http://globalresearch.ca/articles/KEE412A.html


Informant: NHNE

This is an excellent forward and the first action in it is super easy--just click and a prewritten letter comes up for you to sign! Thanks, Cheryl

For more action alerts to facilitate recounts and help investigate vote fraud and list of vote fraud demos around country see (and keep checking)
http://www.stolenelection2004.com/alerts.html

Especially Kerry action http://www.stolenelection2004.com/alerts.html#kerry

and for full Blackwell action with sample letter and more contact info (including fax)
http://www.stolenelection2004.com/alerts.html#blackwell

----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Fay Kaplan

~please do not reply to this email address. please reply to
ohiohearings@yahoo.com~

A TIDAL WAVE of citizen and government action is being taken to address Ohio voting irregularities.

In this email:

1. Members of Congress to Hear Testimony (& corresponding actions for you to take!)
2. Litigation
3. Recount
4. Rally last weekend
5. Rev. Jackson's support
6. GAO investigation
7. House Judiciary Committee letter to Blackwell
8. Picket @ Blackwell's office (& corresponding action for you!)


1. Accumulated evidence and testimony from five Ohio public hearings is now being taken to the Democratic Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary on Wednesday, 12/8/2004. Rep. John Conyers and other Members of Congress are holding a forum on Ohio voting irregularities and we have been invited to send people as witnesses with a report and summary of our findings.

** Check out this link, where you can (very easily and quickly) send emails to your representative in Congress asking them to attend the forum and pick 5 local media outlets asking them to cover the story:

http://www.pdamerica.org/

** To donate to the fund to help bring witnesses from the Ohio hearings, please go to:

http://freepress.org/store.php#donate

2. A lawsuit is being filed challenging the outcome of the election, alleging widespread fraud. The "contest of election" lawsuit will be presented today to a judge from the Ohio Supreme Court on behalf of at least 25 voters who feel their voting rights were compromised.

3. The Green and Libertarian Parties have initiated a statewide vote recount, to begin in less than ten days. http://www.votecobb.org for more info and daily updates. Also see http://www.defendtherecount.org for updates from the national voting rights institute.

4. 900 people attended a mass rally in Columbus at the Ohio Statehouse on Saturday, December 4. Citizens braved 15 mile/hour winds to demonstrate for continued investigation, litigation, recount, and recusal of Kenneth Blackwell. Greg Palast was featured at the rally, and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee attended the evening symposium.

5. Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition have called for the recusal of Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell from the recount process based on his conflict of interest as co-chairman of the Ohio Bush/Cheney re-election campaign. Jackson also calls for a constitutional amendment to guarantee the right to vote for all U.S. citizens and to empower Congress to establish federal standards and nonpartisan administration of elections.

6. The Government Accountability Office has agreed to examine the security and accuracy of voting technologies, distribution and allocation of voting machines, and counting of provisional ballots as part of an investigation of broad systemic election administration issues.

7. House Judiciary Committee Democratic Members have sent a letter to Kenneth Blackwell asking him to respond to allegations of specific irregularities in vote tallying, registration peculiarities, counting discrepancies, unusual results, overvotes, spoiled ballots, machine problems, machine shortages, and invalidated provisional ballots.

8. There are people planning to picket S.O.S. Blackwell's office starting today, Monday, at 11:30 AM to demand that he:
- start the recount; and
- agree to recuse himself from the recount; and
- agree to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions
addressed to him in a 14-page letter dated 12/2/04 (signed by 12 Democratic members of that committee); and
- refrain from designating the Republican slate of presidential electors until such time as the recount is finished.

** In solidarity, you can call Blackwell's office to make the same demands between 1-5 PM today. Call him toll free at 877-767-6446 or (direct election comments line) 614-466-2585.

Peace. thanks again for your support and continued interest.

Amy
614-405-2160
ohiohearings@yahoo.com



Take care,
Cheryl Guttman

http://longbeachpolitics.org/node/view/1869


Informant: LongBeachPolitics

The CIA's Duelfer report may have confirmed the gross falsity of the WMD claims invoked by the Bush Administration to justify its war against Iraq, but it has also triggered a feeding frenzy in the growing attacks against the United Nations.

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041206&s=gordon

http://207.44.245.159/article7421.htm


War on Terror Fans Anti-Christian Feelings: Vatican :

Anti-Christian sentiments are running high in Muslim countries and other parts of the world because of the US-led so-called war on terrorism, the Vatican warned.

http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2004-12/04/article05.shtml


From Information Clearing House

Falluja In Pictures: Suffer the little children:

- Warning - Graphic images depict the reality of operation Iraqi freedom...

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DF41B027-F523-494D-8A1F-4E59C5D2C0FB.htm
http://snipurl.com/b5qc


From Information Clearing House

Returning residents may find that the measures make Fallujah look more like a police state than the democracy they have been promised.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/12/05/returning_fallujans_will_face_clampdown/
http://snipurl.com/b4qf


From Information Clearing House

The worst aspect of the Abu Ghraib scandal is this: The system survived its public exposure. The Bush administration is vigorously prosecuting the lowly reservists depicted in the Abu Ghraib photos, while brazenly defending the larger process it established for extracting intelligence from prisoners.

http://207.44.245.159/article7422.htm

George Galloway: An enemy of the state:

As most British people now believe, the entire case for the war was based on falsehoods and lies. From the forged papers showing Iraq buying nuclear materials from Niger to the pulp fiction of the Campbell-Scarlett dossiers, one of the grossest deceptions in modern history has been practised upon us.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1365333,00.html


From Information Clearing House

The upside to losing Iraq? An empire falls:

The United States has lost the war in Iraq...
http://207.44.245.159/article7426.htm

Helen Thomas: Declare Victory And Leave:

Administration Claims Killing Leads To Peace...

http://207.44.245.159/article7419.htm

The United States will ultimately lose the war on terror because of its policies in the Middle East and because of concerns over the human rights of militants worldwide, the former head of the CIA's team that hunted Osama bin Laden said Friday.

http://207.44.245.159/article7416.htm

Lakhdar Brahimi tells a paper that he doubts it is possible to hold an election amid the violence...

http://207.44.245.159/article7423.htm

Behaving like the Soviet secret police won't make America safer...
http://207.44.245.159/article7418.htm

"Das Proletariat kommt nicht wieder, aber die Proletarietät". Ein Gespräch mit dem Korruptions- und Armutforscher Werner Rügemer...

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/18/18959/1.html

Abschaffung gefordert: Minijobs vernichten nach Auffassung der Gewerkschaften Arbeitsplätze (06.12.04)

DGB-Chef Michael Sommer befürwortet die Abschaffung geringfügiger Beschäftigungsverhältnisse. Der Zeitung "Bild am Sonntag" sagte Sommer: "Es gibt viel bessere Lösungen als die Minijobs. Sie sollte durch generelle Freibeträge in der Sozialversicherung ersetzt werden. Das würde untere und mittlere Einkommen, aber auch arbeitsintensive Betriebe massiv entlasten, Verdrängungseffekte verhindern und wirklich neue Stellen schaffen." Zur Begründung sagte Sommer: "Die Entwicklung der Minijobs hat unsere schlimmsten Befürchtungen bestätigt. Es werden keine neuen Arbeitsplätze geschaffen, es werden bestehende Stellen massenhaft aufgespaltet in viele kleine Jobs. Wir haben früher vor Drehtüreffekten gewarnt, aber die Drehtür dreht sich nun in der Geschwindigkeit eines Ventilators." Regierung und Arbeitgeber verweisen unter Berufung auf "Experten" hingegen darauf, dass die Schwarzarbeit aufgrund der Minijobs um 1 Prozent zurückgegangen sei.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9932

Gläserne Patienten: Bundesregierung plant angeblich Gesetz für Massen-Gentests (06.12.04)

Die Bundesregierung will nach einem Bericht der Springer-Zeitung "Die Welt" im kommenden Jahr den Entwurf für ein Gentest-Gesetz vorlegen, das Gesetzlichen Krankenkassen erlaubt, Massen-Gentests an Versicherten durchzuführen. Wie die Zeitung aus einem Schreiben des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung zitiert, kann das "Angebot von genetischen Reihenuntersuchungen im Rahmen exakt zu normierender Regelungen grundsätzlich sinnvoll sein".

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9936

Peek&Cloppenburg: Anti-Pelz Demonstration in der Hamburger Innenstadt (06.12.04)

Am Samstag demonstrierten 100 TierrechtlerInnen in Hamburg gegen Pelzverkauf und Pelzindustrie. Zu der Demonstration aufgerufen hatte die "Offensive gegen die Pelzindustrie". Unter dem Motto "Den Schreien der Tiere Gehör verschaffen" zog die Demonstration vom Hauptsitz der Peek&Cloppenburg Nord KG über den Jungfernstieg, um gegen die Tierausbeutung und die Pelzindustrie zu protestieren. Peek&Cloppenburg (P&C) ist einer der größten Pelzhändler unter den Modekaufhäusern. Die "Offensive gegen die Pelzindustrie" fordert den Verkaufsstopp von Pelz und Pelzbesätzen in Waren- und Modehäusern und ruft zum Boykott von P&C auf.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php4?Nr=9942



Heute als ich den folgenden Link sah - Den Schreien der Tiere Gehör verschaffen

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/430155/

Dachte ich sofort an Gerd Hauke "UND KEINER HÖRT IHRE SCHREIE... "

http://www.maulkorbzwang.de/index1.htm

Ein SUPER TEXT !!!! - diesen haben wir schon x-mal in diversen Leserbriefen benutzt, da wir seit einigen Jahren absoluten Leinenzwang in der Stadt (Bad Dürkheim), Weinbergen und Wald haben, können praktisch unsere Hunde nicht mehr artgerecht halten und unser Kreisveterinär ist ja der Meinung, jeder Hundebesitzer müsste für seinen Hund das geeignete Grundstück besitzen .... haben diesen Text auch für die Fledermäuse auf der Hardenburg eingesetzt .... da gibt einige bedrohte Arten .... und leider findet da trotzdem jedes Jahr eine Techo-Party statt ......


Parasiten kommen vom Hund auf das Rind
http://hundejo.de/news/?id=16385
1.12.04


Hunde nur für Reiche
http://hundejo.de/news/news.php3?id=16377&keyword=Hunde%20nur%20für%20reiche
30.11.04


Uschi Obermann

The Navy is going to measure Non-ionizing radiation over the whole countryside in Denmark. They asked me if I could give them some background information, advice, tips, pitfalls, etc. and other things to take into consideration. They knew already everything about safety limits and safety rules. For some reason they were not keen on consulting the engineers from the University of Aalborg or other commercial firms. So maybe they want unbiased information from independant sources.

Since I am not an expert in electronics, I promised to consult other people and find relevant links. I know there a several experts among you or you have connections to other experts, who can certainly help me. So please, send me any information, you think can be relevant and links to websites. I also think that all the wireless systems should be included.

Maybe this is an opportunity to make use of the knowledge and experience many of you posses and get through to the other side. Please pass this request on.

Thank you and kind regards

Sianette Kwee



Dear Sianette:

I am writing from Israel. My name is Zamir (in my language is a nightingale) Shalita. I am a microbiologist, retired after ~30 years in research (medical, biotechnology, genetic engineering etc). This now my 2nd career.

