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The Daily Mail: Cell phone radiation DOES harm your baby and may cause hyperactivity, study says

Attention pregnant women: put down your cellphone.
Cellphone radiation exposure during pregnancy impacts fetal brain development and may cause hyperactivity, Yale School of Medicine researchers say.

American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) Warning:

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) released a position paper on EMF and radiofrequency (RF) health effects saying they recognize that patients are being adversely impacted by electromagnetic frequency (EMF) and radiofrequency (RF) fields and are becoming more electromagnetically sensitive.

BioInitiative 2012 Report Issues New Warnings on Wireless and EMF

A new report by the BioInitiative Working Group 2012 says that evidence for risks to health has substantially increased since 2007 from electromagnetic fields and wireless technologies (radiofrequency radiation). The Report reviews over 1800 new scientific studies. Cell phone users, parents-to-be, young children and pregnant women are at particular risk.

Time Magazine: Pediatricians Say Cell Phone Radiation Standards Need Another Look

It's been 18 years since the U.S. government assessed the standards for cell phone radiation. That was back in 1996, long before the practice of giving your big kid a cell phone became as common as giving your little kid a bath. Both cell-phone technology and cell-phone use have changed in the interim, which is why last week the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its radiation standards.

The man living alone in the woods to escape Wi-Fi and mobile phones

Phil Inkley has fled civilisation to escape electromagnetic fields, which he believes cause nosebleeds, headaches, convulsions and blackouts. Laura Page meets him and investigates the condition known as 'electromagnetic hypersensitivity'

The Toronto SUN: Cellphone radiation impacts fetal brain development: Yale researchers

Cellphone radiation exposure during pregnancy impacts fetal brain development and may cause hyperactivity, Yale School of Medicine researchers say.
Dr. Hugh Taylor, a medical professor and chief of Yale's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, co-authored a recent study to probe the impact of cellphone exposure on pregnancies.

Womens' College Hospital: The Effect of Invisible Waves

The world is becoming dominated by wireless technology which is constantly emanated as micro, radio and extremely low frequency waves through the air. Researchers are studying the effects of constant exposure to these waves and how it impacts the human body.

Cell phones, cell phone towers, wireless internet routers, cordless phones and power lines of all sorts have all been recognized as possible contributors to an environmental health condition called electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EMS) caused by significant exposure from radio waves.

Austrian Medical Association Designs Protocol for the diagnosis and treatment of EMF related health problems and illnesses

On June 22, 2012 the Austrian Medical Association released a very important document: Guideline of the Austrian Medical Association for the diagnosis and treatment of EMF related health problems and illnesses (EMF syndrome). Consensus paper of the Austrian Medical Association’s EMF Working Group (AG-EMF).

The Toronto Sun: Wi-Fi making kids, teachers sick?

A growing number of Canadian students and teachers are convinced wireless Internet at school is making them sick and they're wondering why Health Canada has remained silent about the potential risks linked to Wi-Fi.

Canada's health agency issued new advice on mobile phones Tuesday, advising parents to encourage kids under 18 to cap their cellphone use.

But Health Canada has not issued information about the possible risks associated with other wireless devices, including wireless Internet. It maintains Wi-Fi is "safe."

In May, the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer arm classified all radiation emitted by wireless devices as possibly carcinogenic.

Vitality Magazine: EMFs & Dirty Electricity: CREATING A HEALTHY HOME

Strategies for Removing or Reducing Dirty Electricity and EMF Radiation

"...She'll redecorate your home from the cellar to the dome and then go on to the enthralling fun of overhauling you!"
(Henry Higgins in Lerner and Lowe's "My Fair Lady")

The fears of Henry Higgins may now become reality for you, dear readers, whose lives and homes might be turned upside down by what I hope to teach you about protection from electropollution that invades us all without our knowledge or consent. As promised last month: the answer to bad technology is good technology, and there is lots. Here are two compelling reasons to act on this information.

