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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Italian Supreme Court Affirms Tumor Risk from Long-Term Use of a Cell Phone



ICEMS vs. ICNIRP; Hardell vs. Interphone

http://microwavenews.com/news-center/italian-supreme-court-affirms-tumor-risk

October 23, 2012
The Supreme Court of Italy has affirmed a ruling granting worker's compensation to a businessman who developed a tumor after using a cell phone for 12 years. This is the first time that a high court —in any country— has ruled in favor a link between mobile phone radiation and tumor development.
Innocente Marcolini, a financial manager at an industrial plant in Brescia in northern Italy, used cell and cordless phones for five-to-six hours a day for 12 years. Then one morning ten years ago, Marcolini, who was 50 years old at the time, sensed an unusual tingling in his chin while shaving. He was soon diagnosed as having a benign tumor on the trigeminal nerve, which controls facial muscles and sensations.
Marcolini filed for workers' compensation alleging that his wireless phones were responsible for the tumor. At first, his claim was rejected. But, in December 2009, the Court of Appeals in Brescia reversed that decision and now, on October 18, Italy's Supreme Court affirmed the Appeals Court's ruling. No further appeals are possible.
"Marcolini wants people to know about the health risks associated with cell phone radiation," Riccardo Staglianó told Microwave News. Staglianó, a reporter for La Repubblica, a major national daily newspaper, chronicled Marcolini's story in his book on cell phone risks,Toglietevelo Dalla Testa, published earlier this year. The title of the book is hard to translate into English —it's something like Get It Out of Your Head. Staglianó explained that his book tries to warn the reader not only to keep the phone away from the brain but also to reject the "fake reassurances" from parts of the scientific community that there are no health risks.
Indeed, it's easy to see the decision as a battle between ICNIRP and ICEMS and their competing views of electromagnetic health hazards. ICNIRP does not recognize any risks associated with long-term, chronic exposures, especially those associated with tumor promotion. Cancer is not a concern, according to ICNIRP. ICEMS, on the other hand, sees large uncertainties and advocates precautionary policies to reduce exposures when possible.
The courts relied on the testimony of Gino Angelo Levis, one of the founders of ICEMS. Levis, an oncologist and a professor emeritus of environmental mutagenesis at the University of Padua, is also a founder and former president of the Association for the Prevention and Fight Against Electrosmog, known as APPLE. He is currently its vice president.
"The logic of the decision was very simple" said Fiorenzo Marinelli, who is with Italy's National Research Council in Bologna and has done his own EMF research. Marinelli also helped set up ICEMS but was not involved with the Marcolini case. In an interview, Marinelli pointed to the studies of Lennart Hardell and IARC's classification of RF radiation as a possible human carcinogen as grounds for the pro-compensation decision.
More than five years ago, Hardell's group at the Örebro University Hospital in Swedenreported that the use of cell phones for ten or more years significantly increased the risk of acoustic neuroma. Acoustic neuroma is a tumor of the acoustic nerve, which is known as the eighth cranial nerve. This type of tumor grows from cells which make up the lining or the sheaf of the nerve, called Schwann cells.
The trigeminal nerve —where Marcolini's tumor was located— is the fifth cranial nerve. Tumors on the trigeminal nerve are also from Schwann cells and are closely related toacoustic neuroma.
Acoustic Neuroma Linked to Cell Phones in Many Countries
