Nanotech Health Risk
Starmail - 21. Jan, 23:58
21
Jan
2006
CHILDREN AT ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
Starmail - 21. Jan, 23:51
Sperm counts have dropped by a almost third in 10 years
LONDON (AFP) - Male sperm counts have fallen by almost a third since 1989, with factors such as drinking and obesity possibly to blame, according to a British study.
A survey of 7,500 men who attended the Aberdeen Fertility Centre in northern Scotland between 1989 and 2002 brought alarming findings, researchers said Monday.
Analysis of sperm samples showed that in men with what is considered a "normal" concentration of sperm -- defined as over 20 million sperm per millilitre of semen -- the average sperm count fell by 29 percent.
This "must cause some concern and needs to be explained", said Dr Siladitya Bhattacharya, who led the research project.
"There could be a number of lifestyle factors which could play a role in this," he said.
"It just highlights the need for research to discover what these reasons might be, as well as the need for further studies elsewhere in the country to see if they support our results."
Drug use, alcohol, smoking and obesity have all been linked to a decline in sperm counts, as well as pesticides and other chemicals in the environment.
In 1986, Scotland was affected by the fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, but Bhattacharya said it was "almost impossible" to say for certain whether this or any other individual factor was to blame.
It could also not be concluded that there had been a fall in male fertility, as factors other than just sperm count played a part, he added.
"There has been an increase in men seeking treatment for male infertility, but whether this is due to a significant increase in this condition or because men are more aware of new techniques which have been developed to help them, we cannot say."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...rm_040105105306
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega060104.htm
A survey of 7,500 men who attended the Aberdeen Fertility Centre in northern Scotland between 1989 and 2002 brought alarming findings, researchers said Monday.
Analysis of sperm samples showed that in men with what is considered a "normal" concentration of sperm -- defined as over 20 million sperm per millilitre of semen -- the average sperm count fell by 29 percent.
This "must cause some concern and needs to be explained", said Dr Siladitya Bhattacharya, who led the research project.
"There could be a number of lifestyle factors which could play a role in this," he said.
"It just highlights the need for research to discover what these reasons might be, as well as the need for further studies elsewhere in the country to see if they support our results."
Drug use, alcohol, smoking and obesity have all been linked to a decline in sperm counts, as well as pesticides and other chemicals in the environment.
In 1986, Scotland was affected by the fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, but Bhattacharya said it was "almost impossible" to say for certain whether this or any other individual factor was to blame.
It could also not be concluded that there had been a fall in male fertility, as factors other than just sperm count played a part, he added.
"There has been an increase in men seeking treatment for male infertility, but whether this is due to a significant increase in this condition or because men are more aware of new techniques which have been developed to help them, we cannot say."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...rm_040105105306
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega060104.htm
Starmail - 21. Jan, 23:47
Super-Radar, Done Dirt Cheap
A radar system that uses ubiquitous cell-phone signals is on its way.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega051203.htm
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega051203.htm
Starmail - 21. Jan, 23:23
Bio-electrical effects start at very low levels
It is now fairly well established that the IEEE/WHO/ICNIR standards for SAR and other exposure "standards" so called based on "heating effect" do not tell the whole story on the effects of exposure of humans of all ages, both genders and the range of physical sizes to RF at HF and above.
It has been known and shown repeatedly that there are bio-electrical effects that start at very low levels. Between 1/1000 and 1/10000 of the current "standard'. Further it is the type of modulation or intelligence placed on the RF that is significant; with pulsed signals being far worse then radio (AM or FM) and TV signals (that contain vestige sideband "sync pulses”) some where in the middle as far as effects are concerned.
Basicly the mechanism is beloved to be the cells and certain organs such as the middle ear, acting as a demodulator or detector resolving the envelope pattern of the RF signal. Where the demodulated signal has components at the various bio-active frequencies that are used for internal signals by the human body, they may be swamped by this "false" RF demodulated signal. These "false" signals interfere with the body's regulation at all levels from inside cells up to major sense organ inputs to the brain.
The results are to be seen at the cell level as calcium efflux, at the near level as false sensation, tingling, vertigo, sweating, cold sweating, tremors, flushes and other well known symptoms of RF exposure. In the limit, caused by the effects of direct RF exposure of the brain, hearing noise, seeing flashes, headaches, dizziness to the point of falling over, can be the result.
All the effects appear to be worse as the frequency is raised. A serious side effect of exposure at frequencies above 150 Mhz, (that is VHF and above), is that body parts can become resonant absorbers, which raises the amount of energy taken in, and reduces the threshold exposure level at which effects are seen.
The range of variation of human "size" of hand, arm, leg etc within gender and age groups explains in part why some people are more affected than others.
All the above has been widely known for some 40 years, as these effects were first documented by Russian scientists from the late 1950s onward.
When it first became known in the "West" the US/NATO (yes the Yanks), dismissed it as black propaganda. Since 1990 the IEEE have repeatedly attempted to "harmonize" the Russian standards by raising the "safe" levels in Russia upwards by 1000 times. The answer is still NO.
The driving force behind maintaining the high unsafe standard in the West (UK/EU/USA/Can/Aus/NZ) is the financial implication for the cold war warriors.
If the lower standard were adopted the MILITARY would need to purchase many square miles of land around their high power radar and radio sites to remove the public from areas where the lower standard said was unsafe.
The MILITARY could also expect to pay out vast sums in successful death and injury claims to ex-military and civilian persons who have been affected by exposure to previously consider "safe" RF levels.
Eventually common sense, and the case against the current RF exposure standards will prevail, as it did in the case of tobacco.
In the mean time we are all subject to passive RF exposed while the "cell-idiots" deafen everyone with their conversations and spread the risk of pain or death to all around them.
Message from dja.
PS I spent most of my working life involved with radio safety and radio propagation involving high power sites from VLF to millimeter waves.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega051203.htm
It has been known and shown repeatedly that there are bio-electrical effects that start at very low levels. Between 1/1000 and 1/10000 of the current "standard'. Further it is the type of modulation or intelligence placed on the RF that is significant; with pulsed signals being far worse then radio (AM or FM) and TV signals (that contain vestige sideband "sync pulses”) some where in the middle as far as effects are concerned.
Basicly the mechanism is beloved to be the cells and certain organs such as the middle ear, acting as a demodulator or detector resolving the envelope pattern of the RF signal. Where the demodulated signal has components at the various bio-active frequencies that are used for internal signals by the human body, they may be swamped by this "false" RF demodulated signal. These "false" signals interfere with the body's regulation at all levels from inside cells up to major sense organ inputs to the brain.
The results are to be seen at the cell level as calcium efflux, at the near level as false sensation, tingling, vertigo, sweating, cold sweating, tremors, flushes and other well known symptoms of RF exposure. In the limit, caused by the effects of direct RF exposure of the brain, hearing noise, seeing flashes, headaches, dizziness to the point of falling over, can be the result.
All the effects appear to be worse as the frequency is raised. A serious side effect of exposure at frequencies above 150 Mhz, (that is VHF and above), is that body parts can become resonant absorbers, which raises the amount of energy taken in, and reduces the threshold exposure level at which effects are seen.
The range of variation of human "size" of hand, arm, leg etc within gender and age groups explains in part why some people are more affected than others.
All the above has been widely known for some 40 years, as these effects were first documented by Russian scientists from the late 1950s onward.
When it first became known in the "West" the US/NATO (yes the Yanks), dismissed it as black propaganda. Since 1990 the IEEE have repeatedly attempted to "harmonize" the Russian standards by raising the "safe" levels in Russia upwards by 1000 times. The answer is still NO.
The driving force behind maintaining the high unsafe standard in the West (UK/EU/USA/Can/Aus/NZ) is the financial implication for the cold war warriors.
If the lower standard were adopted the MILITARY would need to purchase many square miles of land around their high power radar and radio sites to remove the public from areas where the lower standard said was unsafe.
The MILITARY could also expect to pay out vast sums in successful death and injury claims to ex-military and civilian persons who have been affected by exposure to previously consider "safe" RF levels.
Eventually common sense, and the case against the current RF exposure standards will prevail, as it did in the case of tobacco.
In the mean time we are all subject to passive RF exposed while the "cell-idiots" deafen everyone with their conversations and spread the risk of pain or death to all around them.
Message from dja.
PS I spent most of my working life involved with radio safety and radio propagation involving high power sites from VLF to millimeter waves.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/grn/omega051203.htm
Starmail - 21. Jan, 23:21
Medical report from EMF victims in the Netherlands
Starmail - 21. Jan, 23:10
The electromagnetic fields of cellular phones and the health of children and of teenagers
1: Radiats Biol Radioecol. 2005 Jul-Aug;45(4):442-50.
Related Articles
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Display&dopt=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=16209190
[The electromagnetic fields of cellular phones and the health of children and of teenagers (the situation requiring to take an urgent measure)]
[Article in Russian]
Grigor'ev IuG
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_Abstract&term=%22Grigor%27ev+IuG%22%5BAuthor%5D
The problem of the influence of electromagnetic fields (EMF) of cellular phones (CP) on the health of children and teenagers is considered in this article. The results of the researchs indicate the increased sensitivity of the children and of the teenagers to this kind of radiation. Direct indicators of electromagnetic influence can be infringement of sleep, decrease of the memory, fatigue, breach of a blood-brain barrier permeability, changes in nervous cells of a brain. As the remote consequences the development of tumors of a brain and acoustic nerve are predicted. However all these results require the realization of independent repeated researches. WHO (World Health Organization) recommends to use "Precautionary principle" with the purposes of decreasing of the risk. Russian National Committee of Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection recommended to limit the use of CP by children and teenagers under 16 years old (2002, February 2004). The corresponding recommendations were included into SunPin H2.1.8/2.2.4.1190-03/(2003).
Informant: Lawrence A. Plumlee
Related Articles
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Display&dopt=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=16209190
[The electromagnetic fields of cellular phones and the health of children and of teenagers (the situation requiring to take an urgent measure)]
[Article in Russian]
Grigor'ev IuG
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_Abstract&term=%22Grigor%27ev+IuG%22%5BAuthor%5D
The problem of the influence of electromagnetic fields (EMF) of cellular phones (CP) on the health of children and teenagers is considered in this article. The results of the researchs indicate the increased sensitivity of the children and of the teenagers to this kind of radiation. Direct indicators of electromagnetic influence can be infringement of sleep, decrease of the memory, fatigue, breach of a blood-brain barrier permeability, changes in nervous cells of a brain. As the remote consequences the development of tumors of a brain and acoustic nerve are predicted. However all these results require the realization of independent repeated researches. WHO (World Health Organization) recommends to use "Precautionary principle" with the purposes of decreasing of the risk. Russian National Committee of Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection recommended to limit the use of CP by children and teenagers under 16 years old (2002, February 2004). The corresponding recommendations were included into SunPin H2.1.8/2.2.4.1190-03/(2003).
Informant: Lawrence A. Plumlee
Starmail - 21. Jan, 22:56
New hope for phone mast campaigners
From David Baron for info.
New hope for phone mast campaigners
PETER WALSH
19 January 2006 11:39
Norwich Evening News
A city MP today told how he would be fighting for new laws to allow planning councillors to health fears into account when deciding if phone masts should be allowed in their community.
Dr Ian Gibson, who represents Norwich North, said he would be backing the Telecommunications Masts (Planning Control) Bill, when it is debated in the House of Commons on February 24.
Worried families from across Norfolk have been calling for years for health fears to be taken into account for years when local councils decide phone mast applications.
