Sunday, March 10, 2013

iPad WiFi Radiation Captured on Videos

This Video: Measuring the pulsed microwave radiation from an iPad with an Acoustimeter. The rapid and continuous pulsing is the beacon signals emitted by the router (similar to celltower beacon signals). The irregular spikes are emitted by the iPad.  

 iPad WiFi Radiation with Wireless Router On




Cellular Noise and Stress

WiFi radiation eads to inattention, impaired memory, insomnia or other more severe adverse effects to the brain and the body. These two videos show the level of "cellular noise" created by wireless equipment. Humans are electromagnetic beings, that's why doctors are able to use EEG to measure brain waves and EKG for the heart. The natural frequency of the human body is about 7.83 Hz. Wirelessly plugging our bodies to WiFi frequencies of 2,400,000,000 and 5,000,000,000 Hz, 24/7, is unnatural and invasive.
 
 


Genotoxicity

Swisscom, Switzerland's largest telecom and IT services provider, recognized the genotoxic effects of WiFi routers. In 2003 they attempted to 43duce this danger through an automatically-deactivated router design. Unfortunately, orth American manufacturers have not adopted this patent, but continue to produce WiFi routers which bombard humans and all living beings with microwave beacon signals, 24/7. Swisscom's explanation on the genotoxicity of WiFi can be found here:  http://www.safeinschool.org/2013/03/wifi-is-genotoxic-according-to.html

The maximum measuring threshold of the Acoustimeter is 6.0 V/m and the radiation from the iPad exceeded this level often while actively on WiFi. We measured a WiFi-iPad and found that its signals peak every few seconds at levels that are several times HIGHER than an iPhone on talking transmission. See:
http://www.safeinschool.org/2012/01/ipad-iphone-wi-fi-radiation-and.html

Here are some exposure limits in other countries which correspond to the levels indicated on the Acoustimter.
6 V/m - Russia, China, Italy, Paris, Poland, Hungary, Bulgari
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4 V/m - Switzerland (hospitals & schools)
3 V/m - Belgium, Ukraine, Luxembourg
1.9 V/m - Vienna
0.6V/m - Italy base station, Lichtenstien
0.02 V/m - Salzberg, Austria
0.0006 V/m - Biological Effects: Changes in genes, problems with chromatin condensation (DNA) - Belyaev, 1997

0.00003 V/ Cosmic Background

60 V/m - USA and Canada. Criticized by many independent (non-industry-affiliated scientists) as an outdated and obsolete exposure standard.

Radiation of iPad with WiFi ON but no Internet Connection

 



This Video: Measuring the pulsed microwave radiation from an iPad with an Acoustimeter. The WiFi function of the iPad is turned on, but the iPad is not used for internet browsing. Many people use the iPad for apps that don't require internet access but leave the WiFi function on, thus unknowingly blasting microwave frequencies at themsevles. Such radiation level exceeds the maximum of the Acoustimeter every few seconds. When measured with another RF meter, it was shown to be several times HIGHER than an iPhone's radiation during talking transmission. We have also measured the magnetic fields at the back of the iPad and found that it was high at 15-20 mG compared to the safe level of 3 mG. 

Please see the other videos of measurements here: http://www.safeinschool.org/2012/01/ipad-iphone-wi-fi-radiation-and.html



Our Advice on iPad Use

Children should only have access to an iPad under the following conditions:

- Airplane Mode turned ON
- WiFi turned OFF
- iPad placed on the table and not held in the hands or rest on the lap
- Apps download should be done via wired connection





WiFi is GENOTOXIC according to Switzerland's IT Giant Swisscom



Swisscom, Switzerland's leading telecom and IT company,  explained the toxicity of WiFi radiation in the following document:

