Saturday, April 18, 2015

WEEP News / L.A. school district demands iPad refund from Apple / EHS myelin damage / Philippines / Earthing influences / OPT OUT FEES VIOLATE STATE LAW / Cancer and Wireless etc.

 
W.E.E.P.  EMF News

The Canadian initiative to stop Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution

18 April 2015

 
 

L.A. school district demands iPad refund from Apple

The Los Angeles Unified School District is seeking to recoup millions of dollars from technology giant Apple over a problem-plagued curriculum that was provided with iPads intended to be given to every student, teacher and administrator.
 
To press its case, the Board of Education on Tuesday authorized its attorneys in a closed-door meeting to explore possible litigation against Apple and Pearson, the company that developed the curriculum as a subcontractor to Apple.
 
 
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Los Angeles Unified School District Accommodates Teacher Who Fell Ill After Wireless Installation

Students were bleeding from the ears and nose and no incident reports were allowed by the school states the teacher who required medical intervention.

The National Association for Children and Safe Technology, Oct 10, 2014

YouTube video: http://bit.ly/1vXgwAY (3 minutes)
PRLog - Oct. 10, 2014 - In the Fall of 2014, LAUSD, the second largest public school district in the US, officially accommodated teacher Ms. Anura Lawson by approving her request to have the Wi-Fi turned off in her classroom during the 2014-2015 school year and alternatively approving a reassignment to a different school site where Wi-Fi has yet to be installed.

The Middle School teacher reported that she fell seriously ill after a wireless system upgrade in her school in Spring 2014.  She described her cardiac symptoms during a May 28, LAUSD Common Core Tech Project meeting. Ms. Lawson also stated, "The students are having nosebleeds and the main offices are refusing to do incident reports.  I have had two seventh grade students bleeding out of their ears." See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wghaMbzRnb4&feature=youtu.be

This is the first accommodation in a US public school system for microwave sickness.

Microwave sickness, also known as electro hypersensitivity (EHS), is not widely recognized in the US.  However, physicians in many other countries are familiar with this medical condition and the diagnosis is more common.  EHS symptoms include:  headaches, dizziness, anxiety, rapid heart beat (tachycardia) and irregular heart beat (arrhythmia), ear and nose bleeds, tinnitus, red and irritated eyes, increased mucous and upper airway congestion, itchy skin rashes, abdominal pain, poor focus and attention, memory and sleep problems.

In March 2012, the Austrian Medical Association recognized and developed EHS treatment guidelines.  In the United States, adverse effects were identified before 1988 when a US Air Force Review stated that "Experimental evidence has shown that exposure to low intensity radiation can have a profound effect on biological processes."

The LAUSD Board of Education went ahead with a wireless technology plan in February 2013, even after they were presented with numerous letters from many noted medical doctors and researchers, including the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, imploring them to use wired technology in the classroom because of the health impacts from wireless radiation.  See http://wifiinschools.com/lausd-testimony.html

Wireless LAUSD classrooms typically employ 30+ devices (iPads) in addition to an industrial-sized router. These devices all emit microwave radiation and represent an unprecedented level of exposure to children.

Decades of accumulated research show wireless radiation damages neurological, immune, and reproductive systems in addition to increasing cancer risk.  Professor Olle Johansson, Karolinksa Institute, Stockholm Sweeden, has stated that wireless radiation exposure studies have indicated "irreversible sterility within five generations."  As this damage is cumulative, the longer the radiation exposure, the greater the health impact over time.

"We are getting reports of headaches and cardiac issues from across the country.  The time to act is now," stated a spokesperson for the National Association for Children and Safe Technology (NACST).

NACST is an organization dedicated to raising awareness of the health impacts of wireless radiation on children.  They are calling for schools to use wired Internet only.  Their website details both the accumulated research showing wireless radiation's acute as well as long term health impacts.

The National Association for Children and Safe Technology

http//www.nacst.org

 
 
 
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Could myelin damage from radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure help explain the functional impairment electrohypersensitivity? A review of the evidence.

