Newsletter March-April 2018

This free newsletter is published by EMR Aware, a citizens' group based in Northern NSW Australia. It contains information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of modern electro-technologies. This is offered in the pubic interest to encourage a fair and balanced discussion of the topics at hand. Particular attention is paid to material that may not be made widely available by industry and their Government regulators.

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Mobile and Cordless Phones

Cordless phone base stations transmit 24/7, even when no call is in progress.

The Health Effects of Cordless Phones. http://it-takes-time.com/2015/06/01/health-effects-of-cordless-phones/

Cell Phones: Questions and Answers. http://sccc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Cell-Phone-Questions-and-Answers.pdf

We Don't Need to Do a Study to Confirm What We Already Know: Smartphones Are Really Bad for Us. http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-smartphones-study-20180114-story.html

The Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation Due to Mobile Phone Use on Thyroid Function in Medical Students Studying in a Medical College in South India. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729662/

Traffic lights on the footpath and laws against "distracted walking" are the new normal.

Germany Installs Ground-Level Traffic Lights for Distracted Phone Users. http://mentalfloss.com/article/78950/germany-installs-ground-level-traffic-lights-distracted-phone-users

Two Major Apple Shareholders Push for Study of iPhone Addiction in Children. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-08/jana-calpers-push-apple-to-study-iphone-addiction-in-children

Queenstown Dairy Owners Ban Customers on Cellphones from Being Served. http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/01/queenstown-dairy-owners-ban-customers-on-cellphones-from-being-served.html

EWG's Guide to Safer Cell Phone Use. https://static.ewg.org/ewg-tip-sheets/EWG-CellPhoneGuide.pdf

NTP Cancer Findings

Federal Study Shows Possible Health Risk from Cellphone Radiation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sNAy1O6WfU

Federal Research Raises Flags about Cancer Risks from Cellphone Radiation. https://www.ewg.org/release/federal-research-raises-flags-about-cancer-risks-from-cellphone-radiation#.WnTqHPYvBhF

The NIEHS/NTP Cell Phone Radiation Study: Ronald Melnick PhD Full Interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46TbbcpVfjA

Statement on National Toxicology Program Cell Phone Cancer Study by Devra Davis PhD, MPH. https://ehtrust.org/statement-national-toxicology-program-cell-phone-cancer-study-devra-davis-phd-mph/

National Toxicology Program: Peer & Public Review of Cell Phone Radiation Study Reports. http://www.saferemr.com/2018/01/national-toxicology-program-peer-public.html

National Toxicology Program - Draft Reports, Public Comments, and Related Information: TR Peer Review Panel. https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/about/org/sep/trpanel/meetings/docs/2018/march/index.html

Cellphone Radiation Linked to Tumors in Male Rats, Government Study Says. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/02/02/cell-phone-radiation-linked-tumorsrats-government-study/

High Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation Linked to Tumor Activity in Male Rats. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/high-exposure-radiofrequency-radiation-linked-tumor-activity-male-rats

Full paper here. NTP Technical Report on the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies in Hsd: Sprague Dawley SD Rats Exposed to Whole Body Radio Frequency Radiation at a Frequency (900MHz) and Modulations (GSM and CDMA) Used by Cell Phones. https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/about_ntp/trpanel/2018/march/tr595peerdraft.pdf

Apparent corroboration of NTP study. “More Than a Coincidence”. New Large Animal Study, Like NTP’s, Links RF to Schwannoma of the Heart. http://microwavenews.com/news-center/more-coincidence

5G and Millimeter Waves

New 5G Cell Towers and Smart Meters to Increase Microwave Radiation - Invade Privacy. http://healthimpactnews.com/2017/new-5g-cell-towers-and-smart-meters-to-increase-microwave-radiation-invade-privacy/

Frightening Frequencies: The Dangers of 5G & What You Can Do About Them. https://eluxemagazine.com/magazine/dangers-of-5g/

Cell Tower Radiation Facts & 5G Unknowns. https://www.activistpost.com/2018/02/cell-tower-radiation-facts-5g-unknowns.html

What Are 5G and the Internet of Things? http://whatis5g.info/

5G and IoT: A Trojan Horse. https://maisonsaine.ca/english/5g-and-iot-a-trojan-horse.html

Barrie Trower on 5G Microwaves: There Is No Safe Place, No Where to Go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIykHjGvrM

ConsumerWatch: 5G Cellphone Towers Signal Renewed Concerns Over Impacts on Health. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/01/25/consumerwatch-5g-cellphone-towers-signal-renewed-concerns-over-impacts-on-health/

5G - From Blankets to Bullets. http://www.cellphonetaskforce.org/5g-from-blankets-to-bullets/

Potential Risks to Human Health from Future Sub-MM Communication Systems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5PymKVmsSg

Warn Olympic Athletes and Public at Pyeongchang of “5G” Microwave Radiation Experiment. https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/warn-olympic-athletes-1?source=c.em&r_by=549418

5G Networks Mean Big Business for Telecom Infrastructure. https://www.plasticstoday.com/building-construction/5g-networks-mean-big-business-telecom-infrastructure/208791443058056

