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TO ICASA:
Paseka Maleka
Tel : (012) 568 3455
Cell : 079 509 0702
Email : pmaleka@icasa.org.za
Dear Paseka
We refer to your recent media statements that purport that when it comes to 5G technologies, there is “no evidence that they pose any health risks’. As a South African citizen I find the remark that there is NO EVIDENCE that they pose any health risks MISLEADING and grossly irresponsible. The truth is not that the technology has been tested and no proven health risks found, but rather IT HAS NEVER BEEN TESTED.
“Communications regulator Icasa has moved to quash conspiracy theories spreading through social media that next-generation 5G networks pose a health risk to consumers “The authority confirms that type-approved electronic communications facilities provided in the country adhere to the prescribed standards and that there is no evidence that they pose any health risks” to citizens, Icasa said in a statement on Monday.
I say this because either ICASA is incredibly naive, or they have been captured by big business. From extensive research done on electro magnetic frequencies (EMFs) and Radio Frequencies (RF) globally, there is overwhelming evidence that it is harmful to life at the current rate which stands to reason then that an increased rate of EMF will be even more damaging.
According to the 229,547 signatories from 211 nations who signed the Global Space Appeal, (the full referenced text of which you can find here as well as Annexure 1a below), “The accumulated clinical evidence of sick and injured human beings, experimental evidence of damage to DNA, cells and organ systems in a wide variety of plants and animals, and epidemiological evidence that the major diseases of modern civilization—cancer, heart disease and diabetes—are in large part caused by electromagnetic pollution, forms a literature base of well over 10,000 peer-reviewed studies.
They say further that “5G will massively increase exposure to radio frequency (RF) radiation on top of the 2G, 3G and 4G networks for telecommunications already in place. RF radiation has been proven harmful for humans and the environment. The deployment of 5G constitutes an experiment on humanity and the environment that is defined as a crime under international law.”
If the telecommunications industry’s plans for 5G come to fruition, no person, no animal, no bird, no insect and no plant on Earth will be able to avoid exposure, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to levels of RF radiation that are tens to hundreds of times greater than what exists today, without any possibility of escape anywhere on the planet. These 5G plans threaten to provoke serious, irreversible effects on humans and permanent damage to all of the Earth’s ecosystems.”
In light of the above, and the fact that in South Africa there is no RM-EMF radiation exposure protection standard, monitoring and regulations, we call for an immediate halt rather than speeding up of the roll out of 5G until such time that it has been tested and can ensure that there will be no harm done.
AS A South African citizen I call on ICASA and Government for the action outlined in Annexure 4 of this document including:
Halt the proposed roll-out of 5G technology in South Africa until proper research and testing proves that there is no harm to people, animals and/or the environment;
Conduct urgent research on the matter of the forthcoming 5G technology. While 5g will certainly have some benefits to us, the health risks sadly outweigh such benefits and
Ensure that in cases where technology has not been tested and there is doubt about it’s safety, to please ensure that the Precautionary Principle be employed.
By way of further mitigation I cite the following facts for your consideration:
5-G RELATED ILLNESSES WILL NOT BE INSURED AND END UP BEING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT
Large insurance companies are refusing to insure EMF related illnesses. Most particularly we bring to your attention that International re-insurance companies Swiss Re and Lloyd’s of London do not insure the telecoms industry against the health claim by the public as it has not been proven to be safe. Medical Insurance companies also do not cover any ailment that is proven to be caused by exposure to EMF Radiation. So, the full costs of such damage, when it is completely proven to be true beyond industries stranglehold of influence, will have to be borne by governments. It is reckless to take this risk with the health of citizens and to put the fiscus under such strain. We have to ask: What Does Lloyd’s of London Know that we don’t know?
Corporate Company Investor Warnings in Annual Reports 10k Filings Cell Phone Radiation Risks
“We may incur significant expenses defending such suits or government charges and may be required to pay amounts or otherwise change our operations in ways that could materially adversely affect our operations or financial results.”
Cell phone manufacturers and providers of their infrastructure are aware that the radiation from their products could be risky and warn their shareholders. See below excerpts from statements in their annual reports that indicate these companies are informing their shareholders that they may incur significant financial losses related to electromagnetic fields.
Insurance companies will not insure these companies for harm from the radiation from their products and networks. As Crown Castle states, “We currently do not maintain any significant insurance with respect to these matters.” These companies include: AT&T, Verizon, Crown Castle, VODAFONE, Blackberry, China Mobile, American Tower Corp, AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V., T-Mobile US Inc., GCI Inc, TELEFÓNICA, S.A, Soft Bank Crown Corp, Nokia, Microsoft, Telstra,
Could it be that the insurance companies must be reading the research findings from major publications like the BioInitiative Report on the biological effects of radio frequency and cell phone radiation. The research news is chilling. Prolonged exposure to EMF causes cellular malfunction, the formation of free radicals which then leads to a multitude of health issues. This report was created by 29 authors from around the world, including 10 with medical degrees, 21 PhDs and 3 masters degrees. More than 100,000 people visit their site annually (http://www.bioinitiative.org). No longer can public officials pretend EMF is harmless.
