 cell transmitters registered with the FCC.  There needs to be more investigation into this being a contributory factor.

 

A Trump County Confronts the Administration Amid a Rash of Child Cancers

“JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. — The children fell ill, one by one, with cancers that few families in this suburban Indianapolis community had ever heard of. An avid swimmer struck down by glioblastoma, which grew a tumor in her brain. Four children with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare bone cancer. Fifteen children with acute lymphocytic leukemia, including three cases diagnosed in the past year.

At first, families put the illnesses down to misfortune. But as cases mounted, parents started to ask: Could it be something in the air or water?”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/climate/tce-cancer-trump-environment-deregulation.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage#commentsContainer

Letters:  

This letter was written in response to an email sent to Ron, by his MLA, Lisa Beare. She has this letter at this link  https://mailchi.mp/544fd1a5f600/wishing-you-all-a-very-happy-new-year?e=e529dca21c

Beare is a mother and is concerned about childcare. Is she concerned about wifi at her child’s pre-school or elementary school, being near wifi modems all day long? Does she know that her child could suffer serious health effects for years to come?   I believe our politicians need to realize they and their families are not immune to EMR/EMF.

From: Ron  (name given with permission)

Sent: December 31, 2018 6:03 PM
To: Lisa Beare <Lisa.Beare.MLA@leg.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

 

Hello MLA Beare:

 

I’m sure you are doing good work in many areas, but consider the article below and think of spreading some good work in that area. The article is on a questionable (right wing) site but links direct to the study.

 

I read an email from the Province the other day to a person asking about radiation, I probably sent you a copy of it. The official letter is nothing but official bullshit. Your government is lying about a matter as serious as non consensual microwave radiation that may ultimately kill many of us. This must end… without some level of trust and integrity we’ll all end up wearing yellow vests. All so that the ‘smart’ meter project can remain under wraps…

 

We need you to start asking hard questions of the Provincial Health Office and not giving up until they are properly answered. We are tired of being lied to. And it is obvious to any intelligent person that is exactly what is happening.

 

Thank you and happy new year!

 

Ron Ramsey

 

Disturbing evidence suggests that WiFi radiation could increase the risk of miscarriages by almost 50% – NaturalNews.com

Google has declared war on the independent media and has begun blocking emails from NaturalNews from getting to our readers. We recommend GoodGopher.com as a free, uncensored email receiving service, or ProtonMail.com as a free, encrypted email send and receive service.www.naturalnews.com

 

https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-12-31-wifi-radiation-could-increase-the-risk-of-miscarriages.html

Sharon

“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”    Winston Churchill

www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

Light lifi could be much faster and safer for humanity and the environment! posted Jan 3/19 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)  McLean’s is alerting Canadians to the potential for cyber security issues resulting from the IoT and, especially, 5G technology as Huawei’s equipment is used and this Chinese company partners with Telus to build the infrastructure.

 

What’s the worst China could do with access to Canada’s 5G network?

https://www.macleans.ca/society/technology/whats-the-worst-china-could-do-with-access-to-canadas-5g-network/

2)  Internet via light or li-fi was developed a few years ago and has been used in pilot projects in many places. Now the IEEE is working to set a standard, as it did with EMR. IEEE is not concerned about safety, only efficiency.  Some of the experts who have studied the health effects from EMR are warning that li-fi should be studied carefully to make sure it’s safe before it is released widely. We can’t afford to keep making mistakes. One concern is the blue light that can affect melatonin, eyes, etc. But if this technology could be determined to be safe, it could easily replace much of the wifi to which we are exposed.

 

IEEE Task Force Works on Standard for Light Communications

 

““Li-Fi is another tool in a set that already happens to be pretty good. It will provide that complementary capacity that Wi-Fi and other wireless communications need to create a fully connected digital society.”

There are some differences between what can be done with Li-Fi and what can be done with the lower part of the radio spectrum, he says.

“It is always a matter of using the right technology to solve the right problem,” he says, “and Li-Fi can meaningfully help to deliver ubiquitous indoor coverage for the mass market, bringing data wherever there is light. Indeed, by some accounts Li-Fi may broaden the frequency range by 1,000 times.””

 

https://tinyurl.com/lifistandards

Pilot projects have confirmed that li-fi is faster and more secure than wifi.

 

Li-Fi Has Just Been Tested in The Real World, And It’s 100 Times Faster Than Wi-Fi

 

“Li-Fi was invented by Harald Haas from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland back in 2011, when he demonstrated for the first time that by flickering the light from a single LED, he could transmit far more data than a cellular tower. Think back to that lab-based record of 224 gigabits per second – that’s 18 movies of 1.5 GB each being downloaded every single second.

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/li-fi-tested-in-the-real-world-for-the-first-time-is-100-times-faster-than-wi-fi

 

3)  Technology just gets crazier and more dangerous – just because it can. Plans are in the works to use radar in personal devices like phones. This has been approved in the US with only concerns about interference being raised. Nothing about health !!

 

Google’s futuristic radar-based hand sensors get US approval, despite interference concerns

Google has been granted permission to roll out wearable hand motion sensors that allow users to swipe, scroll and click their devices through thin air. Concern remains that the devices could interfere with other electronics.

The sensor technology, named Project Soli, has been in development since 2015. Worn on a user’s wrist, it allows the user to scroll, swipe, click and control their devices with simple hand gestures in the air. Users can click a virtual button between their thumb and index finger, or turn a virtual dial by rubbing these fingers together…

A radar beam tracks the movement of the user’s hand, enabling precise control – just like the futuristic computer interface used by Tom Cruise in ‘Minority Report’. Google also claims that the technology will be integrated into phones, personal computers, and vehicles.”

 

https://www.rt.com/usa/447936-google-hand-control-interference/

Letters:

 

From: Janis Hoffmann (name given with permission)
Sent: January 1, 2019 8:20 PM
To: willow_reichelt@sd33.bc.ca
Cc: dan_coulter@sd33.bc.ca; darrell_furgason@sd33.bc.ca; david_swankey@sd33.bc.ca; barry_neufeld@sd33.bc.ca; silvia_dyck@sd33.bc.ca; heather_maahs@sd33.bc.ca; jared_mumford@sd33.bc.ca; bonnie.henry@gov.bc.ca; premier@gov.bc.ca; hlth.minister@gov.bc.ca; educ.minister@gov.bc.ca
Subject: How safe are our children in school where microwave radiation exposure is mandatory?

 

Dear Willow Reichelt,

This issue is not a passion but a real concern regarding the latest scientific proof of harm to our children from the microwave radiation emitting from wireless technology in our classrooms.  The School Boards have wilfully dismissed credible health information presented to them from qualified experts, nationally and internationally, which emphasizes children’s heightened vulnerabilities and the need for “precautionary” measures to reduce exposure and risk from the harmful effects now.

The game changer is “Clear Evidence” of Cancer a Scientific Fact.     https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300355

Trustees have an obligation to do their due diligence by researching the latest peer reviewed studies or requesting a current safety letter from our Provincial Health Officer in order to make a complete assessment regarding the safety of our children while they are in your care. Trustees have a “duty” to provide our children with a safe learning environment.

Parents, teachers and students are frustrated because we have contacted the Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, Ministry of Health, Mr. Adrian Dix, Ministry of Education, Mr. Rob Fleming, Premier, Mr. John Horgan, requesting 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 only to be ignored. This information warrants the solicitation of a current letter, re Wi-Fi safety from Dr. Bonnie Henry to ensure the latest peer reviewed studies and recommendations are being applied to make a sound decision regarding our children’s health and well being.

All our letters, emails and requests for an appointment to discuss this important health issue have fallen on deaf ears.

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 microwave 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.  It’s 2019 and is Cancer an acceptable risk too?

The BC Government has failed to do their due diligence and take immediate action to mitigate the risk by informing 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. 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. http://octowired.com/

Health is a Provincial responsibility and we are calling on the School Boards to request a current letter from our Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry regarding the safety of wireless technology in our schools.

Respectfully,

Janis Hoffmann

Parents for Safe Schools

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:33 PM Willow Reichelt <willow_reichelt@sd33.bc.ca> wrote: (in response to Janis’s email about her grandson’s exposure to wifi in school endangering his health and preventing him from being ablt to attend classes with his friends.)

 

Hi Janis,

 

I understand that you are very passionate about this issue. I will be honest with you and tell you that I am not concerned about the risks of WiFi and cell phones. It is not something I will be addressing as a school trustee.

Willow Reichelt

Board Vice Chair, SD33

(604) 701-7377 

Sharon

 

“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology in which nobody understands *anything* about science and technology.

And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces.”     Carl Sagan, 1996

www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

Brain cancer being afilitated with cell phones and wifi posted Dec 31/18

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

This is the last update for 2018.  The next update will be on Jan. 2, 2019.  I wish all of you a very happy, healthy 2019.

1)  Glioblastomas are extremely aggressive brain cancers which, currently, cannot be cured. Many studies, the NTP, Ramazzini, and those by Dr. Hardell, have shown that cell phones and exposure to microwave radiation are linked to these horrible tumors.  A treatment would be wonderful, but how much better it would be to not have people exposed to EMR.

 

Israelis discover promising treatment for aggressive brain tumors

“A new treatment for aggressive brain tumors (glioblastoma) shows great promise, according to a report by Israeli scientists that was published  recently in the journal Nucleic Acids Research”

https://www.israel21c.org/israelis-discover-promising-treatment-for-aggressive-brain-tumors/

 

2)  Many children received wireless devices and gadgets as gifts at Christmas. Most wireless devices have warnings hidden deep within their manuals (usually online manuals) saying that, like cell phones, should not be placed on or close to the body. Testing of these devices by the FCC in the US is done to determine if they meet the RF exposure guidelines. As Dr. Arazi has proven, the testing methods of cell phones is terribly deficient, and there is no reason to believe that testing of other wireless devices is any better. The FCC has tested laptops, for example, at 20 cm (nearly 8 inches) from the body, and the laptop manuals (e.g. Samsung’s) warn that laptops should be no closer than 20 cm from a pregnant woman’s or a teenager’s stomach.  There are many such examples at the link below. If you find any manuals that are not included here, would you please share?  Send to me at dsnoble@shaw.ca  with “manual warning” on the subject line.

 

“All manufacturers of wireless devices from cell phones to Wi-Fi Speakers To Wi-Fi toys have warnings which describe the minimum distance devices must be kept away from users in order to not exceed the as-tested radiofrequency radiation limits for exposure to wireless radiation.  For example, the FCC sets exposure limits for laptops so they are usually tested 20 cm away from the body…

 

1695 Learning App Tablet RF Exposure Info SAR VTech 

“This transmitter must be at least 27 cm from the user and must not be co-located or operating with any other antennas or transmitter.”

 

https://ehtrust.org/fine-print-manufacturer-radio-frequency-radiation-warnings/

 

3) In Oregon there is a new draft bill asking for improved, safer computer and internet access in schools as well as better information being provided to parents and teachers regarding scientific evidence regarding microwave radiation.  Please see attachment for the draft bill.  In BC even schools that have fiber optic cable that used to be used for computers now use wireless connections. Parents and teachers are not informed about the many studies showing the health effects suffered by those exposed for significant periods. Neither are parents told that children are most vulnerable. And neither are parents given a choice. The science is there. Why isn’t the precautionary principle being applied, at the very least?