In Israel we two (an MD named Eli Richter) and me Zamir Shalita Ph.D. that fight the professional side of the debate with cellphone antennae, Israel Radio antennae, etc.

I am sure that you are well aware of what is in references, and you can find also in PUBMED. So may just very briefly mention some practical aspects/pitfalls etc:

1. Radiation does not have to be strong in order to be carcinogenic. As my late friend-colleague Prof. Neil Cherry used to say: "Any level is hazardous. Safe level is ZERO".

Omega see under:

Safe level of EMR is ZERO
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/418978/

2. Practically speaking 1 microwatt per cm square is almost acceptable, but it is hazardous, and 5 microwatts per cm square is carcinogenic.

3. If the Danish Navy tests its own transmissions, I would not rely on their measurements, and check it with owned power density meter. I purchase meters from AlphaLab US email address: trifield@aros.net it costs $320.- but worths every cent.

4. The ICNIRP (=European recommendations aquired as standard) are based on heating, so they are sky high: 450 microwatts per cm square. Every country has a safety factor to reduce this monstreous standard: In Switzerland is 45, e.g. make it 10 microwatt per cm square, that is still too high. Austria cancelled ICNIRP standard in its space. In Israel is only 10, so we fight the Ministry of Environment on this as well as on other issues. The factor in Denmark is unknown to me, but there were Danish studies that did not find any damage inflicted by antennae radiating at ICNIRP permitted levels. Cancer may develop for 20 years so they do not find damage yet...

5. I am enclosing some stuff to wet the hands, including a map of a cancer cluster in Israel Mount Carmel, in the town of Usfie, and a closeup on center of town: Blue dots - high antennae, yello - 'regular' plus illegal radi stations, green - residence of ill, mostly with cancer, red- are the dead. All together are 189, mostly in town center (see attached) of which 85 died already:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/zamir_shalita_usfien_150099.jpg
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/zamir_shalita_usfien_15008.jpg

6. I am enclosing Neil's 2 articles (2000, 2002) on safe levels, and answering all 'experts' and comittees that negate damage inflicted by radio emissions:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/zamir_shalita_cellularantenna_neil_cherryj3.htm
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/zamir_shalita_cellularantenna_neil_cherryj4.htm

7. I am enclosing Sage's tables on injuries under "SAFE" ICNIRP guidelines:
http://www.wave-guide.org/library/studies.html

8. Enclosed are Hyland's excellent article:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/zamir_shalita_cellular_hylandmay2003.doc

9. I am enclosing a report showing how to measure, and refer to results (Curry et al 2003):
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/zamir_shalita_cellular_kokomo_indiana.pdf


There is alot more. Some more stuff and advice how to deal with authorities, by request.

You asked for it, you got it...

All materials speak for themselves by their merit.

Best wishes,

Dr. Zamir Shalita Ph.D.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=589884


Informant: Teresa Binstock

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/MEN412A.html


Informant: P. Dalton

by Lenni Brenner

CounterPunch

12/04/04

Jefferson & Madison On Separation of Church and State contains excerpts from 101 documents & 332 of their letters. It puts their writings on religion & secularism under 1 cover to be used to expose the antagonism between their anticlerical principles & the fanaticism of the religious right. They are 2 of history's clearest writers. Read them, & you will be hot to defend their separatism, best done by challenging freedom's foes to read & heed them. Bush tries to further involve religion in politics. Madison asked whether 'the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom?' Our pleasant task is to make the public ask Bush 'how come you ain't asking that?

http://www.counterpunch.org/brenner12042004.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

by Vin Suprynowicz

Las Vegas Review-Journal

12/05/04

As if planning to affix Radio Frequency ID 'scanner' tags to medication bottles (so they can be picked up at airports, etc.) wasn't bad enough, the government now wants to share your records of personal prescriptions for anxiety, depression, insomnia, and pain with ... the cops...

http://tinyurl.com/4plj9


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The State

12/06/04

Two major challenges are expected to unfold Monday when Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell certifies the state's final presidential election results, declaring President Bush the winner by about 119,000 votes. Lawyers representing voters upset about problems at the polls plan to contest the results with the Ohio Supreme Court, citing documented cases of long lines, a shortage of machines and a pattern of problems in predominantly black neighborhoods. In addition, third party candidates, bolstered by a favorable federal court ruling, plan to file requests for a recount in each of Ohio's 88 counties. About 400 people rallied at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on Saturday to demand a recount begin immediately...

http://tinyurl.com/6cmgm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Here are two views of the same war from patriotic Americans. Army Major Scott Bleichwehl "packages" the Iraq War using Power Point slide presentations. In contrast, Hugh Upton presents the war on a web site using real pictures most media won't publish. Upton says his site is not "anti-war." Rather, he wants citizens to know the truth about the war. According to one Iraq War veteran, Upton's web site is "the winner" in this public relations battle.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2499

The Pentagon has admitted that the war on terror and the invasion and occupation of Iraq have increased support for al-Qaeda, made ordinary Muslims hate the US and caused a global backlash against America because of the “self-serving hypocrisy” of George W Bush’s administration over the Middle East. The mea culpa is contained in a shockingly frank “strategic communications” report, written this autumn by the Defence Science Board for Pentagon supremo Donald Rumsfeld.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2498

Here's another surprise from Ohio: "Franklin County admitted a computer error on Election Night had tallied 4,258 votes for Bush in a precinct where only 638 people voted." Unfortunately, before the problems can be identified and corrected, and before all the votes can be counted, Ohio's Secretary of State will certify the incomplete results. As Juan Gonzalez writes, the "Ohio tally [is] fit for Ukraine.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2497

Ohio Update: More than 90,000 Votes Discarded due to Punchcard Failure

Here's an Election Day shocker: "Ohio's numbers are suspect because of disparities in the vote totals for different Democrats on the same ballot; the disqualification of more than 90,000 presidential votes on punch-card ballots because they could not be determined..." Veterans for Common Sense also posts a letter by the House Judiciary Committee raising very specific questions about the legitimacy of a Presidential election in Ohio.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2496

by Seth Sandronsky

Officially, the people of Fallujah, Iraq, are being “saved” with bombs and bullets by the Bush White House. The flattened city roughly the size of Sacramento is proof of that. Meanwhile, the administration is pressing forward to save the Social Security system for Main Street America....

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec2004/Sandronsky1206.htm

by Derek Seidman

Jim Talib HM3 (FMF/PJ)

Jim Talib is an antiwar vet who served in Iraq earlier this year for nearly seven months. He has recently begun speaking out against the war and occupation. Derek Seidman ( co-editor of http://www.lefthook.org ), was able to catch up with Jim Talib and ask him some questions about the war and occupation, his personal experiences in Iraq, and issues concerning the relationship between antiwar soldiers and the broader antiwar movement....

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec2004/Seidman1206.htm

Patrick Cockburn on Iraq After Falluja: Will the US Win the Occupation?

by Alan Maass

From the execution of unarmed civilians, to U.S. snipers planted in mosques, to raids on hospitals, the horrors of the U.S. invasion of Falluja continue to emerge in the media. The international media, that is. It’s almost impossible to learn the real story of the U.S. assault from America’s corporate media--which has reverted to the same uncritical, cheerleading attitude it had during the weeks after the invasion of Iraq began. But accounts of what actually took place when the U.S. attacked what it claimed was a small force of “terrorists” in Falluja describe a high-tech slaughter. The leveling of Falluja will only add to the fury of ordinary Iraqis--ultimately fueling opposition and resistance, whether in the so-called “Sunni triangle” in central Iraq, or among the majority Shias in the south, or in northern cities like Mosul once thought relatively stable. Patrick Cockburn has been an invaluable source of information for anyone wanting to know what is going on in Iraq. As a correspondent for Britain’s Independent newspaper, he has written regular reports from Iraq throughout the occupation. Many of these reports have appeared on the CounterPunch Web site. With his brother Andrew, he wrote Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein--one of the best books on Iraq under Saddam’s Baath Party regime. Last month, in the aftermath of the invasion, he talked to Socialist Worker’s Alan Maass about what really happened in Falluja--and why Washington’s “victory” in this battle won’t help it win the war....

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec2004/Maass1206.htm

Letter from a GI in Falluja: “This Wasn’t a War, It Was a Massacre”

by hEkLe

The following letter from a U.S. soldier stationed in Iraq, known as hEkLe, powerfully conveys the terror of the U.S. assault on Falluja: These are ugly times for the U.S. military in Iraq. It seems everywhere you turn, more and more troops are being killed and maimed in vicious encounters with determined rebel fighters. The insurgency is mounting incredibly in such places as Baghdad, Mosul and Baquba, using more advanced techniques and weaponry associated with a well-organized guerilla campaign. Even in the massively destroyed city of Falluja, rebel forces are starting to reappear with a callous determination to win or die trying. Many critics and political pundits are starting to realize that this war is, in many aspects, un-winnable....

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec2004/hEkLe1206.htm

by Dahr Jamail

Men now seeking refuge in the Baghdad area are telling horrific stories of indiscriminate killings by US forces during the peak of fighting last month in the largely annihilated city of Fallujah....

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Dec2004/Jamail1206-2.htm

THE IRISH INDEPENDENT, Monday, Dec 6, 2004, page 6

DEMPSEY RULES OUT HEALTH WARNING FOR MOBILE PHONES

[by] Eilish O'Regan
Health Correspondent

A Health warning for mobile phones has been ruled out despite complaints by some users that they are suffering dizziness and distorted vision.

It comes as the Christmas demand for mobile phones will leave many parents in particular worried about possible health risks.

Communications Minister Noel Dempsey has confirmed that the "overwhelming weight of evidence is that mobile phones are not responsible for their condition." However, he said focused research is continuing into the area and his officials will continue to monitor the issues of concern closely.

Omega see http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_science.html

The minister was quizzed on the "widespread concern" among the medical profession of over exposure to mobile phones here which is resulting in headaches, dizziness, distorted vision and biological effects.

Fine Gael TD (Teachta Daile/Member of Parliament) Jimmy Deenihan asked if it was now time to attach a health warning to the phones in light of the worries. The minister said he was aware of the concerns and he relied on his officials with expertise to advise him on health issues relating to electromagnetic energy."


Informant: Imelda O'Connor

THE IRISH TIMES, Monday, Dec 6, 2004, page 7.

100,000 [EUROS] DAMAGE CAUSED TO KERRY MAST
[by] Anne Lucey

Gardai in Co Kerry are investigating damage costing 100,000 [euros] caused to a controversial mobile mast near Fenit which had been about to go into operation. Damage was caused at the Meteor mast's communications cabin at Ballygarron, The Spa, on the night of November 30th/December 1st.

Gardai said the cabin door was forced open and communications equipment set on fire. The Meteor mast was recently granted planning permission after the telecommunications company appealed a county council refusal to An Bord Pleanala.

There had been widespread opposition to the mast, located between Tralee and Fenit. Overlooking the coastline, it is seen from a wide area.

Sinn Fein TD Mr Martin Ferris was the chairman of an anti-mast action committee, AMAC. The committee disbanded after An Bord Pleanala granted permission to Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd early in September. Mr Ferris said no one in the locality would condone anyone taking the law into their own hands. "But there would be an understanding why it happened," he said. There are up to 50 houses within a kilometre of the mast, Mr Ferris said. The committee had considered taking a case to the High Court but decided against it because of the costs involved, he said.