(https://smartmeternewsupdates.wordpress.com/2019/07/01/lloyds-insurers-refuse-to-cover-5g-wi-fi-illnesses/?fbclid=IwAR1zQUb68t5KBnnzRM6RtA7ju3zUmrPTVtA1pQn7ssrsmXG4hnt8t0x8Gmo)
5G HAS NOT BEEN TESTED ON HUMANS AND TESTS ON 4-G AND RELATED EMF’S PROVE THAT IT IS EXTREMELY DAMAGING TO HUMAN HEALTH
5G is completely untested for human safety, and if you want to get a picture of health concerns by clinicians and scientists in the US where their telecoms companies and the bought FCC are implementing these cell masts without the approval of society, you can search YouTube under Section637 hearings that occurred in Michigan USA in late 2018, You can see the submissions by scientists and medical clinicians to these hearings about the dangers of 5G. See Annexure 3 of this letter: International Society of Doctors for The Environment call on 5G networks in European Countries: appeal for a standstill in the respect of the precautionary principle.
IT IS A VIOLATION OF OUR RIGHTS TO A SAFE ENVIRONMENT
Nowhere in our constitution does it say that it is acceptable to harm the health of innocent citizens in the interests of growing the economy, so should people be harmed because of inaction on your part, government can arguably be held liable for not implementing the basic rights of citizens to health and a clean environment. Furthermore, our constitution protects the rights of children. By not applying caution with regards to their EMF pollution exposure, it can be argued that their rights to health and safety are being violated too.
We enclose fiver documents in support of this call.
- Annexure 1 – Recommendations for Establishment of a SA National RF-EMF Radiation exposure, Protection, Monitoring and Regulation policy;
- Annexure 1b – The 5G Space Appeal
- Annexure 2: Health Problems associated with current EMF radiation.
- Annexure 3: Global Appeal by scientists
- Annexure 4: Call to action by ICASA and Government
We are therefore calling upon ICASA as our telecoms watchdog to do the right thing rather than the serving of a capitalist agenda which serves to put profits before people.
Signed:
……………………….
Concerned Citizen
ANNEXURE 1 : ACTION RECOMMENDATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A SA NATIONAL RF-EMF RADIATION EXPOSURE PROTECTION STANDARD, MONITORING AND REGULATIONS
ESTABLISHMENT OF SA NATIONAL RF-EMF RADIATION EXPOSURE PROTECTION STANDARD, MONITORING, REGULATIONS
In South Africa (SA) there is no national radiofrequency electromagnetic fields [RF-EMF] radiation exposure protection standard, statutory monitoring or regulations. Multinational High Court deliberations indicate the need for public interest EMF radiation exposure protection standards in South Africa. Domestic citizens, academics, as well as regulatory and legislative practitioners, are unable to effectively monitor and investigate EMF radiation exposure emissions from infrastructure sources, because industries refuse to provide the required data.
Industries have, since 2003, continually obstructed access to the data and the establishment of a national EMF radiation standard, citing that it would be in conflict with their strategic economic interests. The demonstration of a Public Interest Override (PIO) function is legislatively required to gain access to the required data.”
RECOMMENDATION:
“… research recommends that the identified EMF radiation exposure violations of public health undergo a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) judicial review process to confirm the research findings. The judicial qualification of a PAIA PIO function of ‘substances released into the environment’ and ‘public safety or environmental risk’ would enable access to EMF radiation emissions data essential to future studies.”
The full model can be seen at the EMFSA website here:
[https://www.emfsa.co.za/…/constructing-emf-radiation…/]
ANNEXURE 1B THE GLOBAL SPACE APPEAL
5G Global Space Appeal
We the undersigned 229,547 signatories from 211 nations,scientists, doctors, environmental organizations and citizens urgently call for a halt to the deployment of the 5G (fifth generation) wireless network, including 5G from space satellites. 5G will massively increase exposure to radio frequency (RF) radiation on top of the 2G, 3G and 4G networks for telecommunications already in place. RF radiation has been proven harmful for humans and the environment. The deployment of 5G constitutes an experiment on humanity and the environment that is defined as a crime under international law.
Executive summary
Telecommunications companies worldwide, with the support of governments, are poised within the next two years to roll out the fifth-generation wireless network (5G). This is set to deliver what is acknowledged to be unprecedented societal change on a global scale. We will have “smart” homes, “smart” businesses, “smart” highways, “smart” cities and self-driving cars. Virtually everything we own and buy, from refrigerators and washing machines to milk cartons, hairbrushes and infants’ diapers, will contain antennas and microchips and will be connected wirelessly to the Internet. Every person on Earth will have instant access to super-high-speed, low- latency wireless communications from any point on the planet, even in rain forests, mid-ocean and the Antarctic.
