BIA-White Rock- Business Improvement Assoc., '9/11' "Block Party" Sat. Sep. 11th!

By:: Whiterockreporter | September 11, 2010

An oversight or not..?
As announced; a block party arranged by White Rock Business Improvement Area Association took place this Saturday of 'rememberance & contemplation' with regards to the USA "9/11" terrorist attack on US soil and properties'. which took over 3,000 lives and victims,that sunny, clear and crisp day in the city of New York, N.Y.

I cannot avoid but wondering about how far and deep and long 'mourning and grief and solidarity and respect' together with one's neighboring country shall last or be perceived as adequate for the event of a annual memorial and a minute of silence.

Right or insensitive timing for the 'party-time' in White Rock BC?
I leave with the viewer and public to decide....."Oh Canada....we stand on guard for....

Buskers and other entertainment kept on from noon to late in the afternoon..16,00 hrs Pacific Standard Time...a date and occasion few will forget.

Information and activity over-load must have been the reasons for the White Rock residents and visiting public not to show up.

School start, teachers assemblies and other meetings this 'school-weekend' may have contributed to 'weak attendance' and indifference to the planned program I am sure many regret missing out on.

When you feel life gets dull between the warm-ups and exercises go and get further excitement by visiting "Bluetooths", the BlueZone and the Wi-Fi central as located on list of the site: LOTS OF CRISPY COUPONS THERE.

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Demand Safe Technology in Schools 'hard-wire' VS 'Wireless'... Wi-Fi Radiation declared Un-Safe for Children BC and Canada?? - Health Canada - ??

Announcement - Declaration


School Trustees/School Board: Langley School District #35

Executive: Langley Teachers' Association (LTA)

Executive: British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF)

Directors: British Columbia School Trustees Association (BCSTA)

Directors: British Columbia Council of Parent Advisory Councils (BCCPAC)

Members of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA's)

Canadian Provincial Education Ministers

Canadian Federal MP's



To all those charged with protection of the public:

I represent an organization made up of concerned parents, grandparents, teachers, principals, administrators and others from across Canada who are gravely concerned regarding health risks from exposure to Wi-Fi in schools.

Petitions requesting that schools be kept hard wired are currently being signed in different locations across Canada, with hundreds of signatures so far. A significant number of parents worried about their children in schools have actually experienced very troubling and in some cases, disabling, symptoms from their own use of Wi-Fi in the home. There are countless people who have now hard wired their homes as a result of their own experiences of ill health effects caused by Wi-Fi routers at home.

Many teachers are also unhappy about this exposure. I have personally spoken with teachers from around British Columbia who are witnessing a confusing array of unexplained health symptoms in classes that were basically healthy prior to the installation of Wi-Fi routers.

These symptoms include a marked increase in headaches, dizziness, nosebleeds, heart irregularities, confusion, changes in attention and concentration, ongoing nausea, exhaustion and sleep problems. I am told by teachers about parents who are taking children to different doctors and specialists looking for answers, but with no results and no reasons given for these horrible symptoms.

In the absence of a proper diagnosis, increasing numbers of young people are being put on anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, whilst continuing the exposure to Wi-Fi which could be the trigger for the health symptoms. A number of teachers themselves are also feeling similar effects.

Personally, I can say with absolute confidence that Wi-Fi is extraordinarily biologically active for those who are sensitive. Without my knowledge, Telus remotely activated a wireless router in my home office.

I had no explanation for the sudden onset of daily headaches and migraines, dizziness, nausea, inability to sleep, heart arrhythmias, digestive disturbances, painful teeth and gums and absolute exhaustion.

I had to close my counselling practise due to these completely disabling symptoms. I experienced a frightening episode of racing heart and pain down my left arm that I went immediately for heart attack tests. Nothing could be found.

As soon as a neighbour alerted me to the fact that I had wireless internet emanating from my home, I had Telus shut off the system remotely, in the same way it had been activated. My unexplained disabling health symptoms disappeared almost overnight. Now, I am perfectly healthy as long as I stay away from Wi-Fi zones.

