EMF Safety Network
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EMF and RF World Concerns Summary
The following is a compilation of what government, public health and environment organizations and officials, independent scientists, online health advocacy groups and activists are advocating around the world in response to the proliferation of electromagnetic fields, and especially 2.4 GHZ microwave radiation.
International Resolutions Advocating a Precautionary Approachto the Use and Expansion of Wireless Technologies:
Vienna resolution 1998
Salzburg Austria Resolution 2000:
Catania Italy 2002
Benevento Italy Resolution 2006
London Resolution 2007:
Venice Italy Resolution 2008
Porto Alegre Resolution 2009:
Wingspread Conference on the Precautionary principle:
Wi-Fi
European Environmental Agency advises the precautionary principle for wi-fi:
German Government advises against wi-fi:
France National Library and several other Paris libraries are wi-fi-free
(USA) Progressive Librarians Guild urges the precautionary principle for wi-fi in libraries June 2008
UK: The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) with 160,000 members has called for a government investigation into the biological and thermal effects of "wi-fi" networks.
France: Paris City Council launched a study on wi-fi June 2008 (in french)
Penang Malaysia to study health effects of Wi-Fi. October 2008
England: Health Protection Agency launches study on health effects of wi-fi Oct 2007:
Austria medical association pressing for a ban on wi-fi in schools
Herouville St Claire Normandy removes Wi-Fi from schools
USA: Sebastopol CA. City Council chooses the precautionary principle and terminates contract for free city wide Wi-Fi:
Sebastopol Area wi-fi petition:
Canada: July 2008 City Council of Thorold rescinds city wide wi-fi contract:
Canada, Lakehead University wifi-free policy
European Parliament Sept 2008 voted 522 to 16 to adopt text:"is greatly concerned at the Bio-Initiative international report concerning EMFs, which summarises over 1500 studies on that topic and which points in its conclusions to the health risks posed by emissions from mobile-telephony devices such as mobile telephones, UMTS, WiFi, WiMax and Bluetooth, and also DECT landline " ""The limits on exposure to electromagnetic fields [EMFs] which have been set for the general public are obsolete."
England schools dismantle wireless networks:
Bavarian federal state parliament advises schools against Wi-fi:(in German).
England: Teachers union call to suspend WiFi in schools:
Glastonbury residents "Why Wi-Fi"Campaign
Ireland: Jan 2008 The City of Dublin Ireland did not install wi-fi due to a EU law:
Wi-fi code for Welch Schools
Frankfurt,Germany:Bans Wi-Fi in public schools (in German)
A new study in JAMA that found that wireless tracking systems in hospitals can interfere with lifesaving technologies.
Hospital Techies urge limits on 'white space' Wi-Fi.
Spain: Ecologists in Action statement on WiFi:
GreenWarriors of Norway oppose wi-fi in schools
Dr. Magda Havas open letter to schools and teachers on Wi-Fi health risks:
Austrian health director Dr. Gerd Oberfeld advising against wi-fi
Sweden Prof.Olle Johansson scientisit wi-fi letter:
Dr. George Carlo wi-fi video
Green party MEP/ concern with wi-fi in schools:
(USA) Dr. Mercola wireless warning:
(Canada) Dr. Magda Havas Report opposing Wi-Fi in San Francisco:
The Gathering Brainstorm:
Dr. Jeff Fawcett: WiFi Blues:
Wi-Fi in Schools UK
Santa Fe Librarians letter supporting wi-fi free Public libraries:
"Wireless Networks (Wi-Fi) Consumer Health and Safety Advice"EMFacts handout
Other EMF and RF Actions and Concerns
Bioinitiative Report:
Bioinitiative Report video with co-author Cindy Sage
Lichtenstein adopts Bioinitiative RF safety standard .6 volts per meter:
Brussels determines new EMR safety standard of 3 volts per meter
2009: The European Parliament passed the EMF Resolution calling for caution on the use and expansion of electromagnetic fields, particularly radiofrequency exposure from wireless technologies. The resolution was endorsed by an overwhelming margin of 559 members in favor, 22 opposed, and 8 abstaining. The EP calls on member states to follow the example of Sweden to recognize ES as a disability and grant adequate protection as well as equal opportunities.
French Health and Security Agency (Afsset) recommend reducing exposure to mobile phones and other portable wireless devices. OCT 2009
2009:Breast Cancer Fund: Policy and Research Recommendations: Reduce Exposure to Radiation
(USA) NIEHS and NIOSH classifies EMF's as a hazardous substance.NIEHS advocates prudent avoidance of EMF's.