 

“In Oregon we have a bill that has been introduced in both the Senate and the House that calls for the hard wiring of computers in schools and the elimination of wireless devices in the classroom.  This is the third time this is being done but this time is quite a bit different.  The bill is being introduced with the strong support of the chair of the senate health committee, Laurie Monnes-Anderson and the strong support of a member of the health committee of the house.  We have picked up 5  sponsors prior to lobbying the bill and it looks like we have a chance this time.  I know that everything has been eclipsed by 5G and other issues but we have been working on this and think that any step that brings attention to this will help advance the issue elsewhere.  Below are the email addresses for the members of the Senate and House.  Please email them and let them know that you support this and urge them to sign on as sponsors or vote for the bill when it comes up.  Each attachment has the bill numbers that apply to each legislative body.  The house bill is LC 3096 and the Senate is LC1414.  These are temporary numbers but will do for now.

 

Thank you,

 

David Morrison / Portland OR.  (the facebook website is from a nationwide group, Parents Across America that has taken this issue into their agenda.  They have been working mostly on screen time and testing issues. 

 

https://www.facebook.com/PAAforSafeTech/

 

Letters:

From: Sharon Noble [mailto:dsnoble@shaw.ca]
Sent: December 29, 2018 10:48 PM
To: ‘Carole James’ <info@bcndp.ca>
Subject: RE: Three things your support will do

 

Hi, Carole,

 

I have long been an NDP supporter but I must tell you how disappointed I am that the NDP is no more responsive than the Liberals. I and so many of my friends have written to Prem.  Horgan, other cabinet members, and their MLAs about various issues, such as smart meters, the failure of the BC Provincial Health Minister and officials to respond to the recent studies showing that microwave radiation is carcinogenic, that wifi in schools is making children ill, that Telus, which is partnered with a Chinese company considered to be a security threat – Huawei, is allowed to install micro-cell towers outside our homes without our permission. Not only does the government not respond to the information that has been provided, their offices don’t even respond to the letters, emails and phone calls. This is not only arrogant, it is also negligent.

 

As you well know, it is difficult for many people to get the nerve to write to a political figure. Composing a letter with technical information to a public official is not only difficult and time-consuming, it also is intimidating. And then to get no response !!  This has happened consistently ever since the NDP took office. I believe I speak for many when I say “we” are offended.

 

Then to get emails asking for donations… I ask, what have you done to deserve my attention let alone my money?  Why should I believe you will act differently if you are elected again?  How are you different from the Liberals who also ignored us?

 

Furthermore, Prem. Horgan, before he was elected, realized that the smart meter program was ill-conceived, that the opt out fees were onerous, and promised a full independent review. John Horgan was involved, concerned about the costs and the lack of oversight.  After the NDP won the election,  those of us who had hoped for help in reviewing this dangerous, expensive and unnecessary program were sorely disappointed.

 

I don’t agree that your “plan is working”.  It  hasn’t worked for me.

 

Sharon Noble

Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters.

 

From: Carole James [mailto:info@bcndp.ca]
Sent: December 29, 2018 1:05 PM
To: Sharon Noble <dsnoble@shaw.ca>
Subject: Three things your support will do

 

Hi Sharon,

When we formed government, we committed to doing things differently. We promised British Columbians that we would take on big challenges: housing, child care, affordability, climate change, healthcare, and more.

And now as we approach the end of 2018, the results show our plan is working. Investing in people has paid dividends, and we’ve eliminated our province’s operating debt for the first time in 40 years.

But Andrew Wilkinson and the BC Liberals could put that all at risk, and we can’t let that happen.

A donation of $10 in the next 48 hours will get you up to 75% back at tax time, and help keep BC heading in the right direction.

We’ve worked hard to keep BC’s economy on track by making record investments in things that matter to people – including affordable housing, schools, hospitals, and child care. We’ve created good jobs while improving services you count on.

We have plenty of momentum, but so do the BC Liberals. If they beat us in fundraising, or in the upcoming by-election, it could put all this at risk.

But if we work together, we can to three things:

  1. Defeat the BC Liberals in the most important by-election in BC history.
  2. Keep the BC Liberals out of government and away from the important decisions that matter to people.

  3. Continue the good work our government has just started.

    When you donate $10 or more before our December 31 deadline, you’ll help us accomplish all this AND you will get up to 75% back on your 2018 taxes:

    www.bcndp.ca/year-end

    Thanks so much. We really appreciate your support.

Carole

Carole James
MLA and Finance Minister
BC’s New Democrats

From: Jim Ervin   (name given with permission)
Sent: December 29, 2018 1:34 PM
To:
customermetering@bchydro.com
Cc: jerryigf <jerryigf@shaw.ca>; commission.secretary@bcuc.com; Sharon Noble <dsnoble@shaw.ca>; Janis Hoffmann <stopsmartmetersbc@gmail.com>
Subject: meter switch visit

 

BC Hydro,

On Thursday, Dec.27, I was visited by an alleged BC Hydro representative for the purpose of removing my Analog Meter and replacing it with a radio off Smartmeter. I say an “alleged” BC Hydro representative because he didn’t even give prior notice of his intention to visit me and did not wear an identification tag which I could identify him from. I was in my basement on my computer at the time and did not hear him knock on my front door as he claimed to have done. I came out and surprised him when I heard him starting to remove my meter, after using one of my buckets to stand on, a safety hazard in itself. At first he said he had knocked on my door and asked if I’d heard him, which I of course hadn’t. I asked him why he didn’t phone me as well since he could have easily seen that there was a light on in the basement. But as he showed me, his work order didn’t even include my phone number. Then I asked him to identify himself and he showed me his ID tag. The picture could have been a younger picture of him but I didn’t think it looked like him, not at his present age at least. There was no name on the tag, just a number and I found that to be very insulting, to expect a customer to be able to remember a Hydro employee by their number. I believe it was 407 something. When I pressed further for his name, he said it was Dwayne, without giving a last name. So “Dwayne,” if that was his real name, had entered my property and ignored my No Trespassing Corix sign (and please don’t tell me that Corix has no relation to BC Hydro or that “Dwayne “doesn’t work for Corix.He was still doing the same job, regardless) which is signed and dated by myself, has been in place since 2012, and of which BC Hydro was made aware by myself. He made no apology and displayed an arrogant, condocending attitude as he explained that my meter seal was expired and he was there to replace my Analog meter with a radio off smartmeter. I then told him that I had talked to a Kathren about this and was waiting for a callback from a supervisor about my request that my meter be replaced with another Analog Meter. Of course he gave me the usual line about no more Analog Meters being available. That’s something which I told him isn’t true, according to BC’s own energy minister.

 

“Dwayne” in his arrogance, said that he was younger than me and stronger and could replace the meter if he wanted to.He then could have expected a visit from the police. However, he then said that he didn’t care if I wished to be charged the $65 failed connection fee. Finally he left after his bullying comment that cutoffs would begin in April. I told him that the media would certainly be informed and I don’t think the headline would look very good for BC Hydro if it reads Hydro Cuts Off  Single Senior With Heart Condition- refuses to provide Analog Meter.

 

I want to know, is this your idea of customer service, after all my years of paying my bill to BC Hydro, to be charged $65 because I refused to be intimidated by a complete stranger, making an unannounced visit to me, allegedly from BC Hydro? As yet, I still haven’t received a callback from a Hydro supervisor. These dictatorial tactics must be exposed and condemned.

Jim Ervin

Sharon

 

Happy New Year to All !! 

 

Cell Tower injuring and killing students and teachers in Israel plus EMF effects on brain development! posted Dec 30/18 this is a war against social pathic corporations and the governments who support crimes against humanity! title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)  In Israel, parents are fighting to have a cell tower that is right beside a high school removed after learning that nearly 60% of the kids attending suffered health problems consistent with exposure to microwave radiation. They held a 3 month strike to emphasize their concerns. Below is a 1 ½ min youtube explaining their battle and concerns.

 

https://youtu.be/zxDE_di-ThE

 

2)  Dr. Mercola continues to alert his readers about the dangers of wireless devices and to educate them about the most recent studies on microwave radiation.

 

Heavy Screen Time Changes Children’s Brains

 

“Heavy Use of Wireless Devices Changes Brain Structure in Children 

 

In the largest long-term study1,2,3 of brain development and youth health in the U.S., the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study,4 reveals the brains of the most prolific users of electronic devices look different compared to those who use smartphones, tablets and video games less frequently.”

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/12/27/effects-of-screen-time-on-brain-development.aspx

Here is a link to website re. the $300 million Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study to which he refers.

https://abcdstudy.org/

Letters:

Tamara Mitchell is a BC Government Policy Analyst.

From: Janis Hoffmann  (name given with permission)
Sent: December 28, 2018 9:21 PM
To: tamara.mitchell@gov.bc.ca
Subject: The Greatest Health Scandal of our time will be the use of Wireless Technology in schools!

 

Dear Tamara Mitchell,

Currently my grandson who is now 13 years old, has a chronic health disability, EHS (electro hypersensitivity), which means with accumulative and prolonged exposure to microwave radiation from wireless technology, he experiences severe headaches, accompanied with vomiting, extreme fatigue, insomnia and now night terrors. Tyler, like many others, has been denied accommodation in our public schools forcing them into a life of isolation. Attached Tyler’s Story.  Mr. Marcus Schluschen has asked me to send you some information about the response we have received from our government officials regarding the proven health risks to our children from wireless technology.

 Parents, teachers and students are frustrated because we have contacted the Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, Ministry of Health, Mr. Adrian Dix, Ministry of Education, Mr. Rob Fleming, Premier, Mr. John Horgan, requesting 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 only to be ignored. This information warrants the solicitation of a current letter, re Wi-Fi safety from Dr. Bonnie Henry to ensure the latest peer reviewed studies and recommendations are being applied to make a sound decision regarding our children’s health and well being in our schools.

 All our letters, emails and requests for an appointment to discuss this important health issue have fallen on deaf ears. 

 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.

 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://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/results/pubs/longterm/defs/index.html https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/about_ntp/trpanel/2018/march/actions20180328_508.pdf

 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 the precautionary principal to be applied in order to protect our children. http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/worlds– largest-animal-study-on-cell-tower-radiation-confirms-cancer-link-953696.htm

 Ronald Melnick PhD, formerly the Senior NIH toxicologist who led the design of the NTP study on cell phone radiation now a Senior Science Advisor to Environmental Health Trust (EHT) stated, “All of the exposures used in the Ramazzini study were below the US FCC limits. These are permissible exposures according the FCC.  In other words, a person can legally be exposed to this level of radiation. Yet cancers occurred in these animals at these legally permitted levels. The Ramazzini findings are consistent with the NTP study demonstrating these effects are a reproducible finding.”

 “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

 The BC Government has failed to do their due diligence and take immediate action to mitigate the risk by informing 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. 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.

 http://octowired.com/

 Please let me know if you would like any more information.

Respectfully,

 Janis Hoffmann

Victoria BC 

Sharon

 

Like water on a rock, our continued pressure can bring about change that will protect our children and grandchildren.

 

Cyber security threats could take down entire countries? posted Dec 29/18

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

)   More about cybersecurity that goes beyond hacking smeters but power grids are a significant target. It seems that interconnectivity via the IoT will make this type of attack much easier.

