Wi-Fi Inwards Schools & Other Populace Places

Please consider the halt of this post for a resources list.
Also consider recent enquiry on Wi-Fi biologic in addition to wellness effects.

http://www.uesf.org/san-francisco-educators-pass-resolution-calling-for-safer-technology-standards-for-all-san-francisco-schools/

Dec 1, 2017

Measurements of Radiofrequency Radiation in Swedish Schools with Wi-Fi

The highest hateful plane (107.3 µW/m2logarithmic scale) during a whole lesson was recorded when the instructor stood correct below an access dot spell using her Wi-Fi connected laptop.

Lena K. Hedendahl, Michael Carlberg, Tarmo Koppel, Lennart Hardell. Measurements of radiofrequency radiations with a body-borne exposimeter inward Swedish Schools with Wi-Fi. Front. Public Health, 20 Nov 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00279

Introduction: Wireless access to the Internet is instantly usually used inward schools. Many schools give each pupil their ain laptop in addition to utilize the laptops in addition to wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) connexion for educational purposes. Most children also pick out their ain mobile phones to school. Since children are obliged past times police pull to attend school, a rubber surroundings is important. Lately, it has been discussed if radiofrequency (RF) radiations tin have got long-term adverse effects on children’s health.

Method: This study conducted exposimetric measurements inward schools to assess RF emissions inward the classroom past times measuring the teachers’ RF exposure inward monastic enjoin to jurist the children’s exposure. Teachers inward grades 7–12 carried a body-borne exposimeter, EME-Spy 200, inward schoolhouse during 1–4 days of work. The exposimeter tin mensurate 20 different frequency bands from 87 to 5,850 MHz.

Results: Eighteen teachers from 7 schools participated. The hateful exposure to RF radiations ranged from 1.1 to 66.1 µW/m2 (microwatts per foursquare meter). The highest hateful level, 396.6 µW/m2, occurred during 5 instant of a lesson when the instructor allow the students flow in addition to spotter YouTube videos. Maximum peaks went upwardly to 82,857 µW/m2 from mobile telephone uplink.

Discussion: Our measurements are inward draw with recent exposure studies inward schools inward other countries. The exposure levels varied betwixt the different Wi-Fi systems, in addition to if the students were allowed to utilisation their ain smartphones on the school’s Wi-Fi network or if they were connected to GSM/3G/4G base of operations stations exterior the school. An access dot over the teacher’s caput gave higher exposure compared with a schoolhouse with a wired Internet connexion for the instructor inward the classroom. All values were far below International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection’s reference values, but most hateful levels measured were higher upwardly the precautionary target plane of 3–6 µW/m2 every bit proposed past times the Bioinitiative Report. The length of fourth dimension wireless devices are used is an essential determinant inward overall exposure. Measures to minimize children’s exposure to RF radiations inward schoolhouse would include preferring wired connections, allowing laptops, tablets in addition to mobile phones exclusively inward flying manner in addition to deactivating Wi-Fi access points, when non used for learning purposes.

Conclusion

1. The ICNIRP guidelines are based on short-term heating (thermal) effects, in addition to are hence non relevant to determine on the appropriateness of long-term exposure.

2. The environmental exposure to RF radiations inward some schools is higher than reported levels for non-thermal biological effects. In monastic enjoin to cut back children’s exposure to RF radiation, schools should prefer wired network connections, allow laptop, tablets, in addition to mobile telephone usage exclusively inward flying manner in addition to deactivate Wi-Fi access points when network is non needed for learning purposes.

Open source paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00279/full

Sep 10, 2017

MD Testifies almost School Wi-Fi

Following are excerpts from a medical doctor's testimony regarding ii Massachusetts bills to regulate Wi-Fi inward schools. She provides illustration histories for her ii children who have got been diagnosed with electromagnetic intolerance (aka electromagnetic hypersensitivity).

"Despite manufacture campaigns to create tilt inward the peer reviewed literature via “creative study design”, the electrical flow weight of the evidence demonstrates obvious harm from wireless technologies. The amount of quality, peer reviewed evidence amassed since the 1950’s is so great, that denial of this evidence is similar denying of the laws of gravity."

"I have got published inward the peer reviewed literature, served every bit a peer reviewer, in addition to taught hundreds of medical students in addition to residents how to critically evaluate the medical literature. I have got read extensively on the wellness impacts of electromagnetic fields (EMF’s), in addition to am highly qualified to opine on this topic.

"This testimony, however, I write every bit the woman parent of ii electrosensitive children who have got been harmed past times wireless technology, in addition to are no longer able to attend school. By telling our story, I promise to forestall other children in addition to their families from existence harmed every bit nosotros have: physically, socially, emotionally in addition to mentally, in addition to to give y'all an agreement of the human consequences of omnipresent Wi-fi in addition to radiofrequency radiations (RFR) inward our schools.

... my children ages 6 in addition to 9, with physician diagnosed electromagnetic intolerance, have got absolutely no access to an education, inward either populace or private school. In August 2017 both kids became sick inward their respective classrooms, afterward exclusively 3 days of school, in addition to were unable to return. I am currently non able to detect a schoolhouse (without Wi-fi in addition to non nether a jail electrochemical cell tower) that doesn’t brand them ill. As a result, they volition require to last home-schooled this year, unless the schoolhouse district reconsiders our asking for 504 accommodations that was denied in conclusion month."

