For any of you following the sordid trail of patented crop seeds, this analysis of Monsanto lawsuits is extraordinary. Thus far, it has been very difficult to get this information, partly due to non-disclosure agreements farmers have made with Monsanto. That it becomes available now is interesting. Syngenta is making a big move this year to take over as the top ge seed purveyor.

Elizabeth


http://www.naturalnewswire.com/2005/01/monsanto_assaul.html

Scientists at the Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii did not use an existing rapid telecommunications system set up to get warnings around the world almost instantly because the bureaucratic arrangements were not in place.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=601394
http://tinyurl.com/5muqm


From Information Clearing House

The United States is facing the prospect of a major defeat in Iraq that is likely to constitute a serious setback in the ongoing campaign to expand the American empire.

http://www.monthlyreview.org/0105editors.htm


From Information Clearing House

We have become a nation that accepts no responsibility for its actions or its mistakes. We have become an apathetic people...

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/dave300026.htm


From Information Clearing House

The war against Iraq is an action that was - and remains - a crime against humanity. It is a crime of murder and deception on the grandest of scales. As Americans of free will we are witness if not party to a horrific atrocity.

http://207.44.245.159/article5603.htm

Shocking images of British soldiers allegedly abusing Iraqi prisoners will be revealed in a courtroom in Germany.

http://tinyurl.com/7xnjo


From Information Clearing House

Declassified FBI and military documents point the finger at the White House for allowing the torture of suspected terrorists.

http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2005/01/14/1105582722411.html
http://tinyurl.com/54nfq


Higher Officials Unlikely to Be Tried:

To some, the low-level Army reservist may look like the fall guy in a debacle that embarrassed the United States throughout the world and tainted the image of American forces in Iraq. Yet analysts said that for now, at least, it was doubtful that higher-level officials would be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt...

http://207.44.245.159/article7708.htm


Abu Ghraib abuse firms are rewarded :

As prison ringleader awaits sentence, defence contractors win multi-million Pentagon contracts...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1391443,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/5y23u


From Information Clearing House

An appeal to the peace and justice movement, calling for a long-term strategy for undermining the foundations of war.

The time has come to recognize that the U.S. occupation is the principal cause of the violent insurgency and growing civil war. We disagree with those who, while admitting that that the war was a mistake based on fabricated evidence, nevertheless claim it would be a bigger mistake to end the occupation and withdraw.

http://207.44.245.159/article7701.htm

I have been asked to share my story. The following statement is true and can be proven. I have been seriously ill since the summer of 1999, and I know without any doubt that my cell phone was the cause of this illness.

This nightmare started just as my trucking company was about to expand. I had started my own business three years earlier and my customer base had trippled by the spring of "99" so I was busy trying to add on a couple of trucks while keeping my own truck busy 6 days a week.

I started using a cellphone the fall of 1998 and had that stupid thing glued to my head all day every day till I started to get headaches. I was so caught up in my expanding business I didn't think much of it. I noticed a place to hook up an ear piece to the cellphone, so I hooked one up and continued to be on the cellphone as much as 4,000 min. a month.

I continued to get the headaches, only they got worse. I began to see a neurologist in Sept. of "99" and I thank God I talked extensivly to an electronics expert first. I bumped into a close friend who has been heavily involved in electronics for over thirty years. This man helped develope some of the technology that has gone into the cellphone industry, needless to say he knows his electronics. I asked John what my cellphone had to do with my headaches, and when I told him how much I used it, he grabed my arm and sat me down to a long and very disturbing conversation.

He is responsable for my not giving up my fight. Believe me when I say if it weren't for that conversation I would have checked out a long time ago.

He reflected on the time we had been volonteer firefighters together. He reminded me of the time he had given a safety class on use of the radios in the fire trucks.

There had been a couple of accidents where we were out on fire calls and firemen grabbed the radio anteneas while people were talking on them, causing a serious burn through their hands.

He had demonstrated how powerful the radios were by holding flourecent lights 6" from the antenna and when the radio was keyed up the lights lite up without contacting the antenna. He went on to say in a nut shell that holding a cellphone against my head was like holding a mini microwave oven against my head on low.

John went on to encourage me to stay strong because I was in for a long fight, a fight he had no clue as to how difficult it would be. I was curious as to why my headaches didn't improve when I went to the head set on the cellphone, and John explained that without proper shielding in the wire on the headset it actually acted as an antenna and channeled the radiowaves directly into the brain through the ear canal.

As I have stated I began to see Doctors in September of "98" and although I have gotten some of them to acknowledge my illness to be caused by a cellphone,it has been all off the record.

Most of the Doctors I deal with think I am crazy even when I try to give them the research to back up my claims.

When I finnally got the first neurologist to accept my knowing that a cellphone caused my symptoms, his response was a shrug of the shoulders and a "what do you want me to do".

He like all the others haven't got a clue as to what microwace poisening or illness is or how to treat it if they did know!!!!

I am being treated by the V.A. Medical center at the moment and that is limited.When I first approched the Vetrans Hospital the emergency room nurse doing the info on the intake started to act funny as my list of symptoms grew. The nurse finally gave in and asked me if I served in the Gulf war, I asked why ,and she said my symptoms were identical to gulfwar syndrom. The Doctors have since put my illness in that classification.

The list of symptoms is long and are chronic:

Headaches: there are several types and locations of head pain. The worst of which is the lightning bolt type pain that drops me to my knees when it hits.

Then there is the ache that is pretty much a constant thing in different degrees.The pain is mostly on the left side where I did most of the calls from. I have pain in my ears and behind my left eye. As I said the pain is there all the time ,it goes from a 2 to 10+ but mostly it is around a 3-5 on a scale of 1-10 Daily.

Insomnia: I haven't slept more than a hour strait in five years, I lay my head down and the anxiety kicks in and its up and down all night.

Fatigue: With insomnia comes fatigue.

Anxiety: I have never experienced anxiety till this injury.

Tinnitus: My ears have been ringing very loud for the past five years.

Eye problems: My left eye has had significant loss in vision and I have suffered much pain in and behind the eyeball.

Nerve Damage: the first neurologist showed me where the nerves come out of the base of the scull at the begining of the spinal colum and cover the scull had been injured (he wouldn't accept at first that a cellphone could damage nerve cells) and were in the process of dying, that is what caused much of the initial severe pain I delt with. Along with my scull being numb to the touch, I also have both numbness and pain in my right thigh. How's this you ask! Well let me tell you, when I took the phone from my head I always carried it on my right side on a loop on my jeans, and if it wasn't on that loop it was sitting on the seat beside me in the truck.

Dementia: I think this is the most desturbing symptom of all, I just put my mother to rest last august, she suffered from Alzheimers' for fifteen years or more, I really can't remember when it started for her. I just know it's now happening to me. Short term memory just doesn't exist and long term is taking a beating as well. The memory problems are significant when you drive for a living. I would look off the road and actually forget I was driving thus ending up off the road in a ditch. Giving up driving was so hard, it's all I have done for the last thirty years and believe me it was a job of passion.

Electro-sensitive: I can't be in front of a computer for very long before I start to get sick, I can't go near cellphone towers or I get sick. Every time I go to the city to the VA I get ill because of all the celltowers. I don't watch TV because I get ill.

Depression: How could you not be depressed????

I KNOW I keep going out of shear anger now, it used to be if you were hurt by something people acted quickly to save others from being hurt. It breaks my heart to see this issue go on without people being at least warned of the possable dangers surounding cellphones.

This has all been proven and will certainly be evident as the growing population of cellphone users become ill years from now because those people did their damage at a slower rate than I did.

Robert Vanechaute


I wish to comment on this issue and will continue to keep commenting on this issue till the day I die. I have been suffering from all the symptoms of a Traumatic Brain Injury for the last ten years from the use of a cellphone from 1998 to 1999. This has left me disabled and unabe to live a normal life and to this date it affects my everyday life to the point it causes hardship between my family and myself, I am considered mentally ill by my fifteen year old daughter and I am constantly fighting with my ex-wife with whom I have been trying to reconcile. We were divorced because of my ex's inability to understand I was actually ill because of a cellphone.Though she now is convinced cellphones are dangerous and she will no longer use one herself. I didn't walk away from a business I started from scracth and was becoming very successful at the time I became ill. My original story is at http://omega.twoday.net/stories/474956 . Please feel free to contact me with any questions I desire to help as many people as I can to avoid the same mistakes I did.

29. August 2009

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Robert (Bear) VanEchaute story
http://www.google.de/search?q=Robert+(Bear)+VanEchaute+story



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

Well at least Burgess hasn't cast his mythic spell over Geoffrey Lean at the Independent. Thank goodness some journalists are capable of writing sensible articles - well done Geoffrey Lean. Sian


Focus: Hello? Hello? Is anybody listening?

Five years ago Sir William Stewart warned of the dangers of excessive mobile phone use by children. Why has it taken until this week for us to take note? Geoffrey Lean reports

16 January 2005

Liberating, life-changing technologies have a way of coming back to bite us once we have become addicted to them. Burning fossil fuels, which made industrial civilisation possible, now endangers it through global warming. Television, which brought the world into our sitting rooms, now stands accused of stifling home-grown cultures across the globe. And the internal combustion engine, which enabled lives of previously unimaginable mobility, takes a terrible toll of life in accidents and pollution. Is the same thing about to happen with the mobile phone?

Most of us could now not imagine life without them. Many teenagers say they define their lives. More and more young children are catching the bug. Yet there are increasing signs of trouble in store. Disturbing evidence is accumulating from sound, respected research that the radiation they emit may damage brains, particularly young ones, causing cancer and early senility.

An official report last week, while stressing that there is, as yet, no "hard evidence" of a threat to general public, partly because the harm may take decades to take effect, warned that there are good grounds for concern. And it firmly recommended that the use of mobiles by children should be "minimised".

"I don't think we can put our hands on our hearts and say mobile phones are safe," said Sir William Stewart, a former government chief scientist, who chaired the study. "If there are risks - and we think there may be risks - then the people who are going to be most affected are children. And the younger the child, the greater the risk."

Alarmingly, this is the second time that an official inquiry headed by Sir William has come to this sobering conclusion. The first Stewart report, published in May 2000, produced a series of sensible, achievable recommendations. They included: discouraging children from using mobiles, and stopping the industry from promoting them to the young; publicising the widely varying radiation levels of different handsets so that customers, and parents, could choose those emitting the least; making the erection of all phone masts subject to democratic control, through the planning system, which they at present largely escape; and stopping the building of masts where the radiation "beam of greatest intensity" fell on schools, unless the school and parents agreed. The Government publicly accepted most of these recommendations and then, as The Independent on Sunday has repeatedly pointed out, failed to implement them. In doing so, it has probably lost any chance to curb the use of mobiles by children and teenagers.

Since the first Stewart report, while ministers have done nothing, the use of mobiles by the young has doubled. One in four primary school children now has a handset. Among secondary school students the figure rises to nine out of 10, of whom one in 10 spends more than three-quarters of an hour on them every day.

There are 50 million mobiles in Britain, also twice as many as five years ago, making a staggering 20 billion calls a year. Masts are proliferating to cope with all this traffic. There are already some 40,000 around the country and, as The Independent on Sunday reported last month, thousands more are to be erected over the next three years. Experts predict "an explosion" of them around schools.

Tackling this now, at least five years after the job should have begun, feels like closing the stable door after the foals have bolted. Children and teenagers are not going to give back their phones.

Sir William and his deputy on his first inquiry, Professor Lawrie Challis, have both banned their grandchildren from having mobiles. But effective action is going to have to be much more general - and must come, however late, from the Government.

There are, however, some sensible steps to be taken and - surprise, surprise - they involve going back to the recommendations shamefully ignored in 2000.

First, users of mobiles, young and old, have a right to know what risks they may be taking and how to minimise them. The first Stewart report urged the Government to distribute a leaflet with "clearly understandable information" to every home in Britain.

Ministers actually produced two leaflets, one on phones and one on masts, but restricted distribution to shops, libraries, post offices and doctors' surgeries. And, as last week's report tactfully says, "the extent to which this information helps to inform public opinion is not clear". They should now implement the original recommendation.

The new leaflet should lay out what is known about risks to health, summarise the advice of the Stewart reports, and give tips on how to minimise exposure. These would clearly include using a landline or texting where possible, and keeping mobile conversations short.

Hands-free operation cuts exposure by about half, although the report concludes that the benefits of radiation shield buttons stuck on phones are less clear. And, perhaps counter-intuitively, it is better to use your phone near a mast, where there is a strong signal: when far away, the phone needs to use much more power to communicate.

Even more important, people should be encouraged to buy the phones that emit the least radiation, Levels emitted by different handsets on the market vary at least tenfold, and the first Stewart report recommended that these should be clearly marked on the phones and the boxes. Ministers promised to implement something like this, but did not do so, and last week's report concludes that the information is still "difficult" for the public to obtain.

This, then, is the second step that ministers must now take. Providing the figures prominently with phones and publishing league tables would give consumers the chance to make informed choices, and would encourage manufacturers to drive radiation levels down, benefiting everyone.

Third, the Government should regulate the cynical promotion of phones and accessories to children and young people, intensified since Sir William first warned of the risks to the young.

Fourth, it must finally accept the 2000 report's recommendation on masts near schools. The masts emit much less radiation than the phones themselves, but people are exposed to it for hours at a time, without their consent.

Last month the Court of Appeal opened the floodgates, by overturning the decisions of the local council and a government inspector - and an appeal by John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister - and giving the go-ahead for a mast to be built near three schools in Harrogate.

Experts now expect a rush to build on school grounds, some of the most attractive open spaces for masts in towns and cities. Mr Prescott only had himself to blame for his defeat, because, ludicrously, the official planning guidance from his own department forbids local authorities for taking possible effects on health into account, limiting them to aesthetic considerations only.

This ridiculous and unsatisfactory state of affairs must be the subject of the fifth change.

And, sixth, the Government should exert democratic control over the erection of all masts by bringing them under the planning system. This is already the case in Scotland and Northern Ireland. There is no good reason why it should not be the same in the rest of the country.

So, there are six straightforward measures the Government should take. If ministers had any shame they would implement them immediately.

But don't hold your breath. Judging by the record of the last five years their response is likely to be, "Don't call us: we'll call you."