"The influence of electrosmog on the human body is a known problem. The health risk from mobile radio transmitters, handys and DECT telephones has been an explosive subject among the general public at least since the enormous breakthrough in mobile radio technology in the 1990s. To meet the concerns of science from the legislative side, the permissible limit values have thus been lowered several times, and technology has been increasingly focused on this problem. The risk of damage to health through electrosmog has also become better understood as a result of more recent and improved studies. When, for example, human blood cells are irradiated with electromagnetic fields, clear damage to hereditary material has been demonstrated and there have been indications of an increased cancer risk (Mashevich M., Folkman D., Kesar A., Barbul A., Korenstein R., Jerby E., Avivi L., Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Tel-Aviv
University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, "Exposure of human peripheral blood lymphocytes to electromagnetic fields associated with cellular phones leads to chromosomal instability," Bioelectromagnetics, 2003 Feb., 24(2): 82-90). In this study, for example, human peripheral lymphocytes were exposed to continuous electromagnetic fields of 830 MHz in order to examine whether this leads to losses or gains in chromosomes (aneuploidy). Bigger changes lead to instability of the genome (= the totality of all genes of a germinal cell) and thereby to cancer. 
 
The human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) were irradiated at different average specific absorption rates (SAR) of 1.6 to 8.8 W/kg over a time period of 72 hours in an exposure system based on a parallel plate resonator in a temperature range of 34.5 to 37.5 °C. The average absorption rate (SAR) and its distribution in the exposed tissue culture flask were determined by combining the measurement results with a numerical analysis based on a finite element simulation code. A linear increase in the chromosome No. 17 -- an aneuploidy (=numerical chromosome aberration) - was observed as a function of the SAR, demonstrating that this radiation has a genotoxic effect. The SAR-dependent aneuploidy was accompanied by an abnormal mode of replication of the chromosome 17 region engaged in segregation (repetitive DNA arrays associated with the centromere), suggesting that epigenetic alterations are involved in the SAR dependent genetic toxicity. Control experiments (i.e. without any radio frequency radiation) carried out in the temperature range of 34.5 to 38.5 °C showed that elevated temperature is not associated with either the genetic or epigenetic alterations observed following RF radiation, these alterations being the increased levels of aneuploidy and the modification in replication of the centromeric DNA arrays. These findings indicate that the genotoxic effect of electromagnetic radiation is elicited via a non-thermal pathway. Moreover aneuploidy is to be considered as a known phenomenon in the increase of cancer risk.

Thus it has been possible to show that mobile radio radiation can cause damage to genetic material, in particular in human white blood cells, whereby both the DNA itself is damaged and the number of chromosomes changed. This mutation can consequently lead to increased cancer risk. In particular, it could also be shown that this destruction is not dependent upon temperature increases, i.e. is non-thermal...
Despite increasingly strict national guidelines with respect to legally specified limits, the impact of electrosmog in WLANs on the human body can be considerable. Moreover it is to be expected that this impact will continue to increase in the future for many people. Two factors in particular are playing a role in this: First, more and more applications require additional, usually higher-energy frequency bands in order to be able to meet the growing need with respect to transmission rate. Second, the need for WLAN expansion in the private sphere as well as in the public sphere, e.g. in airports, railway stations, trains, restaurants, exhibition halls, etc., has by far not yet reached its peak. With the state of the art as a basis, there has been a lot of effort put into providing evidence for the detrimental effects of electrosmog and setting corresponding limits. Limits and guidelines alone will not suffice, however, to further contain the electrosmog in WLANs since the development in WLANs runs in exactly the opposite direction, as mentioned above. WLANs even represent zones in which people usually spend longer periods of time (place of work, Internet, network games, etc.) and are therefore to be considered as particularly problematic with respect to radiation impact.

WLANs in the state of the art moreover send base stations, such as access points, so-called beacon signals periodically so that mobile units can recognize the network and authenticate themselves with an access point. These beacon signals comprise recognition signals, such as e.g. SSIDs and/or other radio frequency signals with control parameters. Even if no mobile units are located in the WLAN, the beacon signals continue to be transmitted periodically to the APs. This means that even when the WLAN is not being used at all, an underlying stress from electromagnetic radiation remains for persons in the Basic Service Area of an access point of the WLAN. For example, in the case of WLANs at places of employment, such as offices, etc., there exists therefore permanent stress from electrosmog from the WLAN on the employees of the company or organization. In the state of the art there exists only the possibility of further reducing the limits for electromagnetic radiation..."