"I'm supporting the bill avidly," said Dr Ian Gibson, who is a prominent supporter of the Evening News's Put Masts on Hold campaign which has called for a halt on masts near homes and schools until it is proved they are safe.
"We've got to keep pushing on until we get there. I know it's not a highlight in the Government programme at the moment, but we've got to get it much higher up the agenda."
The Bill has also won the support of David Shailer, 52, from Montcalm Road, Thorpe Hamlet, who has campaigned against the addition of masts to the Mousehold Water Tower.
"Absolutely 100 per cent — that's what we've been asking for all along," said Mr Shailer, who has a son who suffers from severe cerebral palsy.
"The main thing is people feel that they've been railroaded and that their views weren't being considered whatsoever. I think people that are affected need some sort of Parliamentary law to help them.
"We just don't know about the health issues. I think we've got to err on the side of caution until it can be proved 100 per cent one way or the other."
MPs Richard Spring and Andrew Stunnell have previously forwarded the Bill, but it will get its second reading in the House of Commons by MP David Curry on February 24.
If the Bill wins enough support among MPs it could go forward to the committee and support stage, before being heard a third time.
If successful the Bill would go before the House of Lords, and then would have to be given the Royal Assent before it became an Act.
Chris Maile, author of the bill and director of pressure group Planning Sanity, said: "This Bill will do much to even the playing field in order that local residents forced to live with the consequences of telecommunications developments will have a better say in the permission process.
"That can only be for the general good of the country. The primary concern for any Government must be the protection of its citizens. If communities are fearful that their health will be at risk then the Government has a legal and moral obligation to act to positively protect the wider community.
David Baron, a spokesman for Mast Sanity, said the pressure group was also supporting the Bill.
"It has long been our view that a marked imbalance exists in planning law between the commercial interests of the mobile phone operators and the public's genuinely held fear of health risks associated with emissions from masts," he said.
"The Bill presented by David Curry does much to redress this imbalance and return a modicum of local democracy to the community."
New hope for phone mast campaigners
PETER WALSH
19 January 2006 11:39
Norwich Evening News
A city MP today told how he would be fighting for new laws to allow planning councillors to health fears into account when deciding if phone masts should be allowed in their community.
Dr Ian Gibson, who represents Norwich North, said he would be backing the Telecommunications Masts (Planning Control) Bill, when it is debated in the House of Commons on February 24.
Worried families from across Norfolk have been calling for years for health fears to be taken into account for years when local councils decide phone mast applications.
"I'm supporting the bill avidly," said Dr Ian Gibson, who is a prominent supporter of the Evening News's Put Masts on Hold campaign which has called for a halt on masts near homes and schools until it is proved they are safe.
"We've got to keep pushing on until we get there. I know it's not a highlight in the Government programme at the moment, but we've got to get it much higher up the agenda."
The Bill has also won the support of David Shailer, 52, from Montcalm Road, Thorpe Hamlet, who has campaigned against the addition of masts to the Mousehold Water Tower.
"Absolutely 100 per cent — that's what we've been asking for all along," said Mr Shailer, who has a son who suffers from severe cerebral palsy.
"The main thing is people feel that they've been railroaded and that their views weren't being considered whatsoever. I think people that are affected need some sort of Parliamentary law to help them.
"We just don't know about the health issues. I think we've got to err on the side of caution until it can be proved 100 per cent one way or the other."
MPs Richard Spring and Andrew Stunnell have previously forwarded the Bill, but it will get its second reading in the House of Commons by MP David Curry on February 24.
If the Bill wins enough support among MPs it could go forward to the committee and support stage, before being heard a third time.
If successful the Bill would go before the House of Lords, and then would have to be given the Royal Assent before it became an Act.
Chris Maile, author of the bill and director of pressure group Planning Sanity, said: "This Bill will do much to even the playing field in order that local residents forced to live with the consequences of telecommunications developments will have a better say in the permission process.
"That can only be for the general good of the country. The primary concern for any Government must be the protection of its citizens. If communities are fearful that their health will be at risk then the Government has a legal and moral obligation to act to positively protect the wider community.
David Baron, a spokesman for Mast Sanity, said the pressure group was also supporting the Bill.
"It has long been our view that a marked imbalance exists in planning law between the commercial interests of the mobile phone operators and the public's genuinely held fear of health risks associated with emissions from masts," he said.
"The Bill presented by David Curry does much to redress this imbalance and return a modicum of local democracy to the community."
Starmail - 21. Jan, 22:47
Conflicted Science: How Industry Corrupts Research
Starmail - 21. Jan, 19:02
Heavy tools in Zoran to dismantle the antennas farm
Starmail - 21. Jan, 18:40
Patients Control with cordless telephone
Starmail - 21. Jan, 18:37
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and Bluetooth
Starmail - 21. Jan, 18:27
Concerns over WLANS in the classroom
Starmail - 21. Jan, 18:25
WLAN radiation and health hazard distances
Starmail - 21. Jan, 18:19
Medizinwunder: SVNR wiederbelebt als Personenkennzeichen
Starmail - 21. Jan, 17:22
TRAHVOL: hopeful powerline fears heard
Daniel Pi photo
Cecil Dunn, chair of TRAHVOL, speaks about the powerline project during the BCUC town hall meeting Saturday at South Delta Secondary.
By Philip Raphael
South Delta Leader
praphael@southdeltaleader Jan 20 2006
They came. They listened. But did it do any good? “We hope it did,” said Cecil Dunn, chair of TRAHVOL (Tsawwassen Residents Against High Voltage Overhead Lines), referring to Saturday’s (Jan. 14) town hall meeting hosted by the B.C. Utilities Commission. The topic of discussion was the plan to upgrade powerlines that run along a 50-year-old BC Hydro right-of-way that cuts through parts of residential Tsawwassen. The residents fear the health affects of the current lines and oppose changes that could see more powerful lines buried along the route which delivers electricity to consumers on Vancouver Island via an undersea cable from Tsawwassen Beach. Around 50 people, mostly local homeowners who have the lines running through their backyards, got up to address three members of the utilities commission who presided over the meeting held at South Delta Secondary. Many residents made impassioned pleas to abandon the proposal made by the B.C. Transmission Corporation to use the existing right-of-way. Some had their young children by their side as they spoke. Others fought back the tears as they related the illnesses they fear were the result of living near the lines which give off electromagnetic fields (EMF) that some critics believe is linked to incidences of cancer. “It’s hard to believe that someone could not be moved by what people were saying,” Dunn said, adding the three commissioners present remained stone-faced throughout the proceedings. “They certainly were aloof. But there appeared to be plenty note-taking,” Dunn said. “And I suppose that’s better than them sitting there staring at the ceiling.” Dunn said he has been told that in the past similar town hall meetings have not had an appreciative affect on the commission’s final decision. But he remains optimistic the commissioners got the overriding message that high voltage lines are not welcome through residential Tsawwassen. “If it risks the health of just one child, that’s one child too many for the sake of some powerlines,” Dunn said. Also optimistic was fellow TRAHVOL member Maureen Broadfoot who said she felt the town hall meeting sent a “strong message that a route through this area is not workable for this community.” At Saturday’s town hall meeting, Tsawwassen resident Doug Adams made a tearful public apology to his wife and four children, who joined him on the stage, for deciding to live in their current home which has powerlines crossing their backyard. The family moved to South Delta three and a half years ago from Maple Ridge and Adams said his children are constantly exposed to the EMF from the lines. With his voice breaking, Adams said they play under the lines in their backyard, walk to school under the lines, and he even kisses them good night with the fear of being under the powerlines. “I want to publicly apologize to my family for putting them through this and try to make things right and better,” Adams said, and then pleaded for the commission’s understanding and compassion when it comes to deciding on the route. Other speakers were also concerned about the damage that would result from putting the lines underground Shannon Lane resident Glen Page said he doesn’t dispute the need to provide power to Vancouver Island residents, but opting to use the existing right-of-way would cut a path of destruction through his neighbourhood. He added that the $36,000 estimate he received from a professional landscaping firm to restore his property if a cable was buried in his backyard far exceeds the $5,000 BCTC has estimated. Page’s wife Mimi, an avid gardener, added that it takes many years for a garden to mature and attain character like the one she enjoys. “And I don’t think I have enough time left to see that again.” Agnes Jackson, a 25-year Tsawwassen resident was more blunt. “One sick child is one too many,” she told he commission panel. Joedi Timmins said she and her husband moved to Tsawwassen from Campbell River because they felt it was the ideal place in the Lower Mainland to raise their two young daughters. And a home with a large backyard was perfect for that. “Ironically, that one thing has now become our gravest concern,” she said, adding “Please remember that your decision is irreversible.” Public hearings on the powerline project are set to commence Feb. 6 in downtown Vancouver. A lengthy list of interveners, including several residents, have signed up to participate in the process. In addition to BCTC’s proposal for the route, a second option from wind farm company Sea Breeze Pacific will be considered. That firm is advocating an underground cable that would bypass Tsawwassen and run from North Surrey to White Rock then by undersea cable to Vancouver Island. A decision on which route will chosen is expected sometime this spring.
© Copyright 2005 South Delta Leader
http://www.southdeltaleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=48&cat=23&id=575321&more=
Cecil Dunn, chair of TRAHVOL, speaks about the powerline project during the BCUC town hall meeting Saturday at South Delta Secondary.
By Philip Raphael
South Delta Leader
praphael@southdeltaleader Jan 20 2006
They came. They listened. But did it do any good? “We hope it did,” said Cecil Dunn, chair of TRAHVOL (Tsawwassen Residents Against High Voltage Overhead Lines), referring to Saturday’s (Jan. 14) town hall meeting hosted by the B.C. Utilities Commission. The topic of discussion was the plan to upgrade powerlines that run along a 50-year-old BC Hydro right-of-way that cuts through parts of residential Tsawwassen. The residents fear the health affects of the current lines and oppose changes that could see more powerful lines buried along the route which delivers electricity to consumers on Vancouver Island via an undersea cable from Tsawwassen Beach. Around 50 people, mostly local homeowners who have the lines running through their backyards, got up to address three members of the utilities commission who presided over the meeting held at South Delta Secondary. Many residents made impassioned pleas to abandon the proposal made by the B.C. Transmission Corporation to use the existing right-of-way. Some had their young children by their side as they spoke. Others fought back the tears as they related the illnesses they fear were the result of living near the lines which give off electromagnetic fields (EMF) that some critics believe is linked to incidences of cancer. “It’s hard to believe that someone could not be moved by what people were saying,” Dunn said, adding the three commissioners present remained stone-faced throughout the proceedings. “They certainly were aloof. But there appeared to be plenty note-taking,” Dunn said. “And I suppose that’s better than them sitting there staring at the ceiling.” Dunn said he has been told that in the past similar town hall meetings have not had an appreciative affect on the commission’s final decision. But he remains optimistic the commissioners got the overriding message that high voltage lines are not welcome through residential Tsawwassen. “If it risks the health of just one child, that’s one child too many for the sake of some powerlines,” Dunn said. Also optimistic was fellow TRAHVOL member Maureen Broadfoot who said she felt the town hall meeting sent a “strong message that a route through this area is not workable for this community.” At Saturday’s town hall meeting, Tsawwassen resident Doug Adams made a tearful public apology to his wife and four children, who joined him on the stage, for deciding to live in their current home which has powerlines crossing their backyard. The family moved to South Delta three and a half years ago from Maple Ridge and Adams said his children are constantly exposed to the EMF from the lines. With his voice breaking, Adams said they play under the lines in their backyard, walk to school under the lines, and he even kisses them good night with the fear of being under the powerlines. “I want to publicly apologize to my family for putting them through this and try to make things right and better,” Adams said, and then pleaded for the commission’s understanding and compassion when it comes to deciding on the route. Other speakers were also concerned about the damage that would result from putting the lines underground Shannon Lane resident Glen Page said he doesn’t dispute the need to provide power to Vancouver Island residents, but opting to use the existing right-of-way would cut a path of destruction through his neighbourhood. He added that the $36,000 estimate he received from a professional landscaping firm to restore his property if a cable was buried in his backyard far exceeds the $5,000 BCTC has estimated. Page’s wife Mimi, an avid gardener, added that it takes many years for a garden to mature and attain character like the one she enjoys. “And I don’t think I have enough time left to see that again.” Agnes Jackson, a 25-year Tsawwassen resident was more blunt. “One sick child is one too many,” she told he commission panel. Joedi Timmins said she and her husband moved to Tsawwassen from Campbell River because they felt it was the ideal place in the Lower Mainland to raise their two young daughters. And a home with a large backyard was perfect for that. “Ironically, that one thing has now become our gravest concern,” she said, adding “Please remember that your decision is irreversible.” Public hearings on the powerline project are set to commence Feb. 6 in downtown Vancouver. A lengthy list of interveners, including several residents, have signed up to participate in the process. In addition to BCTC’s proposal for the route, a second option from wind farm company Sea Breeze Pacific will be considered. That firm is advocating an underground cable that would bypass Tsawwassen and run from North Surrey to White Rock then by undersea cable to Vancouver Island. A decision on which route will chosen is expected sometime this spring.