What is not widely acknowledged is that this will also result in unprecedented environmental change on a global scale. The planned density of radio frequency transmitters is impossible to envisage. In addition to millions of new 5G base stations on Earth and 20,000 new satellites in space, 200 billion transmitting objects, according to estimates, will be part of the Internet of Things by 2020, and one trillion objects a few years later. Commercial 5G at lower frequencies and slower speeds was deployed in Qatar, Finland and Estonia in mid-2018. The rollout of 5G at extremely high (millimetre wave) frequencies is planned to begin at the end of 2018.
Despite widespread denial, the evidence that radio frequency (RF) radiation is harmful to life is already overwhelming. The accumulated clinical evidence of sick and injured human beings, experimental evidence of damage to DNA, cells and organ systems in a wide variety of plants and animals, and epidemiological evidence that the major diseases of modern civilization—cancer, heart disease and diabetes—are in large part caused by electromagnetic pollution, forms a literature base of well over 10,000 peer-reviewed studies.
If the telecommunications industry’s plans for 5G come to fruition, no person, no animal, no bird, no insect and no plant on Earth will be able to avoid exposure, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to levels of RF radiation that are tens to hundreds of times greater than what exists today, without any possibility of escape anywhere on the planet. These 5G plans threaten to provoke serious, irreversible effects on humans and permanent damage to all of the Earth’s ecosystems.
Immediate measures must be taken to protect humanity and the environment, in accordance with ethical imperatives and international agreements.
Read the full referenced appeal document here.
ANNEXURE 2 – Health Problems related to current EMF
We refer you to the fact that there is a growing body of independent research that shows that microwave radiation may cause various health effects that are non-thermal in nature, including but not limited to the following related to cell phone technology we already have:-
- Sleep disorders (as the continuous RF frequencies confuse the brain into believing that it is daylight and causes the reduction of melatonin released by the pituitary gland, which is a powerful anti-cancer antioxidant. Anecdotally, around the world, sleep disruptions are very quickly evident among those living very close to cell masts.
- Hormone imbalances and the increase of stress hormones and weight gain
- DNA Damage
- Peripheral Nerve Damage
- Leakage of calcium from cells
- Opening of the blood brain barrier (allowing for toxins and virus’s and bacteria to enter the brain)
- Schwannoma (cancer of the nerve sheath)
- Acoustic Neuroma (benign cancer of the acoustic nerve that can still cause death if it grows large enough and goes into the brain stem, removal of the tumor causes facial disfigurement)
- Electro Magnetic Sensitivity which is a debilitating illness, that is recognized as a disability in Germany and Sweden. It robs you of an ability to work, and sensitizes you to the normal radiation levels we are exposed to in cities. People have been rendered homeless because of this affliction, and the illness is brought on by living in close proximity to cell masts.
- Mental confusion and inability to recall learnt behavior in rats. Functional changes even though structural changes were not immediately visible on scans. We need to ask what would be the effect of constant microwave radiation on our children’s ability to learn if they are saturated in wifi and cell tower radiation?
SCIENTIFIC REFERENCES
You can go onto the Environmental Health Trust website, amongst others, to view the plethora of studies concerning the health risks of EMF Radiation, as well as the different results on industry vs non-industry funded research.
Medical experts worldwide are calling for action. Dr. Cindy Russell detailed the state of science in a recent Santa Clara Medical Association article and concluded, “Do not proceed to roll out 5G technologies pending pre-market studies on health effects. 2. Reevaluate safety standards based on long term as well as short term studies on biological effects”.
Videos of Lectures and Presentation Slides from the Conference
See also 5 G Wireless Future, by Dr. Cindy Russell: WILL IT GIVE US A SMART NATION OR CONTRIBUTE TO AN UNHEALTHY ONE? Page 20-21
REFERENCES
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ANNEXURE 3: GLOBAL APPEAL BY SCIENTISTS
International Society of Doctors for Environment – 5G Appeal
International Society of Doctors for the Environment
5G networks in European Countries: appeal for a standstill in the respect of the precautionary principle 5G_appeal
April 2018
Author: Agostino Di Ciaula
ISDE Scientific Office
The document by the European Commission “5G for Europe: An Action Plan” (September 2016) aimed to describe “an action plan for timely and coordinated deployment of 5G networks in Europe through a partnership between the Commission, Member States, and Industry”. This document was targeted to introduce early the new 5G networks by 2018 and, subsequently, to a “commercial large scale introduction by the end of 2020 at the latest”.
Following this document, several member States are planning in these months, at a national level, preliminary “5G experimentations” by private phone operators, aimed at testing the network at frequencies over 6 GHz, before the final introduction of the typical 5G frequencies (over 30 GHz, millimeter waves).
A document by the Italian Communication Authority (AGCOM, March 28, 2017) stated that “the 5G networks will serve an elevated number of devices and will connect, according to the prevalent hypothesis based on ongoing standardization developments, about 1 million devices per Km2. This device density will cause an increase of the traffic and the need to install small cells in order to allow adequate connectivity performances, with subsequent increment of the density of the installed antennas”.
In Italy, as an example, the “5G experimentation” will involve, in three different geographical areas (north, center, south), about 4 million of uninformed and unaware citizens.