"Wi-fi inward schools is hazardous to the cells inward every i of our children in addition to staff members, regardless of whether they tin “feel it” or not. I urge y'all to pick out swift political activity to protect our schoolhouse children in addition to staff now, at the start of this schoolhouse year."

The testimony tin last downloaded at http://bit.ly/MD-WiFi-9-4-2017.

Feb 27, 2017

Wi-Fi Radiation inward Schools inward Maryland: Final Report

Based upon a review of the enquiry in addition to populace input, the Maryland Children's Environmental Health in addition to Protection Advisory Council adopted a report on Wi-Fi Radiation inward Maryland Schools inward December, 2016.

The written report makes the next recommendations:

"The Council recommends that the Maryland Department of Health in addition to Mental Hygiene inquire the US of America Department of Health in addition to Human Services to formally petition the FCC to revisit the exposure bound to ensure it is protective of children’s wellness in addition to that it relies on electrical flow science.

· The Maryland State Department of Education should recommend that local schoolhouse systems:

○ Consider using wired devices.

■ Where classrooms have got network access with a wireless connection, WiFi tin last turned off in addition to wired local surface area network (LAN) tin render a reliable in addition to secure shape of networking for every bit many wireless devices every bit necessary without whatsoever microwave electromagnetic champaign exposure.

■ If a novel classroom is to last built, or electrical piece of work is to last carried out inward an existing classroom, network cables tin last added at the same time, providing wired network access with minimal extra toll in addition to time.

○ Have children identify devices on desks to serve every bit barrier betwixt the device in addition to children’s bodies.

○ Locate laptops inward the classroom inward a way that keeps pupil heads every bit far away from the laptop screens (where the antennas are) every bit practicable.

○ Consider using screens designed to cut back eyestrain.

○ Consider using a switch to close downward the router when it is non inward use.

○ Teach children to plough off WiFi when non inward use.

○ Consider placing routers every bit far away from students every bit possible.

○ Share this document with teachers in addition to parents.

· The General Assembly should consider funding pedagogy in addition to enquiry on electromagnetic radiations in addition to wellness every bit schools add together WiFi to classrooms.

· The Maryland Department of Health in addition to Mental Hygiene should render suggestions to the populace on ways to cut back exposure:

○ Sit away from WiFi routers, especially when people are using it to access the internet.

○ Turn off the wireless on your laptop when y'all are non using it.

○ Turn off WiFi on smartphones in addition to tablets when non surfing the web.

○ Switch tablets to bird manner to play games or spotter videos stored on the device.

· This written report should last posted on the Council website in addition to shared with the:

○ US of America Department of Health in addition to Human Services

○ Federal Communications Commission

○ Maryland State Department of Education

○ Maryland General Assembly"

Physicians’ letters and appendices to the Report tin last downloaded.

Dec 30, 2016

Major influences inward households in addition to occupation concern spaces —

Wi-Fi, telecommunication masts outputs in addition to electrical pollution

Francis Markho, Ioan Tuleasca. Major influences inward households in addition to occupation concern spaces — Wi-Fi, telecommunication masts outputs in addition to electrical pollution. Electrical in addition to Power Engineering (EPE), 2016 International Conference in addition to Exposition on Electrical in addition to Power Engineering. Oct 20-22, 2016. Iasi, Romania.

Abstract

The newspaper offers a non-exhaustive perspective, every bit good every bit a spectrum of performed measurements, inward the champaign of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. Shielding Wi-Fi is shown to last an effective agency of counteracting its wellness risks. The effects of jail electrochemical cell telephone towers positioning side past times side to living in addition to working spaces is presented in addition to analyzed. Electrical pollution mitigation is described, every bit good every bit the work of world saltation stray electrical currents. Effective actions in addition to measures to last taken for the do goodness of hereafter generations are suggested in addition to justified.

Conclusions

The adverse wellness effects due to Wi-Fi in addition to jail electrochemical cell telephone towers are good known (Carpenter’s testimony [29] in addition to Dode’s findings [19]) should last to a greater extent than than plenty to position the affair to residual inward this respect). However, it seems to last no willingness to alter the condition quo, fifty-fifty if Lloyd’s took steps [30] to distance themselves from the possible EMF claims related issues. The careless utilisation of this type of engineering scientific discipline mightiness toll us dearly inward the hereafter inward both wellness sector national budgets blowouts in addition to genetic degeneration.

Dirty electricity (electrical pollution) precisely completes the pic in addition to adds to the effects of the higher upwardly mentioned stressors. The seriousness of the work is compounded past times the availability in addition to cheapness of diverse electrical devices in addition to systems that are responsible for the creation of high frequency voltage transients inward the electrical networks. Mitigating these transients can, fortunately, last performed using shielding in addition to adequate blueprint for electrical circuitry inward improver to other appropriate agency [31].

The way forward, however, may last linked to broad, thorough in addition to mandatory institutional measures at national in addition to international levels. The commencement stair inward this direction was taken past times French Republic [32], where the French National Assembly passed a Law that regulates the exposure to electromagnetic champaign EMF (Law on Sobriety, Transparency, Information in addition to Consultation for Exposure to Electromagnetic Waves, 29 January 2015). The Law addresses a arrive at of EMF-related aspects, from Wi-Fi usage inward nurseries (banned) in addition to schools (limited), to mobile phones Specific Absorption Rate SAR labelling in addition to jail electrochemical cell telephone towers emissions compliance verification. The Electrohypersensitivity EHS number was also addressed every bit component subdivision of this Law, where a Report on EHS must last presented to the French Parliament inside i year.

