Who Is Really Fighting the War in Iraq
Starmail - 6. Okt, 23:02
6
Okt
2004
The HUM
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/hum/hum.html
http://homepages.tesco.net/~John.Dawes2/
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Hum Distribution and the High Voltage Grid
http://homepages.tesco.net/~John.Dawes2/map.htm
Informant: CGamba
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=high+voltage+grid
http://homepages.tesco.net/~John.Dawes2/
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Hum Distribution and the High Voltage Grid
http://homepages.tesco.net/~John.Dawes2/map.htm
Informant: CGamba
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=high+voltage+grid
Starmail - 6. Okt, 22:41
Bogus Polls : Meaningless Farce Or Looming Tragedy?
Starmail - 6. Okt, 22:36
Cheney's Avalanche of Lies
Starmail - 6. Okt, 22:32
Bush Continues to Mislead on WMD
Starmail - 6. Okt, 22:29
Nice guy versus ice guy
Im gestrigen Fernsehduell, dessen Bedeutung im Vorfeld hochgepuscht worden war, heimste John Edwards vor Vizepräsident Dick Cheney einen deutlichen Erfolg ein...
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/18495/1.html
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/co/18495/1.html
Starmail - 6. Okt, 22:14
Unfruchtbarkeit hat viele Gesichter
Empfangsbereite Handys - in Körpernähe getragen - sind ein neuer Grund
Viele Gründe und mannigfaltige Behandlungsmöglichkeiten einer Erkrankung sind in der Wissenschaft regelmäßig ein Zeichen dafür, dass man die tatsächlichen Ursachen einer Schädigung oft noch nicht recht erkannt hat und in der Hoffnung auf Heilung unterschiedliche Kuren, Medikamente oder Maßnahmen durchführen lässt. Vermehrte Unfruchtbarkeit in den Industriestaaten, ein Warnschuss vor den Bug der Menschheit!
Bewusste Empfängnisverhütung durch junge Paare, mit dem Wunsch der Kinderlosigkeit aufgrund eigener egoistischer Lebensgenuss-Sucht ist weit verbreitet. Viele Industrienationen haben dadurch inzwischen ihre Probleme in der Rentenversorgung ihrer älteren Mitbürger mit steigender Tendenz bekommen.
Das neu erschienene deutsche statistische Jahrbuch gibt für Deutschland die traurige Auskunft, dass von 40 Mill. Haushalten 14,8 Mill. ( 37 % ) Single-Haushalte sind . In der europäischen Union liegt Deutschland mit Slowenien am letzten Platz der Geburtenrate. Die Überalterung der Bevölkerung ist signifikant. Alles dramatische Anzeichen, die zwar statistisch erkannt werden, aber wo bleiben die längst überfälligen Kurs-Korrekturen in der Politik, denn nicht nur erst das statistische Jahrbuch 2004 hatte diese Erkenntnisse parat !
Einzig und allein geht es um die steigende Anzahl junger Menschen, die leider unfruchtbar scheinen oder gar sind. Trotz größter Bemühungen geht ihr sehnlichster Kinderwunsch leider nicht in Erfüllung.
Wahlloser ungeschützter Geschlechtsverkehr kann Infektionen z.B. durch Chlamydien verursachen, die bereits junge Frauen, ja sogar junge Männer unfruchtbar werden lassen. Dies haben neuere Untersuchungen in Schweden bei steigender Infektions-Tendenz ergeben. Bei den Männern waren Anti-Körper im Blut gegen diese Infektion die Ursache für ihre Unfruchtbarkeit. Von den jungen Mädchen gaben 76 % an beschwerdefrei zu sein! Die Pille, Ursache für ungeschützten Geschlechtsverkehr, lässt diese stille Seuche sich weiter verbreiten mit den Folgen der Unfruchtbarkeit bei Mann und Frau!
Aus der ÄRZTE-ZEITUNG war zu entnehmen, dass alleine 73 % der jungen Frauen sowie 83 % der Männer zwischen 18 bis 29 Jahren
„ONE-NIGHT-STANDS“ in Ordnung finden ! Die Umfrage kam von TNS im Auftrag der Frauen-Zeitschrift „YOUNG“ !
Laut Presse- Meldungen hat inzwischen auch das BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ mit einer Münchner Universität eine dreijährige Studie begonnen, die Aufschluss geben soll, ob Fruchtbarkeitsstörungen oder Krebserkrankungen Folge der Handy-Strahlung sein können.
Der Grund, warum z.B. der Hoden des Mannes außerhalb des Körpers liegt ist bekannt. Die Spermien leiden bereits nur unter der Körpertemperatur so stark, dass ihre Beweglichkeit enorm eingeschränkt wird und sie geschwächt dadurch ihr Ziel nicht erreichen können.
Die Temperatur der Hoden sinkt außerhalb des Körpers erheblich ab. Die Spermien werden von Natur aus kühler gehalten und sind dadurch erheblich beweglicher, was die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Befruchtung um das mehrfache erhöht. Ungeeignete Kleidung, luftundurchlässig sorgt dafür, das sich im Intim-Bereich des Mannes die Temperatur erhöht, wo sie von Natur aus total unangebracht ist, ja dort sogar stark schadet !
Bereits heute rechnet man damit, dass nur noch jeder 2. junge Mann voll zeugungsfähig ist ! Ein Grund dafür ist die stark zurückgehende Anzahl der Spermien sowie deren durch Wärme eingeschränkte und reduzierte Beweglichkeit.
Hodenkrebs ist inzwischen bei jungen Männern zwischen 18- 35 Jahren die häufigste Krebserkrankung laut Prof. Eberhard Nieschlag. Ursachen für diese Erkrankung sind bisher unbekannt. Eine fehlende Vorsorge-Untersuchung bei Männern dieser Altersgruppe lasse bei steigender Tendenz der Erkrankungen die wichtige Früherkennung verhindern.
In diesem Zusammenhang muss man auf die empfangsbereiten Handys in den Hosen-Taschen und am Gürtel, dauerhaft Mikrowellen-Wärmestrahlen aussendend, hinweisen !
Erhöhte Temperaturen lassen die Spermien als Verlierer erlahmen, sinkende Temperaturen dagegen machen sie zu erfolgsversprechenden ihr Ziel erreichenden Gewinnern !
Mit einem Handy dauerhaft am Gürtel oder in der Hosentasche getragen, wird aber durch die Mikrowellen- Wärmestrahlen in diesem Bereich die Zeugungsfähigkeit zumindest stark gemindert, ja evtl. wird durch die gepulsten Strahlen sogar dem Hodenkrebs Vorschub geleistet !
Erst vor kurzem erschreckten ungarische Forscher die Wissenschaft durch eine Langzeit-Untersuchung mit den Ergebnissen dauerhafter HANDY- Nutzung bei Jugendlichen :
Weniger Spermien -
Geschädigte Spermien -
Unbeweglichere wirkungslose Spermien ohne Chance auf Erfolg !
An der Universität Gießen wurde vor Jahren folgende Forschung erfolgreich betrieben :
Männerunterhose mit „Kühlgebläse“
Man testete 20 Männer mit eingeschränkter Spermien-Qualität. Getragen wurde nur nachts eine speziell entwickelte Unterhose mit „ Kühlgebläse“ , das die Temperatur der Spermien um nur ein Grad Celsius erniedrigte. Andrologie-Oberarzt Dr. Andreas Jung kam zu folgender Erkenntnis:
Die Abkühlung um nur 1 Grad Celsius bewirkte bereits nach 3 Monaten :
Vermehrte Spermien - Mengen
Verbesserte Beweglichkeit der Spermien –
Die Kühl-Unterhose will er niemanden verkaufen oder empfehlen, sie diente nur dem wissenschaftlichen Nachweis :
DURCH KÜHLUNG DER HODEN UND DER SPERMIEN UM NUR 1 GRAD STEIGT DIE FORTPFLANZUNGFÄHIGKEIT STARK AN !
Der Wissenschaftler glaubt, für Männer würde es reichen, wenn sie nachts „untenherum“, unbekleidet schlafen, da bereits eine Temperatur-Erniedrigung geringen Ausmaßes reiche, die Fortpflanzungsfähigkeit erheblich zu verbessern.
Die Mikrowellen des HANDYS bewirken z.B. im Auto als „Faradayschen Käfig“ eine Erhöhung der Strahlung und deren Reflexionen im Fahrzeug um ein mehrfaches. Ein am Gürtel getragenes HANDY oder ein in die Hosentasche eingestecktes empfangsbereites HANDY vollzieht hier garantiert sein negatives Werk in Vollendung, da braucht man keine jahrelange Forschung . Das Wissen um die Schädlichkeit der Wärme auf die Hoden bzw. Spermien ist uralt ! Wer mit einem Handy nachlässig und gedankenlos umgeht, wird sich über die Folgen, die sich bereits heute in der Wissenschaft andeuten, nicht wundern müssen !
Ein empfangsbereites HANDY sucht immer in gewissen Zeitabständen Kontakt mit der nächsten Funkstation aufzunehmen. Ist der Kontakt hergestellt, schaltet es danach automatisch wieder ab. Wird es im Auto am Gürtel oder in der Tasche genutzt, sind die Bedingungen für einen Kontakt mit der Funkleitstelle erschwert, das HANDY arbeitet mit höchster Leistung und sucht oft vergeblich durch die fast perfekte Abschirmung im Auto eine Verbindung herzustellen.
Bisher wurde noch nicht kontrolliert, ob bei einer langen Autofahrt und einem nicht zustande gekommenen Funkkontakt das Handy überhaupt abschaltet oder ob es dann stundenlang ergebnislos evtl. dauerhaft in kürzeren Abständen weiter sucht, wodurch die Strahlenbelastung dadurch immens ansteigen würde !
AUS DIESEM GRUNDE IST BEI DER NUTZUNG DES HANDYS IM AUTO HÖCHSTE VORSICHT GEBOTEN !
Betroffene HANDY-NUTZER könnten dies nachkontrollieren, in dem sie feststellen, ob der Akku ihres Gerätes sich schneller entlädt und daher öfters wieder aufgeladen werden muss !
Bei 2 W Dauerbestrahlung würden die hochempfindlichen Spermien in den Hoden nicht nur um 1 Grad Celsius regelrecht erwärmt sonder übertrieben gesagt, regelrecht „abgekocht “ !
Zu beachten ist noch die Tatsache, dass das männliche Hormon Testosteron in den Hoden zusätzlich zu den Spermien gebildet wird. Tritt nur ein Mangel des männlichen Geschlechtshormons auf, ist ein Mann ebenfalls fast unfruchtbar. Die HANDY- Strahlung kann also ganz eindeutig doppelt in diesem Bereich auf die Unfruchtbarkeit eines Mannes einwirken !
Auch hier liegen seltsamerweise bisher keine Kontroll-Untersuchungen von Wissenschaftlern vor ! Fehlt dem Menschen Testosteron, bekommt er zusätzliche Hormongaben um seine Fruchtbarkeit in Gang zu bringen !
Störungen durch die Handystrahlung – sei es durch Erwärmung oder durch die Pulsung der Strahlung, kann in diesem Bereich weitergehende Folgen für die Gesundheit des Menschen haben !
DARUM SOLLTE FÜR JEDEN VERNÜNFTIGEN MENSCHEN DIE DEVISE GELTEN:
GEHIRN EINSCHALTEN -- HANDY ABSCHALTEN !
VORSORGE IST BESSER ALS NACHSORGE !
IHRE GESUNDHEIT WIRD ES IHNEN DANKEN !
dieter keim <> Ilbenstadt
Omega siehe hierzu auch:
Handys können Fruchtbarkeit reduzieren - Einfluss elektromagnetischer Wellen auf die Spermienmotilität - Kinderlos durch Mobilfunkstrahlung?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/332779/
Viele Gründe und mannigfaltige Behandlungsmöglichkeiten einer Erkrankung sind in der Wissenschaft regelmäßig ein Zeichen dafür, dass man die tatsächlichen Ursachen einer Schädigung oft noch nicht recht erkannt hat und in der Hoffnung auf Heilung unterschiedliche Kuren, Medikamente oder Maßnahmen durchführen lässt. Vermehrte Unfruchtbarkeit in den Industriestaaten, ein Warnschuss vor den Bug der Menschheit!
Bewusste Empfängnisverhütung durch junge Paare, mit dem Wunsch der Kinderlosigkeit aufgrund eigener egoistischer Lebensgenuss-Sucht ist weit verbreitet. Viele Industrienationen haben dadurch inzwischen ihre Probleme in der Rentenversorgung ihrer älteren Mitbürger mit steigender Tendenz bekommen.
Das neu erschienene deutsche statistische Jahrbuch gibt für Deutschland die traurige Auskunft, dass von 40 Mill. Haushalten 14,8 Mill. ( 37 % ) Single-Haushalte sind . In der europäischen Union liegt Deutschland mit Slowenien am letzten Platz der Geburtenrate. Die Überalterung der Bevölkerung ist signifikant. Alles dramatische Anzeichen, die zwar statistisch erkannt werden, aber wo bleiben die längst überfälligen Kurs-Korrekturen in der Politik, denn nicht nur erst das statistische Jahrbuch 2004 hatte diese Erkenntnisse parat !
Einzig und allein geht es um die steigende Anzahl junger Menschen, die leider unfruchtbar scheinen oder gar sind. Trotz größter Bemühungen geht ihr sehnlichster Kinderwunsch leider nicht in Erfüllung.
Wahlloser ungeschützter Geschlechtsverkehr kann Infektionen z.B. durch Chlamydien verursachen, die bereits junge Frauen, ja sogar junge Männer unfruchtbar werden lassen. Dies haben neuere Untersuchungen in Schweden bei steigender Infektions-Tendenz ergeben. Bei den Männern waren Anti-Körper im Blut gegen diese Infektion die Ursache für ihre Unfruchtbarkeit. Von den jungen Mädchen gaben 76 % an beschwerdefrei zu sein! Die Pille, Ursache für ungeschützten Geschlechtsverkehr, lässt diese stille Seuche sich weiter verbreiten mit den Folgen der Unfruchtbarkeit bei Mann und Frau!
Aus der ÄRZTE-ZEITUNG war zu entnehmen, dass alleine 73 % der jungen Frauen sowie 83 % der Männer zwischen 18 bis 29 Jahren
„ONE-NIGHT-STANDS“ in Ordnung finden ! Die Umfrage kam von TNS im Auftrag der Frauen-Zeitschrift „YOUNG“ !
Laut Presse- Meldungen hat inzwischen auch das BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ mit einer Münchner Universität eine dreijährige Studie begonnen, die Aufschluss geben soll, ob Fruchtbarkeitsstörungen oder Krebserkrankungen Folge der Handy-Strahlung sein können.
Der Grund, warum z.B. der Hoden des Mannes außerhalb des Körpers liegt ist bekannt. Die Spermien leiden bereits nur unter der Körpertemperatur so stark, dass ihre Beweglichkeit enorm eingeschränkt wird und sie geschwächt dadurch ihr Ziel nicht erreichen können.
Die Temperatur der Hoden sinkt außerhalb des Körpers erheblich ab. Die Spermien werden von Natur aus kühler gehalten und sind dadurch erheblich beweglicher, was die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Befruchtung um das mehrfache erhöht. Ungeeignete Kleidung, luftundurchlässig sorgt dafür, das sich im Intim-Bereich des Mannes die Temperatur erhöht, wo sie von Natur aus total unangebracht ist, ja dort sogar stark schadet !
Bereits heute rechnet man damit, dass nur noch jeder 2. junge Mann voll zeugungsfähig ist ! Ein Grund dafür ist die stark zurückgehende Anzahl der Spermien sowie deren durch Wärme eingeschränkte und reduzierte Beweglichkeit.
Hodenkrebs ist inzwischen bei jungen Männern zwischen 18- 35 Jahren die häufigste Krebserkrankung laut Prof. Eberhard Nieschlag. Ursachen für diese Erkrankung sind bisher unbekannt. Eine fehlende Vorsorge-Untersuchung bei Männern dieser Altersgruppe lasse bei steigender Tendenz der Erkrankungen die wichtige Früherkennung verhindern.
In diesem Zusammenhang muss man auf die empfangsbereiten Handys in den Hosen-Taschen und am Gürtel, dauerhaft Mikrowellen-Wärmestrahlen aussendend, hinweisen !
Erhöhte Temperaturen lassen die Spermien als Verlierer erlahmen, sinkende Temperaturen dagegen machen sie zu erfolgsversprechenden ihr Ziel erreichenden Gewinnern !
Mit einem Handy dauerhaft am Gürtel oder in der Hosentasche getragen, wird aber durch die Mikrowellen- Wärmestrahlen in diesem Bereich die Zeugungsfähigkeit zumindest stark gemindert, ja evtl. wird durch die gepulsten Strahlen sogar dem Hodenkrebs Vorschub geleistet !
Erst vor kurzem erschreckten ungarische Forscher die Wissenschaft durch eine Langzeit-Untersuchung mit den Ergebnissen dauerhafter HANDY- Nutzung bei Jugendlichen :
Weniger Spermien -
Geschädigte Spermien -
Unbeweglichere wirkungslose Spermien ohne Chance auf Erfolg !
An der Universität Gießen wurde vor Jahren folgende Forschung erfolgreich betrieben :
Männerunterhose mit „Kühlgebläse“
Man testete 20 Männer mit eingeschränkter Spermien-Qualität. Getragen wurde nur nachts eine speziell entwickelte Unterhose mit „ Kühlgebläse“ , das die Temperatur der Spermien um nur ein Grad Celsius erniedrigte. Andrologie-Oberarzt Dr. Andreas Jung kam zu folgender Erkenntnis:
Die Abkühlung um nur 1 Grad Celsius bewirkte bereits nach 3 Monaten :
Vermehrte Spermien - Mengen
Verbesserte Beweglichkeit der Spermien –
Die Kühl-Unterhose will er niemanden verkaufen oder empfehlen, sie diente nur dem wissenschaftlichen Nachweis :
DURCH KÜHLUNG DER HODEN UND DER SPERMIEN UM NUR 1 GRAD STEIGT DIE FORTPFLANZUNGFÄHIGKEIT STARK AN !
