WiFi in schools proven dangerous.

Uploaded by safeschool on Oct 17, 2010

WiFi causes heart problems, headaches and other neurological disorders in children. Canadian Documentary exposes the truth. More info athttp://www.magdahavas.com

You can't see it but it's everywhere. WiFi connects computers to the internet, no cords required. Now kids are using it in wireless classrooms across the country. But is it an invisible danger? Carolyn Jarvis investigates why some parents say WiFi in schools is making our kids sick.

Microwave radiation dangers in your home

Uploaded by magdahavas on Oct 19, 2010

Magda Havas demonstrates how WiFi connects your laptop, iPhone and iPad to the internet via microwave radiation. You will also learn how WiFi base stations, portable phones and baby monitors constantly radiate microwave radiation. The Swiss Government feels that all of these devices have the potential to do great harm if used incorrectly and warn their citizens.

This is a link to the web page that has additional information.
http://www.magdahavas.com/2010/10/20/free-internet-access-in-swiss-schools-no...

Download the patents and related studies in PDF that are mentioned in this video -
http://www.magdahavas.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/WiFi_Supportin...

While the rest of the world rushes onwards with the wireless revolution, Switzerland -- the country that invented the World Wide Web -- and the largest telecom provider -- SWISSCOM which is owned (52%) by the Swiss government - have decided to light up the public school's wired networks using fiber optics FOR FREE!

But there is one catch -- the schools must use LAN -- local area networks. Specifically, the Swisscom application documentation states that the schools pay for the internal wiring and connect their devices (PC, printer) via an Ethernet LAN/10BaseT/RJ45 and then connect it to a Swisscom AG's CISCO router on site. Swisscom then brings the fiber optic connection to the school.

Most schools in North America are opting for a WiFI wireless local area network (WLAN) that allows computers and laptops to be connected to each other without wires. But the Swiss government prefers -- LAN -- wired networks that do not emit microwave radiation. For example, on their public health website, they specifically warn about the dangers of WiFi:

"Only switch your WLAN (WiFi) on when you need it. With laptops, in particular, it is a good idea to switch the WLAN (WiFi) off as otherwise the device will repeatedly try to connect to a network, leading to unnecessary radiation...and caution should be exercised primarily when using devices held close to the body, such as laptops, PDAs and Internet telephones".

「手機上網」電磁輻射，安全嗎?

台灣電磁輻射公害防治協會記者會新聞稿 2011/3/31


「手機上網」電磁輻射，安全嗎?

99%民眾不知手機SAR值、NCC應要求業者標示SAR值於手機上

「手機上網」電磁輻射，安全嗎? 雖至今危害與否仍無定論，但因世界衛生組織已有長久使用手機腦瘤危害發現(世界衛生組織實況報導第193號)，故今天由台灣電磁輻射公害防治協會理事長陳椒華及田秋堇立法委員共同召開記者會提出警告，呼籲重視「手機上網」電磁輻射的安全問題，呼籲不使用時手機勿繼續上網，以免暴露過多電磁輻射。而且要求NCC應要求業者手機明顯標示SAR值，以提供消費者選購安全手機參考。今天記者會也由經常使用手機上網的何宗勳理事現身說法，示範手機上網可能受到的電磁輻射暴露及可能的危害。

一、手機上網有電磁輻射嗎? 答案: 有

本會檢測各廠牌92支手機，皆測到電磁輻射(表二)，其中最高達30 W/m2，而手機上網的電磁輻射值普遍為 數十 mW/m2。

二、手機上網應離多遠可以較少暴露於電磁輻射? 答案: 30~40公分

根據世界衛生組織實況報導第193號(2010年5月)，手機打開時才傳輸功率。隨著手機傳輸距離不斷加長，功率（以及用戶射頻輻射接觸量）迅速衰減。因此，與身體保持30-40公分距離使用行動電話者，如發送短信、上網或使用“免提”裝置(喇叭或耳機)，射頻場接觸量會大大低於把手機放在耳邊接聽者。

三、常用手機上網有危害嗎? 答案: 可能

根據世界衛生組織實況報導第193號(2010年5月)，國際癌症研究機構協調組織了一項名為INTERPHONE的回顧性病例對照研究，目的是探討成年人使用行動電話是否與頭部、頸部癌症有關聯性。13個參加研究國家的資料匯總分析表明，使用行動電話10年以上者，雖未發現罹患膠質瘤和腦膜瘤的風險增加，但一些跡象顯示在10%行動電話累計時間最長使用者中，顯示罹患膠質瘤的風險增加。除此之外，本會也建議有心臟疾病者，應注意避免長時間利用手機上網或將手機靠近心臟及生殖系統。