 
 
 
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Philippines to connect over 900 cities with free Wi-Fi

The Philippines plans to roll out free Wi-Fi to nearly 1000 cities by November, the ... Town plazas and parks, public schools and universities, libraries, ...
 
 
 
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Earthing the human organism influences bioelectrical processes.

These results indicate that up-and-down movement and the elimination of potentials in the electrical environment of the human organism by the Earth's mass may play a fundamental role in regulation of bioelectrical and bioenergetical processes. The Earth's electromagnetohydrodynamic potential is responsible for this phenomenon.
 
 
Andre
 
 
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JUDGE RULES ELECTRIC UTILITY'S SMART METER OPT OUT FEES VIOLATE STATE LAW; PSREC REFUSES TO RECONNECT

http://stopsmartmeters.org/2015/04/16/judge-rules-electric-utilitys-smart-meter-opt-out-fees-violate-state-law-psrec-refuses-to-reconnect/ 

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PLUMAS-SIERRA RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ACTED ILLEGALLY WHEN IT CUT OFF ELECTRICITY TO HART FAMILY

QUINCY, CA — A utility cooperative in rural Northern California has been ordered by Plumas County Superior Court Judge Janet Hilde to:

 "…cancel the opt out fee and monthly fee for reading the analog meter, allowing Plaintiff (StopSmartMeters.org Director Josh Hart) to self-read the analog meter."

The decision last week comes 14 months after Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative (PSREC) cut the electric wires to the Hart household in February 2014 though the family have paid for their full electric usage minus the illegal "opt out" fees.  During that time, they have been living without electricity in an all-electric home in the Sierra Nevada mountains, without either a fridge or hot running water, depending on a wood stove for heat, cooking, and heating water. The family is continuing to hold out and have refused to sign PSREC's proposed agreement that would have traded Mr. Hart's silence about the dispute over the utility's hazardous smart meters for restoration of electricity service.  "We refuse to be extorted, coerced, or silenced," says Plaintiff and veteran anti-smart meter organizer Josh Hart.  "It's about time PSREC is held to account for its flagrant violations of disability rights.  The court's decision has vindicated our standing up to the utility and confirmed that PSREC is indeed violating the law. They must obey the law and reconnect services."

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Bob Marshall, General Mgr. of PSREC

In the small claims court case brought by Mr. Hart in March, Judge Hilde found that PSREC and its General Manager Bob Marshall violated state discrimination law.  The fees: $141 to start and $15/ month to use an analog meter, were found to be illegal under CA law as the utility levied a fee for what they knew was a simple accommodation of a physician-confirmed functional impairment, or disability — the removal of RF emitting equipment from the premises.

Judge Hilde's decision states:

"Plaintiff presented the court with a letter from his physician, stating that he has a condition, Electromagnetic Field Hypersensitivity, which causes him to suffer from headaches and other medical symptoms when exposed to radio frequency from smart meters. Plaintiff also provided the court with copy of the California Public Utility Code section 453(b) which provides in part: 'No public utility shall prejudice, disadvantage, or require different rates or deposit amounts from a person because of ancestry, medical condition, marital status, or change in marital status, occupation, or any characteristic listed or defined in section 11135 of the Government Code'"

Though Judge Hilde has now ruled that the fees are illegal, and ordered PSREC to offer a self-read based electric service, General Manager Bob Marshall refuses to comply with the judge's order, and is refusing to restore electricity to the home.  Marshall and the PSREC Board of Directors say they plan to appeal the case. Hart asks, "Is it really in the public interest to spend ratepayer money on expensive attorneys to continue to refuse paying customers, unreasonably deny service, and defend illegal and discriminatory behavior?"  

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Josh Hart demonstrates outside PSREC HQ in September after he was barred entry from the annual member meeting

When Mr. Hart attempted to attend the annual meeting of the cooperative and vote in the election for directors in September, PSREC officials threatened him with arrest for "trespassing," even though Mr. Hart was at the time a member and received an invitation to the event. "PSREC is retaliating against us for speaking the truth about their hazardous metering systems.  Their continued refusal to reconnect our home, even in the face of community pressure and a judge's order is petty and vindictive, and is only driving more attention to an issue they'd probably prefer to sweep under the rug."