Someone is trying to take entire countries offline and cybersecurity experts say ‘it’s a matter of time because it’s really easy’

  • “Hackers used to be most interested in stealing your credit card data. Now they’re looking to hobble major infrastructure like ports, power grids, and cities.
  • “The problem people don’t realise is it becomes a weapon of mass destruction. You can take down a whole country. It can be done,” a source tells Business Insider.”

    https://www.businessinsider.com/can-hackers-take-entire-countries-offline-2018-12?r=US&IR=T

     

     

    2)  The industry is still trying to figure out how to persuade us to accept smeters and to believe they are beneficial. It seems it is trying to find the “right” psychological approach to take—  instead of addressing our real concerns.  For example, it appears that if they can make people think that smeters will help the environment, reduce climate change, most people will be willing to accept these things. In fact there are many aspects of smeters that make them less green than analogs. For example, they are made of materials that are dangerous for the environment – plastic, lithium batteries – where analogs are made of glass and metal. Also smeters have short lifespans so must be replaced several times over the span of an analog’s life.  There are admissions that some concerns are justified, e.g. privacy and costs.  Health concerns (EMR) were not mentioned.

     

    A synthetic view of acceptance and engagement with smart meters in the United States

     

    “Real-time surveillance concerns refer to the ability of a person or group to monitor behavior as it happens, either a utility or a person who has hacked into the network. Information detritus concerns refer to the sale of information to a third party. For instance, the utility could sell this information to other corporations or to law enforcement. This is not uncommon, as companies frequently sell business records, which in most cases in the United States are not covered under the fourth amendment of the constitution [16]. In the E.U., smart meter data is classified as personal data and therefore protected from resale [23]. Physical invasion concerns refer to the ability of anyone in control of real-time data to determine if a property is occupied for the purpose of illegal activity such as burglary or arson. Scholars have suggested that privacy concerns can be reduced by implementing “privacy friendly” alternatives, for instance by decreasing the granularity of the data collected by the smart meter .”  section 2.1.1

     

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629618301129

     

     

     

    3)  A bit of a history of 5G technology in the US – the political support, bent scientists, and plans.  We all know that what happens in the US affects us.

     

    Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) New Year’s “To-Do” List Includes More Small Cell Towers Near Homes

     

    “Most people have never heard of the CTIA and have no idea what they do.  If you’re not okay with small cell towers being installed in residential yards and all over your community,[1] it’s in your best interest to get familiar with their mission as well as their influence over our government agencies, employees, and elected officials…

     

    By removing these regulatory barriers, telecom companies may now put wireless infrastructure – including small cell towers – almost wherever they want.  This includes in front of homes, schools, hospitals, historic districts, etc.  So if any of this is being installed near your home and throughout your community, CTIA has had much to do with this.  Of course, they didn’t do it alone.  So here’s what we figure would be a new year’s “to-do” list by the seemingly heartless folks employed by CTIA:”

     

    https://www.activistpost.com/2018/12/cellular-telecommunications-and-internet-association-ctia-new-years-to-do-list-includes-more-small-cell-towers-near-homes.html

     

    Sharon

    “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” Aldous Huxley

     

     

    www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

US counties allowing analog meters so why corrupt BC Hydro black mailing Canadians with government permission? posted Dec 28/18 title Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)   A group in Iowa used our opt out chart (http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/OPT-OUT-FEES.pdf)  for their smeter hearings, and supplemented it.  The detailed info they obtained will be added to our chart, and below is the concise summary.  This confirms that many US utilities are allowing analogs to be used, even with solar systems.  Why is Hydro so insistent that this cannot/will not be allowed in BC?  Please keep pressure on Horgan and Mungall about this.

“There were a total of 59 Utilities that were canvassed by phone in preparation of these reports. Of these, there are 46 utilities that have some form of smart meter program in place now. Of these 46 utilities, two use Power Line Carrier and one uses non rf SM – AMR for their means of transmission. Of these 46, there are 22 utilities that allow analogs either for solar or non solar. Of these 22 utilities, there are 13 utilities that allow analog for solar, 18 that allow analogs for non solar, and 9 that offer analogs for both solar and non solar. Of these 13 utilities, there are 10 that allow analog with fees for solar whether they be installation or monthly fees with 2 that charge no fees and 1 unknown. There are 3 non solar utilities that charge no fees. The average opt out installation fee is $76,21 and the average monthly opt out fee is $18.”

 

2)   Small cell, DAS,  internal and exterior antenna systems. This makes for a work and living environment where constant exposure to multiple frequencies is impossible to avoid.

What is DAS and small cell technology?

“Since 70% of cellular calls and 80% of data traffic originate from within buildings, providing adequate coverage is a necessity. Find out how wireless solutions utilizing DAS and small cell technology can ensure you’re connected.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q54GiouXFmE&frags=pl%2Cwn

 

3)  Screen addiction is getting the attention of the telecoms who seem to have come up with various solutions, including, believe it or not, a smaller phone so that the screen is smaller – “less screen time”….

Are you ready to break up with your phone?

“Devices like the Nokia phone from HMD Global and the tiny Palm phone are marketed as companion devices – in Nokia’s case with less functionality, in Palm’s case just smaller – to give us a break from our main device.

“It’s quite apparent that the industry still wants to keep selling phones,” said CCS Insight analyst Ben Wood.

“It is a little bit ironic that they are trying to sell you a little phone to do the same thing [as your big phone].””

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46590880?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews

 

4)  A relatively new group in Pennsylvania fighting smeters.   You don’t have to be on Facebook to look at their info.  or to provide comments.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stopsmartmeterspa/permalink/2013764438699223/

https://smartmeternewsupdates.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/pennsylvania-introduces-new-bill-to-stop-smart-meters/

 

Sharon

 

“An activist is someone who cannot help but fight for something. That person is not usually motivated by a need for power, or money, or fame, but in fact driven slightly mad by some injustice, some cruelty, some unfairness – So much so that he or she is compelled by some moral engine to act to make it better.”- Eve Ensler

www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

BC Premier forgets pre-election promises plus wifi school initiatives by scientists! posted Dec 27/18 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)    In November Cindy Russell of Physicians For Safe Technology presented a webinar for the United Educators of San Francisco on technology in schools. 

The subject areas covered in the webinar include:

  • A review of the United Educators of San Francisco Resolution on Technology Safety that addresses wireless radiation
  • A review of the scientific evidence on health effects of wireless radiation.
  • Recommendations for schools on how they can reduce radiofrequency radiation exposures.
  • Examples of actions and reports by teacher unions in North America to protect students and staff.
  • International and and US policy that addresses radiofrequency radiation and works to reduce exposures.
  • Examples of schools banning cell phones in classrooms.
  • Examples of schools and governments banning Wi-Fi in classrooms.
  • Published resources and recommended videos to learn more.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7RUeC6zUjg   70 min.

 

2)  In 2011 many of us presented arguments to our local councils against the mandatory installation of smeters on our homes.  According to the BC public health act, local govt has the responsibility for ensuring the health of the public. As a result of this effort, we got more than 60 (I believe the final number was closer to 70) councils to pass a moratorium on the program until the smeters were proven to be safe. In Sept 2011 this resolution was passed by the Union of BC Municipalities, with the help of John Horgan. I met with John many times during this period and he spoke out against the strong-armed approach. In fact I know that he helped get this resolution passed – I was there all week long and John kept me informed about his conversations with others inside the convention hall..  Please take a look at this youtube, especially min. 18-21, and see how John felt about this “corporatocracy”.  Perhaps he needs to be reminded that he once shared our concerns about smeters.  What happened?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZTiT9ZSg3Q

 

3)  A tribute to the founder of Mast-Victims.org who died a few days ago after fighting for years to raise public awareness about the dangers cell towers and their radiation pose. Agnes will be missed by many.

A

“””She lost the battle against microwave radiation sickness and finally, cancer.

Despite her health problems, Agnes brought people together for the cause. She tracked down EHS sufferers, EMF activists, scientists and researchers and made sure people got connected across the world.”

 

https://www.mast-victims.org/

Letters:

 

From: X
Sent: December 25, 2018 6:30 PM
To: Prime Minister <pm@pm.gc.ca>; Scheer <Scheer.A@parl.gc.ca>; Jagmeet Singh <jagmeet@jagmeetsingh.ca>; May Elizabeth <leader@greenparty.ca>
Cc: Sultan.MLA, Ralph <ralph.sultan.mla@leg.bc.ca>; Pam Goldsmith-Jones <Pam.Goldsmith-Jones@parl.gc.ca>
Subject: Huawei, cont

 

Canada is the only one of the English language countries to still use this company. Wake up folks! Without power this country is pretty cold in winter! Might they retaliate against us for holding their CEO?

 

“Cybersecurity experts have identified smeters as one of the most (if not THE most) vulnerable part of the electrical grid, the entry point for hackers or attacks.  Former CIA Director James Woolsey describe it as a dumb meter, and warned that an attack on the grid would result in our returning to the “dark ages” for months or even years. This article explains how easy it would be to use the smeters to attack and bring down the grid.

 

How to Hack a Smart Meter and Kill the Grid

 

“… a programmer working for a meter manufacturer could write code which would cause tens of millions of meters to switch off a certain time. If a quarter of domestic smart meters turned off together, you could be looking at an instantaneous demand change of up to 15%, an order of magnitude greater than the 1% Saleh thinks will kill the grid. That is something that no electricity grid has been designed for. There is a reason that military planners target power stations – removing electricity cripples a nation for years, as we’ve seen in Iraq. That makes the grid a very interesting target for any malicious state actor.”

 

https://www.stopumts.nl/doc.php/Artikelen/11800/How%20to%20Hack%20a%20Smart%20Meter

Sharon 

“Courage my friends; ’tis never too late to build a better world.” (Tommy Douglas)

www.facebook.com/Coalitiontostopsmartmeters

 

Parents for safe schools and Chinese threats to sovereignty tech wise! posted Dec 24/18 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)   A member found this very interesting document written in 2013 about how smeter programs should be introduced to the customers who can, in essence, be manipulated. Cases studies are reviewed, one of which is BC Hydro. A very inaccurate and incomplete history from 2010-2013 is given, with no mention of the opt out program and extortion fees, and no mention about all of the misinformation, untruths, and threats from Hydro. Read especially from pg 10 (their numbered pages) to about pg. 30.  Of special note, on pg. 18 is the promise to the many thousands refusing smeters by BC Hydro not to install smeters on homes without permission. Reading this brought a question to mind that I’d never considered. What is the difference for Hydro between manually reading our analogs and a smeter with the transmitter turned off?  Why the insistence that we have smeters even if they are disabled? Is it so they can, if they wish, turn the power on at some later date? Is it that the disabled smeters are still gathering data not needed for billing?

 

BTW, despite what this report says, Hydro was ordered to have a system that could handle time of use billing. This application/structure was completed in one of the first phases of the program.

 

Too bad there is no follow up report, after 2013 and until 2018+ while we are still fighting. And we will continue even if every home is smetered because the program is wrong, dangerous, invasive and expensive.

 

Smart Metering Initiatives: Lessons in Public Engagement and Communication

 

“In the case of BC’s Smart Meter Program, smart meters were mandated by the BC Government through the 2010 Clean Energy Act (CEA). BC Hydro was instructed to install smart meters across BC, manage the Smart Meter Program, and the corresponding smart grid. Under the CEA, the Smart Meter Program was exempt from the usual oversight and public hearing process provided by the BCUC. This set up an interesting environment where the Smart Meter Program was implemented under the CEA without the typical formal public oversight and the opportunity for public consultation through the BCUC hearings process. Beginning with the installation of smart meters in 2011, the Smart Meter Program was met with public confusion and even backlash, first by vocal minorities (citizens groups), and then municipalities, some of whom called for a halt in smart meter installation. Concerns cited were privacy, health, and program pricing and potential changes in electricity rates.”