Der Wissenschaftler glaubt, für Männer würde es reichen, wenn sie nachts „untenherum“, unbekleidet schlafen, da bereits eine Temperatur-Erniedrigung geringen Ausmaßes reiche, die Fortpflanzungsfähigkeit erheblich zu verbessern.
Die Mikrowellen des HANDYS bewirken z.B. im Auto als „Faradayschen Käfig“ eine Erhöhung der Strahlung und deren Reflexionen im Fahrzeug um ein mehrfaches. Ein am Gürtel getragenes HANDY oder ein in die Hosentasche eingestecktes empfangsbereites HANDY vollzieht hier garantiert sein negatives Werk in Vollendung, da braucht man keine jahrelange Forschung . Das Wissen um die Schädlichkeit der Wärme auf die Hoden bzw. Spermien ist uralt ! Wer mit einem Handy nachlässig und gedankenlos umgeht, wird sich über die Folgen, die sich bereits heute in der Wissenschaft andeuten, nicht wundern müssen !
Ein empfangsbereites HANDY sucht immer in gewissen Zeitabständen Kontakt mit der nächsten Funkstation aufzunehmen. Ist der Kontakt hergestellt, schaltet es danach automatisch wieder ab. Wird es im Auto am Gürtel oder in der Tasche genutzt, sind die Bedingungen für einen Kontakt mit der Funkleitstelle erschwert, das HANDY arbeitet mit höchster Leistung und sucht oft vergeblich durch die fast perfekte Abschirmung im Auto eine Verbindung herzustellen.
Bisher wurde noch nicht kontrolliert, ob bei einer langen Autofahrt und einem nicht zustande gekommenen Funkkontakt das Handy überhaupt abschaltet oder ob es dann stundenlang ergebnislos evtl. dauerhaft in kürzeren Abständen weiter sucht, wodurch die Strahlenbelastung dadurch immens ansteigen würde !
AUS DIESEM GRUNDE IST BEI DER NUTZUNG DES HANDYS IM AUTO HÖCHSTE VORSICHT GEBOTEN !
Betroffene HANDY-NUTZER könnten dies nachkontrollieren, in dem sie feststellen, ob der Akku ihres Gerätes sich schneller entlädt und daher öfters wieder aufgeladen werden muss !
Bei 2 W Dauerbestrahlung würden die hochempfindlichen Spermien in den Hoden nicht nur um 1 Grad Celsius regelrecht erwärmt sonder übertrieben gesagt, regelrecht „abgekocht “ !
Zu beachten ist noch die Tatsache, dass das männliche Hormon Testosteron in den Hoden zusätzlich zu den Spermien gebildet wird. Tritt nur ein Mangel des männlichen Geschlechtshormons auf, ist ein Mann ebenfalls fast unfruchtbar. Die HANDY- Strahlung kann also ganz eindeutig doppelt in diesem Bereich auf die Unfruchtbarkeit eines Mannes einwirken !
Auch hier liegen seltsamerweise bisher keine Kontroll-Untersuchungen von Wissenschaftlern vor ! Fehlt dem Menschen Testosteron, bekommt er zusätzliche Hormongaben um seine Fruchtbarkeit in Gang zu bringen !
Störungen durch die Handystrahlung – sei es durch Erwärmung oder durch die Pulsung der Strahlung, kann in diesem Bereich weitergehende Folgen für die Gesundheit des Menschen haben !
DARUM SOLLTE FÜR JEDEN VERNÜNFTIGEN MENSCHEN DIE DEVISE GELTEN:
GEHIRN EINSCHALTEN -- HANDY ABSCHALTEN !
VORSORGE IST BESSER ALS NACHSORGE !
IHRE GESUNDHEIT WIRD ES IHNEN DANKEN !
dieter keim <> Ilbenstadt
Omega siehe hierzu auch:
Handys können Fruchtbarkeit reduzieren - Einfluss elektromagnetischer Wellen auf die Spermienmotilität - Kinderlos durch Mobilfunkstrahlung?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/332779/
Starmail - 6. Okt, 21:55
Outside View Oil serves but also burns us
http://www.spacewar.com/upi/2004/1005-093005-outsideview-ibrahim.html
Burned By Oil
Youssef M. Ibrahim, UPI
The former energy editor for the Wall Street Journal says America's blind addiction to this strategic commodity led to strategic failure...
http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/#002184
Burned By Oil
Youssef M. Ibrahim, UPI
The former energy editor for the Wall Street Journal says America's blind addiction to this strategic commodity led to strategic failure...
http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/#002184
Starmail - 6. Okt, 17:37
Cheney's Checked Out
Cheney's comments on Iraq were breathtaking in their utter disregard for facts on the ground...
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/cheneys_checked_out.php
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/cheneys_checked_out.php
Starmail - 6. Okt, 17:33
Showdown Over America's Rainforest
Starmail - 6. Okt, 17:30
Norwegian Study on Breast Cancer and Power Line Proximity
Norwegian study on breast cancer and exposure to hi-voltage power lines.
Dr. Jolanta Kliukiene (evidently born in Poland), who is a doctoral student working at the Norwiegen "kreftregisteret" (Nor. cancer registery) has published a study in May 2004 which concludes that women who live near (100 M) hi-tension power lines have nearly 60 higher risk indeveloping breast cancer than other women.
This sparked a large debate here in Scandinavia, and the study has been critized both internally and externally.
I am posting the abstract, this should be enough for you to locate the article on the web in fulltext.
Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159:852-861.
Copyright © 2004 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Residential and Occupational Exposures to 50-Hz Magnetic Fields and Breast Cancer in Women: A Population-based Study
Jolanta Kliukiene1, Tore Tynes1,2 and Aage Andersen1
1 The Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway.
2 Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Østerås, Norway.
A case-control study was conducted to investigate whether residential and occupational exposures to magnetic fields increased the risk for breast cancer among women. Cases of breast cancer diagnosed during 1980–1996 were identified in a cohort of women living near a high-voltage power line in Norway in 1980 or between 1986 and 1996. Each case was matched by year of birth, municipality, and first year of entry into the cohort with two randomly selected controls without cancer. Residential exposure to magnetic fields was calculated as that generated by the lines before diagnosis, and occupational exposure was based on exposure matrix data. Women with residential exposure had an odds ratio of 1.58 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.30, 1.92) when compared with unexposed women. The odds ratios for exposed women versus unexposed women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive and ER-negative breast cancer were 1.33 (95% CI: 0.93, 1.90) and 1.40 (95% CI: 0.78, 2.50), respectively (ER status was available for 44% of the cases). Women with the highest occupational exposure had an odds ratio of 1.13 (95% CI: 0.91, 1.40) when compared with those unexposed at work. The findings suggest an association between exposure to magnetic fields and breast cancer in women.
Key Words: breast neoplasms; electromagnetic fields; receptors, estrogen
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ER, estrogen receptor.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15105178&dopt=Abstract
Scott Hill
the bioelectromagnetics group
Copenhagen
frontiersciences@yahoo.dk
Abstract (Übersetzung):
Eine Fall-Kontroll-Studie wurde durchgeführt, um zu untersuchen, ob die wohnortbedingte und berufliche Exposition gegenüber Magnetfeldern das Risiko für Brustkrebs bei Frauen erhöht. Im Zeitraum von 1980 bis 1996 diagnostizierte Brustkrebsfälle wurden in einer Kohorte von Frauen identifiziert, die 1980 oder zwischen 1986 und 1996 in Norwegen in der Nähe einer Hochspannungsleitung wohnten. Jedem Fall wurden zwei zufällig ausgewählte, in den Merkmalen Geburtsjahr, Wohnort und erstes Jahr des Eintritts in die Kohorte entsprechende Kontrollen ohne Krebserkrankung zugeordnet. Als wohnortbedingte Exposition gegenüber Magnetfeldern wurde die vor der Diagnose von den Leitungen erzeugte Exposition berechnet und die berufsbedingte Exposition basierte auf Expositionsmatrixdaten. Frauen mit Exposition am Wohnort hatten eine Odds Ratio von 1,58 (95%-Konfidenzintervall (KI): 1,30, 1,92) im Vergleich zu nicht exponierten Frauen. Die Odds Ratios für exponierte Frauen versus nicht exponierte Frauen mit östrogenrezeptor-(ER-)positivem und ER-negativem Brustkrebs betrugen 1,33 (95%-KI: 0,93, 1,90) bzw. 1,40 (95%-KI: 0,78, 2,50) (Der ER-Status lag für 44% der Fälle vor). Frauen mit der höchsten berufsbedingten Exposition hatten eine Odds Ratio von 1,13 (95%-KI: 0,91, 1,40) im Vergleich zu Frauen ohne Exposition am Arbeitsplatz. Die Ergebnisse legen einen Zusammenhang zwischen der Exposition gegenüber Magnetfeldern und Brustkrebs bei Frauen nahe.
http://www.forummobil.ch/de/medizin_studien_detail.cfm?fid=31
Zusammenhang zwischen niederfrequenten Magnetfeldern und Brustkrebs
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_newsletter_120704.html
Dr. Jolanta Kliukiene (evidently born in Poland), who is a doctoral student working at the Norwiegen "kreftregisteret" (Nor. cancer registery) has published a study in May 2004 which concludes that women who live near (100 M) hi-tension power lines have nearly 60 higher risk indeveloping breast cancer than other women.
This sparked a large debate here in Scandinavia, and the study has been critized both internally and externally.
I am posting the abstract, this should be enough for you to locate the article on the web in fulltext.
Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159:852-861.
Copyright © 2004 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Residential and Occupational Exposures to 50-Hz Magnetic Fields and Breast Cancer in Women: A Population-based Study
Jolanta Kliukiene1, Tore Tynes1,2 and Aage Andersen1
1 The Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway.
2 Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Østerås, Norway.
A case-control study was conducted to investigate whether residential and occupational exposures to magnetic fields increased the risk for breast cancer among women. Cases of breast cancer diagnosed during 1980–1996 were identified in a cohort of women living near a high-voltage power line in Norway in 1980 or between 1986 and 1996. Each case was matched by year of birth, municipality, and first year of entry into the cohort with two randomly selected controls without cancer. Residential exposure to magnetic fields was calculated as that generated by the lines before diagnosis, and occupational exposure was based on exposure matrix data. Women with residential exposure had an odds ratio of 1.58 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.30, 1.92) when compared with unexposed women. The odds ratios for exposed women versus unexposed women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive and ER-negative breast cancer were 1.33 (95% CI: 0.93, 1.90) and 1.40 (95% CI: 0.78, 2.50), respectively (ER status was available for 44% of the cases). Women with the highest occupational exposure had an odds ratio of 1.13 (95% CI: 0.91, 1.40) when compared with those unexposed at work. The findings suggest an association between exposure to magnetic fields and breast cancer in women.
Key Words: breast neoplasms; electromagnetic fields; receptors, estrogen
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; ER, estrogen receptor.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15105178&dopt=Abstract
Scott Hill
the bioelectromagnetics group
Copenhagen
frontiersciences@yahoo.dk
Abstract (Übersetzung):
Eine Fall-Kontroll-Studie wurde durchgeführt, um zu untersuchen, ob die wohnortbedingte und berufliche Exposition gegenüber Magnetfeldern das Risiko für Brustkrebs bei Frauen erhöht. Im Zeitraum von 1980 bis 1996 diagnostizierte Brustkrebsfälle wurden in einer Kohorte von Frauen identifiziert, die 1980 oder zwischen 1986 und 1996 in Norwegen in der Nähe einer Hochspannungsleitung wohnten. Jedem Fall wurden zwei zufällig ausgewählte, in den Merkmalen Geburtsjahr, Wohnort und erstes Jahr des Eintritts in die Kohorte entsprechende Kontrollen ohne Krebserkrankung zugeordnet. Als wohnortbedingte Exposition gegenüber Magnetfeldern wurde die vor der Diagnose von den Leitungen erzeugte Exposition berechnet und die berufsbedingte Exposition basierte auf Expositionsmatrixdaten. Frauen mit Exposition am Wohnort hatten eine Odds Ratio von 1,58 (95%-Konfidenzintervall (KI): 1,30, 1,92) im Vergleich zu nicht exponierten Frauen. Die Odds Ratios für exponierte Frauen versus nicht exponierte Frauen mit östrogenrezeptor-(ER-)positivem und ER-negativem Brustkrebs betrugen 1,33 (95%-KI: 0,93, 1,90) bzw. 1,40 (95%-KI: 0,78, 2,50) (Der ER-Status lag für 44% der Fälle vor). Frauen mit der höchsten berufsbedingten Exposition hatten eine Odds Ratio von 1,13 (95%-KI: 0,91, 1,40) im Vergleich zu Frauen ohne Exposition am Arbeitsplatz. Die Ergebnisse legen einen Zusammenhang zwischen der Exposition gegenüber Magnetfeldern und Brustkrebs bei Frauen nahe.
http://www.forummobil.ch/de/medizin_studien_detail.cfm?fid=31
Zusammenhang zwischen niederfrequenten Magnetfeldern und Brustkrebs
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_newsletter_120704.html
Starmail - 6. Okt, 14:44
Nerve Problem May Explain Gulf War Symptoms
Starmail - 6. Okt, 13:12
HR 10 - LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL TO ASSESS - DATABASE ALL PEOPLE - NATIONAL ID CARD - SAY NO - GO TO JAIL - FORCED SUSTAINABILITY TO THEIR SCHEME
Starmail - 6. Okt, 13:04
Stop the Genocide of indigenous People and their Land
Media Advisory - Week of Action to Stop the Genocide of First Peoples - please reprint and circulate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Aboriginals will occupy churches and government offices across Canada to recover remains of their people
October 6, 2004: Unceded Coast Salish Territory ("Vancouver, Canada")
A campaign of civil disobedience to expose and stop the Genocide of indigenous people and their land will commence in major cities across Canada on "Columbus Day", Monday, October 11, 2004.
The nine affiliated groups comprising The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada announced this campaign today in response to the refusal of the government and churches of Canada to identify the secret burial sites of more than 50,000 aboriginal children who died or were killed in church-run "Indian residential schools".
The campaign will commence with selected protests outside the churches responsible for the residential schools and will escalate into civil disobedience and disruption of government facilities and church activities. These churches include the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and United Church of Canada.
"We have tried being polite and going through their court system, but that's gotten us nowhere" commented Haida elder Wilfred Price of The Truth Commission.
"Mass murder was done to my people and we demand to know where the churches buried the children who never came home from the residential schools. Innocent children were tortured, sterilized, and murdered. Their spirits will never rest until their remains are brought home to their own territory."
The Truth Commission has also instructed its member organizations to support the efforts of indigenous people in Hawaii and elsewhere to force the revoking of the Catholic church's infamous Inter Catera Bull of 1493, which sanctioned and justified the conquest and Genocide of aboriginal people by Christianity.
"European religion was the cause of the murder of over 90% of the Haida Nation. My people are still dying in droves from the fallout of this invasion, and our land is still being robbed and desecrated" said elder Wilfred Price today. "Until those responsible for this Genocide are brought to trial, there can be no rest, and no justice, for any of us.
"I'm going to personally burn a copy of the Inter Catera Bull outside a Catholic church to show that the days of religious control of my people are over."
The Week of Action has received the endorsement of indigenous and human rights groups in Guatemala, the United States, England and Germany. Its aim is to force an international inquiry by the United Nations into the past and present Genocide of aboriginal people in Canada.
To learn more about the Week of Action, and to support and endorse its efforts, contact The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada:
In Canada: 1-888-265-1007 (messages)
genocideincanada@yahoo.ca
Outside Canada: kevinannett@yahoo.ca
Websites: http://www.hiddenfrommhistory.org
http://canadiangenocide.nativeweb.org
Released by The Executive, The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada
6 October, 2004
Vancouver, Canada
cc: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, United Nations
world media
Informant: ECOTERRA Intl.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Aboriginals will occupy churches and government offices across Canada to recover remains of their people
October 6, 2004: Unceded Coast Salish Territory ("Vancouver, Canada")
A campaign of civil disobedience to expose and stop the Genocide of indigenous people and their land will commence in major cities across Canada on "Columbus Day", Monday, October 11, 2004.
The nine affiliated groups comprising The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada announced this campaign today in response to the refusal of the government and churches of Canada to identify the secret burial sites of more than 50,000 aboriginal children who died or were killed in church-run "Indian residential schools".
The campaign will commence with selected protests outside the churches responsible for the residential schools and will escalate into civil disobedience and disruption of government facilities and church activities. These churches include the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and United Church of Canada.
"We have tried being polite and going through their court system, but that's gotten us nowhere" commented Haida elder Wilfred Price of The Truth Commission.
"Mass murder was done to my people and we demand to know where the churches buried the children who never came home from the residential schools. Innocent children were tortured, sterilized, and murdered. Their spirits will never rest until their remains are brought home to their own territory."
The Truth Commission has also instructed its member organizations to support the efforts of indigenous people in Hawaii and elsewhere to force the revoking of the Catholic church's infamous Inter Catera Bull of 1493, which sanctioned and justified the conquest and Genocide of aboriginal people by Christianity.
"European religion was the cause of the murder of over 90% of the Haida Nation. My people are still dying in droves from the fallout of this invasion, and our land is still being robbed and desecrated" said elder Wilfred Price today. "Until those responsible for this Genocide are brought to trial, there can be no rest, and no justice, for any of us.
"I'm going to personally burn a copy of the Inter Catera Bull outside a Catholic church to show that the days of religious control of my people are over."
The Week of Action has received the endorsement of indigenous and human rights groups in Guatemala, the United States, England and Germany. Its aim is to force an international inquiry by the United Nations into the past and present Genocide of aboriginal people in Canada.
To learn more about the Week of Action, and to support and endorse its efforts, contact The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada:
In Canada: 1-888-265-1007 (messages)
genocideincanada@yahoo.ca
Outside Canada: kevinannett@yahoo.ca
Websites: http://www.hiddenfrommhistory.org
http://canadiangenocide.nativeweb.org
Released by The Executive, The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada
6 October, 2004
Vancouver, Canada
cc: Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, United Nations
world media
Informant: ECOTERRA Intl.