Kerry County Council had refused permission on the grounds that it contravened the county development plan as it is within one kilometre of residential properties. An inspector from An Bord Pleanala also recommended refusal on the grounds that it "would be visually obtrusive and would have significant impact on the visual amenities of the area." An Bord Pleanala granted permission, referring to the national strategy regarding the improvement of mobile communications, and said the site was not restricted in the county plan.


Informant: Imelda O'Connor

As many of you may be aware Gill and I have been involved in a campaign group called Parents and Residents against Masts (PRAM) protesting against Network Rail building a towering 96 ft radio communication mast right next to our houses.

Network Rail has what is known as Permitted Development Rights which means they do not need planning permission to erect these monstrosities.

In the case of our mast they did not even tell us the mast (remember it is 96 ft high!!!) was to be built before they started.

We have raised a petition on line which we have been advised is a realistic way to ask Scottish Parliament to review this hugely unfair law. We are asking only that Network Rail have to obtain planning permission in the normal manner before erecting any more masts - over 2000 masts in the UK are required for this new radio system being introduced. Strathclyde is the pilot scheme which is why it is vital the law is changed now - you could have a mast coming to your neighbourhood without yet knowing about it.

We really need all the on line signatures we can get. I attach below a link which would allow you to support us if you feel it appropriate it takes no more than 30 seconds.

http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/viewtopic.asp?TopicID=42

Please sign it if you can. Please also pass this email on to as many people you can who may also consider signing the petition. They in turn may also consider passing it on. Only by gathering significant support will we get Parliament to review the law.

Please help !!! Thanks

Ken and Gill McInnes
For PRAM


Information from Mast Network

Rechtsanwalt Prof. Dr. iur. Klaus Kniep
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/prof._kniep.htm
http://www.kanzlei-heilbronn.de/content/rechtsanwaelte/kniep.htm
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Prof.+Kniep

Die Vereinbarkeit von neuen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen über Mobilfunksendeanlagen mit der Frequenzwertfestlegung in der 26. BImSchV
http://www.kanzlei-heilbronn.de/vereinbarkeit-mobilfunksendeanlagen-frequenzwertfestlegung.html

Problematisches Zusammenwirken beim Grundrechtsschutz zwischen BVerfG und Fachgerichten
http://www.kanzlei-heilbronn.de/publikationen-mobilfunk.html

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander H. Volger: Mobilfunk und seine Technikfolgen u.a.
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/168670/

Schweres Mikrowellensyndrom weit unterhalb der Grenzwerte der 26. BImSchV
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1268287/



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=BImSchV
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Volger
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Mikrowellensyndrom
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Grenzwerte

http://www.baubiologie.net/docs/esv.html#schutz
http://www.baubiologie.net/docs/esv.html

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander H. Volger: Mobilfunk und seine Technikfolgen u.a.
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/168670/

BImSchV und Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/429511/

In England berichtete die »Sun« am 06.08.2002 in einem Artikel mit dem Titel »Krebs und Mobilfunk« über die Carnavon Street in South Woodford, östlich von London. »Cancer Street« (Straße des Krebses) wird sie im Volksmund bereits genannt.

Seit 1995 stehen dort nicht weniger als 16 Sendemasten auf einem einzigen Gebäude. In 5 von 7 Häusern sind Menschen an Krebs erkrankt.

Die gesetzlichen Grenzwerte werden eingehalten. Vielleicht sind diese aber auch einfach zu hoch.

Erstellt von: juh
Zuletzt verändert: 30.06.2003 03:43 PM

http://www.schourenschminnes.de/Elektrosmog/Fallbeispiele/CancerStreet/document_view


CANCER AND RADIO TRANSMISSION LINKED
http://www.world-action.co.uk/cancer.html

Do cell phone antennas cause cancer?
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-838784.html

U.K. probes wireless link to cancer cases
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-838846.html

Cluster in Spain 2000-2004
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/466717/

Usfie Cancer Cluster
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/421932/

The Mobile Mast Menace
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/391196/

ELECTROMAGNETICS FIELDS AND CANCER: QUOTATIONS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/507624/

Mobilfunkturm des Todes: 55 Tote in Slupsk (Stolp) in Polen und weitere 53 schwer Erkrankte
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/422749/

Leukämieopfer in Spanien
http://www.mobilfunk-buergerforum.de/presse/Spanien020116.htm

Häufungen von Krebs- und anderen Erkrankungen in der Nähe von Mobilfunk-Sendeanlagen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/298645/

Krebscluster in der Nähe von Funkantennen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/227418/

Spanische Presseberichte über Anhäufungen von Krebs- und anderen Erkrankungen in der Nähe von Mobilfunk-Sendeanlagen 2000 - 2003
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/167181/

Krebscluster in der Nähe von Mobilfunkantennen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/162552/

Die Naila-Mobilfunkstudie
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/283426/

Heimliche Mobilfunkmasten:
Beitrag Nr.515
http://www.gigaherz.ch/515/
Beitrag Nr.772
http://www.gigaherz.ch/772/
Beitrag Nr.818
http://www.gigaherz.ch/818/


Masten in Litfaßsäulen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/348762/

Immer mehr getarnte Handymasten
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/342969/

Versteckte Mobilfunkantennen (Fotos)
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/220635/

Versteckte Handymasten in polnischen Kirchen
http://iddd.de/umtsno/kirchen.htm

Die englische Primarschule, die 27 heimliche Mobilfunkmasten vor ihrer Haustüre hat
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/429362/

The primary school that has 27 secret mobile phone masts on its door
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/429368/

Cross used as antenna
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/463128/

Fake tree dubbed Frankenpine
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/425284/

Cell tower camouflage artists just want to blend in
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/315436/

Cell Towers Camouflaged
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/312406/

Cellular "Frankenpine" won't blend into park, critics say
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/279964/

OLD FAITHFUL CELL TOWER MAY BE SHORTENED AND CAMOUFLAGED
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/260333/

Plastikmobilfunkbäume - Plastic Cellular Radio Trees
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/445545/

Churches cash in on phone boom
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/495347/

Cross used as antenna
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/463128/

Homeowners paid to hide phone masts
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/495350/

Shell to reveal hidden phone masts
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/495351/

Phone companies flout school mast law
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=325102&in_page_id=1770

Mobile masts by one in 10 schools
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4000321.stm

The primary school that has 27 secret mobile phone masts on its door
http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe1108841.4iw?verticalID=33&vertical=Regulatory


Address:
SOHO PARISH CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
23 Great Windmill Street, W1V 7PH
HeadTeacher: Rachel Earnshaw
Tel: 020 7641 7311
Fax: 020 7641 7334



Getarnte Mobilfunkantennen - Secret Mobile Phone Masts
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/429390/

Ähnlichkeit mit der Drogenmafia ist unverkennbar

Die englische Primarschule, die 27 heimliche Mobilfunkmasten vor ihrer Haustüre hat

The Mail of Sunday, 7. November 2004

Wie die Labour-Partei die Augen schliesst, wenn Telecomfirmen Gesundheitsregeln verhöhnen

von Martin Delgado
Deutsche Übersetzung: Ruth Keller

Soho Parish Primary School in Central London

Mobilfunkbetreiber hintergehen Regierungssicherheits-Richtlinien, indem sie neben Schulen heimlich Mobilfunkmasten verstecken. Eine schockierende Untersuchung ist ans Tageslicht gekommen.

Der schlimmste Fall, der aufgedeckt wurde, ist eine Primarschule in Soho Parish Church of England in Central London mit 27 Mobilfunkmasten innerhalb von 200 Yards (ca. 182 Meter) vor ihren Toren – und dies trotz Warnungen, dass Abstrahlungen die Gesundheit der Kinder schädigen könnten.

Gemäss den Richtlinien, die das Office des Deputy Prime Ministers, John Prescott, erlassen hat, wird erwartet, dass Schulen vor der Errichtung von Masten konsultiert werden. Aber viele Schulvorsteher haben keine Ahnung, dass vor ihren Schulhäusern Masten stehen, weil die Anlagen oft versteckt sind in Strassen- und Tankstellentafeln.

Rachel Earnshaw, Leiterin der Soho Parish sagte: „Ich hatte keine Ahnung, dass so viele Antennen neben der Schule stehen. Das ist sehr beunruhigend, weil über die Langzeiteffekte nicht genug bekannt ist von diesen Dingen. Wir haben keine technischen Kenntnisse, so dass es sehr leicht ist für die Betreiber, uns mit „Wissenschaft“ zu blenden.“

Parlamentsmitglieder und Kämpfer beschuldigten gestern die Regierung, nicht Willens zu sein, das Problem anzupacken, aus Furcht, die grossen Mobilfunkgesellschaften, die 23 Billionen Pfund für die Lizenzen bezahlt hatten, um die dritte Generation betreiben zu können, zu verärgern.

Das Parlamentsmitglied Richard Spring sagte: „Der Verhaltenskodex wird ignoriert und der Planungsprozess ist eine Farce. Wir könnten Gesundheitsprobleme bei unserer Jugend anhäufen, die erst in 20 Jahren sichtbar werden. Der Grund könnten die „3G“Lizenzen sein, die so viel Geld einbringen, dass die Regierung sich fürchtet, die Mobilfunkgesellschaften zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen.“

Die Richtlinien, die die Betreiber im Jahr 2002 unterzeichneten, lauten: Wo vorgesehen ist, eine Mobilfunk-Basisstation einzurichten, zu verändern oder zu ersetzen, auf oder neben einer Schule oder eines Colleges, müssen die Betreiber mit den betreffenden Körperschaften diskutieren, und zwar vor der Einreichung eines Baugesuchs oder vor der Zustimmung der lokalen Behörden.

Aber die Recherchen der BBC haben ergeben, dass in mehr als Dreiviertel aller Fälle. wo neue 3G-Masten in der Nähe von Schulen errichtet wurden, keine Konsultationen stattgefunden hatten. Der schlimmste Missetäter, sagt man, sei Vodafone, gefolgt von 3 UK und T-Mobile.

Zurzeit gibt es in Grossbritannien 40'000 Mobilfunkmasten und 2350 Schulen haben mindestens einen Mast innerhalb von 50 bis 200 Metern Entfernung. In einer Entfernung, wo mögliche schädliche Strahlenemissionen am stärksten sind.

Pat Holmes, Leiter der St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Primarschule in Leeds, die von zwei Mastenn auf einem Nachbardach bestrahlt wird, sagte: „Es gibt zunehmende Beweise, dass diese Dinger Kindern schaden können. Wenn wir gewusst hätten, was passiert, hätten wir unsere Besorgnis ausgedrückt.“

Warnung des Gesundheitsamtes

Sir William Stewart, Vorsitzender des Gesundheitsamtes, warnte vor vier Jahren in seinem Rapport über Mobilfunksicherheit,, dass kleine Kinder wegen ihrer Körpergrösse und Gewicht ungefähr zweimal so viele Strahlen absorbieren könnten wie Erwachsene. Er empfahl, dass die Schulen und Eltern genügend Informationen erhalten sollten, damit sie ihre Meinung bilden können.