There is something terribly wrong with a society that does not protect its children at the first sign of danger. Of course, this danger is relatively new, it is invisible and insensible so it is hard to identify as a toxin as in the case of cigarette smoke.

I see from the newspapers the ongoing scourge of exposure to asbestos in the past. We know that cigarettes are also still taking a toll. In both these cases, there were early warnings which could have avoided so much tragedy.

The story of late lessons from early warnings has always been accompanied by regulatory agencies failing to protect the public, as is happening now. I refer you to the recent public statement made by Carol Hughes, MP, who participated in the Parliamentary HESA Hearings April 2010, in which she states clearly that Health Canada needs to come clean with parents as to the health risks of irradiating children on a daily basis.

The fact is that we are now risking the health of all our children in a place that needs to maintain one of the highest standards for safety in our society. Places where our children and youth gather together need to be protected from risks and exposures, even when we do not understand completely the full extent of the risk. Children are not little adults, and are uniquely sensitive to damage from toxins, from pesticides to non-ionizing radiation.

Why is it that Canada is so slow to warn parents that they need to protect their children from the risks of cellular technology, when other countries are issuing public statements to that effect?

Why is it that a parent’s absolute right to protect their child is being so completely discounted and ignored? Is it that Health Canada has denied biological effects of non-ionizing radiation for so long, that to provide the honest truth that there are thousands of peer reviewed and published scientific articles evidencing harm, as well as the Royal Society Report, would show that Health Canada has indeed not been protecting the public they serve?

This is a growing issue of concern. Every day, more and more people are experiencing ill health effects that they have been able to trace to Wi-Fi exposure, whether in the home, school or workplace.

Every day, more and more children are exposed to this dangerous wireless toxin that could be so easily eliminated with hard wired systems. There is an immediate urgency to defend children’s health. Let the child be the first among us to receive protection.

On behalf of the members of our society and concerned parents across Canada, I urge you to immediately call for a return to hard wiring in schools, which is such an easy and simple way to eliminate health risks caused by this untested wireless technology emanating from our schools.

Children’s health must take priority over convenience. To stand by in silence does not excuse responsibility and accountability.

There is no time to waste; we look to our leaders to act with wisdom and integrity in protecting the people they serve.



Una St Clair-Moniz

Executive Director

Citizens for Safe Technology Society

www.citizensforsafetechnology.org



Protecting children & youth from

unsafe wireless technologies

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Mobile Phones and Health - New Leaflets in Wales

Mobile Phones and Health - New Leaflets in Wales

Welsh Assembly tells children "it seems that using a mobile phone won’t cause health problems"

In June we noted that the new Welsh Assembly Government Health Protection Agency leaflets tell children as young as seven years of age: Mobile phones are great for keeping in touch with friends and family, and millions of people all over the world use them everyday. At the moment it seems that using a mobile phone won’t cause health problems." That is certainly not how we read the current state of the science and we believe this reassurance of safety should not be taught to our children.

We now post a further analysis of this with comments by many leading scientists. A PDF version may be downloaded here .

Note: References are not hyperlinked from the text below but are listed at the end.

Scientific inaccuracies

The Welsh Assembly Government has produced two leaflets advising children and young people in Wales about mobile phone use [1].

However, twenty leading international scientists and health professionals have written about their concerns and they give scientific reasons why they consider so much of the information within the leaflets to be incorrect or misleading.

Contravention of current guidance from the UK Chief Medical Officers

The new leaflets advise children as young as seven that it is all right to use mobile phones as long as the calls are short. In contrast, the existing UK Department of Health advice is that young people are strongly advised by the UK Chief Medical Officers to: "use mobile phones for essential purposes only" [2]. Although this is mentioned at the end of each leaflet, the children are likely to pay more attention to the first pages which advise them that they may safely make short calls. The leaflets also deny the accepted view that children are likely to be more at risk. These earlier statements within the leaflets both contravene the current advice from the Chief Medical Officers.

Four main points of inaccuracy

The leaflets state:

1. ‘The evidence available to date shows that using mobile phones does not appear to cause health problems.’ and ‘Most of the results from work that scientists have done so far do not suggest that radio signals make us ill.’