Sacramento Will Be 1st 5G City Despite Health Risks. http://couragesowers.com/sacramento-will-be-1st-5g-city-despite-health-risks/

Millimeter Waves Travel More Than 10 Kilometers in Rural Virginia 5G Experiment. https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/millimeter-waves-travel-more-than-10-kilometers-in-rural-virginia

Upgrade to 5G Costs $200 Billion a Year, May Not Be Worth It. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-18/upgrade-to-5g-costs-200-billion-a-year-and-may-not-be-worth-it

Arqiva to Make London Lampposts into 5G-ready Cells. https://5g.co.uk/news/arqiva-16-000-london-lampposts-5g-ready-cells/4236/

Microwave Towers

Phone, National Broadband, Radio, TV

How to Understand 5G: Beamforming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH6eov3h1NM

Antenna Radiating Patterns Explained. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twNVEyjbKRY

People Living Near Mobile Phone Masts Are Three Times More Likely to Get Cancer. http://www.pulse.ng/bi/lifestyle/people-living-near-phone-masts-3-more-times-prone-to-cancer-id7825412.html

Proliferation of Cell towers Raises Health Concerns. http://alpenhornnews.com/proliferation-of-cell-towers-raises-health-concerns-p8572-155.htm

Cell Tower Woes Reach HRC (Human Rights Commission). http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2018-02-23/Cell-tower-woes-reach-HRC/361000

Testimony to FCC on Firefighters Exposed to Cell Tower. https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7022117660.pdf

Church Spires to Be Installed with 4G Antennas to Help Obliterate Blackspots. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/18/mobile-providers-install-4g-antennas-inchurchspires-help-obliterate/

To close for comfort? Millions of 5G antennas to invade populated areas.

Sadiq Khan Promises Half a Million “Mini-masts” to Boost London’s Mobile Coverage. https://www.citymetric.com/horizons/sadiq-khan-promises-half-million-mini-masts-boost-london-s-mobile-coverage-3631

400,000 Extra Phone Masts Needed to Bring 5g Network to Rural Britain. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/03/30/400000-extra-phone-masts-needed-bring-5g-network-rural-britain/

109 Microwave Towers Bring the Internet to Remote Alaska Villages. https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/109-microwave-towers-bring-the-internet-to-remote-alaska-villages

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Shelves Plan to Install Cell Towers in Parks, Playgrounds. http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2018/jan/27/greater-hyderabad-municipal-corporation-shelves-plan-to-install-cell-towers-in-parks-playgrounds-1764017.html

Verizon Told by Concord Select Board to Look for Alternative Sites. http://concord.wickedlocal.com/news/20180123/verizon-told-by-concord-select-board-to-look-for-alternative-sites

Local update: On Queensland's Sunshine Coast a record number of objections, reportedly totaling over 720, have been lodged with Local Councils against four separate NBN wireless internet towers.

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

Home, Business, Hotspots

Measuring microwave radiation from a domestic wireless internet modem.

The Dark Side of Wireless Technology. https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-dark-side-of-wireless-technology_2403062.html

Laptop-Computer Radiation Effects on Your Skin and Health. http://heraldoffashion.com/laptop-computer-radiation-effects/

Children, Parenting

Yes, it's an infant's milk bottle with a replica mobile phone inside.

A Public Health Revolution Can Reduce the Growing Cancer Burden for the Young. http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/336501-a-public-health-revolution-can-reduce-the-growing-cancer-burden

According to Scientists, Parents Who Are Addicted to Their Cell Phones Affect Their Children’s Development. https://fabiosa.me/lbpfc-6538-pbdkv-according-to-scientists-parents-who-are-addicted-to-their-cell-phones-affect-their-children-s-development/

Patterns of Cellular Phone Use Among Young People in 12 Countries: Implications for RF Exposure. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28668725

Harm to Smartphones for Children: Scientists Demand to Ban Mobile Phones in Russia in Junior Classes (Translate from Russian online). https://www.kpsport.ru/daily/26776/380952

Health Experts Ask Facebook to Shut Down Messenger Kids. https://www.wired.com/story/health-experts-ask-facebook-to-shut-down-messenger-kids/?mbid=social_fb_onsiteshare

Apple's Tim Cook: "I Don't Want My Nephew on a Social Network". https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/19/tim-cook-i-dont-want-my-nephew-on-a-social-network?CMP=share_btn_fb

Kids' Sleeping Habits Disrupted by Sneaky Media Use. http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/25365-kids-sleeping-habits-disrupted-by-sneaky-media-use

Exposure to Magnetic Field Non-Ionizing Radiation and the Risk of Miscarriage: A Prospective Cohort Study. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-16623-8.pdf

Miscarriage Rates Triple for Women with Top Radiation Exposures. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-mobilephone-miscarriage/miscarriage-rates-triple-for-women-with-top-radiation-exposures-idUSKBN1EE2AU

EMF's and Miscarriages: The Evidence Mounts. http://microwavenews.com/news-center/de-kun-li-miscarriages

Wireless in Schools

Heartmap of school Wi-Fi radiation. Green colour near routers indicates highest intensity.

