The growing problem of the rise in EMR

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I posted the following on their website. (I think if we can an organization like this to back our cause it would definitely boost the coverage this problem is getting - with One million plus members. I am just wondering how many own cell phones and how many would be willing to give them up. Hmm! It is a question that begs to be answered.) Feel free to go ahead and post your own comments.

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I think we really need to see Avaaz address the growing problem of the rise in EMR (Electromagnetic Radiation). In the past 25 years there has been a dramatic increase in a number of disease states like Autism, ADHD, Brain Tumors, Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), Diabetes, Heart Disease, Stroke, Breast Cancer, Allergies, Asthma, and so on. Forty million Americans now take sleep medication for insomnia (up 60% since 2000) while 60% suffer from sleep disturbances. Brain tumors are now the leading cause of death in children under 16 in the USA, surpassing leukemia in 2002. A recent British newspaper put the rate of Autism at one in forty, while American estimates are running at one in 100. This is compared to one in 10,000 in the 1970s. A recent survey by the CDC put CFIDS at one in forty. The only thing that can logically account for all these problems is the drastic increase in Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) mainly from high frequency microwave radiation for use of cell phones, WiFi, WiMax, and DECT (digitally enhanced cordless telecommunications) phones. on 2002, German medical doctors - the Interdisciplinary Society of Environmental Medicine - issued concern about wireless technology (cell phones, DECT, etc.) in the Freiburger Appeal (now with 40,000 plus signatories) after finding a cause-and-effect relationship between "a dramatic rise in severe and chronic diseases" (e.g. behavioral disorders, ADD, blood pressure disorders, heart attacks and strokes, brain-degenerative diseases, & cancers like leukemia and brain tumors) with increased exposure to EMR. on 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially recognized electro-sensitivity as a bona-fide disorder. oThe Vienna Doctors Chamber (Wiener Arztekammer), in 2005 - after the REFLEX Study clearly showed genotoxic effects - created posters (posted in hospital waiting rooms) warning of dangers and listing rules for use. on Aug. 2007, a report - issued by an international group of renowned scientists, researchers, doctors, and public health experts - entitled the BioInitiative (www.bioinitiative.org ) warns "Wireless technologies that rely on microwave radiation to send emails and voice communication are thousands of times stronger than levels reported to cause some health impacts. Prolonged exposure to radiofrequency and microwave radiation from cell phones, cordless phones, cell towers, WI-FI and other wireless technologies have been linked to physical symptoms including headache, fatigue, sleeplessness, dizziness, changes in brainwave activity, and impairment of concentration and memory." on Sept. 2007, the German government warned its citizenry not to use mobile phones (only in emergencies) and WiFi. In Italy, children are now banned from bringing cell phones to schools. on Dec. 2007, an Australian Democrats commissioned discussion paper found microwave radiation from cell phone towers to very likely be behind the drastic rise in disease sates like cancer, diabetes, asthma, allergies and Alzheimer's disease, etc.

Paul Raymond Doyon

MAT (TESOL), MA Advanced Japanese Studies, BA Psychology

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"