At international plane it may last that non exclusively the Precautionary Principle has to have got a role inward organising adequate EMF exposure limits, but also specific internationally recognized legal instruments, similar the Nuremberg Code of Ethics. According to this Code, i cannot submit human beings to actions causing them harm, where the said human beings are non able to “bring the experiment to an end” [33]. Since the human race is unwittingly submitted to a world-wide encompassing, society-directed, experiment, inward the shape of biologically adverse, turn a profit driven, imposed EMF exposure, the Code is duly applicable.

Considering the way other crucial health-related issues (asbestos, tobacco, ionizing radiation) were dealt with over the years, it seems that in that location is a long way ahead inward tackling EMF exposure risks. However, this fourth dimension is different, since our ain long term wellbeing every bit a species is at adventure [34], due to the genotoxic effect of the presented stressors.

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7781450/

The Controversy over Wi-Fi inward Schools: Health Risks to Students in addition to Staff

Many experts have got raised serious wellness concerns almost exposing students to wireless radiations inward schoolhouse because no enquiry proves that long-term exposure to depression intensity, microwave radiations is rubber for children. Moreover, a considerable amount of research published inward peer-reviewed journals strongly suggests that wireless radiations from laptops in addition to other wireless devices (including jail electrochemical cell phones in addition to cordless phones) is harmful to children's health.

Opposition to Wi-Fi adoption inward schools is mounting as schools inward the U.S. in addition to other countries have got begun to adopt Wi-Fi to render network access to students fifty-fifty though a wired solution would last safer.

The Los Angeles Unified School District was the commencement major schoolhouse district inward the U.S. to adopt Wi-Fi inward all classrooms.

Following is a summary of the evidence that wellness experts submitted to the Los Angeles School Board inward opposition to this plan. This is followed past times a listing of resources for those who are concerned almost Wi-Fi adoption inward their local schools.

Also consider below an opened upwardly missive of the alphabet from the BioInitiative Working Group to the CEO's of major engineering scientific discipline corporations inward the U.S.

For a list of enquiry studies that have got found adverse biological or wellness effects from Wi-Fi in addition to Wi-Fi-like radiation, consider a website maintained past times some scientists inward the United Kingdom.

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Canadian Teachers' Unions Demands for No Wi-Fi inward Schools Puts Spotlight on Health Concerns

Education World, Mar 21, 2016

The unions desire the WiFi routers turned off until they tin last proven to last safe.

http://bit.ly/1pG6INa

Radio Canada International

http://bit.ly/1WDBvnW

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In the U.S. the United Federation of Teachers has a page on its website that educates teachers almost the biologic effects in addition to potential wellness risks of wireless radiation.

http://bit.ly/UFTwireless

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Italian town shuts downward Wi-Fi over wellness fears

The Local, Jan 8, 2016

The mayor of Borgofranco d'Ivrea, a town inward Piedmont, has ordered Wi-Fi to last turned off inward ii schools over wellness fears.

Also consider La Stampa Cronache article inward Italian: http://bit.ly/1RdVDhh

http://bit.ly/1PO4inl

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Message to Public Schools in addition to Parents almost Wireless Devices in addition to Health

Ronald M. Powell, PhD, The Green Gazette, Nov 12, 2015

If wireless devices, such every bit WiFi, are used inward your schools, so the wellness of your staff, your teachers, in addition to your students tin last at risk. But this work tin last successfully addressed, in addition to with do goodness to all.

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http://bit.ly/1NSxmLg

Why the FCC's security guidelines for Wi-Fi require to last re-evaluated

Ajay Malik, Network World, Nov 12, 2015

FCC guidelines are based on the supposition that Wi-Fi signals are received past times a human trunk from a distance for i transmitting antenna. However, nosotros are non exposed to i Wi-Fi transmitting antenna anymore.

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http://bit.ly/1RRYI3l

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Expert Docs Urge U.S. Secretary of Education: Play It Safe with Kids - Go Wired Not WiFi

Press Release, Environmental Health Trust, Oct 14, 2015

Leading skilful scientists in addition to doctors who are advisors of the Environmental Health Trust (EHT) have got sent an private schools are taking steps to cut back in addition to take away wireless exposures. EHT maintains an updated listing of these policy actions.

In 2013, the American Academy of Pediatrics wrote to the FCC calling for to a greater extent than protective wireless RF-EMF radiations exposure standards in addition to stated, "Children are non footling adults in addition to are disproportionately impacted past times all environmental exposures, including mobile telephone radiation. Current FCC standards do non occupation concern human relationship for the unique vulnerability in addition to utilisation patterns specific to meaning women in addition to children."

"Considering that no enquiry documents long-term exposure to low-intensity microwave radiations every bit rubber for children, the best approach is precautionary." The missive of the alphabet references the accumulated scientific enquiry showing that wireless radiation, also known every bit radio-frequency (RF) radiations or microwave radiation, could increment cancer adventure in addition to has been shown to impairment the reproductive scheme in addition to alter neurological development.

The missive of the alphabet cites the research of Yale Professor Dr. Hugh Taylor that showed prenatal exposure resulted inward decreased retentiveness in addition to hyperactivity inward offspring. This study joins a growing listing of experimental research showing neurotoxic effects which has informed the BabySafe Project of over 100 physicians who recommend reduced wireless exposures for meaning women inward monastic enjoin to mitigate the adventure of fetal encephalon damage.