Von Nasenbluten bis Krebs

Malcolm Nobie, Sprecher der „Secondary Heads Association“ und Leiter der „Bexleyheath Comprehensive“ in Kent sagte: „Die Selbstregulierung funktioniert nicht. Es sollte gesetzlich vorgeschrieben sein, dass sie die Schulen konsultieren.“ Und Karen Barratt von der Kampfgruppe „Mast Sanity“ sagte: „Wir besitzen Beweise von vermehrten Krankheiten bei Leuten, die in der Nähe von Antennenmasten wohnen, von Krankheitssymptomen wie: Schwindel, Übelkeit, Hautproblemen und Nasenbluten, bis Krebs.“

Der liberale Demokrat. Parlamentsmitglied und Vorsitzender der „all Parlamentary Group“ für Mobiltelefonie, Phil Willis, sagte: „Das Parlament hat sich hinter der freiwilligen Vereinbarung versteckt, die klar nicht funktioniert. London hat die dichteste Konzentration von Mobilfunkmasten, gefolgt von Milton Keynes, Portsmouth und Brighton.

Ein Sprecher des Büros des Deputy Prime Minister. sagte: „Wir werden im neuen Jahr eine beratende Studie veranlassen, betreffend die Handhabung der Vereinbarung. Zurzeit haben wir keine Beweise, dass die Vereinbarung routinemässig ignoriert wird.“

Mike Dolan, Executive Direktor der Mobilfunkvereinigung sagte: „Die Betreiber machen ausführliche Konsultationen und sind verpflichtet, die Vereinbarung einzuhalten. Falls widersprüchliche Behauptungen bestehen, werden sie diese untersuchen.“

Nachwort von Gigaherz:

Weil die Mobilfunkbetreiber 60% ihres Umsatzes mit Kindern und Jugendlichen machen, wird auch in der Schweiz dafür gesorgt, dass vorzugsweise zuerst alle Schulen ordentlich bestrahlt werden. Und in London gibt es übrigens eine Strasse, die den traurigen Namen „Cancer-Street“ (Krebsstrasse) erhalten hat, weil es dort fast in jedem Haus einen oder mehrere Krebsfälle gibt.

Omega siehe "Carnavon Street: Cancer Street - Straße des Krebses" unter: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/429435/

Quelle: http://www.gigaherz.ch/853/

Heimliche Mobilfunkmasten finden Sie auch bei uns:
Beitrag Nr.515 (aus dem Archiv)
http://www.gigaherz.ch/515/
Beitrag Nr.772 (aus dem Archiv)
http://www.gigaherz.ch/772/
Beitrag Nr.818 (aus dem Archiv)
http://www.gigaherz.ch/818/

Phone companies flout school mast law
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=325102&in_page_id=1770

Mobile masts by one in 10 schools
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4000321.stm

The primary school that has 27 secret mobile phone masts on its door
http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/NEe1108841.4iw?verticalID=33&vertical=Regulatory


Address:
SOHO PARISH CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
23 Great Windmill Street, W1V 7PH
HeadTeacher: Rachel Earnshaw
Tel: 020 7641 7311
Fax: 020 7641 7334



Getarnte Mobilfunkantennen - Secret Mobile Phone Masts
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/429390/

„Strahlende“ Weihnachten – Verschenkte Krankheit!
Wie krank macht die moderne Mikrowellentechnik?

Unter diesem Motto informierte die BIKE Vogt e.V. die Bürgerschaft am Mittwoch, dem 01.12.2004 im Flammenhof in Vogt zu den „Gesundheitsrisiken“ der modernen Mikrowellengeräte.

Die BIKE Vogt e.V. hat sich zur Aufgabe gemacht die Vogter Bürger noch vor dem Fest über die Risiken der gepulsten elektromagnetischen Felder zu informieren. Die Fragen der Vogter Bevölkerung beantworteten der sehr kompetente Münchner Arzt Dr. med. Scheiner und Wolfgang Welzel im Vogter „Flammenhof“. Um 20 Uhr wurde die Veranstaltung im sehr gut gefüllten Flammenhof von Heike Veser-Herrmann mit einer Übersicht über die Thematik eröffnet und die etwa 80 Besucher konnten gleich im Anschluss ihre Fragen an die Experten richten.

Up to date und modern lebt, wer seinen Haushalt mit den neuesten Mikrowellengeräten aufrüstet – so die Werbeaussage der Elektronikindustrie, die pünktlich zum Weihnachtsgeschäft mit Dumpingpreisen vor allem um die jugendliche Käuferschaft wirbt. Damit sind nicht nur die Mikrowellenöfen in der Küche gemeint, sondern „coole“ Handys oder schnurlose Telefone nach dem DECT-Standart, kabellose Verbindungen ins Internet per WLAN und kabellose Verbindungen zu den einzelnen Geräten des Computerarbeitsplatzes bzw. den Spielekonsolen mittels Bluetooth.

All die genannten Geräte haben vieles gemeinsam: Man braucht sie nicht wirklich und sie senden gepulste Funkwellen in einer Sendestärke aus, die millionenfach über den Werten liegen, auf die der menschliche Organismus bereits mit Abwehr reagiert.

Über 70 % der Haushalte sind bereits mit schnurlosen Telefonen nach dem DECT-Standard ausgestattet, die permanent senden, auch wenn nicht telefoniert wird. Zu den funkenden Telefonen stimmen jetzt auch noch die kabellosen Funk-Fernbedienungen und PCs in das Funkkonzert mit ein, so dass zusammen mit dem „normalen“ Elektrosmog der Mobilfunk-Basisstationen und der übrigen Funksender, der Verbraucher rund um die Uhr einem Strahlengewitter ausgesetzt, welches nicht ohne Folgen bleiben kann.

Fatal an gepulsten Mikrowellen ist, dass man zunächst nichts spürt und dass diese Strahlung Wände durchdringt und somit jeder Mensch rund um die Uhr, egal ob im Haus oder im Freien, ungeschützt als lebende Antenne fungiert. Obwohl die Experten kein Referat hielten, wurde in den Dialogen zwischen Publikum und Experten die komplette Palette der wichtigsten Gesundheitsrisiken angesprochen, sowie bildlich und informativ dargelegt.

Das Spektrum reichte von DNS-Schädigungen verbunden mit erhöhtem Krebsrisiko, Unfruchtbarkeit bei Mann und Frau, hirndegenerativen Erkrankungen wie Alzheimerkrankheit, vorzeitige Demenz oder Parkinson-Syndrom, oder die Schwächung des Immunsystems mit all seinen Folgen, und einiges mehr. Dr. Scheiner prognostizierte eine kräftige Zunahme dieser Krankheitsbilder in den nächsten 5-8 Jahren. Belegt wurden die Aussagen der Experten durch Forschungsergebnisse unabhängiger Institute und Wissenschaftler, die von der Industrie und der Politik bis heute hartnäckig ignoriert werden.

Einige der gezeigten Experimente kann jeder Verbraucher selbst machen. Um beispielsweise zu überprüfen, ob ein Mikrowellenofen strahlungsdicht ist, braucht man nur ein betriebsbereites Mobiltelefon hineinlegen und dieses anzurufen. Die Zuhörer im Flammenhof konnten sich an diesem Abend davon überzeugen. Zudem berichteten die Experten, dass die Mikrowelle nicht geeignet ist, um Nahrung zu erwärmen. Neueste wissenschaftliche Forschungen ergaben, dass die Antioxidantien bei dem Erhitzungsprozess entfernt werden und somit diese „Nahrung“ keinen Wert mehr hat.

Einer der Schwerpunkte dieser Veranstaltung war die Gefährdung der Kinder und des ungeborene Lebens. Sogar das Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz und die WHO warnen vor den Gesundheitsrisiken und empfehlen Kinder von Handys fernzuhalten.

Da Hilfe von Seiten der Politik auf Grund ihrer Verstrickung in dieses Millionengeschäft nicht zu erwarten ist, ist die einzig wirkungsvolle Waffe im Kampf gegen den Elektrosmog der Verzicht auf „strahlende Gaben“. Was der Markt nicht verlangt wird auch nicht produziert.

So war dem Publikum nach zweieinhalb Stunden klar, dass zuviel Funk das Gesundheitsrisiko steigert und es werden jetzt sicher etwas weniger „funkende“ Geschenke unter dem ein oder anderen Weihnachtsbaum liegen.


Nachricht von Wolfgang Welzel
Bau- und Geobiologie

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Antennen schauen uns an

Leserbrief aus Bamberg

Antennen schauen uns an

Weihnachten droht und schon laufen die Mobilfunkbetreiber und Handyhersteller auf "Hochform" auf: Da werden Kinder und Jugendliche beinahe genötigt ihren Eltern zu bearbeiten, Verträge zu unterzeichnen, gut mit Lebkuchen gelockt - wie im Märchen (so geschehen Anfang dieser Woche von T-Mobil am Bahnhofsvorplatz!), da ziehe ich aus meinem Briefkasten täglich 1-2 Angebote zur Anwendung dieser Technik, egal, ob W-Lan-Laptops oder sogenannte Wichtigtuer-Händis, und dies auf Hochglanzpapier. Nein, es können die Druckkosten der Hersteller nicht hoch genug sein, denn die Suchtbindung, auch Kundenbindung genannt, bringt langfristig einen Supergewinn.

Leider muss man die Leute immer wieder erinnern: jedes Handy - und sei es noch so selten benutzt - braucht eine Ketten von Mobilfunkantennen. Schauen Sie sich in Ihrer Nachbarschaft um: irgendwo steht im Umkreis von 500 bis 1000 Metern eine größere oder auch eine kleinere Antenne auf den Dächern oder an Fassaden. Und wer aus seinem Fenster Blickkontakt zu solchen Antennen hat, möge sich schon mal zum Messen der Wohnräume melden.....dafür dürfte der Empfang sehr gut sein.

Engagierte Mitmenschen kämpfen in der Stadt und Landkreis gegen Antennenmasten und Dachantennen, gegen W-Lan in Schulen und Betrieben, - und sie haben Gründe dafür, die in der gesundheitlichen Vorsorge begründet liegen.

Wo gibt es noch echte Rückratbesitzer? Oder haben auch Sie schon Minderwertigkeitskomplexe, wenn sie nicht alles haben, was neu ist? Gegen den Strom schwimmen ist etwas mühsam, aber ungemein befreiend.

Mein Tipp: Keine Handys kaufen und schenken - sondern Rückrat bewahren !

Karin Z.


Aus: Elektrosmognews vom 12.12.2004

"Quantenzirkel": Kontroverse Diskussion im Krämmel-Forum

Wolfratshausen - Es war kein leichter Abend für Dr. Anne Dehos. Die Biologin vom Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS) diskutierte am Freitag im Krämmel-Forum mit Dr. Claus Scheingraber vom Arbeitskreis Elektro-Biologie am Beispiel des Mobilfunks über die Frage: "Schützt der Staat seine Bürger?" Rund 60 Interessierte, darunter viele Elektrosensible, waren der Einladung des "Quantenzirkels" gefolgt und konfrontierten Dehos mit ihrer Kritik. Schon bei den Eingangsstatements wurden die gegensätzlichen Positionen deutlich: Während Dehos die aktuell gültigen Grenzwerte erläuterte und das bis 2006 laufende Deutsche Mobilfunkforschungsprogramm vorstellte, brandmarkte Scheingraber die gegenwärtige Forschung, die unter anderem Kunststoffmodelle zur Simulation des Kopfes einsetzt, als "völlig inadäquat". Sein Hauptkritikpunkt: "Das Ganze ist mehr als die Summe der Teile - aber die Wirkung multipler elektromagnetischer Felder wird überhaupt nicht beachtet." Dehos hielt dagegen, dass unterhalb der aktuell gültigen Grenzwerte bisher keine gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen nachgewiesen worden seien und verwies auf die Vorsorge-Tipps des BfS: Bei Anrufen solle man bevorzugt das Festnetz nutzen oder über ein Headset telefonieren, Dauer-Gespräche mit dem Handy vermeiden, auf guten Empfang achten oder ersatzweise eine SMS schicken.