Starmail - 6. Okt, 12:57
Elections will not end the fighting in Iraq
by Patrick Cockburn
TruthOut
10/05/04
The situation on the ground in Iraq is far worse than what is portrayed by the media. Ironically, this is because it is now so dangerous for journalists and television crews to leave their heavily guarded hotels in Baghdad that they cannot refute claims by the American and British governments that much of Iraq is safe. Nothing could be more untrue. I have spent most of the past year-and-a-half travelling in Iraq, and I have never known it so bad. The roads all around Baghdad are cut by insurgents. At Mahmoudiyah, just south of the capital, rebels in black masks felt confident enough last week to establish a checkpoint on the main road to Najaf. .... If an election is held in January, it will not end the fighting. If the Sunni Muslims do not take part, but the Shia and Kurds do, then Iraq will be even more divided. A great number of Iraqis also believe that you simply cannot have a free and fair election with 138,000 US troops in the country...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/100604K.shtml
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
TruthOut
10/05/04
The situation on the ground in Iraq is far worse than what is portrayed by the media. Ironically, this is because it is now so dangerous for journalists and television crews to leave their heavily guarded hotels in Baghdad that they cannot refute claims by the American and British governments that much of Iraq is safe. Nothing could be more untrue. I have spent most of the past year-and-a-half travelling in Iraq, and I have never known it so bad. The roads all around Baghdad are cut by insurgents. At Mahmoudiyah, just south of the capital, rebels in black masks felt confident enough last week to establish a checkpoint on the main road to Najaf. .... If an election is held in January, it will not end the fighting. If the Sunni Muslims do not take part, but the Shia and Kurds do, then Iraq will be even more divided. A great number of Iraqis also believe that you simply cannot have a free and fair election with 138,000 US troops in the country...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/100604K.shtml
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 6. Okt, 12:49
War lies are piling up
by Ivan Eland
Independent Institute
10/04/04
Even though a mound of evidence keeps accumulating that the Bush administration exaggerated the threat to fulfill its obsession to invade Iraq, administration officials keep standing by -- in Goebbels-like repetition of the 'big lie' -- the need for war...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1375
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Independent Institute
10/04/04
Even though a mound of evidence keeps accumulating that the Bush administration exaggerated the threat to fulfill its obsession to invade Iraq, administration officials keep standing by -- in Goebbels-like repetition of the 'big lie' -- the need for war...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1375
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 6. Okt, 12:45
US Elections under a Microscope
Wired News
10/05/04
As the self-appointed guardians of democracy, Americans are used to monitoring elections overseas in contested hot spots and fledgling democracies. But amid memories of Florida 2000 and concerns about electronic voting and voter-registration lists, Americans are finding the tables have turned. This year, one monitoring project invited more than 20 international observers from 15 countries including Australia, Argentina, South Africa and Zambia to help monitor the presidential election and increase voter confidence. In addition, more than 60 domestic groups have mobilized volunteers to monitor the election, including a group with technical expertise that will evaluate the performance of e-voting machines...
http://wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65215,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
10/05/04
As the self-appointed guardians of democracy, Americans are used to monitoring elections overseas in contested hot spots and fledgling democracies. But amid memories of Florida 2000 and concerns about electronic voting and voter-registration lists, Americans are finding the tables have turned. This year, one monitoring project invited more than 20 international observers from 15 countries including Australia, Argentina, South Africa and Zambia to help monitor the presidential election and increase voter confidence. In addition, more than 60 domestic groups have mobilized volunteers to monitor the election, including a group with technical expertise that will evaluate the performance of e-voting machines...
http://wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65215,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 6. Okt, 12:36
Tricksen, Täuschen, Tarnen - Grüne Politik im Zwielicht
URL:
http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=24055
Datum: 06.10.2004
© www.sozialisten.de
Tricksen, Täuschen, Tarnen - Grüne Politik im Zwielicht
Wolfgang Gehrcke, außenpolitischer Sprecher der PDS, zu den Widersprüchen zwischen Parteitagsbeschlüssen der Grünen und ihrem realpolitischen Handeln in Sachen Bombodrom und Panzerlieferung in den Irak:
Die Grünen haben angekündigt, im Bundestag einen Gruppenantrag (SPD- und Grünen-Abgeordnete) gegen das Bombodrom einzubringen und sie haben auf ihrem Parteitag einen Beschluss gegen die Lieferung von Fuchs-Panzern in den Irak gefasst. Bravo!
Eine politische Initiative im Bundestag gegen das Bombodrom ist längst überfällig, die Panzerlieferung in den Irak ist politisch falsch und rechtlich unzulässig. Dies sieht die PDS genau so. Sie verhält sich aber anders. Politische Beschlüsse führen bei der PDS zu politischen Initiativen. Darin unterscheiden sich Grüne und die PDS.
Die grünen Minister in der Bundesregierung zeigen sich von den Beschlüssen ihrer Partei unberührt und ungebunden. Die Panzerlieferung in den Irak sei nicht mehr zu stoppen und der Gruppenantrag gegen das Bombodrom bindet die Bundesregierung nicht.
Im Übrigen lässt die grüne Fraktionsführung nicht zu, dass auch Bundestagsabgeordnete der PDS, der CDU und der FDP, die gegen das Bombodrom sind, diesen Antrag mit zeichnen. Dies ist offensichtlich der neue Inhalt grüner Doppelstrategie.
Mit einer solchen Politik ist aber weder das Bombodrom zu verhindern noch die Panzerlieferung in den Irak zu stoppen. Wer "Nein" sagt, muss auch "Nein" wollen. Genau dies aber weiß man bei den Grünen nicht.
http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=24055
Datum: 06.10.2004
© www.sozialisten.de
Tricksen, Täuschen, Tarnen - Grüne Politik im Zwielicht
Wolfgang Gehrcke, außenpolitischer Sprecher der PDS, zu den Widersprüchen zwischen Parteitagsbeschlüssen der Grünen und ihrem realpolitischen Handeln in Sachen Bombodrom und Panzerlieferung in den Irak:
Die Grünen haben angekündigt, im Bundestag einen Gruppenantrag (SPD- und Grünen-Abgeordnete) gegen das Bombodrom einzubringen und sie haben auf ihrem Parteitag einen Beschluss gegen die Lieferung von Fuchs-Panzern in den Irak gefasst. Bravo!
Eine politische Initiative im Bundestag gegen das Bombodrom ist längst überfällig, die Panzerlieferung in den Irak ist politisch falsch und rechtlich unzulässig. Dies sieht die PDS genau so. Sie verhält sich aber anders. Politische Beschlüsse führen bei der PDS zu politischen Initiativen. Darin unterscheiden sich Grüne und die PDS.
Die grünen Minister in der Bundesregierung zeigen sich von den Beschlüssen ihrer Partei unberührt und ungebunden. Die Panzerlieferung in den Irak sei nicht mehr zu stoppen und der Gruppenantrag gegen das Bombodrom bindet die Bundesregierung nicht.
Im Übrigen lässt die grüne Fraktionsführung nicht zu, dass auch Bundestagsabgeordnete der PDS, der CDU und der FDP, die gegen das Bombodrom sind, diesen Antrag mit zeichnen. Dies ist offensichtlich der neue Inhalt grüner Doppelstrategie.
Mit einer solchen Politik ist aber weder das Bombodrom zu verhindern noch die Panzerlieferung in den Irak zu stoppen. Wer "Nein" sagt, muss auch "Nein" wollen. Genau dies aber weiß man bei den Grünen nicht.
Starmail - 6. Okt, 12:25
The Iraqi Nuclear Bomb That Wasn't
Here's the bottom line, according to the New York Times Editorial Board: "If Ms. Condoleezza Rice did her job and told Mr. George Bush how ludicrous the case was for an Iraqi nuclear program, then Mr. Bush terribly misled the public. If not, she should have resigned for allowing her boss to start a war on the basis of bad information and an incompetent analysis."
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2160
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2160
Starmail - 6. Okt, 12:21
Playing Politics With Reform
THE HOUSE OF Representatives' version of intelligence reform might be dismissed as an election-year stunt were it not so dangerous. One section would relax restrictions on deporting people who may face torture at home, in violation of an international treaty to which this country is a party. Other sections, authorizing new surveillance powers in terrorism cases and changing the definition of criminal support for terrorist groups, may have merit but involve complex and highly controversial policy changes that warrant debate.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2159
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2159
Starmail - 6. Okt, 12:19
To Torture or Not?
Oct. 5 - President Bush today distanced himself from his administration’s quiet effort to push through a law that would make it easier to send captured terror suspects to countries where torture is used. The proposed law, recently tacked onto a much larger bill despite the fallout from last spring’s interrogation scandal, is seen as an attempt to counter a recent Supreme Court decision that would free some terror detainees being held without trial.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2157
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2157
Starmail - 6. Okt, 12:17
The Grief of Baghdad
Here is a reminder of the human cost of the Iraq War. In the article below by Evan Derkacz, "The painful stories and pictures of some of the 16,000 American soldiers – like Cpl. Tyson Johnson – wounded in Iraq might move Americans to action. Maybe that's why we don't see them in the mainstream media." Veterans and the public have a moral duty to remember and recognize the sacrifices of our Nation's soldiers.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2152
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2152
Starmail - 6. Okt, 12:14
Insulin Resistant Hyperinsulinemia
Starmail - 6. Okt, 11:36
Ex-Enron Assistant Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
Starmail - 6. Okt, 11:25
Choices and Echoes
An Echo, Not a Choice
Gary North on the Skull & Bones sweepstakes:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north309.html
Gary North on the Skull & Bones sweepstakes:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north309.html
Starmail - 6. Okt, 11:17
Pilots toast Hit on Iraqi 'Civilians'
Take them out, dude: pilots toast hit on Iraqi 'civilians'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=569207
The Pentagon said yesterday it was investigating cockpit video footage that shows American pilots attacking and killing a group of apparently unarmed Iraqi civilians.
The 30-second clip shows the pilot targeting the group of people in a street in the city of Fallujah and asking his mission controllers whether he should "take them out". He is told to do so and, shortly afterwards, the footage shows a huge explosion where the people were. A second voice can be heard on the clip saying: "Oh, dude."
The existence of the video, taken last April inside the cockpit of a US F-16 fighter has been known for some time, though last night's broadcast by Channel 4 News is believed to be the first time a mainstream broadcaster has shown the footage.
At no point during the exchange between the pilot and controllers does anyone ask whether the Iraqis are armed or posing a threat. Critics say it proves war crimes are being committed.
The video mentioned in the Independent article is available on multiple websites, you can see it at the following site:
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/july2004/190704liberationvideo.htm
Informant: Mark Vallen
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=569207
The Pentagon said yesterday it was investigating cockpit video footage that shows American pilots attacking and killing a group of apparently unarmed Iraqi civilians.
The 30-second clip shows the pilot targeting the group of people in a street in the city of Fallujah and asking his mission controllers whether he should "take them out". He is told to do so and, shortly afterwards, the footage shows a huge explosion where the people were. A second voice can be heard on the clip saying: "Oh, dude."
The existence of the video, taken last April inside the cockpit of a US F-16 fighter has been known for some time, though last night's broadcast by Channel 4 News is believed to be the first time a mainstream broadcaster has shown the footage.
At no point during the exchange between the pilot and controllers does anyone ask whether the Iraqis are armed or posing a threat. Critics say it proves war crimes are being committed.
The video mentioned in the Independent article is available on multiple websites, you can see it at the following site:
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/july2004/190704liberationvideo.htm
Informant: Mark Vallen
Starmail - 6. Okt, 11:14
Bulldozer destroyed the Grounds for a Cellular Antenna
Dozens of Julis citizens destroyed with bulldozer the grounds for a cellular antenna
by Jacky Huri
Haaretz 6/10/2004
Dozens of residents from the eastern neighbourhood from the Druz village Julis in the western Galil destroyed the night before yesterday with bulldozer, the grounds for cellular antenna that was supposed to be erected, because of concern for their health and for the village's health.
Riad Hamza, former head of the local council, said that "in the village there's a full agreement that these antennas are danger for health. We heard about many places in Israel where there was a frightening increase in cancer rate because of the many antennas in their area. We want to anticipate trouble."
The head of the Julis council, lawyer Nadim Amar that was chosen several days ago, said that in the first meeting of the council he intends to take a decision that forbids cellular antennas in the village.
Also in the village Yanuh [where people were killed as a result of their fight to remove antennas] the people resist the antennas. On Monday, representatives from the village met with officials from the companies Pelephone and Partner and agreed to stop the antennas activity in Yanuh and remove all the antennas within 3 months. The two companies representatives claimed in the meeting that there is no danger from the antennas and that they are ready for every check because the radiation power from the antennas is very low. They agreed to distribute material on the subject.
Einstein School Update
The environment ministry suddenly changed its mind and Dr. Stelian Galberg said that if within 1 week the radiation will not be lowered, the ministry will act with all the legal means to stop the antennas. (local newspaper Eyal Lerman Yediot Haifa 6.10.2004)
Meanwhile the parents went to demonstration on Sunday in front of that site, and plan to do a protest walk against the antennas. They say they don't care about the monitoring stations and the radiation level results-all they care is that the antennas will be inactivated, and "stop cooking our children" like one of the parents said.
Message from Iris Atzmon
by Jacky Huri
Haaretz 6/10/2004
Dozens of residents from the eastern neighbourhood from the Druz village Julis in the western Galil destroyed the night before yesterday with bulldozer, the grounds for cellular antenna that was supposed to be erected, because of concern for their health and for the village's health.
Riad Hamza, former head of the local council, said that "in the village there's a full agreement that these antennas are danger for health. We heard about many places in Israel where there was a frightening increase in cancer rate because of the many antennas in their area. We want to anticipate trouble."
The head of the Julis council, lawyer Nadim Amar that was chosen several days ago, said that in the first meeting of the council he intends to take a decision that forbids cellular antennas in the village.
Also in the village Yanuh [where people were killed as a result of their fight to remove antennas] the people resist the antennas. On Monday, representatives from the village met with officials from the companies Pelephone and Partner and agreed to stop the antennas activity in Yanuh and remove all the antennas within 3 months. The two companies representatives claimed in the meeting that there is no danger from the antennas and that they are ready for every check because the radiation power from the antennas is very low. They agreed to distribute material on the subject.
Einstein School Update
The environment ministry suddenly changed its mind and Dr. Stelian Galberg said that if within 1 week the radiation will not be lowered, the ministry will act with all the legal means to stop the antennas. (local newspaper Eyal Lerman Yediot Haifa 6.10.2004)
Meanwhile the parents went to demonstration on Sunday in front of that site, and plan to do a protest walk against the antennas. They say they don't care about the monitoring stations and the radiation level results-all they care is that the antennas will be inactivated, and "stop cooking our children" like one of the parents said.
Message from Iris Atzmon
Starmail - 6. Okt, 11:02
The Oil Factor : Behind the War on Terror
ANYBODY CAN PLAINLY SEE THAT BUSH INVADED IRAQ FOR ITS OIL !
NOW do you know that :
* at the current production rate, North America and Western Europe will run out of oil in 2010 ?
* One million U.S. military personnel are deployed overseas near oil fields and oil routes ?
* U.S. military deployment in Afghanistan and Central Asia blocks China and Russia from accessing oil and natural gas they desperately need for their economies ?
Is invading foreign countries the solution to reducing terrorist threats against the United States ? Since George Bush’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, Islamic fundamentalists are recruiting more than ever and acts of terrorism have multiplied around the world.
Now Dick Cheney claims that "the American way of life is not negotiable". The real question becomes: is invading foreign countries the acceptable way to ensure that the average American can go on consuming 4 times more energy that the average European or 32 times more energy than the average African ?
After spending three months in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Free-Will assesses the catastrophic results of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and George Bush Jr.’s attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan. THE OIL FACTOR looks at both the human cost and the greater geo-strategic picture of these invasions that may precipitate the world toward the next global conflict.
Filled with solid facts and figures, easy-to-understand maps, original footage shot in Iraq and Afghanistan and interviews of such personalities as Zbigniew Brzezinski, Noam Chomsky, The Project for the New American Century Director Gary Schmitt, best-seller "Taliban" author Ahmed Rashid or Pentagon’s Karen Kwiatkowski, THE OIL FACTOR is a must-see for anyone who wants to understand what is really at stake with today’s "war-on-terror". It is a must-see also for anyone who wants to convince friends and family that another four years of such war may NOT be in the best interest of the American people and that of the world.
For more information and copies, please visit: http://www.TheOilFactor.com
John Johnson
Change-Links Progressive Newspaper
change@pacbell.net or change-links@change-links.org
http://www.change-links.org/
NOW do you know that :
* at the current production rate, North America and Western Europe will run out of oil in 2010 ?
* One million U.S. military personnel are deployed overseas near oil fields and oil routes ?
* U.S. military deployment in Afghanistan and Central Asia blocks China and Russia from accessing oil and natural gas they desperately need for their economies ?
Is invading foreign countries the solution to reducing terrorist threats against the United States ? Since George Bush’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, Islamic fundamentalists are recruiting more than ever and acts of terrorism have multiplied around the world.
Now Dick Cheney claims that "the American way of life is not negotiable". The real question becomes: is invading foreign countries the acceptable way to ensure that the average American can go on consuming 4 times more energy that the average European or 32 times more energy than the average African ?
After spending three months in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Free-Will assesses the catastrophic results of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and George Bush Jr.’s attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan. THE OIL FACTOR looks at both the human cost and the greater geo-strategic picture of these invasions that may precipitate the world toward the next global conflict.
Filled with solid facts and figures, easy-to-understand maps, original footage shot in Iraq and Afghanistan and interviews of such personalities as Zbigniew Brzezinski, Noam Chomsky, The Project for the New American Century Director Gary Schmitt, best-seller "Taliban" author Ahmed Rashid or Pentagon’s Karen Kwiatkowski, THE OIL FACTOR is a must-see for anyone who wants to understand what is really at stake with today’s "war-on-terror". It is a must-see also for anyone who wants to convince friends and family that another four years of such war may NOT be in the best interest of the American people and that of the world.