This is not the first time that local courts have sided with smart meter radiation poisoning victims.  In 2012, a small claims judge in Santa Ana ruled that So Cal Edison replace an analog meter on the home of a woman who was made sick by the new wireless "smart" meter.  A woman in Santa Cruz County settled out of court with PG&E after she brought a small claims case for reimbursement for thousands of dollars spent to shield her apartment against radiation that was causing tinnitus and other health problems.

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Smart meters in Stockton, CA blew apart after a surge hit the city. No analogs were reported to have behaved similarly

This legal victory for the Harts and the broader Stop Smart Meters! movement contributes to the ongoing erosion of the legitimacy of smart meter "opt out fees" nationally. Earlier this week, the Arizona Corporation Commission voted to suspend such fees statewide, while legislation in the state of Vermont already prohibits such fees.  "The fires, the health problems, and the recent simultaneous explosion of hundreds of smart meters in Stockton point to the fact that we should be abandoning the entire ill-conceived system — not just be dropping the fees. Charging for the use of safe and secure analog meters, and disconnecting paying customers is a violation of the law and community moral standards," stated Hart.

PSREC has until May 7th to file an appeal.

We are seeking to raise $10,000 through crowdfunding to hire an attorney and compel the utility industry to comply with the law.  Contributions to the legal effort (as well as solar panels and other off-grid equipment) are being gratefully accepted at StopSmartMeters.org/donate

More information about filing your own small claims case- NOLO Guide

Listen to a previously unreleased interview with Josh Hart at KQNY Quincy in October 2014 discussing the larger context of the dispute with PSREC

Download Text of Judge's Decision:

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Download Hart's Demand Letter in Preparation for Court:

PSREC DEMAND LETTER

Download 2012 Kyle- SCE Case:

Santa Ana SCE Judgment 

Links to a timeline and full SSM! coverage of PSREC's violations

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Joshua Hart MSc

Director, Stop Smart Meters!

http://stopsmartmeters.org

 
 
 
 
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Cancer and Wireless Radiation

We are very fortunate to have an expert in cancer research. Dr. Malcolm Paterson, move to BC, having retired after many years devoted to this topic. He is now offering his experience to help educate people about the harm posed by wireless devices.

Over the last  couple of months he has made several presentations, and has graciously offered use of his power point to anyone who might find it useful. It can be found at http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/EM Age Sleeping Giant.pdf  along with his CV. 

If anyone has any questions you may reach him at him email macpaterson@hotmail.com.

Dr. Paterson wants this power point to be used and shared widely.

Sharon
 
 
 
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How much does a 'smart home' really save you?
It has become conventional wisdom that the wave of the future is "smart home" technology from smart utility meters that read a house's energy usage ...
 
 
 
 
Comment
 
Perhaps the title of this article should really be "What will the eventual cost of smart homes be"?  That cost may include very high personal health and medical costs.
 
Most of the 'smart devices', including smart meters, use wireless transmitters which fill homes, neighbourhoods and cities with powerful amounts of microwave radiation.
 
The World Health Organization calls wireless radiation a class 2b possible carcinogen.  Many scientific studies show that wireless radiation causes depression, hearing problems, neurological problems, various cancers, sleep problems, immune system problems and many more illnesses.
The overall cost of filling our living environments with a dangerous wireless toxin are likely to be massive and may endager the entire medical system.
 
The people who are pushing and profiting from 'smart homes' are likely to cause illness and early death on a scale that ISIS could only dream about.
 
The scientific evidence of these dangers has been researched in thousands of studies over the last sixty years.  These studies are widely available for people to read and understand.  A good place to start is The Bio Initiative Report at www.bioinitiative.org .
 