The residents will be exposed, during this “experimentation” to frequencies and with a device density never employed before on a large scale. Although typical radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) exposure levels are usually below current regulatory limits in European countries 1, 2, the real health impact of the advancement and spreading in communication technology is still under debate 3. Several studies have documented the ability of RF-EMF to induce oxidative stress 4, 5 (mainly by an increased production of reactive oxygen species) 6-12, and oxidative DNA base damage 13. Of note, biological effects have also been recorded at exposure levels below the regulatory limits, leading to growing doubts about the real safety of the currently employed ICNIRP standards 14-16.
Previous evidences led the IARC in the year 2011 to classify the RF-EMF as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B). After the year 2011, more recent studies strengthen the link between RF-EMF and cancer onset 17-22 and highlighted new possible health risks mainly in terms of reproductive 23-25, neurologic 26-31 and metabolic diseases 32-35.
Furthermore, specific preliminary evidence showed the exposure to frequencies over 30GHz could alter gene expression 16, 36-39, increase the temperature of the skin 40, stimulate cell proliferation 41-43, alter the functions of cell membrane 44, 45 and neuro-muscular systems 46-52, and are able to modulate the synthesis of proteins involved in inflammatory and immunologic processes 53, with possible systemic effects.
Further studies are certainly needed in order to better and fully explore the biological effects caused by the exposure to these specific RF-EMF frequencies accompanied by high exposure density. The available evidence, however, is sufficient to justify the possibility of health effects (in particular on the more vulnerable subjects, as children and pregnant women) secondary to a technological “experimentation” conceived with commercial aims.
We believe it should be unethical to ignore the available evidence waiting a possible “a posteriori” demonstration of health damages in the presence of a present and potentially manageable risk for public health.
Thus, in the respect of the precautionary principle and of the WHO principle “health in all policies”, we believe suitable the request of a standstill for the “5G experimentations” throughout Europe until an adequate and active involvement of public institutions operating in the field of environmental health (health ministry, environmental ministry, national environmental and health agencies) will be effectively planned.
This involvement should be aimed to correctly and preliminarily perform risk analyses and environmental health monitoring plans, possibly suggesting alternative or adequate measures to reduce the level of risk in the exposed population.
5G will result in a massive increase in inescapable, involuntary exposure to wireless radiation
Ground-based 5G
In order to transmit the enormous amounts of data required for the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G technology, when fully deployed, will use millimetre waves, which are poorly transmitted through solid material. This will require every carrier to install base stations every 100 metres[1] in every urban area in the world. Unlike previous generations of wireless technology, in which a single antenna broadcasts over a wide area, 5G base stations and 5G devices will have multiple antennas arranged in “phased arrays” [2],[3] that work together to emit focused, steerable, laser-like beams that track each other.
Each 5G phone will contain dozens of tiny antennas, all working together to track and aim a narrowly focused beam at the nearest cell tower. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted rules [4] permitting the effective power of those beams to be as much as 20 watts, ten times more powerful than the levels permitted for current phones.
Each 5G base station will contain hundreds or thousands of antennas aiming multiple laser-like beams simultaneously at all cell phones and user devices in its service area. This technology is called “multiple input multiple output” or MIMO. FCC rules permit the effective radiated power of a 5G base station’s beams to be as much as 30,000 watts per 100 MHz of spectrum,[2] or equivalently 300,000 watts per GHz of spectrum, tens to hundreds of times more powerful than the levels permitted for current base stations.
Space-based 5G
At least five companies[5] are proposing to provide 5G from space from a combined 20,000 satellites in low- and medium-Earth orbit that will blanket the Earth with powerful, focused, steerable beams. Each satellite will emit millimetre waves with an effective radiated power of up to 5 million watts[6] from thousands of antennas arranged in a phased array. Although the energy reaching the ground from satellites will be less than that from ground-based antennas, it will irradiate areas of the Earth not reached by other transmitters and will be additional to ground-based 5G transmissions from billions of IoT objects. Even more importantly, the satellites will be located in the Earth’s magnetosphere, which exerts a significant influence over the electrical properties of the atmosphere. The alteration of the Earth’s electromagnetic environment may be an even greater threat to life than the radiation from ground-based antennas (see below).
Harmful effects of radio frequency radiation are already proven
Even before 5G was proposed, dozens of petitions and appeals[7] by international scientists, including the Freiburger Appeal signed by over 3,000 physicians, called for a halt to the expansion of wireless technology and a moratorium on new base stations.[8]
In 2015, 215 scientists from 41 countries communicated their alarm to the United Nations (UN) and World Health Organization (WHO).[9] They stated that “numerous recent scientific publications have shown that EMF [electromagnetic fields] affects living organisms at levels well below most international and national guidelines”. More than 10,000 peer-reviewed scientific studies demonstrate harm to human health from RF radiation.[10] [11] Effects include:
Effects in children include autism,[28] attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)[29][30] and asthma.[31]
Damage goes well beyond the human race, as there is abundant evidence of harm to diverse plant- and wildlife[32][33] and laboratory animals, including:
Negative microbiological effects[48] have also been recorded.