Leading scientists have made the following comments:

There is strong evidence for an increased risk for brain tumours at least after 10 years of use – the statement is false. Dr Gerd Oberfeld

This is totally wrong based on epidemiological and clinical data (both based on humans), not to mention the numerous lab animal experiments. Every answer given within the Welsh leaflet is scientifically wrong. Dr Adamantia Fragopoulou and Professor Lukas Margaritis

The type of radiation emitted by these gadgets has been linked to cancer, neurological diseases, impairments to immune function, and neurological function…. We also know that this kind of radiation impacts DNA, leading to possible mutations and cancer development, as well as affecting fertility and reproduction, causing a dramatic decline in sperm count. Dr Olle Johansson

Many labs have documented the molecular damage due to RF (radio-frequency) signals, and the damage to DNA is believed to be the first step on a road that can lead to cancer. Dr Martin Blank

It is not true that the great majority of scientists conclude that there are no adverse effects from exposure to mobile phones. While most of us see the need for further study, the evidence to date strongly suggests that long term use results in an elevation in the risk of brain tumors, tumors of the auditory nerve and parotid gland, but only on the side of the head on which the phone is used. Those who deny these conclusions often have major conflicts of interest. Professor David Carpenter

There is enough preliminary evidence and concern from scientists and public alike that cell phone use seems to be associated with illnesses of various sorts and the bottom line is that this needs to be further investigated from the public health perspective. If as with smoking, things are ignored, we will regret it years down the line and may well see an increase in cell phone-related illnesses. Dr Santosh Kesari

I am deeply concerned to see the description of the science on cell phones and health as depicted in these children’s pamphlets. In fact, there is clear and compelling human evidence that heavy use of cell phones for a period of a decade or more consistently doubles the risk of malignant brain tumors in all studies ever conducted on this topic that have been able to follow people for a decade. …experimental studies show that cell phone radiation causes a host of biological impacts in living cells, ranging from damaging DNA to producing a host of biological markers that are associated with increased risks of cancer, chronic neurological disease, including possibly Alzheimer’s and autism. Dr Devra Lee Davis

WRONG! Many studies have documented adverse biological and health effects for people who use wireless devices or live near cell phone antennas and are exposed to microwave radiation. Dr Magda Havas

The evidence from independent studies strongly disagrees with the statement “most of the results…do not suggest that radio signals make us ill”, which results were mainly by mobile phone industry funded studies. Professor Christos Georgiou

There are many publications showing health effects of radiofrequency radiations. Approximately half of all published papers show such effects. [3] This apparent discrepancy can be accounted for various conditions of exposure, because non- thermal RF effects are critically dependent on various parameters and also biological variables.[4][5][6] Dr Igor Belyaev

About half of the scientific papers published on mobile phone radiation reported biological effects. We simply cannot ignore these reports and conclude that exposure to the radiation has no health risk. Dr Henry Lai

2. ‘When we use a mobile phone it sends out radio signals.’ ‘A radio or television uses the same kind of signals.’

Scientists have made the following comments in response:

The statement seems misleading. Dr Gerd Oberfeld

This is a false analogy. The radio or television transmitter is usually many miles away and the signal is very weak when it gets to you. On the other hand, when you use a mobile phone, the transmitter is held right against the head, where the signal strength may be hundreds or thousands of times greater. Dr Andrew Goldsworthy

There is significant difference in carrier frequencies and modulation between signals from mobile phones and radio-TV-signals. Therefore health effects should be evaluated separately. Dr Igor Belyaev

Radios and televisions do not send out radio waves. Dr Henry Lai

These reported characteristics are not equivalent to each other. For example a television or a radio antenna is kilometres away and the amount of radiation someone is receiving is not the same as a mobile phone. Dr Stelios Zinelis

The emission emitted by mobile phones fall in the microwave frequency range. These are modulated at extremely low frequency and hence carry multiplicity of messages. Professor J. Behari

The statement is not true, because the mobile phone signals are GSM modulated and emit at different frequencies. Dr Adamantia Fragopoulou and Professor Lukas Margaritis

3. ‘Body heating is normal and happens with exercise or when we have a hot bath. The heat from mobile phones is less than this.’