For more information and copies, please visit: http://www.TheOilFactor.com
John Johnson
Change-Links Progressive Newspaper
change@pacbell.net or change-links@change-links.org
http://www.change-links.org/
Starmail - 6. Okt, 09:28
Kamera-Handys : Schau`n mer mal
Test:
Über Sinn und Unsinn neuer Kommunikationsformen lässt sich trefflich streiten. Muss ein Telefon neben Sprache auch Texte und Bilder übertragen? Und ist eine so genannte MMS-Nachricht (Multimedia Messaging Service) das Übertragungsentgelt von 0,39 bis zu 1,29 Euro wert?
Tatsache ist, dass die gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen von Handy-Strahlung größer werden, je länger man die Mobiltelefone verwendet. Und da Multimedianachrichten relativ lange brauchen, um von Handy zu Handy übertragen zu werden, nimmt auch die Zeitdauer zu, der man sich hochfrequenten elektromagnetischen Feldern (Elektrosmog) aussetzt, die Handys nun einmal produzieren...
Weiter unter:
http://www.oekotest.de/cgi/ot/otgs.cgi?doc=29168
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Handy: Geschäftsmodelle gehen daneben
http://www.silicon.de/cpo/news-mobile/detail.php?nr=16826
Informant: Bernd Schreiner
Quelle:
http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/elektrosmog-liste/message/4374
Über Sinn und Unsinn neuer Kommunikationsformen lässt sich trefflich streiten. Muss ein Telefon neben Sprache auch Texte und Bilder übertragen? Und ist eine so genannte MMS-Nachricht (Multimedia Messaging Service) das Übertragungsentgelt von 0,39 bis zu 1,29 Euro wert?
Tatsache ist, dass die gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen von Handy-Strahlung größer werden, je länger man die Mobiltelefone verwendet. Und da Multimedianachrichten relativ lange brauchen, um von Handy zu Handy übertragen zu werden, nimmt auch die Zeitdauer zu, der man sich hochfrequenten elektromagnetischen Feldern (Elektrosmog) aussetzt, die Handys nun einmal produzieren...
Weiter unter:
http://www.oekotest.de/cgi/ot/otgs.cgi?doc=29168
--------
Handy: Geschäftsmodelle gehen daneben
http://www.silicon.de/cpo/news-mobile/detail.php?nr=16826
Informant: Bernd Schreiner
Quelle:
http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/elektrosmog-liste/message/4374
Starmail - 6. Okt, 09:09
Coup d'Etat in America ?
Starmail - 6. Okt, 08:58
This is a Massacre, Not a War in Iraq
Starmail - 6. Okt, 00:52
Help track the activities of VP Cheney
Attached is a very good resource tool to help track the activities of VP Cheney. The VP Debates are tomorrow night so you may want to review and forward this to anyone you feel it would be useful. If you already have this resource, my apologies for the redundancy, if not, make use of it...it's very good!
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/
Informant: Jack Topel
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/
Informant: Jack Topel
Starmail - 6. Okt, 00:43
Infant mortality - the effects of environmental pollution
Three articles from the SF Chronicle [ http://www.sfgate.com ] on the effects of environmental pollution -
1. SFGate: TOO YOUNG TO DIE/Part One: Life's Toll
In Bayview-Hunters Point, the stress created by environmental problems, racism, poverty and crime may explain why so many babies die young. Infant mortality is twice as high here as in the rest of San Francisco...
http://fornits.com/renegade/peaars.cgi?fetch=7792
2. SFGate: TOO YOUNG TO DIE/PART TWO: TOXIC LEGACY
Babies born in neighborhoods afflicted by pollution -- from smog to pesticides -- are more likely to die before their first birthday...
http://fornits.com/renegade/peaars.cgi?fetch=7793
3. SFGate: TOO YOUNG TO DIE/Infant Deaths
California has one of the nation's lowest rates of infant mortality, but from San Francisco to Los Angeles there are pockets where babies are twice as likely to die before their first birthday... Babies born in the United States are twice as likely to die as those of Sweden, Iceland, Japan, Spain or even the Czech Republic. And, within this country, some babies -- depending on their race and where they live -- start out with heavy odds against them...
http://fornits.com/renegade/peaars.cgi?fetch=7794
Informant: STRIDER
1. SFGate: TOO YOUNG TO DIE/Part One: Life's Toll
In Bayview-Hunters Point, the stress created by environmental problems, racism, poverty and crime may explain why so many babies die young. Infant mortality is twice as high here as in the rest of San Francisco...
http://fornits.com/renegade/peaars.cgi?fetch=7792
2. SFGate: TOO YOUNG TO DIE/PART TWO: TOXIC LEGACY
Babies born in neighborhoods afflicted by pollution -- from smog to pesticides -- are more likely to die before their first birthday...
http://fornits.com/renegade/peaars.cgi?fetch=7793
3. SFGate: TOO YOUNG TO DIE/Infant Deaths
California has one of the nation's lowest rates of infant mortality, but from San Francisco to Los Angeles there are pockets where babies are twice as likely to die before their first birthday... Babies born in the United States are twice as likely to die as those of Sweden, Iceland, Japan, Spain or even the Czech Republic. And, within this country, some babies -- depending on their race and where they live -- start out with heavy odds against them...
http://fornits.com/renegade/peaars.cgi?fetch=7794
Informant: STRIDER
Starmail - 6. Okt, 00:38
The Kids Wanna Rock
The Kids Wanna Rock (The Vote)
by Washington Note
MTV has registered 1,000,000 new young voters. Gotta wonder if they're being figured into these new polls...
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/the_kids_wanna_rock_the_vote.php
by Washington Note
MTV has registered 1,000,000 new young voters. Gotta wonder if they're being figured into these new polls...
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/the_kids_wanna_rock_the_vote.php
Starmail - 6. Okt, 00:33
Wrestling With The Reserves
Starmail - 6. Okt, 00:31
Kerry Says Republicans Suppressing Voting
Starmail - 6. Okt, 00:20
NewsTarget Insider - Oct 5: health care fraud and drug imports
Drug companies engage in massive health care fraud, but are never held accountable
http://www.NewsTarget.com/001867.html
Criminal-minded pharmaceutical industry in the United States intercepts legal prescription drugs being imported from Canada
http://www.NewsTarget.com/001866.html
New research shows cancer caused by carbohydrates, sugars, white flour, and corn syrup
http://www.NewsTarget.com/001812.html
Vaccines found to contain mercury; are vaccinations safe?
http://www.NewsTarget.com/001811.html
http://www.NewsTarget.com/001867.html
Criminal-minded pharmaceutical industry in the United States intercepts legal prescription drugs being imported from Canada
http://www.NewsTarget.com/001866.html
New research shows cancer caused by carbohydrates, sugars, white flour, and corn syrup
http://www.NewsTarget.com/001812.html
Vaccines found to contain mercury; are vaccinations safe?
http://www.NewsTarget.com/001811.html
Starmail - 6. Okt, 00:18
5
Okt
2004
US Taxpayers Lawsuit NO. CIV-03-03927-SI vs GW Bush
A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the American people and the 9/11 families against some government officials for planning the 9/11 events. The attorney in the case is Stanley Hilton, former Bob Dole’s chief of staff. He recently held a very interesting interview about it, the transcript of which is located at
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/september2004/130904hiltontranscript.htm
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?s=83343d728992d3a53964d16628de3781&p=1117198#post1117198
Informant: Shannon
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/september2004/130904hiltontranscript.htm
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?s=83343d728992d3a53964d16628de3781&p=1117198#post1117198
Informant: Shannon
Starmail - 5. Okt, 23:59
Air Force Looks at New Microwave Weapon
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1005-20.htm
Generator key to getting microwave weapons on military planes
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/9834722.htm
Informant: kevcross5
Generator key to getting microwave weapons on military planes
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/9834722.htm
Informant: kevcross5
Starmail - 5. Okt, 23:34
Mast at Knockainey Hill, Hospital, Co. Limerick
Dear Collette O'Connell,
I refer to the above matter and am delighted to inform you that An Bord Pleanala has refused the appeal of Meteor. If you wish to view the decision of An Bord Pleanala their reference is PL13.207172:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/an_bord_pleanala.doc
Many thanks for your assistance in this matter.
Yours faithfully
JOHN COOKE
Solicitor
Informant: Colette
I refer to the above matter and am delighted to inform you that An Bord Pleanala has refused the appeal of Meteor. If you wish to view the decision of An Bord Pleanala their reference is PL13.207172:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/an_bord_pleanala.doc
Many thanks for your assistance in this matter.
Yours faithfully
JOHN COOKE
Solicitor
Informant: Colette
Starmail - 5. Okt, 23:31
The march of phone transmitter masts
DOORS your guide to the internet
October 3rd 2004 Sunday Times
Page 14 News Review Supplement
The march of phone transmitter masts is proving unstoppable.
Matthew Wall raises concerns over the widespread ignorance about health effects of radiation.
Walk down a busy high street and count the mobile phones and internet hot spots. Four years ago there were 5m mobile phone in the UK; today, there are more than 50m. That adds up to a tidal wave of radio traffic. We all want to stay in touch, but the price of taking calls is becoming too high for ma y. Health and environmental concerns have sparked a war of words between campaigners and an industry that profits every time you tell your loved ones you are on a train.
Mobile-phone masts and base stations are springing up like virulent fungi – 50,000 of the eyesores will be dotted round Britain by 2007. Although nobody should underplay the benefits of the cordless revolution, the question remains: how afe is wireless technology? Here, the jury is out. On the one hand are the anti-mast campaigners who are convinced that radio frequency (RF) radiation from transmitters can pose a serious threat; they want to see new masts sited away from schools, hospitals and houses.
Lisa Oldham, director and founder of Mast Sanity http://www.mastsanity.org), one of the UK’s largest groups campaigning against mobile-phone masts, says: “We’ve found all sorts of cancer clusters around masts – leukaemia, Hodgkin’s, breast cancer – as well as reports of dizziness, headaches and nosebleeds. The scientists say there is no conclusive evidence, but there is no such thing as conclusive evidence. What did they used to say bout asbestos, or smoking?”
The communications industry, on the other hand, is desperate to dismiss such health fears as irrational, scaremongering nonsense. It simply cannot afford bad news after it paid the government an unprecedented £22.5 billion on licences for the third-generation (3G) spectrum. Forecasts see the UK mobile-phone market doubling between 2003 and 2007, from £864m to £1.6 billion. Health scares would be distinctly bad for business.
A recent study n the Netherlands, by the reputable Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, suggested a correlation between masts, 3G signals and poor health, although no ill effects were observed on older GSM networks. However, one report makes little impact on the debate and government experts remain unsure of the potential risks.
In January this year, the UK’s Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation, working under the National Radiological Protection Board NRPB, http://www.nrpb.org produced an update to the government-backed Stewart report on mobiles in 2000. The update, Health Effects from Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, concluded that much of the research so far had been inadequate both in scope and methodology.
It stated: “The weight of evidence now available does not suggest that there are adverse health effects from exposure to RF fields below guideline levels, but the published research on RF exposures and health has limitations, and mobile phones have been in use for only a relatively short time. The possibility therefore remains open that there could be health effects from exposure to RF fields below guideline SAR (specific absorption rate) levels.”
Put simply: we don’t know how safe phone masts are. Some scientists claim thre is far too much room for the industry to pull the wool over consumers’ eyes. Don Maisch, an Australian researcher in electromagnetic fields, believes the communications industry glosses over potentially adverse health effects, reporting research selectively and restricting funding in case the results prove commercially damaging. “The cellphone industry has learnt from the tobacco wars that if you want to put off the day of judgment you have to control the science,” he says.
The issue that angers campaigners most is the ease with which service providers are able to site masts, with little or no planning permission and often close to schools. The Mobile Operators Association (MOA), which represents the mobile-network operators, says that for masts under 15 metres – the height of a five storey building – they have only to submit a notification to the loal authority. Unless they hear objections, they can then go ahead. For masts above 15 metres, fully planning permission has to be obtained.
Even so, telecoms operators are virtually unstoppable. Local councils’ hands were tied by the Labour government when it granted operators legal rights to use public-highway land for telecoms development. The government’s 2001 guidance to councils states@ “The planning system is not the place for determining health safeguards. If a proposed development meets the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection guidelines for public exposure, it should not be necessary for a local planning authority to consider further the health aspects and concerns about them.”
Final decisions are therefore made by laymen in local government, who have been told to ignore the scientific issues.
Paul Miner of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, has called for far tighter controls: “Mobile operators continue to be able tp put up many new masts without having to apply for planning permission. This means that locals and the council might object to an inappropriate mast proposal, but the mast will go up regardless.”
Many communities, especially those near schools, feel powerless to stop the march of the mats. “We are swamped with people protesting and worrying about the effects on children.” Lisa Oldham says. “There are hundreds of groups around the country trying to stop new masts being erected and get existing masts taken down.”
The campaigners, however, face a stony-faced industry with the law on its side. The MOA said, “There is no policy regarding the siting of masts near schools, other than the requirement to consult with them. But the consultee has no right of veto.”
Not surprisingly, the All-Party Parliamentary Mobile Group in its report into the siting of masts earlier this year highlighted a “Lack of trust” between communities, government, the communications industry and loal authorities. The MOA says tighter controls would simply slow the roll-out of essential communications technology and blames local authorities for not liaising enough with the industry.
Resistance to mobile communications does not stop with masts. The argument surrounding the health implications of radiation from handsets rages unabated, as spasmodic scientific studies continue to raise alaram. One recent Hungarian study suggested that mobile phones kept in trouser pockets could reduce male sperm county; another, from Sweden, suggested that RF radiation could damage red blood cells.
So where does the truth lie? In 1999, the government backed Independent Experts Group on Mobile Phones (www.iegmp.org.uk), chaired by Sir William Stewart, a former chief scientists under the Tories, reviewed scientific evidence on RF radiation. It found no compelling evidence that mobile phones were harmful, but given the paucity of research, Stewart advised a precautionary approach.
Children, in particular, could be more vulnerable to radiation from handsets because their nervous systems are still developing; their tissues, too, may absorb more radiation than adults. Stewart recommended that children under 16 should restrict mobile-phone use to essential calls and keep call lengths to a minimum, a view endorsed by the British medical Association http://www.bma.org and the Department of Health http://www.dh.gov.uk .
The debate over handset emissions has moved on to a phone’s SAR value, a measurement of the emissions given out every time you make or take a call. Under EU guidelines, mobiles cannot be sold unless they have an SAR value of less than two watts per kilogram of body weight. The table of bestselling phones (above right) shows that they all comply, though all emit more radiation than the UK’s safest. The message is that you could be wise to select a phone with a low emission rate.
Professor Lawrie Challis, chairman of the Mobile Telecommunications Health Research Programme http://www.mthr.org.uk an independent organisation funding research into RF radiation, nevertheless warns: “With an event like the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, you’re likely to see effects after five or six yewars. With mobile phones, you might not see the effects for 20 years. Yet most of us in the UK have been using them for only six or seven years. Sop we have to be cautious and continue doing research.”
This is not the path followed by the mobile-phone industry. Motorola’s international website (www.motorola.com) blithely states: “There is no scientific basis to restrict the use of mobile phones by children, and this remains a matter open for parental choice.” On the site of the Mobile Manufacturers Fore (MMF www.mmfai.org), the global association that counts Motorola, Nokia, Ericcson and Samsung among its members, the “Research” link reveals a disappointingly brief, selective round-up of research findings. In mobile land, it seems all is rosy.
Such an apparently cavalier stance angers leading scientists. Stewart and Challis have criticised mobile-phone manufacturers for not giving clearer information about the radiation-emission levels of their phones. Challis says: “When I wanted to buy a low-exposure phone, the chap in the shop knew nothing about SAR, and there was nothing on the box. Eventually, I found the SAR value on page 68 of the instruction booklet. Industry and government must be more honest with the public.” At least the MMF website now lists SAR values for its members’ mobile phones, which is a step in the right direction.
The number of mobiles, networks and cordless home phones is growing so fast that the World Health Organisation (www.who.int) actually wonders whether meaningful health-impact studies are still possible. So many competing radiation sources are sited close to each other that pinpointing any risk is problematic.
Given all that we do know about emissions – and all that we don’t – one question cries out: Are we all guinea pigs in some global multibillion-pound commercial experiment? When I put this question to Dr Michael Clark, science spokesman for the NRPB, he replied: “In a way, yes we are.” Scary.
Phone Ratings
Specific absorption rate (SAR) is a measure of the radio emissions absorbed by human tissue when using a mobile phone, expressed in units of watts per kilogram (W/kg)
The European Council recommends a maximum of 2W/kg in 10g of tissue – so the lower the better.
SAR VALUES FOR THE FIVE MOST POPULAR MOBILES AT CARPHONE WAREHOUSE
0.67 - Nokia 1100
0.68 0.59 – Nokia 6230
0.69 0.73 – Nokia 6610i
0.70 0.8 Sony Ericsson T610
Source – manufactuers’ values
UK’s lowest SAR values
0.16 – Sony Ericsson Z600
0.32 – Samsung SGH E800
0.34 – Nokia 9210
0.36 – Nokia 7200
0.37 – Samsung SGH D410
source www.mmfai.org.
SAFETY: What the experts advise
Choose a phone with a low SAR value – this is no guarantee of safety but is a good place to start. The build of a phone and its aerial design affect the radiation it emits.
Alternate phone use between right ear and left ear from time to time.
The strongest signal occurs during initial connection, so hold the handset away from your head while dialling.
Choose a hands-free kit that keeps the phone away from your head.
Pregnant women should keep mobiles away from their stomachs.
Don’t carry phones in trouser pockets.
END
Informant: Colette O'Connell
October 3rd 2004 Sunday Times
Page 14 News Review Supplement
The march of phone transmitter masts is proving unstoppable.
Matthew Wall raises concerns over the widespread ignorance about health effects of radiation.
Walk down a busy high street and count the mobile phones and internet hot spots. Four years ago there were 5m mobile phone in the UK; today, there are more than 50m. That adds up to a tidal wave of radio traffic. We all want to stay in touch, but the price of taking calls is becoming too high for ma y. Health and environmental concerns have sparked a war of words between campaigners and an industry that profits every time you tell your loved ones you are on a train.