Measurements of Radiofrequency Radiation with a Body-Borne Exposimeter in Swedish Schools with Wi-Fi. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00279/full

Children Are Tech Addicts - And Schools Are the Pushers. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/26/children-tech-addicts-schools

Is Your Child Smarter or Dumber Because of Microwave Technologies? https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/child-smarter-dumber-microwave-technologies.html

Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools Chief Technology Officer Shares Information on Digital Device Safety. https://ehtrust.org/montgomery-county-maryland-public-schools-chief-technology-officer-shares-information-digital-device-safety/

France Is Banning Mobile Phones in Schools. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/12/france-is-banning-mobile-phones-in-schools

French Ban on Kids’ Phones Should Be Imported to Scotland. https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/zut-alors-french-ban-on-kids-phones-should-be-imported-to-scotland/

Wi-Fi Free Schools. https://www.wifi-freeschools.info/

Smart Grid

Metering, Privacy and the Internet of Things

Invisible chains. Internet of things patent drawings.

Exposure to Smart Meters EMF Radiation Causes Strange and Unknown Health Problems. https://www.organicsolutionsportal.com/exposure-smart-meters-emf-radiation-causes-strange-unknown-health-problems/

Doorstep Salesmen Are Paid £50k Bonuses to Flog Smart Meters: Tactics Used to Sign Up Families to the Digital Energy "Revolution". http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-5331729/The-doorstep-salesmen-paid-flog-smart-meter.html#ixzz57E2hItgH

Half of Houses Don't Want Smart Meter. https://www.moneywise.co.uk/news/2018-02-15/half-households-dont-want-smart-meter

The Smart Meter Roll-out Is Coming Soon to Oregon, Seeking Refuge. https://stopsmartmetersoregon.com/2018/01/14/the-roll-out-is-coming-soon-to-oregon-seeking-refuge-and-respite/

Duke Customer Says His Bills Are Way Up After Installation of Smart Meter. http://wlos.com/news/local/duke-customer-says-his-bills-are-way-up-after-installation-of-smart-meter

Are smart meters designed to overcharge? Bathgate Testimony Before House Energy Committee 02/13/18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyaGntYM9WA&feature=em-uploademail

Original legislation on citizens' rights re: smart meters. State of Oklahoma 2nd Session of the 50th Legislature (2006) House Bill 2872. http://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2005-06%20INT/hb/HB2872%20int.pdf

New York Bill Would Allow Customers to Opt Out of Smart Meters, Undermine Federal Program. http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/new-york-bill-allow-customers-opt-smart-meters-undermine-federal-program/215539

New Smart Electric Meters Coming in 2019 (Oregon). http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20180115/new-smart-electric-meters-coming-in-2019

Why Smart Houses Are Not as Smart as They Seem. http://www.smh.com.au/comment/richard-glover-why-smart-houses-are-not-as-smart-as-they-seem-20180122-h0mlh3.html

Privacy Concerns

Smart Grids, Smart Meters, Smart Switches Will Allow Utilities to Spy on Its Customers. http://canadafreepress.com/article/smart-grids-smart-meters-smart-switches-will-allow-utilities-to-spy-on-its

The House That Spied on Me. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/02/the-house-that-spied-on-me/

Internet of Things (IoT): Patents Legal and Factual Challenges. http://www.ecta.org/uploads/events-documents/ECTA_IoT_Patents_16032016_printout.pdf

The Smart Grid and Privacy. https://epic.org/privacy/smartgrid/smartgrid.html

City of the Future? Humans, Not Technology, Are the Challenge in Toronto. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/world/canada/google-toronto-city-future.html

Kitchen Gadgets Review: the iKettle - A World Off Its Rocker. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/17/kitchen-gadgets-review-ikettle-boil-phone, The iKettle. https://smarter.am/ikettle/

See How the Telecom Industry Is Quietly Changing the Shape of Our Cities. https://www.fastcompany.com/40517919/see-how-the-telecom-industry-is-quietly-changing-the-shape-of-our-cities

Is the IoT Backlash Finally Here? https://www.networkworld.com/article/3256215/internet-of-things/is-the-iot-backlash-finally-here.html

Silicon Valley Faces Make or Break Moment Amid Big Tech Backlash. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/silicon-valley-faces-make-or-break-moment-amid-big-tech-n847301

Nearly 75% Internet of Things Projects are Failing. https://www.xtendiot.com/nearly-75-internet-things-projects-failing/

Robotics, Artificial Intelligence

Planet of the Apps: Experts Warn of a Tech Take-over as Robots with Artificial Intelligence Seize Control. https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/planet-of-the-apps-experts-warn-of-a-tech-take-over-as-robots-with-artificial-intelligence-seize-control/

Artificial Intelligence Is Everywhere, Watching Almost All Modern-day Human Behaviors. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/20/artificial-intelligence-everywhere-watching-almost/

Virtual Assistants Expose People to Radiofrequency Radiation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuIT0wHbk24

2018 Tech Predictions: Bitcoin Bubble, 5G and Robot Overlords. https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/tech-predictions-2018-bitcoin-blockchain-robots

The Workforce Must Prepare for AI Colleagues. http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/29339/the-workforce-prepare-ai-colleagues?