'We're not Luddites, we just don't want masts near schools'

The parents and children of three schools in Harrogate have taken their fight against a new mobile phone mast to Downing Street and the High Court. Theirs has become a test case that will protect or expose hundreds of schools, with 8,000 more phone masts planned for the next three years.

"We're not the first school to have a run-in with the mobile phone operators, and the operators have lost most of them," says Mark Sheerin, a parent.

"But if they kept chipping away and chipping away, eventually one case was bound to crack for them, and unfortunately it was us."

Harrogate council initially turned down the application for a new mast close to Claro Road, where more than 1,500 pupils attend St Robert's and Woodfield primaries and Granby High School, Harrogate.

That decision was overturned in the High Court last June, and Campus, the Campaign Against Masts Put Up Near Schools, was formed. A 1,700-signature petition was delivered to No 10 in October.

But a month later the Court of Appeal dismissed objections by government lawyers, leaving the mobile phone companies clear winners of the test case.

The Government received £22.5bn from the mobile companies in 3G licence fees, and some of the Harrogate parents feel government lawyers made only a token case at the Court of Appeal hearing and "wanted to lose".

But these are not conspiracy theorists, just ordinary people, concerned about their kids.

Campus chairman Dr Peter Brooks, an engineering lecturer, says: "This is like getting an oil tanker to turn around. As the law now stands, only aesthetic considerations can be used to refuse planning applications for masts: health issues don't count."

Now Campus is hoping a Private Member's Bill will go before Parliament. It recently served Harrogate council with a Notice of Intent, warning of lawsuits if any health problems result from the mast after the upgrade takes place.

"We're not Luddites," says Mark Sheerin, "as adults we're quite happy to use mobiles. If someone said today we can prove these masts are safe, we'd be the first to cheer, but nobody knows. We're not saying tear down masts. We just think they shouldn't be put near schools."

Michael Bygrave

Interviewees are parents or pupils at St Roberts Primary or Granby High School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire



This is most useful, if I get chance I will try to get this into my rubbishing Burgess.

What is a damning inditement of our government is the fact that they have even ignored many of the guidelines put forward by the inept nrpb, such as revoking permitted development rights etc. What does that tell us about our present government in Britain? And what opposition have we got? None.

There is nothing to choose between the Lib Dems and Labour, except perhaps the fact that Labour don't even pretend to be concerned, whereas the Lib Dems carp on about their 'Green' policies and try to claim an honourable position on the issue, when they are the only party with the bare-faced cheek to field a candidate from the MOA and expect no one to notice, reassuring those that do notice that Nokia Davies will have a personality/ideology transplant if elected. As for the Tories and UKIP, well, let us not forget that they are the parties that (traditionally) represent the interests of big business and capitalist strategies. While it is easy for them to make claims while in opposition, I fail to see how they would be able to reconcile their promises with some of their core backers and voters among the multinationals. Moreover, I still remember the treachery of Michael 'Vlad' Howard, John Redwood and others from the poll tax etc.

I'm afraid it doesn't leave us with many options, does it? If there is no Green candidate or like-minded independent, what do we do? Spoil the ballot paper, or abstain?

Decisions, decisions, decisions!

Amanda


From Mast Network



Letter to the WHO in response to its Precautionary Framework
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473990/

Pollution linked to childhood cancers
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/475748/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/3008_algae.html


Informant: Anna Webb

http://freeinternetpress.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=974


Informant: Di

http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index664.htm


Informant: Laurel

US army officers and CIA operatives at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison condoned the beating and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners and praised enlisted soldiers who abused inmates, a former guard has testified. The testimony came as the first military trial arising from the scandal began on Monday.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?T31622F3A


From:
Aftermath News Top Stories -
January 16th, 2005

Yeah, it's sickening. As I've said, it is a HUGE brainwashing operation going on in the United States performed by the mass medias, and even our education system is infiltrated by these pukes. They make it POPULAR to support mainstream thoughts on any subject, and any disagreement is UNPOPULAR and the name calling ensues. And since elementary school, you are taught to do what is POPULAR and avoid everything that is UNPOPULAR. That is the primary reason for public schooling in the first place, in my opinion. It is set up so that people get used to doing what is considered POPULAR or POLITICALLY CORRECT. People who do not do what is NORMAL are considered freaks, or losers, or whatever.

This STRONGLY encourages people to stay with the mainstream view of things, because if they do not, they are considered wierd, losers, or whatever other names they use to discredit people. What this creates is a bunch of non-thinking ROBOTS. The people in control of the money and the media, do not want free thinkers in society. Free thinkers are their ONLY threat to their power structure. That is why they work so hard against free thinkers, by creating a system where people who think outside the box are labelled and discredited.

Most smart people know how this works, and the brainwashing is ineffective on them. The sad part is that those of us who are smart and can think for ourselves are in the MINORITY. The MAJORITY of people are the brainwashed people who do ANYTHING to stay in the STATUS QUO and do what is POPULAR or NORMAL. The mere fact that there are people out there who want to incarcerate people who do not agree with them is proof that this world is controlled by evil people.

I believe that is the main flaw of humanity itself. The fact that people cannot agree to disagree, leads to wars, conflict, and just about every problem we have in this world. It is totally psychological. People have to think they are right, because they form just about every belief they have about the world around them from what they feel is right. If they realize they are wrong, it means that 90 percent of their beliefs are also wrong. So to protect their silly little view of the world, they will go to just about any means/methods of proving they are right. Instead of just changing their view of the world, they will attack anyone or anything that challenges their view. These people are the main TOOLS of the oppressors. Because they are easiest to control. As long as the oppressors maintain the NORMAL view of the how the world is, they can controll these people with ease. When a shift is needed in world view, they BARRAGE you with "authority sources", and uses the mainstream as their main tool to achieve this. See people want to be popular. And so the ONLY thing they need to do to change peoples minds is to make the view they want people to have POPULAR. This is easy. All they have to do is make it well known. People by nature are pack animals and want to agree with the pack. It is a sick concept, and our own TELEVISIONS and NEWSPAPERS are the very things that control us. People will never realize this though, because they love being entertained. They would rather be entertained than know the truth. Especially because the truth is not "The good guy always wins", "Happily ever after", etc...

I just want you to realize that it is not all Americans that are criminals. George Bush actually lost the 2004 election but he cheated, because the electronic voting machines that count the votes are owned by Republicans who are also NSA, CIA members. They changed the vote totals on election night, and still BARELY won. They had to change so many totals, that they gave themselves away. It was so obvious, to anyone with a brain, this election was sabotaged. In one county in Ohio, there were more votes for Bush than there were even Registered Voters in the county!! This is an obvious fraud, and this information was on an OHIO GOVERNMENT WEBPAGE!! But our country is so controlled by these oppressors, that they are able to cover all these scandals up. It is not very hard either. All you need to do is control the mainstream media. Millions of people know that 911 was a government inside job, or that the election was stolen. But since the mainstream story is that Bush won the election, that is the view held by most of the unthinking people in this country.

Sorry for the long email, my point is, that most Americans in this country actually voted against George Bush and his criminal regime. They just couldn't do anything about it. You don't know how bad most of us want to remove that regime from this country. He is sending us down a road where there is no end but utter destruction. That is in fact the GOAL. America was created from it's inception to be destroyed at a later date. To make America the strongest power in the world, they had to give its citizens unfounded liberties and freedoms. But they never intended us to keep these freedoms forever. They knew after America became the number one power, and they were able to use America to achieve their goals, they would have to destroy it to create their one world government. Think about it. They cannot create a one world government with a world leader, when there is this freedom loving country where the people are nationalistic and would not follow a world leader. Also, they had to give the people here the right to bear arms, for security, because they know a nation with an armed citizenry is the best protection from invasion. The people in control know this. BUT, now that they have control of most of the world, America is one of the only countries in the world that they cannot control with a one world dictator. It's citizens are too well armed to make them slaves. That is why they are using America to commit war crimes and do all these evil shit. They are doing it on purpose. They are going to use America to commit evil until countries band together to destroy America for them. That is what the controllers WANT. They want America destroyed. They aren't going to do it themselves. All they have to do is have America commit crimes against nations, until the nations band together to destroy America. After that happens, it'll be easy for them to create their one world government. Every other country is practically disarmed, and would be easy to police with the United Nations and other militaries. The United States is the only obstacle right now to their goal of making everyone in the world slaves to their system.

After America is destroyed, a one world government will be put into place. It will be policed by a international police, and the people, being mostly disarmed, will not be able to do anything about it.

Once that happens, everyone will be outfitted with those RFID tracking chips, and will have to use the chips to buy and sell and everyone will essentially be SLAVES. You do not have to worry Jacques, you hate America, and so do the controllers. They want America destroyed at this point. We are their only obstacle. They cannot make Americans slaves because we are too well armed as a citizenry. That is why they are turning the world against America, by having America do all this horrible stuff. But the thing is, it is not the citizens of America that want this done. The majority of the citizens are as fed up as you are. But there are a few brainwashed people that make ALL Americans look bad, and they are just helping with the destruction of America. They do not even realize what they are doing. They do not realize that the people in charge want America destroyed. They believe the lies, and are helping the controllers destroy my country, for the eventual goal of one world government.

It is sad for me to even think about all this, because I love my country. But the eventual goal is a one world government. And they need America destroyed to accomplish this. And until America is destroyed, they are going to use America to achieve their goals. And they can be as ruthless as they want, because it creates hate toward America, which is what they want also. So it is a win-win situation for our controllers. They get to use America to achieve their goals, until America is destroyed and they get their one world government. In the end, they win. But that is how it has been for the past 300 years. Without being able to see the big picture, no one will be able to stop this takeover. The oppressors put out so many lies and misinformation, that it is impossible to know the complete truth, because there is so much conflicting information out there, and that is their goal. Without being able to see the whole picture, we will never be able to stop them.

As for you Jacques, you can rest in peace knowing America WILL in the end be destroyed. Because that is what the controllers want. So do not fret, you hate America, and that is what the controllers want. That is why they use America to achieve their goals. Win-Win...for THEM.

God save us all.

Andy.

AN earthquake expert who saw the warning signs

U.S. News & World Report (subscription) - Washington,D.C.,USA

... Along with his wife and three children, Cummins says, he ended up living at what had been the epicenter of an earthquake that devastated Tokyo in 1923. ...

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/050124/usnews/24tsunami.htm

Recount Backers File Suit; Group Wants Nov. Vote Records Saved

by Deborah Baker

The Associated Press

1/15/2005

SANTA FE— Advocates of a recount in the presidential race went to court Friday to try to block county clerks from erasing general election data from voting machines.

read article:
http://nov2truth.org/article.php?story=2005011512325410

NYC--Troops Out Now! Momentum Growing for March 19

1) Troops Out Now - the Momentum is Building

2) Media coverage of today's press conference, including video coverage

3) Letter to Bush from 16 members of Congress

4) How to get involved


http://www.TroopsOutNOw.org


Troops Out Now! - the Momentum is Building!

On Saturday, January 15, the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, activists and representatives from dozens of labor, community, anti-war, and international solidarity organizations joined veterans clergy and military family members on the steps of New York City Hall to announce their intention to march to Central Park on March 19 under the slogan, "Troops Out Now!"

Nearly one hundred activists assembled at City Hall despite the bitter cold, carrying placards with pictures of Dr. King and the words "Troops Out Now! March on Central Park, March 19!"

Speakers included NY City Council member Charles Barron, Brenda Stokely, President of DC 1707, Larry Holmes of the International Action Center, Rev. Herbert Daughtry, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Chris Silvera, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamster Local 808 and President of the Black Teamsters Caucus, Leilani Dowell of Queers for Peace and Justice, Kim Rosario, mother of a soldier currently stationed in Iraq, Amos Hoff of the New York AIDS Housing Network, Nora Soul of Artists and Activists United for Peace, Mel Stephens of ACT UP, Nellie Bailey of the Harlem Tenants Council, and others.

The coalition announced its plans to march to Central Park on March 19 to demand the immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Speakers also stressed the importance of ending, not only the war in Iraq, but the war against working people here in the U.S. and the ongoing occupation of Haiti, Afghanistan, and Palestine.

To sign up for updates, go to http://www.TroopsOutNow.org/updates



NY 1 video of press conference:
http://www.ny1.com/ny/TopStories/SubTopic/index.html?topicintid=1&subtopicintid=1&contentintid=47206#


Anti-war advocates plan March rally

BY DEBORAH S. MORRIS
STAFF WRITER

January 16, 2005

On the birthday of civil rights activist the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., anti-war advocates yesterday demanded that U.S. troops be withdrawn immediately from Iraq and announced plans for a March 19 demonstration in Central Park.

"Mayor Bloomberg and President [George W.] Bush barred us from holding a rally in Central Park during the Republican convention. That was unnecessary, undemocratic, unconstitutional and it's not going to happen this time," said City Councilman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn), referring to the GOP national convention last summer.

Barron was joined on the steps of City Hall by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the Rev. Herbert Daughtry of Brooklyn and about 40 other anti-war activists from a group called the Troops Out Now Coalition.

In the weeks and months before the convention, Central Park became a controversial touchstone after the Parks Department denied the umbrella activist group United for Peace and Justice a permit to use the Great Lawn for a rally expected to attract 250,000 people. The department said a crowd that large would damage the lawn.

Dustin Langley, an organizer of yesterday's rally, said the Troops Out Now Coalition applied last month for a permit to march in Central Park and members of the group already have met with Parks Department officials.

"We applied for the permit very early, so that if there is a problem getting a permit we have plenty of time to deal with that problem," Langley said. "Whether if it's by legal action, whether we have to protest outside City Hall or outside Bloomberg's house, [Police Commissioner] Ray Kelly's house. Because we are going to the park one way or the other."

Participants in the march, scheduled for the second anniversary of the day the U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq, are expected to step off at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem and head south to Central Park.

"We are being flexible. We have asked for several different areas within the park," Langley said. "We are going in with good faith. Central Park has become symbolic of civil rights."

Kim Rosario of Bushwick, whose son, Pvt. Joshua Morales, 19, has been stationed since September in Ramadi, Iraq, was one of many speakers at the rally, which rang with chants of "Bring the troops home now" and the display of signs demanding the same. She said true support for the troops does not come with just putting a magnet on your car.

"If you truly support our troops, you want them to come home and be safe," Rosario said. "You would speak out and write to politicians, march, you'd protest, because they don't belong there. Bring the troops home now."

Copyright © 2005, Newsday, Inc.