© Copyright 2005 South Delta Leader
http://www.southdeltaleader.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=48&cat=23&id=575321&more=
Starmail - 21. Jan, 17:05
Omega-News Collection 21. January 2006
GLOBAL WARMING TO SPEED UP AS CARBON LEVELS SHOW SHARP RISE
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1420081/
Environment in crisis: 'We are past the point of no return'
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1421024/
The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1424981/
GLOBAL WARMING: IS IT TOO LATE TO SAVE OUR PLANET?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1424732/
Antarctic icebergs pose serious risks
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1424868/
Sea-level rise is quickening pace
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1444563/
Does lack of snow indicate Mount Fuji's about to blow?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1412405/
Warmer seas will wipe out plankton, source of ocean life
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1436228/
Confrontation on the High seas
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1423135/
Marina Projects Are a Battleground over Whales
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1436328/
Are dead dolphins the price paid for catching sea bass?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1436216/
Oppose Permit for Tejon Ranch to Harm Condors
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/32716.html
Bracing the world for the day when the oil runs out
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1430377/
GMOs Are Unconstitutional
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/62269.html
Vote USA 2004
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Vote+USA+2004/
Iraq War
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Irak-Krieg/
Is Iran next?
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
Tsunami
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Tsunami/
RFID
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/RFID/
EMF-Omega-News 21. January 2006
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1446471/
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1420081/
Environment in crisis: 'We are past the point of no return'
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1421024/
The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1424981/
GLOBAL WARMING: IS IT TOO LATE TO SAVE OUR PLANET?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1424732/
Antarctic icebergs pose serious risks
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1424868/
Sea-level rise is quickening pace
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1444563/
Does lack of snow indicate Mount Fuji's about to blow?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1412405/
Warmer seas will wipe out plankton, source of ocean life
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1436228/
Confrontation on the High seas
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1423135/
Marina Projects Are a Battleground over Whales
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1436328/
Are dead dolphins the price paid for catching sea bass?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1436216/
Oppose Permit for Tejon Ranch to Harm Condors
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/32716.html
Bracing the world for the day when the oil runs out
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1430377/
GMOs Are Unconstitutional
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/62269.html
Vote USA 2004
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Vote+USA+2004/
Iraq War
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Irak-Krieg/
Is Iran next?
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Is+Iran+next/
Tsunami
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Tsunami/
RFID
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/RFID/
EMF-Omega-News 21. January 2006
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1446471/
Starmail - 21. Jan, 14:54
EMF-Omega-News 21. January 2006
Health effects of cellular phone base stations on people living in vicinity of antennas
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414395/
4 Neuroblastoma cases to investigate
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1418115/
Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1439856/
Phone Cancer Link Downplayed
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1444727/
Science for Media
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414406/
Mobiles Make You Senile
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414412/
RADIATION DAMAGE IN NORWEGIAN CHILDREN
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1439668/
Israeli Army removes antennas
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1442055/
I am looking for a place to live in the world with low cell-phone EMF emissions
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1413087/
Cell phone hazards: they speak only about cancer to ignore other damages
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1412886/
Dr. Chiyoji Ohkubo answers an EHS person
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414514/
A step closer to going wireless
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1418049/
Phone mast may be too tall, group fears
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1412986/
Village in uproar over phone mast
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414428/
Vehicles immobilised by Telecommunication Masts
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414311/
Open letter & Calls German Doctors
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1419356/
Protest against phone mast
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1421336/
Phone mast plan sparks fears
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1421353/
Digital TV comments
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1427443/
New spectrum auctions
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1427466/
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/35488.html
Headaches in Sweden, films and recent stuff
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1433542/
Confounders: the more they throw out, the "better our case"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1434207/
Orange coshed
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1434546/
T-Mobile walloped for 'dangerous driving' ad
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1434834/
Airwave: proof of the pudding in Norfolk?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1437521/
MPs set to debate private Bill on mobile phone mast safeguards
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/48125.html
Campaigners prepare for another mast fight
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/48144.html
Villagers told of ‘dangers’ posed by mast
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1439916/
MAST PROTEST LANDS MAURICE IN TROUBLE
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1441107/
It's 'crunch time' for phone mast campaign
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/67782.html
Probe into phone mast blunders
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/76685.html
Camouflage Antennas Relay - Dossier: Camouflage Antennes Relais
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/32318.html
LATEST ON CHERNOBYL CONTROVERSY RE. RADIATION BIOEFFECTS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1437602/
POWER lines plan worries residents
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1445829/
Lettre ouverte & Appels Médecins Allemands
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1419361/
Orange, SFR et Bouygues: amende record de 534 millions d'euros
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1437503/
BRETAGNE Antennes relais: Mobilisation et Désinformation
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1444769/
News from Mast Sanity
http://tinyurl.com/aotw3
Omega-News Collection 21. January 2006
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1446476/
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414395/
4 Neuroblastoma cases to investigate
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1418115/
Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1439856/
Phone Cancer Link Downplayed
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1444727/
Science for Media
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414406/
Mobiles Make You Senile
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414412/
RADIATION DAMAGE IN NORWEGIAN CHILDREN
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1439668/
Israeli Army removes antennas
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1442055/
I am looking for a place to live in the world with low cell-phone EMF emissions
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1413087/
Cell phone hazards: they speak only about cancer to ignore other damages
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1412886/
Dr. Chiyoji Ohkubo answers an EHS person
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414514/
A step closer to going wireless
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1418049/
Phone mast may be too tall, group fears
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1412986/
Village in uproar over phone mast
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414428/
Vehicles immobilised by Telecommunication Masts
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1414311/
Open letter & Calls German Doctors
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1419356/
Protest against phone mast
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1421336/
Phone mast plan sparks fears
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1421353/
Digital TV comments
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1427443/
New spectrum auctions
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1427466/
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/35488.html
Headaches in Sweden, films and recent stuff
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1433542/
Confounders: the more they throw out, the "better our case"
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1434207/
Orange coshed
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1434546/
T-Mobile walloped for 'dangerous driving' ad
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1434834/
Airwave: proof of the pudding in Norfolk?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1437521/
MPs set to debate private Bill on mobile phone mast safeguards
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/48125.html
Campaigners prepare for another mast fight
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/48144.html
Villagers told of ‘dangers’ posed by mast
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1439916/
MAST PROTEST LANDS MAURICE IN TROUBLE
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1441107/
It's 'crunch time' for phone mast campaign
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/67782.html
Probe into phone mast blunders
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/76685.html
Camouflage Antennas Relay - Dossier: Camouflage Antennes Relais
http://www.livelogcity.com/users/omega/32318.html
LATEST ON CHERNOBYL CONTROVERSY RE. RADIATION BIOEFFECTS
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1437602/
POWER lines plan worries residents
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1445829/
Lettre ouverte & Appels Médecins Allemands
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1419361/
Orange, SFR et Bouygues: amende record de 534 millions d'euros
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1437503/
BRETAGNE Antennes relais: Mobilisation et Désinformation
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1444769/
News from Mast Sanity
http://tinyurl.com/aotw3
Omega-News Collection 21. January 2006
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1446476/
Starmail - 21. Jan, 14:51
Challenge & Ohio Precinct-level 2004 election vote counts now available
The Ohio vote count data that the DNC and Kerry should have obtained and studied, along with Ohio's precinct-level exit poll data, before making any conclusions about the validity of Ohio's vote counts, is now partially available. (It is impossible to make reasonable conclusions about the accuracy of vote miscounts without first obtaining and analyzing detailed vote count data - &/or doing independent audits of vote counts.) These files were uploaded to ElectionArchive.org yesterday from Rady Ananda in Ohio. Each file is one county, including all races in the 11/02/04 election. The data is still missing a crucial breakdown by vote type (absentee, overseas, military, early, provisional, and Election Day).
http://electionarchive.org/ucvData/OH/20041102/
It may only be possible to restore democracy if candidates begin demanding to obtain and analyze their own detailed election data prior to conceding any election. Americans don't want a quick outcome. We want an accurate outcome.
Please Help us Restore U.S. Democracy in the following two ways.
1. Send copies of NEDA's Ohio exit poll analysis to your own representatives, candidates, and party leaders (of any party from city to national leaders) and ask them to stop conceding elections without first conducting independent audits and performing detailed election data analysis:
National Election Data Archive's Mathematical Analysis
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/OH/Ohio-Exit-Polls-2004.pdf
2. Help Us Challenge the U.S. mainstream media to the "2004 Presidential Election Math Challenge: NEDA versus ESI - Who is Correct?"
media contacts: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/
Ask the media to take the following two analyses of the 2004 precinct-level Ohio exit poll discrepancies to any mathematics department and ask them to determine which analysis is mathematically correct.
ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MATHEMATICAL ANALYSES IS CORRECT. WHICH IS IT?
1. National Election Data Archive's Mathematical Analysis which claims that there is evidence of vote miscounts in Ohio's exit poll discrepancies
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/OH/Ohio-Exit-Polls-2004.pdf
OR
2. Mitofsky and Election Science Institute's Mathematical Analysis which claims that its analysis dismisses vote fraud as a cause for the exit poll discrepancies
http://electionscience.org/Members/stevenhertzberg/report.2005-07-19.7420722886/report_contents_file/
This is not a "He-said/She-said" story. There is mathematically provable truth that is discernable by ANY mathematics department. The future of civilization depends on the U.S. press reporting the REAL state of vote-count integrity in America.
Please ask press to accept this "Math Challenge: Who is Correct About the 2004 Presidential Exit Poll Discrepancies?"
Thank you. If anyone would like to help write a brief press release for this math challenge, I would greatly appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org
How Can We Ensure that Votes are Counted Accurately?
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/election_officials/Audits_Monitoring.pdf
--------
The Ohio vote count data that the DNC and Kerry should have obtained and studied. To get the precinct-level data used in the DNC Ohio 2004 report, see
http://macht.arts.cornell.edu/wrm1/Ohio2004/replic2/replic2.html
Or download the file described there directly from
http://macht.arts.cornell.edu/wrm1/Ohio2004/DNCreplic2.zip
I posted that on June 23, 2005.