Omega es stimmt nicht, "dass unterhalb der aktuell gültigen Grenzwerte bisher keine gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen nachgewiesen worden seien". Siehe unter: "Mobilfunk und Gesundheit" http://omega.twoday.net/stories/303598/

Laut Scheingraber könnten die heutigen Grenzwerte aber problemlos "um den Faktor 1000 bis 10 000" gesenkt werden. Einzige Einschränkung: "Dann bräuchten wir mehr Sendemasten und man könnte nicht mehr in Zügen oder Tiefgaragen telefonieren", so der Zahnarzt aus Brunnthal.

Omega eine Absenkung um den Faktor "1000 bis 10 000" ist nicht ausreichend. Im Februar 2002 wurde von der Landessanitätsdirektion Salzburg für Innenräume ein Wert von 1Mikrowatt/m² (0.02V/m) vorgeschlagen und den GSM-Netzbetreibern und der Politik in Salzburg mitgeteilt. Für das Freie wird derzeit ein Höchstwert von 10Mikrowatt/m² (0.06V/m) herangezogen. Der Vorschlag basiert auf empirischen Erkenntnissen der letzten Jahre.

Die Salzburger Vorsorgewerte liegen damit nur noch leicht über den baubiologischen Richtwerten und sehr deutlich unter den gültigen Grenzwerten der meisten Länder (Deutschland: 4,5 bzw. 9 Millionen Mikrowatt/Quadratmeter (41 resp 58V/m) für das D- und E-Netz).
Quelle: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/302147/

Moderatorin Nortrud Semmler vom Bayerischen Rundfunk bemühte sich zwar, die Diskussion anfangs auf das Podium zu begrenzen, dennoch machten einige Zuhörer bald ihrem Unmut Luft: "Wenn der Verdacht der Schädlichkeit besteht, darf man die Menschheit nicht flächendeckend bestrahlen", schimpfte etwa der geobiologische Berater Dieter Kugler.

Das von Dehos immer wieder ins Feld geführte Deutsche Mobilfunkforschungsprogramm kam dem Publikum über zehn Jahre nach der Einführung der Handy-Technik deutlich zu spät. "Und wenn die Netzbetreiber die Hälfte der Projektkosten übernehmen, ist sowieso klar, wie die Ergebnisse ausfallen", urteilte ein Zuhörer. Kritisiert wurden neben der neuen UMTS-Technik auch die zunehmende Verbreitung von DECT-Schnurlostelefonen und die Einführung von drahtlosen Computer-Netzwerken (WLAN) in Schulen. Scheingraber: "In Zukunft wird noch einiges auf uns zukommen." sb

mm 06.12.2004

http://www.marktplatz-oberbayern.de/regionen/isarloisach/art1596,228949.html?fCMS=8028781b3201a9b21ff10e523dabb7e3

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Mobilfunk und Strahlenschutz
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3805398/



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Dehos

Urgent action needed re harrogate 3 schools mast - please contact your mp now

If the Secretary of State does not appeal,the Harrogate decision health concerns may not be considered in planning applications for mobile phone mast for decades. He has until the ?9th ? 10th december to change his mind

Please write /e-mail /fax/telephone John Prescott NOW if you think he should appeal the decision..

I am attaching a standard letter which I am circulating please feel free to copy and distribute -- altering in any way which you feel appropriate.

Please send copies and ring /write to your mps now we have less than one week.

I rang the ODPM and was told they cant decide what to do as the judgement has not yet been published-- it may be published after the deadline for appeals!

If you are concerned about the health effects of mobile phone masts and want the right to have these concerns considered when a mast is applied for by your childrens school you need to act now!!

If not the battle for our children protection at school and at home may be over for a long time-- this will affect EVERY mast application which follows.

email john prescotts office at
http://www.locata.co.uk/cgi-bin/webdriver?MIval=commons_mail&id=239



From:

To
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
26 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2WH
Tel: 020 7944 4400 Fax: 0207 944 6589
cc MP



Dear Mr Prescott

I am writing to demand that the Secretary of State appeals the decision made by the court of appeal in the case of the Harrogate Mast /Three Schools case.

The issue as to whether ICNIRP certification should be enough to reassure the community of safety of mast emissions was not in my opinion properly considered.

The ICNIRP limits relate only to the heating effects of the mast and do not address the non thermal effects which concern many communities living around masts. It also only relates the immediate effects, and not the long term or biological effects on those continuously exposed.

This is particularly relevant in relation to exposure of Children, as their skulls are less protective against this form of radiation

The Stewart Report recommended adoption of the precautionary principle specifically because insufficient evidence of safety of non thermal effects was available at the time to establish a safe lower limit of exposure.

Increasing evidence from epidemiological studies and controlled laboratory studies in Europe suggests that there are significant non-thermal adverse effects at very much lower levels of exposure than the ICNIRP guidelines.

The Secretary of State has a responsibility not only to the children of Harrogate but to all the children in the UK who will be affected by the court’s decision, which in effect disenfranchises parents from decisions which affect the health and wellbeing of their children.

The court’s decision misrepresents ICNIRP as guidelines which consider all health risks, when they only address the easily quantifiable thermal short term non biological effects.

If this government is to retain ANY credibility in relation to its independence of influence from the multinational phone operators, the Secretary of State must challenge the appeal court decision rigorously and effectively.

The issues are quite straightforward either the Secretary of State

· will not appeal and in so doing will chose to support these multinationals right to ride roughshod over the well informed concerns of ordinary people

or

· he will appeal the decision to enable the health concerns of parents to be properly addressed in relation to the siting of mobile phone masts close to schools.

If the Secretary of State does not appeal the court’s decision it is clear that this government is not able to protect our democracy or our children.

Yours truly,


Find your mps contact details at
http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/alms.cfm


Hi, I sent my copy to enquiryodpm@odpm.gsi.gov.uk


Informant: Mobile Phone Mast Campaigners Network

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/enemy.html


Informant: Be Kind Whenever Possible

The Detritus of War

Disabled veterans hate the government, with good reason. Article by Fred Reed:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/reed/reed50.html

"Children are affected in the most critical points of their development"

Jane George janeg@nunatsiaq.com
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/41203_10.html

Dr. Larisa Abrutina is a Yupik physician who works with the Russian
Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North. (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE)

REYKJAVIK - If you eat seal or walrus, boil the meat and avoid eating
the liver or fat. Better yet, eat arctic char or caribou.

That's the advice from a new report on persistent organic pollutants,
toxic substances which are in the northern food chain and, at high
levels, can cause severe damage to human health.

The report tabled last week at the Arctic Council meeting in Iceland is called Persistent Toxic Substances, Food Security and Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North. It shows Russia's Arctic regions are heavily toxic and high levels of persistent organic pollutants or POPs threaten human health.

"Children are affected in the most critical points of their development - as a fetus and while breastfeeding," said Vitaly Kimstach, one of the authors of the report.

In many cases these dangerously high levels of POPs present in the blood of Inuit in Chukotka are the same as have been found in Inuit in Nunavik and other coastal regions of the Arctic, the report says.

The situation in coastal Chukotka is said several times to be "comparable" or "similar" to Nunavik, with many levels for POPs about the same.

The POPs examined in the report include polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs, flame retardants, pesticides like DDT, combustion products and heavy metals. The POPs come from Europe, Russia, North America and South East Asia, carried by the wind, water or other forms of contact.

From the Kola Peninsula in western Siberia to Chukotka in the East, the report's results showed all Russian indigenous communities had moderate - or much higher - exposure to the major groups of global environmental pollutants.

The levels of POPs are so high in Chukotka that, even after factoring out smoking and alcohol, researchers found there was a relationship between high levels of POPs and a low birth weight, prematurity, miscarriages and chronic diseases in older women.

The levels of PCBs also affected the number of males or females born in Chukotka, with more female babies born to women with higher levels of PCBs. These female children are also subject to more negative health impacts.

Chukotka was by far the worst of four regions the report looked at. The region's death rate for indigenous peoples is more than twice the Russian average.

In Chukotka's capital city of Providenya, there is no treatment of sewage or waste water and industry spews out airborne pollutants.

Coastal residents of Chukotka are worse off than city dwellers because they consume a diet heavy in the fat and fermented meats of marine mammals. The fat of walrus and seal, as well as the organ meats, are loaded with contaminants.

To make matters worse, Yupik Inuit in Chukotka often use plastic pails that have stored pesticides to ferment meat or else they bury it outside in contaminated soil. The popular home-made alcoholic mash called "braga" is also a POP-laden soup.

The report looked at 1576 adults and 255 mother-child couples.

All of those with high levels of POPs in their blood were also found to live in houses full of PCB contamination, possibly from the tonnes of
PCBs Russia used to produce in the form of paints and varnishes that end up in the food and bodies of people who live there.

The surprise, said Kimstach, one of the reports authors, is that the levels of mercury were fairly low in Chukotka.

The good news is that pregnant women, who are often sent away from their communities to deliver, similar to expectant mothers in Nunavik, have lower levels of POPs because they eat less country foods when they're away from their home communities.

The report also found Chukotkans with higher incomes and more education have lower levels of POPs in their systems - possibly because they are able to afford store-bought food.

Dr. Larisa Abrutina is a Yupik physician who works with the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North and also contributed to the report. Despite the report's findings, she said it's still important for Inuit to eat country foods because of their cultural and nutritional value.

Abrutina suggests boiling traditional foods instead of fermenting them and avoiding organ meats and fat to reduce the load of contaminants.

The problem of stopping the flow of POPs to the Arctic regions is complex, she admits, because pesticides like DDT are still used in Africa to prevent malaria and the death of millions of people.

At the same time, Russia has not ratified the Stockholm Convention to reduce the production of POPs globally.

Russia's ratification of this deal will be a priority for the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

The report, a joint project of RAIPON, the Global Environment Facility, the United Nations Environment Program and the Arctic Council's Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program also received support from the Inuit Circumpolar Conference.

The entire report, which is well-written and illustrated, can be consulted at the AMAP site at
http://www.amap.no


Informant: Teresa Binstock

Delaware River Oil Oozes, Mess Gets Murkier

Last week's spill was believed manageable. But the entire region is shaken as slick spreads, closing a nuclear plant and threatening wildlife.

By David Zucchino
LATimes Staff Writer

December 4, 2004

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-spill4dec04,1,6895417.story

NEWARK, Del. — Like a mutant blob in a bad horror movie, an oil slick first thought to be relatively small has grown bigger and more menacing over the past week, oozing its way down both banks of the Delaware River.

When the Greek tanker Athos I began leaking heavy Venezuelan crude into the river the night of Nov. 26, it appeared to be a manageable spill confined to a riverside terminal — just 30,000 gallons, according to estimates.

But authorities now warn that it could be as much as 473,500 gallons, a gooey mess that has spread to 70 miles of shoreline across three states.