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Blood Brain Barriet Leakage caused by WiFi range Radiation

WiFi, Celltower 
& Second-hand Cellphone 
Low-Level Radiation causes
Blood Brain Barrier Leakage
 Has your child reported headaches lately? 


An invaluable 19 min. lecture by world-renowned neurosurgeon and research scientist Dr. Lief Salford of Lund University, Switzerland, on research findings showing blood brain barrier leakage in (thousands of) rat brains leading to increased albumin (neurotoxin) uptake, memory loss and damage of up to 2% of brain cells.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

This is What WiFi Radiation Sounds Like

A MUST-SEE video for anyone who wants to know what the continuous bombardment of WiFi's Beacon Signal Radiation sounds like. The router in the video is only a consumer grade router for home use, whereas in schools, the multiple routers installed are Commercial Grade access points with even stronger microwave emission to provide wider coverage.



Note from the video that you MUST DISABLE both the wireless function of the router AND the wireless function of the laptop/tablet in order for the microwave emission to stop. Plugging in the Ethernet cable connection doesn't mean the wireless functions automatically stop. However, unplugging the power supply of the router and the device will stop the radiation.

For the radiation measurements of other iPad, iPhone, wireless Laptop and iPod etc, see:
http://www.safeinschool.org/2012/01/ipad-iphone-wi-fi-radiation-and.html


WiFi Router Radiation

Sunday, February 17, 2013

WiFi and Handwashing
What do they have in common?


TITLE: Lessons From History
by: Victor K.

It has been said that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

As we consider the issue of Wi-Fi in public schools, let us consider the case of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweiss.

In 1847 Dr. Semmelweiss introduced the idea of disinfecting hands before attending to pregnant mothers in labor drastically reducing the incidence of puerperal fever and deaths in a maternity ward.

Despite reducing death rates from a high of 35% to below 1%, his ideas were not accepted by the Viennese medical community. In those days, doctors would perform autopsies while waiting for expectant mothers to deliver, and proceed from the autopsy room to the delivery room without washing their hands thereby infecting both mother and child. However, the medical establishment was insulted by the insinuation that doctors were infecting patients.

In response, the medical community mocked and shunned him. In 1865 Semmelweiss ended up in "...an asylum, where he died at age 47 after being beaten by guards only 14 days after he was committed."  (quote from Wikipedia)

Today there are bottles of disinfectant at the entrances of public places due directly to the discovery of the largely unrecognized pioneer, Dr. Ignaz Semmelweiss.

It was not until the 1860s when Louis Pasteur discovered the Germ Theory that the mechanism of infection was better understood. Building upon the work of Semmelweiss and Pasteur, Joseph Lister, introduced the sterilization of surgical instruments leading to better
surgical outcomes.  Today, Lister's most visible contribution survives in the form of the Listerine disinfecting mouthwash sold beside toothpaste in many stores.

What is the lesson here? Long before the mechanism of a medical condition is universally accepted, the relationship between cause and effect can be observed through experimentation.

This is the case today with microwave radiation sickness emitted by devices that utilize wireless communication. People suffering from physical symptoms such as pain, nausea, headaches, migraines, heart palpitations, anxiety to name a few, are ridiculed, told their
symptoms are imaginary and widely disregarded.

Long term exposure to such continued radiation result in exhausted immune systems that can no longer cope under the unrelenting stress of pulsed microwave radiation from Wi-Fi, cordless phones, cellphones, game consoles, Smart Meters and other forms of electro-smog.  Such individuals experience a breakdown of the body making them unable to work or to have any semblance of a normal life. Since microwave radiation is so prevalent in modern cities, they suffer in ridicule. Today, only the country of Sweden recognizes electro-hypersensitivity
as a disability.

