Dear
HESA members,
Recent debate concerning WiFi in schools with concerned parents
resulted in Health Canada releasing a press release on Aug. 31, 2010 at
the following link. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/ftr-ati/_2010/2010_142-eng.php
The major point of the release was to reiterate their consistent
response to concerns: "Based on scientific evidence, Health Canada has
determined that exposure to low-level radiofrequency energy, such as
that from Wi-Fi equipment, is not dangerous to the public."
I
am writing to give you evidence that this is not true; in fact, I would
go so far as to call it a deception that has been perpetrated on the
trusting Canadian public for more than a decade. To substantiate this
strong statement, I will quote from the Royal Society of Canada Report
of March 1999, "A Review of the Potential Health Risks of
Radiofrequency Fields from Wireless Telecommunication Devices" prepared
in response to a request from Health Canada.(http://www.rsc.ca/files/publications/expert_panels/RF/RFreport-en.pdf)
At that time Safety Code 6 was essentially the same as it is today.
1.
Page 2 - "Safety Code 6 was explicitly designed to protect workers and
the public from thermal exposures." This means that wireless devices
such as WiFi, cellphones, cell and radio transmitters, and DECT phones
are not in the category protected by Safety Code 6 because they fall in
the lower, non-thermal end of the electric spectrum. Health Canada has
continued to state that Safety Code 6 applies to the entire spectrum.
Clearly this is not true.
2.
Page 2 - "There is a growing body of scientific evidence which suggests
that exposure to RF fields at intensities far less than levels required
to produce measurable heating can cause effects in cells and tissues."
The Panel determined that studies show that somehow, at even very low
levels which are significantly below what Safety Code 6 allows, the
radiation emitted by wireless devices causes physical or biochemical
changes not related to heat.
There
are many "biological effects" that are addressed in this report , and
two of them are blood-brain barrier leakage and cancer promotion.
The
blood-brain barrier is a critical structure in the brain that separates
the flow of blood through the brain from the brain matter
itself. Leakage can lead to brain damage such as dementia. In the
Report, pages 44-45 are devoted to studies showing such leakage occurs
as a result of exposure to RF field at levels below Safety Code 6.
ODC
stands for Ornithine Decarboxylase which is an enzyme found in cells.
Increased activity in ODC has been found to promote aggressive and
invasive tumours, which are often cancerous. Studies which demonstrate
the relationship between RF radiation below Safety Code 6 and the
increased activity of ODC can be found on pages 36-42..
I
have provided only a couple of quotes and references from only the
first few pages of an 150 page document, but I could have provided many
more which are equally alarming. Even with this report in hand, Health
Canada and even some members of the Royal Panel that wrote this report,
such as Dr. Daniel Krewski, continue to declare that there is no
evidence of harm below the level of Safety Code 6. As a result, the
exposure to wireless devices has increased dramatically. The Royal
Panel stated that as of 1998 close to 3.5 million people used cell
phones and estimated increases of 30-40% annually. Teenagers are
sleeping with cell phones under their pillows. Cell transmitters are
being erected on top of buildings and apartments, near homes and
schools. WiFi is being installed in elementary schools. Health Canada
is allowing proliferation of this radiation exposure at levels they
know to be dangerous, especially to our most vulnerable: children.
A
new Health Canada guideline is required, one based on biological
effects. Of course, industry in Canada will complain. It will insist
that it cannot possibly adapt to a more responsible approach. But that
same industry already has in other parts of the world. Hopefully when
it does adapt, it will be more rigourous in its testing so that the
mistakes of the past will not be repeated.
Respectfully,
Sharon
Noble
Victoria,
British Columbia
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Dear
Ms. Lee,
Having
read your blog regarding wifi effects on children, I first thank you
for caring enough to write on the subject. However, I do wish you had
checked with me before publishing what you thought had been said. Your
words were incorrect in several substantive ways.
Please
also note there exist exactly zero studies showing wifi to be safe.
Your statement to the contrary was abjectly false, and will mislead
many parents to expose their children to harm unless corrected
immediately. All you need do for correction is ask someone to provide
such a study: it's a rather easy assignment for you and your unnamed
source alike.
Please
let me know when we might speak directly, in order that I may provide
you accurate and precise information on this emergent topic.
I
presume your interest and capability in accuracy and precision, as well
as commitment to checking with sources, from your B.A. in English from
Northwestern, your journalism courses at the Medill School of
Journalism and your former editorial positions at Parenting and
Working Mother magazines.
Gratefully,
Susan
Clarke
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Letter to
Nina Arron
Director, Public Health Protection and Prevention,
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Further to my previous correspondence, the media has begun to quote
Health and Safety Managers, that Dr. Arlene King's public statement on
the safety of WiFi is "false and misleading".
This quote from Dr. David Fancy, PhD. Department Head Brock
University, member of the institution's Health and Safety Committee.
Reported today in the Simcoe County press.
Our directive was that all staff and faculty should know there is a
lot
of controversy and nothing conclusive that says its safe. A year
later, Im looking at what I consider to be false and misleading
statements from (Ontarios chief medical officer of health) Dr. Arlene
King.
full story is here:
http://www.simcoe.com/news/local/article/869690--do-your-homework-on-wi-fi-professor
As I understand it Dr. Fancy's Health and Safety Committee had
the Health Canada documents a year ago, that conclude the blood brain
barrier weakness caused by low-level microwave exposure, especially in
children.
Since you also have the evidence this is true, can you please
reissue the statement to caution parents that biological changes are
known to occur from microwaves emitted by WiFi devices in schools.
I understand there are complexities in your job, but I'm not sure
what could possibly be more important than giving parents full and
accurate information that their children are being exposued to a
device in school that can change their biology in ways that are
associated with risks to their health.
They are in fact unwittingly exposing their children under
misleading guidance from Ontario's CMOH. The little children have no
voice in this. They have been failed by all levels of
government, and
the entirety of the system that is established to ensure their safety.
Their parents can make any decision they want, but they must first be
offered the full truth from our top doctor.
Sincerely,
Rodney Palmer
Simcoe County Safe School committee
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