Investigators are trying to determine whether a gash and a puncture in the ship's hull were caused by an 11-ton, 13-foot-wide propeller that fell off a dredge owned by the Army Corps of Engineers in April and was left on the river bottom.

The muck has killed birds, fish and turtles. It has shut down a nuclear plant and threatened a dozen freshwater streams and tributaries. It has slid past a pristine nature reserve and spread to within three miles of drinking water intakes for Philadelphia and southern New Jersey.

And it was still oozing Friday, leaving a 4-foot-high black smear along the stone seawall that keeps the Delaware from flooding Ft. Mifflin, a historic Revolutionary War battlement. Stiff sea winds spread a sharp chemical odor across the freshwater tidal marshes that straddle Interstate 95.

The spill is not exactly the Exxon Valdez, which dumped nearly 11 million gallons in Alaska in 1989, but it could be the worst on the Delaware, surpassing the 300,000 gallons spilled by a tanker in 1989.

And it has surprised and shaken a region where most people are only vaguely aware of the massive refineries that dot the uninhabited, low marshlands just south of Philadelphia.

Tankers deliver a million barrels of crude each day to the refineries that produce 70% of the gasoline sold in the Northeast, according to the local maritime exchange.

More than a thousand workers were along the river Friday, putting down 94,000 feet of boom, absorbent floating barriers used to contain the slick. Despite all efforts, the environmental and economic damages probably will be in the millions, authorities said. The Delaware Bay is home to thousands of migratory shorebirds and the world's largest population of horseshoe crabs.

"No matter how good the cleanup is, the damage is irreparable. This is a real catastrophe," said Maya van Rossum, a lawyer and environmentalist who calls herself the "Delaware Riverkeeper." For the last week, Van Rossum has stomped along creek beds and marshlands, taking photographs and documenting the effects of the spill.

The oil has spread from Pennsylvania and New Jersey past here in Newark, where on Friday staffers and volunteers at Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research Inc. were using diluted dishwashing liquid to dissolve oil from the feathers of ducks, Canada geese and seagulls — and from the shell of a single painted turtle. A pair of rare bald eagles smeared with oil had been spotted but not recovered by rescuers, van Rossum said.

"The oil burns their skin and eyes and destroys their feather structure — it's nasty stuff," Chris Motoyoshi, the rescue center's executive director, said as workers struggled to get a feeding solution down the throat of an uncooperative gull.

Shipping restrictions have been imposed on the Philadelphia port, the East Coast's leading destination for cocoa beans from Ivory Coast and for South American fruit — particularly grapes from Chile and bananas from Costa Rica. Ships were waiting Friday to be washed clean of oil before heading out to sea, with the delays costing tens of thousands of dollars a day.

Pleasure boats, some of them coated with oil, have been banned from the river. Hunting and fishing have been restricted along the Delaware's shoreline. Along the riverbank Friday, workers stacked plastic bags filled with oil-smeared junk and debris skimmed from the river.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has placed oil snares on the river, said Friday that the spill ranges from "very light sheening to heavy oiling" along the 70-mile slick.

The 750-foot Athos I was carrying 14 million gallons of oil when it began leaking at an oil company dock. Authorities first said only 30,000 gallons had seeped out, but four days later the U.S. Coast Guard announced that 473,500 gallons were missing from the tanker. Divers found a 6-foot gash and a 2-foot puncture in the hull.

Officials now are trying to determine how much of the oil was trapped inside the ship's ballast and how much has leaked into the river.

The Athos I is a single-hulled tanker. Federal laws passed after the Exxon Valdez spill required single-hulled ships in the U.S. to be gradually replaced with double-hulled by 2015.

The tanker's operator, Tsakos Shipping and Trading of Athens, has said insurance would cover cleanup costs. Federal law limits owners' liability based on a ship's tonnage. In the case of the Athos I, the liability would be about $45 million.

After touring the riverbank this week, U.S. Sens. Jon Corzine and Frank R. Lautenberg, both New Jersey Democrats, said they would introduce a bill next week to abolish such liability caps for single-hulled ships.

The most obvious damage from the Delaware spill is environmental. At the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge near Philadelphia International Airport, the closing of the mouth of Darby Creek within hours of the spill prevented oil from reaching the low-lying refuge.

Even so, birds that had been soaked with oil in the river were still flying and landing in the refuge Friday. Workers separated birds that could be saved from those that were dying, sending the survivors south to the Tri-State Bird Rescue facility.

There, workers had set up an assembly line of five metal 10-gallon tubs filled with 103-degree water and diluted dish soap. Birds were moved from tub to tub after an initial examination by a veterinarian.

In each tub, workers used sponges, cotton swabs and squirt bottles to wash off the oil. The birds were given fluids to prevent dehydration and, in some cases, Pepto-Bismol to relieve gastro-intestinal distress caused by ingesting or breathing oil.

Oil destroys birds' delicate feather structure and waterproofing, the Tri-State Bird Rescue's Motoyoshi said. Some birds have died of hypothermia, she said, and others have died after sinking and drowning under the weight of the oil.

Since the spill, 86 birds have been brought to the center, including Canada geese, mallards, cormorants, herons, coots and seagulls. Of those, Motoyoshi said, 69 are still alive. The center is continuing to receive about 20 oil-coated birds a day.

Copyright 2004 Los Angeles Times


Informant: Teresa Binstock

Eine Mail, die uns erreichte und die auch an die Fraktionen der Parteien im Bundestag gesandt wurde

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren!

Wenn ein Betreiber eines Mobilfunknetzes einen Sender aufstellt hat - gegenüber, auf der anderen Straßenseite, auf der Höhe Ihrer Wohnung, vor Ihrem Schlafzimmer – wie könnten Sie sich wehren? Wer übernimmt die Kosten von Strahlenmessung und notwendiger Dämmung? Ist es nicht so, dass der "In Verkehr Bringer" haftet?

Als junger Mensch fühle ich mich den Interessen oligarchischer Strukturen schutzlos ausgeliefert. Man lässt mich mit den ersten Anzeichen gesundheitlicher Schädigung allein.

Was dem Menschen gut tut sollte im Mittelpunkt des gemeinschaftlichen Interesses stehen. Menschen, die Geld am Schaden anderer verdienen müssen von der Vertretung der Gemeinschaft in ihrem Handeln behindert und sanktioniert werden.

Darum wende ich mich an Sie. Haben Sie den Mut, die gesetzliche Grundlage hierfür zu schaffen! Die Reduzierung der zulässigen Richtwerte wäre ein erster Schritt in die richtige Richtung!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

V. M.


Aus: Elektrosmognews vom 05.12.2004



Mobilfunkopfer
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/372640/

http://www.fallujahinpictures.com/


Informant: Michael Johnson

Photos: Ottawa protests against Bush
http://ottawa.indymedia.ca/en/2004/11/174.shtml


Informant: edandbunkie


Bush Visits Ottawa November 30, 2004
http://denverindyvoice.org/protests/Ottawa/11-30-04/bush_comes_to_town.htm


Informant: lynnzy

Plantations are not forests

Coverage of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10)

Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 - 17 December 2004

Online Now:

Climate Justice Now!
http://climatejustice.blogspot.com/

en espanol--

Justicia Climática Ya!
http://justiciaclimatica.blogspot.com/

Special Buenos Aires COP 10 Coverage on the role of Genetically Engineered Trees and Global Warming
10 - 17 December 2004 from Global Justice Ecology Project http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/

The Earth's temperature is rising. Polar ice caps are melting. Global Climatic change is occurring. Something needs to be done and done fast.

Does this sound feasible to you ?

On October 22, 2004 Russia ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement created to begin addressing the problem of global warming. Russia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol now gives the agreement a high enough level of participation by the countries most responsible for the world's carbon emissions for the agreement to go into effect, even without the United States' 25% of worldwide annual global carbon emissions.

Within days of Russia's announcement, carbon trading in Europe tripled. The carbon market is expected to be the world's largest ever, projected to reach US$60 billion by 2008. The carbon market is included as part of the Kyoto Protocol. It was created to enable corporations to buy the right to continue emitting carbon dioxide while purporting to address global warming-a valuable commodity indeed. The carbon credits are purchased from countries or corporations that have in some way reduced carbon emissions-by, for example, converting a coal burning plant to natural gas, or by planting trees to soak up carbon emissions.

Or does A Call For Peoples' Action Against Climate Change seem more feasible?
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/index.php?set_table=content&articleID=279&page=getrees#articletop

COP 10 will mark the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, which will serve as a central theme for the meeting. Discussions at COP 10 will highlight a range of climate-related issues including, the impacts of climate change and adaptation measures, mitigation policies and their impacts, and technology. Participants will also take stock of the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol.


Industry's Push for Genetically Engineered Trees in Industrial Forestry Plantations

At the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP 9 in Milan, Italy last December it was agreed that Genetically Engineered (GE) Trees could be used in carbon offset forestry plantations. Shortly thereafter, Global Justice Ecology Project came together with other forest protection advocates around the world to launch a campaign to demand the UN not only reverse that ill-informed decision, but go one step further and ban GE trees outright.

More on GE Trees:

The United Nations, the World Bank, GE Trees and Global Warming
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/index.php?set_table=content&articleID=262&page=getrees#articletop

GE Trees and Global Warming: The Myth of Carbon Offset Forestry
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/index.php?set_table=content&articleID=158&page=getrees#articletop

SIGN ON TO UN CAMPAIGN AGAINST GE TREES
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/index.php?set_table=content&articleID=159&page=getrees#articletop


About Global Justiice Ecology Project's Genetically Engineered Trees Program
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/index.php?set_table=content&articleID=101&page=getrees#articletop

Stop GE Trees Campaign http://www.stopgetrees.org/


Global Justice Ecology Project
P.O. Box 412
Hinesburg, VT 05461 U.S.
+1.802.482.2689 ph/fax
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org


Plantations are not forests
Plantacoes nao sao florestas
Le Piantagioni non sono foreste
Las Plantaciones no son bosques
Les Plantations ne sont pas des forets



Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) is attending the Buenos Aires, Argentina United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) tenth Conference of the Parties (COP 10).

FOR PHOTOS OF THIS AND OTHER UNFCCC EVENTS:
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/index.php?page=news

For Immediate Release, 14 December, 2004

Contact: Ana Fillipini, World Rainforest Movement, 15-5413-6233
Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project, 15-4031-5151

Environmental and Social Justice Groups Condemn Pro-GMO tree decision of UNFCCC

World Rainforest Movement (Uruguay), Friends of the Earth International, Global Justice Ecology Project (USA), a Mapuche scientist from Chile and the Union of Ecoforestry (Finland) gave a presentation yesterday at the Salon del Jardin Botanico in Buenos Aires Argentina where they condemned the 12/03 decision of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to allow use of genetically engineered (GMO) trees in carbon offset forestry projects developed to supposedly mitigate global warming emissions.

"GMO trees present tremendous risks to both native forests and forest-dwelling peoples-especially indigenous peoples," said Ricardo Carrere of the World Rainforest Movement. "They will worsen the already severe impacts experienced by communities and ecosystems as a result of industrial tree plantations-impacts like loss of water, biodiversity, and traditional medicines and foods," he continued.