Hardell first reported a link between cell phones and acoustic neuroma in 2002. Two years later, a group led by Stefan Lönn and Maria Feychting at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, as part of the Interphone projectfound a similar association among long-term users. At the time, Anders Ahlbom, Feychting's mentor at the Karolinska, told us that, "These are strong data." Feychting is the vice chair of ICNIRP; she took over Ahlbom's seat on the commission in 2008 after he had served the maximum of 12 years.
Then in 2005, a joint analysis by Interphone groups in five northern European countries, including Sweden and the U.K., again pointed to a long-term risk of acoustic neuroma. And at the end of 2010, a Japanese team, also working on Interphone, concluded that those who used cell phones for more than 20 minutes a day for at least five years had three times more acoustic neuromas than expected.
And finally, last year, the Interphone study team from the 13 participating countries reportedin their combined analysis that those who had spent the most time on cell phones had a higher risk of acoustic neuroma. But, due to growing tensions within the group, the researchers were unable to agree as to whether the link was real. The published conclusion advised that the elevated risk “could be due to chance, reporting bias or a causal effect.” Feychting and the rest of the Karolinska group are known to favor the explanation that the observed risk is due to chance and/or bias. For instance, in a government report issued earlier this year, Ahlbom and Feychting, together with Yngve Hamnerius and Lena Hillert, concluded that, "The few reported risk increases appear implausible."
One of the noteworthy conclusions of the Italian Supreme Court is its stated preference for the Hardell study over Interphone. The court cited Hardell's independence from industry funding, “unlike the IARC study,” which was partially paid for by cell phone manufacturers.
Paolo Vecchia, the former chair of ICNIRP took strong exception to the 2009 decision by the Brescia Court of Appeals. He and Susanna Lagorio, an epidemiologist at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome who worked on Interphone, attacked the judge for relying on “seriously flawed expert testimonies.” Writing in an Italian journal on occupational health, La Medicina del Lavoro, they accused Levis of being “clearly inexperienced” in the disciplines necessary to evaluate cell phone risks.
In a press release following the October 18 decision, APPLE —and presumably Levis— maintained that the Supreme Court had “acknowledged the presence of conflict of interest and thus ‘business bias’" within ICNIRP, IARC and Interphone. APPLE calls the decision an "important victory."
David Gee, a senior advisor at the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen, doesn't think the court's preference for ICEMS' outlook over that of ICNIRP will prompt any immediate changes. "The Italian decision will still be dismissed by most radiation authorities and conventional RF experts," he told us, "Remember it was 20 years before the clear evidence of a twofold excess of leukemia from X-raying pregnant women was accepted by medical authorities. So I don't expect much from them yet."  But, Gee added, "Lawyers for the phone manufacturers will take notice and the more responsible companies will quietly begin to build serious radiation reduction into their new products."
As to whether there will be more litigation, Staglianó reported in La Repubblica that Levis is working on seven other possible claims and that a law firm in Turin is considering filing a class action suit with Levis's assistance. 
The Supreme Court decision is available here.
A news report on the decision from Italian TV may be seen here.
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On a lighter note: A number of European newspapers that covered the Supreme Court decision ran a picture of Fiorenzo Marinelli and identified him as the plaintiff, Innocente Marcolini. Among them were the Daily Mail and The Sun in the U.K., Aftonbaldet in Sweden and even Brescia Today!

