EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT : PRELIMINARY REPORT on preoccupations concerning the effects of human health of electromagnetic fields.

Article in http://www.next-up.org

For many years now independent scientists and Non-Governmental Organisations have been tirelessly warning national and international health authorities of the damaging effects of ever-growing artificial radiation on people and on wildlife, particularly from the ElectroMagnetic Fields (EMF) generated by the HyperFrequency microwaves from wireless telecommunications.

For many years now no government or national body has even deigned to convene a parliamentary commission in spite of the urgency of the situation caused by this grave problem of public and environmental health.

For many years now the equivocation on this issue has been cleverly maintained by various institutions, including the WHO, their strings pulled by the industry via the corrupt M. Repacholi (ex-WHO and ICNIRP), as can be seen from the successive leaders of the international organisation who have never taken the decisions that were needed.

Today we are paying for the error of our ways and are discovering the scale of the disaster, especially for young people.

The negationists of several countries have managed to make the doubt and confusion persist by putting out disinformation, however now the links of cause and effect are clearly and scientifically established.

The verdict is damning on the gene damage caused by artificial EMFs among some people whose metabolism is affected by new pathologies such as Electro-Hyper Sensitivity (EHS) or a disturbance of endocrine functions called The Microwave Syndrome.

An accurate study of the contributing factors and the high mortality among people whose health is already weakened is yet to be carried out (clusters).

Prompted by this recent evidence action is being taken: the fact that the population is being massively bombarded by artificial radiation has at last been recognised, and will be the subject of a wide-ranging and responsible debate in the European Parliament based on this Proposed Resolution dated 19 December 2008.

This document represents a great leap forward. Please distribute it as widely as possible to local authorities and councils, teachers, health personnel, etc.

Next-up organisation.

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT : PRELIMINARY REPORT on preoccupations concerning the effects of human health of electromagnetic fields.(http://www.next-up.org/parlement_europeen.php#1)

NB: This document is an accurate translation but is not the official English text as none is yet available.
See the original text in French (PDF).(http://www.next-up.org/pdf/Parlement_Europeen_Projet_de_Rapport_preoccupation_effets_sante_champs_electromagnetiques_19122008.pdf)

P1 Wimax free modem promotion to end on Feb 1

Article in NST Online
2009/01/28

PETALING JAYA, WED:

Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (P1), Malaysia’s first WiMAX telco, will end its free modem promotional offer on 1 February 2009, five months after its commercial launch in August last year.

Michael Lai, chief executive officer of P1 said the company will be introducing its new packages starting 2 February 2009, where five new subscription plans for P1 W1MAX users will replace the current promotional packages. The new subscription plans will consist of three ’Home’ plans to meet the needs of personal users and two ’Office’ plans that are designed for businesses.

For the new plans on 12-months contract, subscribers will have to pay a subsidized amount for the WiMAX modem valued at RM999.

“We strongly encourage broadband users who are within our coverage to seize the opportunity and sign up for the current free modem promotion before the end of this month as they would be able to save on having to pay for the modem.” Our customers can be assured that our new plans will be backed by P1’s on-going commitment to top-notch quality of service and customer satisfaction. With these plans, we look forward to serving more Malaysians as we continue to aggressively roll out P1 W1MAX nationwide,” Lai said.

P1 W1MAX service is now available in selected parts of the Klang Valley, Johor and Kedah. The latest areas to have P1 W1MAX coverage this week include parts of Jalan Kemajuan in Petaling Jaya, Pandan Indah in Ampang, Kota Kemuning and Taman Bunga Negara in Shah Alam, The Summit in USJ, Jinjang Utara and Selatan, Damansara Heights and Bandar Puteri Puchong in Selangor. Detailed information on the current P1 W1MAX subscription plans and reseller location can be obtained at www.p1.com.my.

P1 made these announcements earlier at a gala dinner for about 250 P1 W1MAX resellers from the Klang Valley, Johor, Penang and Kedah. The dinner was the first national reseller gathering hosted by P1 since the launch of their service in August last year.

WiMAX wobbles but will it fall down?

Article in itp.net
Posted by Mark Sutton on 1 February 2009 at 02:43 UAE time.

Nortel has announced its intention to get out of the mobile WiMAX business, and concentrate instead on other LTE technologies. The news shouldn’t have too much impact on the Middle East, where Nortel’s WiMAX activities were minimal, but it does look like another wobble in the WiMAX story.

WiMAX has been touted by some as the great communications hope, especially for developing markets, where the flexibility of wireless connection coupled with a wider range and greater bandwidth than traditional wireless technologies. Others however, have claimed that the technology has some fundamental flaws, namely in the power required to broadcast over greater range, and see WiMAX as a costly diversion, that should be passed over in favor of other developing technologies.