Mobile-phone masts and base stations are springing up like virulent fungi – 50,000 of the eyesores will be dotted round Britain by 2007. Although nobody should underplay the benefits of the cordless revolution, the question remains: how afe is wireless technology? Here, the jury is out. On the one hand are the anti-mast campaigners who are convinced that radio frequency (RF) radiation from transmitters can pose a serious threat; they want to see new masts sited away from schools, hospitals and houses.
Lisa Oldham, director and founder of Mast Sanity http://www.mastsanity.org), one of the UK’s largest groups campaigning against mobile-phone masts, says: “We’ve found all sorts of cancer clusters around masts – leukaemia, Hodgkin’s, breast cancer – as well as reports of dizziness, headaches and nosebleeds. The scientists say there is no conclusive evidence, but there is no such thing as conclusive evidence. What did they used to say bout asbestos, or smoking?”
The communications industry, on the other hand, is desperate to dismiss such health fears as irrational, scaremongering nonsense. It simply cannot afford bad news after it paid the government an unprecedented £22.5 billion on licences for the third-generation (3G) spectrum. Forecasts see the UK mobile-phone market doubling between 2003 and 2007, from £864m to £1.6 billion. Health scares would be distinctly bad for business.
A recent study n the Netherlands, by the reputable Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, suggested a correlation between masts, 3G signals and poor health, although no ill effects were observed on older GSM networks. However, one report makes little impact on the debate and government experts remain unsure of the potential risks.
In January this year, the UK’s Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation, working under the National Radiological Protection Board NRPB, http://www.nrpb.org produced an update to the government-backed Stewart report on mobiles in 2000. The update, Health Effects from Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, concluded that much of the research so far had been inadequate both in scope and methodology.
It stated: “The weight of evidence now available does not suggest that there are adverse health effects from exposure to RF fields below guideline levels, but the published research on RF exposures and health has limitations, and mobile phones have been in use for only a relatively short time. The possibility therefore remains open that there could be health effects from exposure to RF fields below guideline SAR (specific absorption rate) levels.”
Put simply: we don’t know how safe phone masts are. Some scientists claim thre is far too much room for the industry to pull the wool over consumers’ eyes. Don Maisch, an Australian researcher in electromagnetic fields, believes the communications industry glosses over potentially adverse health effects, reporting research selectively and restricting funding in case the results prove commercially damaging. “The cellphone industry has learnt from the tobacco wars that if you want to put off the day of judgment you have to control the science,” he says.
The issue that angers campaigners most is the ease with which service providers are able to site masts, with little or no planning permission and often close to schools. The Mobile Operators Association (MOA), which represents the mobile-network operators, says that for masts under 15 metres – the height of a five storey building – they have only to submit a notification to the loal authority. Unless they hear objections, they can then go ahead. For masts above 15 metres, fully planning permission has to be obtained.
Even so, telecoms operators are virtually unstoppable. Local councils’ hands were tied by the Labour government when it granted operators legal rights to use public-highway land for telecoms development. The government’s 2001 guidance to councils states@ “The planning system is not the place for determining health safeguards. If a proposed development meets the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection guidelines for public exposure, it should not be necessary for a local planning authority to consider further the health aspects and concerns about them.”
Final decisions are therefore made by laymen in local government, who have been told to ignore the scientific issues.
Paul Miner of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, has called for far tighter controls: “Mobile operators continue to be able tp put up many new masts without having to apply for planning permission. This means that locals and the council might object to an inappropriate mast proposal, but the mast will go up regardless.”
Many communities, especially those near schools, feel powerless to stop the march of the mats. “We are swamped with people protesting and worrying about the effects on children.” Lisa Oldham says. “There are hundreds of groups around the country trying to stop new masts being erected and get existing masts taken down.”
The campaigners, however, face a stony-faced industry with the law on its side. The MOA said, “There is no policy regarding the siting of masts near schools, other than the requirement to consult with them. But the consultee has no right of veto.”
Not surprisingly, the All-Party Parliamentary Mobile Group in its report into the siting of masts earlier this year highlighted a “Lack of trust” between communities, government, the communications industry and loal authorities. The MOA says tighter controls would simply slow the roll-out of essential communications technology and blames local authorities for not liaising enough with the industry.
Resistance to mobile communications does not stop with masts. The argument surrounding the health implications of radiation from handsets rages unabated, as spasmodic scientific studies continue to raise alaram. One recent Hungarian study suggested that mobile phones kept in trouser pockets could reduce male sperm county; another, from Sweden, suggested that RF radiation could damage red blood cells.
So where does the truth lie? In 1999, the government backed Independent Experts Group on Mobile Phones (www.iegmp.org.uk), chaired by Sir William Stewart, a former chief scientists under the Tories, reviewed scientific evidence on RF radiation. It found no compelling evidence that mobile phones were harmful, but given the paucity of research, Stewart advised a precautionary approach.
Children, in particular, could be more vulnerable to radiation from handsets because their nervous systems are still developing; their tissues, too, may absorb more radiation than adults. Stewart recommended that children under 16 should restrict mobile-phone use to essential calls and keep call lengths to a minimum, a view endorsed by the British medical Association http://www.bma.org and the Department of Health http://www.dh.gov.uk .
The debate over handset emissions has moved on to a phone’s SAR value, a measurement of the emissions given out every time you make or take a call. Under EU guidelines, mobiles cannot be sold unless they have an SAR value of less than two watts per kilogram of body weight. The table of bestselling phones (above right) shows that they all comply, though all emit more radiation than the UK’s safest. The message is that you could be wise to select a phone with a low emission rate.
Professor Lawrie Challis, chairman of the Mobile Telecommunications Health Research Programme http://www.mthr.org.uk an independent organisation funding research into RF radiation, nevertheless warns: “With an event like the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, you’re likely to see effects after five or six yewars. With mobile phones, you might not see the effects for 20 years. Yet most of us in the UK have been using them for only six or seven years. Sop we have to be cautious and continue doing research.”
This is not the path followed by the mobile-phone industry. Motorola’s international website (www.motorola.com) blithely states: “There is no scientific basis to restrict the use of mobile phones by children, and this remains a matter open for parental choice.” On the site of the Mobile Manufacturers Fore (MMF www.mmfai.org), the global association that counts Motorola, Nokia, Ericcson and Samsung among its members, the “Research” link reveals a disappointingly brief, selective round-up of research findings. In mobile land, it seems all is rosy.
Such an apparently cavalier stance angers leading scientists. Stewart and Challis have criticised mobile-phone manufacturers for not giving clearer information about the radiation-emission levels of their phones. Challis says: “When I wanted to buy a low-exposure phone, the chap in the shop knew nothing about SAR, and there was nothing on the box. Eventually, I found the SAR value on page 68 of the instruction booklet. Industry and government must be more honest with the public.” At least the MMF website now lists SAR values for its members’ mobile phones, which is a step in the right direction.
The number of mobiles, networks and cordless home phones is growing so fast that the World Health Organisation (www.who.int) actually wonders whether meaningful health-impact studies are still possible. So many competing radiation sources are sited close to each other that pinpointing any risk is problematic.
Given all that we do know about emissions – and all that we don’t – one question cries out: Are we all guinea pigs in some global multibillion-pound commercial experiment? When I put this question to Dr Michael Clark, science spokesman for the NRPB, he replied: “In a way, yes we are.” Scary.
Phone Ratings
Specific absorption rate (SAR) is a measure of the radio emissions absorbed by human tissue when using a mobile phone, expressed in units of watts per kilogram (W/kg)
The European Council recommends a maximum of 2W/kg in 10g of tissue – so the lower the better.
SAR VALUES FOR THE FIVE MOST POPULAR MOBILES AT CARPHONE WAREHOUSE
0.67 - Nokia 1100
0.68 0.59 – Nokia 6230
0.69 0.73 – Nokia 6610i
0.70 0.8 Sony Ericsson T610
Source – manufactuers’ values
UK’s lowest SAR values
0.16 – Sony Ericsson Z600
0.32 – Samsung SGH E800
0.34 – Nokia 9210
0.36 – Nokia 7200
0.37 – Samsung SGH D410
source www.mmfai.org.
SAFETY: What the experts advise
Choose a phone with a low SAR value – this is no guarantee of safety but is a good place to start. The build of a phone and its aerial design affect the radiation it emits.
Alternate phone use between right ear and left ear from time to time.
The strongest signal occurs during initial connection, so hold the handset away from your head while dialling.
Choose a hands-free kit that keeps the phone away from your head.
Pregnant women should keep mobiles away from their stomachs.
Don’t carry phones in trouser pockets.
END
Informant: Colette O'Connell
Starmail - 5. Okt, 23:17
The five most trustworthy Pro-Peace congressional candidates
We are excited to announce the following five candidates as the most trustworthy and reliable pro-peace candidates for House of Representatives, of those in competitive races.
Although they're all doing very well in the polls, they are facing well financed opponents and they need your help! The success of these five campaigns is critical, because the outcome of these races will be viewed by other congressional leaders as a barometer by which to measure public opposition to military involvement in Iraq. We need truth tellers in congress who believe in both human dignity and individual freedom, and these five candidates are the ones who are telling people the truth: : Barney Frank, Cynthia McKinney, Pete Defazio, Jeff Fisher, and Jan Schneider!
If they win, the rest of congress will take notice, and misguided lawmakers on both sides of the aisle will realize the public is fed up with the lies, fed up with the abuse of power, and fed up with the propaganda.
Their positions on Iraq can and will change the dynamic of the debate, and their success will send a message to other lawmakers that people who speak the truth and stand up for justice are rewarded by the public for doing so.
Here are some quick links where you can learn more about these candidates:
http://barneyfrank.net/home/on_the_issues/iraq
http://www.cynthiaforcongress.com/issues/war/index.html
http://www.defazioforcongress.org/issues.htm
http://www.jefffisherforcongress.com/indexiraqwarsissues.htm
http://www.schneider-for-congress.com/2004/foreign.htm
If you'd like to take additional action to help safeguard the civil rights of the young, please contact your lawmakers and tell them to abolish the selective service in its entirety, and in doing so mandate that all existing selective service records and files be erased and shredded so that young people do not live in fear of being exploited for a narrow and corrupt warmongering agenda.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
http://www.house.gov/writerep
Statements you may not have heard on TV:
>From George Soros, "All my experience has taught me that you can't introduce democracy by military means. It has to come from the people themselves."
>From Barbra Streisand, "We are constantly being fed half truths and lies of omission by the current administration. Every time they send a representative out to speak to the public, he is armed with the same set of message points and catch phrases creating an echo effect. After hearing the same message over and over again, the public begins to believe their words, whether they are true or not."
Official statement signed by 27 career chiefs of mission and retired four-star military leaders, under the banner of Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change: "We face profound challenges in the 21st Century: proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, unequal distribution of wealth and the fruits of globalization, terrorism, environmental degradation, population growth in the developing world, HIV/AIDS, ethnic and religious confrontations. Such problems can not be resolved by military force"
>From the Lone Star Iconoclast newspaper, of Crawford, Texas: "We were duped into following yet another privileged agenda.... no WMDs, no substantive link between Saddam and Osama, and no workable plan for the withdrawal of our troops. We are asked to go along on faith. But remember, blind patriotism can be a dangerous thing and spin will not bring back to life a dead soldier; certainly not a thousand of them..."
An excerpt of a powerful editorial we found on the web, explaining that military drafts are an age-based hate crime:
http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/125773/index.php
Informant: stopthewar_stopthedraft
Although they're all doing very well in the polls, they are facing well financed opponents and they need your help! The success of these five campaigns is critical, because the outcome of these races will be viewed by other congressional leaders as a barometer by which to measure public opposition to military involvement in Iraq. We need truth tellers in congress who believe in both human dignity and individual freedom, and these five candidates are the ones who are telling people the truth: : Barney Frank, Cynthia McKinney, Pete Defazio, Jeff Fisher, and Jan Schneider!
If they win, the rest of congress will take notice, and misguided lawmakers on both sides of the aisle will realize the public is fed up with the lies, fed up with the abuse of power, and fed up with the propaganda.
Their positions on Iraq can and will change the dynamic of the debate, and their success will send a message to other lawmakers that people who speak the truth and stand up for justice are rewarded by the public for doing so.
Here are some quick links where you can learn more about these candidates:
http://barneyfrank.net/home/on_the_issues/iraq
http://www.cynthiaforcongress.com/issues/war/index.html
http://www.defazioforcongress.org/issues.htm
http://www.jefffisherforcongress.com/indexiraqwarsissues.htm
http://www.schneider-for-congress.com/2004/foreign.htm
If you'd like to take additional action to help safeguard the civil rights of the young, please contact your lawmakers and tell them to abolish the selective service in its entirety, and in doing so mandate that all existing selective service records and files be erased and shredded so that young people do not live in fear of being exploited for a narrow and corrupt warmongering agenda.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
http://www.house.gov/writerep
Statements you may not have heard on TV:
>From George Soros, "All my experience has taught me that you can't introduce democracy by military means. It has to come from the people themselves."
>From Barbra Streisand, "We are constantly being fed half truths and lies of omission by the current administration. Every time they send a representative out to speak to the public, he is armed with the same set of message points and catch phrases creating an echo effect. After hearing the same message over and over again, the public begins to believe their words, whether they are true or not."
Official statement signed by 27 career chiefs of mission and retired four-star military leaders, under the banner of Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change: "We face profound challenges in the 21st Century: proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, unequal distribution of wealth and the fruits of globalization, terrorism, environmental degradation, population growth in the developing world, HIV/AIDS, ethnic and religious confrontations. Such problems can not be resolved by military force"
>From the Lone Star Iconoclast newspaper, of Crawford, Texas: "We were duped into following yet another privileged agenda.... no WMDs, no substantive link between Saddam and Osama, and no workable plan for the withdrawal of our troops. We are asked to go along on faith. But remember, blind patriotism can be a dangerous thing and spin will not bring back to life a dead soldier; certainly not a thousand of them..."
An excerpt of a powerful editorial we found on the web, explaining that military drafts are an age-based hate crime:
http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/125773/index.php
Informant: stopthewar_stopthedraft
Starmail - 5. Okt, 23:05
Bush’s Police State
Just sitting next to a friend who expresses an anti-Bush opinion can get you into big Secret Service trouble in George W. Bush’s United States...
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=891
http://snipurl.com/9k3z
From Information Clearing House
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=891
http://snipurl.com/9k3z
From Information Clearing House
Starmail - 5. Okt, 22:53
Election a 'win-win situation' for secretive Bonesmen
Both major presidential candidates are members of a small secret society at Yale University - the Order of Skull & Bones.:
Three Bonesmen have occupied the Oval Office: William Howard Taft (who also served as chief justice of the Supreme Court), George Herbert Walker Bush, and his son.
http://www.registerguard.com/cgi-bin/printStory.py?name=ed.col.millegan.0930&date=20040930
http://snipurl.com/9k3u
'Skull & Bones' :
Video
The real history of Skull and Bones Society at Yale university. Members include President Bush and Senator John Kerry and many others in power...
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6466.htm
From Information Clearing House
Three Bonesmen have occupied the Oval Office: William Howard Taft (who also served as chief justice of the Supreme Court), George Herbert Walker Bush, and his son.
http://www.registerguard.com/cgi-bin/printStory.py?name=ed.col.millegan.0930&date=20040930
http://snipurl.com/9k3u
'Skull & Bones' :
Video
The real history of Skull and Bones Society at Yale university. Members include President Bush and Senator John Kerry and many others in power...
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6466.htm
From Information Clearing House
Starmail - 5. Okt, 22:50
US 'war on terror' is unwinnable
The so-called "war on terror" has become not only unwinnable but counter-productive, greatly exacerbating the threat of global terrorism...
http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=225&fArticleId=2249447
From Information Clearing House
http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=225&fArticleId=2249447
From Information Clearing House
Starmail - 5. Okt, 22:41
Omega-News Collection 5. October 2004
Why no wiser about mobile risks ?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351754/
Iraq Mobile Network Brings Benefits and Bombs
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351416/
Gillette and the RFID chip
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351262/
RFID promoter can't stand being tracked
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351289/
Teens and Antidepressants
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351260/
Mount St. Helens Erupts After 18 Years
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351274/
Against the Grain : Foresters and Politics in Nova Scotia
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351221/
The Chemical Wars
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/308835/
Deformed Fish found near Treatment Plants
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352161/
International Land and Housing Rights Day
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351821/
The unvarnished Truth about President Bush's Giveaway of our Public Lands to Oil, Coal and Timber Interests
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353515/
We need Greens in Parliament as forest guarantee
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353360/
The Darkness In America
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351206/
Eternal Darkness of the American Mind
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351251/
Big Lie Leading to Iraq Quagmire
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351178/
Injured Troops Pay Cut In Half
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351242/
Disrupting America’s Fateful Non-Debate on the Roots of Terror
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351209/
The Bush doctrine: Perhaps the most threatening Document of our Time
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351244/
Bush's America
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352146/
Want To Rule the World?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352135/
Guarding the Empire
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352130/
Paradise cleansed
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352109/
Crimes Against Nature
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351218/
Bush in a desperate Attempt to defend his War on Terror
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351271/
Iraqis Blame U.S. for Massacre of Children
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352120/
Rice Misleads Again on Iraq's Nuclear Program
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352451/
Defining patriotism and the misuse of the word
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353106/
Bush: Deceptive or Delusional?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351254/
George W. Bush and the "Mandate of Heaven"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352127/
What You Don't Know About War
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351238/
"The New Warfare" - Depleted Uranium
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353317/
Rumsfeld: No evidence of al Qaeda/Iraq link
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353087/
My Son- a conscientious Objector
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352171/
Woman Dies after Learning her Son Was Killed in Iraq
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353723/
Limiting federal courts' jurisdiction
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351267/
Four years of failure
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353102/
Habits of Highly Effective Imperialists
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351247/
Barbaric guerilla war will haunt the United States for Decades
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351234/
The gift that keeps on giving
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353094/
War on terror used as pretext for tyrannical erosion of fundamental freedoms
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352114/
Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353328/
When Wars will end
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351202/
Government of the People: An Innovation of the Founders
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353357/
Preserving and Cherishing the Earth
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352459/
Dalai Lama: Religion Not Cause of Violence
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353341/
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351754/
Iraq Mobile Network Brings Benefits and Bombs
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351416/
Gillette and the RFID chip
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351262/
RFID promoter can't stand being tracked
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351289/
Teens and Antidepressants
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351260/
Mount St. Helens Erupts After 18 Years
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351274/
Against the Grain : Foresters and Politics in Nova Scotia
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351221/
The Chemical Wars
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/308835/
Deformed Fish found near Treatment Plants
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352161/
International Land and Housing Rights Day
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351821/
The unvarnished Truth about President Bush's Giveaway of our Public Lands to Oil, Coal and Timber Interests
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353515/
We need Greens in Parliament as forest guarantee
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353360/
The Darkness In America
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351206/
Eternal Darkness of the American Mind
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351251/
Big Lie Leading to Iraq Quagmire
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351178/
Injured Troops Pay Cut In Half
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351242/
Disrupting America’s Fateful Non-Debate on the Roots of Terror
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351209/
The Bush doctrine: Perhaps the most threatening Document of our Time
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351244/
Bush's America
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352146/
Want To Rule the World?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352135/
Guarding the Empire
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352130/
Paradise cleansed
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352109/
Crimes Against Nature
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351218/
Bush in a desperate Attempt to defend his War on Terror
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351271/
Iraqis Blame U.S. for Massacre of Children
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352120/
Rice Misleads Again on Iraq's Nuclear Program
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352451/
Defining patriotism and the misuse of the word
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353106/
Bush: Deceptive or Delusional?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351254/
George W. Bush and the "Mandate of Heaven"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352127/
What You Don't Know About War
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351238/
"The New Warfare" - Depleted Uranium
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353317/
Rumsfeld: No evidence of al Qaeda/Iraq link
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353087/
My Son- a conscientious Objector
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352171/
Woman Dies after Learning her Son Was Killed in Iraq
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353723/
Limiting federal courts' jurisdiction
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351267/
Four years of failure
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353102/
Habits of Highly Effective Imperialists
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351247/
Barbaric guerilla war will haunt the United States for Decades
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351234/
The gift that keeps on giving
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353094/
War on terror used as pretext for tyrannical erosion of fundamental freedoms
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352114/
Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353328/
When Wars will end
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/351202/
Government of the People: An Innovation of the Founders
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353357/
Preserving and Cherishing the Earth
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352459/
Dalai Lama: Religion Not Cause of Violence
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/353341/
Starmail - 5. Okt, 22:28
Woman Dies after Learning her Son Was Killed in Iraq
Starmail - 5. Okt, 22:25
The unvarnished Truth about President Bush's Giveaway of our Public Lands to Oil, Coal and Timber Interests
It's high time that America got the unvarnished truth about President Bush's giveaway of our public lands to oil, coal and timber interests.