Professor Martha Herbert, MD PhD, a Harvard pediatric neurologist, is quoted: "RF radiations from wifi in addition to jail electrochemical cell towers tin exert a disorganizing effect on the powerfulness to larn in addition to remember, in addition to tin also last destabilizing to immune in addition to metabolic function."

The scientists made the next recommendations to the U.S. Department of Education:

1. Raise schoolhouse community awareness through novel educational curriculum: Students, teachers, in addition to their families should last given information on wireless wellness risks in addition to uncomplicated precautionary steps they tin pick out to protect their health. It is of import to learn children how to utilisation engineering scientific discipline both safely in addition to to a greater extent than responsibly inward monastic enjoin to protect their wellness in addition to wellbeing.

2. Install a rubber communication in addition to information engineering scientific discipline infrastructure inward schools to run into educational needs: Solutions be to cut back exposures to wireless emissions in addition to mitigate the wellness risk. Low-EMF Best Practices have got been developed allowing educational needs to last met with safer hard-wired Internet connections, which are also faster in addition to to a greater extent than secure.

"A 21st century classroom must span the digital dissever inward the safest way possible. The US of America of America tin thoughtfully integrate rubber engineering scientific discipline into every classroom spell safeguarding the wellness of generations to come upwardly past times installing rubber in addition to secure wired network connections." stated Dr. Davis, President of the EHT in addition to Visiting Professor, The Hebrew University Medical School.

Please download the missive of the alphabet at this cautioning against wireless networks in schools and, most recently, http://wifiinschools.com/lausd-testimony.html

Wireless LAUSD classrooms typically employ 30+ devices (iPads) inward improver to an industrial-sized router. These devices all emit microwave radiations in addition to stand upwardly for an unprecedented plane of exposure to children.

Decades of accumulated enquiry demo wireless radiations damages neurological, immune, in addition to reproductive systems inward improver to increasing cancer risk. Professor Olle Johansson, Karolinksa Institute, Stockholm Sweeden, has stated that wireless radiations exposure studies have got indicated “irreversible sterility inside 5 generations.” As this impairment is cumulative, the longer the radiations exposure, the greater the wellness impact over time.

"We are getting reports of headaches in addition to cardiac issues from across the country. The fourth dimension to human activity is now," stated a spokesperson for the National Association for Children in addition to Safe Technology (NACST).

NACST is an organization dedicated to raising awareness of the wellness impacts of wireless radiations on children. They are calling for schools to utilisation wired Internet only. Their website details both the accumulated enquiry showing wireless radiation’s needlelike every bit good every bit long term wellness impacts.

The National Association for Children in addition to Safe Technology

http//www.nacst.org
contact@nacst.org

http://bit.ly/1stRqcd

February 9, 2013

The Los Angeles Unified School District plans to pass $500 1000000 to install Wi-Fi inward every classrooom in addition to render every pupil with a wireless tablet or laptop.

The initial $50 1000000 airplane pilot stage for this projection was discussed at a School Board coming together on Feb 13, 2013. Although written in addition to oral testimony was presented to the Board inward opposition to this computer programme based on concerns almost the wellness in addition to safety of students in addition to employees from continued exposure to Wi-Fi radiation, the Board approved the airplane pilot plan.

For background on this issue and video clips, see these news stories:

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22568864/tamar-galatzan-l-schools-need-technology-but-how
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_22577480/lausd-approves-50m-computer-tablets

http://eon3emfblog.net/?p=5706

Following are excerpts from viii of the letters submitted inward opposition to the plan.

Excerpts from Selected Letters

Martin Blank, Ph.D., College of Physicians in addition to Surgeons, Columbia University

“As a researcher on biological effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) for over 20 5 years, every bit good every bit i of the contributors to the 2007 in addition to 2012 Bioinitiative Reports, I am writing to y'all concerning the wellness risks associated with the radiations from WiFi in addition to to urge y'all non to install WiFi inward the schools inward your district.”

“RF radiations tin induce unmarried in addition to double strand deoxyribonucleic acid breaks at exposure levels that are currently considered rubber nether the FCC guidelines. There are also epidemiological studies that demo an increased adventure of cancers associated with exposure to RF.”

“RF has been shown to induce other potentially harmful biological effects, such every bit leakage of the blood encephalon barrier that tin Pb to impairment of neurons inward the brain, increased micronuclei (DNA fragments) inward human blood lymphocytes--all at RF exposures that are good below the limits inward the electrical flow FCC guidelines.“

“As noted above, many potentially harmful effects, such every bit the stress response in addition to deoxyribonucleic acid strand breaks, occur at nonthermal levels. Since these champaign strengths do non induce a temperature increment (the exclusively parameter currently accepted every bit dangerous), they are unwisely considered safe. It is clear that the security standards must last revised downward to pick out into occupation concern human relationship nonthermal every bit good every bit thermal biological responses. Given the problems inward electrical flow standards, it is essential, for the protection of ourselves in addition to our children, to pick out a precautionary approach in addition to non install a WiFi system.”

Devra Davis, Ph.D., MPH, Environmental Health Trust

“In our novel paper, nosotros conclude that the weight of scientific evidence available at this fourth dimension supports a classification of jail electrochemical cell telephone in addition to other wireless engineering scientific discipline every bit a "probable human carcinogen." (2A) The information on which nosotros base this thought includes experimental studies every bit good every bit a growing number of studies inward humans. The criteria on which nosotros rely have got been validated through to a greater extent than than 3 decades of utilisation past times the IARC; other materials classified every bit in all likelihood human carcinogen include: diesel fuel engine exhaust, tars, crude refining in addition to a number of pesticides. Our newspaper reviews novel studies non available to the IARC inward its determination inward 2011, including several reports from the squad of Swedish investigators led past times Lennart Hardell.”