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

郑雨周谢绝电讯塔 进驻丹绒武雅区各学府



光华日报
 二零一二年十月二日 

(槟城1日讯)州议员“谢绝“校园电讯塔进驻丹绒武雅州选区。

在联邦教育部拟议在各学府推行“1BestariNet”计划下,将引起健康争议的电讯发射站(俗称电讯塔)引进学府面对反对声浪之际,槟州丹绒武雅区州议员郑雨周首个开腔,谢绝电讯塔进驻其选区各学府。
有“绿色议员”雅号的郑雨周,周六出席于丹绒武雅民众礼堂举行的“绿意中秋”庆祝活动上,受询时如是指出,其秉承一贯立场反对在学校附近安装电讯塔,所以对于教育部计划将电讯塔引进校园的作法,他不表认同,坚决反对。

他说,尽管教育隶属联邦政府教育部管辖,然而他说,在州内土地上的任何建筑结构的建设却必须先获地方政府批准,地方政府有权力否决任何校园电讯塔构架。

Sunday, September 30, 2012

校园不要电讯塔 影响学子健康 居民签名反对


校园不要电讯塔 影响学子健康 居民签名反对

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 柔佛新闻 2012-09-25 17:30 中国报


约20人在黄高明(左7)带领下,拉横幅表明不要在古来国中校园内建电讯塔的意愿。
■ 约20人在黄高明(左7)带领下,拉横幅表明不要在古来国中校园内建电讯塔的意愿。
地点:古来公主城
 (古来25日讯)古来公主城国中在一周内突然建起一座电讯塔,当地居民激烈反对,约20名家长在学校前拉横幅抗议,担心辐射影响逾千名学生健康。

 公主城住宅区曾在一两年前,曾面临商业公司在店屋楼上兴建电讯站,因遭居民反对而拆除。

 不料,有关公司竟在一周前,悄悄在公主城国中的校园内挖土建电讯塔,并在昨午将电讯塔耸立在草场,或影响逾千名学生的健康。

 据了解,一般电讯塔会与住宅区相隔20公尺以上,唯有关电讯塔范围距离竟与国中的课室相距不到20公尺,更令当地家长担心。

 部分居民已发动收集逾250人签名,反对有关当局在校园内兴建电讯搭,促请当局下令马上拆除。

应建在郊外

 一批居民今午在民主行动党士乃区州议员黄高明带领下,在国中外拉横幅,表明“我们要健康,不要电讯塔,不要辐射!”

 居民强调,校园不应建设有辐射的电讯塔,恐影响孩子健康。 他们认为,当地收讯良好,电讯塔应建在郊外地区。

 黄高明指出,有关公司未兴建电讯塔时,应向居民提出咨询,一旦建在校园,相信涉及笵围非常广,逾千名学生会有辐射之虞。

 他质疑,掌握教育事务的柔州行政议员拿督茂里占,凭什么理由批准在全柔校园建电讯搭。

 他会将居民的备忘录交给柔州房屋、地方政府、公共设施和工程委员会主席拿督阿末查利,希望政府在1个月内下令拆除全柔各地的校园电讯塔。

张震亮:1日居民对话

民政党武吉峇都区州议员张震亮指出,柔州教育局已指示有关电讯公司暂停建设工程,并安排在10月1日举行居民对话会。

 张震亮周二下午赶到公主城国中,与柔州教育局负责资讯工艺的官员苏海米、民政党古来区部主席欧进及古来市议员傅金源,一起巡视电讯塔位置。

 他透露,他周一接获居民的反对意见,马上反映给掌管教育事务的州行政议员拿督茂里占,再联系州教育局官员;有关公司被指示暂停工程,直至当局做出决定。

 他说,10月1日下午5时将在公主城国中召开对话会,校方、教育局官员、大马通讯及多媒体委员会的代表,届时居民可对此事发表意见。

 据他了解,州教育局是为了提升国中的电脑化设施和教务工作,有关公司才会获准在校园建设电讯塔。

 他认为,如果通讯设施要跟上时代,必须加强一些设施,但他尊重居民的意见,而且须兼顾学生的安全。

应给予解释 *范志圣(50岁,公主城第二期居民)

我有一名孩子在国中读书,不懂校方为何允许具有辐射的电讯塔建在国中校园?当局应向居民和家长解释。

 当局应考虑学生的健康,早日下令拆除电讯塔;有关电讯塔应建在郊区,而不是住宅区范围。

未咨询意见 *黄幼玲(46岁,公主城第一期居民)

上星期就发现有人在草场挖土,居民获知是一间电讯公司正在建设电讯塔,结果在周一中午就见到电讯塔耸立在校园。

 在另一处的公主城国小,也同样兴建电讯塔,但有关公司都未先咨询居民意见,就擅自建在校园。

 有两名孩子在公主城国中念书,担心电讯塔会影响学生和居民的健康,希望当局能下令拆除。

会带来辐射 *杨桂珍(70岁,公主城居民)

电讯塔会带来辐射,也对居民和学生健康带来影响,如果要就建在郊外地区,而不是住宅区。

不能开先例 *王友良(48岁,公主城第一期居民)