The Nortel announcement is not the only bad news for WiMAX. When Alcatel-Lucent announced 6,000 job cuts in mid-December, one of the areas it said it wanted to cut back on spending was in WiMAX. More recently, Time Warner, Google and Intel have all written down their investments in Clearwire, a would-be WiMAX service provider for the whole of the US.

Meanwhile, WiMAX seems to go from strength to strength in the Middle East, with a growing number of services coming online.

But does slipping vendor support impact on WiMAX in the region? There are still strong supporters of WiMAX - mainly Intel and Motorola, which has bet big on WiMAX, and the usage model for the technology is better suited to emerging markets like the Middle East. While the response to WiMAX has been varied, when deployed properly, the standard gets good results.

Probably the biggest issue will be end point equipment, and enabling widespread connectivity. Once the infrastructure investment in WiMAX is in place, operators are pretty much stuck with it. But if the influential US market shies away from WiMAX, a lack of available devices could see users staying away from WiMAX for want of an easy connection. WiMAX supporters like Intel will have to do a lot of lobbying to push WiMAX antennae into notebooks or add-on aerials to give the ubiquitous connectivity that end users want.

That said, the influence of the US market is waning, and its not as if there are not already multiple standards in communications already in place across the world. With a growing uptake of WiMAX in MEA, often in markets with little alternative when it comes to broadband connectivity, it looks like the technology will be here stay in this part of the world, at least for a while. Whether operators are able to get enough value out of it before they look to newer technologies will be a question of how well they market it and deliver services to convince customers of its value.

檳設無線上網 民間組織抗議

图文摘自东方新闻网专题

2009年1月27日
　
檳城州政府推行「檳州無線」計劃，首批7個WiMAX覆蓋地點已確定。在Packet One Network公司的配合下，檳州子民將可於18個月內，在公眾場所使用WiFi免費無線上網。這項計劃引起多個民間組織的抗議。

無線上網方便省事，符合資訊時代人們和企業提高生產力的需求，並能解決我國固定網絡設施落後的缺憾。

但無線上網設備使覆蓋範圍充滿了電磁波，當檳城全島都被WiMAX覆蓋，全檳老老少少都無可避免受影響。這成為民間組織大力反對的理由。

WiFi是戶內的短程電波傳輸方式，而WiMAX則是戶外的長程電波傳輸方式。

但無論WiFi還是WiMAX，在傳送資訊時都會發出高頻率電磁波。這種電磁波對生物的影響眾說紛紜，至今尚無定案。

開發相關技術的科學家認為至今沒有證據顯示有關技術對人體有害，因此可安全使用。但持反對意見的科學家則認為，生物界發生的一些現象，足以說明電磁波的危害。

先進國拆除無線上網

德國研究發現，WiFi釋放的電磁波干擾鳥類和生物辨認方位，影響繁殖，甚至造成死亡。鯨魚集體擱淺的謎團一直未有答案，其中就有人認為是因為軍艦的探測聲納影響或破壞了鯨魚的聲納系統所致。

此外， 先進國家一些教育機構開始拆除無線上網設備，應被視為一項警訊。而多國近年來將電磁波環境建議值（即安全標準）從1000萬微瓦降低至10萬微瓦，即高達100倍之譜，也應獲得關注。

手機的3G功能已出現瓶頸，作為一種新的資訊傳播方式，WiFi和WiMAX無疑蘊含大量商機，對大企業的吸引力可想而知。知名跨國企業如英特爾、諾基亞和摩多羅拉都大力開發相關技術，以求搶吃這塊通訊的新餡餅。

企業有足夠資源影響政府施政，而檳州民聯政府又全力打造新政府形象，因此雙方一拍即合不足為奇。首長林冠英不擔心企業不配合國會在野黨的無線上網計劃，如何安撫人民對電磁波輻射的不安，反成為他意想不到的棘手問題。

無線上網又一章：電磁波難防

各種電器的發明，使現代人的生活變得十分便利。家庭主婦有了各種電器的協助，家務變得更輕鬆，使她們可以無憂無慮地走出家庭頂半邊天，社會也因此釋放了巨大的生產力。

現代城市人有九成時間待在戶內，從辦公室到住家都離不開電器。問題是有能量的物質都會釋放電磁波，而電視、電腦、手機、電燈等各種家庭電器，幾乎樣樣都是電磁波的發射源。電磁波充斥環境，已引起越來越多關注。

改變習慣　減電磁波危害

電磁波無所不在。住宅、辦公場所、通車過程中都避不開。近距離使用家庭電器所釋放出來的電磁波強度，往往比鄰近的電力設施還要高。小至一支吹風筒在操作時都會發出大量電磁波，更別說是微波爐了。

