Shield our students
Published: July 31, 2008 4:00 PM
Updated: July 31, 2008 5:17 PM
I have recently learned the high voltage power lines going over top of our high school (South Delta Secondary) are classified as Extra High Voltage in the Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers.
I have also learned the Canadian Human Rights Commission recognizes environmental sensitivities as potentially disabling to some people.
Among the many environmental triggers, electromagnetic radiation is recognized by the CHRC, and many others. The World Health Organization describes symptoms of electromagnetic sensitivity as “fatigue, tiredness, concentration difficulties, dizziness, nausea, heart palpitation, and digestive disturbances”.
Read More...
http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/southdeltaleader/opinion/letters/26159259.html
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South Delta parents oppose power lines
Tsawwassen parent Heather Colls Wahlberg doesn’t relish the prospect of B.C. Transmission Corporation power lines being “six metres” from the library at Tsawwassen’s only high school.
She told the Georgia Straight that for this reason she will withdraw her son and daughter, aged 13 and 14, respectively, from grades 8 and 9 at South Delta secondary school. As spokesperson for the fledgling group Mothers Against Power Poles, she said she is not willing to send her kids to the school this fall, “given the risks that exist”.
Read More...
http://www.straight.com/article-156587/parents-oppose-power-lines
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PARENTS TO CONDUCT OWN EMF READINGS
http://www.precaution.org/lib/08/prn_tsawwassen_residents_will_test_emfs.080813.htm
Informant: gotemf
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School rally?
http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/southdeltaleader/community/26966804.html
Residents rally on first day of school
http://www.canada.com/deltaoptimist/news/story.html?id=9e0f26ac-d4df-476b-8ee3-bc1724f5512e
Grounds for protest
http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/southdeltaleader/news/27874109.html
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Power+Lines/
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=electromagnetic
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=fatigue
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=tiredness
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=dizziness
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=nausea
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=palpitation
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Canadian+Human+Rights+Commission
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Tsawwassen
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=South+Delta
Updated: July 31, 2008 5:17 PM
I have recently learned the high voltage power lines going over top of our high school (South Delta Secondary) are classified as Extra High Voltage in the Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers.
I have also learned the Canadian Human Rights Commission recognizes environmental sensitivities as potentially disabling to some people.
Among the many environmental triggers, electromagnetic radiation is recognized by the CHRC, and many others. The World Health Organization describes symptoms of electromagnetic sensitivity as “fatigue, tiredness, concentration difficulties, dizziness, nausea, heart palpitation, and digestive disturbances”.
Read More...
http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/southdeltaleader/opinion/letters/26159259.html
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South Delta parents oppose power lines
Tsawwassen parent Heather Colls Wahlberg doesn’t relish the prospect of B.C. Transmission Corporation power lines being “six metres” from the library at Tsawwassen’s only high school.
She told the Georgia Straight that for this reason she will withdraw her son and daughter, aged 13 and 14, respectively, from grades 8 and 9 at South Delta secondary school. As spokesperson for the fledgling group Mothers Against Power Poles, she said she is not willing to send her kids to the school this fall, “given the risks that exist”.
Read More...
http://www.straight.com/article-156587/parents-oppose-power-lines
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PARENTS TO CONDUCT OWN EMF READINGS
http://www.precaution.org/lib/08/prn_tsawwassen_residents_will_test_emfs.080813.htm
Informant: gotemf
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School rally?
http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/southdeltaleader/community/26966804.html
Residents rally on first day of school
http://www.canada.com/deltaoptimist/news/story.html?id=9e0f26ac-d4df-476b-8ee3-bc1724f5512e
Grounds for protest
http://www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/southdeltaleader/news/27874109.html
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/Power+Lines/
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=electromagnetic
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=fatigue
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=tiredness
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=dizziness
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=nausea
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=palpitation
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Canadian+Human+Rights+Commission
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Tsawwassen
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=South+Delta
Starmail - 1. Aug, 05:57