 

http://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/13692/etd7754_CCurson.pdf   

 

2) Chinese microchips reported to have been implanted on circuit boards to gain control over infrastructure and govt. systems.  Some of the companies have denied this happened, but China makes most of the computer hardware and is very capable of hiding such things where it would be very difficult to be found.  And our government continues to allow Chinese company Huawei to work with Telus in developing the 5G grid using Huawei’s transmitters!!

 

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

“…investigators determined that the chips allowed the attackers to create a stealth doorway into any network that included the altered machines. Multiple people familiar with the matter say investigators found that the chips had been inserted at factories run by manufacturing subcontractors in China.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies?srnd=businessweek-v2

 

3)  Cybersecurity experts have identified smeters as one of the most (if not THE most) vulnerable part of the electrical grid, the entry point for hackers or attacks.  Former CIA Director James Woolsey describe it as a dumb meter, and warned that an attack on the grid would result in our returning to the “dark ages” for months or even years. This article explains how easy it would be to use the smeters to attack and bring down the grid.

 

How to Hack a Smart Meter and Kill the Grid

 

“… a programmer working for a meter manufacturer could write code which would cause tens of millions of meters to switch off a certain time. If a quarter of domestic smart meters turned off together, you could be looking at an instantaneous demand change of up to 15%, an order of magnitude greater than the 1% Saleh thinks will kill the grid. That is something that no electricity grid has been designed for. There is a reason that military planners target power stations – removing electricity cripples a nation for years, as we’ve seen in Iraq. That makes the grid a very interesting target for any malicious state actor.”

 

https://www.stopumts.nl/doc.php/Artikelen/11800/How%20to%20Hack%20a%20Smart%20Meter

 

Letters:

 

In response to Premier Horgan’s form letter which was in the Dec. 21 update and started saying:

 

Subject:

Three important words

Date:

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:18:02 +0000

From:

John Horgan <info@bcndp.ca>

To:

  X

Hi X

Proud. Honoured. Hopeful. Those are three words I’ve said many times since I became Premier of British Columbia eighteen months ago. Today I’d add two more: THANK YOU — because it’s with your help that we’ve been able to do some incredible things for the people of this great province.

 

From: Janis Hoffmann  (name given with permission)
Sent: December 22, 2018 12:51 PM
Subject: OUR: Three important words

 

Dear John Horgan,

 

Our three words for you are DISAPPOINTED, OFFENDED, and OUTRAGED.

 

We are disappointed by your refusal to do your due diligence and inform the School Boards about the proven health risks from the microwave radiation exposure emitting from wireless technology in our schools.  You have chosen to ignore the thousands of peer-reviewed studies and the pleas from scientists and medical experts who have warned you over and over again of the upcoming health crisis.

 

We are offended that all our letters, emails and requests for an appointment to discuss this important health issue have fallen on deaf ears.  You and the other ministries have refused to respond to parents, teachers and students about the concerns of the health and well being of our children in our schools.

We are outraged that our request for a 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 has been ignored.  Health is the responsibility of the province of BC and by ignoring our concerns shows the lack of respect you have for your constituents.

Our next vote won’t be wasted on the NDP.

Respectfully

Janis Hoffmann

Parents for Safe Schools

Sharon

 

“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology in which nobody understands *anything* about science and technology.

And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces.”     Carl Sagan, 1996

 

www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

US counties wisely curtailing 5G towers effects! posted Dec 23/18 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)  Many communities in the US are establishing ordinances/laws/policies to maintain some control over the siting of microcell transmitters.  EH Trust.org is maintaining a list of these communities and sharing info about their efforts in order to help others. Everyone should consider what is being done and determine which policy or approach might work best in your community. We need to organize to help educate the councils much as we organized in 2011 to educate them about smeters. Right now few of them have any info and many of those who know a little about the program believe there is nothing they can do to stop the proliferation or to protect the residents.  Please share any presentations to councils and responses (especially actions being taken) and I will maintain a list for BC. EH Trust.org might add our communities to its list.

 

USA City Ordinances to Limit and Control Wireless Facilities Small Cells in Rights of Ways

 

“From coast to coast local governments are taking action to protect their communities from the unfettered deployment of 4G and 5G “small cell” wireless facilities. Several cities are passing ordinances that strictly limit the buildout. Many policymakers ask “What are other cities doing?”

This page is a compilation of top examples of  what cities are doing to protect their communities. For each city we provide a short synopsis along with a link to download the ordinance or policy. Scroll down to see the City and policy. Please download and share these examples with your community. 

Local ordinances note various purposes such as preserving visual character, protecting environmental resources, and protecting residents against adverse health effects. They take a variety of approaches, such as prohibiting small cells in certain areas, creating application and recertification fees  and imposing aesthetic and administrative requirements. Some combine several of these approaches.”

https://ehtrust.org/usa-city-ordinances-to-limit-and-control-wireless-facilities-small-cells-in-rights-of-ways/

2) Environmental Health Trust does amazing work on EMR and has so much information on its website. I would strongly recommend that you get on its mailing list https://ehtrust.org/  which is head by Dr. Devra Davis.  In the most recent newsletter there is a host of links to various studies and reports, all which should be used when anyone says there isn’t evidence of harm.

 

“When people ask, “Where is the science showing harm?” EHT has created webpages of published research for you to share with them:

 

 

 

3) Dr. Salford has found that even extremely short periods of cell phone use can cause serious, if not irreparable, damage to the brain. Even a few hours exposure to very low levels of EMR can lead to genetic damage, which can lead to things like Alzheimer’s.  At the end of this article are links to many reports/studies by Dr. Salford that should be provided to health officials. It’s time we began a campaign to have, at the minimum, labels on wireless devices, especially cell/smart phones to warn people about the dangers.

 

Since Allan Frey, whose work is also highlighted here, discovered in 1975 that microwave radiation causes the blood-brain barrier to leak, at least a dozen laboratories throughout the world have corroborated this effect. Currently the most active research of this kind is being done at Lund University in Sweden.

Dr. Leif Salford is a neurosurgeon at Lund University Hospital, and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery. Since 1988 he has led a team of researchers that have exposed thousands of laboratory rats to microwave radiation from various sources. Since the late 1990s they have used mobile telephones as the source of this radiation.

Their results have been consistent and alarming: not only does radiation from a cell phone damage the blood-brain barrier, but it does so at even when the exposure level is reduced a thousandfold. Even more disturbingly, and contrary to what was expected, the damage to the blood-brain barrier worsened when the experimenters reduced the exposure level. The implies that SAR ratings for cell phones may be worthless and that it may not be possible to make cell phones safer by reducing their power.

 

http://www.cellphonetaskforce.org/the-work-of-leif-salford/

 

Letters:

From: X
Sent: December 21, 2018 9:16 PM
To: Mayor & Council <mayorandcouncil@westvancouver.ca>; Sultan.MLA, Ralph <ralph.sultan.mla@leg.bc.ca>; Pam Goldsmith-Jones <Pam.Goldsmith-Jones@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: Jagmeet Singh <jagmeet@jagmeetsingh.ca>; Andrew Weaver <a.weaver@leg.bc.ca>; John Horgan <premier@gov.bc.ca>; May Elizabeth <leader@greenparty.ca>; greg.kyllo.mla@leg.bc.ca
Subject: Stop the roll out of these untested radiating devices!

 

Why 5G Cell Towers Are More Dangerous

Plans to transition to 5G around the world are already underway.  It’s an exciting and terrifying time for technology. Experts believe the new 5G cell towers are more dangerous than other towers, causing a whole new host of health problems for everyone.

5G cell towers are more dangerous than other cell towers because of the shorter length of millimeter waves (MMV) required to support the bandwidth. According to experts, 5G uses a bandwidth with shorter waves which do not travel through buildings. To make sure the bandwidth is reliable, small cell stations will be everywhere- outside your apartment, corner of a light pole and at the local bakery. Health experts believe 5G will have a devastating impact on our health.  

https://www.radiationhealthrisks.com/5g-cell-towers-dangerous/?fbclid=IwAR3EXQaG2ucJnqIAviI8FBRYEPtXgi03Y1NX6_WzW5NSKxZ60IUwUFk8INU

 

“This study raises concerns that simply living close to a cell tower will pose threats to human health. Governments need to take measures to reduce exposures from cell tower emissions. Cell towers should not be near schools, hospitals or people’s homes.  Public health agencies need to educate the public on how to reduce exposure from all sources of wireless radiofrequency radiation- be it from cell towers or cell phones or Wi-Fi in schools,” said Dr. David Carpenter, former Dean of the School of Public Health and the University of Albany.

“This is particularly urgent because current plans to place small 5G cell towers about every 300 meters in every street across the country.  These 5G “small cell’ antennas will result in continuous exposure to everyone living nearby and everyone walking down the street.  The increased exposures will increase the risk of cancer and other diseases such as electro-hypersensitivity,” said Dr. Carpenter.

The risk is very real. As Dr. Carpenter indicated, public health is at risk with plans for more and more smaller towers to go up on every street corner around the world.

According to experts, doctors and researchers, radiation has the power to change our bodies on the cellular level. These changes, as supported in several studies, create a perfect environment for cancer and other ailments to take over inside our body.

Other studies link cell phone and cell tower radiation to memory loss, headaches, changes in vision and mood, sleep disorders and leukemia. The rollout of 5G and the infrastructure to support it will only increase our risk of suffering major health issues down the road.”…

(For more of this study, please website above)

 

Provided by

X

Sharon

 

The absence of evidence of hazard is not proof of safety”—says Dr. Devra Davis

www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

Reporter fired for speaking truth about 5G so you still think we reside in Democracy not dictatorship?? posted Dec 20/18 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)  Isn’t it surprising that while industry pushes its new technology, like smeters or 5G, no criticism or honest debate is allowed. If these things are do good, why must they lie about them?  This is the question one writer for an industry mag, PC Magazine, asked and was fired as a consequence.  Here is his article, written in Aug, 2018, in which he asked good questions, which obviously is not tolerated.

 

John Dvorak: The Problem With 5G

 

“The technology might be the problem, but even worse for the companies behind it is the perception that 5G is already unsafe before they even get it on a single pole.

If you read the barrage of scary literature about 5G mobile phone technology, specifically the use of millimeter wave frequencies to transmit data, you must conclude that it is a bad bet.

I’m not saying this because the technology does not work. It’s a bad bet because so little is known about the effects of millimeter waves (30GHz-300GHz). While these frequencies only permeate a small fraction of the human epidermis (the skin), the effect on the cornea, in particular, needs serious research.”

http://scientists4wiredtech.com/2018/08/the-problem-with-5g/

 

John Dvorak: 5G Got Me Fired

 

“In fact, my column was more reporting than opinion as I was reflecting on all the bad press 5G was getting from every corner. My conclusion was that, unless this stopped, 5G would never get off the ground. I never once considered that expunging my column then firing me would be part of this process. I’ve asked the editors about this and got no replies.

This is a cautionary tale. Anyone writing for any publisher in today’s commercial market, where the managed advertorial and native ad seems to be the only way to make money, needs to be cautious.

More importantly today’s readers need to be a little more than cautious when believing anything.”

http://scientists4wiredtech.com/2018/09/5g-got-me-fired/

 

2)  Cindy Sage re. new paper about some of the many problems faced by new 5G technology use of millimeter frequencies which calls for a new safety standards. The research team explains how thermal heating caused by short pulses can cause permanent damage to tissues.