有关商业公司不应在校园内兴建电讯塔,而且电讯塔会带来辐射,影响学生健康。

 具有商业性质的电讯塔获准在学校设立的先例一开,以后会有更多商业公司入侵校园,当局必须马上下令拆除电讯塔。

校園建電訊塔危害健康!‧檳州公害防護聯盟非議“1BestariNet”使用無線網絡


校園建電訊塔危害健康!‧檳州公害防護聯盟非議“1BestariNet”使用無線網絡

  • 檳州電磁波輻射公害防護聯盟要求教育部和衛生部以學生的健康為重,立即阻止電訊商在校園興建電訊塔;右起是梁錦源、涂仲儀、李斯傑、溫秀枝和王美麗。(圖:星洲日報)
(檳城)檳州電磁波輻射公害防護聯盟非議教育部推行的“1BestariNet”,任由電訊商在學校範圍興建電訊塔,同時揶揄部長明明知道電磁波輻射對健康有害,卻不遏止電訊商是無良的做法。
教育部宣佈將在西馬中小學全面使用“1BestariNet”的新互聯網系統,以取代2010年停用的“School Net”。1BestariNet是教育部與楊忠禮通訊合作下,提供基於網絡儲存的虛擬學習平台,連接全國逾萬所學校高速互聯網的電子教學計劃。
“1BestariNet”新互聯網系統
落實青蛙虛擬學習模式
1BestariNet把青蛙虛擬學習模式(Frog VLE)通過無線的4G寬頻連接學校,許多學校已接獲通知將落實這項系統。學校除了推行無線網路(WiFi)上網,有的學校範圍甚至已興建WiMax電訊塔。
青蛙虛擬學習模式極具人性化,同時提供完善的管理層面,使教師、職員和學生完全嵌入學習的環境,集行政和教學於一體。截至今年3月,這項計劃已覆蓋全國1千275所學校,預料2013年或今年內推行至全國逾萬所中小學。這項耗資15億令吉的計劃由楊忠禮集團旗下的楊忠禮通訊承包。
支持高科技教學技術但拒輻射
縮小城鄉數碼距離須“無害”
檳州電磁波輻射公害防護聯盟全力支持教育部及任何機構提供一等的高科技教學技術,改革現今的傳統教育體系和學習環境,致力縮小城市和鄉區的數碼距離。但大前提是“它”必須是“安全”和“無害”,家長不能允許孩子面對不必要的微波輻射風險,更何況,教育部可以選擇有線網絡來達到電子教學的目的。
根據檳州電磁波輻射公害防護聯盟得到的資料,檳島有21所學校將裝置使用無線網絡的1BestariNet,這個做法將導致孩童暴露在無線網絡的微波輻射下。而且,不少家長非常抗拒電訊塔建設在住家和學校附近,卻沒發覺無線網絡也使用同樣具有微波和電磁波輻射的技術。
檳州電磁波輻射公害防護聯盟昨日召開新聞發佈會非議教育部允許在校園使用無線網絡的做法,在場者計有聯盟醫藥顧問涂仲儀醫生、技術顧問梁錦源、主席溫秀枝、副主席李斯傑及秘書王美麗。
他們呼吁家長響應號召,要求教育部使用其他更理想的網絡技術取代無線網絡,譬如不會“輻射”孩子,速度更穩定的有線上網保護兒童,以及支持父母的基本權利和選擇。
霹柔有家長聯手反對
王美麗:將致函多造促聯盟關注
檳州電磁波輻射公害防護聯盟將會就校園裝置無線網絡和電訊塔的嚴重性,向首相署、教育部、衛生部及大馬通訊與多媒體委員會提呈意向書。
王美麗說,由於霹州怡保和江沙,以及柔州昔加末的學校已冒現電訊塔,甚至引起家長聯手反對,聯盟將致函給各別國會議員,要求他們關注上述事件。
“而且,全國大選還沒有到來,我們不知道誰將是新一屆的執政集團。所以,我們需要所有國會議員的關注。”
她透露世界衛生組織(WHO)的國際癌症研究機中心(IARC)去年5月將手機、無線通訊設備發出的“射頻電磁場”歸類為“2B型可致癌物質”,並提醒市民,特別是年輕人和兒童採取“務實的措施減少接觸”。
“在2B可致癌物質的分類裡,也包括柴油引擎車輛的廢氣、DDT、氯丹等。我們能允許校園內出現無線網絡而覺得無所謂嗎?你能讓形同DDT和氯丹的迷霧,柴油車輛的廢氣彌漫在孩子的教室裡嗎?”
涂仲儀:支援1BestariNet
建電訊塔不恰當
涂仲儀說,通過高科技教學的趨勢在所難免,但是,教育部準備在校內推行無線網路通訊技術,甚至在校園範圍興建電訊塔,是沒有顧及孩童健康的無良做法。
他強調在無法鋪設有線寬頻網絡電纜的偏遠地區興建電訊塔是無可厚非,但是,在已裝置有線寬頻網絡的城市或市郊建立電訊塔,作為支援1BestariNet卻不恰當。
要求改用電纜連接網絡
王美麗要求教育部和衛生部停止在校園裝置無線網絡和電訊塔,改成使用電纜連接網絡。
她說,以色列衛生部副部長今年8月以有據可查的報告,倡議其教育部長停止在學校安裝無線網絡。
她相信以民為本的馬來西亞政府也應該做得到,為孩子提供“安全”的學習環境。(星洲日報/大北馬)