“We annotation that the American Academy of Pediatrics has expressed its concerns almost the growing exposures to children inward a missive of the alphabet to Congress dated 12 Dec 2012: ‘Children are disproportionately affected past times environmental exposures, including jail electrochemical cell telephone radiation. The differences inward os density in addition to the amount of fluid inward a child’s encephalon compared to an adult’s encephalon could allow children to absorb greater quantities of RF unloose energy deeper into their brains than adults. It is essential that whatsoever novel standards for jail electrochemical cell phones or other wireless devices last based on protecting the youngest in addition to most vulnerable populations to ensure they are safeguarded through their lifetimes.'”

"As many researchers have got noted, children are non precisely footling adults. Their brains in addition to skulls absorb to a greater extent than radiations than do adults. Empirical information have got shown a departure inward the dielectric properties of tissues every bit a business office of age, to a greater extent than oftentimes than non due to the higher H2O content inward children's tissues. High resolution computerized models based on human imaging information suggest that children are indeed to a greater extent than susceptible to the effects of EMF exposure at microwave frequencies."

"Please last aware that national authorities inward French Republic in addition to State of Israel are advising against wi-fi expansion, especially inward schools with younger children. Many authorities have got noted that standards for wireless exposures differ past times several orders of magnitude, with those inward the domicile province of the World Health Organization, Switzerland existence alongside the most stringent inward the world."

"In fact, enquiry on this topic remains poorly funded inward the U.S. The absence of definitive information on risks from wi-fi inward the U.S. at this fourth dimension should non last interpreted every bit proof of safety."

"Wired systems are far to a greater extent than safe, secure, in addition to speedy, in addition to avoid potential long term populace wellness issues. In addition, wired systems volition protect the growing number of persons who are hypersensitive to wi-fi exposures, every bit good every bit bound risks to persons with pace-makers or those with other implanted electronic or metallic devices that tin absorb greater amounts of such radiation."

Katharina Gustavs, Cert. EOH, Building Biology Consultant IBN

“Second, every bit an EMF consultant, I recommend choosing wired technologies, especially for Internet access inward schools and, inward general, keeping RF radiations exposures from all sources every bit depression every bit possible. In this I follow the recommendations of the High German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (2007), the Parliament of the Federal State of Salzburg (2007), the Israeli Parliament (2010), the International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS), the BioInitiative Working Group (2012), in addition to the Seletun Scientific Panel (2010), precisely to squall a few. Understand that with each additional wireless transmitter y'all add together to the schoolhouse environment, y'all unnecessarily increment the overall exposure to radio-frequency radiations for each pupil in addition to staff member. Be inspired past times other authorities agencies in addition to schoolhouse districts that travail reducing the RF exposure of their students in addition to staff members. “

“Last twelvemonth the Physicians’ Working Group of the Competence Initiative non exclusively launched some other International Doctors’ Appeal, but they also released some other alert regarding Wi-Fi inward which it says: ‘Wi-Fi radiations seems to last perceived every bit especially stressful. Not exclusively electrohypersensitive people say so, but also salubrious people written report their discomfort inward the presence of Wi-Fi radiation.”

“Laboratory tests of laptops have got shown that the exposure plane for a user tin easily last greater than 100,000 μW/m2 when the laptop is placed inward the lap, which is definitely higher than fifty-fifty elevated urban RF levels. The late released EMF Guidelines past times the EMF Working Group of the Austrian Medical Association consider whatsoever plane greater than 1000

μW/m2 ‘very far higher upwardly normal,’ in addition to greater than 10 μW/m2 ‘far higher upwardly normal.’”

“Do non last fooled past times the URS report.* In my testing experience, people tend to adversely react to Wi-Fi radiation, starting at 100 μW/m2 (0.01 μW/cm2). And this is non a whole- body, time-averaged value, which would last much lower, but a peak value. The human trunk does non tending almost the ‘accepted practice’ of the FCC.”

“Also, basic logic seems to escape the authors of the URS report. On the i hand, they claim that ‘a cautionary plane of 0.1 μW/cm2 is attainablewithin LAUSD classrooms.’ At what distance from whatsoever device? At the user distance? From i unmarried Wi-Fi device? For whatsoever scenario when all devices inward a given classroom are working? How tin recommendation

number 3 on page 1-2 last reconciled with number 6? Does this hateful that the recommended cautionary plane exclusively applies to a unmarried frequency band, i.e. Wi-Fi? What almost cumulative exposure from all the different types of wireless frequencies?”

“Ambient exposure levels inward a classroom with a Wi-Fi access dot may arrive at from 100-4,000 μW/m2 (up to 90,000 μW/m2), depending on a person’s distance to the access point. Compared to the 10 1000000 μW/m2 of the FCC limit, 1000 μW/m2 (0.1 μW/cm2) may audio rather small. Considering that the natural background radiations (in which

human life has evolved) is over a billion times lower (ca. 0.000001 μW/m2), this may give y'all pause. For your orientation, I have got compiled a tabular array with diverse Wi-Fi exposure levels:

https://basic-halli.blogspot.com/search?q=saying-good-bye-to-wi-fi-waldord-school .)