Walter Mebane
http://electionarchive.org/ucvData/OH/20041102/
It may only be possible to restore democracy if candidates begin demanding to obtain and analyze their own detailed election data prior to conceding any election. Americans don't want a quick outcome. We want an accurate outcome.
Please Help us Restore U.S. Democracy in the following two ways.
1. Send copies of NEDA's Ohio exit poll analysis to your own representatives, candidates, and party leaders (of any party from city to national leaders) and ask them to stop conceding elections without first conducting independent audits and performing detailed election data analysis:
National Election Data Archive's Mathematical Analysis
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/OH/Ohio-Exit-Polls-2004.pdf
2. Help Us Challenge the U.S. mainstream media to the "2004 Presidential Election Math Challenge: NEDA versus ESI - Who is Correct?"
media contacts: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/
Ask the media to take the following two analyses of the 2004 precinct-level Ohio exit poll discrepancies to any mathematics department and ask them to determine which analysis is mathematically correct.
ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MATHEMATICAL ANALYSES IS CORRECT. WHICH IS IT?
1. National Election Data Archive's Mathematical Analysis which claims that there is evidence of vote miscounts in Ohio's exit poll discrepancies
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/OH/Ohio-Exit-Polls-2004.pdf
OR
2. Mitofsky and Election Science Institute's Mathematical Analysis which claims that its analysis dismisses vote fraud as a cause for the exit poll discrepancies
http://electionscience.org/Members/stevenhertzberg/report.2005-07-19.7420722886/report_contents_file/
This is not a "He-said/She-said" story. There is mathematically provable truth that is discernable by ANY mathematics department. The future of civilization depends on the U.S. press reporting the REAL state of vote-count integrity in America.
Please ask press to accept this "Math Challenge: Who is Correct About the 2004 Presidential Exit Poll Discrepancies?"
Thank you. If anyone would like to help write a brief press release for this math challenge, I would greatly appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org
How Can We Ensure that Votes are Counted Accurately?
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/election_officials/Audits_Monitoring.pdf
--------
The Ohio vote count data that the DNC and Kerry should have obtained and studied. To get the precinct-level data used in the DNC Ohio 2004 report, see
http://macht.arts.cornell.edu/wrm1/Ohio2004/replic2/replic2.html
Or download the file described there directly from
http://macht.arts.cornell.edu/wrm1/Ohio2004/DNCreplic2.zip
I posted that on June 23, 2005.
Walter Mebane
Starmail - 21. Jan, 11:54
POWER lines plan worries residents
Southern New Castle County community asks, 'How safe is this?'
The News Journal/WILLIAM BRETZGER
George Kilbride of Wheatland questions the safety of power lines Delmarva Power may put near his development at a community meeting Thursday.
ABOUT EMF
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences defines electric and magnetic fields (EMF) as invisible lines of force that surround any electrical device, including power lines, wiring, and electrical equipment. Magnetic fields are measured in gauss (G) or milligauss (mG).
The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection's guideline for the public's exposure to magnetic fields is 833 mG.
According to Delmarva Power's EMF models, magnetic field exposure on the south side of Wheatland could increase from 0.7 mG to 3.9 mG with the new lines. The west side of the subdivision could go from 21 mG to 25 mG. The projections are calculations based on a peak 2008 summer load.
By ALISON KEPNER The News Journal
01/21/2006
MIDDLETOWN -- George Kilbride has a 6-year-old grandson, so if power lines planned near his Wheatland home could put the boy at risk of developing childhood leukemia, he wants to know.
"We asked for someone to come out here and make sure our kids aren't going to get sick," he told Delmarva Power officials at a neighborhood meeting Thursday. "All we are asking is: 'How safe is this?' "
Fears, anxiety and emotions have escalated in southern New Castle County since residents in the Wheatland and Villages at Fairview Farm neighborhoods learned about Delmarva's plans to run 138,000-volt lines behind their homes.
The proposed lines are part of an 8-mile transmission link needed to provide electricity to the growing area south of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
The lines would be on poles about 300 feet apart on a 60-foot right of way through the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Wildlife Area, which is owned by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Many residents have done their own research, finding dozens of articles and studies claiming exposure to electric and magnetic fields (EMF) from the power lines could increase the risk of cancer, seizures and other health problems.
They also found papers disputing those claims and concluding that despite two decades of research, no study has found a credible link.
No definitive link has been found in years of research, but the scientific community is divided about whether more research is needed.
Kilbridge and some residents of the two subdivisions want answers from power officials. Others want the lines moved, whether or not health threats have been confirmed.
"I don't want to have my little sister put at an extra risk," said Meagan Hanifee, 19, whose Wheatland home is near two existing lines.
Mother Stacey Hanifee said they already have a history of cancer in the family.
"Why increase the risk of potential harm by having these things in my yard?" she asked. "I'm deathly afraid."
Most government agencies, medical societies and health experts don't think the studies that claim an EMF-cancer link definitively proved anything.
According to the American Cancer Society, studies of electric utility workers showed a minimal increase in the risk of brain tumors and leukemia. But the increase may have been due to chance. Studies have not been conclusive, the society said.
An eight-year, $4.5 million study by the National Cancer Institute found no association between electric power lines and childhood leukemia. The study was published in July 1997 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In an editorial accompanying the study, Dr. Edward Campion called for an end to wasteful spending on EMF research. He wrote, "The many inconclusive and inconsistent studies have generated worry and fear and have given peace to no one."
Yet, some experts advocate for more research. The studies suggest something might be there, they argue.
Dr. David Carpenter is director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the State University of New York at Albany.
"I think they are pretty conclusive to childhood cancer," he said. "Nobody has been able to determine the mechanism by which these very low fields cause cancer."
From a public health standpoint, "I am more concerned about the evidence that there is a relationship between exposure and cancer than necessarily understanding totally what the mechanism may be," Carpenter said.
Others believe more research will conclude what previous studies found: there is no link.
"The problem that I would have is that it is very hard to prove a universal negative," said John W. Farley, a physics professor at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. "What you can prove is that the preponderance of studies have not found a real effect."
Farley, author of the paper "Power Lines and Cancer: Nothing to Fear," believes the health scare is perpetuated by researchers who want to keep their jobs.
'We need more information'
So if there is no real risk, why has the debate continued for more than 20 years?
"People don't believe the experts," Farley said, citing the tobacco industry representatives who testified for years about the safety of smoking.
"People have been burned enough by experts who have a stake in it," said Farley, who said he has never been employed by the electric power industry or by its research organization, EPRI.
But those who believe there is a possible EMF-cancer link think caution is warranted.
"I am not an advocate of generating panic," Carpenter said, but "it's stupid for people to be oblivious to issues like these where there almost certainly is increased risk.
"We need more information," he said.
Delmarva officials are considering altering the route slightly to move the poles farther away from the neighborhoods. Company managers hope to make a decision by the end of the month.
Contact Alison Kepner at 324-2965 or akepner@delawareonline.com
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060121/NEWS/601210313/-1/NEWS01
The News Journal/WILLIAM BRETZGER
George Kilbride of Wheatland questions the safety of power lines Delmarva Power may put near his development at a community meeting Thursday.
ABOUT EMF
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences defines electric and magnetic fields (EMF) as invisible lines of force that surround any electrical device, including power lines, wiring, and electrical equipment. Magnetic fields are measured in gauss (G) or milligauss (mG).
The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection's guideline for the public's exposure to magnetic fields is 833 mG.
According to Delmarva Power's EMF models, magnetic field exposure on the south side of Wheatland could increase from 0.7 mG to 3.9 mG with the new lines. The west side of the subdivision could go from 21 mG to 25 mG. The projections are calculations based on a peak 2008 summer load.
By ALISON KEPNER The News Journal
01/21/2006
MIDDLETOWN -- George Kilbride has a 6-year-old grandson, so if power lines planned near his Wheatland home could put the boy at risk of developing childhood leukemia, he wants to know.
"We asked for someone to come out here and make sure our kids aren't going to get sick," he told Delmarva Power officials at a neighborhood meeting Thursday. "All we are asking is: 'How safe is this?' "
Fears, anxiety and emotions have escalated in southern New Castle County since residents in the Wheatland and Villages at Fairview Farm neighborhoods learned about Delmarva's plans to run 138,000-volt lines behind their homes.
The proposed lines are part of an 8-mile transmission link needed to provide electricity to the growing area south of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
The lines would be on poles about 300 feet apart on a 60-foot right of way through the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Wildlife Area, which is owned by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Many residents have done their own research, finding dozens of articles and studies claiming exposure to electric and magnetic fields (EMF) from the power lines could increase the risk of cancer, seizures and other health problems.
They also found papers disputing those claims and concluding that despite two decades of research, no study has found a credible link.
No definitive link has been found in years of research, but the scientific community is divided about whether more research is needed.
Kilbridge and some residents of the two subdivisions want answers from power officials. Others want the lines moved, whether or not health threats have been confirmed.
"I don't want to have my little sister put at an extra risk," said Meagan Hanifee, 19, whose Wheatland home is near two existing lines.
Mother Stacey Hanifee said they already have a history of cancer in the family.
"Why increase the risk of potential harm by having these things in my yard?" she asked. "I'm deathly afraid."
Most government agencies, medical societies and health experts don't think the studies that claim an EMF-cancer link definitively proved anything.
According to the American Cancer Society, studies of electric utility workers showed a minimal increase in the risk of brain tumors and leukemia. But the increase may have been due to chance. Studies have not been conclusive, the society said.
An eight-year, $4.5 million study by the National Cancer Institute found no association between electric power lines and childhood leukemia. The study was published in July 1997 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In an editorial accompanying the study, Dr. Edward Campion called for an end to wasteful spending on EMF research. He wrote, "The many inconclusive and inconsistent studies have generated worry and fear and have given peace to no one."
Yet, some experts advocate for more research. The studies suggest something might be there, they argue.
Dr. David Carpenter is director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the State University of New York at Albany.
"I think they are pretty conclusive to childhood cancer," he said. "Nobody has been able to determine the mechanism by which these very low fields cause cancer."
From a public health standpoint, "I am more concerned about the evidence that there is a relationship between exposure and cancer than necessarily understanding totally what the mechanism may be," Carpenter said.
Others believe more research will conclude what previous studies found: there is no link.
"The problem that I would have is that it is very hard to prove a universal negative," said John W. Farley, a physics professor at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. "What you can prove is that the preponderance of studies have not found a real effect."
Farley, author of the paper "Power Lines and Cancer: Nothing to Fear," believes the health scare is perpetuated by researchers who want to keep their jobs.
'We need more information'
So if there is no real risk, why has the debate continued for more than 20 years?
"People don't believe the experts," Farley said, citing the tobacco industry representatives who testified for years about the safety of smoking.
"People have been burned enough by experts who have a stake in it," said Farley, who said he has never been employed by the electric power industry or by its research organization, EPRI.
But those who believe there is a possible EMF-cancer link think caution is warranted.
"I am not an advocate of generating panic," Carpenter said, but "it's stupid for people to be oblivious to issues like these where there almost certainly is increased risk.
"We need more information," he said.
Delmarva officials are considering altering the route slightly to move the poles farther away from the neighborhoods. Company managers hope to make a decision by the end of the month.