Microwave and radio-frequency radiation sickness has been documented by the military since World War II. In 1971, the Naval Medical Research Institute of the United States produced a report citing over 2300 references documenting  biological effects of non-ionizing microwave radiation. In 1973, the Canadian government published a report titled, "Environmental Pollution by Microwave Radiation – a Potential Threat to Human Health."

In May 2011, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - an arm of the World Health Organization - classified radio-frequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Research is not lacking.  What is lacking is the political will to protect public health.

Let me close by asking a question:

What do asbestos, DDT, lead paint, BPA and the drug prescribed for morning sickness called Thalidomide have in common?  All were approved for public use by government authorities but were subsequently withdrawn due to irreparable health effects.

Owing to the delay in governmental intervention, more than 10,000 children in 46 countries were born with deformities as a consequence of Thalidomide use.  Canada was the last country to withdraw this drug from the market and the last country to offer compensation to the victims.

The metal lead is also classified by the WHO IARC as a 2B carcinogen, the same as radio-frequency microwave radiation. Lead paint was linked to childhood deaths as early as 1904, but was only legislatively withdrawn from the US market in 1971.  If you wouldn't paint your son or daughter's room with lead paint, or give them toys contaminated with lead, you shouldn't be radiating them with Wi-Fi microwave radio-frequencies either.

BPA or bisphenol A was known to be potentially harmful to humans in the 1930s but Canada only banned it in 2010.

The lesson from history is this: Waiting for legislature and "safety authorities" to protect human health is squandering the health of our children and school staff in the name of following due process.

At the powerful intersection of commerce, politics, education and public health, public health is often the loser. With regards to Wi-Fi in public schools, the question we should be asking is "What environmental toxins can we avoid while preserving the best of what technology has to offer for public education?"  The answer to that is to promote the use of wired computers and to disallow devices which emit microwave radiation in public schools.

Make no mistake: by opting to ban Wi-Fi from public schools, we are being forward looking. We understand the lessons from history. We are choosing to protect life over commercial interests and lucrative service contracts.  We choose uncompromised safety over convenience. We choose health over planned obsolescence.

When we KNOW better, we should DO better.  Isn't it always better to be safe than sorry?


Links for further reading:

Dr. Ignaz Semmelweiss
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blantisceptics.htm

Lead Paint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning
http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/History+of+Lead+Use

Thalidomide

BioInitiative Report: 3800 Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies
Debunk the LIE of NO EVIDENCE

WiFi proponents often say that there is “no evidence” showing low-level non-ionizing RF/microwave radiation can harm the human body. This is a MYTH and a LIE

As stated in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Committee Report (2011):

Serious scientific and medical studies revealing biological effects of a pathological nature have existed since the 1930s concerning radio frequencies and microwaves from radar installations. Studies in the late 1970s also pointed out the harmful effects of protracted exposure to the low or very low frequency electromagnetic fields of electrical transmission lines or computer screens. The WHO’s IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) classified these fields as “possibly carcinogenic” for humans (Group 2B) in 2001...


Scientific studies concerning the negative effects of certain microwave frequencies on plants, insects and wildlife or farm animals are disturbing in more than one respect and the scientific studies disclosing potentially pathogenic biological effects on the human body are also important and not to be merely brushed aside. 

These studies are very numerous indeed: the 2007 “BioInitiative” report analysed over 2000 of them, and more were added by an important monograph published in 2010 by the Ramazzini Institute, the national institute for study and control of cancer and environmental diseases in Bologna, Italy.”




 The BioInitiative Report

In addition to the 2000 studies presented in 2007, the 2012 BioInitiative Report presents 1800 NEW studies reporting bioeffects and adverse health effects of electromagnetic fields (powerlines, electrical wiring, appliances and hand-held devices) – and wireless technologies (cell and cordless phones, cell towers, WI-FI, wireless laptops, wireless routers, baby monitors, surveillance systems, wireless utility meters ‘smart meters’.

*The BioInitiative 2012 Report has been prepared by 29 authors from 10 countries*,  ten holding medical degrees (MDs), 21 PhDs, and three MsC, MA or MPHs.  Among the authors are three former presidents of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, and five full members of BEMS. 