Prudent avoidance has beenadopted in Australia, Sweden, and several U.S. states,including California, Colorado, Hawaii, New York,Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Collarborative on Health and the Environment CHE EMF statement
California EMF program 7 million dollar gov't mandated study. up to 95% certainty leukemia caused by EMF's. Up to 80% certainty brain cancer related to EMF's. Advocate prudent avoidance of EMF's.
2009 Counties of LA (CA), Pima (AZ) City of Portland Oregon, Cities of Sebastopol, Albany and Glendale CA pass resolutions requesting the federal government repeal section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.and/or requesting the FCC to update RF studies
Chinese breakthrough study howEMFs promote childhood leukemia.
European Union adopts ALDE report adivsing the precautionary principle for EMF's
USA, NJ. Sussex County school to close due to unsafe power lines near playground:
(USA) Dr. Robert Becker:
(NZ) Dr. Neil Cherry:
(USA) Dr. Louis Slesin:
(Canada) Dr. Magda Havas:
Dr. Martin Blank video:
Electrical Sensitivity
Germany 2002: Freiberger Appeal signed by 30,000 doctors
2005 Ireland IDEA Irish doctors concern over EMR health effects
Switzerland: Dr. Rau Paracelsus Health Clinic :treats 10,000 people annually. They assess health in light of EMF exposure. Although health issues are multi factorial, his assessment is EMFs are a hidden factor in many illnesses:
US Access Board: Report on Indoor Environmental Quality Released
Dr. Christine Aschermann: Observations from a Psychotherapy Practice on Mobile Telecommunications and DECT Telephones
Nordic Council of Ministers: The Nordic Adaptation of Classification of Occupationally Related Disorders (Diseases and Symptoms) to ICD-10 ed. by F Levy and A Wannag. 2000. Lists Electromagnetic intolerance as an occupational disorder.
France Eco village white zone for EHS recovery
2008: Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Wikipedia
Sweden: FEB Electrosensitivity:
USA: Connecticut and Colorado Governors and Mayor of Broward County declare Proclamations: MAY 2009 Electromagnetic Sensitivity Awareness Month:
The City of Colwood, BC Canada has declared August 2009 Electromagnetic Sensitivity Awareness month:
The Mayor of Norris Arm, Newfoundland proclaimed October 2009 '”Electromagnetic Hypersenstiivity Awareness Month'.
Netherlands Electrohypersensitivity Questionaire Survey Results:
Dutch EHS Foundation:
Canada: Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution News:
China internet addiction youth
South Korea govt study" internet addiction/ Millions of youth at risk.
Spain: children treated for cell phone addiction:
Canadian Human Rights commission: policy on environmental sensitivities
Cell Towers/ Antennas
CHILE 4 December 2009 The Appeal Court in Rancagua confirms the demolition of a mobile phone mast in Santa Cruz, Chile.
Cell-Phone Towers and Communities: The Struggle for Local Control B. Blake Levitt
2009: France: VersailleCourt decision requiring a French telecom company to dismantlean existing cell tower in a residential area
2009 Botswana Africa: A controversial cell phone tower erected on the royal Phuthadikobo Hill has been destroyed by the villagers.
Botswana Africa: Bakgatla, BTA, radiation and public safety
UK EM Radiation Research Trustee Eileen O'Connor Report on base stations:
2009 USA CA. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a
local government's authority to deny antennas in public rights-of-way for
aesthetic reasons. The case is Sprint PCS Assets, L.L.C. v. City of Palos Verdes Estates
2009 Hunnington Beach California: City leaders vote to move controversial cell phone tower
International Association of Firefighters moratorium of cell tower siting on Fire stations
Australian Democrats "Demand crackdown on mobile phone towers"
The American Bird Conservancy, Forest Conservation Council and Friends of the Earthbrought a lawsuit against the FCC theFederal Court Ordered Cell Tower Safeguards for Migrating Birds
Israel bans antennaes on residences:
Portugal opposes Cell tower
Taiwan removes 1500 cell towers near schools:
Ukiah CA. rejects cell tower:
USA: Two radio towers in Washington State toppled
Panama:Companies in need of antennas must share structures to hold them:
Oregon, USA city school board unplugs cell towers:
New Zealand citizens video appeal to Government (opposing cell towers)
Los Angeles unified school district policy restricts cell sites on LA USD property and requires new schools to avoid siting near cell sites
2009 Los Angeles Unified School District adopted a resolution that
includes a statement in favor of repealing the Telecommunication Act of
1996's preemption of consideration of health and environmental effects of
wireless facilities.