Canada Newswire: Aurora School Removes Wifi to Protect Children's Health

CNW: Another school has removed its Wifi, following warnings that the system emits potentially harmful microwave radiation.
"Schools are in the business of helping children, not hurting them so we shouldn't be taking chances," said Brenda Glashan, principal of the Aurora Montessori School, a private elementary school of 350 students north of Toronto.

The Telegraph: Tumour fear cuts chatter as women switch off their mobile phones

WOMEN are switching off their mobile phones in droves amid fears they are harming their health, a new study reveals.
The study, one month after World Health Organisation experts warned of a link between mobile phone use and brain tumours, found one in four Australian women have cut back on their talk time.
Australia's Biggest Health Check, an online survey of more than 30,000 women, also found an additional 21 per cent of respondents wanted to reduce their mobile phone use in the future.

MacLeans Magazine: On the run from radio frequencies

Some Canadians go to great lengths to escape waves of radiation from electronics that are considered harmless
As the mother of two young girls, Samantha Boutet does what she believes is necessary to protect her family. That's why, with the spread of radio frequencies from increasingly common wireless technology, Boutet is a refugee in her own land. The naturopathic doctor and her two daughters are relocating more than 600 km east of their home in Maple Ridge, B.C., to a small cabin in a remote valley in B.C.'s Kootenay mountains.

CBC News: How wireless technology can affect the body

Most people don't think twice about talking, texting or emailing on the go - sending waves of radiation into the environment and their bodies as they stay connected through mobile technology.

WDBJ: Wi-Fi Refugees move to Green Bank to escape electromagnetic radiation

Wi-Fi Refugees" moving to Green Bank, West Virginia to escape electromagnetic radiation. A massive radiotelescope prohibits any mainstream electronics from being used nearby. As seen on WDBJ7.com

BBC News: 'Wi-fi refugees' shelter in West Virginia mountains

Dozens of Americans who claim to have been made ill by wi-fi and mobile phones have flocked to the town of Green Bank, West Virginia

Savvymom.ca: Frequency Fears

We hear a lot about harmful outdoor rays in the summer, so we lather on the sunscreen and keep hats on at all times. But what about the harmful rays inside the house that we keep hearing about, like the ones that come from cell phones, laptops or even hair dryers?

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The first free Refuge Zone for the EHS (like that in France) has just been opened in Italy. It is within the Vena del Gesso Regional Park near the town of Brisighella in the province of Ravenna. After the one next to the Conservatoire Naturel des Espaces Naturels Rhône-Alpes in France, it is the second specially planned EHS Zone Refuge available in Europe, apart from the protected living areas in Sweden reserved for the EHS.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity News: Provocation Challenge Shows Electromagnetic Sensitivity a Bona Fide Illness

There is increasing evidence that wireless transmissions have biological effects,some of which are harmful, at levels that may be orders of magnitude below present safety guidelines. These guidelines were drawn up on the assumption that the radiation could only damage living tissues if it generated significant heat. It has since been shown that radiation at much lower levels has direct electrical effects.

August 2011: EHS (Electrohypersensitivity) Safe Areas created in France

The EHS Refuge Zone is an extensive private property in an unspoilt rural area. It has been made available by the organisation without charge as a humanitarian gesture for EHS sufferers in crisis for their rest and refreshment. All the facilities are entirely free.

July 20, 2011: Belgian Parliament to consider official recognition of Electrosensitivity

1. to officially recognize the existence of the syndrome 'electro-hypersensitivity' as an illness and to recognize as a handicap the maladjustments and functional impairments that result, in consultation with the academies of medicine and the Council of Health;

Wolrd Health Organization Press Release: The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as (Group 2B) carcinogenic to humans (pdf)

Lyon, France, May 31, 2011 ‐‐ The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer1, associated with wireless phone use.

European Leaders Recommend Banning Cell Phones and Wi-Fi in Schools

Summary

The potential health effects of the very low frequency of electromagnetic fields surrounding power lines and electrical devices are the subject of ongoing research and a significant amount of public debate. While electrical and electromagnetic fields in certain frequency bands have fully beneficial effects which are applied in medicine, other non-ionising frequencies, be they sourced from extremely low frequencies, power lines or certain high frequency waves used in the fields of radar, telecommunications and mobile telephony, appear to have more or less potentially harmful, non-thermal, biological effects on plants, insects and animals, as well as the human body when exposed to levels that are below the official threshold values.