四、NCC訂定”安全手機或低SAR值標示”嗎? 答案: 沒有

本會針對手機SAR值標示進行問卷調查，回收有效問卷448份(表一)，其中97%不知道手機之SAR值 (W/Kg) 為電磁波能量吸收比值，德國SAR值低者(小於0.6 W/Kg)可以貼上”藍天使標章”， 99%不知道自己的手機SAR值 (W/Kg)為多少? 99%贊成手機SAR值應標在手機醒目位置，如手機背面電磁蓋上面，購買手機時可參考。本會要求NCC也應比照辦理。

SAR值說明:

SAR(specific absorption rate)值 (W/Kg) 為電磁波能量特定吸收率。國內的手機發射強度標準乃依循美國聯邦通訊委員會(Federal Communications Commission, FCC)所訂的特定吸收率SAR值，為1.6 W/kg。德國藍天使標章規範SAR值為0.6 W/kg。2007年出版之電磁波Bioinitiative報告，學者建議SAR值應降為 0.1 W/kg。目前經濟部標準檢驗局並未要求廠商手機需標示SAR值，至今也無經驗可評估SAR值(1.6 W/kg)標準是否適合防護可能的健康風險。

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歡迎民眾撥打04-6421591詢問‧檳免費上網熱線啟動

北馬 2011-03-19 11:22


黃泉安所指處為檳城免費無線網絡介入器，只要關閉建築物電源，它便停止操作。（圖：星洲日報）

（檳城18日訊）檳州政府推出檳城無線網絡投訴熱線電話04-6421591，以便負責的REDtone通訊公司可以協助解決人們無法上網的問題。

檳城免費無線網絡幕後推手國會議員黃泉安昨日（18日）在新聞發佈會上說，有關熱線電話將取得“公民監督”，和回饋用戶經驗的功能。

上網若遇障礙
須提供詳細資料

人們尋求檳城無線上網服務面對障礙進行投訴，必須提供發生障礙的地點、時段、大致情況等資料。

他說，有時問題可能出在用戶所在的地點並非檳城無線上網熱點據點，或遠離據點，見到的是流浪無線訊號（Stray Wireless Signals），無法接通。

他說，有時用戶身在熱點據點，可是涉及的無線上網介入器所在的建築物電源關閉，由於沒有電源而停止服務。
他說，有時問題出在用戶使用的是舊式手提電腦，或舊式手機，追不上它的要求，有時問題出在新的操作版本無法和它相容，如智慧式手機或電腦的FLASH版本不受支撐。

每隔15分鐘會自動斷線

他說，檳城免費無線網絡也有自動斷線的設立，每隔15分鐘便中斷，必須重新登錄，世界上的許多大城市免費無線網絡都有這種自動設定。他說，人們必須登記成為檳城免費無線網絡的註冊用戶，才能享有服務。人們也可以上http://www.pdctelco.com.my或http://www.redtone.com查詢。

針對胡棟強投訴不能免費上網
吉寧萬山無網絡介入器

針對檳州民青團團長胡棟強在報章上投訴，在吉寧萬山附近的新街無法通過檳城免費無線網絡上網，黃泉安說，當地不是熱線據點，沒有任何免費無線網絡介入器。

星洲日報／大北馬‧2011.03.18

WORLD HEALTH Urgently Needs lower EMF Standards

PRESS RELEASE of the International EMF Alliance, 3 Feb 2011

New International EMF Alliance Announces far-reaching Acientific Consensus Statement, Published Today:
WORLD HEALTH Urgently Needs lower EMF Standards

Oslo, Norway, February 3, 2011. The International EMF Alliance (IEMFA) today announces a new published report and scientific Consensus Statement concerning health hazards of electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Led by Olle Johansson, PhD of the Karolinska Institute, the report published by a consortium of international scientists urges global governments to adopt significantly lower human exposure standards for electromagnetic fields. The recommendations are based on the latest body of evidence in biological sciences, and the public-health implications of the unprecedented global exposures to electromagnetic fields from telecommunications and electric power technologies. The scientists recommend specific exposure limits for different frequency fields, including microwaves, used in wireless communications, and ELF electric fields and magnetic fields.