 

Compliance Problems for 5G rollout detailed in new technical paper

 

  • “The paper says is that permanent tissue damage from heating may occur even after short exposures
    to 5G millimeter wave pulse trains (where repetitive pulses can cause rapid, localized heating).

It says there is an urgent need for new thermal safety standards to address the kind of health risks possible with this new technology.”

https://www.emfacts.com/2018/12/compliance-problems-for-5g-rollout-detailed-in-new-technical-paper/

 

Letters:

 

From Linda Armstrong  (name given with permission)

 

I would like to share with you my response to  Andrew Weaver, our BC Green Party Leader’s comment via your concern about environmental pollution caused by RF and the health of future generations exposed to this “smog”.

 

Weaver, when asked by his constituents to help fight smeters because of the RF emitted, stated with certainty that there is no evidence of harm and said that “as a scientist” (a climatologist) he KNEW that non-ionizing radiation was just fine, no reason to worry.  This certainty about something that is outside the realm of his experience and education indicates a closed mind.  Now is the time, IMHO, to ask if his concern for future generations is limited to climate change.

 

1)  Today I received an email from Andrew Weaver,  BC Green Party Leader, who is asking for help fight climate change – for the sake of future generations. I support this entirely, but I also am concerned about environmental pollution caused by RF and the health of future generations exposed to this “smog”.  This, too, is a “global catastrophe” that they will face.

Weaver, when asked by his constituents to help fight smeters because of the RF emitted, stated with certainty that there is no evidence of harm and said that “as a scientist” (a climatologist) he KNEW that non-ionizing radiation was just fine, no reason to worry.  This certainty about something that is outside the realm of his experience and education indicates a closed mind.  Now is the time, IMHO, to ask if his concern for future generations is limited to climate change.

 

Dear Andrew,

 

As leader of the Green Party, i see you as in a deeply responsible position of representing the most credible authentic resent research published re: Electromagnetic Radiation/Fields and effects on both our global environment and the totality of its inhabitants.  Your statement made, in the letter included below, directed as a response to Sharon Noble’s concern – “that there is no evidence of harm; that “as a scientist” (a climatologist) you KNOW that non-ionizing radiation is just fine, no reason to worry”- is So FAR from the truth it is shocking.

 

Please understand these microwave frequencies being used presently  and continuously world wide- are now classified as a “Carcinogen” by the World Health Organization. Please please please understand the dire implications of this continuous unrelenting exposure- on our children’s minds and bodies and in FACT to every organism alive on this planet today.  This is not my opinion…please hear ALL the voices stated in the Emergency Appeal that has been signed by organizations and citizens around the globe.  This is the BIGGEST DEAL we are facing today and YES it IS effecting our CLIMATE.. TOXIC electromagnetic Pollution.

 

Thank you for your attention to this message…please do not drop the Ball, now that it has been thrown your way…we are depending on the “ Green Party” and your voice to make a difference.

 

Most Sincerely

Linda Armstrong

 

An Emergency Appeal to the World’s Governments by Scientists, Doctors and Environmental Organizations

https://www.5gspaceappeal.org/

 

Well informed Interview with founder Michael Blanshan

 

https://home.solari.com/an-international-appeal-to-stop-5g-with-michael-blanshan/

Sharon

 

“You will observe with concern how long a useful truth may be known, and exist, before it is generally received and acted on.”   Ben Franklin

 

Sent from my safe, secure wired laptop with no wifi enabled.

 

 

What is the purpose of 5G tech? posted Dec 17/18

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)   What is the reason for this massive push for more and more RF, more data, more transmitters?  Joyce Nelson suggests it’s for machines, not for us, and the true purpose of 5G is unclear.

 

5G Corporate Grail  — Smart Cities, Dumb People

 

“Amidst all the 5G hype, it’s rare to find a blunt statement like this one from Eluxe Magazine’s Jody McCutcheon: “Until now mobile broadband networks have been designed to meet the needs of people. But 5G has been created with machines’ needs in mind, offering low-latency, high-efficiency data transfer…. We humans won’t notice the difference [in data transfer speeds], but it will permit machines to achieve near-seamless communication. Which in itself may open a whole Pandora’s box of trouble for us – and our planet.”…

 

Calling these massive data servers “energy hogs,” U.S. News noted that they’re located in Virginia because that state has “the country’s cheapest electricity rates.” Indeed, The Guardian reported (July 17, 2018) that “70% of the world’s online traffic” is routed through just one county in Virginia, with such server farms “set to soon have a bigger carbon footprint than the entire aviation industry.” The article  points out the IT industry is predicted to account for 14% of the world’s total carbon emissions by 2040, with the Internet of Things adding greatly to that number.

But now the push is on in the US for these energy hogs to use “clean energy.” (Is that why the Trudeau Liberal government is planning to build 118 hydroelectric dams in the coming years?)”

 

https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/5g-corporate-grail/

 

2)   In the US, the average teen spends close to 7 hours a day using “screens” for entertainment.  Experts believe that this is due to unethical psychologists working with the industry with the deliberate intention to cause addiction,     More than 200 psychologists are calling on the American Psychological Association to confront these professionals, and are asking for parents, teachers, doctors, etc. to support their effort by signing their letter at  https://ccfc.salsalabs.org/persuasive_design/index.html

 

How the Tech Industry Uses Psychology to Hook Children

“Persuasive design has been in the news a lot recently. Put simply, persuasive design is the practice of combining psychology and technology to change people’s behavior. Gadgets and applications are developed by psychologists and other user experience (UX) researchers who apply behavioral change techniques to manipulate users. The concept can sound scary, however, these techniques can be used to encourage positive behaviors, such as exercise, healthy eating, and smoking cessation.

Nonetheless, persuasive design is increasingly employed by video game and social media companies to pull users onto their sites and keep them there for as long as possible—as this drives revenue.”

https://tinyurl.com/wiredaddicts

 

3)  A recent study by the US NIH found that young people who are heavy users (e.g. 7 hours a day, which is the “norm” in the US) risk serious brain damage, in addition to becoming addicted.  This was reported by CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Dec. 9.  As well, this generation has been exposed to EMR since they were conceived. The damage to health, both physical and emotional, is known and is being hidden, just as that from tobacco was for many decades.

Groundbreaking study examines effects of screen time on kids.

Brain scans of adolescents who are heavy users of smartphones, tablets and video games look different from those of less active screen users, preliminary results from an ongoing study funded by the National Institutes of Health show, according to a report on Sunday by “60 Minutes.”…

In the first round of testing, the scans of children who reported daily screen usage of more than seven hours showed premature thinning of the brain cortex, the outermost layer that processes information from the physical world.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/groundbreaking-study-examines-effects-of-screen-time-on-kids-60-minutes/

Sharon

“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction.  The world will have a generation of idiots.”       Albert Einstein

www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

 

Blumenthal, Eshoo, Demand Proof of FCC Claims of 5G Safety posted Dec 16/18

UPDATE: Press Conference Video

December 13, 2018

Dear Citizen for Health,

We are re-sending this alert because it is critical that all are informed about the dangers of 5G technology, and to draw your attention to this UPDATE:

Watch Senator Blumenthal’s press conference on the dangers of 5G technology.

As the Senator notes, despite the FCC’s assurances that 5G is “safe,” “We need evidence.” And classified evidence is NOT enough.

CFH and NISLAPP believe the available scientific evidence: The impact will be harmful. “We do not know it is safe” is very different than “It will be harmful and people need to be warned and protected.”

Our original alert, in its entirety:

Scientists around the world have warned us about the potentially serious negative health impacts of the proliferation of fifth generation telecommunication technology, more commonly referred to as 5G. More than 180 scientists and doctors from 36 countries have asserted that before further steps are taken to implement this technology, the effects on human health and our environment must be fully investigated by http://org.salsalabs.com/o/750/images/5G_Vultures_on_Cellphone_Tower.jpgscientists with no ties to the industry. Read more now.

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) have called for substantiation of the FCC’s claims that 5G technology is safe.

CFH and The National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policy (NISLAPP) applaud this move and join in the call for further study.

To read the advisory from NISLAPP and access other valuable information and research on the dangers of 5G – visit the latest post on the CFH website.

We thank you for all you do to support health freedom.

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Manipulative implementation of  criminally complicit smart cities with city councils being encouraged setting them up for arrest! posted Dec 16/18 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

)   A member shared a letter from the Fed. Minister of Infrastructure congratulating one community for participating in the “smart city” program. It  seems the feds are asking each participant to help design propaganda to encourage others to join, and with which to “sell” the concept to the public, by making their proposed projects “replicable and scalable” for communities of all sizes.  How clever to get others to get the ideas, develop the plan and then hand off to the feds to use.   Comments from the member from this community, with recommendation to get involved and find out what is going on at your council about any plan to become a “EMR everywhere” city.

 

“Noticed in my municipality’s agenda package for the next meeting a letter from the feds telling them they are a finalist in the smart cities challenge (attached)Isn’t Smart city code for more EMR everywhere?

I assume a number of other municipalities received a similar letter and everyone should check their council’s next meeting agenda.

Can’t find what the local Smart Cities Challenge submission (does not appear to be part of the publicly available information) was  but knowing the mayor’s ‘EMR is good for you philosophy’ we can be certain it will  be emr focused.

If you can do what you can to challenge your municipality receiving any funds to create a emr enhanced Smart city money.”

 

The “challenge” goal and challenge statement.

“This Challenge will empower communities across the country to address local issues their residents face through new partnerships, using a smart cities approach.

A smart cities approach means achieving meaningful outcomes for residents through the use of data and connected technology. This approach can be adopted by any community, big or small.’

 

https://impact.canada.ca/en/challenges/smart-cities

 

Info on the “challenge” is available and it appears that the deadline for the final proposal is in March 2019.

 

https://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/cities-villes/index-eng.html

 

2)   If smeters are so great, why is the truth being hidden about the problems?  There is a consistent effort, in every jurisdiction, in every country, to silence any voice that questions the need or identifies reasons for concern. This from Oregon.

 

Smart meter coverage is one sided

 

“I have been very dismayed at the one sided coverage of Pacific Power’s roll out of smart meters in Coos County. The articles in the World have been very pro smart meters giving very little voice to the many of us who strongly oppose being forced to have these invasive computers attached to our homes…

Hearing from the power companies about how safe these meters are is like listening to doctors in the 1950s saying cigarette smoking is good for you, asbestos is safe, and thalidomide is good for morning sickness.”

 

https://theworldlink.com/opinion/letters/smart-meter-coverage-is-one-sided/article_75c5a5c4-813e-5d1e-baf0-d77f6617b8d9.html

 

3)  An excellent article about smeters, the frequencies they use, the zigbee chip which is the second transmitter in each ITRON – which Hydro could force us to activate given the precedent that  has been set. What if Hydro gets approval by fabricating some benefits, reduction in usage, etc. and the govt says all zigbee chips must be activated on all homes?  Since Hydro was allowed to threaten us, lie to us, bully us, and cut off power if we refused to have a smeter on our home, why couldn’t they do the same thing if we refuse to allow them to activate the zigbee chip?  This transmitter would gather highly valuable data from all “smart” appliances and electronics which would be transmitted via the other transmitter to Hydro or any other company that wants it.  Not only would our privacy be non-existent, but the radiation level of our homes would make them uninhabitable for many, and highly dangerous for many more.