So-called 'smart devices' that use wireless technology are harmful to human and animal biological systems and need to be avoided.
 
 
 
 
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Health risk from wireless? The debate is over
 
English translation of Johansson O, Flydal E, "Trådløs helsefare (="Health risk from wireless? The debate is over", in Norwegian), Dagens Næringsliv 29/3 2014   
 
See the attached pdf

This commentary from the Norwegian business newspaper, "Dagens Næringsliv", from Saturday March 29, 2014, has already been said to be one of the most important "game changers" so far in the area of health effects of electromagnetic fields.

Quote: "It represents a completely new approach: The battle is lost for the other side. If this impression begins to stick to people over time, the authors have triggered a paradigm shift. I think we have to repeat and repeat these exact words - the battle is lost for the wireless technology. The article will raise awareness and the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority do not wish for a lengthy public debate in the newspapers. They see that we are capable of writing and that we do not accept anything and everything."
 
 
 
 
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Open Your Mind (OYM) Radio - Michael Bevington & Lloyd Morgan

Guests - Michael Bevington/Lloyd Morgan - Michael's is interest in the biological effects of low-level electromagnetic exposure began in September 2006, when he was sensitised to EM radiation after a WiFi router was installed in his classroom. His case showing harm from WiFi was one of the first to feature in the national press. BBC Panorama programme on the dangers of WiFi in April 2007. In 2007 he became a trustee of the charity ElectroSensitivity UK (ES-UK) and since 2008 has been its chair. In 2010 he published the first edition of Electromagnetic Sensitivity and Electromagnetic Hyper-Sensitivity. L Lloyd Morgan is an electronic engineer by training with 38 years of industrial experience to the Vice Presidential level (retired 2002), a member of international science organizations, the Bioelectromagnetics, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Health Trust, and Board member International Electromagnetic Field Alliance, scientific Advisor, EM Radiation Research Trust. He has published in the peer-reviewed science and Letters to the Editor in response to science papers. His research focus has been on Wireless Transmitting Devices (WTDs) epidemiology, and dosimetry (the amount of radiation absorbed by human tissue

 
Robert
 
 
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Are Microwaves from Mobiles & Wi-Fi Harming our Children? - See more at: http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/are-microwaves-from-mobiles-wi-fi-harming-our-children/#sthash.b34j54Iu.dpuf
Are Microwaves from Mobiles & Wi-Fi Harming our Children? - See more at: http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/are-microwaves-from-mobiles-wi-fi-harming-our-children/#sthash.b34j54Iu.dpuf
Are Microwaves from Mobiles & WiFi Harming our Children?
 
On October 1st, 2014, Dr Fred Hussain PhD hosted the seminar in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, on wireless radiation and its impacts on human health.  Four speakers from the UK were invited to present:  Alasdair Philips of Powerwatch, Dr Erica Mallery-Blythe of PHIRE (Physicians Health Initiative on electromagnetic Radiation and the Environment), Dr Elizabeth Evans and Mike Mitcham of Stop Smart Meters! UK.
 
 
 
 
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US Air Radiation Surges Higher
 
 

Expect Whole Range of Sicknesses from Fukushima Radiation

 
David
 
 
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Researchers Conclude Wireless Radiation Causes Cancer After Latest Scientific Findings Announced

 
 
 
 
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APS smart-meter fees rescinded

Regulators reversed a decision to allow Arizona Public Service Co. to charge customers for refusing smart meters.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/2015/04/17/smart-meter-fees-rescinded/25917927/
 
 
 
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Are smartphones (and WiFi) making our children mentally ill?

There has been an explosion in numbers in mental health problems amongst youngsters."
 
The floodgates of desperate youngsters opened, she recalls, in 2010. "I saw my work increase by a mad amount and so did others I work with. Suddenly everything got much more dangerous, much more immediate, much more painful."
 
"Something is clearly happening," she says, "because I am seeing the evidence in the numbers of depressive, anorexic, cutting children who come to see me. And it always has something to do with the computer, the Internet and the smartphone."
 
 
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