Contact Alison Kepner at 324-2965 or akepner@delawareonline.com
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060121/NEWS/601210313/-1/NEWS01
Starmail - 21. Jan, 11:32
Electronic surveillance: Sec. 1809 Criminal sanctions
Starmail - 21. Jan, 11:26
Water as a Weapon
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2004/08/115676.php
Source:
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=97816;show_parent=1
Source:
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=97816;show_parent=1
Starmail - 21. Jan, 11:15
Mounting evidence proves White House lied about relationship with corrupt lobbyist
http://tinyurl.com/dkfyq
Source:
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=97793;show_parent=1
Source:
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=97793;show_parent=1
Starmail - 21. Jan, 11:12
Wayward Christian Soldiers
Starmail - 21. Jan, 11:09
Decades On the Lam
Starmail - 21. Jan, 11:05
The War on Dissent Gets Creepy
Starmail - 21. Jan, 11:04
The War on Terror as an Indian War
Starmail - 21. Jan, 11:02
Nuclear Showdown With Iran
Starmail - 21. Jan, 11:00
Department of Computer Security: it's a joke
Starmail - 21. Jan, 10:59
HOMESCHOOLING SAVES YOUR CHILD FROM DESTRUCTION
Starmail - 21. Jan, 10:54
Collapse of U.S. Economy Imminent
Starmail - 21. Jan, 10:52
Gentechnik in Lebensmitteln: ein Großversuch mit Verbrauchern und Umwelt
„Gentechnik in Lebensmitteln - Ein Großversuch mit Verbrauchern und Umwelt“ Referent: Klaus Müller, Greepeace Gruppe München
Do., 9. Feb. 2006, 19.30 Uhr in der Gregor-Louisoder-Umweltstiftung in der Brienner Str. 46, U 1/7 und Tram 20/21 Stiglmaierplatz (3 min zu Fuß) U 2/8 Königsplatz (5 min zu Fuß)
Genmanipulierte Lebensmittel drängen auf den Markt, obwohl sie von der überwältigenden Mehrheit der Verbraucher abgelehnt werden. Besonders über Fleisch-, Milch- und Eierprodukte von mit Gen-Pflanzen gefütterten Tieren landet Gentechnik derzeit auf unseren Tellern. Nach dem Willen der Agro-Industrie sollen nach Gen-Soja, -Mais und -Raps weitere Gen-Pflanzen folgen.
Nun hat der neue Bundesverbraucherminister Horst Seehofer angekündigt, den Anbau von Gen-Pflanzen in Deutschland erleichtern zu wollen. Seehofer verrät damit nicht nur die Verbraucher, er verrät auch alle Bauern, die ohne Gentechnik arbeiten wollen, egal ob sie konventionell oder biologisch produzieren. Eine Koexistenz zwischen dem Anbau von Gen-Pflanzen und von gentechikfreier Landwirtschaft kann es längerfristig nicht geben.
Die gesundheitlichen und die ökologischen Risiken von Gen-Pflanzen sind nicht abschätzbar. Ein grundsätzliches Problem ist die Nicht-Rückholbarkeit der einmal in die Umwelt entlassenen genmanipulierten Organismen. Die Herstellung von genmanipulierten Lebensmitteln ist vor diesem Hintergrund nicht zu verantworten.
Der Referent Klaus Müller berichtet unter anderem über - die Methoden der Genmanipulation und den daraus resultierenden Unwägbarkeiten, - die Kennzeichung von genmanipulierten Lebensmitteln und deren Lücken, - die Risiken der Gentechnik für Verbraucher, Landwirtschaft und Natur und - die aktuelle Debatte um die Aushöhlung des bestehenden Gentechnik-Gesetzes.
Klaus Müller, studierter Mathematiker, arbeitet ehrenmatlich seit fast 20 Jahren bei der Greenpeace Gruppe München. Er ist anerkannter "Gentechnik-Experte", hält Referate und beteiligt sich an Podiumsdiskussionen zu den Themen "Gentechnik in der Landwirtschaft und Lebensmittelherstellung" und "Patente auf Leben".
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Markus Hollemann Regionalbeauftragter
Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ödp) Stadtverband München Fon 089/45 24 74 15 × Fax 089/244 365 397 E-Mail m.hollemann@oedp-muenchen.de
http://www.oedp-muenchen.de
Veranstaltungshinweise:
Alle Vorträge finden jeweils am zweiten Donnerstag im Monat in den Räumen der Gregor-Louisoder-Umweltstiftung statt: Brienner Str. 46, zwischen U2/U8 Königsplatz und U1/U7 Stiglmaierplatz.
Do., 09. März 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Die gar nicht so schlechte rot-grüne ökologische Steuerreform - Rückblick und Ausblick" Referent: Dr. Anselm Görres, Förderverein Ökologische Steuerreform
Do., 13. April 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Biokraftstoffe in der Praxis - vom Pflanzenöl zum solaren Wasserstoff" Referent: Marcus Reichenberg, mobil ohne fossil
Do., 11. Mai 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Die 12 Salze des Lebens - Mit Schüßlersalzen gesund durch das Jahr" Referentin: Angelika Gräfin Wolffskeel von Reichenberg, Heilpraktikerin und Buchautorin
Do., 08. Juni 2006, 19.30 Uhr "EU-Feinstaubrichtlinie - zahnloser Papiertiger?" Referent: Dr. Stefan Taschner, Mobilitätsexperte, Green City
Do., 13. Juli 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Die Welt vor einer neuen Energiekrise? - Solare Zukunft ohne Erdöl und Atomenergie?" Referent: Dr. Herbert Kuhn, Ingenieur, Energieberater
Do., 10. Aug. 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Limbische Wahrheiten – Gehirnforschung, Marketing und Ökologie" Referent: Günther Hartmann, Berater im Stadt- und Regionalmarketing
Do., 14. Sep. 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Pflegenotstand - Keine Perspektive im Alter?" Referentin: Christiane Lüst, Dipl.-Soz. Päd., Initiatorin des Münchner Pflegestammtischs
Do., 12. Okt. 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Ein Jahr nach der Bundestagswahl - Wo steht Deutschland heute?" Referent: Prof. Dr. Klaus Buchner, ödp-Bundesvorsitzender
Do., 09. Nov. 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Das 1,5-Liter-Auto ist machbar - Entwickler berichten" Referent: Uli Sommer, Chefentwickler Loremo-Projekt
Do., 9. Feb. 2006, 19.30 Uhr in der Gregor-Louisoder-Umweltstiftung in der Brienner Str. 46, U 1/7 und Tram 20/21 Stiglmaierplatz (3 min zu Fuß) U 2/8 Königsplatz (5 min zu Fuß)
Genmanipulierte Lebensmittel drängen auf den Markt, obwohl sie von der überwältigenden Mehrheit der Verbraucher abgelehnt werden. Besonders über Fleisch-, Milch- und Eierprodukte von mit Gen-Pflanzen gefütterten Tieren landet Gentechnik derzeit auf unseren Tellern. Nach dem Willen der Agro-Industrie sollen nach Gen-Soja, -Mais und -Raps weitere Gen-Pflanzen folgen.
Nun hat der neue Bundesverbraucherminister Horst Seehofer angekündigt, den Anbau von Gen-Pflanzen in Deutschland erleichtern zu wollen. Seehofer verrät damit nicht nur die Verbraucher, er verrät auch alle Bauern, die ohne Gentechnik arbeiten wollen, egal ob sie konventionell oder biologisch produzieren. Eine Koexistenz zwischen dem Anbau von Gen-Pflanzen und von gentechikfreier Landwirtschaft kann es längerfristig nicht geben.
Die gesundheitlichen und die ökologischen Risiken von Gen-Pflanzen sind nicht abschätzbar. Ein grundsätzliches Problem ist die Nicht-Rückholbarkeit der einmal in die Umwelt entlassenen genmanipulierten Organismen. Die Herstellung von genmanipulierten Lebensmitteln ist vor diesem Hintergrund nicht zu verantworten.
Der Referent Klaus Müller berichtet unter anderem über - die Methoden der Genmanipulation und den daraus resultierenden Unwägbarkeiten, - die Kennzeichung von genmanipulierten Lebensmitteln und deren Lücken, - die Risiken der Gentechnik für Verbraucher, Landwirtschaft und Natur und - die aktuelle Debatte um die Aushöhlung des bestehenden Gentechnik-Gesetzes.
Klaus Müller, studierter Mathematiker, arbeitet ehrenmatlich seit fast 20 Jahren bei der Greenpeace Gruppe München. Er ist anerkannter "Gentechnik-Experte", hält Referate und beteiligt sich an Podiumsdiskussionen zu den Themen "Gentechnik in der Landwirtschaft und Lebensmittelherstellung" und "Patente auf Leben".
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Markus Hollemann Regionalbeauftragter
Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ödp) Stadtverband München Fon 089/45 24 74 15 × Fax 089/244 365 397 E-Mail m.hollemann@oedp-muenchen.de
http://www.oedp-muenchen.de
Veranstaltungshinweise:
Alle Vorträge finden jeweils am zweiten Donnerstag im Monat in den Räumen der Gregor-Louisoder-Umweltstiftung statt: Brienner Str. 46, zwischen U2/U8 Königsplatz und U1/U7 Stiglmaierplatz.
Do., 09. März 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Die gar nicht so schlechte rot-grüne ökologische Steuerreform - Rückblick und Ausblick" Referent: Dr. Anselm Görres, Förderverein Ökologische Steuerreform
Do., 13. April 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Biokraftstoffe in der Praxis - vom Pflanzenöl zum solaren Wasserstoff" Referent: Marcus Reichenberg, mobil ohne fossil
Do., 11. Mai 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Die 12 Salze des Lebens - Mit Schüßlersalzen gesund durch das Jahr" Referentin: Angelika Gräfin Wolffskeel von Reichenberg, Heilpraktikerin und Buchautorin
Do., 08. Juni 2006, 19.30 Uhr "EU-Feinstaubrichtlinie - zahnloser Papiertiger?" Referent: Dr. Stefan Taschner, Mobilitätsexperte, Green City
Do., 13. Juli 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Die Welt vor einer neuen Energiekrise? - Solare Zukunft ohne Erdöl und Atomenergie?" Referent: Dr. Herbert Kuhn, Ingenieur, Energieberater
Do., 10. Aug. 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Limbische Wahrheiten – Gehirnforschung, Marketing und Ökologie" Referent: Günther Hartmann, Berater im Stadt- und Regionalmarketing
Do., 14. Sep. 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Pflegenotstand - Keine Perspektive im Alter?" Referentin: Christiane Lüst, Dipl.-Soz. Päd., Initiatorin des Münchner Pflegestammtischs
Do., 12. Okt. 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Ein Jahr nach der Bundestagswahl - Wo steht Deutschland heute?" Referent: Prof. Dr. Klaus Buchner, ödp-Bundesvorsitzender
Do., 09. Nov. 2006, 19.30 Uhr "Das 1,5-Liter-Auto ist machbar - Entwickler berichten" Referent: Uli Sommer, Chefentwickler Loremo-Projekt
Starmail - 21. Jan, 09:23
20
Jan
2006
EHS haven in Antrim, N. Ireland
Starmail - 20. Jan, 23:48
EHS and global "people Power"
Starmail - 20. Jan, 23:30
Vote on Sky news for whether you think mobile phones are safe!
Starmail - 20. Jan, 23:23
The return of the return of the petrodollar theory of war
Starmail - 20. Jan, 23:08
BRETAGNE Antennes relais: Mobilisation et Désinformation
Protocole de mesures ANFR, demande de correctif.
http://www.next-up.org/main.php?param=nouvellesdumonde16
http://www.next-up.org/main.php?param=nouvellesdumonde16
Starmail - 20. Jan, 23:05
Phone Cancer Link Downplayed
British study finds that cell phone users are not at greater risk of developing brain tumors.