And beginning this week, millions of Americans will start hearing the truth -- if you'll help us run a hard-hitting television ad made by Robert Redford for the NRDC Action Fund.
This compelling TV spot reveals how big industry gave millions of dollars to elect President Bush -- and how he's paying them back with permission to drill, log and destroy some of our most beautiful western landscapes.
Once you view the ad, I know you'll want to see it broadcast as widely as possible over these next critical weeks.
Congress is preparing to vote on budget bills that will fund more of President Bush's plans -- plans that would unleash chainsaws, bulldozers and drilling rigs in Greater Yellowstone, the Alaskan Rainforest, Utah's Redrock canyons and fragile Arctic wildlife habitats.
The only way to stop this onslaught is to reach out to the vast majority of Americans who oppose carving up our natural heritage for corporate profit.
Won't you help us do that?
The NRDC Action Fund has begun airing the Redford ad in three key states where public lands are being ravaged by President Bush's policies: Colorado, New Mexico and Oregon.
Together, let's make our voices heard and demand that this president and this Congress stop the destruction of our last and best wild places.
Sincerely,
John H. Adams
President
NRDC Action Fund
Robert Redford has recorded a hard-hitting television message to help alert millions of Americans to the Bush Administration's giveaway of our public lands to logging, mining and oil companies. We need your support to run this ad in key states before Congress casts critical votes on the future of our natural heritage:
Play Redford's TV Ad
http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfordTVAd/popup_tvad1.html
Read the script
http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfordTVAd/popup_transcript.html
And beginning this week, millions of Americans will start hearing the truth -- if you'll help us run a hard-hitting television ad made by Robert Redford for the NRDC Action Fund.
This compelling TV spot reveals how big industry gave millions of dollars to elect President Bush -- and how he's paying them back with permission to drill, log and destroy some of our most beautiful western landscapes.
Once you view the ad, I know you'll want to see it broadcast as widely as possible over these next critical weeks.
Congress is preparing to vote on budget bills that will fund more of President Bush's plans -- plans that would unleash chainsaws, bulldozers and drilling rigs in Greater Yellowstone, the Alaskan Rainforest, Utah's Redrock canyons and fragile Arctic wildlife habitats.
The only way to stop this onslaught is to reach out to the vast majority of Americans who oppose carving up our natural heritage for corporate profit.
Won't you help us do that?
The NRDC Action Fund has begun airing the Redford ad in three key states where public lands are being ravaged by President Bush's policies: Colorado, New Mexico and Oregon.
Together, let's make our voices heard and demand that this president and this Congress stop the destruction of our last and best wild places.
Sincerely,
John H. Adams
President
NRDC Action Fund
Robert Redford has recorded a hard-hitting television message to help alert millions of Americans to the Bush Administration's giveaway of our public lands to logging, mining and oil companies. We need your support to run this ad in key states before Congress casts critical votes on the future of our natural heritage:
Play Redford's TV Ad
http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfordTVAd/popup_tvad1.html
Read the script
http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfordTVAd/popup_transcript.html
Starmail - 5. Okt, 18:49
The Inherent Right of Sovereignty
Coming Up Tomorrow on American Indian Airwaves
“The Inherent Right of Sovereignty, the Pathology of American Empire, and Genocide by Drowning”
Interview with indigenous legal scholar Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape Nations) Director of the Indigenous Law Institute, http://ili.nativeweb.org, and a Visiting Professor in Legal Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on the Inherent Right of Indigenous Sovereignty and the Pathology of American Empire. Steven Newcomb will also be speaking at the Symposium on "American Indian Sovereignty and Self-Determination in the 21st century" at San Diego State University, October 7, 2004, Don Powell Theater at 6:00 PM.
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/aminweb/symposium_webpage.html
Interview with indigenous Elder and activist Caleen Sisk-Franco (Winennemum Wintu Nation) http://www.winnememwintu.us/ on Drowning by Genocide and the ongoing struggles to protect the McCloud River and the prevention of the Winennemum Wintu Nation traditional lands being drowned by the Shasta Dam.
American Indian Airwaves can be heard every Wednesday from 3pm to 4pm (PCT) on KPFK (http://www.kpfk.org)
FM 90.7 in Los Angles, FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara via by Internet with Real Media Player, Winamp, & Itunes.
Informant: Carrie Dann
“The Inherent Right of Sovereignty, the Pathology of American Empire, and Genocide by Drowning”
Interview with indigenous legal scholar Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape Nations) Director of the Indigenous Law Institute, http://ili.nativeweb.org, and a Visiting Professor in Legal Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on the Inherent Right of Indigenous Sovereignty and the Pathology of American Empire. Steven Newcomb will also be speaking at the Symposium on "American Indian Sovereignty and Self-Determination in the 21st century" at San Diego State University, October 7, 2004, Don Powell Theater at 6:00 PM.
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/aminweb/symposium_webpage.html
Interview with indigenous Elder and activist Caleen Sisk-Franco (Winennemum Wintu Nation) http://www.winnememwintu.us/ on Drowning by Genocide and the ongoing struggles to protect the McCloud River and the prevention of the Winennemum Wintu Nation traditional lands being drowned by the Shasta Dam.
American Indian Airwaves can be heard every Wednesday from 3pm to 4pm (PCT) on KPFK (http://www.kpfk.org)
FM 90.7 in Los Angles, FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara via by Internet with Real Media Player, Winamp, & Itunes.
Informant: Carrie Dann
Starmail - 5. Okt, 17:53
We need Greens in Parliament as forest guarantee
Yesterday was a very important day for Tasmania's magnificent forests. Now we need to elect more Greens to act as a forest guarantee in the Parliament.
Thanks in part to sustained pressure from Greens supporters across the country, saving Tasmania's forests has been one of the major issues of this election campaign. Finally, it looks like the ALP is listening to the 85% of Australians calling for an end to old-growth logging in Tasmania.
Until yesterday, the Greens were the only party to release a plan to save Tasmania's old-growth forests whilst creating jobs. Our strategy provides for nearly 900 jobs and an end to old-growth logging.
Key points from the Greens' plan are:
- An end to the clearing of native forest for plantations on public and private land
- An immediate increase in the price of native forest chip logs to parity with plantation wood
- Setting aside suitable areas of public native forest to produce small volumes of high quality and specialty timbers in perpetuity
- Processing wood from existing plantations in Tasmania into a diverse range of products, and
- Developing tourism based on Tasmania's iconic forests and unique wildlife.
For the full story on the Greens' plan to save Tasmania's forests, visit:
http://www.greens.org.au/15103
Now Mark Latham has released a plan to impose a one-year moratorium on 240,000 hectares of Tasmania's high conservation value forests and institute a review process with a view to permanent protection.
For the Greens' response to Labor's plan, visit:
http://www.greens.org.au/04113
Last night Senator Bob Brown was interviewed on the Lateline program on ABC TV. He spoke extensively about this issue. For a transcript of the interview, visit:
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2004/s1212910.htm
Any day, John Howard is expected to announce the Coalition's Tasmanian forests policy. Hopefully he will also announce a plan to protect high conservation value forests, so that the forests will be protected no matter who wins government.
Irrespective of what promises are made, we need to elect more Greens to the Parliament to make sure that those promises are kept. The best way of ensuring that promises become reality is to put more Greens in Parliament.
Regards,
Andrew Burke
National Campaign Coordinator
Australian Greens
5/10/04
Thanks in part to sustained pressure from Greens supporters across the country, saving Tasmania's forests has been one of the major issues of this election campaign. Finally, it looks like the ALP is listening to the 85% of Australians calling for an end to old-growth logging in Tasmania.
Until yesterday, the Greens were the only party to release a plan to save Tasmania's old-growth forests whilst creating jobs. Our strategy provides for nearly 900 jobs and an end to old-growth logging.
Key points from the Greens' plan are:
- An end to the clearing of native forest for plantations on public and private land
- An immediate increase in the price of native forest chip logs to parity with plantation wood
- Setting aside suitable areas of public native forest to produce small volumes of high quality and specialty timbers in perpetuity
- Processing wood from existing plantations in Tasmania into a diverse range of products, and
- Developing tourism based on Tasmania's iconic forests and unique wildlife.
For the full story on the Greens' plan to save Tasmania's forests, visit:
http://www.greens.org.au/15103
Now Mark Latham has released a plan to impose a one-year moratorium on 240,000 hectares of Tasmania's high conservation value forests and institute a review process with a view to permanent protection.
For the Greens' response to Labor's plan, visit:
http://www.greens.org.au/04113
Last night Senator Bob Brown was interviewed on the Lateline program on ABC TV. He spoke extensively about this issue. For a transcript of the interview, visit:
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2004/s1212910.htm
Any day, John Howard is expected to announce the Coalition's Tasmanian forests policy. Hopefully he will also announce a plan to protect high conservation value forests, so that the forests will be protected no matter who wins government.
Irrespective of what promises are made, we need to elect more Greens to the Parliament to make sure that those promises are kept. The best way of ensuring that promises become reality is to put more Greens in Parliament.
Regards,
Andrew Burke
National Campaign Coordinator
Australian Greens
5/10/04
Starmail - 5. Okt, 17:02
Government of the People : An Innovation of the Founders
Starmail - 5. Okt, 16:59
Dalai Lama: Religion Not Cause of Violence
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041004/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_dalai_lama_1
Informant: retired153
Informant: retired153
Starmail - 5. Okt, 16:53
Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons
Starmail - 5. Okt, 16:48
The Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons is illegal
Part One: WE DID IT TO OURSELVES (real player streaming only)
http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/uploads/rokke.28.ram
Part Two: WHAT'S D.U.? (real player)
stream: http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/rokketwo28rm.ram
download: http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/rokketwo28rm.rm
Part Three: THEY TOLD ME TO LIE
http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/rokkethree28.ram
http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/rokkethree28.rm
Part Four: IF YOU WANT TO GO TO WAR, YOU'RE CRAZY
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/rokkefour28.ram
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/rokkefour28.rm
*"Poisonous Legacy" (flash):
http://www.ericblumrich.com/pl_lo.html
Informant: Ozzy bin Oswald
Links
http://infonature.org/english/cultural_issues/eng-depleted_uranium.htm
Photos of the consequences on the use of DU:
http://www.web-light.nl/VISIE/extremedeformities.html
http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/uploads/rokke.28.ram
Part Two: WHAT'S D.U.? (real player)
stream: http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/rokketwo28rm.ram
download: http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/rokketwo28rm.rm
Part Three: THEY TOLD ME TO LIE
http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/rokkethree28.ram
http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/rokkethree28.rm
Part Four: IF YOU WANT TO GO TO WAR, YOU'RE CRAZY
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/rokkefour28.ram
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/rokkefour28.rm
*"Poisonous Legacy" (flash):
http://www.ericblumrich.com/pl_lo.html
Informant: Ozzy bin Oswald
Links
http://infonature.org/english/cultural_issues/eng-depleted_uranium.htm
Photos of the consequences on the use of DU:
http://www.web-light.nl/VISIE/extremedeformities.html
Starmail - 5. Okt, 16:40
BESTECHLICHE ÄRZTE
500 Mediziner unter Korruptionsverdacht
Luxusreisen, Golfstunden, Schmiergelder: Weil sie sich von Pharma-Unternehmen hofieren ließen, wird bundesweit gegen 500 Ärzte wegen des Verdachts der Bestechlichkeit ermittelt. Den Angeklagten drohen Freiheitsstrafen von bis zu fünf Jahren.
Mehr unter
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,druck-321513,00.html
Nachricht von Gerd Zesar
Luxusreisen, Golfstunden, Schmiergelder: Weil sie sich von Pharma-Unternehmen hofieren ließen, wird bundesweit gegen 500 Ärzte wegen des Verdachts der Bestechlichkeit ermittelt. Den Angeklagten drohen Freiheitsstrafen von bis zu fünf Jahren.
Mehr unter
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,druck-321513,00.html
Nachricht von Gerd Zesar
Starmail - 5. Okt, 16:38
Defining patriotism and the misuse of the word
by Saritha Prabhu
Tennessean
10/04/04
One of the things I'm looking forward to after Nov. 2 is the relative cessation of patriotic talk. Patriotism has never had it so good as in this first election year after 9/11; the stuff is practically coming out of our ears.
We've seen former Sen. Max Cleland, who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam combat, being labeled 'unpatriotic.' We've had John Kerry's patriotism being questioned by the Swifties.
Folks who have opposed the Iraq war have been called unpatriotic. And conversely, people who haven't been skeptical enough about some of the administration's policies have been called unpatriotic by some.
Meanwhile, true patriots must cringe a little in today's hyper-charged patriotic atmosphere -- a venue of 'Rambo patriotism,' as Roger Ebert put it. This is a patriotism that thrives on illogic and bluster and aims to cow all those with opposing views by branding them unpatriotic...
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q5C811279
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Tennessean
10/04/04
One of the things I'm looking forward to after Nov. 2 is the relative cessation of patriotic talk. Patriotism has never had it so good as in this first election year after 9/11; the stuff is practically coming out of our ears.
We've seen former Sen. Max Cleland, who lost both legs and an arm in Vietnam combat, being labeled 'unpatriotic.' We've had John Kerry's patriotism being questioned by the Swifties.
Folks who have opposed the Iraq war have been called unpatriotic. And conversely, people who haven't been skeptical enough about some of the administration's policies have been called unpatriotic by some.
Meanwhile, true patriots must cringe a little in today's hyper-charged patriotic atmosphere -- a venue of 'Rambo patriotism,' as Roger Ebert put it. This is a patriotism that thrives on illogic and bluster and aims to cow all those with opposing views by branding them unpatriotic...
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q5C811279
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 5. Okt, 14:23
Four years of failure
by Joseph E. Stiglitz
Tom Paine
10/04/04
Many around the world are surprised at how little attention the economy is receiving in President Bush's re-election campaign. But I am not surprised: if I were President Bush, the last thing I would want to talk about is the economy. Yet many people look at America's economy, even over these past three and half years, with some envy. After all, annual economic growth -- at an average rate of 2.5 percent -- may have been markedly slower than during the Clinton years, but it still looks strong compared to Europe's anemic 1 percent growth. But these statistics mask a glaring fact: The average American family is worse off than it was three and half years ago.
... This is the first time since the early 1930s that there has been a net loss of jobs over the span of an entire presidential administration...
http://makeashorterlink.com/?J16911279
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Tom Paine
10/04/04
Many around the world are surprised at how little attention the economy is receiving in President Bush's re-election campaign. But I am not surprised: if I were President Bush, the last thing I would want to talk about is the economy. Yet many people look at America's economy, even over these past three and half years, with some envy. After all, annual economic growth -- at an average rate of 2.5 percent -- may have been markedly slower than during the Clinton years, but it still looks strong compared to Europe's anemic 1 percent growth. But these statistics mask a glaring fact: The average American family is worse off than it was three and half years ago.
