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| Secrets of 27m mobile phones offered to police | |
| United Kingdom | Created: 13 May 2013 |
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THE data of 27m mobile phone users has been offered for sale to the Metropolitan police, private companies and other bodies, enabling them to track users’ movements. Ipsos Mori, one of Britain’s biggest research firms, has been caught offering text and call records for sale. The company has claimed in meetings that every movement by users can be tracked to within 100 metres. This weekend the Met, which has been in talks with Ipsos Mori about paying for some of the controversial data, shelved any deal after being contacted by The Sunday Times. Documents to promote the data reveal that it includes “gender, age, postcode, websites visited, time of day text is sent [and] location of customer when call is made”. They state that people’s mobile phone use and location can be tracked in real time with records of movements, calls and texts also available for the previous six months. Richard Kerbaj and Jon Ungoed-Thomas Published: 12 May 2013 |
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| Source: Agnes Ingvarsdottir. | |
| Pupils given free iPad minis | |
| United Kingdom | Created: 12 May 2013 |
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A school is giving a tablet computer worth £269 to all of its 1,200 pupils. Cherry Ridgeway, headteacher at Pleckgate High School in Blackburn, said it was hoped that the iPad mini scheme would improve results at the comprehensive by "bridging the gap between the classroom and home study". Parents will be asked to make a £30 contribution to insure their child's iPad and for a case, which usually retails at £40, to keep it protected. The rest of the money is coming from the school's reserves and this year's budget. Extra funding may also come from grants. When children leave the school, if the iPad is more than two years old and the pupil has good behaviour and attendance, they will be allowed to make a contribution and keep the tablet. Mrs Ridgeway said: "Rest assured, this is not a gimmick. "We are giving our pupils access to modern technologies that will allow them to learn independently and prepare them for life in the modern world. |
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| Source: Agnes Ingvarsdottir. | |
| Judge gaves church in Kilburn the green light to install nine mobile phone antennae | |
| United Kingdom | Created: 12 May 2013 |
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A judge has given the go-ahead for a mobile phone antennae to be installed in a church in Kilburn and branded opposition to the plan as “ludicrous and ill-informed.” Despite fierce opposition, the Church of England’s Consistory Court judge gave the controversial plans for nine antennae to be installed at the Grade I listed church of St Augustine in Kilburn Park Road, the go ahead today. Judge Nigel Seed QC, the Chancellor of the Diocese of London, said the scheme will provide a much needed boost to church funds and the opposition bore the hallmarks of an orchestrated and ill-informed local campaign. He said in his decision that the church had very limited income with which to maintain “an important Grade I listed building.” Rejecting fears that emissions from the antennae will impact on local residents in nearby homes and schools, he said : “There was nothing to distinguish this application from 11 others I have granted over the last two years, two of them in the City of Westminster, where the City Council had raised no objections or queries. “I point this out to put some of the ludicrous and ill-informed correspondence with which the registry was bombarded in this case into context as complaint is made about the proximity of this installation to schools and residential units”. He added that the emails and other correspondence “bore all the hallmarks of having been orchestrated as part of some ill informed local campaign”. He also, despite objection from Westminster City Council, gave the go-ahead for replacement of existing lead covered oak louvres with glass reinforced plastic louvres. In March 2012, the Parochial Church Council (PCC) resolved to enter into negotiations with the proposed licensee, New Edge Telecommunications (NET) Limited, but the works required final approval from the Consistory Court. |
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| Source: Agnes Ingvarsdottir. | |
| Phone for 4-year-olds launched, kids' groups are unsure | ||
| United Kingdom | Created: 12 May 2013 | |