The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded in 2011 that RF radiation of frequencies 30 kHz – 300 GHz are possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B).[49] However, recent evidence, including the latest studies on cell phone use and brain cancer risks, indicate that RF radiation is proven carcinogenic to humans[50] and should now be classified as a “Group 1 carcinogen” along with tobacco smoke and asbestos.
Most contemporary wireless signals are pulse-modulated. Harm is caused by both the high-frequency carrier wave and the low-frequency pulsations.[51]
The deployment of 5G satellites must be prohibited
The Earth, the ionosphere and the lower atmosphere form the global electric circuit[52] in which we live. It is well established that biological rhythms—of humans,[53][54] birds,[55] hamsters,[56] and spiders[57][58]—are controlled by the Earth’s natural electromagnetic environment and that the well-being of all organisms depends on the stability of this environment, including the electrical properties of the atmosphere.[59][60][61][62] Cherry, in a groundbreaking paper, [63] explained the importance of the Schumann resonances[64] and why ionospheric disturbances can alter blood pressure and melatonin and cause “cancer, reproductive, cardiac and neurological disease and death”.
These elements of our electromagnetic environment have already been altered by radiation from power lines. Power line harmonic radiation[65] reaches the Earth’s ionosphere and magnetosphere, where it is amplified by wave-particle interactions.[66][67] In 1985, Dr. Robert O. Becker warned that power line harmonic radiation had already changed the structure of the magnetosphere, and that the continued expansion of this effect “threatens the viability of all life on Earth”.[68] The placement of tens of thousands of satellites directly in both the ionosphere and magnetosphere, emitting modulated signals at millions of watts and millions of frequencies, is likely to alter our electromagnetic environment beyond our ability to adapt.[69]
Informal monitoring has already provided evidence indicating serious effects on humans and animals from the approximately 100 satellites that have provided 2G and 3G phone service from low orbit since 1998. Such effects cannot be understood only from consideration of the low levels of radiation on the ground. Knowledge from other relevant scientific disciplines must be taken into account, including the fields of atmospheric physics and acupuncture.[70][71][72][73] Adding 20,000 5G satellites will further pollute the global electric circuit[74][75] and could alter the Schumann resonances,[76] with which all life on Earth has evolved. The effects will be universal and may be profoundly damaging.
5G is qualitatively and quantitatively different from 4G
The idea that we will tolerate tens to hundreds of times more radiation at millimetre wavelengths is based on faulty modelling of the human body as a shell filled with a homogeneous liquid.[77][78] The assumption that millimetre waves do not penetrate beyond the skin completely ignores nerves,[79] blood vessels[80][81] and other electrically conducting structures that can carry radiation-induced currents deep into the body.[82][83][84] Another, potentially more serious error is that phased arrays are not ordinary antennas. When an ordinary electromagnetic field enters the body, it causes charges to move and currents to flow. But when extremely short electromagnetic pulses enter the body, something else happens: the moving charges themselves become little antennas that reradiate the electromagnetic field and send it deeper into the body. These reradiated waves are called Brillouin precursors.[85] They become significant when either the power or the phase of the waves changes rapidly enough.[86] 5G will probably satisfy both criteria.
In addition, shallow penetration in itself poses a unique danger to eyes and to the largest organ of the body, the skin, as well as to very small creatures. Peer-reviewed studies have recently been published, predicting thermal skin burns[87] in humans from 5G radiation and resonant absorption by insects,[88] which absorb up to 100 times as much radiation at millimetre wavelengths as they do at wavelengths presently in use. Since populations of flying insects have declined by 75-80 per cent since 1989 even in protected nature areas,[89] 5G radiation could have catastrophic effects on insect populations worldwide. A 1986 study by Om Gandhi warned that millimetre waves are strongly absorbed by the cornea of the eye, and that ordinary clothing, being of millimetre-size thickness, increases the absorption of energy by the skin by a resonance-type effect.[90] Russell (2018) reviews the known effects of millimetre waves on skin, eyes (including cataracts), heart rate, immune system and DNA.[91]
Regulators have deliberately excluded the scientific evidence of harm
Stakeholders thus far in the development of 5G have been industry and governments, while renowned international EMF scientists who have documented biological effects on humans, animals, insects and plants, and alarming effects on health and the environment in thousands of peer-reviewed studies have been excluded. The reason for the current inadequate safety guidelines is that conflicts of interest of standard-setting bodies “due to their relationships with telecommunications or electric companies undermine the impartiality that should govern the regulation of Public Exposure Standards for non-ionizing radiation”. [92] Professor Emeritus Martin L. Pall lays out the conflicts of interest in detail, and the lists of important studies that have been excluded, in his literature review. [93]
The thermal hypothesis is obsolete—new safety standards are needed
Current safety guidelines are based on the obsolete hypothesis that heating is the only harmful effect of EMFs. As Markov and Grigoriev have stated, “Today standards do not consider the real pollution of the environment with nonionizing radiation”.[94] Hundreds of scientists, including many signatories to this appeal, have proven that many different kinds of acute and chronic illnesses and injuries are caused without heating (“non-thermal effect”) from radiation levels far below international guidelines.9 Biological effects occur even at near-zero power levels. Effects that have been found at 0.02 picowatts (trillionths of a watt) per square centimetre or less include altered genetic structure in E. coli[95] and in rats,[96] altered EEG in humans,[97] growth stimulation in bean plants,[98] and stimulation of ovulation in chickens.[99]
To protect against non-thermal effects, duration of exposure must be considered. 5G will expose everyone to many more transmissions simultaneously and continuously, day and night without cessation. New safety standards are needed and should be based on cumulative exposure and not only on power levels but also on frequency, bandwidth, modulation, waveform, pulse width and other properties that are biologically important. Antennas must be confined to specific, publicly identified locations. To protect humans, antennas must be located far from where people live and work, and excluded from the public rights-of-way where people walk. To protect wildlife, they must be excluded from wilderness sanctuaries and strictly minimized in remote areas of the Earth. To protect all life, commercial communications satellites must be limited in number and prohibited in low- and medium-Earth orbits. Phased arrays must be prohibited on Earth and in space.
