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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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Wi Fi illness in the Home

(last name has been removed to preserve anonymity)

August 28, 2010

Dear Dr. Havas:

Two weeks ago I noticed a small news item about parents wanting Wi Fi out of their schools in Simcoe County. The next night, I took a look at the Wi Fi ‘box’ at the foot of my bed, and decided to unplug it.

The results were immediate. I couldn’t believe it! I felt energized, and I felt like all the nerves in my body were ‘coming back to life’. Over the last two weeks I have felt so good – I’ve got my life back!

Two years ago I bought a new desktop computer, and since I had a laptop as well I decided to go ‘wireless’. People at work said: “Go for it – it’s great!” When the chap from Rogers came to install it, he suggested a shelf beneath the TV in my bedroom. Since this was going to be pointing directly at me, in my bed, and wasn’t far away, I did ask him if it would be all right. Would I have any problems? Without hesitation, he indicated everything would be fine. It was installed and that was the last I thought about it.

Between then and two weeks ago….

Ø My leg muscles were getting weaker. (I walk a lot, so this didn’t make sense.)

Ø I was listless, had no energy, and, now that I look back, I know was depressed. (This was huge for me.)

Ø My body felt different – a lack of appetite and I was constipated; I had back problems (sciatica and muscle spasms).

Ø I had a summer cold that I just couldn’t shake. (I have had two, maybe three, colds over the past 10 years, so this was highly unusual for me.)

Of course, when I had the back problems and then the cold, I spent more time in bed – putting heat on my back and feeling rotten – and, you guessed it, I was spending more time close to my Wi Fi!!!

I did continue to work, but I took the subway two stops instead of walking. And, work was about all I did. I no longer walked by the lake or in the park, groceries were a chore, and forget any other kind of shopping. I was in bed before 9:00 (which wasn’t a good thing, obviously). And all that happened was that more and more of my energy was disappearing.

Earlier in the same evening that I unplugged THE BOX, I was talking to my sister and told her I felt so terrible I was going to go to the doctor to request a chest x-ray and echocardiogram because I was fearful that my heart problems (congestive heart failure) from twelve years ago were returning. Well, I haven’t had to do that!!

The last two weeks have been a totally different story! I have my life back and I love it!

People love ‘their technology’ – their microwaves, cell phones, wireless laptops – but these side effects are too big a price to pay. This just may be the ‘cigarette’ of this generation. The problem is, it’s invisible, so the battle will surely be long and difficult.

I find your website very informative and I do applaud you for what you’re doing – thank you so much!

In case you haven’t seen it, here’s an article I came across the other day. It basically describes my experience – just change ‘office’ to ‘bedroom’.

http://kimknight101.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/the-startling-effects-of-wifi-wireless-appliances/

Yours truly,
JoAnne
Mississauga,
Ontario, Canada

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