 

Biological Impacts of Smart Meters

 “While the use of cordless phones, cell phones, baby monitors and other wireless devices is voluntary and intermittent, the presence and proximity of smart meters to living beings is not.  Moreover, the radio frequency radiation of SMs is of higher intensity than that of other wireless devices.  Most consumer electronics are not only FCC Part 15 type-accepted, all of them must be UL approved…

 

Telemetry associated with the Smart Grid & Smart Meters is not under your control nor does it transmit only occasionally.  Smart meters ongoingly transmit in short bursts 24/7.  Depending on one’s position in the neighborhood mesh network the meter(s) around you may be relaying the readings of dozens of families for blocks around, making your exposure much greater than if your home or workplace were at the outer perimeter of your neighborhood data collection area.  Smart Meter data in Worcester is sent to National Grid over WiMax repeaters.  These use frequencies similar to WiFi but are much stronger being intended for point-to-point links of much greater distance than WiFi.”

 

http://www.worcesteroptsout.org/smart-meters.html

 

Sharon

 

“We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology in which nobody understands *anything* about science and technology.

And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces.”     Carl Sagan, 1996

www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

Scientists Warn of Health Effects: Washington DC Council 5G Small Cell Roundtable posted Dec 13/18

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

I will be moving tomorrow (Thursday) and there might be a short interruption re. Updates.

 

1)  An excellent presentation by Kevin Mottus and others re. 5G to the Washington, DC District Council on Transportation and Environment. This is a local govt., like our city councils.

 

Scientists Warn of Health Effects: Washington DC Council 5G Small Cell Roundtable

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLynbr5iPc&feature=youtu.be  (28 min.)

 

2)   Below in letters US Sen. Blumenthal responds to an email about Blumenthal’s push to have FCC back up its assertion that 5G radiation is safe.  Wouldn’t it be terrific if there were a Canadian MP who was willing to demand that Health Canada back up its statements that lead the public to believe microwave or milliwave radiation is safe.

 

3)  A member sent these links to articles by the Ontario Ministry of Labour Workers Health and Safety Centre about some recent studies showing the proven relationship between wireless radiation and cancers. Workers are not protected by the current guidelines any more than the general public is. In fact the BC occupational safety guidelines do not allow workers to be exposed to anything that has been classified as a 2b carcinogen by IARC EXCEPT  microwave radiation. They hide behind Safety Code 6.  This means people working in offices, teachers and children in schools, workers in libraries or restaurants, etc. are all allowed to be exposed to extremely high and dangerous levels of RF for their entire work day – with no warning, no protection.  As far as I know nothing has changed in Ontario’s regulations as a result of these strong studies – yet.

 

U.S. researchers release landmark study on cell phones and cancer

 

“Regulating the hazard

 

The complete NTP study will be available by the end of 2017 however these partial results have significant implications for worker and public health. The findings will be reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Communications Commission, both of which regulate cell phone radiation exposure in the U.S.

The new data could also result in changes to Canadian guidelines. Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 (Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Energy in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz) sets out human exposure limits to RF radiation. The Ontario Ministry of Labour adopts and uses this guideline.”

 

https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/U-S-researchers-release-landmark-study-on-cell-ph

 

Cell tower radiation linked with cancer in new study

“Is your workplace or home located near a cell tower? There may be reason for concern.

A new study, billed as the largest of its kind, has shown that radiofrequency radiation (RFR) emitted from cell towers increases cancer rates in rats.

The finding has the potential to shatter Health Canada’s radiofrequency exposure guidelines outlined in Safety Code 6.

“…a person can legally be exposed to this level of radiation,” says Ronald Melnick, senior science advisor with the Environmental Health Trust. “Yet cancers occurred in these animals at these legally permitted levels.

“Governments need to strengthen regulations to protect the public from these harmful non-thermal exposures,” adds Melnick.”

 

https://www.whsc.on.ca/What-s-new/News-Archive/Cell-Tower-Radiation-Linked-with-Cancer-in-New-Stu

 

Letters:

 

From: André Fauteux [mailto:andre@maisonsaine.ca]
Sent: December 12, 2018 11:52 AM
Subject: Reply by Senator Blumenthal

 

He didn’t answer my question directly about CDC and NIH, but here is his (probably standard) reply.

André

 

 

De: “U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal” <Senator@Blumenthal.Senate.gov>

Objet: RE: Media request

Date: 12 décembre 2018 à 14:20:09 UTC−5

À: andre@maisonsaine.ca

 

Dear Mr. Fauteux,

 

Thank you for contacting me regarding the potential health effects of new 5G technology. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.

As you know, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has a responsibility under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to evaluate the effects of emissions from FCC-regulated transmitters on the quality of the human environment. Unfortunately, most of our current regulations regarding radiofrequency safety were adopted in 1996 and have not yet been updated for next generation equipment and devices, including 5G.

On December 3, 2018, I sent a letter joined by Congresswoman Eshoo to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, asking him to clarify comments he made regarding the safety of 5G technologies at a Senate Commerce Committee field hearing in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on October 12, 2018. Specifically, the letter asked Commissioner Carr to provide documentation on safety determinations he claims the FCC and relevant health agencies have made regarding the safety of 5G technology. We also urged the FCC to act on its March 27, 2013 Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Inquiry to ensure all individuals – especially those working in close proximity to the hundreds of thousands of small cell facilities to be deployed – are protected from any kind of excess radiofrequency radiation.

As a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, which has jurisdiction over the FCC, I assure you I will continue to monitor this issue.

Thank you again for your message. Please feel free to contact me with any other questions or concerns.

 

Sincerely,

Richard Blumenthal
United States Senate

 

Le 4 déc. 2018 à 09:22, André Fauteux <andre@maisonsaine.ca> a écrit :

 

Hello Senator Blumenthal,

I write for the HuffPost Quebec, am a former Montreal Gazette daily reporter and publish Canada’s oldest magazine on healthy and sustainable housing since 1994. Read in the ctmirror.org you’re asking the FCC to prove 5G wireless technology is safe. Have you read this medical and scientific appeal (https://www.5gappeal.eu/scientists-and-doctors-warn-of-potential-serious-health-effects-of-5g/) and the statement (below) by the designer of the NTP study which proved RF radiation causes the same types of tumors in rats as in certain long-term cell phone users?

Why did you not rather ask the CDC and NIH to look into it, since they are responsible for Health?

Please keep me posted about this issue.

Thanks very much and best regards

 


André Fauteux, Editor/Publisher
La Maison du 21e siècle Magazine
info@maisonsaine.ca
www.maisonsaine.ca/english

450 228-1555

 

Statement by Ronald Melnick PhD on the National Toxicology Program Final Reports on Cell Phone Radiation

 

Ronald Melnick PhD, the National Institutes of Health Senior Scientist who led the design of the National Toxicology Program (NTP) studies on cell phone radiation released this statement after the NTP released their final reports on rats and mice exposed to long term radiofrequency radiation November 1, 2018. Melnick recently published an article in the journal Environmental Research debunking widely circulated criticisms of the NTP study. He also released a scientific criticism of the way the NTP study was treated by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).

 

Statement by Ronald Melnick PhD

November 1, 2018

An important lesson that should be learned from the NTP studies on cell phone radiofrequency radiation is that we cannot assume any current or future wireless technology is safe without adequate testing. In the interest of public health, government agencies must utilize results from these well-conducted health effects studies and issue clear recommendations to the public on how to reduce exposures to agents that are hazardous to our health. The NTP studies clearly shows that non-ionizing radiation can cause cancers and other adverse health effects.

 

Prior to the start of the NTP studies, it was assumed by the industry and the regulatory agencies that radiofrequency radiation could not cause adverse health effects other than those due to tissue heating. So we designed this study to investigate if non-thermal exposures would cause health effects.  In the NTP studies, there was clear evidence of cancer development and other adverse health effects at non thermal exposure levels. In the US, the FCC limits for human exposure to radiofrequency radiation are based on the assumption that only thermal effects can cause harm. The NTP studies prove this assumption of safety is not valid.

 

All new wireless technologies, including 5G, should be adequately tested before their implementation leads to unacceptable levels of human exposures and increased health risks.

It has been said that the NTP cell phone exposures were “high” and therefore the findings may not be applicable to humans. No toxicology or carcinogenicity studies mimic exactly human exposure scenarios. Higher levels of exposure than what most people experience are used in experimental studies due to their limited statistical power and their inability to identify risks in the range of one per thousand or one per million. Because of the widespread use of cell phones among the general public, even a small increase in cancer risk would have a serious public health impact.

 

Results from well-conducted animal studies have been and will continue to be used to quantify the health risks, including cancer risks, under various human exposure conditions. A quantitative risk assessment of the data from the NTP studies on cell phone radiofrequency radiation needs to be performed by the FDA and that information should be used by the FCC to develop health-protective exposure standards. In fact, it was the FDA that nominated cell phone radiofrequency radiation to the NTP, and I quote “to provide the basis to assess the risk to human health of wireless communication devices.” Therefore, I urge the FDA to immediately conduct the risk assessment of the NTP data.

 

The NTP studies not only found cell phone radiation increased tumors in the heart and brain but also induced heart damage  (cardiomyopathy of the right ventricle in male and female rats) and DNA damage in brain cells of rats and mice. Health and regulatory agencies need to warn the public about the health effects of radiofrequency radiation and provide clear information on how to reduce exposures, especially for children and pregnant women.

 

We also can no longer state that adverse effects of radiofrequency radiation are not replicated. Increases in tumors from cell phone radiation have indeed been replicated in several studies. The Ramazzini Institute large-scale rodent study found increased Schwannomas in the heart at lower radiation levels than in the NTP studies. The Lerchl et al., 2015 study also found radiofrequency radiation (at significantly lower doses than the NTP studies) promoted cancer development, with evidence for a heightened synergistic impact when combined with a known carcinogen. It should also be noted that the adverse health effects caused in rats exposed to GSM-modulated radiofrequency radiation were also observed in rats exposed to CDMA-modulated radiofrequency radiation.

 

Ronald L Melnick, PhD, was a senior scientist for 28 years with National Institutes of Health leading studies on numerous industrial chemicals and led the design of the National Toxicology Program/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation Studies. Melnick was Director of Special Programs in the Environmental Toxicology Program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, USA and is now retired and Senior Advisor to Environmental Health Trust.

 

Ronald L Melnick, PhD presenting to the National Institutes of Health National Toxicology Program Cell Phone Radiation Study Peer Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfbMrXSKNaM

Online at https://ehtrust.org/statement-by-ronald-melnick-phd-on-the-national-toxicology-program-final-reports-on-cell-phone-radiation/

 

Sharon

 

“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.”  Thomas Jefferson.

www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

 

Un Declaration of Human Rights status ignored by government! posted Dec 12/18

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1) A member recommended a CBC program with Peter Mansbridge in which he addressed the UN Declaration of Human Rights status on its 70th anniversary  (see Letter by member)

https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/upholding-human-rights-in-the-face-of-a-changing

 

It is worthwhile (and, IMHO, relevant) to read the Declaration which Canada accepted and signed.  See, for example, Article 12. Isn’t it so that our privacy, family and home are being interfered with by an arbitrary law?

 

“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.” 

 

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/eng.pdf

 

2)   I normally refuse to share requests for donations, but this Phonegate Alert has done so much great work for us that I am making an exception. I do hope you don’t object.

 

https://www.phonegatealert.org/en/participate-in-our-year-end-donation-campaign?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_7_9_2018_7_57_COPY_02)

 

3)  This article is a few months old but it is noteworthy. This could be indicative that pressure is building re. wifi’s dangers, especially for children.