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Activists Gear Up To Protest Iraq War On 2nd Anniversary Of Its Start JANUARY 15TH, 2005 from NY1

Lawmakers and anti-war activists are planning to mark the two year anniversary of the Iraqi war, by rallying in Central Park.

City Council member Charles Barron joined dozens of protesters in front of City Hall Saturday afternoon to announce the event, which will be held on March 19th.

The group says the billions of dollars being spent on the war should be better spent on health care, education, and jobs.

The protesters took time to honor the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and say he would have been protesting with them, if he were alive today.

"Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. who went beyond civil rights, went to human rights in his anti-war stance against the war in Vietnam, is appropriate for everyone who loves Dr. King should be against the Iraqi the war today," said Barron.

"On March 19, 2005 – second anniversary of this terrible invasion and war in Iraq – New York is going to rock. The people of this city, the people of the surrounding area, are going to march on Central Park," anti-war activist Larry Holmes.

"We're going to be out there on the 19th; we're going to try to get as many people about there, because most people, the people they don't poll, those are the people that are against the poll and they're going to be speaking up," said Brenda Stokely of Million Worker March.

The group says they have already obtained a city permit for the rally and march.

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On January 12, sixteen Democrats in the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to begin the immediate
withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. (The letter and list of signers is
included below.)

This letter is a clear indication of the growing opposition to this colonial war, a war that has taken the lives of more than 100,000 Iraqi people and nearly 1400 U.S. soldiers.

This growing opposition highlights the importance of taking to the streets on March 19 to demand "Troops Out Now."



LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM 16 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

January 12, 2005

The Honorable George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President,

We write to urge you to take immediate steps to begin the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

Although the initial invasion of Iraq may have occurred with minimal troop deaths, the subsequent occupation of the country has been anything but successful. Already more than 1,300 American troops have lost their lives since the war began on March 19, 2003. At least 10,000 American troops have been injured as well, and it is impossible to know exactly how many thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have been killed.

Despite the enormity of the war’s casualties, the Iraqi insurgency continues to grow stronger with every passing day.

Iraq is no closer to becoming a stable democracy today than it was two years ago, as evidenced in recent weeks by the daily torrent of
insurgent attacks on American forces and Iraqi civilian leaders. On January 4th, insurgents assassinated Ali Haidari, the governor of the Iraqi province that includes Baghdad. Just as devastating to the prospect of democracy, on December 30th, al-Jazeera satellite channel reported that all 700 electoral workers in Mosul quit their posts out of fear of being killed. Two weeks later, on January 10th, the entire 13-member electoral commission in the Anbar province, just west of Baghdad, resigned after being threatened by insurgents. If even Iraqi election officials fear for their lives, how can we possibly expect Iraqi citizens to feel safe going to the polls? How can we continue to put our own troops in harm’s way, the continued targets for Iraq’s thousands of malcontent insurgents?

It has become clear that the existence of more than 130,000 American troops stationed on Iraqi soil is infuriating to the Iraqi people - especially because Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction and did not have a connection to the tragic events of September 11th, 2001 or to the al Qaeda terrorist organization. Indeed, the very presence of Americans in Iraq is a rallying point for dissatisfied people in the Arab world. The events of the last two years have not only intensified the rage of the extremist Muslim terrorists, they have also ignited civil hostilities in Iraq that have made Americans and Iraqis substantially less safe. Therefore, by removing our troops from the country, we will remove the main focus of the insurgents’ rage.

Again, while it may be logistically difficult to immediately remove every American soldier, we urge you to take immediate action to begin the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. This is the only way to truly support our troops. Thank you for your consideration of this request.

Sincerely,

Representaives
Lynn Woolsey (CA-06) 202-225-5161
Danny Davis (IL-07) 202-225-5006
Lane Evans (IL-17) 202-225-5905
Sam Farr (CA-17) 202-225-2861
Raul Grijalva (AZ-07) 202-225-2435
Alcee Hastings (FL-23) 202-225-1313
Maurice Hinchey (NY-22) 202-225-6335
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02) 202-225-0773
Dennis Kucinich (OH-10) 202-225-5871
Barbara Lee (CA-09) 202-225-2661
John Lewis (GA-05) 202-225-3801
Jim McDermott (WA-07) 202-225-3106
Grace Napolitano (CA-38) 202-225-5256
Major Owens (NY-11) 202-225-6231
Jose Serrano (NY-16) 202-225-4361
Pete Stark (CA-13) 202-225-5065


From Action Center

An interesting clip from MANY HI-RESOLUTION VIDEOS OF THE 9/11:

http://thunderbay.indymedia.org/uploads/north-demolition-pops.avi

Along with the nice dust squibs, something very interesting happens in this video beginning almost exactly at the 5 second mark - at the same time that the camera pans down slightly. This is the most striking example I have seen of the "counter-flow" phenomenon, where dust flom the debris cloud is sucked back into the center of the collapse as if being pulled into the sub-basements.

If you watch it in slo-mo you can see that the thick dust trails streaming back from the larger pieces as they fall are not drifting down in the wake of the pieces, but are actually flowing *up *and back toward the centerline of the tower. It almost looks like the video is playing backwards... I realize that some of this is only apparent movement caused by the camera panning down, but at least at the beginning there really is a backwards flow of the thick dust, as if it's being vacuumed away from the pieces. More about those thick (as in coarse powdered metal) dust trails:
http://st12.startlogic.com/~xenonpup/dust%20trails/

The counterflow seems to start at the same time that the "atomic glow" lights up the left side of the frame, making me think that the two are related. Probably not a thermobaric device in the traditional sense of dispersing a cloud of fuel and then igniting it but similar in principle, maybe the fabled a-neutronic bomb:

"Riconosciuto's talents were much in demand. He had created the a-neutronic bomb (or "Electro-Hydrodynamic Gaseous Fuel Device"), which sank the ground level of the Nevada test site by 30 feet when a prototype was tested. *Samuel Cohen*, the inventor of the neutron bomb, said of Riconosciuto: "I've spoken to Michael Riconosciuto (the inventor of the a-neutronic bomb) and he's an extraordinarily bright guy. I also have a hunch, which I can't prove, that they both (Riconosciuto and Lavos, his partner) indirectly work for the CIA."

Riconosciuto's bomb made suitcase nukes obsolete, because it achieved near-atomic explosive yields, but could be more easily minaturized. You could have a suitcase a-neutronic bomb, or a briefcase a-neutronic bomb, or simply a lady's purse a-neutronic bomb. Or just pull out your wallet for identification and... The Meridian Arms Corporation, as well as the Universities of California and Chicago owned a piece of the technology."
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/2001/riconosciutoandtimosman8nov01.shtml

Whatever caused it, it looks like the dust cloud blanketing lower Manhattan would have been much bigger and more destructive absent this counterflow effect.

Pup


Informant: The Webfairy

http://www.remineralize.org

We are fooling ourselves if we assume that increased surface heating of parts of the Earth from "global" warming can not increase severe weather of all kinds including tornadoes (2004 shattered previous record), blizzards, frosts and freezes (year-round) and EXTENDED cold spells and, "paradoxically," the differential heating and cooling imbalance can quite plausibly help iniatiate the transition from interglacial to glacial periods, if the soils of the Gaiasphere are seriously demineralized/acidified, as at present (typical late-interglacial ecological conditions, yet further depleted by 6 billion "takers").

Are any of you still not aware of the free books by John Hamaker and myself at http://www.remineralize.org You may go there and read the synopses and decide if you'd like to download the books. At the least I think you will find they can help us all think more holistically...

For Life and Earth Regeneration,

Don Weaver

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Don't be fooled by this weekend's cold spell (in the Midwest). Global warming is still alive and growing stronger.

Mike Neuman
No political affiliations
http://www.madison.com/communities/preserveourclimate/events

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://www.geocities.com/mtneuman/tribute_flag.html

SCIENCE: Photos prove that glaciers are dwindling

NED ROZELL

ALASKA SCIENCE

(Published: January 9, 2005)

SAN FRANCISCO -- People picked up their newspapers on thousands of doorsteps in this city recently and saw two pictures of Glacier Bay on the front page, under the headline "Alaska's retreating glaciers seen as evidence Earth is warming."

One photo provided by glaciologist Bruce Molnia showed Muir Glacier in 1941. Molnia compared it to a photo he took in 2004 that shows Muir Glacier's retreat out of the picture in 60 years.

About 15 national reporters attended a press conference on the disappearing glaciers and other changes in Alaska's landscape at the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting in San Francisco, which this year attracted more than 11,000 scientists. Joining Molnia as a speaker were Matt Nolan of UAF's Water and Environmental Research Center and Ken Tape of the Geophysical Institute. Nolan showed his photos of shrinking McCall Glacier in the Brooks Range and Tape showed photos of how the Arctic has gotten shrubbier from the 1940s to the present.

Reporters scribbled notes as they looked at the images, which show how quickly the North has warmed in the last century, especially the last 50 years.

"When you put pictures in front of somebody, you don't have to say anything," said Molnia, who works for USGS in Reston, Va., but has a home in Fairbanks. Molnia spent the summer of 2004 traveling to Glacier Bay and Kenai Fjords, trying to find the exact spots where earlier photographers captured glaciers on film. Sometimes finding the cairns (rock piles) of glaciologists who took photographs from the spots decades earlier, Molnia snapped new photos, including the color one of Muir and Riggs glaciers that appeared on the front page of the Dec. 17, 2004, San Francisco Chronicle and accompanied a story about Alaska's melting glaciers by David Perlman.

Nolan showed his comparison of McCall Glacier, featuring a photo taken by glaciologist Austin Post in 1958 along with a photo Nolan snapped with his pocket-size digital camera in 2003.

"All the glaciers in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are retreating from their most extended positions thousands of years ago, and the only scientific explanation is climate change," said Nolan, as quoted by Perlman in the Chronicle article.

Tape took the laser pointer and displayed several pairs of photos of Alaska's North Slope that show the encroachment of shrubs. A government photographer took the huge-negative, Ansel-Adams style black and white originals in the 1940s, and Tape duplicated them with a digital camera in recent years. He explained how shrubs make the North Slope warmer by absorbing more sunlight and how shrubs along riverbanks have restricted river channels and perhaps attracted more moose north over the Brooks Range. The changes he has detailed along with Matt Sturm and Charles Racine of the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory have all happened in about 60 years, "a blink of an eye in geological time," Tape said.

The use of photographs to document change in the North is a technique more scientists are using, enough that it merited a poster session on the subject at the conference. Molnia said his future work includes revisiting about 100 of the places in Denali National Park that mountaineer and photographer Brad Washburn photographed in the 1930s and 1940s to compare changes from then until now. Molnia tried to duplicate them in the summer of 2004, but the air was too smoky. Along with documenting changes in Alaska Range glaciers, Molnia will also benefit from changes in technology since Washburn climbed the peaks.

"Brad used 60-pound cameras for his work," Molnia said. "We'll do a lot of our stuff with digital cameras."

Ned Rozell is a science writer at the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks. He can be reached by e-mail at
nrozell@gi.alaska.edu.

Original Article and Photo's:
http://www.adn.com/life/story/6001027p-5895569c.html
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF17/1731.html


Informant: Scott Munson

http://www.currentconcerns.ch/archive/2004/06/20040607.php


Informant: Andrew Robinson

We are going to get pounded.

V


Space Weather News for January 16, 2005
http://spaceweather.com

Two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are heading toward Earth and they could spark strong geomagnetic storms when they arrive on January 16th-17th. Sky watchers should be alert for auroras. The CMEs were blasted into space by M8- and X2-class explosions above giant sunspot 720 on Jan. 15th.

Visit spaceweather.com for more information and updates.


http://geomag.usgs.gov/intro.html
Geomagnetism information source

Dru


Note: About a year ago I watched a PBS Nova program on magnetic fields, and the poles flipping... check it out http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/magnetic/

Cobra:

Don't fall into the spit thinking that an artist and a scientist can not "see" a similar perspective on this... When science flows in the manner of art, then we are "discovering" science of the Earth.

I am a chemist who is fascinated with the field of bioenergetics. I am also interested in the nonlinear mathematical applications in the examination of the macro systems of the Earth and the micro systems of the humans which inhabit it. Several months ago I was
seeing an accupuncturist, and I asked him how does the magnetic field of the Earth interact with the human body. After that question, he explained why he did everything, and it was very informative. I am starting a Ph. D program in the fall, and I hope to eventually work on these matters. I hope to incorporate a mystic approach into the work, much like an artist does....

Dru



Another X-Class Flare Coming Our Way
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/484129/

Iraq War and WMD: Why My Brother Died

In a well-written, very strong, and deeply patriotic essay printed in the Los Angeles Times, Dante Zappala writes about the death of his brother, Sgt. Sherwood Baker, in Iraq. Zappala speaks truth to power in an essay Edmund Burke would quickly recognize and support: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2679

Is a major military breakdown on the horizon? According to the Boston Globe, "The Army and Marine Corps, and a growing number of National Guard and Reserve units, are burning through trucks and armored vehicles at rates between five and 10 times the peacetime average, according to a confidential briefing prepared by budget analysts and Army officials."

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2678

VCS finds Alberto Gonzales' answers to Senator Arlen Specter to be evasive and non-responsive. Gonzales avoided answering honestly and fully the Senators' repeated questions about torture. When asked if President George Bush has the legal authority to order or to allow U.S. to torture prisoners, Gonzales didn't answer. The issue is clear and it must be answered: Does the U.S. use torture or do we condemn torture? Do we live by the law, or are we lawless? VCS urges you to contact your Senator now and demand that Gonzales answer the question about Bush and torture.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2677

The Bush Administration's neo-conservative and pro-torture policy was laid bare today by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. Ridge asserted that torture is now allowed by the U.S. government, saying, "You would try to exhaust every means you could to extract the information..." Ridge abandons the protections our soldiers need in war, and Ridge promotes war crimes such as those done by Army Specialist Charles Graner, convicted of assault for beating prisoners of war.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2676

Strange how the U.S. Intelligence community not only didn't believe it, but OPPOSED any action. Appears to me as if they already knew about it and were secretly part of the operation.--Andy.