... This is the first time since the early 1930s that there has been a net loss of jobs over the span of an entire presidential administration...
http://makeashorterlink.com/?J16911279
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 5. Okt, 14:19
The gift that keeps on giving
by Elaine Cassel
Civil Liberties Watch
09/26/04
The September 11 attack is the gift that keeps on giving and giving to George Bush. Once Bush convinced the country that we were at war all bets -- and the rule of law -- were off the table. Ad hoc legal process replaced the Constitution and the federal rules of criminal procedure; lies, fantasies and half-truths masquerade as truth; John Ashcroft continues to run amok, orchestraing his henchmen in trials that are remarkable for prosecutorial misconduct and lack of discretion; courts continue to defer to the president almost all the time; and, worst of all, the American media is working towards a lifetime achievement award for insuring that this most important of elections is reduced to bumper-sticker slogans and calls for the resignation of Dan Rather...
http://babelogue.citypages.com:8080/ecassel/2004/09/26
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Civil Liberties Watch
09/26/04
The September 11 attack is the gift that keeps on giving and giving to George Bush. Once Bush convinced the country that we were at war all bets -- and the rule of law -- were off the table. Ad hoc legal process replaced the Constitution and the federal rules of criminal procedure; lies, fantasies and half-truths masquerade as truth; John Ashcroft continues to run amok, orchestraing his henchmen in trials that are remarkable for prosecutorial misconduct and lack of discretion; courts continue to defer to the president almost all the time; and, worst of all, the American media is working towards a lifetime achievement award for insuring that this most important of elections is reduced to bumper-sticker slogans and calls for the resignation of Dan Rather...
http://babelogue.citypages.com:8080/ecassel/2004/09/26
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 5. Okt, 14:15
Rumsfeld: No evidence of al Qaeda/Iraq link
MSNBC
10/04/04
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday that he knew of no 'strong, hard evidence' linking Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al-Qaida, despite describing extensive contacts between the two before the invasion of Iraq. During a question-and-answer session before the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Rumsfeld was asked to explain the connection between Saddam and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, which is blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6180176/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Rumsfeld Says U.S. Has 'Bulletproof' Evidence of Iraq's Links to Al Qaeda...
http://www.intelmessages.org/Messages/National_Security/wwwboard/messages/1761.html
http://snipurl.com/9k2w
Rumsfeld: Iraq/al-Qaida remarks 'misunderstood' :
The US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, today attempted to distance himself from his earlier comments that there were no links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1320129,00.html
CIA review finds no evidence Saddam had ties to Islamic terrorists:
A new CIA assessment undercuts the White House's claim that Saddam Hussein maintained ties to al-Qaida, saying there's no conclusive evidence that the regime harbored Osama bin Laden associate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/9836114.htm
http://snipurl.com/9k2x
From Information Clearing House
10/04/04
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday that he knew of no 'strong, hard evidence' linking Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al-Qaida, despite describing extensive contacts between the two before the invasion of Iraq. During a question-and-answer session before the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Rumsfeld was asked to explain the connection between Saddam and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, which is blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6180176/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Rumsfeld Says U.S. Has 'Bulletproof' Evidence of Iraq's Links to Al Qaeda...
http://www.intelmessages.org/Messages/National_Security/wwwboard/messages/1761.html
http://snipurl.com/9k2w
Rumsfeld: Iraq/al-Qaida remarks 'misunderstood' :
The US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, today attempted to distance himself from his earlier comments that there were no links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1320129,00.html
CIA review finds no evidence Saddam had ties to Islamic terrorists:
A new CIA assessment undercuts the White House's claim that Saddam Hussein maintained ties to al-Qaida, saying there's no conclusive evidence that the regime harbored Osama bin Laden associate Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/9836114.htm
http://snipurl.com/9k2x
From Information Clearing House
Starmail - 5. Okt, 14:11
WHO International Seminar and Working Group Meeting on EMF Hypersensitivity
Starmail - 5. Okt, 13:55
Weltweite Tagung zum Thema Elektrosensibilität
1. weltweite Tagung zum Thema Elektrosensibilität
Bitte nehmen Sie teil und engagieren sie sich!
WHO International Seminar and Working Group Meeting on EMF Hypersensitivity
You are invited to International Seminar and Working Group Meeting on EMF Hypersensitivity, which will take place in Prague, Czech Republic from Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th October 2004.
ORGANIZERS: The World Health Organization
Ministry of Health of Czech Republic
GENERAL INFORMATION
The seminar will comprise a 2-day international meeting, open to all those who would like to contribute or attend, followed by a 1-day working group meeting to prepare a report summarizing current scientific understanding of the EMF hypersensitivity syndrome and the discussions at the international meeting.
Scientists directly engaged in the problem as well as all those who only wish to present their point of view or theoretical analysis, connected with the electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome, are welcome.
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
The already achieved experimental and theoretical results will be reviewed and reports on new results on the issue of the EMF hypersensitivity presented. Obtained abstracts of the contributions, which may contain not only research results but also qualified personal opinion will be at disposal for all participants at the opening of the conference. Exchange of ideas will be encouraged by giving enough time to informal discussions.
Proceedings of the Meeting containing review lectures as well as contributed papers will be sent to all participants on a CD before the end of the year.
LOCAL ORGANIZER CONTACT DETAILS
Registration
The National Reference Laboratory for Non-ionizing Radiation
Doc. RNDr. Luděk Pekárek, DrSc.
Head of the Laboratory, Prague Hygienic Station
Rybalkova 39, Prague 10, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 271 087 106, Fax: +420 271 087 112, +420 271 742 795
E-mail: emf.hypersens@hygpraha.cz
Web site: http://www.hygpraha.cz/emf-hypersens.htm
Nachricht von:
Dr. Birgit Stöcker
Herzog-Arnulf-Str. 43
85604 Zorneding
Tel./Fax 08106-202 20
Bitte nehmen Sie teil und engagieren sie sich!
WHO International Seminar and Working Group Meeting on EMF Hypersensitivity
You are invited to International Seminar and Working Group Meeting on EMF Hypersensitivity, which will take place in Prague, Czech Republic from Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th October 2004.
ORGANIZERS: The World Health Organization
Ministry of Health of Czech Republic
GENERAL INFORMATION
The seminar will comprise a 2-day international meeting, open to all those who would like to contribute or attend, followed by a 1-day working group meeting to prepare a report summarizing current scientific understanding of the EMF hypersensitivity syndrome and the discussions at the international meeting.
Scientists directly engaged in the problem as well as all those who only wish to present their point of view or theoretical analysis, connected with the electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome, are welcome.
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
The already achieved experimental and theoretical results will be reviewed and reports on new results on the issue of the EMF hypersensitivity presented. Obtained abstracts of the contributions, which may contain not only research results but also qualified personal opinion will be at disposal for all participants at the opening of the conference. Exchange of ideas will be encouraged by giving enough time to informal discussions.
Proceedings of the Meeting containing review lectures as well as contributed papers will be sent to all participants on a CD before the end of the year.
LOCAL ORGANIZER CONTACT DETAILS
Registration
The National Reference Laboratory for Non-ionizing Radiation
Doc. RNDr. Luděk Pekárek, DrSc.
Head of the Laboratory, Prague Hygienic Station
Rybalkova 39, Prague 10, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 271 087 106, Fax: +420 271 087 112, +420 271 742 795
E-mail: emf.hypersens@hygpraha.cz
Web site: http://www.hygpraha.cz/emf-hypersens.htm
Nachricht von:
Dr. Birgit Stöcker
Herzog-Arnulf-Str. 43
85604 Zorneding
Tel./Fax 08106-202 20
Starmail - 5. Okt, 13:54
Beschränkung von Mobilfunkanlagen durch Verabschiedung entsprechender Bebauungspläne
Die Ansicht eine Planung der Mobilfunkstandorte sei "untauglich", ist unzutreffend. Interessierte sollten sich einmal an die Gemeinde Gräfelfing wenden, die eine solche Gesamtplanung gerade praktiziert. Je nach Topografie ist es möglich, in Bebauungsplänen über § 1 Abs. 6 Nr. 1 Baunutzungsverordnung (zumindest weitgehend) mobilfunkantennenfreie Wohngebiete zu schaffen, weil die bauplanerische Zulässigkeit von Antennenanlagen in Wohngebieten nur durch Ausnahmevorschriften (sei es § 4 Abs. 3 Nr. 2 oder § 14 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 Baunutzungsverordnung) begründet ist. Schon die sog. "Privilegierung" im Außenbereich in § 35 Baugesetzbuch (BauGB) gibt die generelle Wertung vor, dass diese Anlagen nicht in den Innenbereich gehören. Nach § 1 Abs. 5 BauGB sollen Bauleitpläne nämlich dazu beitragen, eine menschenwürdige Umwelt zu sichern und die natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen schützen und entwickeln. Dem stehen auch keineswegs Gerichtsurteile entgegen. Aufgrund von § 1 Abs. 5 Nr. 1 und Nr. 7 und 1a BauGB (Vgl. BayVGH M 11 K 01.5934 1.8.02 - Gröbenzell), in Verbindung mit dem Vorsorgeprinzip der §§ 3, 5 Abs. 1 Nr. 1, 2 BlmSchG, kommt der Bauleitplanung nicht nur die Aufgabe der Abwehr von bereits eingetretenen schädlichen Umwelteinwirkungen, sondern auch die Aufgabe des vorsorgenden Immissionsschutzes zu (vgl. Battis/Krautsberger/Löhr, BauGB, 7. Auflage, § 1 Rdnr. 67). Dies insbesondere auch deshalb, weil die 26. BImSchV keine Vorsorgekomponente enthält (wie dies der Bundesgerichtshof am 13.2.04 ausdrücklich bestätigte!) sowie nicht-thermische Wirkungen nicht berücksichtigt und es deshalb ein bauplanerisches Ziel sein sollte, Wohngebiete nach Möglichkeit von Mobilfunkanlagen frei zu halten.
Der Bayerische VGH hat etwa am 18.3.03 (15 N 98.2262) zu einer entsprechenden Planung in Dittelbrunn folgendes ausgeführt:
"Eine Gemeinde kann in einem Bebauungsplan bestimmen, dass "von außen erkennbar technische Anlagen" und damit auch Funkantennen und dazugehörige Masten in einem Wohngebiet unzulässig sind. Da § 14 Abs. 1 Satz 3 BauNVO die Gemeinde ermächtigt, die Zulässigkeit von Nebenanlagen einzuschränken oder auszuschließen, ist eine derartige Festsetzung im Interesse eines einheitlichen optischen Erscheinungsbildes als Bestimmung zur Art der baulichen Nutzung nach § 9 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 BauGB möglich."
Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVerwG) hat am 28.2.02 (4 CN 5.01) zur Vorsorge bei der Bauleitplanung, bei der es um Geruchsbeeinträchtigungen ging, u.a. angeführt:
"Wenn städtebauliche Gründe dies rechtfertigen, darf die Gemeinde im Wege der Bauleitplanung unterhalb der durch § 3 Abs. 1 BImSchG bestimmten Erheblichkeitsschwelle eigenständig gebietsbezogen das Maß hinnehmbarer (Geruchs-)Beeinträchtigungen nach den Maßstäben des Vorsorgegrundsatzes steuern."
Im selben Jahr hat dies das BVerwG am 17.12.02 (4 C 15/01) bekräftigt und ausgeführt:
"Daraus kann aber nicht gefolgert werden, dass die Gemeinde umgekehrt im Interesse von Bauinteressenten von ihren planerischen Befugnissen keinen anderen Gebrauch machen darf, als Nutzungen bis an die Grenze dessen zu ermöglichen, was anhand der Maßstäbe des Immissionsschutzrechts gerade noch zulässig ist, ohne als schädliche Umwelteinwirkungen im Sinne des § 3 Abs. 1 BImschG qualifiziert werden zu können. Wie der Senat wiederholt ausgeführt hat, ist es ihr vielmehr bereits im Vorfeld der Abwehr schädlicher Umwelteinwirkungen gestattet, durch ihre Bauleitplanung eigenständig gebietsbezogen das Maß des Hinnehmbaren zu steuern."
Das BayVG-München (M 11 K 03.2059 - Grafrath) hat zuletzt am 22.04.2004 sogar eine nachträglich verhängte Veränderungssperre als wirksam erachtet und das Mobilfunkvorhaben als nicht genehmigungsfähig und den Belang der Planung im Landschaftsschutzgebiet als vorrangig bezeichnet.
Der teilweise auch von Vertretern des Städte- u. Gemeindebundes angeführten (einzigen mir bekannten negativen) Entscheidung des OVG-Koblenz (vom 07.08.2003, 1 A 10196/03.OVG) lag keine Planung, sondern nur ein diffuses "Konzept" zugrunde, so dass diese den oben erläuterten Vorgaben keineswegs entgegensteht.
Vielmehr ist für Gemeinden die an gesundheitlicher Vorsorge für ihre Bürger interessiert sind, von allen rechtlichen Möglichkeiten zur vernünftigen Beschränkung von Mobilfunkanlagen eine Verabschiedung entsprechender Bebauungspläne bzw. die Änderung von dieser Bebauungsplänen das derzeit juristisch erfolgversprechendste Mittel.
Dietmar Freund
Rechtsanwalt
Kanzlei
Heyn* Freund* Terschüren
Innerer-Ring 1c
63486 Bruchköbel
*vertretungsberechtigt u.a. auch bei allen Oberlandesgerichten
Fon 06181-71087
Fax 06181-77296
eMail: RA-Freund@Kanzlei-HFB.de
Bürozeiten:
Mo. - Fr. 9 bis 12 Uhr u. Mo. - Do. 14 bis 17 Uhr
Telefonzeiten RA-Freund: Mo. - Do. 15 bis 17 Uhr
Quelle: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352894/
Planungshoheit der Gemeinden
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/400143/
Bebauungsplan als Waffe gegen Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472279/
Beschränkung von Mobilfunkanlagen durch Verabschiedung entsprechender Bebauungspläne
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352950/
Der Bayerische VGH hat etwa am 18.3.03 (15 N 98.2262) zu einer entsprechenden Planung in Dittelbrunn folgendes ausgeführt:
"Eine Gemeinde kann in einem Bebauungsplan bestimmen, dass "von außen erkennbar technische Anlagen" und damit auch Funkantennen und dazugehörige Masten in einem Wohngebiet unzulässig sind. Da § 14 Abs. 1 Satz 3 BauNVO die Gemeinde ermächtigt, die Zulässigkeit von Nebenanlagen einzuschränken oder auszuschließen, ist eine derartige Festsetzung im Interesse eines einheitlichen optischen Erscheinungsbildes als Bestimmung zur Art der baulichen Nutzung nach § 9 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 BauGB möglich."
Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVerwG) hat am 28.2.02 (4 CN 5.01) zur Vorsorge bei der Bauleitplanung, bei der es um Geruchsbeeinträchtigungen ging, u.a. angeführt:
"Wenn städtebauliche Gründe dies rechtfertigen, darf die Gemeinde im Wege der Bauleitplanung unterhalb der durch § 3 Abs. 1 BImSchG bestimmten Erheblichkeitsschwelle eigenständig gebietsbezogen das Maß hinnehmbarer (Geruchs-)Beeinträchtigungen nach den Maßstäben des Vorsorgegrundsatzes steuern."
Im selben Jahr hat dies das BVerwG am 17.12.02 (4 C 15/01) bekräftigt und ausgeführt:
"Daraus kann aber nicht gefolgert werden, dass die Gemeinde umgekehrt im Interesse von Bauinteressenten von ihren planerischen Befugnissen keinen anderen Gebrauch machen darf, als Nutzungen bis an die Grenze dessen zu ermöglichen, was anhand der Maßstäbe des Immissionsschutzrechts gerade noch zulässig ist, ohne als schädliche Umwelteinwirkungen im Sinne des § 3 Abs. 1 BImschG qualifiziert werden zu können. Wie der Senat wiederholt ausgeführt hat, ist es ihr vielmehr bereits im Vorfeld der Abwehr schädlicher Umwelteinwirkungen gestattet, durch ihre Bauleitplanung eigenständig gebietsbezogen das Maß des Hinnehmbaren zu steuern."
Das BayVG-München (M 11 K 03.2059 - Grafrath) hat zuletzt am 22.04.2004 sogar eine nachträglich verhängte Veränderungssperre als wirksam erachtet und das Mobilfunkvorhaben als nicht genehmigungsfähig und den Belang der Planung im Landschaftsschutzgebiet als vorrangig bezeichnet.
Der teilweise auch von Vertretern des Städte- u. Gemeindebundes angeführten (einzigen mir bekannten negativen) Entscheidung des OVG-Koblenz (vom 07.08.2003, 1 A 10196/03.OVG) lag keine Planung, sondern nur ein diffuses "Konzept" zugrunde, so dass diese den oben erläuterten Vorgaben keineswegs entgegensteht.
Vielmehr ist für Gemeinden die an gesundheitlicher Vorsorge für ihre Bürger interessiert sind, von allen rechtlichen Möglichkeiten zur vernünftigen Beschränkung von Mobilfunkanlagen eine Verabschiedung entsprechender Bebauungspläne bzw. die Änderung von dieser Bebauungsplänen das derzeit juristisch erfolgversprechendste Mittel.
Dietmar Freund
Rechtsanwalt
Kanzlei
Heyn* Freund* Terschüren
Innerer-Ring 1c
63486 Bruchköbel
*vertretungsberechtigt u.a. auch bei allen Oberlandesgerichten
Fon 06181-71087
Fax 06181-77296
eMail: RA-Freund@Kanzlei-HFB.de
Bürozeiten:
Mo. - Fr. 9 bis 12 Uhr u. Mo. - Do. 14 bis 17 Uhr
Telefonzeiten RA-Freund: Mo. - Do. 15 bis 17 Uhr
Quelle: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352894/
Planungshoheit der Gemeinden
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/400143/
Bebauungsplan als Waffe gegen Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472279/
Beschränkung von Mobilfunkanlagen durch Verabschiedung entsprechender Bebauungspläne
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/352950/
Starmail - 5. Okt, 12:52
Thema Mobilfunk wandert in Ausschuss
Die o.a. Meldung aus dem Main-Rheiner.de in Ihrem Newsletter vom 4.10.04 veranlasst mich zu folgender Anmerkung (in kursiver Formatierung, die ich auch beim Main-Rheiner als Kommentar eingetragen habe):
Thema Mobilfunk wandert in Ausschuss
VG Gau-Algesheim: SPD-Fraktion will sinnvolle Flächen für Funkantennen ermitteln lassen
Vom 02.10.2004
coh. VG GAU-ALGESHEIM Fast jeder hat eines und hält es für unverzichtbar, das Mobiltelefon, auf gut Neudeutsch auch Handy genannt. Doch um die für die schnurlose Telefoniererei notwendigen Mobilfunkmasten wird immer heftiger gestritten. Die Besorgnis der Menschen vor möglicher Strahlengefährdung wächst - ein Thema, mit dem sich jetzt auch der Gau-Algesheimer Verbandsgemeinderat beschäftigte.