 

Hollywood Activists Demand A Federal Warning About Exposure To Wireless Radiation >From WiFi

 

“Today, a group of hollywood actors and producers along with advocacy organizations and artists sent a letter to the heads of the FCC, DHHS and Department of Education asking for a federal warning about exposure to wireless radiation from wifi just like the city of Berkeley’s Right To Know Ordinance for cell phones as well as federal public health fact sheets about ways to reduce exposure to wireless radiation, particularly for children in schools.”

 

https://www.valuewalk.com/2018/07/hollywood-wireless-radiation-wifi/

Letters:

From: X
To: “Pat Fromyhr” <customer.relations@bchydro.com>
Cc: “Gord Doyle, Senior Manager, Customer Service Operations” <customer.relations@bchydro.com>, “Premier John Horgan” <Premier@gov.bc.ca>, “Attorney General David Eby” <AG.Minister@gov.bc.ca>, “BCUC” <Commission.Secretary@bcuc.com>, “Chris O’Riley” <chris.oriley@bchydro.com>, “Ken G. Peterson” <ken.peterson@bchydro.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2018 5:15:58 PM
Subject: Radio-off smart Meter – Meter Exchange – BC Hydro Form Letter

 

  1. 1. If BC Hydro refuses to respect my Doctor’s letter and my legal disability rights under Canadian law

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/rights-people-disabilities.html#a1a

we will be forced (under duress) to install a private pole at the edge of our property, away from our house, for a radio-off smart meter.

 

  1. Our (city name) Electrician has installed our private pole and will putting in underground wiring from our pole to our house on December 12, 2018.

He has already been in touch with (city name) BC Hydro.

Costs to move BC Hydro meter off of and away from our house – $7,700 + ~1,000 (BC Hydro wire) = ~$8,700.

 

  1. We will not allow a proven fire hazard, with design flaws, to be placed onto our home.

http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/bcuc-smart-meter-fires-the-failure-to-protect/

http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Evaluation-of-the-ITRON-Open-Way-AMI-Meter-by-William-Bathgate-March-01-2017-v12-talking-notes.pdf

http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Evaluation-of-the-ITRON-Open-Way-AMI-Meter-PowerPoint-by-William-Bathgate-Jan.12-2017-v8-3-2-2017.pdf

 

  1. We are very upset that we cannot retain an analog meter.  They are readily available and are being used in many American states as the opt-out meter choice.  And some of these opt outs are free with no fees.

There is no good reason for all BC electricity customers to not be given a choice.

The electric grid works just fine with a mix of meters in the USA and Canada is part of that grid.

 

  1. Per testimony by Doctor Hugh Scully (former President of the Canadian Medical Association and former President of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society) regarding sensitivity to EMR (ElectroMagnetic microwave Radiation from wireless RF):

– https://ehtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Hugh-Scully-Testimony.pdf

 

“This issue is under active consideration by the Health and Public Policy Committee of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Health Policy and Public Health Committees of the Canadian Medical Association and the Council of Family Physicians of Canada, the Canadian Pediatric Society and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.”

 

If I develop a second brain dysfunction disability (EHS Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity) in addition to the chronic disability I already have (MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivities), I will hold BC Hydro responsible.

 

  1. We do not give our permission to BC Hydro, Itron, the BC government, or any company (that has purchased or plans to purchase the use of one of many transmitters within the smart meter computer) in “the cloud” and within the IoT (Internet of Things – everything attached online to the internet) to use the radio-off smart meter and our home as a place of business; to collect, retain, share, sell or use our personal and private data in any way; to open our home to cyberattack.

https://www.engerati.com/system/files/welcome-to-the-active-grid-web_1.pdf

http://www.eweek.com/it-management/it-science-making-millions-of-energy-devices-smarter-with-iot

  1. We do not give our permission to BC Hydro to use the radio-off smart meter for any purpose other than to measure our personal electricity consumption and collect our personal data / provide to us only for our personal billing.

 

  1. We do not give our permission to BC Hydro, Itron, the BC government, or any company to use the ZigBee chip within the radio-off smart meter.  In fact, we would like it to be removed from our radio-off smart meter.

 

  1. We do not give our permission to BC Hydro, Itron, the BC government, or any company to use anything “wireless” inside of or emanating from our radio-off smart meter.

 

  1. Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, Daniel Therrien, has been in the news this week:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-privacy-watchdog-calls-for-stronger-laws-to-protect-canadians-digital/

 

“Canada’s privacy watchdog says he’s worried that privacy rights in Canada are being cast aside as both public and private entities rush to mine and harvest digital data.

In a letter to Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says the government must take stronger actions to protect Canadians’ digital privacy in the face of the lightning-fast evolution of ways to collect deeply private information about citizens and customers.”

 

This is exactly part of our concerns.  BC Hydro’s Itron smart meters are being used or will be used in illegal ways that go way beyond the Clean Energy Act and measurement of our personal electricity consumption; they are an invasion of our privacy.

 

  1. BC Hydro’s Itron smart meters provide millions of portholes for cyber attacks, creating high security risk to the entire electricity grid.

We are perturbed that no one in the BC provincial government is taking the time to keep up-to-date with these legal issues that have been, and continue to be, created by modern technology.

How many security reports and statements by intelligence agencies, security firms, and government officials are required before someone takes corrective action to protect BC citizens’ rights and our vulnerable electric grid?

 

Here are a few:

How to Hack a Smart Meter and Kill the Grid:

http://www.nickhunn.com/how-to-hack-a-smart-meter-and-kill-the-grid/
As the Internet of Things merges with grid edge technology, experts say the power sector is both more vulnerable and more secure:

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/cybersecurity-and-the-distributed-grid-a-double-edged-sword/523285/

Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure – Assessment of Electricity Disruption Incident Response Capabilities:

https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2018/05/f51/EO13800%20electricity%20subsector%20report.pdf

Being cyber safe and smart with our power grid:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-cyber-safe-smart-power-grid-shipley-1.4262676

Hackers threaten smart power grids:

https://www.politico.eu/article/smart-grids-and-meters-raise-hacking-risks/

How Secure Is Our Smart Grid?:

http://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/how-secure-is-our-smart-grid.html

Transforming the Nation’s Electricity System – Quadrennial Energy Review:

https://www.energy.gov/policy/downloads/quadrennial-energy-review-second-installment

Strategic Principles for Securing the Internet of Things (IoT) – Homeland Security:

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Strategic_Principles_for_Securing_the_Internet_of_Things-2016-1115-FINAL_v2-dg11.pdf

Smart Meter Data: Privacy and Cybersecurity – Congressional Research Service:

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42338.pdf

 

  1. We intend to make complaints to the BC Ombudsperson, the Information & Privacy Commissioner for BC, and the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

No one in the BC government is stepping up to protect the democratic rights of the citizens of British Columbia.  Our rights are being ignored and we are being forced to have an unsafe piece of equipment on our property.

Our lives and home, our health, and our privacy and cybersecurity are being put at risk against our will.

X

(address)

Sharon

 

“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse”    Edmund Burke

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Worldwide Radio Frequency Radiation Exposures Limits versus Health Effects! posted Dec 10/18

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)  Attached are summaries of 20 recent studies that Dr. Moskowitz has prepared. Many have abstracts only, some have access to the full report, but in either case there is substantial evidence to counter the often repeated assertion that there is no evidence of harm from microwave radiation exposure.

 

In addition Dr. Joel Moskowitz has prepared a comparison to show how divergent the WHO allowable exposure limits are from the levels which scientists have shown capable of causing serious health effects.

 

Worldwide Radio Frequency Radiation Exposure Limits versus Health Effects

December 5, 2018

RFR Exposure Limits (Updated Dec. 7)


“The World Health Organization’s Global Health Observatory data repository publishes radio frequency radiation (RFR) exposure limits for the general public and for workers. The repository also has exposure limits for low frequency and static electromagnetic fields.

 

Radio frequency radiation includes the radiation emitted by cell phones and cordless phones, cell towers, microwave ovens, wireless baby monitors and smart meters, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices including laptops, tablets, and wireless wearables.

 

The RFR exposure limit data for the general public in 36 nations (as of May 31, 2017) can be downloaded as a pdf document from http://bit.ly/RFlimitsXcountry . ( Unfortunately many of the countries that have much more restrictive levels, e.g. India and China, are not included on this list.)

 

Health Effects

 

The RFR exposure limits were designed to protect the general public only from heating risks due to short-term exposure to this type of non-ionizing radiation. The limits were not designed to protect individuals from chronic exposure to low-intensity (i.e., non-thermal levels of) RFR. Yet the preponderance of peer-reviewed research on low-intensity RFR exposure finds biological effects and adverse health effects. Thus, one must carefully examine these studies to determine safe levels of RFR exposure.

 

BioInitiative 2012 provides charts that summarize RFR studies which employed low-intensity exposures. These charts can be downloaded as a pdf document from https://www.bioinitiative.org/rf-color-charts/.”

 

The WHO exposure limits for power density are in units of W/m2 (Watts per meter squared.  The charts showing “Reported Biological Effects” from exposure to EMR from any wireless device as reported by The Biolnitiatve Report use  uW/cm2 (microwatts per centimeter squared) as the unit for power density.  To convert W/m2 to uW/cm2 simply move the decimal point over 2 places.  For example,  Canada’s allowable limit for exposure to EMR from a transmitter using 900MHz frequency is 2.74 W/m2, which equates to 274 microwatts per centimeter squared.

The BioInitiative chart at http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/BioInitiativeReport-RF-Color-Charts.pdf  effects from exposure to 900MHz have been reported at power densities as low as 0.0006-0.0128 uW/cm2 

 

2) Jerry Flynn continues in his attempt to educate public officials and to hold them accountable. Just as all of us have found, these people will not respond, which is appallingly arrogant and negligent. When their constituents make the effort to do research and to take the time to write to their elected officials, at the very least a thoughtful, relevant response should be provided. We don’t even get form letters.  If they and their offices refuse to do even this, what will it take for them to understand the problem and to take action? 

 

http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/letter-to-elected-officials-by-jerry-flynn-5g-magnetic-fields/

Letters:

 

From:  X
Sent: December 7, 2018 10:05 AM
To: Office PREM:EX OfficeofthePremier <premier@gov.bc.ca>; Weaver.MLA, Andrew <andrew.weaver.mla@leg.bc.ca>
Subject: When will BC realize EMF, 5G and smart meters are a health issue?

 

Premier Horgan and Dr. Weaver

 

Many countries have taken action to protect the health of citizens from EMR, 5G, smart meters, WiFi, etc.

Even the US Senate, dominated by corporate interests, is asking questions.  BC seems to be asleep on this issue despite many warnings and calls for action from citizen activists.  Why will this government not even consider examining the issue?

 

X

Senator Demands Proof That 5G Is Safe. So Does The National Institute For Science, Law & Public Policy

“Senator Blumenthal said we “are interested in acquainting ourselves with the latest studies evaluating the health effects of high-band frequencies and modulations that would be used in 5G networks.” He noted “Most of our current regulations regarding radiofrequency safety were adopted in 1996 and have not yet been updated for next generation equipment and devices.” He also mentioned the large U.S. government funded study by the National Toxicology Program, published this year, using earlier generation technologies (2G and 3G), showed a link between radiofrequency radiation and cancer.”

https://www.activistpost.com/2018/12/senator-demands-proof-that-5g-is-safe-so-does-the-national-institute-for-science-law-public-policy.html

 

U.S. Sen. Blumenthal’s and Rep. Eshoo’s letter to Commissioner of FCC re. 5G:

 

http://electromagnetichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_20181203_0002.pdf

 

—–Original Message—–
From: XX
Sent: December 8, 2018 4:38 PM
To:
Letters@globeandmail.com
Subject: Huawei 5G Rapture (Letter to the Editor)

 

Dear Editor:

 

So far the only worries about 5G that the Globe and Mail has been willing to print are those dealing with telecommunications security issues if Huawei equipment is used for 5G, barring China’s Huawei in concordance with other countries, and the significant investments made in Chinese equipment by Canadian companies. Nowhere are there articles about the dangers associated with 5G signals. The harm to the health of Canadians from the radiation of 5G must and should be of greater concern to our government.