Scientists have commented:

Microwaves cause biological damage at exposures below those which cause heating. The scientific literature contains thousands of such studies. Therefore the comment about heating has failed to mention that mobile phones may be causing damage without there being any heating effect. Dr Sarah Starkey

The increase in blood circulation in the skin (turning it red) carries away the excess heat in both cases (mobile phones and hot baths) but it does not carry away the DNA and protein molecules that are damaged by the RF signals. Dr Martin Blank

...heating has nothing to do with the overall biological and health effects and in addition and most crucially, the radiation is very-very close to the brain when using the mobile phone. Dr Adamantia Fragopoulou and Professor Lukas Margaritis

The mobile phone industry is adamant that there are only heating effects from mobile phones. But they are fundamentally wrong. In quantum spin chemistry, it has been known for thirty years that the production of free radicals and their reactions are influenced by electromagnetic fields at 10 millionth of that needed for the heating effects. Free radicals will react by the spin states of the free electrons, it is not to do with thermal energy. It is not the job of the Department of Health to protect industry. Professor Denis Henshaw

There are scientific data indicating that some biological effects of the radio waves emitted by mobile phones are non-thermal i.e. not caused by heating. Dr Henry Lai

4. ‘Current research does not suggest that young people are especially sensitive to mobile phone signals.’ and ‘...tests done so far do not show that there is more risk for us (children) at the moment.’

"The assertion in the leaflets that children are not more at risk is contrary to other international advice based on the known science, including that of the UK’s Department of Health and Chief Medical Officers. It is widely acknowledged in the scientific world that the potential damage to children is likely to be greater than for adults. The UK Government’s Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones (IEGMP 2000)[7] known as the Stewart Report, states: 1.53 …children may be more vulnerable because of their developing nervous systems, the greater absorption of energy in the tissues of the head … and a longer lifetime exposure.

The World Health Organisation, as a cause for concern, currently refers to children having: a potentially longer lifetime of exposure. [8]

In 2005 Sir William Stewart stated: If there are risks – and we think that maybe there are – then the people who are going to be most affected are children, and the younger the children, the greatest the danger [9]. Also, in April this year Professor Lawrie Challis, who was vice chairman of the Stewart Report and is also the former chairman of the government-funded Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme (MTHR), again repeated his advice that children under 12 years of age should not use mobile phones at all. [10] The views of these eminent UK government scientists are being ignored.

The Stewart Report referred to children absorbing more electromagnetic radiation than adults – that a 5 year old absorbs 60% more. Gandhi in 1996 described greater penetration of radiation into the head of a 5 or 10 year old child compared to an adult [11]. Other studies have since indicated around a 50 to 100 per cent increase in absorption by children, such as in the work of de Salles and others [12]. Also, earlier this year Christ et al. published a paper showing that exposure of the bone marrow of children may exceed that of adults by about a factor of 10. [13]

A study in 2009 by Hardell and Carlberg found that using a mobile phone for the first time under the age of 20 was associated with a much greater increased risk (2.5 to 6.2 fold greater) of developing a malignant astrocytoma in the brain or tumour of the acoustic nerve, than for those who first used a phone over the age of 20. [14]"

Leading scientists have made the following comments:

These are not scientific statements and are just nonsense. See our paper from last year that shows that young persons are more sensitive.[14] Professor Lennart Hardell

Hardell et al. 2006 observed an increased risk for malignant brain tumors in young adults when the first use of mobile phones started before the age of 20. Dr Gerd Oberfeld

Yes, we know that children are more sensitive to mobile phone signals. Please refer to our paper [12] … the SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) is 50 to 100 per cent higher in the children’s brain, in comparison to the adults. Many authors have shown similar results. Professor Alvaro de Salles

The body of young people is under development (especially their brain), which is controlled by a combination of very delicate and complex metabolic processes. These processes are dependent on many crucial molecular factors, one of which is oxidative stress, which is one of the main mechanisms of health damage by electromagnetic radiation. Professor Christos Georgiou