January 20, 2006
Regular cell phone users are not at greater risk of developing the most common type of brain tumor, glioma, according to a study published Friday.
Researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Nottingham, and Manchester, and the Institute of Cancer Research in London, conducted the four-year study between December 1, 2000, and February 29, 2004, on 966 adults diagnosed with glioma. A group of 1,716 healthy volunteers was used as a control group.
They found there was no relationship between the risk of glioma and the time since the adults’ first use of a cell phone, the number of years they had been using a cell phone, the number of calls they made, and the hours of mobile phone usage.
“This large case-control study found no increased risk of developing a glioma associated with mobile phone use either in the short or medium term,” said the study published in the British Medical Journal.
Contrary to an earlier Swedish study that found an increased risk, their data did not indicate a risk associated with cell phone use in rural areas.
However, the researchers did find a significantly increased risk for tumors that developed on the same side of the head as where the adults said they held their cell phones and a decreased risk of tumors on the other side of the head.
The researchers said that people with glioma brain tumors might be over-reporting their use of the phone on the same side as where the tumor developed and under-reporting their usage on the other side of their heads.
The earlier Swedish study also found increased incidence of brain tumors on the side of the head where people reported using their mobile phones. The British researchers pointed out, however, that other researchers had not been able to confirm the results of the Swedish study and had criticized its methods.
The British researchers acknowledged their own study was limited in predicting the long-term effects of cell phone use since mobile phones have only been popular in the United Kingdom since the late 1990s, although they have been available in the U.K. since 1985.
Older cell phones used analog technology, while newer cell phones employ digital technology. While the older varieties emitted higher amounts of power, the study showed no increased risk of glioma brain tumors with analog phones.
A study published last August in the British Journal of Cancer by the Institute of Cancer Research in London also found that cell phones do not increase the risk of cancer to the nerve that links the ear to the brain (see Cell Phones Don’t Cause Cancer).
Questions about Study Funding
Nevertheless, the possible link between cell phones and cancer risk remains a controversial topic. Aside from the Swedish study, other researchers have found links.
Cell phone makers have been making efforts in recent years to reduce the amount of radiation emitted from phones and listing the amount of radiation they can measure in their SAR (specific absorption rate) ratings.
The new BMJ study has already received criticism from advocacy groups such as Powerwatch, a British group that is examining the links between electromagnetic fields and health risks.
Director Alasdair Phillips pointed out to Bloomberg News that 49 percent of the 966 brain tumor patients in the study were not interviewed by the researchers.
In addition, the University of Leeds, which helped carry out the study, also received funding from various British mobile phone carriers, such as O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, and 3, to support the research. However, they signed contractual agreements to ensure the independence of the scientific investigators.
Various mobile phone industry groups, such as the GSM Association and the Mobile Manufacturer Forum, also provided funds for the larger 13-country Interphone study, of which the British study is one part.
© 1993-2005 Red Herring, Inc. All rights reserved.
http://tinyurl.com/chta7
Informant: beefree
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Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1439856/
January 20, 2006
Regular cell phone users are not at greater risk of developing the most common type of brain tumor, glioma, according to a study published Friday.
Researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Nottingham, and Manchester, and the Institute of Cancer Research in London, conducted the four-year study between December 1, 2000, and February 29, 2004, on 966 adults diagnosed with glioma. A group of 1,716 healthy volunteers was used as a control group.
They found there was no relationship between the risk of glioma and the time since the adults’ first use of a cell phone, the number of years they had been using a cell phone, the number of calls they made, and the hours of mobile phone usage.
“This large case-control study found no increased risk of developing a glioma associated with mobile phone use either in the short or medium term,” said the study published in the British Medical Journal.
Contrary to an earlier Swedish study that found an increased risk, their data did not indicate a risk associated with cell phone use in rural areas.
However, the researchers did find a significantly increased risk for tumors that developed on the same side of the head as where the adults said they held their cell phones and a decreased risk of tumors on the other side of the head.
The researchers said that people with glioma brain tumors might be over-reporting their use of the phone on the same side as where the tumor developed and under-reporting their usage on the other side of their heads.
The earlier Swedish study also found increased incidence of brain tumors on the side of the head where people reported using their mobile phones. The British researchers pointed out, however, that other researchers had not been able to confirm the results of the Swedish study and had criticized its methods.
The British researchers acknowledged their own study was limited in predicting the long-term effects of cell phone use since mobile phones have only been popular in the United Kingdom since the late 1990s, although they have been available in the U.K. since 1985.
Older cell phones used analog technology, while newer cell phones employ digital technology. While the older varieties emitted higher amounts of power, the study showed no increased risk of glioma brain tumors with analog phones.
A study published last August in the British Journal of Cancer by the Institute of Cancer Research in London also found that cell phones do not increase the risk of cancer to the nerve that links the ear to the brain (see Cell Phones Don’t Cause Cancer).
Questions about Study Funding
Nevertheless, the possible link between cell phones and cancer risk remains a controversial topic. Aside from the Swedish study, other researchers have found links.
Cell phone makers have been making efforts in recent years to reduce the amount of radiation emitted from phones and listing the amount of radiation they can measure in their SAR (specific absorption rate) ratings.
The new BMJ study has already received criticism from advocacy groups such as Powerwatch, a British group that is examining the links between electromagnetic fields and health risks.
Director Alasdair Phillips pointed out to Bloomberg News that 49 percent of the 966 brain tumor patients in the study were not interviewed by the researchers.
In addition, the University of Leeds, which helped carry out the study, also received funding from various British mobile phone carriers, such as O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, and 3, to support the research. However, they signed contractual agreements to ensure the independence of the scientific investigators.
Various mobile phone industry groups, such as the GSM Association and the Mobile Manufacturer Forum, also provided funds for the larger 13-country Interphone study, of which the British study is one part.
© 1993-2005 Red Herring, Inc. All rights reserved.
http://tinyurl.com/chta7
Informant: beefree
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Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1439856/
Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:50
UPCOMING EVENTS TO END THE WAR AND HOLD WARMAKERS ACCOUNTABLE
The following events can also be found in the After Downing Street events system at http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/event
You can also go there to find events near you or to create them.
Radio Discussion of Impeachment with Marcus Raskin, David Swanson, and John Cavanagh, produced by the Institute for Policy Studies. Can be heard online or on various radio stations in the coming days: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6926&
Demonstration for Rejection of Alito Friday, January 20, 10 a.m. East of the Capitol on 1st St. NE, Washington, DC World Can't Wait
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6938
Democratic Hearing On Domestic Spying Program Friday, January 20, 11 a.m. B339 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC Congressman John Conyers
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6917&
International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration Featuring: Harry Belafonte, Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, Ambassador Craig Murray, Scott Ritter, Ray McGovern, Dahr Jamail, Michael Ratner, Ann Wright, David Swanson, and many more. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Jan. 20-22 Riverside Church and Columbia University Law School, NY, NY
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6946
San Francisco Bay Guardian Publishing an Issue You'll Want to Read January 25 http://www.sfbg.com/
Panel Discussion of Immediate Withdrawal from Iraq Featuring: Scott Ritter, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Stephen Zunes, Ann Wright, Michael Schwartz, David Swanson, Harlan Hopgood, Steve Young, and Lisa Lubow. Saturday, January 28, 7:30 p.m. Grand Ballroom - Manhattan Beach Marriott, 1400 Parkview Avenue, Manhattan Beach, Calif. Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party and US Tour of Duty
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6939
"Out of Iraq" Forum Featuring: David Swanson, Ann Wright, Jane Bright Sunday, January 29, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. The Paul Kopeikin Gallery, 6150 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Progressive Democrats of America, After Downing Street, & Clothing of the American Mind http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6947
MORE EVENTS BELOW
IMPEACHMENT IS IN CONGRESS AND THE MEDIA: WHERE ARE THE POLLSTERS? Your contributions have paid for polls demonstrating majority support for an investigation into impeachment. But polling companies still refuse to do their own polling on this issue. Gallup and the Washington Post have said they won't poll because impeachment is not in Congress or the media. But it is in Congress:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/5768
And it is in the media: http://impeachpac.org/impeachment-news
Demand that every polling company do its own poll on this issue:
http://democrats.com/bush-impeachment-polls
TELL BILL O'REILLY TO DEBATE BOB FERTIK
Bill O'Reilly was forced to talk about impeachment on his radio show this week when a caller mentioned the latest poll we commissioned from Zogby. After O'Reilly denounced it as not really from Zogby, Zogby posted information about it online, which lead to some interest from more respectable media outlets than O'Reilly's.
O'Reilly has advertised that he wants someone to debate him on his show. Of course, he wants someone he can trample, and Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com has previously trampled on O'Reilly. Nonetheless, Bob has challenged O'Reilly to a debate on impeachment. You can encourage O'Reilly to debate Bob by writing to oreillycontest@foxnews.com
CONYERS REPORT IN WORD
Congressman Conyers has released a version of "The Constitution in Crisis" in Word without images, for easier downloading and printing. Pressed for time? Read this while Bush delivers his "State of the Union" on Jan. 31st. Unplug the television and prop your feet on it.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/conyersword.doc
MORE UPCOMING EVENTS
Bush-Cheney Impeachment Forum Featuring: Kevin Zeese, Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright, David Swanson, Ramsey Clark, Marcus Raskin, and Ralph Nader. Monday, January 30, noon to 2 p.m. Bus Boys and Poets, 14th and V Streets, NW, Washington, DC Democracy Rising, After Downing Street/Censure Bush, Backbone Campaign, Democrats.com, ImpeachPAC, Montgomery County Progressive Alliance, and Progressive Democrats of America.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6900
Cindy Sheehan to Read from Her New Book Monday, January 30, 7 p.m. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1500 Harvard St. NW, Washington, DC http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6904
Dick Cheney Birthday Bash Monday, January 30, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Duggan's Pub, 440 S. 11th Street, Lincoln, Neb.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6678
Alternative State of the Union Featuring: Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Cavanagh Tuesday, January 31, 9:00 – 9:40 a.m. news conference followed by two panel discussions of 45-50 min. Democratic National Headquarters, The Wasserman Conference Room, 430 South Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6916
Related Nation Editorial:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/editors
"Out of Iraq" by Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/woolsey
"A Unified Security Budget" by John Conyers
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/conyers
Bring the Noise and Drown Out Bush’s Lies Tuesday, January 31, 8 p.m. In large cities and town squares across the country — we will rally one hour before Bush’s address. At 9:00 PM let the world hear us as we symbolically drown out Bush’s lies—bring your own noise—drums, pots and pans, musical instruments — your voice. Let taxi horns blare and church bells ring, as we bring our own state of the union message: BUSH STEP DOWN!
http://www.worldcantwait.org
The People's State of the Union Instead of sitting at home alone shouting at your TV in anger and frustration, take the People's State of the Union to the public. Gather with other CODEPINK women at a friendly bar or restaurant to watch the President's speech and make a night of it. CODE PINK
http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?list=type&type=106
Iraq's Oil and Port Workers and their Unions: Photographs by David Bacon January 31 - February 28 Opening Reception: January 31, 7:30 p.m. United Steel Workers Local 675, 1200 E. 220th St., Carson, Calif. March 1 - March 31 International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63, 350 W. 5th Street, San Pedro, Calif.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6948
Take Our Demand to the White House This regime is immoral, dangerous, and criminally indictable. Bush Lied. Bush Spied. Bush Step Down. 2006. 2008. Too late. Turn your outrage into mass political action. Saturday, February 4, 11 a.m. 17th & Constitution, Washington, DC http://www.worldcantwait.org
Public Forum Featuring: Ray McGovern, Paul Martin, Paul Schroeder, Rosemary Palmer. February 8 Maplewood, NJ South Mountain Peace Action http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6855
Making Change/Creating Peace! Featuring: Medea Benjamin, David Swanson February 15, 7:30 p.m. Veterans Hall, Santa Cruz, Calif.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6906
Presidents Day February 20 is Presidents Day. Don't you wish we had a president? Cindy Sheehan plans to travel to Houston to ask to speak with Bush's mother. Why not plan your own President's day event?