Cyprus:House Health Committee demands action to protect the public from mobile phone masts.
USA: CA: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 3-Judgepanel's earlier decision and ruled that a wireless siting ordinance enactedby San Diego County is not preempted by the Telecommunications Act of 1996:Link to the decision:
Environment
2002 letter from the EPA (Environment Protection Agency) stating the the FCC's standards are "thermally based, and do not apply to chronic, non-thermal exposure situations":
Overloading of Towns and Cities with Radio Transmitters (Cellular Transmitter): a hazard for the human health and a disturbance of eco-ethics by Karl Hecht, Elena N. Savoley
Institute for Inquiry: Wireless questions
The Ecologist: Mobile Phones Could lead to bee decline:
India Study: Mobile phone towersand cell phones can pose a threat to honey bees, a study published in India has concluded.
Bees, Birds and Mankind: Destroying Nature by Electrosmogby Dr. Ulrich Warnke
Mt. Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center: Health effects from cell tower radiation:
Organic Consumers Association:
Cell Phones
The Canadian Public Health Officer, David Butler-Jones, advised Canadians to limit their and their children’s use of cell phones until science resolves uncertainties about long term health effects.
June 2008: France 20 top scientists warn about cell phones and brain cancer
July 2008 Study:Prenatal Cell Phone Exposure Tied to Children's Behavior
England:2000, the UK Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones chaired by Sir William Stewart, reports that “a precautionary approach be adopted until more robust scientific information becomes available.”
UK Health protection advises children under 16 to limit their use of mobile phone.
Russian National Committee on Non Ionizing Radiation Protection advises against cell phones for 18 years and under
India: limit cell phone use for youth under 16
Israel: Health Ministry calls for parents to limits kids cell phone use:
India: ban on children and pregnant women in TV ads for cell phones
2004, the European Union’s EMF REFLEX Research Project is released, showing that mobile phone radiation (radiofrequency radiation) damages DNA in human cells.omega.twoday.net/stories/436261
Madhya Pradesh, India:Bans cell phones in schools:
Australia: Cell phone warning
French Ministry of Health cell phone warning
Canada, Toronto Public Health is advising children and teens to limit the time they spend on cellphones until more is known about potential health effects.Toronto Star, Ontario.
USA: July 2008 University of Pittsburg's Cancer Intistute Dr. Ron Herberman's memo to staff / Cell phone warning:
USA September 2008Rep. Dennis Kucinich holdsCongressional Hearing on Cell Phone Health Effects
September 2008 Economist commentary on the Interphone Study " Mobile Madness":
The Belgian Foundation against Cancer ( issued a warning
concerning mobile phone use :
Finland:The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has recommended restricting the use of mobile phones by children:
2009 National Safety Council calls for a nationwide ban on cell phones while driving
World Health Organization Interphone study Results Update
Lyon France advertising campaign against cell phones for kids under 12
USA Boston: Cell phone Ban After Boston Trolley Crash
Mobile phones to be banned in French primary schools to limit health risks
How Susceptible are Genes to Mobile Phone Radiation?byProf. Franz Adlkofer, Prof. Igor Y. Belyaev, Vladislav M. Shiroff, and Dr. Karl Richter
Mobile phone use 'raises children's risk of brain cancer five fold'
cancer-fivefold-937005.html
(England) The truth about Mobile Phones and WiFi Dr Andrew Goldsworthy 2007:
Truth About Mobile Phones and Wi-Fi.pdf
Dr. Vini Kharuna Brain Surgeon: “Mobile Phones and Brain Tumours- A Public Health Concern”
"Cell Phones and Brain Tumors"15 reasons for concern
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) who works to protect children and kids from toxic chemicals in our food, water, air, and the products we use every day, released a 40 page report titled:
"Cell Phone Radiation-Science Review on Cancer Risks and Children's Health"
The FCC advice to consumers about the use of cell phones.
U.S. bans truckers, bus drivers from texting while driving
Time magazine: How Safe is Your Cell Phone?
Warning, Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous To Your Health: GQ Magazine
National Toxicology Program NTP- RF study.
Updated 3.26.2010 by Sandi Maurer EMF Safety Network