According to the international scientists, called the Seletun Scientific Panel, it has become obvious that new, biologically-based public exposure standards are urgently needed to protect long-term public health worldwide. Current public-safety EMF-exposure guidelines used world wide, based on physics models and calculations, currently only protect for damage generated by a heating effect. With respect to prolonged, low-intensity exposures that nowadays frequently occur, but do not have a heating effect, the guidelines, say the scientists, are inadequate and obsolete.

An 18 minutes video of Olle Johansson, PhD of the Karolinska Institute, Chair of IEMFA’s Seletun Scientific Panel that issued the report is available here: http://vimeo.com/18018440

The report and consensus statement, published in the journal Reviews on Environmental Health http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21268443 include ten Key Points:

1. The global Populations are insufficiently protected, thus currently at Risk;

2. Sensitive Populations are extra vulnerable;

3. Government Actions are urgently warranted now, based on Evidence of serious Disruption to Biological Systems;

4. The Burden of Proof for the Safety of radiation-emitting Technologies should fall on Producers and Providers, not Consumers;

5. EMF Exposures should be reduced in advance of complete Understanding of Mechanisms of Action;

6. The current operative measure of Radiation Risk - the specific absorption rate (SAR) - is inadequate, and misguides on Safety and Health Risks;

7. An international Disease Registry is needed to track Time Trends of the incidence of Illnesses to correlate the Illnesses with Exposures;

8. Pre-market health Testing and Safety Demonstration is needed for all radiation-emitting Technologies;

9. Parity is needed for occupational Exposure Standards, compared to those for the General Public;

10. Persons with Electrohypersensitivity need the classification Functionally Impaired.

The International EMF Alliance has rapidly grown in 2010 into a global collaboration of over fifty health advocacy groups focused on electromagnetic fields (www.iemfa.org). Its principle aim is to disseminate coherent, health-oriented information and advice to the public worldwide on the ever-expanding body of knowledge on biological disruptions observed in living tissues after acute and long-term exposure to non-ionizing electromagnetic fields. The Alliance benefits from the support of a large number of life scientists and medical experts from fifteen countries who collaborate worldwide to address emerging threats to public health.

For more information:

Alex Swinkels, Spokesperson and Board member IEMFA, info@iemfa.org (Netherlands)
Brian Stein, Board Member IEMFA, brian.stein@SamworthBrothers.co.uk (United Kingdom)
Camilla Rees, Board Member IEMFA, crgr@aol.com (United States)
Don Maisch, PhD, Board Member IEMFA, dmaisch@emfacts.com (Australia)
Daniel Oberhausen, Board Member IEMFA, danobe68@aol.fr (France)
Eileen O'Connor, Board Member IEMFA, eileen@radiationresearch.org (United Kingdom)
Sissel Halmoy, Chairwoman IEMFA, sissel@stralevern.no (Norway)

Links:

Read the summary on PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21268443
To read the full recommendations of IEMFA's Scientific Seletun Panel, please go to: http://iemfa.org/index.php/publications/seletun-resolution

黃泉安：為民聯加分 無線上網非檳負資產

北馬 2011-01-19 18:36

黃泉安：我和檳州免費上網計劃不會拖累檳州民聯。

（檳城19日訊）檳州政府電訊基設特別工作隊主席黃泉安指出，他本身將以“績效”來證明，他大力推動的“檳州免費無線上網”計劃不會拖累檳州民聯，反而會讓檳州變成一個高速上網的州屬，以配合檳首長林冠英有意把檳城打造為國際城市的步伐。

根據一份中文免費週報的報導，指黃泉安推動的免費無線上網計劃已經“觸礁”，這將會拖累檳州民聯的事項，黃泉安極力否認，他強調，他絕對不是檳州政府的負資產，而且該項免費上網計劃也不會拖累民聯。

“我和檳州免費上網計劃會不會拖累民聯，還是為民聯加分，到了大選，他們就會知道。”

擬引進4G技術

他說，他個人不想針對這個沒有根據的指責做出回應，但將會以行動證明，他推動的這項計劃，將會讓人民受惠，這包括準備在29個民聯中選的州選區中，增加免費上網的熱點。

他指出，目前他準備大力推動兩項計劃，以讓檳城成為一個高速上網的城市，第一，就是將在今年內再增設750個免費上網熱點，把熱點增加至1500個，覆蓋範圍延伸到郊區。

他披露，這全新的750個熱點，將會專注在人口密集的地區，尤其是在民聯中選的州選區安裝，此外，也將會延伸到郊區，讓更多人民受惠。

他披露，第二，他將會協助州政府，引進需付費的高速4G無線上網技術，目前楊忠禮集團屬下的YES公司，有意引進這方面技術。

光明日報

If WiFi harms trees, what about children?