PRESS RELEASE


A new report by the BioInitiative Working Group 2012 says that evidence for risks to health has substantially increased since 2007 from electromagnetic fields and wireless technologies (radiofrequency radiation). The Report reviews over 1800 new scientific studies.Cell phone users, parents-to-be, young children and pregnant women are at particular risk.


There is a consistent pattern of increased risk for glioma (a malignant brain tumor) and acoustic neuroma with use of mobile and cordless phones” says Lennart Hardell, MD at Orebro University, Sweden. “Epidemiological evidence shows that radiofrequency should be classified as a human carcinogen. The existing FCC/IEE and ICNIRP public safety limits and reference levels are not adequate to protect public health.”

A dozen new studies link cell phone radiation to sperm damage. Even a cell phone in the pocket or on a belt may harm sperm DNA, result in misshapen sperm, and impair fertility in men. Laptop computers with wireless internet connections can damage DNA in sperm.


Based on strong evidence for vulnerable biology in autism, EMF/RFR can plausibly increase autism risk and symptoms. “While we aggressively investigate the links between autism disorders and wireless technologies, we should minimize wireless and EMF exposures for people with autism disorders, children of all ages, people planning a baby, and during pregnancy,” says Martha Herbert, MD, PhD.


Wireless devices such as phones and laptops used by pregnant women may alter brain development of the fetus. This has been linked in both animal and human studies to hyperactivity, learning and behavior problems.


According to David O. Carpenter, MD, and co-editor of the 2012 Report:
There is now much more evidence of risks to health affecting billions of people world-wide. The status quo is not acceptable in light of the evidence for harm.”
This study covers EMF from powerlines, electrical wiring, appliances and hand-held devices; and from wireless technologies (cell and cordless phones, cell towers, ‘smart meters’, WI-FI, wireless laptops, wireless routers, baby monitors, and other electronic devices). Health topics include damage to DNA and genes, effects on memory, learning, behavior, attention, sleep disruption, cancer and neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s disease. New safety standards are urgently needed for protection against EMF and wireless exposures that now appear everywhere in daily life.


The BioInitiative 2012 Report is available
at: www.BioInitiative.org on January 7th.

CONTACT: info@BioInitiative.org, Cindy Sage (805) 969-0557

Contents

Studies on EHS and more

Press



When the 1st (2007) BioInitiative Report was presented to the European Parliament, the EU Parliamentarians scrutinized the report. Then based on its findings, they voted near-unanimously to pass immediate resolutions (559-22 votes in 2009 and 522-16 votes in 2008) calling for stricter, more updated exposure standards and calling for adoption of the Precautionary Principle, especially for children, pregnant women and the youth.

“wireless technology (mobile phones, Wi-Fi / WiMAX, Bluetooth, DECT landline telephones) emits EMFs that may have adverse effects on human health... particularly to young people whose brains are still developing”.

"...the limits on exposure to electromagnetic fields which have been set for the general public are obsolete . They do not take account of developments in information and communication technologies or vulnerable groups, such as pregnant women, newborn babies and children . "

The EU Parliament "calls on the Member States to follow the example of Sweden and to recognize persons that suffer from electrohypersensitivity as being disabled so as to grant them adequate protection as well as equal opportunities ."




Saturday, February 9, 2013

New Studies Published in January 2013
Show Biological Effects of Wifi & Cellphone Radiation

The followings are new studies published in the month of January 2013 which show biological effects of electromagnetic radiation at cellphone, WiFi, powerline intensities. 


ALL these biological effects are being denied by Health Canada's and US FCC's outdated "safety" standard because they claim that if the radiation doesn't heat up one's body, nothing else happens! They use a plastic head called S.A.M. (Specific Anthropomorphic Mannequin) filled with fluid to do their "heating" test. It is only tested for 6 minutes, not chronic exposure as in real life, and the test has no provision for any biological change except temperature change. 

 
The S.A.M. head is sized for a 220 lb and 6'2" American soldier. 


