Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Dangerous US Legislation / Thyroid and EMF / health effects / Katherine Albrecht show / Bats Harmed by EMF / Ottawa Linked to Cellphone Lobbyists / text-mad teens / Smart Meter Flyer

W.E.E.P. News

Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution News

8 December 2010

Should this Legislation be Titled - "How to Kill U.S. Government Employees"?

Even Bin Laden could not have hoped for such a stupid, potentially devastating and harmful idea.

If the FBI were to make themselves useful, they should investigate the motives of these Senators and the possible health repercussions for all the people who will be exposed to dangerous microwave radiation from these devices.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/federal-wi-net-bill-proposes-a-femtocell-and-wifi-hotspot-in-eve/

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) introduced legislation requiring the installation of small wireless base stations in all publicly accessible federal buildings in order to increase wireless coverage and free up essential commercial network capacity. If enacted, the legislation will help prevent dropped calls that can occur indoors and in rural areas due to poor cell phone coverage, while at the same time improve wireless network capacity by more effectively utilizing broadband wireless networks. This will result in more reliable and faster service for wireless consumers.

"With over 276 million wireless subscribers across our nation and growing demand for wireless broadband, it is imperative that we take steps to improve wireless communication capacity and this legislation will make measurable progress towards that goal," said Senator Snowe. "Given that approximately 60 percent of mobile Internet use and 40 percent of cell phone calls are completed indoors, utilizing technologies such as wi-fi and femtocells will dramatically improve coverage."

"I see a great opportunity to leverage federal buildings in order to improve wireless broadband coverage at a very reasonable cost. By starting with the nearly 9,000 federal buildings owned or operated by the General Services Administration, we will be able to provide appreciable improvement in wireless coverage for consumers while also reducing some of the pressure on existing wireless broadband networks," said Senator Warner.

Specifically, the legislation requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to begin installing wireless voice and data base stations, such as wi-fi hotspots and femtocells, in all publicly accessible federal buildings. As the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan highlights, most smartphones sold today have Wi-Fi capabilities, so installing mini-base stations and Wi-Fi hotspots in federal buildings would not only help improve indoor cell phone coverage, but also increase wireless network capacity. The legislation also includes two recommendations of the FCC's National Broadband Plan to streamline Federal rights-of-ways and wireless transmitter sitings to expedite the expansion of wireless and broadband infrastructure, especially in rural areas. The bill would allocate $15 million of unobligated funds from the Federal Buildings Fund for the project.

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The Newest Approach to Fix Your Thyroid | Ann Louise's Edge On ...

By AnnLouise

I tried to explain to my friend that non-ionizing radiation—from seemingly low dose electromagnetic fields (EMFs) emitted from cell phones, cordless phones, and smart meters—can have negative biological effects on health, especially if ...

http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2010/12/06/the-newest-approach-to-fix-your-thyroid/

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If anyone wonders why Health Canada denies health effects...

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06126.html

http://www.wavefrontac.com/news-events/press-releases/2010-12-06.html

cheers,

Milt Bowling
Clean Energy Foundation
Port Moody, B.C. 604-949-1502

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My interview on the Katherine Albrecht show- syndicated nationally to 20 media markets- is now available online:

http://direct.media.katherinealbrecht.com/archives/1012/20101206_Mon_Albrecht2.mp3

Angela Flynn

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Bats Harmed by EMF (2007 article)

"Our result have demonstrated that bat activity is significantly reduced in habitats exposed to an electromagnetic field (EMF) strength of greater than 2 v/m when compared to matched sites registering EMF levels of zero. Even at sites with lower levels of EMF exposure (<2 v/m), bat activity was reduced in comparison to control sites."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1808427/

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Old news but worth remembering

Ottawa Linked to Cellphone Lobbyists

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&langpair=fr|en&u=http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/471613&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhiVTkl3uu-C3xXEVAHg2ZLMEhSxHA

Robert R

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Docs' fears for

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/parenting/3251846/Studies-look-into-risks-and-effects-of-texting-for-children-and-teenagers.html

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Smart Meter Flyer

http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/StopSmartMetersColorFlyer2.pdf

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