The UNFCCC made the decision in 2003 very late in the meeting, with no discussion about the negative impacts of GMO trees. "We are here to say that GMO trees are unacceptable in any context-this includes carbon offset forestry," stated Anne Petermann of Global Justice Ecology Project." The impacts of GMO trees will undoubtably result in devastation of native forests around the world, worsening global warming, rather than mitigating it. Not only must GMO trees be removed from the Kyoto Protocol, they need to be banned globally," she continued.

At the event, World Rainforest Movement and Friends of the Earth International released a new major report on GMO trees, entitled, "Genetically Modified Trees: The Ultimate Threat to Forests," written by Chris Lang and available in English and Spanish. In addition, Global Justice Ecology Project announced the upcoming release of a video on GMO trees entitled, "The Silent Forest: The Growing Threat of Genetically Engineered Trees," which will also be available in English and Spanish beginning in January, 2005. The video will be narrated by Dr. David Suzuki, a world-renowned geneticist who once ran the largest genetics laboratory in Canada.

There will also be a press conference denouncing the U.N.'s 2003 decision to include GMO trees in the Kyoto Protocol on Wed., December 15 at 11:00am at the La Rural Conference Center in the Aguaribay Room. The report will be presented and given to press, a promotional clip from the video will be shown and an international petition demanding a UN ban on GMO trees presented.

FOR PHOTOS OF THIS AND OTHER UNFCCC EVENTS:
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/index.php?page=news


For Immediate Release, 15 December, 2004
Contact: Anne Petermann, Co-Director, Global Justice Ecology Project, 15-4031-5151 <globalecology@gmavt.net>

Press Conference Denounces

UN Promotion of Genetically Engineered Trees for Carbon Sinks
Buenos Aires, Argentina--A press conference was held this morning featuring presenters from World Rainforest Movement (Uruguay), FERN (U.K., Belgium), Global Justice Ecology Project (USA), a Mapuche scientist from Chile, and the Union of Ecoforestry (Finland) at La Rural, the site of the tenth Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. At this event the presenters addressed the Dec., 2003 decision of the UNFCCC to include genetically engineered (GE) trees in the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol to supposedly mitigate carbon emissions.

GE trees present threats to both forests and communities. "Traits being engineered into trees include insect resistance, herbicide resistance, sterility and faster growth, among others," stated Anne Petermann, Co-Director of Global Justice Ecology Project. "If these traits escape into native forests, which is virtually guaranteed, it will lead to the destruction and contamination of native forests, which will worsen global warming," she continued.

Lorena Ojeda, a scientist with the Mapuche in Chile added, "already tree plantations in southern Chile are causing great environmental and social problems. We are especially concerned about the heavy pollination of pine plantations in Chile. This pollen causes serious allergies and other health problems in people who breathe it. It also contaminates the water. If this pollen is from genetically engineered trees, it will cause even more serious problems."

At the event, World Rainforest Movement and Friends of the Earth International released a new major report on GE trees, entitled, "Genetically Modified Trees: The Ultimate Threat to Forests," written by Chris Lang and available in English and Spanish. This report is available on their website at www.wrm.org.uy

Global Justice Ecology Project showed part of a video on GE trees entitled, "The Silent Forest: The Growing Threat of Genetically Engineered Trees," to be available in English and Spanish beginning in January, 2005. In the video, Dr. David Suzuki, a world-renowned geneticist who formerly ran the largest genetics lab in Canada, argues that because the science of biotechnology is so young, most of what we now know will turn out to be wrong. For this reason, he asserts, we must not rush into applying it, because we cannot predict the outcome. To request a copy of the video, contact Global Justice Ecology Project at http://www.globaljusticeecology.org

Chris Lang, author of the WRM and FOE International report states, "The UN is secretly promoting GE trees. The UN FAO and UNDP ran a project which promoted and funded the technology in China, where more than 1.5 million GE trees have been planted commercially, with no oversight whatsoever." He added, "I have repeatedly asked the UN FAO for information on their program and they refuse to respond. If these trees are so safe, why is there so much secrecy?" Yesterday, Global Justice Ecology Project and World Rainforest Movement met with over a dozen groups, social movements and NGOs from around the world to discuss implementation of an international campaign to ban the genetic engineering of trees globally.

FOR PHOTOS OF THIS AND OTHER UNFCCC EVENTS:
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/index.php?page=news

Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) is attending the Buenos Aires, Argentina United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) tenth Conference of the Parties (COP 10).


Informant: Orin Langelle
Co-Director
Global Justice Ecology Project
P.O. Box 412
Hinesburg, VT 05461 U.S.
+1.802.482.2689 ph/fax
langelle@sover.net
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org

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Genetically Engineered Trees - Privatizing the Atmosphere?

Original article is at: http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/01/1717705.php

Uploaded file is at:
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/earth_matters_jan_26_mp3.mp3 (10.2 megabytes)


Informant: STRIDER

Environmentalist repeats lies about LLRC - and says I have to keep on reminding myself I'm campaigning against nuclear power and not against Richard Bramhall and Chris Busby.

The November 2004 ENDS Report article "Gagging row overshadows radioactivity report ( http://www.endsreport.com ) is an account of the final stages of CERRIE.

It quotes Committee member Pete Roche (described as a "Greenpeace consultant") as saying that LLRC's Minority Report:-

...was not included [in the CERRIE final report] because it was not factually correct.

This is untrue. The Committee voted twice to include our material. The first vote was on March 31 2004, after members had seen the general nature of what we were saying. This was unanimous. The second vote was on May 19, after we had redrafted and after members had seen exactly what we were saying. The vote was 10:1 in favour of including our material. Only the BNFL rep. voted against.

Pete Roche was at both of these meetings. We know he had read our dissenting statement. Neither he nor anyone else identified any errors in it, and it has now been published as the CERRIE Minority Report.

We invite Mr. Roche to say what he thinks was factually incorrect.

We have put up with an awful lot of abuse like this but we have not responded on that level - it's the science that's important.

We now invite Mr. Roche to say what his position is on infant leukaemia after Chernobyl, which we presented to CERRIE as hard evidence that the risks of radioactive pollution are massively underestimated.

If Mr. Roche responds to these invitations we undertake to publish the correspondence on this site.

This note is on our web site with links to other relevant pages (in particular the infant leukaemia) To see it click on the pale green handbag at top left of the home page http://www.llrc.org .


Richard Bramhall
Low Level Radiation Campaign
bramhall@llrc.org
The Knoll, Montpellier Park
Llandrindod Wells,
Powys LD1 5LW U.K.
+44(0)1597 824771
07887 942043

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/magnetic_field_effect_on_singlet_oxygen_production_in_a_biochemical_system.pdf


Informant: Elektrosmognews 05.12.2004

Elektrosmognews vom 05.12.2004

Die Rinder auf dem Hof der Familie Stengel sind Ende 1997 gesund, die Kälbernachzucht verläuft ohne Probleme. Dann wird neben dem Stengel-Hof ein Mobilfunkturm errichtet. Kurz darauf erkranken die ersten Kühe und die Nachzucht gerät ins Stocken. Die Blutbilder der Tiere ähneln denen von Krebspatienten mit Strahlentherapie, geben aber keinen Hinweis auf bekannte Krankheiten oder Haltungsfehler.

Die Bilanz bis Oktober 2004: 11 tote Kühe, 12 tote Kälber und 37 Fehlgeburten. Nur eine einzige Kuh aus dem Bestand von 1997 lebt heute noch.

Die Stengel's werden auf dem Schaden (50 000 Euro) voraussichtlich sitzen bleiben, denn bislang versandeten alle Hilferufe, auch die ans Bayerische Umweltministerium und an prominente Politiker. Dabei handelt es sich offenbar um keinen Einzelfall, sondern um ein Massenphänomen, denn der Petitionsausschuss des Deutschen Bundestags vertröstet mit dem Hinweis, wegen der "großen Anzahl sachgleicher Eingaben" verzögere sich die Bearbeitung! Alle Details über die Vorgänge am Stengel-Hof lesen Sie in unserer jüngsten Mobilfunkgeschichte:

Quelle: http://www.izgmf.de/Kontakte/Burgerinitiativen/Geschichten/Stengel/stengel.html



Ein verzweifelter Landwirt schreibt
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/762838/

Die "Rinderstudie"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/350564/

Bilddokumentation eines betroffenen Landwirts
http://www.mobilfunk-allgaeu.de/rinder/seite1.html



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Rinder

Pressemitteilung IT-Mediaguide

Computermagazin CHIP berichtet über neue Studie

Mobilfunk-Anlagen: Starke Strahlung auch direkt unter der Antenne

München, 3. Dezember 2004 – Schlechte Nachricht für Immobilienbesitzer, die auf dem Dach ihres Hauses eine Mobilfunk-Antenne installieren ließen: Auch in Gebäuden direkt unter den Sendeanlagen können überraschend hohe Strahlungs-Immissionen auftreten. Dies ist eines der Ergebnisse einer seriösen Studie, die das Computermagazin CHIP in seiner neuen Ausgabe zitiert.

Die 117 Seiten starke Analyse der Immissionsverteilung wurde von der in Kamp-Linfort ansässigen IMST GmbH im Auftrag des Bundesamts für Strahlenschutz erstellt. Die Studie zielte darauf ab, typische Feldverteilungen praxisnah zu ermitteln. Die Autoren, Dr. Christian Bornkessel und Markus Schubert, kommen zu dem Schluss: „Als Ergebnis wurde festgestellt, dass die Immissionen im direkten Umfeld von Mobilfunk-Basisstationen einer großen Streubreite unterliegen.“ So unterschieden sich manche Messergebnisse in Gebäuden binnen weniger Meter um den Faktor 1.000. Wie es weiter heißt, sind viele, bisher als „klassisch“ geltende Regeln in Zweifel geraten: So sei die Leistungsflussdichte („Strahlung“) im Gebäude, auf dem eine Anlage steht, „zwar oft, aber nichts stets kleiner als an umliegenden Messpunkten“.

Bislang fühlten sich die Hauseigentümer auf der sicheren Seite: Experten betrachteten den Bereich unter Basisstation als relativ strahlungsarm. Denn die Antennen werden so ausgerichtet, dass ein „Leuchtturm-Effekt“ entsteht: Sie strahlen zur Seite ab, um ein möglichst großes Feld abzudecken; der Bereich unter der Sendeanlage sollte eigentlich im Funkschatten liegen – ein Irrglaube. In betroffenen öffentlichen Gebäuden wie Rathäusern, Sporthallen, Kirchen oder auch in Privathaushalten könnte die Studie also für Verunsicherung und Diskussionen sorgen.