Tom Bearden's main page is: http://www.cheniere.org (A MUST for people into Free Energy. He is leading the path to re-discovering FREE ENERGY if he has not already done so.)

http://www.cheniere.org/books/ferdelance/tocfdl2.htm (about this book)

mit der Bitte um weitere Verbreitung:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/reflex_studie_plakat_0501.doc

Hans Schmidt
Sprecher der Bürgerinitiative Wolfratshausen-Stadtgebiet gegen Elektrosmog



REFLEX-Studie
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/330908/

Schockstudie der EU: Handys knacken die DNS und bewirken schwere Zellschädigung
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/482751/

Cindy Sage, Sage Associates in Santa Barbara, California, USA has sent the following letter and attachment to the WHO in response to its Precautionary Framework.

January 14, 2005

International EMF Project
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland

Attention: Dr. Emilie van Deventer, WHO EMF Program
Subject: Framework to Develop Precautionary Measures in Areas
Of Scientific Uncertainty (Draft October 2004)

This letter of comment is written to address deficiencies in the Framework document related to scientific uncertainty and precautionary action.

WHO has not met its stated objective that “encourages the use of rational, well thought-out precautionary measures based on scientific principles.” (Page 4). WHO has essentially abdicated its role to protect public health in this Framework.

Rather than recommending that new public exposure limits and safety factors be developed that reflect the body of new scientific evidence for risk at exposure levels far below existing ICNIRP and IEEE standards, WHO makes no recommendation for change in these limits. WHO cannot justify this inaction on the basis of insufficient scientific evidence, unless it rests on the pre-requisite of conclusive scientific evidence of harm. WHO cannot defend its de-facto support of existing exposure limits if reasonable interim action based on precautionary principles and a “weight of evidence” assessment of the scientific literature serves as the basis for its Framework.

There is sufficient scientific evidence for a clear and consistent association of childhood leukemia and electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) exposure at 2 to 4 mG, based on decades of published scientific studies, meta-analyses and public health agency reviews.

Dr. Emilie van Deventer
January 14, 2005
Page 2

Evidence for an association between chronic exposure to radiofrequency radiation at low-intensity levels from mobile phones is sufficient to warrant pro-active policy recommendations from WHO, including new safety limits, given the large public health consequence of ignoring “early warning signs” in published scientific studies.

WHO’s decision not to recommend the obvious precautionary actions commensurate with the weight of scientific evidence now available on ELF-EMF exposure and childhood and adult cancers, ALS and miscarriage is unwarranted, and risks both public health and public confidence in WHO.

WHO’s decision not to take a stronger position with respect to children’s use of mobile phones, on telecom marketing that targets children, and on reasonable precaution in siting of new sources of radiofrequency radiation in communities is ill-advised and contrary to accepted precautionary principle-based action. For WHO to say that limiting the use of mobile phones by children now should be discounted as a possible policy option because its “effectiveness is likely to be limited” is neither prudent or justified. WHO has stood silently and watched the deployment of a new technology world-wide without issuing health advisories, and now justifies it’s lack of action on the basis that “its already out there and people use it”. The public came to use and depend on this technology without knowledge of possible risk of harm. Had warnings been made earlier in the roll-out of wireless communications, prudent public health recommendations would not be so difficult to make now. Providing a list of possible actions, without recommending any action reasonably based on prudent health policy is insufficient and may only result in greater public health harm in the long run.

Recommendations that would be expected, based on the weight of scientific evidence available to WHO would reasonably include:

Dr. Emilie van Deventer
January 14, 2005
Page 3

• reduction in public exposure limits for ELF-EMF and RF in line with exposure levels linked to increased risk of disease

• incorporation of a safety factor for both ELF-EMF and RF below exposure levels reported to increase risk of disease and lack of well-being as defined in the WHO constitution

• guidance to utilities on the need to reduce ELF-EMF exposures in siting and construction of new power lines and substations, and mitigation of existing sources where exposures exceed new limits

• promotion of “mobile-phone free” public areas for sensitive persons

• directives to telecom companies to comply with interim prudent avoidance options that would
a) stop marketing to children and the “youth” market,
b) produce mobile phones that operate only with earpieces,
c) site transmitting antennas to reduce public exposures below levels reported to disrupt sleep and produce health complaints, and
d) address existing siting problem areas where public concern on RF exposure has been demonstrated.

I am resubmitting my letter dated January 14, 2004 on the Draft Framework to address issues previously covered that still largely apply to the current Framework document.

Respectfully submitted,

Cindy Sage
Sage Associates
Santa Barbara, California USA



WHO comment on Draft EMF Framework
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/497913/

WHO Flip-Flops on EMFs, Precautionary Principle Now Revoked
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/508079/

The emissions damage health
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/538751/

Petition to the WHO
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/537280/

Fields of Influence - Mobile phones "the largest human biologic experiment"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473121/

The NRPB and its cautionary never-never land
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/469074/

NRPB 2004 Mobile Phones and Health
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/468567/

Helsinki Appeal 2005
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/460260/

THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE IS BASED ENTIRELY ON A LIE DRIVEN BY POLITICAL AND INDUSTRY GREED
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/458092/

MOBILE PHONE GIANTS PANIC AFTER DAMNING GOVERNMENT REPORT ON HEALTH RISKS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/478771/

ICNIRP hopes to accomplish to lead the Russians down right to their scientific slaughterhouse
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/444884/

Mis-reporting the Russian Cell Phone Conference
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/442172/

It is appalling that politicians who are supposed to serve the electorate are so determined to ignore them
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/440345/

EU REFLEX Project Report
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/436261/

Mobile Phones Break DNA & Scramble Genomes
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/476242/

Letter to all members of the House of Lords
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/432715/

Industry Rules RF Controlling Research, Setting Standards and Spinning History
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/262083/

CHILDREN & MOBILE PHONES
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/258953/

Hello? Hello? Is anybody listening?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/474870/

SMALL CHILDREN SHOULD NOT USE MOBILE TELEPHONES
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/475733/

Pollution linked to childhood cancers
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/475748/

KLÄRUNG DER ROLLE DER ICNIRP
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473327/

Nicht-ionisierende Strahlung und Krebserkrankungen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/348817/

REFLEX-Studie
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/330908/

Studien u. Literaturhinweise zum Thema Mobilfunk
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/160255/

http://www.syzygyjob.net/frankcondon/messages/9171.shtml


Informant: CHEROKEE

The NRPB and its cautionary never-never land

With all the hype about the NRPB Stewart report on mobile phones it is worthwhile remembering how the NRPB is (mis)handling the power frequency issue.

The NRPB's latest sales pitch for accepting the ICNIRP guidelines is taking the definition of a precautionary approach even further into never-never land. It is available from their web site at:

http://www.nrpb.org/publications/documents_of_nrpb/pdfs/doc_15_2.pdf

(Advice on Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (0-300 GHz)
Volume 15 No.2, 2004)

We have the usual 'feel good' but meaningless statements about precautionary approaches, etc. but the document's idea of following a precautionary approach is to adopt the ICNIRP guidelines. To Quote from the Conclusions and Recommendations:

"The review of current scientific knowledge, the adoption of a cautions approach to the interpretation of these data, and a recognition of the benefits of international harmonization, combine in a recommendation to adopt the ICNIRP exposure guidelines for occupational and general public exposure to electromagnetic fields between 0 and 300 GHz."

SO now a precautionary approach is defined as adopting ICNIRP. BUT what does ICNIRP's Paulo Vecchia say about precautionary approaches?

See: http://www.emfacts.com/papers/moscow_conf.pdf

"Futire developments in ICNIRP , by Paulo Vecchia

"ICNIRP only considers acute effects in its precautionary principle approach. Consideration of long term effects [are] not possible."

"Precautionary actions to address public concerns may increase rather than mitigate worries and fears of the public. This constitutes a health detriment and should be prevented as other adverse effects of EMF."

So ICNIRP must now class precautionary actions as a thermal effect!

SO where does this leave the NRPB's platitudes about precautionary actions/approaches?

The NRPB report acknowledges that "There is some epidemiological evidence that time-weighted average exposures to power frequency magnetic fields above 0.4 uT is associated with a small increase in the absolute risk of leukaemia in children" but then does a questionable numbers game to discount that fact. The report claims that such exposures ( 0.4 uT or 4 milliGauss) "are seldom encountered by the general public (again, questionable) in the UK" and then suggests that the risk may not be real, thus conveniently discounting all the epidemiological evidence. Later in the report it is stated that "It is concluded that restricting time-weighted average magnetic flux density of 40 mT for whole-body exposure is appropriate for the general public." For occupational exposure (this would include pregnant workers) the "appropriate" exposure level is set at 200 mT.

Appropriate for whom?

Is this the NRPB's idea of a precautionary approach???

In Section 136 "Power frequency fields" the NRPB then goes on add one of their feel good but meaningless statements: " There remains concerns about possible effects of exposure of children to power frequency fields. The view of NRPB is that it is important to consider the possible need for further precautionary measures in respect of exposure of children to power frequency magnetic fields."

I wonder what those further measures could possibly be? Perhaps they may tell us in 15 -20 years time....

Its interesting that no matter how much solid evidence is presented that ICNIRP is severely flawed, national EMF standard setting bodies such as the NRPB uncritically accept it's assurances. Forget science - its really a social class thing - elites supporting their fellow elites in a global power sharing game. The Australian aboriginals have a name for it, "secret men's business".


Don Maisch


Source: http://omega.twoday.net/stories/469074/

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Get off that mobile, expert tells children
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/465579/

Child warning over mobile phones
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/467288/

NRPB 2004 Mobile Phones and Health
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/468567/

Mobile phones tumour risk to young children
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/469215/

Fields of Influence - Mobile phones "the largest human biologic experiment"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473121/

Mobile Phone Turns Enzyme Solution into A Gel
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472506/

Knocking Nokia and co
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/471660/

The Telcos and "The Banality of Evil"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472961/

Mobile masts applications denied
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472688/

The New Microwave News Blog
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472847/

NASA Claims Polar Shift Due In 2012
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/467299/

Glaciers Melting at Alarming Rate
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473215/

CLIMATE EVENTS ALTER EARTH'S SHAPE
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/465893/

Europe Holding Firm Against GMOs
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/468184/

NRDC Says U.S. Tried to Bury Pollutant Study
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/468545/

Conservationists deny loggers access to old growth forest
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472951/

http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=552


From NHNE

The administration has made it clear that they do intend to continue their move to dramatically reduce privacy and constitutional protection for our citizens," said former Republican congressman Bob Barr...

http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,66242,00.html


From Information Clearing House

There are none so blind as those who will not look. If you are one of those who will look, take a look around. You are surrounded -- surrounded by millions who will not look. These are the blue pill people. Who are these blue pill people and why won't they look?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1543.htm
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10237.htm

Although everyone knows women face what amount to combat situations every day in Iraq, President George Bush says his policy is "no women in combat."

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0502,mondo3,60039,6.html


From Information Clearing House

Forced a detainee to eat from a toilet, and watched while a soldier urinated on a detainee.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050114/OPINION01/501140358/1035
http://snipurl.com/c0rt


From Information Clearing House

Iraq War Cost $102 Billion Through September, Pentagon Says:

Bush administration officials in February may seek as much as $70 billion in additional Iraq funding in a request separate from the fiscal 2006 defense budget.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=asC2oZAGbhZE&refer=top_world_news
http://snipurl.com/c0ri


From Information Clearing House

War's 'Hidden Cost' Called Heavy; Billions Eyed to Replenish Forces
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0114-08.htm

CIA: Bush's War on Iraq Creating New Generation of Terrorists
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0114-01.htm

An Icelandic Experience: The Christians I Know:

None of the Christians I know here think George Bush is anything but a boor and a bully, fearing him much more than any tin pot dictator the US supports then disposes of with growing fickle regularity.

http://www.counterpunch.com/tirado01142005.html


From Information Clearing House

It is a well-known and widely accepted fact that, during wartime, news companies and governmental representatives fuse their voices together into one univocal beam of support for the national military objective.

http://207.44.245.159/article7690.htm

This film is our soldiers’ perspective of the Iraq War, and how they are being treated upon returning home. It goes beyond the war stories to look underneath our American tradition of engaging in war and then abandoning the warrior.

http://207.44.245.159/article7693.htm

Responding to U.S. complaints that they violated human rights, foreign governments have cited U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, a development that indicates U.S. credibility has been undermined by the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501140240jan14,1,5333642.story
http://snipurl.com/c1i4


From Information Clearing House

The New York Times has obtained 10 previously undisclosed e-mails, including attached photos, sent by Spc. Charles A. Graner Jr., now on trial in the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal, around November 2003.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000753452
http://snipurl.com/c1i2


From Information Clearing House

US-led forces leave a trail of destruction and contamination in architectural site of world importance.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1391042,00.html


From Information Clearing House

by Sheila Samples

A recent exchange with my new best friend, John, forced me into some serious soul-searching as to why I remain a Democrat. John suggests that the two major parties have morphed into one blundering, inept, very destructive and divisive entity. He maintains that, through aggressiveness of one side and acquiescence of the other, our Constitution and Bill of Rights are being dismantled with arrogant impunity by both Republicans and Democrats.

http://207.44.245.159/article7688.htm

It's Official: My Brother Died in Vain

After two years, the government has called off its fruitless hunt for WMD.

By Dante Zappala

My family and I have lived with the grief of losing a loved one. We have struggled to explain his death to his son. We have gazed at the shards of life scattered at our feet, in wonder of its fragility, in perpetual catharsis with God.

http://207.44.245.159/article7697.htm

Bush Leads Drive in Framing Another "Crisis" (Now Social Security)

The Bush administration this week set out to convince a skeptical public that Social Security is "heading for an iceberg" and promote private accounts as the answer.

President George Bush hosted an event eerily reminiscent of his election campaign where pre-screened participants touted White House policies. He took pains to reassure seniors that they will still get their checks and tried to target younger workers by warning that Social Security would be "flat broke" by the time they retired. He offered no details but promoted private accounts as the solution.

Privately, White House officials acknowledge that private accounts alone do almost nothing to address Social Security's future shortfall and benefit cuts will be needed.

SEEN AND HEARD

"Those days of politicizing Social Security, I hope, are in the past."
- George Bush, 1/11/05

"Why stir up a political hornet's nest...when there is no urgency?"
- Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT), 1/11/05, regarding the president's Social Security plan "The president is again crying wolf to justify an ideological agenda," said George J. Kourpias, president of the Alliance for Retired Americans. "Try as he may to blunt the political clout of America's seniors, we are not fooled. We do have a dog in this fight, and fight we will with all we have to protect, preserve and pass on Social Security to our children and grandchildren."