RF radiation has both acute and chronic effects
RF radiation has both immediate and long-term effects. Cancer and heart disease are examples of long-term effects. Alteration of heart rhythm[100] and changes in brain function (EEG)[101] are examples of immediate effects. A syndrome that was called radiowave sickness[102] in the former Soviet Union and is called electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) around the world today[103] can be either acute or chronic. Professor Dr. Karl Hecht has published a detailed history of these syndromes, compiled from a review of more than 1,500 Russian scientific papers and the clinical histories of more than 1,000 of his own patients in Germany. Objective findings include sleep disorders, abnormal blood pressure and heart rate, digestive disorders, hair loss, tinnitus and skin rash. Subjective symptoms include dizziness, nausea, headache, memory loss, inability to concentrate, fatigue, flu-like symptoms and cardiac pain. [104]
The EUROPAEM EMF Guideline 2016 states that EHS develops when people are “continuously exposed in their daily life” to increasing levels of EMFs, and that “reduction and prevention of EMF exposure” is necessary to restore these patients to health.[105] EHS should no longer be considered a disease, but an injury by a toxic environment that affects an increasingly large portion of the population, estimated already at 100 million people worldwide,[106][107] and that may soon affect everyone[108] if the worldwide rollout of 5G is permitted.
The International Scientific Declaration on EHS and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), Brussels, declared in 2015 that “[i]naction is a cost to society and is not an option any more… [W]e unanimously acknowledge this serious hazard to public health… [urgently requiring] that major primary prevention measures are adopted and prioritized, to face this worldwide pan-epidemic in perspective” (emphasis added).[109]
World governments are failing in their duty of care to the populations they govern
In their haste to implement 5G and to encourage the unconstrained use of outer space, the European Union, United States and national governments worldwide are taking steps to ensure a “barrier-free” regulatory environment.[110] They are prohibiting local authorities from enforcing environmental laws,[111] and “in the interest of speedy and cost-effective deployment”, removing “unnecessary burdens… such as local planning procedures [and] the variety of specific limits on electromagnetic field (EMF) emissions and of the methods required to aggregate them”.[112]
Governments are also enacting laws to make wireless facilities a permitted use in all public rights-of-way.[113] To date, most wireless facilities have been located on private property at some distance from homes and businesses. In order for them to be spaced less than 100 metres apart as required by 5G, however, they will now be located on the sidewalk directly in front of homes and businesses and close above the heads of pedestrians, including mothers with babies.
Public notice requirements and public hearings are being eliminated. Even if there were a hearing and 100 scientific experts were to testify against 5G, laws have been passed making it illegal for local authorities to take their testimony into consideration. US law, for example, prohibits local governments from regulating wireless technology “on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency radiation”,[114] and courts have reversed regulatory decisions about cell tower placement simply because most of the public testimony was about health.[115] Insurers will not provide coverage against EMF risks,[116] and there is zero clarity as to what entity will bear legal responsibility for damage to life, limb and property arising from exposure to 5G, whether ground- or space-based.[117]
In the absence of an agreed comprehensive legal regime governing activities in outer space, legal liability for those activities is non-existent, despite the prospect of whole continents, the atmosphere and the oceans being put at risk by them.
International agreements are being violated
Children and duty of care
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: States shall “undertake to ensure the child such protection and care as is necessary for his or her well-being” (art. 3), “ensure… the survival and development of the child” (art. 6) and “take appropriate measures to combat disease… taking into consideration the dangers and risks of environmental pollution” (art. 24(c)).