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A mobile phone aimed at four-to-nine-year-olds has gone on sale, promising to help protect nippers from being bullied or exposed to harmful images and videos. Called the 1stFone, it's the size of a credit card, doesn't have a screen, and can't connect to the Internet. It costs just £55, and is made by OwnFone, the company that also makes phones for the elderly. Sounds like a good idea? Some people aren't so sure. Because of 1stFone's basic functionality, its maker believes it'll reduce the risk of its owner being cyberbullied, sexted, seeing what they shouldn't online, or being mugged. For example, parents can enter 12 numbers into the memory, along with an entry for 999, and the child won't be able to call anyone else. "In a world dominated by smart phones, parents face a difficult choice when it comes to finding a first phone for their child," said Tom Sunderland, founder of OwnFone. "We wanted to design a fun product that appeals to children but puts parents in complete control and minimises usage while still providing a vital connection between parent and child." Critics like Sue Palmer, author of Toxic Childhood, acknowledge kids do want phones, and that a more limited mobile could be a positive step. But she told the Telegraph that marketing a phone to kids so young is "just another way of trying to make money out of children and their parents." |
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| Source: Agnes Ingvarsdottir. | ||
| Scientists Conclude There Are Grounds to Designate Cell and Cordless Phone Radiation a PROBABLE Carcinogen | |
| USA | Created: 11 May 2013 |
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In May 2011 the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) declared that radio frequency (RF) radiation was a possible carcinogen. Based on new evidence not available to IARC a just published science paper finds there is sufficient evidence to declare cell and cordless phone radiation is a Probable carcinogen. Studies showing statistically significant risks for cancers resulting from cell and cordless phone use include brain cancer, tumors of the acoustic nerve, salivary gland cancers in the cheek, and leukemia. Adding to the strength of the evidence that cell and cordless phone radiation is a probable carcinogen is the highest risks of brain cancer, acoustic nerve tumors and salivary gland cancers is on the side where the cell or cordless phone was used. Children, because the brains are more absorbent, absorb twice the amount of cell and cordless phone radiation that do adults resulting in an even higher risk of cancer. The paper cites a letter to Congress from the American Academy of Pediatrics expressing particular concern of cell and cordless phone induced cancer in children “Children are disproportionately affected by environmental exposures, including cell phone radiation. The differences in bone density and the amount of fluid in a child’s brain compared to an adult’s brain could allow children to absorb greater quantities of RF energy deeper into their brains than adults. It is essential that any new standards for cellphones or other wireless devices be based on protecting the youngest and most vulnerable populations to ensure they are safeguarded through their lifetimes.” Contacts: Dr. Devra Davis, ddavis {-at-} ehtrust.org, (202) 427-2206 Dr. Anthony Miller, ab.miller {-at-} utoronto.ca, 416-487-5825 Dr. Santosh Kesari, skesari {-at-} ucsd.edu, (858) 876-5142 |
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| Source: Environmental Health Trust, 10 May 2013 | |
| U.K. Cell Phone Study Points to Acoustic Neuroma, Not Brain Cancer | |
| USA | Created: 11 May 2013 |
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A new study from the UK is adding support to the still controversial proposition that long-term use of a cell phone increases the risk of developing acoustic neuroma, a tumor of the acoustic nerve. No higher risk of glioma or meningioma, two types of brain cancer, was observed. (snip) Read the entire article at Microwave News: http://microwavenews.com/short-takes-archive/uk-study-points-acoustic-neuroma-not-glioma-risk |
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| Source: Microwave News, Louis Slesin ph.D, 11 May 2013 | |
| People power triumphs after Orange mast uproar | |
| United Kingdom | Created: 10 May 2013 |