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office projects that Social Security will be solvent until 2052 at which point it will be able to make 81% of its benefit payments. The Alliance believes minor adjustments should be made today to ensure Social Security's long-term health but is strongly opposed to private accounts because they cut guaranteed benefits, divert money from the trust fund and worsen the program's financial outlook.

Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), who replaces the late Rep. Robert Matsui as the chief Democrat on the House Social Security subcommittee, said "Social Security faces a challenge, not a crisis. Our first priority must be to prevent the Bush administration from wrecking that bedrock of income security protection."

Karl Rove Masterminding Social Security Campaign of Fear President Bush's "conversation on Social Security" event this week signals the beginning of a multimillion-dollar White House juggernaut, one that will adopt many of the strategies used in the president's re-election bid. Masterminded by Bush's top political strategist Karl Rove, the drive to privatize Social Security will use "campaign-honed techniques of mass-repetition, never deviating from the script and using the politics of fear to build support," reports The Washington Post.

The White House is also relying on outside front groups like Progress for America, which has close ties to Rove and supports privatizing Social Security, to get out their message. The group has been airing ads on CNN and Fox News that use the image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt while promoting Bush's privatization plan. James Roosevelt, Jr., the grandson of FDR, protested the group's use of his grandfather's likeness in a letter stating, "My grandfather would surely oppose the ideas now being promoted by this administration and your organization...I would ask that you cease using my grandfather's image in your advertising campaign." Progress for America said in a statement that it would continue running the ad in its entirety.

Despite the President's urgency, many Republicans remain resistant to his plans and question the wisdom of pushing them so hard. Some GOP members argue there are more pressing needs such as shoring up Medicare financing and the war in Iraq. Conservative editor William Kristol told The Washington Post that Republicans were "bewildered why this is such a White House priority...I don't buy the partisan argument that Republicans benefit by somehow carving up this Democratic program."

Bush Administration Proposes Premium Hike for Pension Insurance Agency

Labor Secretary Elaine Chao announced plans to raise premiums paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) by companies with traditional defined benefit pension plans. PBGC a government agency that insures 30,000 pension plans. Today it covers 34 million or 20% of the nation's workforce. The proposal would also give the PBGC more authority to set industry-based premiums. "We have to watch these developments very closely," said Ruben Burks, secretary-treasurer of the Alliance. "This could have unintended consequences of having pension plans terminated if the PBGC goes too far with its authority and premium levels."

Medicare Drug Card Enrollment Still Sluggish

Almost six months after the Medicare prescription drug discount card program was rolled out, the program has seen little interest from seniors. As part of the Medicare law, the drug discount card program was established for elderly Americans to save money, yet seniors often receive better benefits through Medigap, their retiree health benefits or their state prescription drug program. Many seniors also have trouble sorting out which discount cards provide the best benefits because there are dozens of different prices for the same medications.

Get the Facts on Social Security

MYTH: "This system of ours [Social Security] is going to be short...by about $11 trillion, unless we act. That's trillion with a 'T.' That's a lot of money, even for this town." - George Bush, 1/11/05

FACT: This exaggerated figure calculates Social Security's expenses-forever. Experts agree a more accurate figure is the trustees' projection for the next 75 years: $3.7 trillion. Hardly a "crisis" when you compare it with the cost over 75 years of Medicare's drug benefit: $8.1 trillion or Bush's tax cuts: $11.6 trillion. Private accounts are estimated to cost at least $2.2 trillion over coming decades and the national debt ballooned to $7.6 trillion during Bush's first term. That's trillions with a "T."

Sources:

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
http://www.cbpp.org/1-4-05socsec.htm

Bureau of Public Debt
http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdpdodt.htm

Social Security Network
http://www.socsec.org/publications.asp?pubid=503


http://www.retiredamericans.org

Join up with Retired Americans:
http://ww.retiredamericans.org/join


Informant: Bigraccoon

This is from Jeffery Feldman, who is trained in framing the progressive message. ..... Deb Conley

For your consideration:

ALERT - The following word is being used by the Bush White House in their latest media gimmick to deceive Americans about Social Security:

account

Do not use this word to describe Social Security. The Bush White House is using this word with one purpose: to convince Americans that Social Security should be dismantled.

TO DISCREDIT BUSH - Describe his latest public appearance as a "media gimmick" "publicity hoax" or stunt." "million-dollar PR stunt

USE BETTER WORDS - To explain how Americans really understand Social Security use these words:

fair, protect, healthy

"Social Security is healthy and successful." "Americans who hard and play buy the rules deserve a retirement protected by their government."

WARNING - This latest Bush gimmick pushes the idea that all Americans, and particularly young Americans, are greedy. This is not true. Americans believe in fairness and responsibility.

The Million Dollar PR Man

The keywords in this effort are not just "account," it's the idea of a "personal account." This idea has been cooked up by Bush's million-dollar PR man, a guy named Frank Luntz. Using secret focus groups and covert research methods, Frank Luntz has figured out that Americans want their retirement money to be protected. Astonishingly, rather than coming up with a way to make Americans feel safe about their retirement, Frank Luntz used his PR techniques to find those words that make Americans feel that their retirement money is most threatened.

That's right. The President paid a PR firm to help him find those keywords that--when repeated over and over again in the media--make Americans the most worried about their retirement.

According to Luntz, the key to making Americans feel most insecure about their retirement is to describe Social Security as being in "crisis," to talk about it as an "account" that is slowly dwindling, and to propose dismantling Social Security in favor of "personal retirement accounts." All these words are being used by the President.

Why do these words make Americans panic? Well, they make us panic because they advance a deceptive frame that defines social security as a big pile of money that's dwindling at the hands of government mismanagement--a big pile of cash being scattered to the winds by the inevitable march of the aging US population. The solution in the retirement horror story purchased from Frank Luntz by George Bush is to appeal to American greed, to convince thatm that the only way to retire rich is to grab their share of the pile of Social Security cash and stick it in the stock market.

The Bush Social Security Fear Machine

Let's take a quick look at Bush's Social Security story in action. The following is a quote from Bush's remarks at a discussion about Social Security held January 11, 2005 at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium, Washington, DC. Just to make sure I have the "right" version of Bush's remarks, this quote comes directly from The White House press release:

"The Social Security system is not a personal savings account. The Social Security system is not an account where money is earned. The Social Security system is an account where money comes out to pay for retirees and is put in the system by people who are working. And that's changed. More and more retirees have taken out money relative to the number of people putting money in. In the '50s, there were 16 workers for every beneficiary. So the system was in pretty good shape. Today, there's three workers for every beneficiary. Relatively quickly, there's going to be two workers for every beneficiary. And that's a problem. And that's a problem because in the year 2018, in order to take care of baby boomers like me and -- (laughter) -- some others I see out there -- (laughter) -- the money going out is going to exceed the money coming in."

Notice how Bush starts out by describing what kind of "account" Social Security is not. This is pretty deft rhetorical trick for someone who's not supposed to be good at public speaking. It seems like Bush was prepped pretty well for this publicity stunt. The key phrase is this: "The Social Security system is an account." That's it--it's been defined as an account where more money's going "out" than "in." If any American listening happens to have a checking or savings account (ehem!), then they would immediately understand that pretty soon the Social Security "account" is going to be empty. Which is bad. But just in case anyone didn't catch that, the President makes sure to dangle some images of retirement horror before us:

"That's not a good thing. It means that you're either going to have to raise the taxes of people, or reduce the benefits. And the longer you wait, the more severe the pain is going to be to fulfill the promise for a younger generation of workers coming up. As a matter of fact, by the time today's workers who are in their mid-20s begin to retire, the system will be bankrupt. So if you're 20 years old, in your mid-20s, and you're beginning to work, I want you to think about a Social Security system that will be flat bust, bankrupt, unless the United States Congress has got the willingness to act now. And that's what we're here to talk about, a system that will be bankrupt."

No, Martha, an empty Social Security "account" is not "a good thing." But take a quick look back at that last paragraph. I wonder how many hours President Bush spent with his million-dollar PR script from Frank Luntz before he memorized those lines? Here are all the bad words: "raise taxes" (bad!) "reduce benefits" (ouch!) "severe pain" (yikes!) "bankrupt" (oiy!) and "bankrupt" (oof!).

Oh, my. Where do I sign to avoid all this pain and bankruptcy!! Just gimme my pile of dough from the account and let me buy Enron stock!

Why Does Bush Push This Line?

Bush advances this logic because he wants to dismantle Social Security. In his view, Social Security is immoral because it puts government in between individuals and the market place. The only truly just world, in Bush's view, is a world where there are absolutely no controls placed on the markets. In that just world, the people who do well in the market place are the people who deserve secure and protected retirements. People who don't do well in the markets, well, there's something wrong with them in Bush's view.

Bush wants a government that has no programs to protect people from the market place. Bush wants all programs dismantled, so he's starting with Social Security. And he's run up a pretty big deficit to put pressure on the system.

The deficit, you see, is a problem in Bush's mind. It's an achievement. It's an achievement because it can be used to put pressure on all the programs that Bush wants to dismantle. Once he had that deficit, he could put that million-dollar PR campaign to use.

Unfortunately, President Bush's view is wrong and his efforts must be stopped. In fact, Social Security is one of the most successful programs of all time. It is a healthy system and can be kept that way through minor increases in the tax salary cap, responsible federal spending, and investments in the economy.

President Bush's plan would cost trillions of dollars, send tens of millions of senior citizens--nest egg in hand--into the unregulated stock markets, and it's all based on accounting forecasts that even Republicans reject.

The Solution

The solution is to talk about social security as what it really is: a system to protect Americans from having to rely on the risks of the open markets in retirement, and a safety net for those Americans who fall victim to terrible loss that leaves them without other options.

Americans who work hard and play by the rules deserve a retirement protected from the risks of the open markets.

Social Security is a fair system well-worth the investment to keep it up and running.

If he dismantles Social Security, President Bush will weaken this entire country.

By investing in Social Security, we invest in the welfare of this nation's future.

The key to taking back control of this debate is to focus attention on the core American values of "fairness" and "responsibility."

Based on the value of fairness and responsibility, Americans have worked together on the issue of retirement. Social Security is the policy solution based on that effort.

President Bush's scheme is based on greed, and encourages Americans to think and do for themselves at the risk of all others. The "personal retirement account" is the Bush policy based on that disturbing vision of America.

Fairness and responsibility are the heart of this country.

Now let's stop using Bush's words and take back this debate


----- Original Message -----
From: Chris
To: Hopedance Global
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:26 PM
Subject: [HD-G] Bush using trust funds to promote lies


January 16, 2005

Agency Running Social Security to Push Change
by ROBERT PEAR
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/politics/16benefit.html?ei=5094&en=8adcb7ce5d74cac7&hp=&ex=1105851600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print&position=

http://www.ecologynews.com/cuenewshaarp13.html


Informant: Andy Thames

The new sale of "3G licences" represents the making available of more of the UK radio spectrum (2.5 to 2.7 MHz) but for unspecified use (any radio, wifi service etc.) rather than for a designated (eg 3G) mobile phone infrastructure. The advantage of higher frequencies is greater data capacity, but lower range per Watt. How the industry will respond, given the failure of 3G to fly and earn back on the last investment, remains to be seen. May be a case of "buy it or lose it".

3G is third generation. 4G (fourth) represents a future that is still an intention rather than a commercial offering yet. Whatever it brings, it will be further integration of national security, personal identification (possibly tracking), focussing all means of communication, of personal data records, lifestyle activity etc. into a single stream. We might at present (might) think it terribly efficient to have a big central database where we can identify the rogues and curtail their activities. It would be really easy to link the national DNA database and spot genetic trends for crime, even health, and of course for personal profiling (and sell this info to marketing people who desperately would like it, to help pay for the whole thing). There has already been considerable work done by the military on weapons that target genetic groups (David Kelly, it seems, was involved with such work in Israel.) Put all that together and find a government in fear, working with its military, and its usefulness is rather different from the efficient e-government we are being offered now.

4G (if it is of the terahertz variety circulated a few days ago) is a whole new ballgame, with global military communications and weapons linkage, potential primary defence funding etc. but it is a only logical extension of where we are going already. And it ain't good.

Andy

From Mast Network

Technewsworld: Zigaretten und Mobiltelefone – vergleichbare Risiken?

„Heute sind in den USA Zigaretten vom Arbeitsplatz verbannt, weil Forscher feststellten, dass sie Krebs erzeugen; aber bis dahin war es ein langer Weg. Wir können heute nicht wissen, ob sich diese Situation in Folge der REFLEX-Studie wiederholt, denn diese ist zu der Schlussfolgerung gelangt, dass elektromagnetische Strahlung ein gesundheitliches Risiko beinhaltet.“ Der Leiter der REFLEX-Studie, Franz Adlkofer von der Verum Stiftung, betonte, dass „Vorsorgemaßnahmen ihre Berechtigung haben“. Da niemand weiß, ob eines Tages Anwälte IT-Manager belangen, weil sie etwas zum Schutz ihrer Angestellten hätten unternehmen müssen, wird in dem zitierten Artikel mit einem Augenzwinkern darauf hingewiesen, IT-Manger, wenn sie auf Nummer Sicher gehen wollten, Geräte, welche HF-Strahlung aussenden, wie z.B. Komponenten von Funknetzen und Mobiltelefone, möglicherweise aus ihren Büros verbannen könnten, aber sie sollten vorgeben, es aus Gründen der Systemintegrität zu tun.“

Aus: FGF-Infoline vom 13.01.2005

http://www.technewsworld.com/

STOP THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX FROM POLLUTING OUR FOOD & WATER

https://twoday.net/static/omega/files/organic_bytes_48.htm

http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2005/01/12_400.html


Informant: Shanti Renfrew

Die ICNIRP-Story: Ein privater Altherrenclub hält die Welt zum Narren

Es ist nicht einfach zuzugeben, auf die Schwindeleien von Regierungen, Bundesämtern, Vollzugsbehörden und vor allem von den Mobilfunkbetreibern hereingefallen zu sein. Diese haben nämlich die Internationale Strahlenschutzkommission für nichtionisierende Strahlung, abgekürzt ICNIRP, stets als UNO- resp. WHO-Gremium vorgestellt. Wohlweislich nie greifbar schriftlich, dafür aber mündlich bei jeder Gelegenheit an allen öffentlichen Auftritten im Fernsehen oder am Radio und anlässlich öffentlicher Orientierungsveranstaltungen. Und die ICNIRP selber hat sich in dieser Rolle gefallen und nie die geringsten Anstrengungen unternommen dieses Image öffentlich zu korrigieren.