Flippy the Burger Flipping Robot Is Now Cooking at the CaliBurger Fast Food Chain. http://ktla.com/2018/03/05/flippy-the-burger-flipping-robot-is-now-cooking-at-the-caliburger-fast-food-chain/

RoboStop: Ford’s AI to Leave No Hiding Place for Bad Drivers. https://www.rt.com/usa/417160-autonomous-car-police-ford/

Robot targeted homeless people. Robot Security Robot Bullied and Forced Off the Street in San Francisco. https://www.dezeen.com/2017/12/13/k5-knightscope-security-robot-sfspca-san-francisco-bullied-off-street/

Opening the door for robots to control YOU. Using Human "Wetware" to Control Robots. http://hplusmagazine.com/2009/10/16/articlesroboticsusing-human-%E2%80%9Cwetware%E2%80%9D-control-robots/

The last laugh. Alexa Devices Are Freaking People Out by Randomly Laughing. https://hotair.com/archives/2018/03/07/great-news-alexa-devices-freaking-people-randomly-laughing/

Wearable Technology

Biometrics, Implants, Virtual Reality

"Wetware" is the techy new term for us human beings.

Right wing conspiracy theory... or not? You Will Be Completely Controlled - You Are Wetware - Implanted Devices and Mind Control Hijack You. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xySOFEMR9n4

Of Course You Can Control Your Smart Home with Your Underwear. https://mashable.com/2018/01/09/myant-skiin-smart-underwear/#15KLKJtZRmqq

In Contraceptive Tech, the App’s Guess Is as Good as Yours. https://www.wired.com/story/natural-cycles-contraceptive-apps/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare

Amazon Patents Ultrasonic Tracking Wristbands to Control Workers - Gov Chipping to Follow. https://studionewsnetwork.com/articles/amazon-patents-ultrasonic-tracking-wristbands-control-workers/

Fitness Tracking App "Strava" Gives Away Location of Secret US Army Bases. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases?CMP=twt_a-technology_b-gdntech

Parents Now Urged to Connect Their BABIES to Smartphones: New Fitbit-style Device Monitors Baby Biometrics While Bathing Infants in EMFs. https://newstarget.com/2018-01-11-parents-now-urged-to-connect-their-babies-to-smart-phones.html

Experts Say New Baby Monitors May Be Harmful, Should Be Avoided. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/think-the-latest-baby-monitors-are-a-good-idea-think-again-experts-say/

Mains Radiation, ELF

Power Grid, Appliances, Lighting

The Hidden Hazards of Digital Devices and Blue Light on Kid’s Eyes. http://www.sheknows.com/community/parenting/hidden-hazards-digital-devices-blue-light-kids-eyes

What You Need to Know About Blue Light and Health. https://www.jasonlauritzen.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-blue-light-and-health/

The Potential Influence of LED Lighting on Mental Illness. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15622975.2017.1417639?journalCode=iwbp20

LED Danger: Study Finds Link Between Lighting And Breast Cancer. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/05/led-bulbs-and-cancer/

BRIEF: 5G Internet Is the Next Big Thing in Light Pollution. https://www.insidescience.org/news/brief-5g-internet-next-big-thing-light-pollution

Women with Hereditary Breast Cancer Predispositions Should Avoid Using Their Smartphones, Tablets and Laptops at Night. http://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/article_10067_5e9c46a3fb23af21b411d595b2d486df.pdf

Electric Power Grid

The Australian Gibbs Report on HV power lines recommended "prudent avoidance" for health reasons.

Childhood Cancer in Relation to Distance from High Voltage Power Lines in England and Wales: A Case-control Study. https://www.adrprovita.com/catalog/view/theme/default/files/Childhood%20cancer%20in%20relation%20to%20distance%20from%20high.pdf

Evidence that Electromagnetic Fields from High Voltage Powerlines and in Buildings, Are Hazardous to Human Health, Especially to Young Children. http://www.esdjournal.com/techpapr/elfhealth.pdf

Expert testimony on health effects. FortisBC Inc. Order No. G-114-05 / Project No. 3698407CPCN Application for Nk’Mip Substation and Transmission Line. http://www.bcuc.com/Documents/Proceedings/2006/DOC_9886_C1-43_Karow%20Testimony%20of%20Dr%20Martin%20Blank.pdf

Is Heart and Arterial Disease an Allergy to the Power Grid? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heart-arterial-disease-allergy-power-grid-jack-kruse/

EMR a contributing factor? No Risk Factors in Quarter of Heart Attacks. https://ajp.com.au/news/no-risk-factors-quarter-heart-attacks/

Historical Evidence that Residential Electrification Caused the Emergence of the Childhood Leukaemia Peak. http://www.bcuc.com/Documents/Proceedings/2005/DOC_9525_C1-12_KAROW%20Evidence%20No.%206%20-%20Dr%20Milham.pdf

Magnetic Fields and Childhood Leukaemia - Candidate Mechanistic Pathways. https://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CwCUK-report-on-EMF-think-tank-September2014.pdf

Do Electric and Magnetic Fields Cause Childhood Leukaemia? A Review of the Scientific Evidence. https://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Taking_forward_results_-_Magnetic_fields_report.pdf

Transport, Aerospace

Motor Vehicles, Aircraft, Satellites

You look like this to anyone in possession of your GPS travel data.