Cindy Sage, M.A., Sage Associates, Santa Barbara, CA

“The LAUSD volition identify hundreds of thousands of schoolhouse children at adventure for illness, learning impairments in addition to other wellness problems past times choosing a delivery engineering scientific discipline that produces a toxic emission (radiofrequency in addition to microwave radiation) that has late been classified every bit a Possible Human Carcinogen.”

“There is overwhelming evidence that children are to a greater extent than vulnerable than adults to many different exposures (Sly in addition to Carpenter, 2012), including RFR (Wiart et al, 2008), in addition to that the diseases of greatest concern are cancer in addition to adverse effects on neurodevelopment. “

“Existing FCC security standards are nether formal review past times the FCC (Proceeding 03-137). The US Government Accountability Office Report of 2012 recommends to the FCC that it formally reassess, and, if appropriate, alter it's electrical flow RF unloose energy exposure bound in addition to mobile telephone testing requirements related to in all likelihood usage configurations, particularly when phones are held against the trunk (US GAO, 2012). The existing FCC populace security standards cannot last presumed for purposes of the LAUSD determination on wireless to last protective of populace wellness nether these circumstances. The existing security limits do non protect against chronic exposures nor against non-thermal effects of radiofrequency in addition to microwave radiations on human health. They are specifically non protective of children or smaller-stature individuals (they are developed to last suitable to protect a six-foot human (in stature). They address acute, but non chronic exposures. And they are non protective against biological effects of non-thermal low-intensity RFR exposures for either children, adults, or the disabled.”

“LAUSD must contain appropriate measures to address the recent World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classification of RFR every bit a Possible Human Carcinogen earlier subjecting widespread hundreds of thousands of its District personnel in addition to students to a preventable toxic exposure. The WHO IARC classified RF radiations every bit a Group 2B Possible Human Carcinogen; it joins the IARC classification of ELF-EMF (Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields) every bit a Group 2B Possible Human Carcinogen. The evidence for carcinogenicity for RFR was primarily from jail electrochemical cell phone/brain tumor studies but IARC applies this classification to all RFR exposures.”

“New scientific studies of radiofrequency radiations of the form in addition to at the levels associated with wireless classroom environments written report that chronic, whole-body RFR exposure at levels every bit depression every bit 0.003 microwatts per foursquare centimeter resultant inward adverse wellness effects on children in addition to adolescents (Thomas et al 2008; Heinrich et al 2010; Thomas et al 2010; Mohler et al 2010). Wireless classrooms volition create unavoidable in addition to involuntary exposure to RFR at levels shown to adversely behave upon memory, learning, cognition, attention, concentration in addition to demeanor to schoolhouse occupants. No plane of RFR exposure has been conclusively determined to last safe.”

“LAUSD should non encourage or mandate the utilisation of wireless devices similar iPads or wireless computers with associated wireless access points installed inward classrooms; or jail electrochemical cell phones inward learning environments on LAUSD properties. There is evidence that is sufficient to warn against chronic utilisation of wireless devices close or worn on the trunk related to reproductive organs inward both males in addition to females (See Footnote 1).”

Other Submissions

Numerous other individuals submitted written testimony inward opposition to the LAUSD WiFi computer programme including Stephanie in addition to Jeff Austin, Liz Barris, Mary Beth Brangan (Ecological Options Network), Susan Brinchman (Center for Electrosmog Prevention), Merry Callahan, Sue Chiang (Center for Environmental Health), Linda Ewart (Citizens for Safe Technology), C. Gartz, Shane Gregory, Kim Hahn, Joshua Hart (Stop Smart Meters), Kawartha Safe Technology Initiative, Elizabeth Kelley, Barbara Li Santi, Ellen Marks (California Brain Tumor Association), Kiki Iwata and Gail Nicol, Garril Page, Ray Pealer, Sharon Phillips, Deb Rubin, Victoria Siever, Toni Stein (Environmental Health Trust), K. Sundmark, R. Paul Sundmark, in addition to Diane Whitmire.

The testimony inward opposition to this policy is available at:

http://www.wifiinschools.com/lausd-testimony.html

March 11, 2013

Dear School Board Members:

I wishing to pick out to your attending a press release I distributed today every bit it is relevant to the District's Technology Plan. At a recent meeting, the Board decided to adopt a Wi-Fi scheme inward the LA Unified schools against the recommendations of some American wellness experts every bit good every bit the Council of Europe:

https://basic-halli.blogspot.com/search?q=saying-good-bye-to-wi-fi-waldord-school and
https://basic-halli.blogspot.com/search?q=saying-good-bye-to-wi-fi-waldord-school.

As y'all may know, the FCC's regulatory criterion protects the population from thermal exposure to microwave radiations from wireless equipment but non from low-intensity, non-thermal exposures.

Since the District ignored these warnings in addition to intends to install wireless networks inward the schools, I suggest y'all consider a requirement that the systems last designed consistent with the ALARA (as depression every bit reasonably achievable) principle in monastic enjoin to minimize potential wellness risks to students in addition to staff. It would last prudent for the Board to follow this course of study of activity based upon the precautionary principle.

In 2003, a major telecommunication society acknowledged inward a patent filing that exposure to depression intensity, non-thermal wireless radiations is carcinogenic. The engineering scientific discipline described inward this patent could substantially cut back microwave radiations exposure from a local wireless network. Although I have got non done a patent search, I would imagine that the wireless manufacture holds numerous patents that could cut back microwave radiations exposure from wireless local networks. Unfortunately, the manufacture has footling incentive to apply these patents to extant engineering scientific discipline because the FCC has been lax inward its rule of microwave radiation.