Hans-U.Jakob, 29.9.2001

Gruppe Hans-U. Jakob
Schweizerische Interessengemeinschaft Elektrosmog-Betroffener
Flüehli 17, CH-3150 Schwarzenburg
Tel. 031 731 04 31/Fax: 031 731 28 54

Schwarzenburg, 28.September 2001

An den Bundespräsidenten der Eidgenossenschaft
Herrn Moritz Leuenberger
Zu Händen des Gesamtbundesrates
Bundeshaus Nord
3003 Bern

KLÄRUNG DER ROLLE DER ICNIRP

Sehr geehrter Herr Bundespräsident Leuenberger,
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Bundesräte,

Unser Verein, die Gruppe Hans-U.Jakob, hat vor 9 Monaten an den UNO-Generalsekretär, Mr. Kofi Annan, eine Petition eingereicht, die weltweit von 65 Organisationen aus 19 Ländern mit insgesamt über 40'000 Mitgliedern und von 63 Wissenschaftern aus 16 Nationen mitgetragen wurde und zudem von einigen Tausend weiteren Menschen jeder Hautfarbe aus 26 Ländern mit unterschrieben war. Darin haben wir Mr. Kofi Annan gebeten, er möge dafür sorgen, dass in der ICNIRP die dort vertretenen Mitglieder aus der Wirtschaft oder solchen, die dieser nahe stehen, durch unabhängige Wissenschafter ersetzt werden.

Sowohl der Direktor des UNO-Sitzes Genf als auch der Direktor der UNO Wien haben sich jedoch geweigert, diese Petition entgegen zu nehmen, sodass wir die Sendung mit dem ganzen Material im Januar 2001 direkt an das Sekretariat von Mr. Kofi Annan in New-York verschicken mussten.

Nach mehrmaliger Nachfrage beim Sekretariat von Mr. Kofi Annan, hat uns schließlich nach einer Wartezeit von vollen 9 Monaten in dessen Auftrag die WHO Direktorin Ann Kern aus Genf sinngemäß Folgendes mitgeteilt:

Die ICNIRP ist weder eine WHO- noch eine UNO- Organisation, sondern schlicht und einfach eine private NICHTREGIERUNGSORGANISATION (NGO), die allerdings in enger Verbindung zur WHO und zur UNO stehe.

Dazu stellen wir Folgendes fest:

In der NIS-Verordnung und ganz besonders in den erläuternden Bestimmungen dazu werden unübersehbar die Empfehlungen der ICNIRP als Grundlage für diese Verordnung deklariert. Ebenso unübersehbar wird die ICNIRP immer in engster Verbindung zur WHO oder gar zur UNO gebracht.

In mündlichen Äusserungen unserer obersten Politiker und der Mobilfunkbetreiber wird die ICNIRP dem Volk, das ja über die Zusammenhänge kaum umfassend orientiert ist, sogar als UNO- oder WHO-Organisation vorgestellt.

Uns drängen sich dabei die folgenden Fragen auf:

1. War sich der Bundesrat bei der Inkraftsetzung der NIS-Verordnung bewusst, dass

die ICNIRP weder eine UNO- noch eine WHO- Organisation, sondern schlicht und einfach ein selbsternannter Club älterer Herren ist?

die ICNIRP weder ein Mandat der UNO noch der WHO hat?

die ICNIRP weder ein Mandat einer demokratisch gewählten Regierung, noch irgend- einer nationalen Behörde hat?

2. War dem Bundesrat bekannt, dass die ICNIRP ihre Mitglieder selber ernennt oder absetzt?

3. Wenn die ICNIRP weder von der UNO noch von der WHO noch von einer Landesregierung finanziert wird,

hat der Bundesrat je einmal die finanzielle Abhängigkeit der ICNIRP von den Elektrizitätsgesellschaften, den Mobilfunkbetreibern, überhaupt der einschlägigen Industrie hinterfragt?

4. Hat der Bundesrat je einmal die Rechtsform der ICNIRP abgeklärt?

Falls diese überhaupt Statuten hat, könnte ihr bestenfalls die Rechtsform eines Vereins zukommen.

Falls diese Statuten fehlen, ist die ICNIRP juristisch gesehen gar nicht existent.

5. Falls es die ICNIRP als juristische Körperschaft gar nicht gibt,

wie kommt der Bundesrat dazu, etwas, was es gar nicht gibt, als Grundlage zu einer gesetzlichen Verordnung heranzuziehen?

Weitere Fragen:

Wie kommt es, dass ein Australier namens Dr. Michael Repacholi in der ICNIRP als Vertreter der Schweiz aufgeführt wird? Wer hat diesen gewählt, bzw. als Schweizer Vertreter abdelegiert?

Sehr geehrter Herr Bundespräsident,
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Bundesräte,

Wir hätten gern Aufschluss über die Verflechtung der WHO mit der ICNIRP und vor allem mit der Industrie.

Wir sind sehr genau darüber informiert, dass sowohl im dreizehnköpfigen Gremium Leute aus der interessierten Industrie sitzen, die an öffentlichen Veranstaltungen, sowie in Fernsehdiskussionen die rein thermische Sicht der elektromagnetischen Strahlung vehement verteidigen und ebenso vehement das Vorhandensein der biologischen athermischen Wirkungen dieser Strahlung in Abrede stellen. Auch unter den konsultativen Mitgliedern der ICNIRP befinden sich solche Vertreter, die wegen Interessenverflechtungen alle diese wichtigen Tatsachen konsequent leugnen.

Die ICNIRP lehnt überhaupt alle vorhandenen Erkenntnisse, die auf nichtthermischen Effekten beruhen, konsequent ab, genauso wie Forschungsergebnisse, die in epidemiologischen Studien niedergelegt sind. Wer bei der ICNIRP nichtthermische Effekte erwähnt, verletzt den selbst auferlegten Ehrenkodex und wird automatisch aus diesem Gremium ausgeschlossen. Studien, die andere als thermische Effekte belegen, werden erst gar nicht zur Prüfung entgegen genommen. Aus dieser unverantwortlichen Haltung der ICNIRP resultieren die vielen gesundheitlichen Folgen, die schon jetzt weltweit ein nicht mehr zu tolerierendes Ausmaß angenommen haben.

Fast überflüssig zu sagen, dass trotz Einladung, ICNIRP-Vertreter an internationalen Kongressen, an welchen nichtthermische Wirkungen der NIS behandelt werden, wie z.B. an jener von Salzburg im Juni 2000, erst gar nicht erscheinen.

Mit immer grösserer Klarheit zeigt sich, dass die ICNIRP als ein illustrer privater Klub ist , der sich bei Bedarf das Mäntelchen von WHO und UNO umhängt, um damit beim meist uninformierten Publikum den Eindruck von Seriosität und Kompetenz vorzutäuschen. Dazu gehört schon ein beträchtliches Mass an Unverfrorenheit.

Wir sind allerdings bestürzt, wie gutgläubig und unkritisch Regierungen und Behörden die von diesem Klub aufgestellten Grenzwertempfehlungen in ihre nationalen Verordnungen und Richtlinien übernehmen. Denn "Internationale Strahlenschutzkommission" darf sich jedes x-beliebige Komitee nennen. Das ist kein geschützter Name.

Wir bitten Sie, sich dafür einzusetzen, dass die Rolle der ICNIRP lückenlos aufgeklärt und die Grundlagenarbeit für eine sichere Grenzwertempfehlung an ein Gremium von wirtschaftsunabhängigen und verantwortungsbewussten Wissenschaftern delegiert wird.

Da auch wir eine Nichtregierungs-Organisation sind, welche sich mit dem Schutz vor nichtionisierender Strahlung befasst, hoffen wir auf eine rasche Antwort des Bundesrates.

Mit freundlichen Grüssen

Hans-U.Jakob, Präsident
L.Gaigg, Sekretärin

Kopie an:
Herrn Marc Furrer, Direktor BAKOM
Herrn Dr. Th. Zeltner, Direktor BAG
Herrn Dr. Ph. Roch, Direktor BUWAL

Beilage:
Brief von Mrs. Ann Kern
Executive Director, Stustainable Development
and Healthy Environment



Abschrift des englischen Originaltextes

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE

Teléphone Cetral /Exchange (+41 22) 791 21 11
direct /+4122)791

In reply please refer for: E15-445-11
Prière de rappeler la référence:


Gruppe Hans U. Jakob
Flüehli 17
CH 3150 Schwarzenburg
Switzerland

14. September 2001

Dear Sir

I have been asked to respond to your letter to Mr. Annan and Dr. Brundtland regarding your concerns about possible health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) from mobile telecommunications.

ICNIRP is an independent scientific commission of eminent scientists established by the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) to provide advice on non-ionizing radiations in the same way as the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has done for ionizing radiation for over 65 years. It is an independent and separate organization. It is not "under-organization of WHO" as stated in your letter.

However, ICNIRP is one of a very large number of NGOs in official relations with WHO and it has been working with WHO on matters related to the protection of people from exposure to non-ionzing radiation.These radiations include EMF, UV, static fields and ultrasound. ICNIRP uses WHO's health risk assessments to draft guidelines on human exposure limits, which have now been accepted for guidance or mandated into law in many countries.

Dr. Repacholi has been a staff member of WHO since 1995 and coordinates the International EMF Project. He facilitates and provides aministrative support for implementation of this Project. When meetings are held he is only a member of the WHO secretariat for the meeting and acts exclusively in that capacity. When giving presentations on behalf of WHO that include recommandations and conclusions of the EMF Project, he can only provide information that has been agreed by international meetings or working groups WHO convened or from other international or national authorities.

WHO is aware that Dr. Repacholi has published an animal study suggesting that exposure to radiofrequency fields could promote the incidence of lymphoma in genetically modified mice. However, WHO requires that, before scientific studies are accepted into the body of established literature, they must be independently replicated or confirmed in another laboratory. Since this study is important, there are currently two laboratories (one in Australia and one in Italy) trying to reproduce these results. If the Repacholi study is confirmed, it will be assessed along with all the other studies to reach conclusions abour the possible health effects of EMF exposure. However, until it is confirmed, it merely raises a hypothesis that needs to be tested and cannot be used for health risk assessments.

WHO applies strict rules for dealing with industry and for potential conflicts of interest for statt and experts. These are being adhered to by the EMF Project.

I hope this answers the concerns that you have raised.

gez.
Ann Kern

Executive Director, Stustainable Development
and Healthy Environment

cc:
M. Marta Mauras, Deputy Secretary-General'Office, UN, New York
Mr.Patrizio Civili, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy,Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs
Mr. R. Leclair, DD/WUN, New York
Dr. F. Bassani, D/WUN, New York
Dr. B. P. Kean, D/ECP
Mr. G.L.Burci, LEG


Deutsche Übersetzung

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE

Teléphone Cetral /Exchange (+41 22) 791 21 11
direct /+4122)791

In reply please refer for: E15-445-11
Prière de rappeler la référence:


Gruppe Hans U. Jakob
Flüehli 17
CH 3150 Schwarzenburg
Switzerland

14. September 2001

Sehr geehrter Herr

Ich wurde gebeten, Ihren Brief an Mr. Annan und Dr. Brundtland betr. Ihr Anliegen über mögliche Gesundsheitsauswirkungen durch die Exposition durch elektromagnetische Felder (EMF) der Telekommunikation zu beantworten.

Die ICNIRP ist eine unabhängige wissenschaftliche Kommission von hervorragenden Wissenschaftern, die durch die International Protection Association (IRPA) gegründet wurde, um vorsorgliche Ratschläge für die nichtionisierende Strahlung herauszugeben, in der gleichen Weise, wie das die International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) für die ionisierende Strahlung seit über 65 Jahren tut. Sie ist eine unabhängige und separate Organisation. Sie ist keine Unterorganisation der WHO, wie Sie in Ihrem Brief gesagt haben.

Jedoch ist die ICNIRP eine von einer grossen Anzahl Nichtregierungs-Organsiationen, die in einer offiziellen Verbindung zur WHO stehen. Sie arbeitet mit der WHO in Angelegenheiten zusammen, die mit dem Schutz der Menschen vor Exposition durch nichtionisierende Strahlung in Verbindung stehen. Inbegriffen sind Strahlungen wie EMF, UV, statische Felder und Ultraschall. Die ICNIRP benutzt die Bewertungen der WHO, um Grenzwert-Richtlinien für Gesundheitsrisiken für Menschen zu entwerfen. Diese werden nun als Empfehlung oder als Gesetzesvorschrift von vielen Ländern akzeptiert.

Dr. Repacholi ist seit 1995 Mitglied der WHO und koordiniert das Internationale Projekt für EMF (elektromagnetische Felder) Er fördert und betreut den adminstrativen Support zur Ausführung dieses Projekts. Wenn Meetings abgehalten werden, ist er nur ein Mitglied des WHO-Sekretariats für das Meeting und agiert ausschliesslich in dieser Eigenschaft. Bei Präsentationen durch die WHO, die Empfehlungen und Schlussfolgerungen für das EMF-Projekt enthalten, kann er nur Informationen weiter geben, über die an internationalen Meetings, durch die WHO oder durch andere Arbeitsgruppen oder international oder national einberufene Behörden, eine Einverständnis erzielt wurde.

Die WHO weiß, dass Dr. Repacholi eine Tierstudie veröffentlicht hat, die darauf hindeutet, dass die Exposition durch radiofrequente Felder das Auftreten von Lymphomen in genetisch veränderten Mäusen begünstigen könnte. Jedoch fordert die WHO, dass wissenschaftliche Studien vor ihrer Aufnahme in die etablierte Literatur in einem anderen Labor unabhängig wiederholt bzw. bestätigt werden müssen. Weil diese Studie wichtig ist, versuchen gegenwärtig zwei Laboratorien (eines in Australien, das andere in Italien), die Resultate zu reproduzieren. Wenn die Studie von Dr. Repacholi bestätigt wird, wird sie mit allen anderen Studien bewertet werden, um Schlussfolgerungen über die möglichen Wirkungen auf die Gesundheit durch EMF-Exposition zu ziehen. Bis jedoch dies bestätigt ist, gibt es nur Hypothesen, die geprüft werden müssen und vorher nicht für die Bewertung von Gesundheitsrisiken gebraucht werden können.