How Your Car Is SPYING on You: Experts Reveal How Automakers Can Track Everything from Your Weight to the Food You Eat Using In-built Sensors. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5274809/How-car-SPYING-you.html

Nissan Says Car Will Be Able to "Interpret Signals" from Your Brain and Take Action Accordingly in the Future. https://www.independent.ie/life/motoring/nissan-says-car-will-be-able-to-interpret-signals-from-your-brain-and-take-action-accordingly-in-the-future-36456152.html

Driverless Cars to Require Potentially Harmful 5G Wireless. https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/8099767-driverless-cars-to-require-potentially-harmful-5g-wireless-reader/

Americans Feel Unsafe Sharing the Road with Fully Self-Driving Cars. http://newsroom.aaa.com/2017/03/americans-feel-unsafe-sharing-road-fully-self-driving-cars/

Humans Slapped and Shouted at Robot Cars in Two of Six DMV Crash Reports This Year. http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-human-attacks-robot-cars-20180305-story.html

Not simply "distracted driving". It's microwave-impaired brain function. Report: Cell Phones Increase Crash Risk Up to Eight Times. http://www.fox21news.com/news/state/report-cell-phones-increase-crash-risk-up-to-eight-times/908144221

Los Alamos Study Finds Airport Scanners Alter DNA. http://humansarefree.com/2017/02/los-alamos-study-finds-airport-scanners.html

TSA Expands Body Scanner Searches to NYC, L.A. Train Stations. https://www.activistpost.com/2018/03/tsa-body-scanner-searches-nyc-la-train-stations.html

The Earth to be blanketed by microwaves from tens of thousands of interent satellites.

Elon Musk's Broadband-from-space Plan Clears Crucial U.S. Hurdle. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-14/spacex-plan-for-broadband-via-satellite-backed-by-fcc-chairman

Elon Musk, the Quest for a Fantastic Future, and Human Biology. http://carelessscience.com/blog2018/elon-musk-quest-fantastic-future-human-biology/

Ahead of SpaceX Starlink launch, T-Mobile Asks FCC to Auction Satellite Spectrum for 5G Use. https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/20/ahead-of-spacex-starlink-launch-t-mobile-asks-fcc-to-auction-satellite-spectrum-for-5g-use/

Environment, Wildlife

EMF Damages Chitin - The Missing Link to Bee Deaths and Monarch Butterfly Declines? Will the Smart Grid, 5G, and Project Loon Finish the Bees? https://smartmeterharm.org/2016/08/08/emf-damages-chitin-the-missing-link-to-bee-deaths-and-monarch-butterfly-declines-will-the-smart-grid-5g-and-project-loon-finish-the-bees/

Coconut Growers Claim Mobile Towers Affecting Yield. https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Goa/Coconut-growers-claim-mobile-towers-affecting-yield/122254.html#.WlqE6j2916J.twitter

As Cell Service Expands, National Parks Become Digital Battlegrounds. http://www.govtech.com/network/As-Cell-Service-Expands-National-Parks-Become-Digital-Battlegrounds.html

Cellphones Spill into Yellowstone's Wilds Despite Park Plan. http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/cellphones-spill-into-yellowstones-wilds-despite-park-plan

See Inside the Hellish E-Waste Dumps Where Old Electronics Go to Die. https://www.fastcompany.com/40515861/see-inside-the-hellish-e-waste-dumps-where-your-old-electronics-go-to-die

Developing X-band Magnetron Doppler Radar for Weather Modification. http://www.ursi.org/proceedings/procGA17/papers/Paper_F8P-4(1243).pdf

Putting Weather Modification to the Test. https://www2.ucar.edu/ucarat50/putting-weather-modification-to-test

E-lephants in Our Hands: How Electronics Impact Climate Change. http://www.electronicsilentspring.com/e-lephants/

Microwaves Could Be as Bad for the Environment as Millions of Cars Suggests New Research. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/microwaves-could-be-as-bad-for-the-environment-as-cars-suggests-new-research/

Why Spending More Time at Home Could Help Save the Planet. https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/why-spending-more-time-at-home-could-help-save-the-planet#gs.AwJOUpM

Security

Surveillance, Body Scanners, Non-lethal Weapons

Emotional states can be detected at a distance by analysing body heat signatures.