 

XX

Sharon

 

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” Aldous Huxley

 

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Decline of Insects and bird deaths and damage to nervous system due to EMF smog Towers posted Dec 9/18 title by Tami

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1) The decline of insects no doubt has many causes:  pesticides, destruction of habitat, but also EMR, which, in this article as in so many, is not mentioned. Unless the public is educated on this nothing will change. If the insects are affected, how can we believe we aren’t?

(I would like to add that birds are being killed and little body nervous systems damaged by cell towers and EMF smog as well Tami)

‘It’s a sad reality’: a troubling trend sees a 97% decline in monarch butterflies

In the 1980s, roughly 4.5 million monarchs wintered in California, but at last count, there may be as few as 30,000…

Anurag Agrawal, an ecology and evolutionary biology professor at Cornell University, suggests that the butterflies are like the canary in the coal mine. In a blog about his work, he said that because they travel across North America every year, monarch migration can be helpful in determining the “health of our entire continent”. But saving them could require big changes. “We have to take a step back and ask ourselves the harder questions that none of us want to deal with.” He said monarchs are “are exhibiting multi-decadal declines that point to very big systemic problems. We shouldn’t fool ourselves”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/07/its-a-sad-reality-a-troubling-trend-sees-a-97-decline-in-monarch-butterflies

 

If you missed reading Dr. Cindy Russell’s “Wireless Silent Spring” when I had it in an update a few months ago, here is the link again:

 

http://www.sccma-mcms.org/Portals/19/SilentSpringAticle_color_pr2.pdf

 

2) Relevant to the above article is one published this month in The Lancet, regarding the relationship between the extremely high levels of electrosmog and overall planetary health. Yet Health Canada and the BC Centre for Disease Control, and our provincial health authorities continue to ignore what is going on. How much longer… ?

 

Planetary electromagnetic pollution: it is time to assess its impact

 

“Man-made electromagnetic fields range from extremely low frequency (associated with electricity supplies and electrical appliances) to low, medium, high, and extremely high frequency (mostly associated with wireless communication). The potential effects of these anthropogenic electromagnetic fields on natural electromagnetic fields, such as the Schumann Resonance that controls the weather and climate, have not been properly studied. Similarly, we do not adequately understand the effects of anthropogenic radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation on other natural and man-made atmospheric components or the ionosphere.”

 

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(18)30221-3/fulltext

 

3)   Fertility is decreasing in most developed countries, and recent studies have shown that sperm are especially vulnerable to microwave radiation.  This study concludes that exposure to RF/EMF damages sperm and affects sperm quality.

 

Radiations and male fertility

“Testicles are very sensitive to these radiations because of the development and maturation processes of sperm taking place in the testicles. It is also well established that the developing phase of the brain and the testicles are very sensitive to radiation, which may cause severe damages in the form of genotoxic effects [9, 25, 26, 45]. Several studies suggest that microwave radiations are potentially strong enough to penetrate the brain cranium, and nearly 40% of these can reach deeper into the brain [46, 47]; penetration depths of 4–5 cm are assumed [48, 49]. The same applies to the testes…

 

Apart from this, cell phone usage has been linked to decreases in progressive motile sperm count [20] motility [20] and viability [20, 34], as well as to increases in ROS [29] and abnormal sperm morphology. Recent evidence also shows that Wi-Fi from laptops negatively affects sperm quality [8]. EMF is also responsible for the decrease in fertilization rate [57], spermatogenic cell numbers and trigger apoptosis [58, 59], reduced sperm quality [60], hormonal changes in the testis [20, 61], and may give rise to fetal loss and developmental impairments in the embryonic period…

 

The majority of infertile men present with DNA damage [98, 99, 100]. Apart from several other lifestyle factors, cell phone use has been identified to induce sperm DNA damages [26] as a result of an overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in men continuously using mobile phones. This may lead to the development of different pathologies including tumors, and problems in the spermatogenesis.”

 

https://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12958-018-0431-1

 

4)  An old scam is making the rounds again. As the member who sent it to me said, it works because “in a lot of ways mirrors the arrogant bullying attitude of real life Hydro!”

 

Shocking scam: fraudster pretending to be from BC Hydro attempts to extort business

 

“Fraudsters pretending to be BC Hydro representatives are threatening to disconnect small business owners’ power unless they send in cash cards, prepaid credit cards or even bitcoin right away.”

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-hydro-scam-1.4938052

 

Sharon

 

The cost of wireless convenience: EHS, infertility, cancer.

Sent from my wired computer, with all wireless functions disabled. 

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Knew study shows harm from milliwave frequencies thermal effects of 5G on body! posted Dec 9/18

Written and shared by Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters www.stopsmartmetersbc.com

1)  Below in Letters is an email from Dr. Ron Kostoff in which he refers to a new study, just published, that confirms the potential harm from thermal effects of 5G on the surface of the body. (I did not append the emails to which he referred. They are in the Oct. 19, 2018 update).

 

As experts have warned, the milliwave frequencies that will be used by 5G devices are believed to be too short to penetrate as deeply as the longer waves used by 2G, 3G and 4G (G=generation), but the few studies that have been done show that the skin and eyes are especially vulnerable. The entire report does not seem to be available for free yet, but here is the abstract which warns, as hundreds of experts conclude, that current exposure guidelines are inadequate.

 

Systematic Derivation of Safety Limits for Time-Varying 5G Radiofrequency Exposure Based on Analytical Models and Thermal Dose

“The results also show that the peak-to-average ratio of 1,000 tolerated by the International Council on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection guidelines may lead to permanent tissue damage after even short exposures, highlighting the importance of revisiting existing exposure guidelines.”

https://journals.lww.com/health-physics/Abstract/2018/12000/Systematic_Derivation_of_Safety_Limits_for.17.aspx

 

2)  At least, finally, after many months and many warnings, the govt is “reviewing” the issue. Meanwhile Telus continues to install microcells with Huawei’s transmitters and to allow Huawei access to our infrastructure.

 

Huawei is ‘growing astronomically’ despite allegations it spies for China

 

“Some Canadian security experts have warned Canada about doing business with Huawei, one of the world’s biggest telecommunications firms. Ward Elcock, a former CSIS director and deputy minister of national defence, told  As It Happens host Carol Off in March that he believes the company is “essentially under the control of the Chinese government.”

“It is hard for me to believe that a company such as Huawei would not do the bidding of the Chinese government and would not build traps, back doors into its technology on behalf of the Chinese government,” he said…

On Wednesday, British phone carrier BT said it was removing Huawei equipment from the core of its existing 3G and 4G mobile phone networks and would not use their equipment for its planned 5G mobile network.

Canada, so far, has resisted those concerns expressed by the U.S. and security officials. But the government has said it is conducting a national-security review to determine whether Canada should join other Five Eyes partners in banning Huawei from some projects, the Globe and Mail reported.  Five Eyes refers to an intelligence sharing arrangement between Canada, the U.S., U.K., Australia and New Zealand.

Huawei’s equipment is used in telecommunications infrastructure run by the country’s major cellphone carriers. The company has struck up partnerships with Canadian universities. BCE and Telus are partnering with Huawei to help roll out their 5G networks.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/huawei-china-telecom-arrest-spying-1.4934905

 

3)  Attached is a EHS “tip” sheet from the city of Peterborough, Ont. with suggestions on how to make meeting rooms safer for those who are sensitive. No doubt this was done with the help of Dr. Magda Havas who lives there.  Other cities should be so willing to accommodate those who cannot be or do not wish to be exposed to microwave radiation.

Letters:

 

For those who missed the 13 min. youtube to which Ron refers, here is the link.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHhUch5GgtY

 

From: Kostoff, Ronald N
Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 12:27 PM
To: Kostoff, Ronald N
Subject: Re: The Insect Inspector Report … a must see video!!!!!!

 

From: Ron Kostoff

To: BCC Distribution/CC Distribution

Subj: Thermal Effects of Pulsed RFR on Biological Systems

 

On 18 October 2018, I distributed the appended email(s).  They addressed thermal effects of RFR on biological systems.  The emails were in response to a video I had received on disappearance of insects, especially in the vicinity of cell towers.

 

The basis of my comments was a study I had published in 1983 on thermal stresses in fusion reactor ‘blankets’ resulting from pulsed fusion systems [1].  Among other effects, these ‘blankets’ convert the energy of the neutrons resulting from the fusion reactions into heat, which is then used as a heat cycle boiler for power generation purposes.  While the specific subject matter of my fusion study was far different from thermal effects on insects, nevertheless, there was much similarity in the basic thermal phenomena.

 

For the pulsed systems discussed, there are three time scales of interest: the width of the energy pulse, the time between pulses, and the time constant of the material impacted by the energy.  For the fusion system, while the time constant of the material was relatively fixed, the time scales of the pulse width and time between pulses could vary all over the map.  Normalized quantities of interest for the myriad fusion concepts examined varied over twelve orders of magnitude!  The same three time scales of interest are applicable to RFR interactions with biological systems.

 

This morning, I was made aware of a December 2018 publication in Health Physics [2] describing potential thermal impacts on skin resulting from 5G RFR.  I would recommend anyone interested in the details of this problem examine the article.

 

The focus of Ref [2] is on temperature increases resulting from the short RFR pulses, and the possibility for potential damage.  However, I didn’t see thermal stresses from these ultra-short pulses addressed.

 

My belief is that both temperature increases and thermal stresses might be important in causing damage.  In engineering systems, chronic stress fluctuations eventually cause thermal fatigue, resulting in premature system failure.  I would expect something conceptually similar in biological systems.  In such a case, temperature fluctuations might not have to be too high in order to result in serious system breakdown/damage. 

 

Thus, even pre-5G RFR, with deeper body penetration and larger volume for energy deposition relative to 5G RFR, might be adequate to result in serious damage.  If we add in the demonstrated adverse effects of athermal RFR on biological systems, we have a potential synergy of thermal and athermal effects from the RFR far greater than the effects of each component in isolation.  Further addition of the myriad toxic stimuli to which we are exposed in daily life will exacerbate the adverse health effects of these toxic combinations [3].

 

RNK

 

References

 

[1] Kostoff RN.  Neutron Multiplier Thermal Stresses in Pure Fusion and Fusion-Fission Reactor Blankets.  Res Mechanica.  9.  1-34.  1983.

[2] Neufeld E, Kuster N.  Systematic Derivation of Safety Limits for Time-Varying 5G Radiofrequency Exposure Based on Analytical Models and Thermal Dose.   HEALTH PHYSICS.  115:6.  705-711.  2018.

[3] Kostoff RN. Effects of Toxic Stimuli Combinations on Determination of Exposure Limits. Georgia Institute of Technology. 2018. PDF. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59719

 

Sharon

 

“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”    Winston Churchill.

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