The Nuremberg Code (1947) applies to all experiments on humans, thus including the deployment of 5G with new, higher RF radiation exposure that has not been pre-market tested for safety. “The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential” (art. 1). Exposure to 5G will be involuntary. “No experiment should be conducted, where there is an a priori reason to believe that death or disabling injury will occur” (art. 5). The findings of over 10,000 scientific studies and the voices of hundreds of international organizations representing hundreds of thousands of members who have suffered disabling injury and been displaced from their homes by already-existing wireless telecommunications facilities, are “a priori reasons to believe that death or disabling injury will occur”.
Duty to inform and EMFs
The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (2012) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) stated that “[t]here is a need to inform the public of the potential effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs)” and invited Member States “to adopt suitable measures in order to ensure compliance with relevant international recommendations to protect health against the adverse effect of EMF”.
The Mid-term review of the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (2008): “The European Parliament… [n]otes that the limits on exposure to electromagnetic fields which have been set for the general public are obsolete, … obviously take no account of developments in information and communication technologies, of the recommendations issued by the European Environment Agency or of the stricter emission standards adopted, for example, by Belgium, Italy and Austria, and do not address the issue of vulnerable groups, such as pregnant women, newborn babies and children.”
Resolution 1815 (Council of Europe, 2011): “Take all reasonable measures to reduce exposure to electromagnetic fields, especially to radio frequencies from mobile phones, and particularly the exposure to children and young people.”
Environment
The Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972): “The discharge of toxic substances… in such quantities or concentrations as to exceed the capacity of the environment to render them harmless, must be halted in order to ensure that serious or irreversible damage is not inflicted upon ecosystems” (principle 6).
The World Charter for Nature (1982): “Activities which are likely to cause irreversible damage to nature shall be avoided… [W]here potential adverse effects are not fully understood, the activities should not proceed” (art. 11).
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992): “States have… the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction” (principle 2).
The United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002): “There is an urgent need to… create more effective national and regional policy responses to environmental threats to human health” (para. 54(k)).
The African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (2017): “The Parties shall… take all appropriate measures to prevent, mitigate and eliminate to the maximum extent possible, detrimental effects on the environment, in particular from radioactive, toxic, and other hazardous substances and wastes” (art. 13).
Health and human rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person” (art. 3).
The United Nations Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030) has as objectives and targets to “transform”, by expanding enabling environments; to “survive”, by reducing maternal and newborn mortality; and to “thrive” by ensuring health and well-being and reducing pollution-related deaths and illnesses.
Space
The Outer Space Treaty (1967) requires that the use of outer space be conducted “so as to avoid [its] harmful contamination and also adverse changes in the environment of the Earth” (art. IX)
The United Nations Guidelines for The Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities (2018): “States and international intergovernmental organizations should address… risks to people, property, public health and the environment associated with the launch, in-orbit operation and re-entry of space objects” (guideline 2.2(c)).
World governments are playing dice with life on Earth
Albert Einstein famously asserted that “God does not play dice”.[118] Yet by pursuing the broadcast on Earth and from space of 5G, an unprecedented technology of millimetre waves previously used as an energy weapon in military operations and crowd control,[119] world governments are recklessly playing dice with the future of life on Earth.
To refuse to accept and apply relevant and valid scientific knowledge is ethically unacceptable. Existing research shows that 5G—and especially space-based 5G—contravenes principles enshrined in a host of international agreements.
We call upon the UN, WHO, EU, Council of Europe and governments of all nations,
(a) To take immediate measures to halt the deployment of 5G on Earth and in space in order to protect all humankind, especially the unborn, infants, children, adolescents and pregnant women, as well as the environment;
(b) To follow the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Council of Europe Resolution 1815 by informing citizens, including teachers and physicians, about the health risks (to adults and children) from RF radiation, and why they should and how they can avoid wireless communication and base stations, particularly in or near day-care centres, schools, hospitals, homes and workplaces;
(c) To favour and implement wired telecommunications instead of wireless;
(d) To prohibit the wireless/telecommunications industry through its lobbying organizations from persuading officials to make decisions permitting further expansion of RF radiation, including ground- and space-based 5G;
(e) To appoint immediately—without industry influence—international groups of independent, truly impartial EMF and health scientists with no conflicts of interest, [120] for the purpose of establishing new international safety standards for RF radiation that are not based only on power levels, that consider cumulative exposure, and that protect against all health and environmental effects, not just thermal effects and not just effects on humans;
(f) To appoint immediately—without industry influence—international groups of scientists with expertise in EMFs, health, biology and atmospheric physics, for the purpose of developing a comprehensive regulatory framework that will ensure that the uses of outer space are safe for humans and the environment, taking into account RF radiation, rocket exhaust gases, black soot, and space debris and their impacts on ozone, [121] global warming, [122] the atmosphere and the preservation of life on Earth. Not only ground-based but also space-based technology must be sustainable [123] for adults and children, animals and plants.
Please respond to the Appeal Administrator listed below,
detailing the measures you intend to take to protect the global population against RF radiation exposure, especially 5G radiation. This appeal and your response will be publicly available on www.5gSpaceAppeal.org.