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Mobile provider, Orange, have made a U-turn on their decision to switch OFF a Derbyshire Dales mast following uproar from customers. Residents of Monyash and surrounding areas were left without signal for weeks after Orange – who recently merged with T Mobile to become EE – decommissioned the transmitter on April 22. Sean Driscoll, who set up a Facebook group, called Orange Mast Switchoff, said: “They told me they switched it off as T-mobile was covering the same area, and since they have merged, this was no longer needed. The only reason most people in this area are with Orange are that they are the only network that works here. Only the orange mast was able to reach us. We currently have zero mobile coverage in Monyash area.” Another customer, Gina Bernhoeft, of Church Street, said: “My other half is a plumber and he relies on people calling him to book jobs. I am sure there are lots of other people in similar situations.” But yesterday, EE said they had made the decision to switch the transmitter back on permanently. A spokesperson for the company, said: “EE offers customers the UK’s biggest network. In some locations there are sites where mobile phone masts are duplicating coverage for the same customers. After switching off a mast in the Derbyshire Dales area however, our research showed that a small number of customers were adversely affected and the mast has therefore been restored. We apologise for any inconvenience this work has caused.” Responding to the news, Sean Driscoll posted on the Facebook group: “People Power! Anna has just had a phone call from Orange saying the transmitter has been switched back on, and is staying on!!! Good work.” |
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| Source: Derbyshire Times, 10 May 2013 | |
| Peregrine falcons delay mobile mast repairs | |
| United Kingdom | Created: 10 May 2013 |
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Repairs to a faulty mobile phone mast in Southampton have so far been thwarted by a pair of peregrine falcons thought to be nesting there. Some residents now say the problem is affecting their businesses as they struggle to get a signal on their phones. Experts have so far been unable to inspect the site, on top of a university building, because the birds are protected by law. (BBC video report on source page) |
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| Source: BBC News, 10 May 2013 | |
| T Mobile-funded study into mobile phone radiation ‘covered up’ to obfuscate profound health risks | |
| United Kingdom | Created: 10 May 2013 |
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You might be surprised to learn about what follows given the 13-year period since it should have been front page news. But with at least 5,000 studies now showing biological harm from electromagnetic radiation, this information is now more important than ever. In 2000 – the same year the Stewart Report was commissioned by the UK Government – T-Mobil in Germany (the parent company of T-Mobile – now EE) commissioned Germany’s ECOLOG Institute (a renowned independent research institute) to review all relevant research available at that time with regard to the health risks from mobile telecommunications. According to this article published by The Ecologist in 2007, what followed was a cover-up that would have otherwise have had investors and executives in mobile phone companies running for the hills. The ECOLOG Institute’s review of over 220 peer-reviewed and published papers found strong indications for the cancer-initiating and cancer-promoting effects of the electromagnetic radiation produced by mobile phones. Experiments on cell cultures at power densities much lower than the present guidelines showed strong indications for genotoxic effects from these fields, such as single- and double-stranded DNA breaks and damage to chromosomes. The findings also revealed influences on cell transformation, cell growth promotion and cell communication and carcinogenic potentials, as well as teratogenic effects (birth deformities) and loss of fertility in animal studies. Disruptions to other cellular processes, like the synthesis of proteins and the control of cell functions by enzymes, were also found. Experiments on humans as well as animals showed harmful effects on the central nervous system, which ranged from neuro-chemical effects to modifications of the brain potentials and impairment of certain brain functions. Loss of memory and cognitive function, for example, were demonstrated in animal experiments. From experiments with human subjects who volunteered to be exposed to mobile phone radiation, clear evidence for influences on certain cognitive functions were shown. Other impacts on the brain included increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier to potentially harmful substances, which was observed in several experiments on animals exposed to mobile telephone fields. Not only that, but the ECOLOG report also found indications for disruptions to the endocrine and immune systems. Stress reactions were reported, showing up in an increased production of stress hormones and a reduction of the concentration of the hormone melatonin in the blood of exposed animals and humans. Melatonin has a key control function in the hormone system as well as in diurnal biological rhythms – it is also known to inhibit the development of certain tumours. A common observation in many of the studies was the importance of pulse modulation. Pulse modulated fields seemed to have a stronger