Congress Quietly Pushing Bill to Require National Biometric ID for “ALL Americans”. https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/congress-quietly-pushing-bill-require-national-biometric-id-americans.html

The European Commission Wants You To Log Into Social Media Accounts with Govt-Issued ID Cards. http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/02/former-commie-ec-commissioner-calls-people-log-onto-youtube-national-electronic-id/

Canadians Ready to Ditch Passwords for Facial, Fingerprint Recognition: Survey. https://globalnews.ca/news/3956684/canadians-passwords-facial-fingerprint-recognition-security/

DHS Announces Program To Illegally Scan Our Faces. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-29/dhs-announces-program-illegally-scan-our-faces

Twitter Engineers to "Ban a Way of Talking" Through "Shadow Banning". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64gTjdUrDFQ

Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/technology/early-facebook-google-employees-fight-tech.html

All the Ways Your Smartphone And Its Apps Can Track You. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/01/all-the-ways-your-smartphone-and-its-apps-can-track-you/

Amazon's Echo Spot Is a Sneaky Way to Get a Camera into Your Bedroom. https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/28/16378472/amazons-echo-spot-camera-in-your-bedroom

Apple Addresses Privacy Questions About "Hey Siri" And Live Photo Features. https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/11/apple-addresses-privacy-questions-about-hey-siri-and-live-photo-features/

Google Tracks Every Movement of Its Users, Says Report. http://news.thewindowsclub.com/google-tracks-every-movement-83711/

Google Is Helping The Pentagon Build AI For Drones. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/03/google-is-helping-the-pentagon-build-ai-for-drones/

30cm resolution. Superaccurate GPS Coming to Smartphones in 2018. https://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/design/superaccurate-gps-coming-to-smartphones-in-2018

Russian "psychotron" energetic weapon.

"May Have Been from High-power Microwave Radiation". The Mystery of “Sonic Health Attacks” on Havana-Based Diplomats. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?reload=true&tp=&arnumber=8267384

Microwave auditory effect. The Mystery of "Sonic Health Attacks" on Havana-based Diplomats. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=8267384

Built-in Backdoors

What Is the Intel Management Engine Backdoor? https://themerkle.com/what-is-the-intel-management-engine-backdoor/

FLIGHT CONTROL: Boeing’s "Uninterruptible Autopilot System", Drones & Remote Hijacking. http://21stcenturywire.com/2014/08/07/flight-control-boeings-uninterruptible-autopilot-system-drones-remote-hijacking/

Cisco Confirms NSA-linked Zeroday Targeted Its Firewalls for Years. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/cisco-confirms-nsa-linked-zeroday-targeted-its-firewalls-for-years/

Shadowy IBM Eclipse Foundation Lords of American Media and Politics. https://americans4innovation.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/shadowy-ibm-eclipse-foundation-lords.html

Electro-sensitivity (EHS)

Electromagnetic Biological Response (EBR)

EHS: Canadians with "Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity" Feel Forced to Escape Modern Life. http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1135556675710

Technology and Its Discontents. https://dgrnewsservice.org/civilization/alienation/technology-and-its-discontents/

Connected on Electrosmog (English subtitles). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts_2Y70JbgI

Electrosensitivity Australia. https://www.facebook.com/ElectrosensitivityAustralia/

Biological Mechanisms

New Kaiser Permanente Study Provides Evidence of Health Risks Linked to Electromagnetic Field Exposure. https://share.kaiserpermanente.org/article/new-kaiser-permanente-study-provides-evidence-of-health-risks-linked-to-electromagnetic-field-exposure/

Investigation of the Effects of 2.1 GHz Microwave Radiation on Mitochondrial Membrane Potential (ΔΨm), Apoptotic Activity and Cell Viability in Human Breast Fibroblast Cells. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23723005

Continuous 900-megahertz Electromagnetic Field Applied in Middle and Late-adolescence Causes Qualitative and Quantitative Changes in the Ovarian Morphology, Tissue and Blood Biochemistry of the Rat. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09553002.2018.1420924?journalCode=irab20&

Mitochondria, Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2925259/

Physiological and Molecular Electromagnetic Fields of Time-varying Electronic Fields on Human Neuronal Cells. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20030075722.pdf

Groundbreaking Study Shows Shielding EMF Improves Autoimmune Disease. http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/groundbreaking-study-shows-shielding-emf-improves-autoimmune-disease

Effects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields: 833 Studies. http://www.saferemr.com/2018/02/effects-of-exposure-to-electromagnetic.html

Archive of research papers by Prof. Martin Pall.. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin_Pall

Links to various papers. EMF and Effect on Biological Systems. https://www.academia.edu/Documents/in/EMFs_and_Effect_on_Biological_Systems

Controversial research, but start watching at 35:20 minutes. Water Memory (Documentary of 2014 about Nobel Prize laureate Luc Montagnier). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8VyUsVOic0

Tech Is Turning Millennials into a Generation of Hunchbacks. https://nypost.com/2018/03/05/tech-is-turning-millennials-into-a-generation-of-hunchbacks/

Forward Head Posture and Why It's Serious. http://theuppercervicalblog.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/forward-head-posture-and-why-its-serious.html

Keep Your Head Up: How Smartphone Addiction Kills Manners and Moods. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/smarter-living/bad-text-posture-neckpain-mood.html

Downloadable Books

Presman - Electromagnetic Fields and Life - 1970. https://www.scribd.com/document/57754705/Presman-Electromagnetic-Fields-and-Life-1970

Electromagnetism & Life. http://rebprotocol.net/November2007/Robert%20O.%20Becker%20and%20Andrew%20A.%20Marino%201982%20Electromagnetism%20and%20life%20156pp.pdf

Neurological Effects

Brain and Behaviour Modification

Electronic drugs. Dr. Jose Delgado controlling a monkey with radio waves.