Protest Powell Protest Colin Powell at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/event
A Day of Events in San Diego Friday, March 3 Brunch at Catfish Club, featuring: David Swanson; UCSB Anti-War Rally, www.truthout.org ;
6:30 p.m. panel discussion, featuring: Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright, David Swanson. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6744
Women Say No to War March 8, International Women's Day At White House and around the world http://www.codepink4peace.org/
Students Say No to War in Iraq March 13-17 on campuses everywhere, marking three years of war. http://campusantiwar.net
UFPJ Anti-War Events Everywhere March 15 to 22, marking three years of war. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6681
National Campaign of Nonviolent Actions Planned at Congressional Offices Now through March 20, marking three years of war.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6704
Progressive Plan for Ohio March 26
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/ohioplan.pdf
UFPJ Anti-War March in New York City April 29
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
SIGNS FOR ANY OCCASION:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6792
FORWARD THIS INFORMATION
You can also go there to find events near you or to create them.
Radio Discussion of Impeachment with Marcus Raskin, David Swanson, and John Cavanagh, produced by the Institute for Policy Studies. Can be heard online or on various radio stations in the coming days: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6926&
Demonstration for Rejection of Alito Friday, January 20, 10 a.m. East of the Capitol on 1st St. NE, Washington, DC World Can't Wait
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6938
Democratic Hearing On Domestic Spying Program Friday, January 20, 11 a.m. B339 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC Congressman John Conyers
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6917&
International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration Featuring: Harry Belafonte, Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, Ambassador Craig Murray, Scott Ritter, Ray McGovern, Dahr Jamail, Michael Ratner, Ann Wright, David Swanson, and many more. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Jan. 20-22 Riverside Church and Columbia University Law School, NY, NY
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6946
San Francisco Bay Guardian Publishing an Issue You'll Want to Read January 25 http://www.sfbg.com/
Panel Discussion of Immediate Withdrawal from Iraq Featuring: Scott Ritter, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Stephen Zunes, Ann Wright, Michael Schwartz, David Swanson, Harlan Hopgood, Steve Young, and Lisa Lubow. Saturday, January 28, 7:30 p.m. Grand Ballroom - Manhattan Beach Marriott, 1400 Parkview Avenue, Manhattan Beach, Calif. Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party and US Tour of Duty
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6939
"Out of Iraq" Forum Featuring: David Swanson, Ann Wright, Jane Bright Sunday, January 29, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. The Paul Kopeikin Gallery, 6150 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. Progressive Democrats of America, After Downing Street, & Clothing of the American Mind http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6947
MORE EVENTS BELOW
IMPEACHMENT IS IN CONGRESS AND THE MEDIA: WHERE ARE THE POLLSTERS? Your contributions have paid for polls demonstrating majority support for an investigation into impeachment. But polling companies still refuse to do their own polling on this issue. Gallup and the Washington Post have said they won't poll because impeachment is not in Congress or the media. But it is in Congress:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/5768
And it is in the media: http://impeachpac.org/impeachment-news
Demand that every polling company do its own poll on this issue:
http://democrats.com/bush-impeachment-polls
TELL BILL O'REILLY TO DEBATE BOB FERTIK
Bill O'Reilly was forced to talk about impeachment on his radio show this week when a caller mentioned the latest poll we commissioned from Zogby. After O'Reilly denounced it as not really from Zogby, Zogby posted information about it online, which lead to some interest from more respectable media outlets than O'Reilly's.
O'Reilly has advertised that he wants someone to debate him on his show. Of course, he wants someone he can trample, and Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com has previously trampled on O'Reilly. Nonetheless, Bob has challenged O'Reilly to a debate on impeachment. You can encourage O'Reilly to debate Bob by writing to oreillycontest@foxnews.com
CONYERS REPORT IN WORD
Congressman Conyers has released a version of "The Constitution in Crisis" in Word without images, for easier downloading and printing. Pressed for time? Read this while Bush delivers his "State of the Union" on Jan. 31st. Unplug the television and prop your feet on it.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/conyersword.doc
MORE UPCOMING EVENTS
Bush-Cheney Impeachment Forum Featuring: Kevin Zeese, Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright, David Swanson, Ramsey Clark, Marcus Raskin, and Ralph Nader. Monday, January 30, noon to 2 p.m. Bus Boys and Poets, 14th and V Streets, NW, Washington, DC Democracy Rising, After Downing Street/Censure Bush, Backbone Campaign, Democrats.com, ImpeachPAC, Montgomery County Progressive Alliance, and Progressive Democrats of America.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6900
Cindy Sheehan to Read from Her New Book Monday, January 30, 7 p.m. All Souls Unitarian Church, 1500 Harvard St. NW, Washington, DC http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6904
Dick Cheney Birthday Bash Monday, January 30, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Duggan's Pub, 440 S. 11th Street, Lincoln, Neb.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6678
Alternative State of the Union Featuring: Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Cavanagh Tuesday, January 31, 9:00 – 9:40 a.m. news conference followed by two panel discussions of 45-50 min. Democratic National Headquarters, The Wasserman Conference Room, 430 South Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6916
Related Nation Editorial:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/editors
"Out of Iraq" by Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/woolsey
"A Unified Security Budget" by John Conyers
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060206/conyers
Bring the Noise and Drown Out Bush’s Lies Tuesday, January 31, 8 p.m. In large cities and town squares across the country — we will rally one hour before Bush’s address. At 9:00 PM let the world hear us as we symbolically drown out Bush’s lies—bring your own noise—drums, pots and pans, musical instruments — your voice. Let taxi horns blare and church bells ring, as we bring our own state of the union message: BUSH STEP DOWN!
http://www.worldcantwait.org
The People's State of the Union Instead of sitting at home alone shouting at your TV in anger and frustration, take the People's State of the Union to the public. Gather with other CODEPINK women at a friendly bar or restaurant to watch the President's speech and make a night of it. CODE PINK
http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?list=type&type=106
Iraq's Oil and Port Workers and their Unions: Photographs by David Bacon January 31 - February 28 Opening Reception: January 31, 7:30 p.m. United Steel Workers Local 675, 1200 E. 220th St., Carson, Calif. March 1 - March 31 International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63, 350 W. 5th Street, San Pedro, Calif.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6948
Take Our Demand to the White House This regime is immoral, dangerous, and criminally indictable. Bush Lied. Bush Spied. Bush Step Down. 2006. 2008. Too late. Turn your outrage into mass political action. Saturday, February 4, 11 a.m. 17th & Constitution, Washington, DC http://www.worldcantwait.org
Public Forum Featuring: Ray McGovern, Paul Martin, Paul Schroeder, Rosemary Palmer. February 8 Maplewood, NJ South Mountain Peace Action http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6855
Making Change/Creating Peace! Featuring: Medea Benjamin, David Swanson February 15, 7:30 p.m. Veterans Hall, Santa Cruz, Calif.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6906
Presidents Day February 20 is Presidents Day. Don't you wish we had a president? Cindy Sheehan plans to travel to Houston to ask to speak with Bush's mother. Why not plan your own President's day event?
Protest Powell Protest Colin Powell at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/event
A Day of Events in San Diego Friday, March 3 Brunch at Catfish Club, featuring: David Swanson; UCSB Anti-War Rally, www.truthout.org ;
6:30 p.m. panel discussion, featuring: Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright, David Swanson. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6744
Women Say No to War March 8, International Women's Day At White House and around the world http://www.codepink4peace.org/
Students Say No to War in Iraq March 13-17 on campuses everywhere, marking three years of war. http://campusantiwar.net
UFPJ Anti-War Events Everywhere March 15 to 22, marking three years of war. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6681
National Campaign of Nonviolent Actions Planned at Congressional Offices Now through March 20, marking three years of war.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6704
Progressive Plan for Ohio March 26
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/ohioplan.pdf
UFPJ Anti-War March in New York City April 29
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
SIGNS FOR ANY OCCASION:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6792
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Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:43
What they don't want you to know about the coming oil crisis
Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:33
Corrupting Influences: campaign finance
by Nick Nyhart, TomPaine.com
The lobbying reform proposals pushed by both parties ignore the elephant in the room: campaign finance.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20060120/corrupting_influences.php
The lobbying reform proposals pushed by both parties ignore the elephant in the room: campaign finance.
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20060120/corrupting_influences.php
Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:24
Larry Wilkerson: Breaking Ranks
Wilkerson calls Bush an unsophisticated leader who has been easily swayed by "messianic" neoconservatives and power-hungry, secretive schemers in the administration.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012006N.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012006N.shtml
Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:20
Republican Leaders Say They're Reformers!
Joe Conason writes that Republican leaders are glancing nervously behind them as their old cronies line up in the dock, from Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay to Duke Cunningham and Bob Ney, and looking nervously ahead to Election Day, the rentable statesmen compete to prove their devotion to the highest ethical standards. Their proclamations of purity display a truly touching faith in the perpetual gullibility of the American voter.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012006M.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012006M.shtml
Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:19
The President's Growing Disregard for the Law
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial states that everyone loses when a president chooses to carry out only the laws that he wants to, as he wants to. Fundamental governance of the United States through the rule of law is sabotaged by this practice.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012006K.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012006K.shtml
Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:17
Mobilisieren gegen Iran: faster, please?