Vertreter der Mobilfunk-Betreiber äußern sich in CHIP gelassen zu den Ergebnissen der Studie. Roland Kuntze, Pressesprecher von O2: „Klar kann unter der Antenne ein bisschen was rauskommen. Aber das liegt alles weit unter den deutschen Grenzwerten, die sich ja an den Empfehlungen der Weltgesundheitsorganisation orientieren.“

Omega siehe dazu „Grenzwerte und Mobilfunk“ unter:
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/242821/

Laut Ulf Stüwe, Projektleiter beim industrienahen „Informationszentrum Mobilfunk“ gibt es in Deutschland derzeit rund 60.000 Basisstationen. Für das UMTS-Netz sollen weitere 40.000 Antennen hinzukommen – und dann wäre erst eine Netzabdeckung von rund 50 Prozent gewährleistet. Gerade die kleinen UMTS-Anlagen zeigen dem CHIP-Bericht zufolge besonders ausgeprägte Nebeneffekte, die für die chaotische Feldverteilung mitverantwortlich sind. Dies könnte künftige Verhandlungen der Mobilfunk-Provider mit Vermietern erschweren.

http://www.it-mediaguide.de/neutral/mitte/frame_mitte_unten16_voll.asp?nummer=554

Ihre Ansprechpartnerin:
Judith Berkemeyer
Redaktion CHIP
Tel.: 0 89/7 46 42 – 369
Fax.: 0 89/7 46 42 – 274
e-Mail: jberkemeyer@chip.de
http://www.chip.de


Aus: Elektrosmognews vom 05.12.2004



Immissionsuntersuchungen in der Umgebung von GSM und UMTS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/595408/

Strahlungsschatten unter der Antenne
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/613408/

Gerade unter der Antenne die stärkste Strahlung
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/342761/

Elections are only one part of democracy. We need to think strategically about direct action, learn from a rich history of nonviolent activism, and develop new tactics to take on this administration.

http://www.turnyourbackonbush.org/


From Information Clearing House

The director of Fallujah General Hospital was shot and wounded by soldiers while he and two other doctors attempted to enter Fallujah in an ambulance in order to provide aid to families trapped there...

http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/archives/dispatches/000148.php#more
http://snipurl.com/b46w


From Information Clearing House

Results become evidence, though illegal in U.S court...

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/Stories/0,1413,138~10021~2574425,00.html


From Information Clearing House

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/PDM/petition.html


Dear colleagues,

I almost never sign petitions but this one is rather a vote against the empire and its vassal states drafted by some good guys from Quebec.

This “petition” is a vote against the occupations of Iraq, against supporting dictatorships, against massive Human rights violations, against the US ecological fascism, its economic raiding for other countries, its neo-liberal version of globalization, etc.

In solidarity with those who suffer most under the US empire,

CP Scherrer
(excerpt)

We tend to think of biometrics as being a recent technological marvel - iris scanning, facial recognition, fingerprint access - as seen on movies such as Tom Cruise's Minority Report and now in real life. But biometric technologies are possibly the oldest method of establishing identity. Fingerprints were used in Babylon as seals on clay tablets recording business deals. But biometrics is undergoing rapid and far-reaching developments, with big potential implications for how personal information is handled. Biometric measurement of faces, voices, signatures, gait and shapes are all in use today. The capacity for use or abuse of this to generate a sense of fear, invasion or loss is obvious. Not long ago I attended the 26th International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection in Poland, attended by nearly 1000 government and business representatives. Biometric identification was one of the key sessions. Privacy issues raised by the use of biometrics included: monitoring from afar through facial recognition technology; movement tracking by electronic means; loss of anonymity in public spaces with video surveillance; the use of DNA beyond the purpose for its original collection; and use by both the private and public sector, encouraged by decreasing technology costs. ID theft is reported to be increasing all over the world and articles lately suggest it is becoming increasingly targeted by organised crime. Biometric identification may help to protect us from that but, conversely, if those technologies can be perverted to the use of crime, the results would be frightening.

So where does privacy fit in all this? Privacy is, of course, ultimately about individuals. Individuals are the building blocks of society. Each of us needs freely to form, develop and maintain our identity and sense of self; we need a personal safety zone to provide that freedom.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?O55A231F9


From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - December 5th, 2004

17,5 Millionen Tiere werden jedes Jahr quer durch Europa zur Schlachtbank gefahren: von Polen nach Spanien, von Litauen nach Italien und von Irland nach Frankreich. Tierschuetzer dokumentieren, dass Tiertransporte bis zu 40 Stunden unterwegs sind, ohne dass die Tiere etwas zu fressen oder trinken bekommen. Die EU versprach zu handeln. Doch auf Europas Straßen bleibt die Tierquaelerei bestehen. Der Kompromiss, der soeben in Bruessel gefunden wurde, hilft den Tieren wenig.

http://www.sonnenseite.com/fp/archiv/Akt-News/5674.php

1,268 Killed in Iraq; Burials Increase at Arlington National Cemetery

After more than three years, and with two wars raging, President George Bush has failed to attend the funeral of a single soldier or Marine killed in battle in either Afghanistan or Iraq. The article below describes the funerals of a soldier and a Marine recently killed in Iraq. With the election over, Senator Edward Kennedy and Senator John Kerry attended the funeral of a Massachusetts Marine, Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel at Arlington National Cemetery.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2494

Every vote should be counted fairly and transparently, as this promotes equality, liberty, and justice for all. Questionable partisan politics in Ohio prevent the counting of tens of thousands of legitimate votes. As some votes are slowly counted, the outcome of the Presidential election becomes more clouded. This partisan agenda in Ohio undermines the legitimacy of government, especially any claim to a mandate by the victor. Ohio now resembles Florida and the Ukraine.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2493

Once again, the current administration attacks journalists, international aid groups, religious leaders, and others so that only U.S. government propaganda dominates the news. However, many witnesses to the widespread humanitarian crisis and explosive civil war in Iraq won't be silenced by U.S. government intimidation tactics, such as those used by the acting ambassador to the United Kingdom, David T. Johnson.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2492

http://miamedia.com/votergate.html


Informant: NHNE

THE IRISH TIMES, Friday, Dec 3, 2004, Page 6

NEW GARDA RADIOS TO COST 100M [EUROS]

[By] Jamie Smyth, Technology Reporter

The Government is to install a new communications system for the Garda at a cost of up to 100 million [euros] over the next four years. The system will be a digital-trunked mobile radio - probably Tetra - which offers far more security than existing systems.

Based on digital rather than analogue technology, Tetra would offer the Garda a more reliable system which is less prone to gaps in network coverage. Tetra handsets are also more flexible than older radio receivers and can be used as two-way radios, mobile phones or data receivers.

The Minister for Justice, Mr. McDowell, said the capital allocation in the Budget for 2005-09 would enable the Garda to proceed with the roll-out of a digital radio system, which would be extended for use
by other emergency services.

A decision on the exact type of digital system to be installed is expected to be made shortly by the Department of Justice.

The decision to go ahead with a digital system follows years of delay over a funding shortfall and was welcomed by the Garda Representative Association yesterday. "We welcome this decision as it was a huge issue at our a.g.m. earlier this year when the current radio system was highlighted as a health and safety and security issue," a spokesman for the association said. "Gardai have been forced to use their own mobile phones rather than use the current radio system."

Perhaps the biggest problem with the current analogue radio system is that it can be scanned and messages intercepted easily by criminals. The Garda published a tender yesterday for the supply of Tetra terminal equipment.


Informant: Imelda O'Connor



Omega: TETRA, a new police communication system, is being linked to a cancer epidemic among both cops and civilians living near transmission masts. The government, meanwhile, is rolling out the system as if nothing is wrong:

http://omega.twoday.net/stories/426941/

The Masts Crusaders
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/412346/

TETRA: A Critical Overview into the death of Officer Neil Dring
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/308367/

Police blame health crisis on radio mast
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/302965/

Report on TETRA
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/260423/

The danger of chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/409463/

"Die katastrophalen Überschwemmungen und Schlammlawinen, welche jetzt auf den Philippinen mehrere Hundert Menschenleben forderten, sind die Folge jahrzehntelanger Abholzungen und Monokulturwirtschaft", sagte Claus-Peter Hutter, Präsident der auf den Philippinen mit Regenwaldschutz-Projekten engagierten Umweltstiftung Euronatur. Es sei heute notwendiger denn je, abgeholzte Regenwaldflächen zu rehabilitieren.

http://www.sonnenseite.com/fp/archiv/Akt-News/5694.php

A Call for decentralized, local actions around the world on J20


In Solidarity with the DAWN (DC Anti-War Network,
http://www.dawndc.net/) call for groups to converge from around the country and around the world to converge on DC, we call on those who cannot make the trip to DC to organize local actions in their own communities.

Why This Call to Action?

The empire can only function with the complicity of its populace, and the empire we face is global in nature. As a result, our resistance must be as global as the empire we are opposing. The war, neo-liberal economic policies, increased militarization and border controls, the manipulation of the media only for propaganda are faces of the empire that we are facing all over the world. We make this call because our opposition is not only about stopping the inauguration of one president, but about creating a world of dignity, freedom and equality for people all over the world who are currently being crushed under the boot of global capitalism.

We make this call in the spirit of many global calls to action that have come before us, in the spirit of an open invitation. This is an invitation to join in a global insurrection and absolute rejection of the U.S. policies of torture, disappearances without trial and preemptive war, which under the guise of legality and legitimacy threaten to spread around the world and endanger the freedom and safety of all people.

Our Rejection

We call on people around the U.S. and around the world to join in our rejection of the U.S. policies, but also in a rejection of illegitimate elections. Widespread election irregularities and the
systematic disenfranchisement of people of color have damaged any hope of a legitimate election in the United States.

Moreover, we reject an administration built on lies and illegal policies which violate not only the U.S. constitution, but violate the inherent dignity of the people of the U.S. and the people of the world.

We look to the traditions of Bolivia and Argentina who ousted their criminal presidents through non-violent mass mobilizations of people and we hope to do the same.

What Will J20 Look Like?

We call on the people of the empire to use their privilege of living within the empire to stop it from functioning on January 20th, 2005, the day that George W. Bush is to be inaugurated the next president of the U.S.

Together, we can stop the gears of global capitalism from turning. We call for actions across the U.S. and around the world which are focused on stopping the machinery of war and global capitalism. These actions include both mass mobilizations, street parties, Civil Disobedience and Direct Action as well as Assembleas Populares, Encuentros and other forms of real, direct democracy.

Alongside the bodies in the streets, we also call for networks of electronic civil disobedience, hacktivism, and tactical media to join in the struggle. Against the bio-electronic forms of empire dominating the conduits of capital, media, and everyday life, we make this call in the spirit of the Critical Art Ensemble, Conglomco, RTMArk, and all the radio pirates and Indymedia centers worldwide.

Who is making this call?

This call comes from that intersection of absolute militarism, indigenous resistance and the natural, organic movement of people that is known as the U.S. Mexico border. The call comes from a region which used to be part of Mexico, but is now known as San Diego, California. Living on the border, we have an influx of inspiration both from Seattle, San Francisco and Quebec City, but also from Chiapas, Buenos Aires and Cochabamba. We have seen both how war tears families apart as it sends our generation off to die and how occupation at home is very real and operates in our very neighborhoods.

We see hope in the People's Global Action hallmarks and we make this call under those hallmarks.

HALLMARKS:

1. A very clear rejection of capitalism, imperialism and feudalism; all trade agreements, institutions and governments that promote destructive globalisation;

2. We reject all forms and systems of domination and discrimination including, but not limited to, patriarchy, racism and religious fundamentalism of all creeds. We embrace the full dignity of all human beings.

3. A confrontational attitude, since we do not think that lobbying can have a major impact in such biased and undemocratic organisations, in which transnational capital is the only real policy-maker;

4. A call to direct action and civil disobedience, support for social movements' struggles, advocating forms of resistance which maximize respect for life and oppressed peoples' rights, as well as the construction of local alternatives to global capitalism;

5. An organisational philosophy based on decentralisation and autonomy.


The ORGANIC collective
Opposing Repression Globally and Nurturing Independent Communities
http://ORGANICcollective.org