What’s Up? Worldwide Current Events for the EMF-Cognoscenti (Spring 2020)
Staying in the Know with Pertinent EMF Current Events
Keeping up with EMF Current Events is not an easy task in today’s fast changing world of 5G deployment, that is being spurred on by the technology race for the self described goal of “global economic supremacy”. In this regular feature section, What’s Up?, we will endeavor to bring readers a few of the notable (non-fake-news) articles that have caught our attention from EMF Professionals around the world this past Spring 2020.
Recent FCC Public Comment Submissions
The FCC’s request for Public Comments on its proposals for 5G has generated over 1200 responses, (not a big number considering Members of Congress consider 100,000 public responses a threshold number for getting involved). Here are some of the more notable comments submitted:
Joel Moskowitz PhD, Professor School of Public Health, University of California, Berkley: Symptoms Experienced by Persons with Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: https://www.saferemr.com/2014/08/part-i-why-we-need-stronger-cell-phone.html (Parts 1 – IV)
Joel Moskowitz PhD, Professor School of Public Health, University of California, Berkley: Symptoms Experienced by Persons with Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: https://www.saferemr.com/2014/08/part-i-why-we-need-stronger-cell-phone.html (Parts 1 – IV)
Around the World
Journalists for Investigate Europe report 5G Real Issues Overshadowed by Covid/5G Celltower Attacks: https://www.investigate-europe.eu/en/2020/5g-covid-conspiracy/ raising concerns about health effects of the technology that are real and legitimate
Journalists for Investigate Europe report 5G Real Issues Overshadowed by Covid/5G Celltower Attacks: https://www.investigate-europe.eu/en/2020/5g-covid-conspiracy/ raising concerns about health effects of the technology that are real and legitimate.
Yellowstone is planning to install over 523 new wireless antennas because, as stated in their press release, “visitors stay longer when they can be connected without frustration”. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has put together an outline the issues and is asking for public support. Public Comments can be submit directly through the NPS Park Planning website by clicking the “Open for Comment” link
The DIGITAL LIVING – PROMISES AND PERILS CONFERENCE at San Francisco State University, which was held online (due to the Covid lockdown) April 25, 2020 has now allowed this public overview of the conference, including videos of its various notable speakers’ presentations here.
Recent Studies
Environmental Research Journal has published a new study entitled “Residential proximity to power lines and risk of brain tumor in the general population” which found an increased risk of brain tumors was associated with living near power lines. This is in addition to the repeated research studies, which for decades have associated magnetic field power-line frequency ELF-EMF from power lines to a type of childhood leukemia.
Korean Government Funded Study finds 1.76 GHZ LTE wireless impacts human cells, increasing intracellular reactive oxygen and senescence, and decreasing cell proliferation. Read More…
A Yale School of Medicine study titled Thyroid Cancer, Genetic Variations, and Cell Phones Linked in New Yale School of Public Health Study considered 823 SNPs in 176 genes and pinpointed that 10 variations increased the risk of thyroid cancer among mobile phone users. The risk of cancer was more than doubled among users with SNPs occurring in 4 of the genes examined.
In The Radiation Safety Journal Health Physics, Ronald Melnick PhD, a toxicologist, for 28+ years at the United States government’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program (NTP), and lead designer of the NTP study on cell phone radiation, analyzed criticisms made by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) of the National Toxicology Program Study on cell phone radiation. Melnick’s analysis concluded that ICNIRP “misrepresented” the study and should not have dismissed the carcinogenic effects found in experimental animals exposed to RF-EMF.
EMF Safety Advocacy at Large
EM-Radiation Research Trust, has fought to remove celltowers in areas of high cancer and founded three charitable organizations to defend families from radiation exposure, which has propelled the topic of wireless radiation to international status, and placed Eileen in front of power brokers in Westminster, Brussels, and Luxembourg, where the EU Commission resides, as well as Russia and Norway. An inspiring interview with Eileen here:
More Cities Halting 5G
The work of grassroots EMF safety advocates has resulted in stopping 5G in two USA Cities, as Farragut Tennessee votes to Halt 5G and Easton Connecticut votes to ban it altogether.
In January 2020, an expert forum — “What You Should Know About 5G” — was organized by the only state representative to vote against accelerating 5G wireless facilities in Connecticut,David Michel, D-Stamford featuring Frank Clegg, the former president of Microsoft Canada; Patti Wood, founder of the nonprofit Grassroots Environmental Education; and Devra Davis, an epidemiologist and founder of the Environmental Health Trust. A video of the Stamford Connecticut meeting can be found HERE. See News story Easton bans 5G technology rollout citing lack of research, testing.
Hvar Croatia halts Deployment of 5G until an independent and impartial study proves that such technology has no negative impact on humans and the environment, the Town Council decided unanimously. Watch a Croatian Public Awareness video on safe cellphone here, and read about Croatia’s progressive antenna regulations here.