Our recent data provided possible mechanism for increased sensitivity of children to mobile phone microwaves based on effects in stem cells. [4] Dr Igor Belyaev

"Current research suggests that young people are especially sensitive to mobile phone signals and shows that there is more risk for children, same thing happens with other types of toxins. Alfonso Balmori

A study from Niels Kuster’s group indicates that certain parts of a child’s head absorb more energy from mobile phone compared to an adult head. One particular area of concern is the bone marrow in the skull. Dr Henry Lai

Other countries are giving their children advice which is far more precautionary. For example, the French Government is in the process of introducing legislation to prohibit children using mobile phones at school and to ban all advertising of mobile phones to under 14 year olds [15]. Also, all mobile phones sold in France will include a warning that overuse may damage health, and the SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) must be stated [16].

The children of Wales deserve to have high quality health advice which is scientifically correct. Unfortunately, the leaflet for primary schools effectively endorses and therefore encourages the use of mobile phones by children as young as seven. This contravenes the current advice from the UK Chief Medical Officers that young people should only make essential calls because they are considered to be more at risk.

In the light of the above scientific opinions about several inaccuracies, the leaflets need to be redrafted or withdrawn. Young people should be provided with accurate and balanced precautionary advice. Such guidance would be valuing the health and well-being of young people".

We thank the following scientists and doctors who have given their feedback on the leaflets:

Alfonso Balmori. Biologist and ornithologist, independent researcher on the effects of phone radiation on living organisms. Valladolid, Spain.

Professor Dr. J. Behari, PhD. Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Dr Igor Belyaev, PhD. Associate Professor, Cancer Research Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

Dr. Martin Blank, PhD. Associate Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, USA.

Professor Dr. David O. Carpenter, MD. Director, Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, New York, USA.

Dr. Devra Lee Davis, PhD. Director of the Center for Environmental Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, USA.

Dr. Adamantia Fragopoulou, PhD. Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Panepistemiopolis, Athens, Greece.

Professor Dr. Christos Georgiou, PhD. Professor of Biochemistry, Biology Department, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.

Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy, PhD. Lecturer in Biology (retired), Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK.

Professor Dr. Lennart Hardell, PhD. Professor of Oncology and Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University Hospital, and Department of Natural Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Dr. Magda Havas, PhD. Associate Professor, Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent University, Ontario, Canada.

Professor Dr. Denis Henshaw, PhD. Professor of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Dr. Olle Johansson, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. Professor, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Dr. Santosh Kesari, MD, PhD. Director, Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurosciences, Moores Cancer Centre, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Dr. Henry Lai, PhD. Research Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Professor Dr. Lukas Margaritis, PhD. Professor of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Panepistemiopolis, Athens, Greece.

Dr. Gerd Oberfeld, MD. Public Health Officer, Public Health Department, Salzburg, Austria.

Professor Dr. Alvaro de Salles, PhD. Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Dr. Sarah Starkey, PhD. Neuroscientist, formerly Department of Neuropharmacology, GlaxoSmithKline, UK.

Dr. Stelios Zinelis, MD. Hellenic Cancer Society, Cefallonia, Greece.

References:

- Mobile phone guidance for primary and secondary school children in Wales

- Department of Health Guidance Leaflet

- A. Huss et al. Source of funding and results of studies of health effects of mobile phone use: systematic review of experimental studies, Cien Saude Colet 13(3): 1005-1012, 2008.

- E. Markova, L. Malmgren and I. Belyaev. Microwaves from mobile phones inhibit 53BP1 focus formation in human stem cells more strongly than in differentiated cells: possible mechanistic link to cancer risk, Environ Health Perspect 118: 394-399, 2010.

I.Y. Belyaev and Y.G. Grigoriev. Problems in assessment of risks from exposures to microwaves of mobile communication, Radiats Biol Radioecol 47(6): 727-732, 2007.

I. Belyaev. Non-thermal biological effects of microwaves: Current knowledge, further perspective, and urgent needs, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine 24(3): 375-403, 2005.

- Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones (IEGMP) 2000.