November 24, 2010.

The debate about WiFi being used in schools continues to escalate as new research from the Netherlands shows that when ash trees are exposed to radiation emitted by WiFi base station antennas, the leaves discolor and gradually die.

The study reported that 70% of all trees in urban areas (but not those in dense forests) show the symptoms, compared to 10% five years ago. Although this is a preliminary study, which has not yet been published, it should be taken seriously.
Wageningen University was commissioned by the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn to determine if electromagnetic radiation from cell phone towers or WiFi masts could play a role in the deteriorating health of the city’s ash trees.



For the experiment, six WiFi access points where erected at various distances from the trees that were continuously exposed for more than three months. The frequency was 2.4 GHz (WiFi) with a power output of 100 mW EIRP, which is the maximum power allowed for use by portable laptop computers. Leaves that were two feet from the WiFI access point developed a metallic luster appearance, a discoloration of the leaves that appeared to result in the disappearance of the outer cell layer of the leaves. The metallic luster was then followed by desiccation and death of a portion of the leaf.

If three months of exposure to WiFi microwaves adversely affects the leaves of trees what is it doing to the growing bodies of children who sit for hours each day in school two feet away from a WiFi enabled laptop computer or a ceiling mounted WiFi access point?

Recent studies show low level Radio Frequency (RF) harm Aspen trees

Aspen decline has been reported in North America over the past half century and rapid mortality of aspen clones has been observed in Colorado since 2004 and has become a major concern for environmentalists, scientists, and foresters.

In one experiment, published February 2010 in The International Journal of Forestry Research, scientists constructed mock-shielded cages and faraday-shielded cages in the forest just outside of Lyons, Colorado. The mock cage shielded aspen seedlings only from direct light – while the faraday cage shielded seedlings from all forms of radio frequency radiation originating from the town of Lyons in the frequency range of 1 MHz to 3 GHz. This includes radio broadcast signals as well as cell phone and WiFi signals.

The researchers discovered that the tree seedlings growing inside the radio frequency-shielded cages were much larger and healthier than those in both the mock-shielded cages and in the unshielded controls.

The authors report that the background levels of radio frequency radiation may be adversely affecting leaf and shoot growth and inhibiting fall production of anthocyanins (these are the pigments associated with leaf senescence in trembling aspen seedlings). These results suggest that exposure to the RF radiation generated by our wireless technology may be an underlying factor in the recent rapid decline of aspen populations.



In the figure above, mock-shielded seedlings on the left and RF-shielded seedlings on the right, the latter showing more total leaf area, stronger fall leaf coloration, and minimal leaf necrosis.



WiFi Smart Meters for “Do It Yourself” home studies

If the electrical utility has recently installed a new wireless Smart Meter on the side of your house, you might be able to do your own plant experiments using simple before and after photography.

Green euonymous plant that shows the progression of vegetative decay around a wireless smart meter. Before the smart meter was installed, vibrant green healthy foliage completely surrounded the meter and a robin nested above the meter. Now, the leaves closest to the meter are damaged and the robin is gone.



http://www.magdahavas.com/2010/11/23/if-wifi-harms-trees-what-about-children/

WiFi 辐射让树木受损,树叶枯死 恐也危害健康

WiFi无线网络越来越普遍，但荷兰研究发现，一些近WiFi网络生长的树木受损、树叶枯死，令WiFi辐射可能有损人体健康亮起警号。

荷兰莱茵河畔阿尔芬市政府，5年前发现当地很多树木树皮和树叶枯萎，于是委托荷兰瓦格宁根大学研究。

研究员疑树木坏死跟辐射有关，因此将20棵白蜡树暴露在距离6种不同来源辐射51公分的位置3个月，结果发现最近WiFi辐射的树，叶子上下两层表皮都枯死，且有70%在城市生长的树都如此。