Parents for Safe Schools is an organization of parents, teachers and students that would like to support your decision to bring this extremely important issue to the attention of Parliament, again.
Our elected Government Officials and Provincial Health Officer have failed to do their due diligence by willfully closing their eyes to our numerous requests for answers regarding the safety of our children in schools. They have instead deliberately overstepped the fundamental rights of parents by installing unregulated wireless radiation, a 2b carcinogen listed with lead, DDT, methyl mercury, chloroform, and car exhaust, in and around all our schools without consultation or consent, robbing us/parents of our legal right to manage and protect our children’s health and continued well-being.
They have refused to provide us with an official response to the 2018, current findings of the two 10 year long studies on 2G and 3G technology by US National Toxicology Program and the supporting Ramazzini Institute Study that confirmed the link to Cancer from all prolonged wireless radiation exposure including cell tower radiation. To date, there have been no long-term non-industry funded studies on the biological effects of 4G and 5G exposure and it’s our children who will suffer from the irreversible health effects.
Currently it is mandatory that our children will be exposed to Microwave Radiation from wireless technology with no way to shield themselves from this full body radiation, much like the rats used in these studies.
It is a SCIENTIFIC FACT that microwave radiation exposure causes biological effects confirming the growing evidence of neurological effects and developmental delays with irreversible health effects, such as Depression, Suicide, Violence, Anxiety, Autism, Addiction, Behavioral Issues, Heart Episodes, Infertility, ADD/ADHD, Compromised Ability to Learn, Headaches, Nose/Ear Bleeds, Brain Fog, Difficulty Concentrating, and Cancer. As documented in over 31,000 peer reviewed published studies by scientists and medical experts.
Our Government Officials and Provincial Health Officer have willfully dismissed all credible health information presented to them from qualified experts, nationally and internationally, which emphasize children’s heightened vulnerabilities and the need for “precautionary” measures to reduce exposure and the risk of permanent health effects.
Canada agreed the Precautionary Principle 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 Precautionary Principle shifts the burden of proof, insisting that those responsible for an activity must vouch for its harmlessness and be held responsible if damage occurs.
By refusing to implement the Precautionary Principal and ignoring the growing body of “clear evidence” of cancer, the mandatory exposure in and around our schools will ultimately be responsible for the greatest health scandal of our time.
Sincerely,
Janis Hoffmann
Parents for Safe Schools
250-478-7976
Please sign and share Petition e-2424
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2424
Support Ron McKinnon, MP, chair of the Commons standing committee on health, to present a document to the House of Commons, on behalf of constituents, expressing concern for the harmful effects from radiofrequency (RF) radiation.
An article filled with false information to discredit scientists and medical experts who are warning the public of the health risks from wireless technology.
Dr. Anthony B. Miller and Frank Clegg’s response to TricityNews article
Twenty-Four Canadian Groups Say: Suspend 5G Until Proven Safe Appeal to the Government of Canada “Look Before We Leap”
Scientists and citizens groups from across Canada, including several from British Columbia, are launching an Urgent Appeal demanding the right to say “No” to 5G in their neighbourhoods. Twenty-four Canadian groups are banding together and calling for a national moratorium on the roll out of 5G until questions about its human health effects are resolved.
“This has nothing to do with Covid-19. All groups launching this Appeal condemn acts of violence such as burning antenna towers,” said one of the organizers. “The Parliamentary Health Committee has been investigating the negative health impacts of cell phones, cell towers and Wi-Fi for over a decade. So far the only assurance that it’s safe comes from the wireless companies profiting from it, but scientists disagree.”
The Appeal is also requesting that Health Canada conduct a comprehensive and rigorous assessment of the health effects of radiofrequency radiation.
“Health Canada’s 2015 guidelines for human exposure to non-ionizing radiation (Safety Code 6) were out of date before they were published, and the review process was flawed,” said Dr. Meg Sears, PhD, Chair of Ottawa based Prevent Cancer Now, one of the signatory groups. “Hundreds of peer-reviewed, published studies show that radiofrequency (RF) radiation can cause cancers, damage sperm and DNA, impair reproduction, learning and memory, and more. We should be limiting public exposure, not increasing it.”
“We have sufficient data to classify RF radiation as a Group 1, known human carcinogen, along with, for example, asbestos and tobacco smoke,” states Dr. Anthony Miller MD, Professor Emeritus of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, who worked with the International Agency for Research on Cancer on the 2011 scientific review. Dr. Miller is a signatory to the appeal.
Numerous 4G and 5G microcell antennae are appearing in neighbourhoods with no prior notice; some being placed by children’s bedrooms. This blatant disregard for potential health consequences is unCanadian and unnecessary. A safer, faster, and more environmentally friendly Internet option is available — fibre optic cables connected right to the home.
Oona McOuat of Salt Spring Island says, “COVID-19 has shown us we need dependable and affordable Internet. With the government increasing connectivity funding, and the Connected Coast bringing fibre optics to 154 BC communities, now is the perfect time to connect fibre to our homes. Rural communities like Denman, Hornby and Salt Spring islands and the Slocan Valley are exploring how to create net neutral and energy efficient community-owned fibre networks. These networks may be up to 20 times faster than wireless 5G, while offering untold financial and other benefits.”
“The proponents would prefer that we hear only about the up-side – the additional billions in purported revenues from 5G – but there is little recognition of the increased costs,” said Frank Clegg, former President of Microsoft Canada and CEO of Canadians For Safe Technology.
“Canadians deserve a full economic analysis including the unspoken increased costs to our healthcare system, which is particularly stressed right now. Also the lost productivity from adverse health effects; security and privacy breaches; increased energy consumption, damage to the environment; and risks to safety and property should be included. We are living in a different world than we were three months ago, and this is a standard cost-benefit analysis that might open the eyes of the public that is paying for it,” said Clegg.