计划未进槟城已遭炮轰 国阵反对校园电讯塔


计划未进槟城已遭炮轰 国阵反对校园电讯塔

光华日报
二零一二年九月二十八日 

(槟城27日讯)教育部已逐步在西马各中小学推行“1BestariNet”网络计划,在计划下将电讯发射站(电讯塔)引入校园,以换取电讯公司提供免费网络服务,然计划尚未开入槟城,却已引发反对争议,甚至槟州国阵成员党也向“校园电讯塔”说不,拒绝它挥进槟城。

涂仲仪:影响孩童健康

槟民政党宣传、资讯及通讯局主任涂仲仪医生日前以槟州电磁辐射公害防护联盟医药顾问身份指责教育部和卫生部后,槟民政党主席拿督丁福南医生今开腔表示不认同教育部做法。他说,有关计划让电讯公司进入校园架立电讯塔,被质疑不符合经济效益,更会影响成长中孩童的健康。

他表示对有关计划所知不多,若有关电讯塔是装在学校内以为校内免费提供无线网络服务,那么这相等于“变相”利用学校安装电讯塔。他认为,让成长中的孩童长时间曝露在电磁波下可能带来的负面影响,虽然还没有一个结论确认电磁波的健康影响,然而这可能最终得不偿失。

在问及如何看待涂仲仪医生作为民政党成员却将枪口对内指责教育部及卫生部,丁福南说,民政党勇于纠正任何错误,所以即使是联邦政府部门,也不能担心冒犯而不敢进言。也是民政党全国副主席的丁福南表示,他将会针对此事带入国阵,以向联邦政府反映此事。

槟电磁公害联盟:停止学校安裝WiFi及电讯塔




槟城电磁波辐射公害防护协会2012年9月24日记者会新闻稿

我国教育部宣布将在西马所有中小学,全面使用新的互联网系统「1BestariNet」,取代於2010年停用的学校互联网系统「School Net」。1BestariNet 由马来西亚教育部与杨忠礼通讯合作下提供基于云储存的虚拟学习平台和连接全国10,000所学校的高速互联网的一项电子教学计划。