The District could move a model for the land past times adopting a Wi-Fi scheme in addition to distributing tablets/laptops that are compliant with the ALARA principle. School districts in addition to their students throughout the province could also do goodness if the Board requires the wireless manufacture to brand this option available to the public.

Sincerely,

Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D.

Wireless Industry's Patented System to Reduce Cancer Risk from Wireless Local Networks Never Adopted

A major telecom society patented a scheme to cut back "electrosmog" from wireless local networks to cut back cancer risks associated with non-thermal exposures to microwave radiation. The manufacture has known the risks for many years but has failed to act. Joel M. Moskowitz, PRLog (Press Release) - Mar 11, 2013

Swisscom AG, a major telecommunication provider inward Switzerland, filed U.S. in addition to international patent applications for an innovative scheme to cut back “electrosmog” from wireless local networks (i.e., Wi-Fi) inward 2003.

This patent application acknowledged the cancer adventure from exposure to wireless radiations viii years earlier the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer declared that radiofrequency energy, including jail electrochemical cell telephone in addition to Wi-Fi radiation, is a “possible carcinogen” to humans, similar dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane in addition to lead.

Furthermore, the application acknowledged that low-intensity, non-thermal exposures to wireless radiations is genotoxic. This is critical because the electrical flow U.S. regulatory criterion for wireless radiation, established inward 1996, does non protect us from non-thermal exposures ...

To consider entire intelligence release: http://www.prlog.org/12094566

March 25, 2013

On March 19, the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, an international association of physicians in addition to other professionals, wrote a missive of the alphabet to the Los Angeles Unified School District that makes the next recommendation:

"do non add together to the burden of populace wellness past times installing blanket wireless network connections inward Los Angeles schools. Hardwired network connections are non exclusively safer, they are stronger, in addition to to a greater extent than secure."

The missive of the alphabet discusses why precaution is warranted:

"There is consistent emerging scientific discipline that shows people, especially children are affected past times the increasing exposure to wireless radiation. In September 2010, theJournal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine ‐ Fertility in addition to Sterility reported that exclusively 4 hours of exposure to a criterion laptop using WiFi caused deoxyribonucleic acid impairment to human sperm."

"In May 2011, the World Health Organization elevated exposure to wireless radiation, including WiFi, onto the Class 2b listing of Carcinogens."

"In Oct 2012, the AAEM issued a populace alert almost WiFi inward schools that

stated:

'Adverse wellness effects from wireless radio frequency fields, such every bit learning disabilities, altered immune responses, in addition to headaches, clearly be in addition to are good documented inward the scientific literature. Safer technology, such every bit utilisation of hardwiring, is strongly recommended inward schools.'”

"In Dec 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics ‐ representing 60,000 pediatricians, wrote to Congress requesting it update the security levels of microwave radiations exposure especially for children in addition to meaning women."

"The WiFi systems inward schools are typically hundreds of times to a greater extent than powerful than the domicile consumer systems y'all may last familiar with. They are also dozens of times to a greater extent than powerful than the cafe in addition to eating seat systems y'all may have got beenexposed to. The WiFi systems inward schools are necessarily to a greater extent than powerful than anymicrowave communication systems inward whatsoever other setting because they are requiredto run hundreds of computers simultaneously. They are also exposing children ‐ the most vulnerable to microwave radiations ‐ to extended periods all day, for their entire childhood."

"This is an unprecedented exposure with unknown outcome on the wellness in addition to reproductive potential of a generation."

"To install this scheme inward Los Angeles risks a widespread populace wellness enquiry that the medical scheme is non yet prepared to answer."

The Academy forewarns the District, "caution must last exercised to forestall a potential populace wellness disaster."

"It is unlikely that in that location are currently plenty doctors inward Los Angeles County familiar with the biological effects of microwave radiations to diagnose in addition to process the numbers of children who volition potentially move symptomatic from exposure to your wireless scheme should y'all elect to install it. Statistics demo that y'all tin await an immediate reaction inward 3% of your students in addition to time‐delayed reactions inward 30% of them. This volition also include teachers."

The total text of this missive of the alphabet is available at:

American Academy of Environmental Medicine Letter to LAUSD 3-19-2013

Resources on WiFi inward the Schools

(Updated: 2/1/2017)

Inviting Discussion almost Safer Tech Use inward Schools
Katie Singer, An Electronic Silent Spring. Jan 27, 2017 http://bit.ly/2k9MYQh

Screens inward Schools are a $60 Billion Hoax
Nicholas Kadaras. TIME Magazine. Aug 31, 2016. http://ti.me/2bIp6Ce

Is WiFi inward Schools Safe?

Brian Spero, Boston Parents Paper, undated. http://bit.ly/1LYPgvu

Wi Fi inward Schools: Are nosotros Playing it Safe with our Kids?

Cindy Russell, MD, The Bulletin (Santa Clara County/Monterey County Medical Association), March/April 2015, pp. 16-21. http://bit.ly/1HtJ9eU

CEO Wireless Letter from the Bioinitiative Working Group

September 17, 2014

[The BioInitiative Working Group consists of 29 scientists from x nations.]

On behalf of the BioInitative Working Group, nosotros are writing to limited our concern almost the views expressed past times CEOs from Google, Dell, Apple, Adobe, eBay, Facebook, the George Lucas Educational Foundation in addition to others to the FCC supporting wireless technologies inward schools ....