The Appeal requests that Ottawa give local governments and their citizens proper notification and grant them a decisive say over the placement of cell towers and microcell antennas.
Visit the Appeal here: http://c4st.org/
For further information:
Oona McOuat oonasong@yahoo.com – 250-537-2088
Meg Sears PhD – 613-297-6042
Links and Published Peer-Reviewed Studies about the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields and the Association of the Neurological and Psychological Health Effects children are experiencing in our classrooms.
US National Toxicology Program, November 2018, 384 pages, NTP TR 595, Toxicology and carcinogenesis studies in Hsd: Sprague Dawley SD rats exposed to whole-body radio frequency radiation at a frequency (900 MHz) and modulations (GSM and CDMA) used by cell phones. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/ntp-temp/tr595_508.pdf
“Clear Evidence of Cancer” Concludes U.S. National Toxicology Program Expert Panel on Cell Phone Radiation
Ramazzini Institute, August 2018. Volume 165 pages, Pages 496-503, Report of final results regarding brain and heart tumors in Sprague-Dawley rats exposed from prenatal life until natural death to mobile hone radiofrequency field representative of a 1.8 GHz GSM base station environmental emission.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300367
Ramazzini Study on Radiofrequency Cell Phone Radiation: The World’s Largest Animal Study on Cell Tower Radiation Confirms Cancer Link. https://ehtrust.org/worlds-largest-animal-study-on-cell– tower-radiation-confirms-cancer-link/
The EMF-Portal is an extensive literature database with an inventory of 31,172 publications and 6,723 summaries of individual scientific studies on the effects of electromagnetic fields. https://www.emf-portal.org/en
World Health Organization, WHO, Press Release No. 208, May 2011, 6 pages, IARC Classifies Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields as Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans https://www.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr208_E.pdf
EMF Scientists Appeal, May 2015 – Scientists who are urgently calling upon the United Nations and its sub-organizations, the WHO and UNEP, and all U.N. Member States, for greater health protection on EMF exposure. https://emfscientist.org/index.php/emf-scientist-appeal
Canadian Human Rights Commission recognizes Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B12B4w0bwyQ_cnhURFlXSGlOU2M/view?usp=sharing
Precautionary Principle, The conference included the United States, Canada and Europe. https://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2008/01/23/wingspread-statement-on-the-pr
Dr. Riina Bray, Medical Director, Environmental Health Clinic, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto. Testimony before the HESA Committee 2015. https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/41-2/HESA/meeting-58/evidence
Published Peer-Reviewed Studies
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Bioinitiative Working Group, Bioinitiative 2012: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Exposure Standard, 2012 & 2014, Section 1, Preface, pages 1-3, Section 11 Table of Contents, pages 1-5, Section 1, Summary for Public, 2014, Section 2, Statement of the Problem, 2007, https://bioinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/BioInitiativeReport-RF-Color-Charts.pdf
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Pall, Martin L., “How to Approach the Challenge of Minimizing Non- Thermal Health Effects of Microwave Radiation from Electrical Devices,” International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering and Management Oct. 2015 Vol. 2, Issue 5 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283017154_How_to_Approach_the_Challenge_of_Minimizing_Non_Thermal_Health_Effects_of_Microwave_Radiation_from_Electrical_Devices
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Pall, Martin L., “Scientific evidence contradicts findings and assumptions of Canadian Safety Panel 6: microwaves act through voltage-gated calcium channel activation to induce biological impacts at non-thermal levels, supporting a paradigm shift for microwave/lower frequency electromagnetic field action,” De Gruyter, Rev Environ Health 30(2): April 2015 pages 99-116 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275052209_Scientific_evidence_contradicts_findings_and_assumptions_of_Canadian_Safety_Panel_6_Microwaves_act_through_voltage-gated_calcium_channel_activation_to_induce_biological_impacts_at_non-thermal_levels_s
Pall, Martin L., “Wi-Fi as a Very Substantial Threat to Human Health,” Feb. 2017
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935118300355
Sage, Cindy, Child Development, Electromagnetic Fields, Pulsed Radiofrequency Radiation, and Epigenetics: How Wireless Technologies May Affect Childhood Development. 2017, Volume 00, Number 0, Pages 1-8 https://eliant.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/de/pdf/Sage_Burgio_Childhood_2017_Epigenetics.pdf
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Varghese, Rini et al., Rats exposed to 2.45GHz of non-ionizing radiation exhibit behavioral changes within creased brain expression of apoptotic caspase 3, Elsevier, Pathophysiology25 (2018) 19-30 https://www.pathophysiologyjournal.com/article/S0928-4680(17)30052-4/pdf
Boumosleh, Jocelyne, et al., Depression, anxiety, and smartphone addiction in university students- A cross sectional study. Plos One August 2017 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182239
Zhang, Jun-Ping et al., Environmental Research and Public Health, Effects of 1.8 GHz Radiofrequency Fields on the Emotional Behavior and Spatial Memory of Adolescent Mice. November 2017, 14 pages https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707983/pdf/ijerph-14-01344.pdf
Click here for a Research Compilation on Cell phone Radiation, Behavior and Brain Development Compiled by Dr. Hugh Taylor of Yale Medicine https://ehtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/TaylorPASSession.pdf
Naval Medical Research Institute Research Report, June 1971. Bibliography of Reported Biological Phenomena (“Effects”) and Clinical Manifestations Attributed to Microwave and Radio-Frequency Radiation. Report No. 2 Revised. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/750271.pdf
Dr. Magda Havas’s first and second response to TricityNews article