1. Time-of-use electricity billing option.
Sharon Noble noticed this British Columbia (Canada) news to share
Sharon’s comment (with permission):
“The idea of plugging in an EV overnight is scary — lithium batteries catch fire and car makers recommend NOT charging the battery to 100% to reduce the risk.”
(click on photo to enlarge)
Headline:
BC Hydro launches new ‘time-of-day’ optional pay rate
https://www.cheknews.ca/bc-hydro-launches-new-time-of-day-optional-pay-rate-1208018/
2. A new one-page memo (pdf) is provided in the toolkit of Americans for Responsible Technology (ART) for anyone’s use.
Informing municipalities about telecom antennas
In ART’s announcement:
”You can help protect your community by downloading the Urgent Memo from the ART website and sharing it with your local officials.”
Title of the memo:
Urgent Notice to Municipalities Concerning Fire and Electrical Requirements for Telecommunications Antennas and Associated Equipment
https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/_files/ugd/2cea04_3ecaf007263e492baa989a3b2066f817.pdf
3. New sources of EMF emissions: digital stethoscopes; and stethoscopes that wirelessly connect to devices equipped with AI.
Here’s where I noticed a term that, I think, is food for thought when we face barriers to reduction of EMF emissions/exposures: “Automation bias”
Headline:
AI stethoscope demonstrates ‘the power as well as the risk’ of emerging technology
My first thoughts when I saw the headline:
• patients’ hearts (and other body parts) will be very near these sources of EMF (likely more than one type of EMF);
• a stethoscope’s emissions may alter a heart’s function hence causing false-positive or false-negative findings (i.e., misdiagnosis, and all the ramifications of that);
• prenatal and newborn exposures;
• increased daily workplace EMF exposures for healthcare professionals, other paid workers, and volunteers;
• we need updates made to our own accommodation protocols and to protocols already in place at various healthcare and long-term care facilities and in emergency medical services.
~ If you have personally measured or experienced EMF emissions from such stethoscopes, please let me know ~
Here is the 2-paragraph excerpt that explains the term “Automation bias”:
”The introduction of AI in the exam room could both enhance diagnostic performance while disrupting the relationship between health-care provider and patient. The provider may become complacent and gradually dependent on AI for answers to clinical questions, while the patient may feel that the care is becoming depersonalized and lose confidence in the doctor.
The subconscious transfer of decision-making to an automated system is called automation bias, one of many cognitive biases the health-care provider must confront. There are many reasons providers may forgo medical training(opens in a new tab) and uncritically accept the heuristics of AI, including inexperience, complex workloads and time constraints, according to a systematic review of the phenomenon.”
4. Legal briefs in New Mexico (USA) smart meter case.
News release by Arthur Firstenberg, President of Cellular Phone Task Force provided in two formats
Headline:
Briefs filed yesterday in New Mexico smart meter case
as webpage:
https://cellphonetaskforce.org/briefs-filed-yesterday-in-nm-smart-meter-case/
Warmly,
Barbara Payne, President
Electromagnetic Pollution Illnesses Canada Foundation (E.P.I.C.)
Sent from my corded device with wireless always OFF for cleaner air everywhere.
A conscious choice. Because we ♥️ people & planet.