effect than continuous fields and, in some cases, it was the pulse of a certain frequency which triggered the reaction, and the absence of pulse, or pulse of a different frequency, led to less significant effects or no effect at all. This is a particularly important point because Smart Meters use pulsed modulated frequencies – and one measured recently by Stop Smart Meters! (UK) pulsed over 43,000 times per day. Wifi-based gadgets and routers also use pulsed radiation. In conclusion, the ECOLOG report called for an immediate downward regulation of the power flux density that should be allowed by the guidelines, by a factor of 1,000. Despite these warnings, however, the UK’s “out of date” and “obsolete” standards continue to be used at levels which make no account for chronic exposures to sub-thermal radiation emissions which ECOLOG unequivocally reported as causing biological harm. If you are wondering why you are only just finding out about this study some 13 years after it was prepared by ECOLOG, one of the report’s authors has a view. According to Dr Peter Neitzke, a co-author of the eventual report, when T-Mobile realised that the research was going to produce potentially damaging results, the company commissioned three other studies which were more likely to show no danger from electromagnetic radiation. Dr Neitzke’s study was then only available in German until a copy was leaked to the Human Ecological Social Economic Project (HESE) Project in 2007, who subsequently had it translated. We’re reporting it now because we think this is still very big news. Please share it with others. You can download and print the Ecolog Institute’s report from 2000 here: http://www.hese-project.org/hese-uk/en/papers/ecolog2000.pdf. Our thanks for the efforts of the HESE Project. Read the Ecologist’s article here: “Mobile phone study covered up – The Ecologist“ Article link: http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/t-mobile-funded-study-into-mobile-phone-radiation-covered-up-to-obfuscate-profound-health-risks/ |
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| Strålskyddsstiftelsen ifrågasätter expertrapport | |
| Sweden | Created: 8 May 2013 |
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En ny rapport från Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten, SSM, som tonar ner hälsoriskerna med mobiltelefoner och trådlös teknik, ifrågasätts av Strålskyddsstiftelsen som hävdar att expertgruppen bakom rapporten har kopplingar till telekombranschen. Enligt SSM:s rapport minskar stödet för att användning av mobiltelefon skulle orsaka cancer. - Det vetenskapliga stödet för att mobiltelefonen orsakar cancer har minskat. Men det finns viss osäkerhet när det gäller långtidsanvändning, det vill säga för den som använt telefonen längre än 13-15 år, säger Lars Mjönes, sekreterare i det vetenskapliga rådet, i ett pressmeddelande. Rapporten kritiseras kraftfullt av Strålskyddsstiftelsen. De anser att allmänheten invaggas i falsk trygghet och hänvisar till varningarna från The BioInitiative Working Group, för att barn och foster som är särskilt känsliga, löper allvarlig risk för bestående skador. BioInitiative-gruppen som består av 29 forskare, utan koppling till branschen, varnar i sin forskningssammanställning starkt för riskerna. Strålskyddsstiftelsen som verkar för att bevaka och sprida information om hälsorisker med elektromagnetisk strålning, har i ett pressmeddelande presenterat de olika experternas koppling till telekominmdustrin. Mona Nilsson, journalist och författare, är initiativtagare till Strålskyddsstiftelsen och har i många år granskat mikrovågsstrålningens hälsorisker. - SSM:s uttalanden är som vanligt vilseledande och vilar på felaktig grund. De påstår att eftersom antalet fall av hjärntumörer inte ökar så har beläggen för hjärntumör av mobilen minskat. Tvärtom ses i våra grannländer och i synnerhet i Danmark att nya fall av och dödligheten i hjärntumörer ökar kraftigt, säger Mona Nilsson till Epoch Times. Till stöd för riskerna hänvisar stiftelsen till 54 forskningsstudier som visat genetiska skador som uppkommit av mikrovågsstrålning (mobilstrålning) och 98 studier som visat på skadliga effekter på hjärnan. Strålskyddstiftelsen vill nu se en sänkning av dagens tillåtna gränsvärde för strålning eftersom det inte tar hänsyn till långtidseffekter av strålning. -Vi har ett mycket allvarligt läge där allt fler människor, inklusive barn som är extra känsliga, exponeras i sådan omfattning som vi vet medför allvarliga hälsorisker. Allmänheten måste varnas nu och exponeringen måste minska om vi ska kunna förhindra en fullskalig epidemi av aggressiva hjärntumörer och andra allvarliga sjukdomar, säger Mona Nilsson. |
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| Source: Epoch Times, Susanne Larsson, 07 May 2013 | |
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