Die SPD-Fraktion im Rat hatte beantragt, ein unabhängiges Planungsbüro mit dem Ziel, in der VG sinnvolle Flächen für die Aufstellung der Antennen zu ermitteln, zu beauftragen. Als Vorgabe für das Büro solle, so die Sozialdemokraten, das Ziel gesetzt werden, die Flächen soweit möglich außerhalb der bebauten Gebiete auszuweisen. SPD-Fraktionsvorsitzender Guido Schweikardt mahnte an, dringend etwas zu unternehmen: "Die Mobilfunkbetreiber gehen teilweise in Wildwestmanier vor."
Auch die CDU wollte die Befürchtungen der Funkmastenkritiker, von denen einige die Sitzung als Zuhörer verfolgten, nicht abtun. CDU-Fraktionsvorsitzende Almuth Schultheiß-Lehn: "Wir verstehen die Ängste der Bürger." Gleichwohl, so Theo Wetzler (CDU), könne seine Fraktion dem Antrag so nicht zustimmen: "Wir halten den Antrag für untauglich." Wetzler argumentierte mit eindeutigen Gerichtsurteilen von Oberwaltungsgerichten. Entscheidend sei alleine das Votum der Regulierungsbehörde, die sich an klar festgelegten Grenzwerten orientiere, die Meinung der Kommunen interessiere nicht. Wetzler: "An der Rechtsprechung kommen wir nicht vorbei." Die von der SPD gewünschte Planung von einem Fachbüro wäre nur teuer und würde nichts bringen.
Die Ansicht des CDU-Vertreters, eine Planung der Mobilfunkstandorte sei "untauglich", ist unzutreffend. Herr Wetzler sollte sich einmal an die Gemeinde Gräfelfing wenden, die eine solche Gesamtplanung gerade praktiziert. Je nach Topografie ist es möglich, in Bebauungsplänen über § 1 Abs. 6 Nr. 1 Baunutzungsverordnung (zumindest weitgehend) mobilfunkantennenfreie Wohngebiete zu schaffen, weil die bauplanerische Zulässigkeit von Antennenanlagen in Wohngebieten nur durch Ausnahmevorschriften (sei es § 4 Abs. 3 Nr. 2 oder § 14 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 Baunutzungsverordnung) begründet ist. Schon die sog. "Privilegierung" im Außenbereich in § 35 Baugesetzbuch (BauGB) gibt die generelle Wertung vor, dass diese Anlagen nicht in den Innenbereich gehören. Nach § 1 Abs. 5 BauGB sollen Bauleitpläne nämlich dazu beitragen, eine menschenwürdige Umwelt zu sichern und die natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen schützen und entwickeln. Dem stehen auch keineswegs Gerichtsurteile entgegen. Aufgrund von § 1 Abs. 5 Nr. 1 und Nr. 7 und 1a BauGB (Vgl. BayVGH M 11 K 01.5934 1.8.02 - Gröbenzell), in Verbindung mit dem Vorsorgeprinzip der §§ 3, 5 Abs. 1 Nr. 1, 2 BlmSchG, kommt der Bauleitplanung nicht nur die Aufgabe der Abwehr von bereits eingetretenen schädlichen Umwelteinwirkungen, sondern auch die Aufgabe des vorsorgenden Immissionsschutzes zu (vgl. Battis/Krautsberger/Löhr, BauGB, 7. Auflage, § 1 Rdnr. 67). Dies insbesondere auch deshalb, weil die 26. BImSchV keine Vorsorgekomponente enthält (wie dies der Bundesgerichtshof am 13.2.04 ausdrücklich bestätigte!) sowie nicht-thermische Wirkungen nicht berücksichtigt und es deshalb ein bauplanerisches Ziel sein sollte, Wohngebiete nach Möglichkeit von Mobilfunkanlagen frei zu halten.
Der Bayerische VGH hat etwa am 18.3.03 (15 N 98.2262) zu einer entsprechenden Planung in Dittelbrunn folgendes ausgeführt:
"Eine Gemeinde kann in einem Bebauungsplan bestimmen, dass "von außen erkennbar technische Anlagen" und damit auch Funkantennen und dazugehörige Masten in einem Wohngebiet unzulässig sind. Da § 14 Abs. 1 Satz 3 BauNVO die Gemeinde ermächtigt, die Zulässigkeit von Nebenanlagen einzuschränken oder auszuschließen, ist eine derartige Festsetzung im Interesse eines einheitlichen optischen Erscheinungsbildes als Bestimmung zur Art der baulichen Nutzung nach § 9 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 BauGB möglich."
Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVerwG) hat am 28.2.02 (4 CN 5.01) zur Vorsorge bei der Bauleitplanung, bei der es um Geruchsbeeinträchtigungen ging, u.a. angeführt:
"Wenn städtebauliche Gründe dies rechtfertigen, darf die Gemeinde im Wege der Bauleitplanung unterhalb der durch § 3 Abs. 1 BImSchG bestimmten Erheblichkeitsschwelle eigenständig gebietsbezogen das Maß hinnehmbarer (Geruchs-)Beeinträchtigungen nach den Maßstäben des Vorsorgegrundsatzes steuern."
Im selben Jahr hat dies das BVerwG am 17.12.02 (4 C 15/01) bekräftigt und ausgeführt:
"Daraus kann aber nicht gefolgert werden, dass die Gemeinde umgekehrt im Interesse von Bauinteressenten von ihren planerischen Befugnissen keinen anderen Gebrauch machen darf, als Nutzungen bis an die Grenze dessen zu ermöglichen, was anhand der Maßstäbe des Immissionsschutzrechts gerade noch zulässig ist, ohne als schädliche Umwelteinwirkungen im Sinne des § 3 Abs. 1 BImschG qualifiziert werden zu können. Wie der Senat wiederholt ausgeführt hat, ist es ihr vielmehr bereits im Vorfeld der Abwehr schädlicher Umwelteinwirkungen gestattet, durch ihre Bauleitplanung eigenständig gebietsbezogen das Maß des Hinnehmbaren zu steuern."
Das BayVG-München (M 11 K 03.2059 - Grafrath) hat zuletzt am 22.04.2004 sogar eine nachträglich verhängte Veränderungssperre als wirksam erachtet und das Mobilfunkvorhaben als nicht genehmigungsfähig und den Belang der Planung im Landschaftsschutzgebiet als vorrangig bezeichnet.
Der teilweise auch von Vertretern des Städte- u. Gemeindebundes angeführten (einzigen mir bekannten negativen) Entscheidung des OVG-Koblenz (vom 07.08.2003, 1 A 10196/03.OVG) lag keine Planung, sondern nur ein diffuses "Konzept" zugrunde, so dass diese den oben erläuterten Vorgaben keineswegs entgegensteht.
Vielmehr ist für Gemeinden die an gesundheitlicher Vorsorge für ihre Bürger interessiert sind, von allen rechtlichen Möglichkeiten zur vernünftigen Beschränkung von Mobilfunkanlagen eine Verabschiedung entsprechender Bebauungspläne bzw. die Änderung von dieser Bebauungsplänen das derzeit juristisch erfolgversprechendste Mittel.
Die Grünen teilten im VG-Rat zwar die Rechtsauffassung der CDU, sprachen sich aber doch grundsätzlich für den Antrag aus. Grünen-Fraktionsvorsitzender Klaus Reinheimer: "Es ist nicht bewiesen, ob die Strahlungen, die durch die Antennen entstehen, krank machen. Aber alleine die Angst davor kann krank machen." Es könne daher nicht angehen, die Menschen mit dem Problem alleine zu lassen und ausschließlich auf die Wirkung von Bürgerinitiativen, deren Erfolge von Bürgermeister Linck ins Gedächtnis gerufen wurden, zu setzen. Zudem könne es ja durchaus möglich sein, dass sich die Mobilfunkbetreiber auf die Vorschläge einließen, obwohl sie dies nicht müssten: "Die Betreiber werden den Weg des geringsten Widerstandes gehen und die Vorschläge akzeptieren."
Omega: es ist bewiesen, dass die Strahlungen, die durch die Antennen entstehen, krank machen. Siehe „Mobilfunk und Gesundheit“ unter: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/303598/
Doris Fleischer (SPD) bat inständig darum, den Antrag jetzt nicht zu zerreden, sondern ausführlich im Ausschuss zu beraten. Reinheimers Vorschlag, den Antrag nicht in seiner Wortwörtlichkeit im geeigneten Fachausschuss zu besprechen, sondern sich dort einfach grundsätzlich mit der Thematik Mobilfunkmasten zu beschäftigen, fand schließlich breite Zustimmung. Nach 45-minütiger Diskussion beschloss der Rat einstimmig die Verweisung des Antrages in den Ausschuss.
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Thema Mobilfunk wandert in Ausschuss
VG Gau-Algesheim: SPD-Fraktion will sinnvolle Flächen für Funkantennen ermitteln lassen
Vom 02.10.2004
coh. VG GAU-ALGESHEIM Fast jeder hat eines und hält es für unverzichtbar, das Mobiltelefon, auf gut Neudeutsch auch Handy genannt. Doch um die für die schnurlose Telefoniererei notwendigen Mobilfunkmasten wird immer heftiger gestritten. Die Besorgnis der Menschen vor möglicher Strahlengefährdung wächst - ein Thema, mit dem sich jetzt auch der Gau-Algesheimer Verbandsgemeinderat beschäftigte.
Die SPD-Fraktion im Rat hatte beantragt, ein unabhängiges Planungsbüro mit dem Ziel, in der VG sinnvolle Flächen für die Aufstellung der Antennen zu ermitteln, zu beauftragen. Als Vorgabe für das Büro solle, so die Sozialdemokraten, das Ziel gesetzt werden, die Flächen soweit möglich außerhalb der bebauten Gebiete auszuweisen. SPD-Fraktionsvorsitzender Guido Schweikardt mahnte an, dringend etwas zu unternehmen: "Die Mobilfunkbetreiber gehen teilweise in Wildwestmanier vor."
Auch die CDU wollte die Befürchtungen der Funkmastenkritiker, von denen einige die Sitzung als Zuhörer verfolgten, nicht abtun. CDU-Fraktionsvorsitzende Almuth Schultheiß-Lehn: "Wir verstehen die Ängste der Bürger." Gleichwohl, so Theo Wetzler (CDU), könne seine Fraktion dem Antrag so nicht zustimmen: "Wir halten den Antrag für untauglich." Wetzler argumentierte mit eindeutigen Gerichtsurteilen von Oberwaltungsgerichten. Entscheidend sei alleine das Votum der Regulierungsbehörde, die sich an klar festgelegten Grenzwerten orientiere, die Meinung der Kommunen interessiere nicht. Wetzler: "An der Rechtsprechung kommen wir nicht vorbei." Die von der SPD gewünschte Planung von einem Fachbüro wäre nur teuer und würde nichts bringen.
Die Ansicht des CDU-Vertreters, eine Planung der Mobilfunkstandorte sei "untauglich", ist unzutreffend. Herr Wetzler sollte sich einmal an die Gemeinde Gräfelfing wenden, die eine solche Gesamtplanung gerade praktiziert. Je nach Topografie ist es möglich, in Bebauungsplänen über § 1 Abs. 6 Nr. 1 Baunutzungsverordnung (zumindest weitgehend) mobilfunkantennenfreie Wohngebiete zu schaffen, weil die bauplanerische Zulässigkeit von Antennenanlagen in Wohngebieten nur durch Ausnahmevorschriften (sei es § 4 Abs. 3 Nr. 2 oder § 14 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 Baunutzungsverordnung) begründet ist. Schon die sog. "Privilegierung" im Außenbereich in § 35 Baugesetzbuch (BauGB) gibt die generelle Wertung vor, dass diese Anlagen nicht in den Innenbereich gehören. Nach § 1 Abs. 5 BauGB sollen Bauleitpläne nämlich dazu beitragen, eine menschenwürdige Umwelt zu sichern und die natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen schützen und entwickeln. Dem stehen auch keineswegs Gerichtsurteile entgegen. Aufgrund von § 1 Abs. 5 Nr. 1 und Nr. 7 und 1a BauGB (Vgl. BayVGH M 11 K 01.5934 1.8.02 - Gröbenzell), in Verbindung mit dem Vorsorgeprinzip der §§ 3, 5 Abs. 1 Nr. 1, 2 BlmSchG, kommt der Bauleitplanung nicht nur die Aufgabe der Abwehr von bereits eingetretenen schädlichen Umwelteinwirkungen, sondern auch die Aufgabe des vorsorgenden Immissionsschutzes zu (vgl. Battis/Krautsberger/Löhr, BauGB, 7. Auflage, § 1 Rdnr. 67). Dies insbesondere auch deshalb, weil die 26. BImSchV keine Vorsorgekomponente enthält (wie dies der Bundesgerichtshof am 13.2.04 ausdrücklich bestätigte!) sowie nicht-thermische Wirkungen nicht berücksichtigt und es deshalb ein bauplanerisches Ziel sein sollte, Wohngebiete nach Möglichkeit von Mobilfunkanlagen frei zu halten.
Der Bayerische VGH hat etwa am 18.3.03 (15 N 98.2262) zu einer entsprechenden Planung in Dittelbrunn folgendes ausgeführt:
"Eine Gemeinde kann in einem Bebauungsplan bestimmen, dass "von außen erkennbar technische Anlagen" und damit auch Funkantennen und dazugehörige Masten in einem Wohngebiet unzulässig sind. Da § 14 Abs. 1 Satz 3 BauNVO die Gemeinde ermächtigt, die Zulässigkeit von Nebenanlagen einzuschränken oder auszuschließen, ist eine derartige Festsetzung im Interesse eines einheitlichen optischen Erscheinungsbildes als Bestimmung zur Art der baulichen Nutzung nach § 9 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 BauGB möglich."
Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVerwG) hat am 28.2.02 (4 CN 5.01) zur Vorsorge bei der Bauleitplanung, bei der es um Geruchsbeeinträchtigungen ging, u.a. angeführt:
"Wenn städtebauliche Gründe dies rechtfertigen, darf die Gemeinde im Wege der Bauleitplanung unterhalb der durch § 3 Abs. 1 BImSchG bestimmten Erheblichkeitsschwelle eigenständig gebietsbezogen das Maß hinnehmbarer (Geruchs-)Beeinträchtigungen nach den Maßstäben des Vorsorgegrundsatzes steuern."
Im selben Jahr hat dies das BVerwG am 17.12.02 (4 C 15/01) bekräftigt und ausgeführt:
"Daraus kann aber nicht gefolgert werden, dass die Gemeinde umgekehrt im Interesse von Bauinteressenten von ihren planerischen Befugnissen keinen anderen Gebrauch machen darf, als Nutzungen bis an die Grenze dessen zu ermöglichen, was anhand der Maßstäbe des Immissionsschutzrechts gerade noch zulässig ist, ohne als schädliche Umwelteinwirkungen im Sinne des § 3 Abs. 1 BImschG qualifiziert werden zu können. Wie der Senat wiederholt ausgeführt hat, ist es ihr vielmehr bereits im Vorfeld der Abwehr schädlicher Umwelteinwirkungen gestattet, durch ihre Bauleitplanung eigenständig gebietsbezogen das Maß des Hinnehmbaren zu steuern."
Das BayVG-München (M 11 K 03.2059 - Grafrath) hat zuletzt am 22.04.2004 sogar eine nachträglich verhängte Veränderungssperre als wirksam erachtet und das Mobilfunkvorhaben als nicht genehmigungsfähig und den Belang der Planung im Landschaftsschutzgebiet als vorrangig bezeichnet.
Der teilweise auch von Vertretern des Städte- u. Gemeindebundes angeführten (einzigen mir bekannten negativen) Entscheidung des OVG-Koblenz (vom 07.08.2003, 1 A 10196/03.OVG) lag keine Planung, sondern nur ein diffuses "Konzept" zugrunde, so dass diese den oben erläuterten Vorgaben keineswegs entgegensteht.
Vielmehr ist für Gemeinden die an gesundheitlicher Vorsorge für ihre Bürger interessiert sind, von allen rechtlichen Möglichkeiten zur vernünftigen Beschränkung von Mobilfunkanlagen eine Verabschiedung entsprechender Bebauungspläne bzw. die Änderung von dieser Bebauungsplänen das derzeit juristisch erfolgversprechendste Mittel.
Die Grünen teilten im VG-Rat zwar die Rechtsauffassung der CDU, sprachen sich aber doch grundsätzlich für den Antrag aus. Grünen-Fraktionsvorsitzender Klaus Reinheimer: "Es ist nicht bewiesen, ob die Strahlungen, die durch die Antennen entstehen, krank machen. Aber alleine die Angst davor kann krank machen." Es könne daher nicht angehen, die Menschen mit dem Problem alleine zu lassen und ausschließlich auf die Wirkung von Bürgerinitiativen, deren Erfolge von Bürgermeister Linck ins Gedächtnis gerufen wurden, zu setzen. Zudem könne es ja durchaus möglich sein, dass sich die Mobilfunkbetreiber auf die Vorschläge einließen, obwohl sie dies nicht müssten: "Die Betreiber werden den Weg des geringsten Widerstandes gehen und die Vorschläge akzeptieren."
Omega: es ist bewiesen, dass die Strahlungen, die durch die Antennen entstehen, krank machen. Siehe „Mobilfunk und Gesundheit“ unter: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/303598/
Doris Fleischer (SPD) bat inständig darum, den Antrag jetzt nicht zu zerreden, sondern ausführlich im Ausschuss zu beraten. Reinheimers Vorschlag, den Antrag nicht in seiner Wortwörtlichkeit im geeigneten Fachausschuss zu besprechen, sondern sich dort einfach grundsätzlich mit der Thematik Mobilfunkmasten zu beschäftigen, fand schließlich breite Zustimmung. Nach 45-minütiger Diskussion beschloss der Rat einstimmig die Verweisung des Antrages in den Ausschuss.
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Dietmar Freund
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