1) Go beyond the very technical areas of this paper to find results of tests/papers showing very low levels of EMF cause biological harm to insects. The ICNIRP levels, which are the basis for Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 and the FCC guidelines, could be 100-1,000 times too high. Combined with pesticides, climate change, etc. is it any wonder the number of pollinators is decreasing?
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Biological effects of electromagnetic fields on insects: a systematic review and meta-analysis
“This systematic review summarizes the results of studies investigating the toxicity of electromagnetic fields in insects. The main objective of this review is to weigh the evidence regarding detrimental effects on insects from the increasing technological infrastructure, with a particular focus on power lines and the cellular network. The next generation of mobile communication technologies, 5G, is being deployed – without having been tested in respect of potential toxic effects. With humanity’s quest for pervasiveness of technology, even modest effects of electromagnetic fields on organisms could eventually reach a saturation level that can no longer be ignored….
The vast majority of studies found effects, generally harmful ones. These findings are unlikely to be the result of chance. Sceptics might object that most studies were not randomized controlled trials (but see here [103]). Despite these shortcomings, the existence of consistent results from numerous studies conducted by various research groups using various protocols make an irrefutable case for adverse effects of low-power LF- and HF-EMF on insects….
Panagopoulos et al. detected a bioactive window at a distance of 20–30 cm from GSM mobile phones, where the power density equaled 100 mW/m2 (∼6 V/m), and where toxic effects in Drosophila are already observed after a 1-min exposure. These results have been replicated several times [148], [149], [150]. If this is generally true for insects, the limit for toxic effects would be 100 times below the current ICNIRP limit (10 W/m2 or 61 V/m), which protects only against thermal effects (in humans), and possibly 1,000 times lower than current limits for chronic exposure, i.e. 10 mW/m2 or 2 V/m (all comparisons based on power densities, i.e. energy per surface area units)
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/reveh-2023-0072/html
2) The agencies such as ISED and ANFR are responsible for testing cellphones to ensure that their RF emissions are below guidelines before they are allowed to be sold.. But testing methodology does not ensure the cell phones are safe, or even that they meet the guidelines, such as the SAR limits. One example is ,as I found, ISED allows phones to be tested at some distance from the body, not testing the way phones are used or carried. That is just one problem with testing protocol. Phones could be made safer — if the industry felt the pressure to do so, but right now it doesn’t from either the regulatory agencies or the customers using/living with these radiation-emitting devices.
Behind the iPhone 12, other smartphones that are too powerful
“Indeed, a smartphone, in real condition, emits on several frequencies at the same time: 4G, 5G, but also WiFi or Bluetooth. Combined emissions, sometimes called “wavelengths”. However, “the current technologies do not make it possible to measure these simultaneous broadcasts during the test, explains an industrialist interviewed by Radio France’s investigation unit. During the DAS test, the connected devices do not emit on all these frequencies at once, as is the case when they are used under real-world conditions.””
3) The Children’s Declaration on the Human Rights of Children in the Digital Age was handed to the UN on Nov. 20, but this is just the beginning. More activities are planned — details are below:
International Webinar on Children in the Digital Age
Join us to learn how children’s advocates around the world are using the Children’s Declaration to inform decision makers about the harms associated with digital technology.”
Letters:
From Kate Kheel:
The International Children’s Declaration on the Human Rights of Children in the Digital Age was hand-delivered to the UN on World Children’s Day, Nov. 20th. Plans are to submit it to various other international bodies as well. Thus far these are:
UN Human Rights Council – February 12, 2024
Meeting of the European Council – March 21, 2024
UN Economic and Social Council – April 9, 2024
World Health Organization 77th World Assembly – May 27, 2024
Meanwhile, in order to keep the momentum going, American’s for Responsible Technology (ART) and Broadband Legal Action Network (BBILAN) have organized a webinar for campaigners to share and generate ideas on how the Declaration can best be used in their respective countries to raise awareness among decision makers, educators, etc.about the human rights violations in children’s use of digital technology. The webinar is open to all but capacity is limited. More info below.
If you haven’t yet signed The International Declaration on the Human Rights of Children in the Digital Age, please consider doing so on behalf of yourself and/or an organization.
Declaration website – https://www.thechildrensdeclaration.org/
To sign – https://www.thechildrensdeclaration.org/become-a-signatory
All the best,
Kate
Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q7IwNUtCTqGwhZSYRakrCg#/registration
Sharon Noble, Director, Citizens for Safer Tech
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” E. O. Wilson
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