Life at Zaytuna – Getting Rid of Wi-Fi
Health & Disease — by Craig Mackintosh
If you’re reading this, you’ll be living in an area where your body is the target of a great deal of electro-smog. Your computer, television and a myriad other electrical devices all create electrical fields that actually charge tiny particles in the air (allergens, bacteria, viruses and the like). These charged particles are far more easily embedded into human tissue – like the inside of your lungs – which can cause health problems.
The higher the electrical field the greater the danger, as the most charged particles hit the tissue with more speed. As they crash land, they become deformed, which makes them stick more firmly. – The Independent
And now newer wireless technologies are under the spotlight, as their health impacts are the cause of a growing concern as well. The cell phone and Wi-Fi industry is huge, and growing, but some countries, like Germany, have warned their citizens to minimise or eliminate their exposure to Wi-Fi and cell phones, while others like the UK scoff at the precautionary principle and fervently promote the technology instead.
It may not have shown up on your radar, but not so long ago an EU European Environment Agency (EEA) report came out with some disturbing details…. The report was titled BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF) . The report was put together by a lot of individuals whose surnames are suffixed with an array of additional letters and whose specific occupations should give them a decent insight into the topic they’re dealing with (I’ll list the contributors at bottom).
Europe’s top environmental watchdog is calling for immediate action to reduce exposure to radiation from Wi-Fi, mobile phones and their masts. It suggests that delay could lead to a health crisis similar to those caused by asbestos, smoking and lead in petrol. – The Independent
If you read nothing else, do check out the ‘Summary for the Public‘ (PDF) from the report. And here are some of the key findings:
- There may be no lower limit at which exposure to ELF and RF affects people
- There is little doubt that exposure to ELF causes childhood leukemia
- People who have used a cell phone for ten years or more have higher rates of malignant brain tumor and acoustic neuromas
- The current standard for exposure to the emissions of cell phones and cordless phones is not safe considering studies reporting long-term brain tumor and acoustic neuroma risks
- Studies of human breast cancer cells and some animal studies show that ELF is likely to be a risk factor for breast cancer
- There is strong evidence that long term exposure to ELF is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease
Why am I talking about this topic in a ‘Life at Zaytuna‘ post? Well, just because – computer geek that I am – I’ve just rid the farm of the Wi-Fi system, and now have the network all hard-wired instead. I would recommend you all pull your old router/modem out of the cupboard, and learn to live without wireless yourself (perhaps anonymously posting some info into your neighbours’ letterbox may also help reduce your exposure – or if you live in an open-minded community, perhaps organise a local meeting to share info on the topic and propose a united action on this).
Before arriving here from Europe, my laptop told me there were three wireless networks available in the apartment where I lived. This meant that whether I was working, sleeping or relaxing – the cells of my body were the target of unwanted attentions from my neighbours (sounds a bit like GMOs…). The main street of the town also bombarded all of its pedestrians with free Wi-Fi for the small percentage of people who’d sit on a bench to make use of it. If we fly in aircraft now, sit on a beach, stay in a hotel or visit a library – it doesn’t really matter where we are, we’re getting exposed to electromagnetic fields that are linked with Leukemia, breast and other cancers. I figure that if there’s anywhere in the world where you could hope to avoid such health risks, it’s Zaytuna Farm. Well, now you don’t need to hope – it’s a done deal.
Although this issue should be taken seriously by everyone, parents in particular should consider this post well. Children are even more likely to be affected by such technologies, as the cells in their bodies develop. You may wish to investigate the policy/setup of the school your child attends, and bring this information to their attention. In the UK, for example:
More than two thirds of secondary schools and nearly half of primary schools have wi-fi. Panoramaspoke to nearly 50 schools and only one had been alerted to possible health risks. Others had been told that there was no risk. – The Times
This two-page flyer (PDF) from radiationresearch.org is worth reading and circulating as well.
List of BioInitiative Participants
Organizing Committee Members
Carl F. Blackman*, Ph.D.
Founder, Former President and
Full Member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society
Raleigh, NC USA
*opinions expressed are not necessarily those of his employer,
the US Environmental Protection Agency
Martin Blank, PhD Associate Professor
Former President and Full Member of Bioelectromagnetics Society
Dept. of Physiology. College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
New York, NY USA
Prof. Michael Kundi, PhD
Full Member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society
Institute of Environmental Health, Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Cindy Sage, MA, Owner
Full Member. Bioelectromagnetics Society
Sage Associates
Santa Barbara, CA USA
Participants
David O. Carpenter, MD
Director, Institute for Health and the Environment
University at Albany East Campus
Rensselaer, NY USA
Zoreh Davanipour. DVM, PhD
Friends Research Institute
Los Angeles, CA USA
David Gee, Program Chair
Coordinator Emerging Issues and Scientific Liaison
Strategic Knowledge and Innovation
European Environmental Agency
Copenhagen, Denmark
Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, Prof.
Department of Oncology
University Hospital
Orebro, Sweden
Olle Johansson, PhD, Associate Professor
The Experimental Dermatology Unit.
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Henry Lai, PhD
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington USA
Kjell Hansson Mild, PhD, Prof.
Former President and Full Member of Bioelectromagnetics Society
Board Member, European Bioelectromagnetics Society (EBEA)
Umea University, Department of Radiation Physics
Umeå, Sweden
Amy Sage, Research Associate
Sage Associates
Santa Barbara, CA USA
Eugene L. Sobel, PhD
Friends Research Institute
Los Angeles, CA USA
Zhengping Xu, PhD
Guangdi Chen, PhD
Bioelectromagnetics Laboratory,
Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Hangzhou . People’s Republic of China
Reviewers (partial)
James B. Burch, PhD
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC USA
Nancy Evans, BS
Health Science Consultant
San Francisco, CA USA
Stanton Glanz, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
Cardiovascular Research Institute, Institute for Health Policy Studies
San Francisco, CA USA
Denis Henshaw, PhD
Professor of Physics
Human Radiation Effects Group
Wills Physics Laboratory
Bristol University, Bristol, UK
Samuel Milham, MD
Washington State Department of Health (retired)
Olympia, Washington
Louis Slesin, PhD
Microwave News
New York, NY USA
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