1BestariNet项目把青蛙虚拟学习模式(Frog VLE)经由4 G宽带连接全国学校,青蛙虚拟学习模式是极具人性化的程式,为各学校而定制。而且它也提供了完善的管理成面,使教师,管理人员,甚至学生能完全嵌入他们学习的环境。主要的是集行政和教学於一体的性能。截至今年3月,这项计划已覆盖全国1275间学校,并预计将在2013年或今年内,推行至全国逾万间中小学,以提倡资讯工艺时代的电子教育模式。这项15亿令吉计划,由杨忠礼电力旗下的杨忠礼通讯施工。

据我们所知,许多学校已接到通知将被施与此项系统。他们除了将在校内推行Wi-Fi/无线网路通信技术上网之外,还得在学校范围內兴建电讯塔(WIMAX~World Interoperability for Microwave Access - 即全球微波接入互操作性的发射塔,是一种高速、宽带无线数字式电信系统)。

我们全力支持教育部及我国任何机构提供世界一级的科技技术来教育我国的下一代,改革现今传统的教育体系和学习环境;并致力缩小城市和乡村社区之间的鸿沟,以提高马来西亚的教育素质——但前提是“它”必须是“安全”和“无害”的。我们不能允许孩子们面对不必要的微波辐射的健康风险,更何况我们还可以选择使用有线网络的设置。

身为父母及防电磁波辐射公害团体的一员,我们必须慎重的提醒大众,尤其是学校单位、董事会、家长、家协及各部门。Wi-Fi(无线网路通信技术)是与电讯塔使用相同的技术的发射器。一般家长都非常抗拒电话通信发射器(电讯塔)建设在居家和学校附近,但却没有发觉其实Wi-Fi使用的也是相同的技术,它也具有微波/电磁波辐射。英国的Stewart Report S1.42里提到“在没有与学校成员或家长达成任何协议,如此大强度的辐射是不应该落于学校或建筑物的任何一部分”

我们将就此事的严重性,向首相府、教育部、卫生部及马来西亚通讯与多媒体委员会呈上备忘录。

2011年5月,世界卫生组织(WHO)的国际癌症研究机中心(IARC)将手机、无线通信设备发出的“射频电磁场”归类为“2B型可致癌物质”。世卫组织报告的结论是“进一步的研究非常重要”,并提醒市民,特别是年轻人和儿童,要“采取务实的措施,以减少接触”。国际癌症研究机中心的专家已确定该项分类亦包括Wi-Fi的发放。

在2012年1月,美国环境医学学院宣告:“慢性暴露于无线电频率辐射是一种可以预防的环境危害,现已有充分数据,足以支持即时履行预防的公共卫生措施.... 孩子们特别有大脑发展被影响、和学习及行为受损的风险。

在2011年10月,加拿大卫生部鼓励“......家长减少儿童对手机的RF(射频辐射)曝光,因为儿童一般对环境里的物质”更加敏感“,并且,“目前科学上缺乏有关手机对儿童健康潜在影响的资料。

国际癌症研究机构发出的警告,的确是一个严重的问题。此外,在「2B可能致癌物」的分类里,也包括柴油车的排气,DDT和氯丹等的可能致癌物质和对人体有害的毒素。我们能允许Wi-Fi在我们的学校,而觉得什么也无所谓吗?你能让DDT和氯丹的迷雾一整天弥漫在我们孩子的教室,每周5天,或让柴油车的排气或氯丹这种有机氯杀虫剂飘进教室和我们的住家里吗?

鉴于儿童每天在学校多个小时,国外有些家长们关注无线设备对儿童长期健康的影响,因孩子不能采取个人措施以避免这种接触。这些家长遵从“预防原则”,提倡使用有安全历史的有线科技来进行学习。而近年来,在不同学区均有学生报告:身体对学校环境中Wi-Fi和无线设备发射的射频产生生理反应,如头痛,眩晕,心率急跳,疲劳和注意力不集中等。