- WHO EMF Project

- BBC News

- The Times, and the - Daily Mail

Gandhi O.P. et al. Electromagnetic Absorption in the Human Head and Neck for Mobile Telephones at 835MHz and 1900MHz. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 44(10): 1884-1897, 1996.

De Salles A.A. et al. Electromagnetic Absorption in the Head of Adults and Children Due to Mobile Phone Operation Close to the Head. Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine 25(4): 349-360, 2006.

- Christ A. et al. Age-dependent tissue-specific exposure of cell phone users. Phys Med Biol 55: 1767-1783, 2010.

Hardell L. and Carlberg M. Mobile phones, cordless phones and the risk of brain tumours. Int J Oncol 35(1): 5-17, 2009.

- Article183, L.5231-3 and L.511-5. 12 July 2010

- Assemblee Nationale, Article 72a. 11 May 2010

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" Health Canada’s guidelines are not protecting us "

Wi-Fi Concerns Should Lead To Updated Regulations |

Written by Carol Hughes, MP Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing

Saturday, September 4th, 2010 - 05:22:22

Last spring I attended the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health meetings that investigated the health effects of microwaves from wireless devices such as cell phones and Wi-Fi. At that time, I was approached by a group from Collingwood who reported an illness cluster in their school that is consistent with microwave exposure.

The Simcoe County District School Board had installed a blanket microwave Wi-Fi system throughout every school, and the parents at Mountain View Elementary School in Collingwood had begun to report an illness trend involving childhood headaches, nausea, vertigo, insomnia, and even tachycardia (a heart condition requiring medical attention). Some parents had spent the last 18 months in and out of doctor’s offices with a novel collection of symptoms that disappeared only when the children were not in school.

They have documented their concerns and reported them to the Simcoe County School Board, only to be told the Wi-Fi system is perfectly safe according the Health Canada.

While at committee we heard from Health Canada officials who defended the department’s Radiofrequency Exposure Guidelines (Safety Code 6), only to have those same guidelines questioned by international research scientists whose research show that people can experience biological changes in the presence of these low-level microwaves. One scientist also warned about an increased prevalence of cancer if Health Canada’s “safe” limits for microwave exposure are not lowered.

Health Canada officials confidently stated there is “no cause for concern that Wi-Fi is dangerous.”

What they should have said is that Safety Code 6 is sufficient, in their opinion. As we heard in committee, there is no consensus among research scientists that microwave radiation is safe, and Health Canada did know that. In a study by the Royal Society of Canada, commissioned by Health Canada in 1999 and updated in 2001, there is conclusive evidence that potentially dangerous things happen from microwave exposure.

Those things include weakening the blood brain barrier which protects us from disease, increasing certain enzymes known to promote cancer, and changing behaviour. This is hardly promoting a safe learning environment for young children. According to the Royal Society Report, young children are among the most vulnerable when it comes to microwave exposure. The report is clear that these biological changes happen well below the current “safe” limits set by Health Canada.

Health Canada’s guidelines are not protecting us. They are outdated and designed for a grown man at 6 minutes of exposure. They don’t take into account a 4 year old girl getting microwave exposure for 6 hours a day, five days a week, for 14 years of public school. That is the environment right now in Simcoe County schools, and other school Boards across the country about to roll out microwave transmitters for blanket Wi-Fi coverage because Health Canada tells them it’s safe.

Health Canada must tell Canadians the full story when it comes to microwave irradiation of children. What we’re doing by exposing them to all day Wi-Fi in school is really a big experiment, with unknowing volunteers.

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written by Sarah Grace, September 05, 2010

Thank you, Carol Hughes, for cutting through to the truth of this matter and speaking out publicly. You are truly one in a million, who has the strength and courage to speak out to protect your constituents. Your actions will support parents who are trying to protect their children in schools across Canada. Good to know that we have at least one honest Canadian politician out there......time for more politicians to speak out in support of reduction of risk from all the wireless pollution that is making people sick right across Canada (cell towers, cell phones, wireless internet, cordless phones, and smart meters). Let the truth set us free from this terrible environmental pollution which threatens every living thing and all life on our planet. Thanks again! Keep speaking out!

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