Is the Tech Industry to Digital Addiction What the Pharmaceutical Industry Has Been to Opioid Addiction? https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/tech-industry-digital-addiction-pharmaceutical-industry-opioid-addiction.html

Put Your Phone Away and Help Give Your Mental Health a Boost, Urges Taoiseach. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/put-your-phone-away-and-help-give-your-mental-health-a-boost-urges-taoiseach-36466254.html

Monday Medical: The Hidden Stress of Cellphones. https://www.steamboattoday.com/news/health/monday-medical-the-hidden-stress-of-cell-phones/

World Health Organization Plan to Declare Gaming Addiction a Mental Disorder "Inevitable". http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/video-game-addiction-declared-mental-disorder-who-1.4478971

Think You're Connected? Well, You're Not. https://www.onenewsnow.com/science-tech/2018/02/16/think-youre-connected-well-youre-not

A College Basketball Team Is Encouraging People to Give Up Their Phones and Talk to Each Other. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/01/georgetown-cell-phones-st-johns

R U inside the "filter bubble"? Social Media Is Giving Us Trypophobia. https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/27/social-media-is-giving-us-trypophobia/

A Blessed Smartphone? https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2017/12/30/a-blessed-smartphone/

Brain Snatchers

"We need a program of psychosurgery for political control of our society. The purpose is physical control of the mind. Everyone who deviates from the given norm can be surgically mutilated ..." - Dr. Jose Delgado

The haunted face of Mr. "mental mutilation", shortly before his death.

Original Mind Control Research Series. https://www.zersetzung.org/mind-control/mc-exhibits

AI Reconstructs Whatever You See Just by Reading a Brain Scan. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2162862-ai-reconstructs-whatever-you-see-just-by-reading-a-brain-scan/

Hackers May Target Brain Signals to Access Your Passwords - Study Reveals. http://www.look4ward.co.uk/awareness/hackers-may-target-brain-signals-to-access-your-passwords-study-reveals/

Cryogenic Remote Sensing Physiograph. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/76/13/a0/a70d63d88febbc/US4940058.pdf

What Is Your Cellphone Doing to Your Brain? http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/story/the-phone-and-your-brain/

Your Brain on Cell Phones. https://nutritionfacts.org/audio/your-brain-on-cell-phones/

That Phone Next to Your Bed: What It’s Really Doing to Your Brain. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/that-phone-next-to-your-bed-what-its-really-doing-to-your-brain-6d73m35df

Safety Standards

Regulations, Bans and Warnings

“PhoneGate:” French Study Finds 9 of 10 Cell Phones Exceed Safe Radiation Limits. http://projectcensored.org/phonegate-french-study-finds-9-10-cell-phones-exceed-safe-radiation-limits/

Phonegate and Electromagnetic Safety (Translated from Spanish). http://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/phonegate-and-electromagnetic-safety.html

Ask Dr. Nandi: California Sets Guidelines to Limit Cell Phone Radiation Exposure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSLo1qO6VQk&feature=share

FCC’s Ajit Pai: The Sacredness of Safety? https://www.activistpost.com/2018/01/fccs-ajit-pai-sacredness-safety.html

New Request for Intervention to Preserve the Health and Safety of Users of Mobile Phones. http://arazi.fr/wp2/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Letter-to-Hulot-Buzin-Le-Maire-in-English.pdf

Cellphone Radiations and Its Effects in Public Health-comparative Review Study. http://medcraveonline.com/MOJPH/MOJPH-07-00197.pdf

Industry Watch

Product Defense, Liability, Legal Action

Pattern of disinformation. The Anatomy of a Rumor - Karolinska’s Maria Feychting Cites Pathology Bias to Discredit NTP RF Cancer Study. http://microwavenews.com/news-center/anatomy-rumor

Samsung Worker's Family Wins Brain Tumor Case. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/samsung-south-korea-lee-yoon-jung-wins-compensation-brain-tumor/

Ex-Ericsson Executives Tell of Massive Bribery: Report. https://phys.org/news/2016-11-ex-ericsson-massive-bribery.html

Supreme Court to Decide Whether You Own Your Own Data. https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/supreme-court-decide-whether-you-own-own-data

Smart Meter Company Landis+Gyr Now Using Copyright to Try to Hide Public Records. https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/63795/smart-meter-company-landisgyr-now-using-copyright-to-try-to-hide-public.html

Snoopers Charter: Government Mass Surveillance Regime Ruled "Unlawful" by Appeals Court (UK). https://www.rt.com/uk/417419-snoopers-charter-mass-surveillance/