One must respect the precautionary principle and revise the current threshold values; waiting for high levels of scientific and clinical proof can lead to very high health and economic costs, as was the case in the past with asbestos, leaded petrol and tobacco.

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The Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection issues resolution warning against cell phone use by children. (pdf)

This Resolution was approved by members of the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (RNCNIRP) at its Committee session on 3 March 2011. The Resolution evolved from scientific statements adopted by RNCNIRP in 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009, taking into account contemporary views and actual scientific data. The Resolution represents a viewpoint of the professional scientific community and is meant for public dissemination, for the consumers of the mobile telecommunications services, as well as for the legislative and executive authorities who develop and implement health protection, environmental, communication, scientific and safety policies.

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EMF Reduction Resolution adopted by the Council of Europe

1. The Parliamentary Assembly has repeatedly stressed the importance of states' commitment to preserving the environment and environmental health, as set out in many charters, conventions, declarations and protocols since the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and the Stockholm Declaration (Stockholm, 1972). The Assembly refers to its past work in this field, namely Recommendation 1863 (2009) on environment and health: better prevention of environment-related health hazards, Recommendation 1947 (2010) on noise and light pollution, and more generally, Recommendation 1885 (2009) on drafting an additional protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the right to a healthy environment and Recommendation 1430 (1999) on access to information, public participation in environmental decision-making and access to justice - implementation of the Arhus Convention.

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Barrie Trower, a physicist and former British Secret Service Microwave Weapons Specialist, said he came out of retirement because microwave technology that was used for weapons is now being used in schools.

... He said there is a lot of proof that microwave radiation - used for cell phones and WiFi - is harmful and governments have known this for many years.

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A group of parents in southern Ontario is blaming school wireless Internet networks for a slew of symptoms reportedly plaguing young children.

Parents on the Simcoe County Safe School committee claim that students in 14 area schools are experiencing problems such as headaches, insomnia and rashes due to microwaves emitted by the Wi-Fi systems

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Popular Science: The Man who was Allergic to Radio Waves

Your cellphone does not in itself cause cancer. But in the daily sea of radiation we all travel, there may be subtler dangers at work, and science is only just beginning to understand how they can come to affect people like Per Segerback so intensely

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The explosive spread of electromagnetic fields across the world has undeniably spawned at least one disorder: electrosensitivity syndrome. Millions of people - most of them in Europe - say they suffer headaches, depression, nausea, rashes and other problems when they're too close to cellphones or other sources of EMFs. They've formed their own support groups, started their own newsletters and taken drastic steps to avoid EMFs, with some even wearing metallic clothing. A band of EMF "refugees" has moved to a valley in southern France to avoid radiation.

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Too many electromagnetic fields surrounding us from cell phones, wifi, and commonplace modern technology--may be seriously harming our health. Here's how to minimize your exposure

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Symptoms of electrohypersensitivity include headaches, difficulty concentrating, insomnia, heart irregularities and much more. (See EHS Quiz.) Radiation emitted from DECT portable phones is the same microwave radiation as emitted by cell phones. Havas' new study will add to the growing interest in the health effects of cell phones, broadening the focus beyond cell phones' association with brain tumors to their effect on other systems, including the heart.

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New Research Links EMF Exposure to the Huge Rise in Autism Cases)

'According to this latest data, the odds that your infant will develop some form of ASD are now one in 63. And if you have a boy, the chances are a staggering one in 38. I still remember that 25 years ago. when I first started practicing, the incidence of autism in the United States was only one in 100,000! A pair of studies on autism rates show that somewhere around one percent of all U.S. children currently have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The rate is even higher among 6 to 11 year olds and among boys.

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Health danger - wifi radiation

WiFi is causing serious health problems