Die WHO gibt strenge Regeln für das Geschäftsverhalten der Industrie heraus sowie für potenzielle Interessenkonflikte von Körperschaften und Experten. Daran hält sich auch das EMF-Projekt.

Ich hoffe, dass dies Ihre Anliegen beantwortet, die Sie gestellt haben.

gez.
Ann Kern

Executive Director, Stustainable Development
and Healthy Environment

cc:
M. Marta Mauras, Deputy Secretary-General'Office, UN, New York
Mr.Patrizio Civili, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy,Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs
Mr. R. Leclair, DD/WUN, New York
Dr. F. Bassani, D/WUN, New York
Dr. B. P. Kean, D/ECP
Mr. G.L.Burci, LEG

Petitionstext an UNO Generalseketär (unter WHO/ICNIRP/CH-Behörden):
http://www.gigaherz.ch/3/


Quelle: http://www.gigaherz.ch/373/


Mitglieder der ICNIRP
http://www.icnirp.de/cv.htm

Bewertung von Mobilfunk-Strahlung durch die Bundesregierung aufgrund von Empfehlungen der Internationalen Kommission zum Schutz vor nichtionisierenden Strahlen (ICNIRP)
http://www.bayern.de/lfu/laerm/emv/bt%20drs14_7907.pdf

Das ICNIRP -Spiel
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/522747/

WHO und UNO distanzieren sich von der ICNIRP
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/522744/

ICNIRP-RICHTLINIEN-KRITIK
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/522741/

KLÄRUNG DER ROLLE DER ICNIRP
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473327/

Eine private Organisation entscheidet über unsere Gesundheit
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/522739/

Die ICNIRP-Story
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/525917/

Internationale "Strahlenschützer"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/496952/

Nicht-ionisierende Strahlung und Krebserkrankungen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/348817/

Helsinki Appeal 2005
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/460260/

Strahlenmessungen
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/326599/

The ICNIRP Saga
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/566278/

A Break-through in Understanding Non-Thermal Electromagnetic Field Effects
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/522713/

Letter and attachment to the WHO in response to its Precautionary Framework
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473990/

Care needed on mast sites
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/523134/

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HLV INFO 11—19-01-2005/AT

Pressemitteilung des BMU Nr. 010/05

Berlin, 17.01.2005

Neue Strahlenschutzkommission berufen

Bundesumweltminister Jürgen Trittin hat die Mitglieder der Strahlenschutzkommission (SSK) neu berufen. Die mit 18 Experten besetzte SSK berät das Bundesumweltministerium ehrenamtlich in Fragen des Schutzes vor den Gefahren ionisierender und nichtionisierender Strahlen. Die Mitglieder der SSK werden in der Regel für die Dauer von zwei Jahren berufen.

Erneut berufen wurden:

Bernd Franke, Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Peter Jakob, GSF, Neuherberg
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jürgen Kiefer, Uni Giessen
Dipl.-Phys. Christian Küppers, Öko-Institut, Darmstadt
Prof. Dr. Norbert Leitgeb, Technische Universität, Graz
Prof. Dr. Dr. Reinhard Loose, Institut für Radiologie, Klinikum Nürnberg-Nord
Prof. Dr. Rolf Michel, ZSR, Universität Hannover
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang-Ulrich Müller, Institut für med. Strahlenbiologie, Uni Essen
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Stöver, Klinik für Strahlenheilkunde, Charité Berlin

Neu berufen wurden:

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Böhm, PTB, Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. E.W. Breitbart, Dermatolog. Zentrum, Kreiskrankenhaus Buxtehude
Prof. Dr. Friederike Eckard-Schupp, GSF, Neuherberg
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Herrmann, Technische Universität Dresden
Prof. Dr. K-H. Jöckel, Institut für Med. Informatik, Universitätsklinikum Essen
Dipl.-Phys. J. Kopp, KZVA Stabsstelle, Augsburg
Dr. habil. Florentin Lange, GRS, Köln
Prof. Dr. Löbrich, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg
Prof. Dr. Dr. H.E. Wichmann, GSF, Neuherberg

FYI

Begin forwarded message:


The Sunshine Project
News Release - 13 January 2005
http://www.sunshine-project.org

US Army Dugway Secrecy Challenged by Watchdogs

Dispute Over Report on Effects of Chemical Weapons on Ethnic Groups

Call for Greater Transparency and Oversight of Dugway Proving Ground

(13 Jan 2005) - Watchdogs are appealing the US Army's refusal to release a study that compared the effects of different chemical, and possibly biological, weapons on different ethnic, gender, and age groups. The US Army has refused to release a single page of the study, which was conducted in 1999 by the US Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. The experiments harken back to dark Cold War days, when Dugway used religious minorities in weapons tests.

The watchdogs, the Sunshine Project (Austin, TX) and Citizens Education Project (Salt Lake City, UT), are demanding two things:

First, they want the report Chemical Warfare Agent Toxicity for Both Genders from Different Age and Ethnic Groups to be immediately released. They requested it under the Freedom of Information Act in August 2004. The Army replied in December acknowledging that the report exists; but refusing to release it.

This week, the groups have filed an appeal with the US Army General Counsel's Office.

"We want to know how and why the US Army is researching chemical weapons effects on different kinds of people," says Sunshine Project Director Edward Hammond, "We see no valid defensive purpose to build data on ethnic chemical warfare. On the other hand, there are plenty of reasons why this research might make others nervous. Did the Army segregate people based on ethnicity, gender, and age and then expose them to weapons agents?"

The US Army reply to the watchdog's request for the report mentions biological agents in addition to the chemicals. According to the watchdogs, that these studies may extend into biological weapons is more cause for concern. Says Hammond "The Army's reference to biological agents is all the more reason why it must disclose this report to explain what it has done and why it wants data on the effects of prohibited weapons on ethnic groups."

Secondly, the watchdogs want increased transparency and public oversight of Dugway Proving Ground (DPG). DPG is in the middle of a massive expansion of its biological and chemical activities, building new BSL-3 labs, expanding the perimeter of the base, and adding a new counter-terrorism training mission. Steve Erickson of the Citizens Education Project says the expansion is "like nothing we've seen since the Cold War days when Dugway was in its heyday of chem-bio testing and human experimentation." "As it stands now, Dugway can claim that everything they do now or in the future is to protect the nation from bad guys with bad intentions. But studying ethnic specificity of chemical or biological weapons? How can that not be viewed by other nations as provocative? Given Dugway's track record and the money the feds are throwing at perceived threats at the expense of serious, identified public health problems, a healthy dose of skepticism and oversight is in order," Erickson said.

Utah State Senator Gene Davis has filed a bill (SB 85) which would re-establish a committee of Utah legislators, regulators and citizen representatives, disbanded in the 1990s, to assure a modicum of state oversight of federal facilities in Utah like the Dugway Proving Ground, and to keep the public informed on developments at those installations that could affect their health and safety.


Resources:

FOIA correspondence concerning release of Chemical Warfare Agent
Toxicity for Both Genders from Different Age and Ethnic Groups:
http://www.sunshine-project.org/publications/pr/pr130105docs.html

Citizens Education Project Information Page on Dugway Proving Ground: http://www.citizensedproject.org/dugway.html


Contacts:

Steve Erickson, Citizens Education Project, Salt Lake City, UT
Tel: (801) 554 9029

Edward Hammond, The Sunshine Project, Austin, TX
Tel: (512) 494 0545


Informant: Anna Webb

http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index656.htm


Informant: Andy Caffrey


Pandemie immer wahrscheinlicher aufgrund erhöhter kosmischer Strahlung

In oben zitiertem Artikel wird die erhöhte kosmische Strahlung für die rasche Mutation des Vogelgrippevirus H5N1 verantwortlich gemacht.

Am CDC, Center for Desease Control, USA, laufen Versuchsreihen über das Virus. Dr. Robert Webster, weltweit anerkannter Experte für Grippeviren: "Dies ist das schlimmste Virus das ich je gesehen habe."

Das schlimmste vorstellbare Szenario in dem sich das Virus verbreiten könnte ist nun durch die Folgen des Tsunami vom Dezember Realität geworden. Hunderttausende Tote und zehntausende Hilfskräfte sind in engem Kontakt in den Ursprungsfeldern des Virus H5N1. Vor dem tragischen Ergeignis bestätigte der Direktor der WHO für den Westpazifischen Raum: "Wir sind nun so nahe an einer Pandemie wie noch nie in den Jahren zuvor."

Ein Forschungspapier, "Analyse über Einflüsse Kosmischer und Geophysikalischer Faktoren auf die Reproduktion von Influenza-Viren" stellt fest: "Unter Einfluß solarer und geophysikalischer Aktivität haben wir die Reproduktion des Influenza-Virus in Gewebekulturen studiert. Dabei wurde beim verwendeten Material (Hongkong 1/68(H3N2)) in statistsich nachweisbarer Höhe eine quantitativ höhere Ernte infektiösen Materials gewonnen, bei gleichen Laborbedingungen.

Weiters wurde erkannt, dass "Influenzaausbrüche oftmals durch neueingetragene Virusstämme aus dem All verursacht wurden. Einige Beweise deuten darauf hin, dass die schlimmsten Epidemien mit den Maxima in den Sonnenzyklen übereinstimmen."

Es gibt keine technisch verfügbare, wirtschaftliche und leicht anwendbare Barriere gegen diese kosmische Strahlung. Sie durchdringt viele Meter Erdreich, Fels oder Metall. Nachdem sie 16.000km schützender Magnetosphäre und an die 1000km atmosphärischer Moleküle durchdrungen hat, sind die Partikel immer noch energetisch genug um bis zu 6m Fels zu durchdringen.

Kosmische Strahlen ionisieren auch Wassermoleküle in den Zellen, wobei sie Hydroxyl-Radikale hinterlassen, die dann im Zellkern DNA-Veränderungen hervorrufen - nach russischen Forschungsergebnissen.

Zusätzlich zu der erschreckenden Dringlichkeit der laufenden Ereignisse kommt nun eine wachsende Zahl an Forschungspapieren heraus, die beweisen, dass Massensterben auf diesem Planeten in zurückliegenden Perioden nicht auf Meteorimpakte, sondern auf "Hausgemachtes" zurückzuführen sind.

Weiters im Link:

Das rasante Abschmelzen der Eisberge in der Antarktis; die McMurdo-Station ist von 3,5m dickem eis eingeschlossen. Die Versorgung ist äußerst schwierig, da die kalbenden Eisberge den Sund verschließen.

Eisberge sind nun auch südlich Neuseelands, das erste mal seit 57 Jahren zu einem Problem für die Schifffahrt geworden.

Der größte Gletscher auf Grönland, Jakobshavn Isbrae, ist der schnellstfließende weltweit, er allein ist derzeit für einen 4%iges Ansteigen der Weltmeere verantwortlich.

Unterschiedlich zu Russland, wo die Menschen eher in höheren Regionen siedeln würden, bevorzugt man im Westen weiterhin küstennahe Regionen (!).




Wichtig erscheint mir vor allem, die nur spärlichen Informationen über den weiteren Verlauf der Vogelgrippe-Forschung und Beobachtung des asiatischen Raumes im Auge zu behalten. Neben den Hauptschlagzeilen geht so manches interessante Puzzlestück verloren.

Auch der antarktische Sommer wird interessant...waren die letzten auch schon nicht ohne...

mica

http://f23.parsimony.net/cgi-bin/topic-flat.cgi?Nummer=53379&ThreadNummer=137619

Destroying a City To Save It

For the military-industrial complex, that is. Article by Tom Engelhardt and Michael Schwartz.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt36.html

Die Montagsdemonstrationen gegen Hartz IV und Agenda 2010 werden fortgesetzt. Deswegen soll auch die aktuelle Übersichtsliste mit möglichst allen Terminen aktuell bleiben. Wer Termine hat, bzw. seinen Ort in der Terminübersicht vermißt, wird um eine Benachrichtigung per Mail an: news@joergfischer.biz gebeten.

Die ständig aktualisierte Liste findet sich auf
http://www.joergfischer.biz

Montagsdemo
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/490224/

31. Januar ist Widerspruchstag
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/483588/

Agenturschluss
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/480922/

Das Unding "Hartz IV" und das Unwort "Humankapital"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/477482/

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0112-09.htm

ImpeachBush movement at Jan. 20 inauguration
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473227/

Coronation farce deepens - These Companies gave Money for Bush's Innauguration
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/469496/

Inaugural Protests in Many Cities
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/483959/

George W. Bush and his administration have been doing everything in their power to "sanitize" Pennsylvania Avenue on January 20th by trying to banish thousands of people holding Impeach Bush signs and banners. But they have not succeeded.

Not only will ImpeachBush members cover the parade route, but we will have the opportunity to sit in bleachers prominently arranged at 4th St and Pennsylvania Ave. We are joining with the antiwar movement, which has obtained a permit to build bleachers and hold a mass rally along the Inaugural route. This is the first time in Inaugural history that the antiwar movement has secured access to build bleachers along the parade route.

George W. Bush and the presidential motorcade will have to drive right in front of the bleachers and mass rally. Military family members whose loved ones are in Iraq, members of the Arab-American and Muslim communities, and people from all walks of life will hold signs reading "Bush Lied: Thousands Died," "Impeach Bush," "Save the Bill of Rights," among other slogans. We are pleased to announce that Ramsey Clark and others will be featured speakers in the rally that will take place at 4th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

Bush wants to cleanse the Parade route of dissenters so that he can falsely assert the legitimacy of his government. Nixon used the same tactic at his second inauguration. Let us not forget that Nixon chose to resign rather than be impeached just 20 months after his second inauguration.

The political effort to affirm our rights could not have happened without the support and commitment of so many people who believe strongly in the impeachment movement. The world media will be in Washington DC on January 20, and everyone should feel proud that our movement will be so visible. The people of the world must see that the people of the United States insist that Bush and other high officials be held accountable for their criminal acts.

Buses and car caravans are coming from more than fifty cities. People are flying from the West Coast to join us at 4th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. Volunteers are making signs, posters, handing out leaflets, answering phones and doing the one hundred and one other tasks to make this an effective mobilization.

If you are unable to come to Washington DC but want to help by making a much-needed contribution, we are in urgent needs of funds to cover the many costs. We have grown stronger only because of the continued generosity and commitment of ImpeachBush/VoteToImpeach.org members.