Respectfully submitted,
Arthur Firstenberg, Appeal Administrator, info@5gSpaceAppeal.org
Initial signatories
AFRICA
Lauraine Margaret Helen Vivian, PhD, Anthropology and Psychiatry; Honorary Research Associate, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Signatory for South Africa
ASIA
Girish Kumar, PhD, Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India
AUSTRALIA
Don Maisch, PhD, Independent researcher, author of ”The Procrustean Approach”, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia
EUROPE
Alfonso Balmori, BSc, Master in Environmental Education, Biologist. Valladolid, Spain
Klaus Buchner, Dr. rer. nat., Professor, MEP – Member of the European Parliament, Kompetenzinitiative zum Schutz von Mensch, Umwelt und Demokratie e.V., München, Germany
Daniel Favre, Dr. phil. nat., Biologist, A.R.A. (Association Romande Alerte aux Ondes Electromagnétiques), Switzerland
Annie Sasco, MD, DrPH, SM, HDR, former Chief of Research Unit of Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon; former Acting Chief, Programme for Cancer Control of the World Health Organization (WHO); former Director of Research at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM); France
NORTH AMERICA
Martin Pall, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences, Washington State University, residing in Portland, Oregon, USA
Kate Showers, PhD, Soil Science, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for World Environmental History, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK, residing in Bolton-Est, Québec, Canada
SOUTH AMERICA
Carlos Sosa, MD, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
SIGN IT (INDIVIDUAL)
SIGN IT (ORGANIZATION)
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ANNEXURE 4: CALL TO ACTION
We the undersigned citizens of this county urgently request that you take the following measures to ensure our health and safety with regards to EMF exposure from cell towers, cellphones and the more intense small cell mast infrastructure and of 5G:-
- That Government apply a precautionary principle with regards to the continued mass rollout of cell masts, as well as 5G cell masts in our country, and that in line with this precautionary principle you do the following:-
- That Government halts the rollout of 5G which will entail the placement of small cell masts all along residential streets outside houses in South Africa, 300m or so apart! We will be bathed in EMF radiation and we will not be able to opt out of it if it is so prevalent and this is unacceptable;
- That citizens be informed that 5G will entail the roll out of the above infrastructure as well as the fact that it has not been tested for human safety so that they can decide if they need the infrastructure based on full information rather than the downplaying by government and its agents and the hype of the cellphone industry;
- That Government apply limits to the levels of radiation that telecoms companies emit into the air in line with countries that apply a conservative approach and not the USA where there is a revolving door between the telecoms industry and the regulatory bodies and the regulations are set to benefit industry rather than US citizens;
- That Government require that all cellphone companies use fair labelling practices and clear warning labels are placed on cellphones to indicate that headphones should be used instead of directly holding phones to the ear, that phones should not be held close to the body in general and particularly in women’s brassieres, or be put into pockets, and that children under the age of 16 be discouraged from cellphone usage and that schools have lessons to teach about cellphone safety;
- That mast companies do not install masts taller than 15 metres and that these masts must be placed away from houses, schools and playgrounds;
- That private individuals not be allowed to put cell masts on their properties;
- That communities within a 5km radius of a cell mast be properly consulted about whether they feel they need the cell mast infrastructure for better signal. It must be noted that cell mast placement should not be based on companies needs to profiteer but be based on the connectivity needs of the citizens involved, and even in that case they should be placed with safety in mind;
- There should be a limitation on the number of masts in a given area so that certain areas are not over-saturated with EMF Radiation, and the citizens of these areas not exposed to ever increasing radiation from more cell mast infrastructure than they need in close proximity to them;
- That a body be established, free of industry help or aid, conflict and bias, to monitor EMF emissions throughout the country, and that spot checks be done and that these results be published on a website for easy access;
- That a website be established showing the location of all cell masts so that citizens can have ready access to that information should they require it;
- That a body be established under the Medicines Control Council, with no links to private telecoms companies or their agents, no revolving doors between industry and the regulator, to monitor the health of people living closer to cell masts, and a public report be produced every 5 years about the health effects noted on an ongoing basis. This will have to be a long term undertaking as certain health effects such as cancer develop over a long period of time, very often over decades;
- That all local and municipal government policies be aligned with these objectives instead of the interests of short-term profiteering
- Finally we call for the Establishment of a SA National RF-EMF radiation Exposure Protection Standard, Monitoring and Regulations. In South Africa (SA) there is no national radiofrequency electromagnetic fields [RF-EMF] radiation exposure protection standard, statutory monitoring or regulations. Multinational High Court deliberations indicate the need for public interest EMF radiation exposure protection standards in South Africa. Domestic citizens, academics, as well as regulatory and legislative practitioners, are unable to effectively monitor and investigate EMF radiation exposure emissions from infrastructure sources, because industries refuse to provide the required data.Industries have, since 2003, continually obstructed access to the data and the establishment of a national EMF radiation standard, citing that it would be in conflict with their strategic economic interests. The demonstration of a Public Interest Override (PIO) function is legislatively required to gain access to the required data.”
The full model can be seen at the EMFSA website here:
[https://www.emfsa.co.za/…/constructing-emf-radiation…/]
Safe Technology for SA 