Saturating schools with wireless engineering scientific discipline volition in all likelihood create unnecessary liability for municipalities in addition to resultant inward a loss of populace trust in addition to confidence inward the corporations that force their wireless products with a blind optic toward wellness concerns.

Epidemiological studies demo links betwixt radiofrequency radiations (RFR) exposure in addition to cancers, neurological disorders, hormonal changes, symptoms of electrical hypersensitivity (EHS) in addition to more. Laboratory studies demo that RFR exposure increases adventure of cancer, abnormal sperm, learning in addition to retentiveness deficits, in addition to pump irregularities. Fetal exposures inward both creature in addition to human studies resultant inward altered encephalon evolution inward the immature offspring, with disruption inward learning, retentiveness in addition to behavior.

The encephalon evolution of a fetus tin last impaired past times in-utero exposure to a meaning woman. The evidence for these statements is based on hundreds of published, peer-reviewed scientific studies that written report adverse effects at levels much lower than electrical flow FCC populace security limits. WiFi is schools, inward contrast to wired network connections, volition increment adventure of neurologic impairment in addition to long-term adventure of cancer inward students. Corporations cannot avoid responsibleness simply past times asserting compliance with existing legal, but outdated in addition to inadequate FCC populace security limits ...

http://bit.ly/1w9yXSc

Other Resources

Ahonen, M. & Koppel, T. (2012). Mobile Learning in addition to Health-Risk Management of Pulsed Microwave Technologies. In Specht et al. (Eds.) mLearn 2012, Mobile in addition to Contextual Learning, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mobile in addition to Contextual Learning 2012 Helsinki, Finland. 134-139. http://bit.ly/1f1tDcc

Many schools in addition to educational institutions are using wireless Wi-Fi in addition to Tablet technologies inward their education. Recently WHO IARC classified radiofrequency (RF) radiation ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’. Currently guidance levels for electromagnetic fields (including RF) are based on thermal effects spell effects have got been reported on non-thermal levels. Possibly these biological, non-thermal effects are brain-related in addition to behave upon cognition, memorizing in addition to learning. We start past times describing our measure method used for Wi-Fi routers in addition to laptop Wi-Fi antennas. Then a historical overview on thermal in addition to non-thermal viewpoints is provided. The objective of this study is to quantify the actual RF radiations levels roughly Wi-Fi access points in addition to laptop computers at educational facilities in addition to to assess their compliance with the electrical flow thermal-only guidelines in addition to also with precautionary, biological guidance levels. This newspaper ends to recommendations how to minimize radiations exposure inward educational institutions.

Ahonen, M. Mobile Learning in addition to Health Risks—Implications for Pedagogical in addition to Educational Practices (Based on a presentation inward 2008, updated inward 2011). http://slidesha.re/1cECBIj

American Academy of Environmental Medicine –Statement on WiFi inward Schools

http://aaemonline.org/wifischool.html

American Academy of Pediatrics – Protection of Children in addition to Pregnant Women from Wireless Radiation

https://basic-halli.blogspot.com/search?q=saying-good-bye-to-wi-fi-waldord-school

Boston Parents Paper. "Is Wi-Fi inward Schools Safe? Putting EMF exposure on your radar of potential wellness risks." http://bit.ly/2bVo5Gc

Canadians for Safe Technology (C4ST)– WiFi inward Schools

http://www.c4st.org/news/category/wifi-in-schools/

CBC News. "Health Dangers of WiFi inward Schools"

Citizens for Safe Technology – WiFi (Schools, Children in addition to Families)

http://www.citizensforsafetechnology.org/wi-fi-in-schools-children-and-families,19,0

Collaborative for High Performance Schools. 2014 US-CHPS New Construction in addition to Renovation Criteria: Low EMF Best Practices (pdf). http://bit.ly/loEMF14CHPS

Collaborative for High Performance Schools: EMF inward Schools Summary

https://basic-halli.blogspot.com/search?q=saying-good-bye-to-wi-fi-waldord-school

EMF-Portal - Search on "wifi" for summaries of to a greater extent than than 175 studies

http://www.emf-portal.de/suche.php?l=e

EMR Policy Institute
http://www.emrpolicy.org/public_policy/schools/index.htm

Environmental Health Trust: School, Union, in addition to PTA Actions
http://bit.ly/1MMxbmi

Greater Victoria Teachers' Association
http://gvta.net/index.php/health-safety/2013-02-20-23-22-17

Havas, Magda, Ph.D.
http://www.magdahavas.com/wifi-in-schools-and-health-effects/

Leszczynski, Dariusz, Ph.D., D.Sc. Wireless Radiation in addition to Children's Health. Feb 24, 2017
http://bit.ly/2nBs4Kk

Manhattan Neighbors for Safer Telecommunications
http://manhattanneighbors.org/parents-schools/

Maryland Children’s Environmental Health in addition to Protection Advisory Council. WiFi Radiation inward Schools inward Maryland Final Report. Dec 13, 2016
http://bit.ly/MDWifireport

New Bailiwick of Jersey Education Association. Minimize wellness risks from electronic devices. Sep 2016.

http://bit.ly/NJEAschool

No Radiation For You
http://www.norad4u.com/knowledge/wifi-in-schools

Parents for Safe Schools
http://parentsforasafeschool.blogspot.ca

Parents Against WiFi inward Schools

https://www.facebook.com/ParentsAgainstWiFiinSchool