Congratulations to everyone for their hard work and we hope to see you in Washington DC on January 20th. We'll be sure to send a report of the activities following January 20th for those of you that can't be there.

-- All of us at ImpeachBush/VoteToImpeach.org



Coronation farce deepens - These Companies gave Money for Bush's Innauguration
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/469496/

Protesters Plan to Mark Bush Inauguration
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473229/

Fields of Influence - Mobile phones "the largest human biologic experiment"

Debate over the health impacts of weak electromagnetic fields continues unabated as more and more biological effects are documented. This mini-series began in Science in Society 17, where we described how a new physics of the organism that can account for those effects has been systematically ignored and excluded from mainstream discourse. The situation has hardly changed since and requires radical steps to be taken in scientific research funding and in science education.

Mobile Phones & Brain Damage

Rats exposed to mobile phones for two hours showed brain damages that persisted 50 days later. But current exposure standards are still highly inadequate to protect the public. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho reports:

Sources for this article are posted on ISIS members' website. Details
here.

Mobile phones "the largest human biologic experiment"

Researchers found "highly significant" evidence for damages to brain cells in rats exposed for 2 hrs to microwaves from mobile phones; and these damages were still seen 50 days after the exposure.

One quarter of the world's population is now exposing themselves to microwaves from hand-held mobile phones. The research team in Lundt University, Sweden, led by Leif Salford, referred to this as "the largest human biologic experiment ever". They point out that soon, microwaves will be emitted by an abundance of other appliances in the `cordless' office and in the home.

Most researchers have concentrated on the question of whether radiofrequency electromagnetic fields can induce or promote cancer, but the evidence appears conflicting.

Sir William Stewart hit out at mobile phones lobby but exposure limits still highly inadequate.

In his keynote address to a Children with Leukemia conference in September 2004, Sir William Stewart, who chaired an enquiry that resulted in the Stewart Report on Mobile Phones and Health in 2000, hit out at the mobile phones lobby for reporting that, "Stewart report says there are no adverse health effect for mobile phones". He said there are biological effects below the current exposure guidelines, and people can vary in their susceptibility. He had warned that children may be more susceptible, and should limit their use of mobile phones.

In his speech, he also said, "Don't ignore non-peer reviewed findings." These have to be carefully independently confirmed, and have to be put to the public "simply and clearly". Not only the results reporting impacts of mobile phones on health need to be independently confirmed, but also negative findings of no impacts. At the moment, there is a bias towards accepting negative findings without question.

A recent health survey carried out in La Òora, Mucia, Spain, nearly two 900/1800Mhz mobile phone base stations showed statistically association between the measured electric field and a number of symptoms, especially depressive tendency, fatigue, sleeping disorder, difficulty in concentration and cardiovascular problems, and also loss of memory, visual disorder and dizziness. It confirms the findings of several earlier published studies. On the basis of this work, D. Oberfeld Gerd of the Public Health Department of Salzburg, Austria, is advising a reduction of exposure levels to no more than 1 microWatt/m². The current exposure limit set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) Guidelines is 10 W/m², or 10 million times that recommended.

Sir William now chairs the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), which is being merged into the Health Agency. The NRPB is due to publish advice to the government that the ICNIRP standards - already shown to be highly inadequate - should be adopted for the UK. As the NRPB's own report admits, the standards are "intended to prevent adverse effects due to excessive whole- and partial-body heating", totally ignoring non- thermal effects, which are increasingly documented in many laboratories all over the world.

Mobile phones undermine the blood-brain barrier

Lundt and colleagues have been studying the effects of 915MHz radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in rats since 1988. "In a series of more than 1,600 animals, we have proven that subthermal power densities from both pulse- modulated and continuous RF EMFs - including those from ...mobile phones - have the potency to significantly open the blood-brain barrier such that the animal's own albumin passes out of the bloodstream into the brain tissue and accumulates in the neurons and glial cells surrounding the capillaries."

These results have been duplicated in at least two other laboratories. One group showed that the animals' own albumin injected into the brain of rats led to damage of the neurons at the site of injection when the concentration of albumin in the injected solution is at least 25% of that in the blood.

Brain damage persists 50 days after exposure

In a study published in June 2003, Salford and colleagues exposed rats to RF EMF in special transverse electromagnetic transmission line chambers (TEM-cells) designed by scaling down previously constructed cells at the National Bureau of Standards. These cells generate uniform EMF s for standard measurements. A mobile phone with a programmable power output was connected via a coaxial cable to the TEM-cell; and no voice modulation was applied. The TEM-cell is enclosed in a wooden box (15x15x15 cm) that supports the outer conduction and central plate. The outer conductor is made of brass net and is attached to the inner walls of the box. The centre plate, or septum, is made of aluminium. The TEM cells were placed in a temperature-controlled room, where room air is circulated through holes in the wooden box.

The rats were placed in plastic trays (12x12x7cm) to avoid contact with the central plate and outer conductor. Thirty-two male and female Fisher 344 rats 12-26 weeks old and weighing 282 + 91 gm were divided into four groups of eight rats each. Three experimental groups of rats were exposed to peak power densities of 0.24, 2.4 and 24 W/m2, resulting in average whole-body SARs (specific absorption rates) of 2mW/kg, 20 mW/kg and 200 mW/kg respectively. The fourth (control) group of rats was simultaneously kept for 2 hr in non-activated TEM-cells. The animals in each exposure group were allowed to survive for about 50 days after exposure and carefully observed daily for neurologic and behavioural abnormalities.

At the end of the period, the brains were removed and sectioned and stained.

The exposed rat brain showed multiple spots of albumin leaking out from the blood vessels. On high power, dark, dead neurons can be seen interspersed with the living ones. There is an apparent dose-response relationship between the level of exposure and the number of dead neurons found.

Previous studies by the same group showed that albumin leakage into the brain occurs within hours after exposure in about 40% of the animals. But in the present study, there is still albumin leakage after 50 days. This suggests that there might have been a "vicious circle" started by the initial leakage, leading to long lasting effects.

Teenagers most affected

The researchers pointed out that 12-26 week old rats are comparable in age to human teenagers, the most frequent users of mobile phones. This level of damage to the nerve cells is worrying, as "it may result in reduced brain reserve capacity". In other words, the teenagers' brains may age prematurely. A study by retail analysts Mintel found that up to 80% of 11 to 14 year-olds have a mobile phone in the United Kingdom.

There is now evidence that a wide range of frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum can have biological effects from DNA damage in brain cells to childhood leukemia (see "Eelectromgnetic fields, leukaemia & DNA damage", this series).

Source: http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FOI1.php


Informant: Shanti Renfrew

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"...direct and indirect evidence suggests that AC electric and magnetic fields increase the risk of certain cancers....and other...abnormalities...Although how this happens is not fully understood, both magnetic and electric AC fields that surround the body can produce AC electric current inside the body. The best available theory is that this current interferes with normal transport of ions across cell membranes.(EPA Draft report March 1990. See Nature, vol. 345,6-7, pg. 463.) At a continuous exposure of about one billionth of an amp of AC current per square centimeter (give or take a factor of three), biological effects begin to be observed.

Very preliminary results show that at five times that level, for example, an increase in protein production in cancer cells is seen; but when the field is increased 1000 times further, the increase in protein production is only three times greater (not 1000 times greater). These changes are seen for AC current at several different frequencies, including 60 Hz. If the cell-membrane-interference theory is correct, the body should be sensitive to current at any frequency up to about 1000Hz; above that sensitivity will decrease (the exact frequency is not known and experimental measurement of it has not been attempted). The currents induced by artificial fields may also affect the nervous system directly, and the evidence of this is somewhat stronger than that of the cancer effect...This field strength is the strongest typically encountered in the home, but weaker fields may produce more subtle effects that take longer to manifest themselves..."


Informant: quaixemen

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Electromagnetic Fields Double Leukemia Risks
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473106/

Mobile Phones Break DNA & Scramble Genomes
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/476242/

Mobile Phones & Cancer
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473107/

Non-Thermal Effects
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473108/

The Excluded Biology
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473109/

Mobile Phones & Brain Damage
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/346178/

Electromagnetic Fields, Leukaemia and DNA Damage
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473112/

Mobile Phone Turns Enzyme Solution into A Gel
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/472506/

Get off that mobile, expert tells children
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/465579/

Mobile phones are emphatically not safe
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/476725/

Child warning over mobile phones
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/467288/

Mobile phones tumour risk to young children
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/469215/

Expert spells it out: health fears mean young should not use mobile phones
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/469427/

Mobile Phones Again Linked to Cancer - in this Case specifically to Acoustic Neuromas
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/362455/

NRPB 2004 Mobile Phones and Health
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/468567/

The NRPB and its cautionary never-never land
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/469074/

MOBILE PHONE GIANTS PANIC AFTER DAMNING GOVERNMENT REPORT ON HEALTH RISKS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/478771/

Letter and attachment to the WHO in response to its Precautionary Framework
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473990/

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ELADD.php


Fields of Influence - Mobile phones "the largest human biologic experiment"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473121/

Mobile Phones Break DNA & Scramble Genomes
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/476242/

MOBILE PHONE GIANTS PANIC AFTER DAMNING GOVERNMENT REPORT ON HEALTH RISKS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/478771/

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FOI4.php


Fields of Influence - Mobile phones "the largest human biologic experiment"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473121/

Mobile Phones Break DNA & Scramble Genomes
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/476242/

MOBILE PHONE GIANTS PANIC AFTER DAMNING GOVERNMENT REPORT ON HEALTH RISKS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/478771/

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FOI3.php
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/non_ionizing_radiation.htm
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/non_thermal_electromagnetic_effects.htm
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/low_intensity_emr.htm

Non thermal effects of exposure to EMF
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/538361/

A Break-through in Understanding Non-Thermal Electromagnetic Field Effects
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/522713/

Thermal and Nonthermal Mechanisms of the Biological Interaction of Microwaves
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/507958/

Mobile Phone Radiation Harms DNA
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/448736/

Intermittent extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields cause DNA damage in a dose-dependent way
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/436703/

Phasic behavioral and endocrine effects of microwaves of nonthermal intensity
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/252799/

The effects of radiofrequency fields on cell proliferation are non-thermal
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/205735/

Fields of Influence - Mobile phones "the largest human biologic experiment"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473121/

Mobile Phones Break DNA & Scramble Genomes
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/476242/

MOBILE PHONE GIANTS PANIC AFTER DAMNING GOVERNMENT REPORT ON HEALTH RISKS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/478771/

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FOI2.php


Fields of Influence - Mobile phones "the largest human biologic experiment"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473121/

MOBILE PHONE GIANTS PANIC AFTER DAMNING GOVERNMENT REPORT ON HEALTH RISKS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/478771/


Mobile Phones Break DNA & Scramble Genomes
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/476242/

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FOI1.php

Fields of Influence - Mobile phones "the largest human biologic experiment"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/473121/

Mobile Phones Break DNA & Scramble Genomes
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/476242/

MOBILE PHONE GIANTS PANIC AFTER DAMNING GOVERNMENT REPORT ON HEALTH RISKS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/478771/

Stand up and Reaffirm the World's Peace Mandate on January 20th

Before the invasion of Iraq, countless millions of us across the globe came together and spoke out like never before, stating in no uncertain terms our collective mandate for peace, justice, and a rational foreign policy.

On Thursday, January 20, as George W. Bush is inaugurated for a second term, he will no doubt use the day to usher in his ‘mandate’ for never-ending war, greed, and a bullying, unilateral foreign policy.

Warmongering leaders have never kept us down, and the next four years will be no exception. Make January 20th the day you stand up, speak out, and reaffirm your commitment to working for peace and justice. Show your friends, neighbors, and the world that you aren’t in mourning, but rather part of an energized, mobilized and determined anti-war movement.

Count me in. What can I do?

CODEPINK strongly urges everyone who possibly can to run, swim, fly, caravan, shuttle, or two-step your way to Washington, DC on January 20th with a suitcase full of pink to join what promises to be the fun, raucous, peace-loving counter-inaugural activities. As the warmongers party on the inside, outside we’re going to fill the streets of DC with peacemongers as far as the eye can see! (Check out http://www.codepinkalert.org/National_Actions_J20.shtml#calendar to see the creative actions we’ll be participating in.)

Can’t go to DC? As the saying goes, “Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.” Here are some ideas:

1) Get thee to the protest nearest you and make some serious noise! There is no shortage of folks speaking out against the Bush agenda on the 20th. Protests and rallies are being planned all over the country. Check out unitedforpeace.org to find what’s happening near you, or organize something yourself. Organize? Are you kidding? All you need to make an effective statement is a sign or two, a public place, a couple of friends, and the desire to speak out in opposition to the Bush agenda. Presto; you’ve organized your first protest. Email us at webmistress@codepinkalert.org so we can be sure to help you get the word out about your event, large or small, on our website.

2) Before you protest, pick up the phone. On the 20th, let’s not only flood the streets, but the White House phone lines with our unified message: no endless war and occupation. Call the White House directly and demand a clear exit strategy at 202-456-1111.

3) Not One Damn Dime. It's important to put your money where your protest signs are and shop your values everyday. But on January 20th, CODEPINK is joining people throughout the country who aren’t putting their money anywhere. "Not One Damn Dime” Day is a way for those who oppose what is happening in our name in Iraq to speak up with a 24-hour national boycott of all forms of consumer spending. So on Inauguration Day, don't spend any money. Not one damn dime for gasoline. Not one damn dime for coffee, or for impulse purchases. Nothing for 24 hours.

4.) Be visible in your community. At the very least, wear a button or a t-shirt, carry a sign to and from work, put a sign in the windows of your home and car – anything to let your community know what you think about four more years of George W. Bush. You never know how something as seemingly simple as a button can encourage or inspire someone else to action. Some ideas: “Not My President.” “I Say No to the Bush Agenda.” “Another Peacemaker in It for the Long Haul.”

5.) Start planning your Sorry State of the Union party to coincide with George Bush's State of the Union Address on February 2nd. This is a great way to get together with your community, get riled up, and start organizing for the coming year. Email webmistress@codepinkalert.org to have your event posted on the website.

See you in the streets,
Andrea, Carol, Claire, Dana, Gael, Jodie, Medea, Tiffany
January 12, 2005 http://www.codepinkalert.org