Mobilisieren gegen Iran: Die große Nummer im Hintergrund
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/21/21826/1.html
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/21/21826/1.html
Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:15
Stadt Heidelberg wendet Einbürgerungs-Leitfaden nicht an
Wahlkampf Baden-Württemberg: Stadt Heidelberg wendet Einbürgerungs-Leitfaden nicht an (20.01.06)
Gegen den Einbürgerungs-Leitfaden in Baden-Württemberg formiert sich jetzt auch Widerstand in den Kommunen. Die Stadtverwaltung Heidelberg teilte am Freitag mit, sie werde den Gesprächsleitfaden nicht in ihren Einbürgerungsbehörden anwenden. Oberbürgermeisterin Beate Weber (SPD) begründete dies mit verfassungsrechtlichen Bedenken. Sie forderte zugleich ein Gespräch zwischen Land und Kommunen über das weitere Vorgehen. In Baden-Württemberg wird demnächst gewählt. Dies begründet möglicherweise die Auseinandersetzung.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12729
Gegen den Einbürgerungs-Leitfaden in Baden-Württemberg formiert sich jetzt auch Widerstand in den Kommunen. Die Stadtverwaltung Heidelberg teilte am Freitag mit, sie werde den Gesprächsleitfaden nicht in ihren Einbürgerungsbehörden anwenden. Oberbürgermeisterin Beate Weber (SPD) begründete dies mit verfassungsrechtlichen Bedenken. Sie forderte zugleich ein Gespräch zwischen Land und Kommunen über das weitere Vorgehen. In Baden-Württemberg wird demnächst gewählt. Dies begründet möglicherweise die Auseinandersetzung.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12729
Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:13
"Arrogant, blasiert und weltfremd": Harte Kritik an Parlamentsentscheidung zur EU-Verfassung
20.01.06
Durch die Referenden in Frankreich und in den Niederlanden war die EU-Verfassung förmlich am Mehrheitswillen der Bevölkerung in zwei EU-Mitgliedsstaaten gescheitert. Trotz dieser rechtlich verbindlichen direkt-demokratischen Entscheidungen im so genannten Ratifizierungsverfahren verabschiedete das EU-Parlament am Donnerstag einen Bericht, wonach die EU-Verfassung im Laufe des Jahres 2009 "in Kraft treten soll". "Mit ihr würde die EU ein neues Maß an Offenheit, Pluralismus und demokratischer Legitimität erreichen", meinen die EU-Abgeordneten. Die politischen Probleme und die institutionellen Mängel würden ohne Verfassung weiter bestehen und sogar zunehmen. Auch wäre ohne die Verfassung "das Gelingen dieser und zukünftiger Erweiterungen gefährdet". Die Fraktion der europäischen Liberalen verurteilt das Festhalten des Europäischen Parlaments am umstrittenen EU-Verfassungsentwurf als "Realsatire". Die Mehrheitsentscheidung vom Donnerstag sei "arrogant, blasiert und weltfremd ", sagte die stellvertretende Fraktionschefin der Liberalen, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, der "Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung". Die Volksvertreter hätten sich sträflich über den Willen der Bürger hinweggesetzt und das Nein bei den Referenden von Franzosen und Niederländern ignoriert.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12737
Durch die Referenden in Frankreich und in den Niederlanden war die EU-Verfassung förmlich am Mehrheitswillen der Bevölkerung in zwei EU-Mitgliedsstaaten gescheitert. Trotz dieser rechtlich verbindlichen direkt-demokratischen Entscheidungen im so genannten Ratifizierungsverfahren verabschiedete das EU-Parlament am Donnerstag einen Bericht, wonach die EU-Verfassung im Laufe des Jahres 2009 "in Kraft treten soll". "Mit ihr würde die EU ein neues Maß an Offenheit, Pluralismus und demokratischer Legitimität erreichen", meinen die EU-Abgeordneten. Die politischen Probleme und die institutionellen Mängel würden ohne Verfassung weiter bestehen und sogar zunehmen. Auch wäre ohne die Verfassung "das Gelingen dieser und zukünftiger Erweiterungen gefährdet". Die Fraktion der europäischen Liberalen verurteilt das Festhalten des Europäischen Parlaments am umstrittenen EU-Verfassungsentwurf als "Realsatire". Die Mehrheitsentscheidung vom Donnerstag sei "arrogant, blasiert und weltfremd ", sagte die stellvertretende Fraktionschefin der Liberalen, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, der "Neuen Osnabrücker Zeitung". Die Volksvertreter hätten sich sträflich über den Willen der Bürger hinweggesetzt und das Nein bei den Referenden von Franzosen und Niederländern ignoriert.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12737
Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:02
Sea-level rise is quickening pace
Starmail - 20. Jan, 22:00
Israeli Army removes antennas
Starmail - 20. Jan, 12:45
CALL ALL YOUR SENATORS LOCAL DISTRICT OFFICES NOW TO OPPOSE ALITO
We have gotten many emails from our participants, asking "what more can we do?" Some have reported senators arbitrarily turning off their answering machines at night, or long waits on hold. Are they trying to hide from the thousands and thousands of their constituents who are raising their voices to demand that they filibuster the evasive Alito? Even if you have already sent your personal message by email or made some phone calls, we have added a FABULOUS extra function to the main action page where you can instantly lookup all your senators local district offices phone and fax numbers with just one click.
http://www.nocrony.com
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT FILIBUSTER FRIDAY
If the other side can have a so-called "Justice Sunday", we can have our own "Filibuster Friday", and that day is tomorrow. In just the last 24 hours we have seen a major shift in momentum. Today, Senator Leahy came out with a very strong statement that he recognizes the immense threat to our freedom and democracy in allowing a dangerous and unpopular president to install a fifth and controlling vote to hold that our Constitution actually intended to create an executive dictatorship. Tomorrow we need to show our support for those senators who are starting to stand up now by hitting every phone they've got right down to the district level with our phone calls and faxes. Get all your numbers with one easy click at
http://www.nocrony.com
Those you who like to call in to progressive radio programs, we have all their call in numbers too at the site above in the right column. Call them and ask them to talk up Filibuster Friday all day and night long! Let's start early and snowball the thing all day long. Ask them to give out the easy to say and remember URL above as much as possible. Senators have said they are "undecided" on a filibuster. But we the American people HAVE decided and all our senators have to do it get it.
Some senators who are too still too cowardly to demand a filibuster are saying they will make Alito an issue in the 2006 election. It'll be an issue alright, in their OWN primaries! Any officeholder who will not stand up for this one must never hold public office in any capacity ever again. And the difference is whether you will stand up YOURSELF right now and make those calls to their local district offices. Make calls to the toll-free numbers 888-355-3588, 888-818-6641 and 800-426-8073 if you can get through there too.
It is not enough to vote "No." They must vote "Hell, NO!" It's called a filibuster. Filibuster Friday.
Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.
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http://www.nocrony.com
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT FILIBUSTER FRIDAY
If the other side can have a so-called "Justice Sunday", we can have our own "Filibuster Friday", and that day is tomorrow. In just the last 24 hours we have seen a major shift in momentum. Today, Senator Leahy came out with a very strong statement that he recognizes the immense threat to our freedom and democracy in allowing a dangerous and unpopular president to install a fifth and controlling vote to hold that our Constitution actually intended to create an executive dictatorship. Tomorrow we need to show our support for those senators who are starting to stand up now by hitting every phone they've got right down to the district level with our phone calls and faxes. Get all your numbers with one easy click at
http://www.nocrony.com
Those you who like to call in to progressive radio programs, we have all their call in numbers too at the site above in the right column. Call them and ask them to talk up Filibuster Friday all day and night long! Let's start early and snowball the thing all day long. Ask them to give out the easy to say and remember URL above as much as possible. Senators have said they are "undecided" on a filibuster. But we the American people HAVE decided and all our senators have to do it get it.
Some senators who are too still too cowardly to demand a filibuster are saying they will make Alito an issue in the 2006 election. It'll be an issue alright, in their OWN primaries! Any officeholder who will not stand up for this one must never hold public office in any capacity ever again. And the difference is whether you will stand up YOURSELF right now and make those calls to their local district offices. Make calls to the toll-free numbers 888-355-3588, 888-818-6641 and 800-426-8073 if you can get through there too.
It is not enough to vote "No." They must vote "Hell, NO!" It's called a filibuster. Filibuster Friday.
Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.
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Starmail - 20. Jan, 12:10
MAST PROTEST LANDS MAURICE IN TROUBLE
EASTBOURNE'S longest serving councillor is under investigation for an alleged breach of planning rules following his involvement in a demonstration.
Councillor Maurice Skilton MBE is being investigated over his involvement in a protest about an application to erect a 12-metre high phone mast in his Old Town ward.
A complaint made to the Standards Board for England and Wales has already been dismissed but now officers at Eastbourne Borough Council are interviewing the 85-year-old.
The investigation surrounds the application submitted for the 3G 12-metre mast at the junction of Central Avenue and Victoria Drive 18 months ago.
Cllr Skilton helped organise a meeting which involved members of the public, fellow councillors and the mobile phone network.
A public demo was then organised which the Old Town Lib Dem councillor was pictured attending.
Cllr Skilton is, and was at the time, a member of the planning committee.
Rules state that elected members must make up their minds with all the evidence placed in front of them on the day of the meeting and not in advance.
By attending the protest, Cllr Skilton, who is also a county councillor, could have breached the rules.
He was reported to the borough council's standards committee by planning committee chairman Cllr Patrick Bowker.
This week Cllr Skilton remained defiant over his views against mobile masts.
He said, 'I have and always will be against phone masts on the grounds of the health risk, which in my opinion has not been proved either way.
'As a result of this application being submitted I called a public meeting and then attended a public demonstration against it.
'It is for this reason that I have been reported to the standards boards.
'At the subsequent planning meeting, I moved against it as a member of the committee. I have always said that I would be against it.
'My views and those of the people I represent are more important than the governing rules.'
The application was heard by the planning committee on July 20, 2004.
Fellow ward councillor Ian Lucas also spoke out at the meeting against the mast proposal.
All councillors on the committee voted against it.
But following an appeal in October 2004 the mast was approved in May last year.
The investigation comes just weeks after the announcement that Eastbourne's Mayor Cllr Graham Marsden breached rules while speaking on a planning matter.
Cllr Marsden, a Conservative, has been suspended from the council for the month of January.
Cllr Skilton added, 'I have been elected to represent the people of Old Town and I will continue to do just that.
'For years I have campaigned against mobile phone masts.
'I am deeply hurt and anxious. I have served the council to the best of my ability for 45 years and this is deeply embarrassing for me.
'I do not want to damage the council, but I feel I must stand up for the residents who I serve.
'I will be glad when this is all over.'
19 January 2006
All rights reserved © 2006 Johnston Press New Media.
http://www.eastbournetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=488&ArticleID=1320864
Councillor Maurice Skilton MBE is being investigated over his involvement in a protest about an application to erect a 12-metre high phone mast in his Old Town ward.
A complaint made to the Standards Board for England and Wales has already been dismissed but now officers at Eastbourne Borough Council are interviewing the 85-year-old.
The investigation surrounds the application submitted for the 3G 12-metre mast at the junction of Central Avenue and Victoria Drive 18 months ago.
Cllr Skilton helped organise a meeting which involved members of the public, fellow councillors and the mobile phone network.
A public demo was then organised which the Old Town Lib Dem councillor was pictured attending.
Cllr Skilton is, and was at the time, a member of the planning committee.
Rules state that elected members must make up their minds with all the evidence placed in front of them on the day of the meeting and not in advance.
By attending the protest, Cllr Skilton, who is also a county councillor, could have breached the rules.
He was reported to the borough council's standards committee by planning committee chairman Cllr Patrick Bowker.
This week Cllr Skilton remained defiant over his views against mobile masts.
He said, 'I have and always will be against phone masts on the grounds of the health risk, which in my opinion has not been proved either way.
'As a result of this application being submitted I called a public meeting and then attended a public demonstration against it.
'It is for this reason that I have been reported to the standards boards.
'At the subsequent planning meeting, I moved against it as a member of the committee. I have always said that I would be against it.
'My views and those of the people I represent are more important than the governing rules.'
The application was heard by the planning committee on July 20, 2004.
Fellow ward councillor Ian Lucas also spoke out at the meeting against the mast proposal.
All councillors on the committee voted against it.
But following an appeal in October 2004 the mast was approved in May last year.
The investigation comes just weeks after the announcement that Eastbourne's Mayor Cllr Graham Marsden breached rules while speaking on a planning matter.
Cllr Marsden, a Conservative, has been suspended from the council for the month of January.
Cllr Skilton added, 'I have been elected to represent the people of Old Town and I will continue to do just that.
'For years I have campaigned against mobile phone masts.
'I am deeply hurt and anxious. I have served the council to the best of my ability for 45 years and this is deeply embarrassing for me.
'I do not want to damage the council, but I feel I must stand up for the residents who I serve.
'I will be glad when this is all over.'
19 January 2006
All rights reserved © 2006 Johnston Press New Media.
http://www.eastbournetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=488&ArticleID=1320864
Starmail - 20. Jan, 10:15