Sokolovic D, Djordjevic B, Kocic G, Babovic P, Ristic G, Stanojkovic Z, Sokolovic DM, Veljkovic A, Jankovic A, Radovanovic Z (2012), Bratisl Lek Listy 113 (5): 265 – 269
The authors conclude that microwave exposure could cause a body mass decrease and anxiety related behavior. ”


28.01.13: Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis in radio and TV broadcasting stations workers.
Bortkiewicz A, Gadzicka E, Szymczak W, Zmyslony M (2012), Int J Occup Med Environ Health: in press
The authors concluded that exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields may affect the neurovegetative  regulation of the cardiovascular system. ”


28.01.13: The effects of a 1.8 GHz continuous electromagnetic fields on mucociliary transport of human nasal mucosa.
In SM, Kim HJ, Park RW, Kim W, Gimm YM, Park I, Hong S, Hong JJ, Oh JH, Kahng H, Park EY (2012), Laryngoscope: in press
The authors summarize that exposure to a 1.8 GHz electromagnetic field may inhibit the ciliary beat frequency via an "novel protein kinase C" dependent mechanism...”.


23.01.13: Case-control study of paternal occupation and childhood leukaemia in Great Britain, 1962-2006.
Keegan TJ, Bunch KJ, Vincent TJ, King JC, O'Neill KA, Kendall GM, Maccarthy A, Fear NT, Mfg M (2012), Br J Cancer 107 (9): 1652 – 1659
The authors concluded that the results show some support for a positive association between childhood leukemia risk and paternal occupation involving [electromagnetic] social contact. Additionally, the study provided additional evidence for higher occupational [electromagnetic] social class being a risk factor for childhood leukemia. ”


22.01.13: Oxidative stress induced by 1.8 GHz radio frequency electromagnetic radiation and effects of garlic extract in rats.
Avci B, Akar A, Bilgici B, Tuncel OK (2012), Int J Radiat Biol 88 (11): 799 - 805
The authors summarize that the exposure to a radiofrequency electromagnetic field at 1.8 GHz … led to protein oxidation in the brain tissue and an increase in serum nitric oxide level. “


17.01.13: Electromagnetic fields at 2.45 GHz trigger changes in heat shock proteins 90 and 70 without altering apoptotic activity in rat thyroid gland.
Misa Agustino MJ, Leiro JM, Jorge Mora MT, Rodriguez-Gonzalez JA, Jorge Barreiro FJ, Ares-Pena FJ, Lopez-Martin E (2012), Biol Open 1 (9): 831 – 838
The results suggest that exposure to a 2.45 GHz electromagnetic field may alter levels of cellular stress in rat thyroid gland.


15.01.13: Melatonin modulates wireless (2.45 GHz)-induced oxidative injury through TRPM2 and voltage gated Ca(2+) channels in brain and dorsal root ganglion in rat.
Naziroglu M, Celik O, Ozgul C, Cig B, Dogan S, Bal R, Gumral N, Rodriguez AB, Pariente JA (2012), Physiol Behav 105 (3): 683 - 692
The authors conclude that exposure to a wireless device of 2.45 GHz could induce oxidative stress in the dorsal root ganglion [a nodule on the dorsal root of the spine that contains nerve cells] ... ”.

07.01.13: Neurodevelopmental anomalies of the hippocampus in rats exposed to weak intensity complex magnetic fields throughout gestation.
Fournier NM, Mach QH, Whissell PD, Persinger MA (2012), Int J Dev Neurosci 30 (6): 427 – 433
These findings suggest that prenatal exposure to complex magnetic fields of a narrow intensity window during development could result in subtle but permanent alterations in hippocampal structure and function. ”


Reported Biological Effects from Radiofrequency Radiation at Low-Intensity Exposure  (Cell Tower, Wi-Fi, Wireless Laptop and 'Smart' Meter RF Intensities) * Click on the image or the link to access all pages.

 
http://www.bioinitiative.org/report/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/BioInitiativeReport-RF-Color-Charts.pdf