2012年8月23日,以色列卫生部副部长Yaakov Litzman 倡议其教育部长Gideon Sa'ar 停止在学校安装无线网络,尤其是在有据可查的危害报告下。我们坚定的相信,我们以民为本的政府是应该做得到,为我们的孩子提供一个“安全”的学习环境。

我们呼吁教育部,卫生部卫生及所有有关人士,为了我们孩子的安全,必需停止在所有学校装置无线网路通信技术和电讯塔。我们一定要减少孩子们在住家和学校里长期和累积性的暴露在电磁波辐射。

我们建议使用有线网络型式的方法成为Wi-Fi的替代品,特别是在学校和图书馆,让孩子们不会受到射频辐射的影响。

有线上网有亦很多优点:它的速度更快,可以携带更多的数据,它更安全于防止入侵,最重要的是它不“辐射”孩子。

我们呼吁大家响应我们的号召,要求有关部门在有其他可行的网络技术的情况下,停止在学校安裝Wi-Fi和其他无线通信设备,旨在保护儿童和支持父母的权利和选择。


Press Release of Penang EMF Radiation Protection Association
24 September 2012:

Recently, the ministry of education is implementing 1BestariNet project in 10,000 schools in our country. The purpose of this 1BestariNet (http://1bestarinet.net/) is to provide mobile Internet and high-speed 4G Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in all schools throughout Malaysia. Ministry of Education in collaboration with YTL Communications provides wireless Internet high speed 4G Frog Virtual Learning Environment together with the effective schools throughout Malaysia.

The Frog learning platform is an inclusive solution that will meet the needs of all schools, regardless of their abilities or geographical and socio-economic barriers. All schools, whether urban or rural, will have access to the same, high quality resources and content, giving equal delivery of education to all Malaysian children. The new learning platform solution will support collaboration between high and low performing schools, sharing best teaching methods and resources – helping all schools to raise standards in the way teaching is delivered to students.  http://www.frogtrade.com/frogweb/website2012/news.html

At the same time, they also requesting to erect a Wimax(World Interoperability for Microwave Access) tower in these school compound to allow the school enjoy these facilities (newspaper cutting attached to show what happened in few states).

As parents as well the members of EMF Radiation Protection Association, we would like to draw the attention of all parties to the severity of the matter. We need to act fast because parents and school administrators don’t seem to realize that there could be serious health consequences from overexposure to wireless radiation. We are writing to the following departments to express our concern:

1) PM office     2) Ministry of Education    3) Ministry of Health  and
4) MCMC

The public, especially the school boards, PIBG (PTA) and administrators of all schools in the country must be aware that Wi-Fi uses the same technology as phone antenna. The Stewart report S1.42 states “The beam of greatest intensity should not fall on any part of the school or building without agreement from the school or parents”. Many parents would object to a phone mast near their homes or children’s schools and may not be aware that Wi-Fi is using the same technology.

We fully support the use of computers and the promotion of technology in education, but we believe that it must be implemented in a SAFE manner. We should not expose our children to unnecessary health risks by Wi-Fi, while there are hardwired options available.

 In May 2011 the World Health Organization's IARC (International Agency on Research of Cancer) has classified cellular phone / Wi-Fi radiation as 2B Possible Carcinogen. In October, 2011, Health Canada asked parents to reduce children's radiofrequency exposure since "children are typically more sensitive to a variety of environmental agents" and "there is currently a lack of scientific information regarding the potential health impacts of cell phones on children".

As to the IARC warning, it is indeed a serious one. Also in the 2b "possible human" carcinogen classification are DDT, diesel exhaust, and Chlordane among hundreds of other neurotoxins and possibly carcinogenic-to-human toxins. Do we allow Wi-Fi in our schools and think nothing of it? Would you allow DDT or Chlordane to be misted throughout the classrooms all day, 5 days a week, or diesel exhaust to be ventilated into the classrooms from the garages that house the school buses?

Homes and schools are the two places where children spend the most amount of time. Parents have the choice to take measures to reduce children's exposure to microwave radiation at home by using wired computers which offer the same educational benefits with better security and speed. However, children are now FORCED to use wireless laptops and tablets which bear long-term health risks, and they are given no choice to avoid this exposure.