Toy-maker VTech to Pay $650,000 to Settle FTC Charges Over Children's Privacy Violations. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-connected-toys-ftc-20180108-story.html

Facebook Loses Belgian Privacy Case, Faces Up to EUR 100 Mln Fine. https://www.telecompaper.com/news/facebook-loses-belgian-privacy-case-faces-up-to-eur-100-mln-fine--1232413

Surveillance Capitalism

Are We Addicted? Big Time Investors Say Yes. https://neiuindependent.org/9564/opinions/are-we-addicted-big-time-investors-say-yes/

Welcome to the Neighbourhood. Have You Read the "Terms of Service"? http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/smart-cities-privacy-data-personal-information-sidewalk-1.4488145

Tech Giants Are the Robber Barons of Our Time. https://nypost.com/2018/02/03/big-techs-monopolistic-rule-is-hiding-in-plain-sight/

Big Data Meets Big Brother as China Moves to Rate Its Citizens. http://republicbroadcasting.org/news/big-data-meets-big-brother-as-china-moves-to-rate-its-citizens/

Apple Moves to Store iCloud Keys in China, Raising Human Rights Fears. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-apple-icloud-insight/apple-moves-to-store-icloud-keys-in-china-raising-human-rights-fears-idUSKCN1G8060

Surveillance Capitalism - Do You Know Who's Tracking You? https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/surveillance-capitalism-do-you-know-whos-tracking_us_59baa4f1e4b06b71800c3751

It’s Time to Take Our Privacy Back from Tech Companies. https://www.technocracy.news/index.php/2018/01/19/hill-time-take-privacy-back-tech-companies/

The Price of Connection: "Surveillance Capitalism". https://theconversation.com/the-price-of-connection-surveillance-capitalism-64124

Ripping Up Landlines

Industry wants to ensure there is no going back.

Reasons to Oppose Legislation that Could Reduce Access to the Copper Landline Phone System. http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/reasons-oppose-legislation-reduce-access-copper-landline-phone-system/

Save NZ’s Landline Phones - Action Needed NOW. http://www.stopsmartmeters.org.nz/latest-news/save-nzs-landline-phones-action-needed-now/

Reliable and Safe Phone Landlines to Be History? https://stopsmartmeters.com.au/2018/02/07/reliable-and-safe-phone-landlines-to-be-history/

EMR Countermeasures

Personal Precautions, EMR Monitoring

Neutralise addiction-promoting candy colours.

Change phone screen to non-addictive gray. Is the Answer to Phone Addiction a Worse https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/technology/grayscale-phone.html

Buying a Brick Phone Is an Act of Self-care. https://www.varsity.co.uk/features/14356

Samsung Smartphones Emit Least Radiation, iPhones, One Plus Emit the Most. http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/data-story-samsung-smartphones-emit-least-radiation-iphones-one-plus-emit-the-most-2513701.html

Consumer trend toward "safer" brands? iPhone X Sales Are Less Than Half of What Apple Expected. http://www.newsweek.com/iphone-x-sales-are-less-half-apple-expectations-814039

Using an AM Radio to Detect EMI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXPJvSU8MwI

Popular mid price range choices, if you want a real EMR meter. Cornet Electrosmog Meters. http://electrosmog.org/6.html

uW/m2? mW/m2? mW/cm2 ... confused? Conversion charts for EMR meter readings. http://www.safelivingtechnologies.ca/PDF's/Conversion%20Chart%20%C2%B5W-1.pdf

General Events, Networking

New initiative by Dr. Lena Hedendahl and Dr. Lennart Hardell. The Environment and Cancer Research Foundation. https://www.environmentandcancer.com/

Professor Lennart Hardell's Blog. https://lennarthardellenglish.wordpress.com/

The 5th Asian & Oceanic Congress on Radiation Protection - 20-23 May 2018. http://www.aocrp-5.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AOCRP5-Sponsorship-Prospectus.pdf

Newsletter of the Swiss Expert Group on Electromagnetic Fields and Non-ionising Radiation (BERENIS). https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home/topics/electrosmog/newsletter-of-the-swiss-expert-group-on-electromagnetic-fields-a.html

International EMF Alliance - List of Supporting Organsiations. http://www.iemfa.org/supporting-organizations/

Keep up-to-date with the latest EMR news worldwide. Request a subscription to the free EMF, Tech and Utility News. patricia999burke@gmail.com

Google's new algorithms are apparently excluding content critical of EMR. Here is a list of alternative search engines. Whether Conducting Academic Research or Purely Scientific Research, These Sites Can Be an Invaluable Aid. http://www.emergingedtech.com/2013/12/top-11-trusted-and-free-search-engines-for-scientific-and-academic-research/

Free DVD - Read the Science

This DVD is available free-of-charge to readers seeking a resource comprised entirely of peer-reviewed science on the adverse effects of EMR. It contains over 1,600 categorised articles and abstracts in PDF format. The same material and more can also be viewed and downloaded online at our Scientific Evidence page.

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