德國生產生物共振波儀器的Rayonex公司工程師戴瑪海爾，日前來馬巡迴多個城鎮發表演講。他指出，研究顯示，雞蛋長時間暴露在電磁波中，孵出畸形小雞的比率也會大增。

因此，他提醒大眾，單單是現代化廚房的各類電器，如抽油煙機和微波爐，就都會放射大量的電磁波，對人體產生不良影響。

他向本報透露，德國的高級轎車品牌已開始正視車內大量電子儀器可能帶來的後遺症，包括發展出汽車專用手機，致力減低車內的電磁波。

後遺症漸受關注

過去談到居家的安全衛生和保持室內空氣清新，除了遠離排出廢氣的工廠，不外天天掃地隔日抹地，以求去除肉眼可見的灰塵或污垢。

更細心者會設法減少牆壁和傢俱使用的揮發性強漆料，保持空氣流通，以免吸入諸如甲醛和苯等有害氣體。

但是，隨著家庭和辦公室的電器充斥，所產生大量肉眼看不到的電磁波是否為人體帶來後遺症，近年已受到越來越多人的關注。

我國順勢療法醫師陳奕權向本報說，電器的使用在現代社會不可避免，因此，消費人要想辦法避開其後遺症。

睡房勿安置電腦

他舉例：「電腦不要連續使用太久，不要將電腦安置在睡房，更不要睡在徹夜下載網站內容的電腦旁！」

他認為，為了身體的健康，人人都有必要正視電磁輻射的長遠影響，改變生活習慣。他也呼籲：「使用手機盡量長話短說，並以手機短訊取代通話。」

我們的手被火灼會因疼痛而馬上縮回，但人體感受不到電子輻射的存在，因此往往對其危害茫然無知。加上電磁輻射有累積效應，長期暴露在電磁波下，對人體的危害可想而知。

長期暴露在過量電磁波環境中，輕者會引起頭暈目眩、記憶力減退、耳鳴等現象，重者會破壞免疫系統，增加致癌機率。既然我們不可能回去沒有電器的蒙昧時代，如何在環保和安全的前提下使用電器，並設法抵消其不良影響，無疑值得所有人深思。

Parent warns against use of WiFi in schools

Article in Darlington and Stockton Times
1:07pm Friday 23rd January 2009


A WORRIED father is calling parents to a meeting to explain the potential harm caused to children by school computers.

Clint Crisp believes that wireless transmitters or WiFi in classrooms could cause longterm health damage to staff and pupils, leading to cancers and dementia.

Mr Crisp, who has two children at Hartburn Primary School, near Stockton, is calling for the school to remove wireless technologies as a precautionary measure and replace them by hardwiring computers to the internet which, he argues, offers faster data transfer.

Mr Crisp said he had been told by the school that it was following advice by Becta, the Government agency promoting the use of information and communications technology, and the World Health Organisation (WHO), but his own research and scientific evidence showed that these guidelines were flawed.

He said: “My concern is that young and developing children are being exposed to low-frequency, non-ionising radiation and scientific evidence suggests that long-term effects may include cell damage in the brain, leading to cognitive impairment or dementia.

“I have a five-year-old daughter and a nine-year-old son and it’s their safety and well-being I am concerned about. It needs somebody to do something about it.”

Mr Crisp, of Long Newton, was actively involved in a campaign spearheaded by parents in 1999 which prevented mobile phone company Orange from erecting a mast near the school.

He added: “I believe that parents and teaching staff need to be aware that these WiFi transmitters can emit pulsed radiation up to three times more powerful than a mast placed outside school.”

Tom Gittins, headteacher, said: “We installed the WiFi, like many other schools, to allow our pupils the advantage of increasing curricular time and new exciting technologies relating to ICT.

“In doing so, we have strictly followed guidance from Becta, the local authority and the Health Protection Agency.”

The WHO website states: “On the basis of the studies so far carried out in-house, the agency sees no reason why WiFi should not continue to be used in schools.

“However, with any new technology it is a sensible precautionary approach, as happened with mobile phones, to keep the situation under ongoing review so that parents and others can have as much reassurance as possible.

“That is why our chairman, Sir William Stewart, has stated it would be timely to carry out further studies as this new technology is rolled out. The Health Protection Agency is discussing this with relevant parties.”

Mr Crisp is hosting a WiFi awareness presentation at 6pm on Wednesday at the Methodist church in Greens Lane, Hartburn.

WiFi coverage good but not its future side effects

Letters to Editor in The Star

WiFi coverage good but not its future side effects

I AM glad to see bold initiatives by the Penang government such as WiFi coverage.

However, I hope the state government will listen to the people; we are not against new technology but we just do not want to be constantly exposed to possible radiation.

Wireless access is much appreciated at commercial areas where there is need to make decisions at the speed of light. It is also handy for our foreign tourists to keep in touch with the rest of the world.

However, please give us, Penang residents, the freedom to choose when we need to use wireless access. The side effects of new technology may manifest itself only after a long time.

Damage may be irreversible. Precaution is better than cure.

CHENDOL,

George Town.

Wifi is a bad bad thing for your health