These invisible waves are microwaves and   "Radio waves" is a lovely euphemism. Please do not continue to expose young children to microwave radiation throughout their formative years.

On 23 August 2012, the Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman in a call to the Education Minister of Israel, Gideon Sa'ar, to stop the installation of wireless internet in schools due to the well documented hazards of RF- EMF. It is our strong belief that our citizen-centric government should be doing the same to provide safe learning environments for our children.

We URGE the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and all related parties to halt the installation of wireless internet and cell tower in all schools in our country to safe our children.

Reducing exposure at home and in schools will reduce the majority of cumulative exposure for children.

We recommend that wired alternatives to Wi-Fi be implemented; particularly in schools and libraries so that children are not subjected to elevated RF radiations.

Wired Internet has many advantages: it's faster, it can carry more data, it is more secure from hacking, and it doesn't irradiate kids.

Please join the call to withdraw wifi in schools in favor of adopting wired and shielded networks.



Wednesday, September 19, 2012

坚信发出辐射危害健康 3花园居民不要转驳站



  • 大山脚辉煌园、光辉园及千禧园逾40名居民在互联网转驳站前, 再度抗议, 表达心中不安及不满。

(大山脚17日讯)尽管辉煌园、光辉园及千禧园的“电讯转驳站”已获证实为互联网转驳站,但当地居民依然针对“互联网转驳站是否发出电波及辐射而危害居民健康”论点,再度抗议表达心中不安及不满!
当地逾40名居民今日在居民代表谢锦隆带领下,再度高举大字报抗议,其中国阵巴当拉浪区协调员陈德钦及国阵大山脚区协调员刘一端也出席抗议行动。
谢锦隆说,居民无法接受巴当拉浪区州议员陈宗兴的解释,因为居民认为无论是电讯转驳站或互联网转驳站,皆会发出电波及辐射,并危害居民的健康。
纳闷陈宗兴说词
他说,居民都感到纳闷,既然陈宗兴自认并非有关方面的专家,但却再三强调互联网转驳站不会发出辐射,这种“牛头不对马嘴”的说辞怎可相信?
他说,陈宗兴指互联网转驳站执照为期2年,居民若有不满或影响可向当局投诉,这项言论让居民感到失望,作为州议员为何说出如此不负责任的言论?
“我们要反问陈宗兴如何保证互联网转驳站,不会对居民身体健康有害?如果居民2年后受到转驳站影响,而身体健康受到损害,请问谁对此事负责任?”
居民盼陈宗兴予肯定答案
谢锦隆说,居民希望陈宗兴能给予肯定答案。如果无法给予肯定答案,那么应该履行州议员的责任,将互联网转驳站拆除,以解民忧。
他说,陈宗兴应该以民为本,与居民站在一起维护他们的权益及健康。然而,陈宗兴却选择维护电讯公司,而且其理由牵强及耐人寻味。
他表示,互联网转驳站可能符合规格,但虽然合法但不合民意。
居民认为转驳站应该建在住家15尺外,所以威省市议会应该收回准证及拆下转驳站。
陈德钦:为民请命被政治化
陈德钦说,他于本月9日出席辉煌园、光辉园及千禧园居民的抗议行动,然后隔天致函市议会投诉有关转驳站,旨在为民请命,不幸此举竟遭政治化。
他说,陈宗兴对他做出人身攻击,并指责他误导民众。不过,在为民请命之际,虽然受到人身攻击,但他依然会继续为民争取权益。
选民应有雪亮眼睛
刘一端说,他对陈宗兴及温维安政治化转驳站课题感到遗憾,他们应该着重民众利益,与民众站在一起。
“他们为何以电讯公司为本,而违背民联州政府以民为本的态度。因此,选民应该拥有雪亮眼睛,在下届全国大选做出明智选择。”