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China and global telecommunication standards

China Standards 2035 Chinese government is working towards a standards master plan — China Standards 2035, a blueprint for China’s government bodies and leading technology companies to set global standards for emerging technologies like 5G internet, IoT, artificial intelligence, e-commerce traceability, smart and green manufacturing, and clean energy, among other areas. China is also trying […]

Differences in legal interpretation of Brown v. Los Angeles Unified School District ( Wi-Fi sickness/disability)

Is the Appellate Court ruling misinterpreted? The full verdict is accessible from this link Opinion 1: California Appellate Court DID NOT rule about Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) as a disability. The case is far from over, and nothing’s been proven yet. As Judge Wiley who concurred on the ruling stated: “I worry about giving any sort of […]

Wireless Technologies and the Risk of Adverse Health Effects in Society: A Retrospective Ethical Risk Analysis of Health and Safety Guidelines

(An extended working paper) AbstractDigital wireless technologies increasingly employ radiofrequency non-ionizing radiation (NIR/RFR) for wireless communication. Early wireless technology innovation focused on military, aviation, and telecommunication applications, such as radar and microwave communications. However, the 1980s saw the rollout of commercial consumer-oriented wireless cellular telecommunications systems. While concerns on adverse health effects from exposure to […]

Switzerland: guidelines published for adaptive antennas 

Press release  https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-82401.html Auto translated: Mobile communications: The enforcement aid for dealing with adaptive antennas is ready Bern, 02/23/2021 – The expansion of the 5G network with adaptive antennas will be made possible in compliance with today’s limit values ​​for cellular systems. This is the core of the supplementary enforcement aid for the cantons and communes. The implementation […]

Is Wi-Fi Sickness a Disability? California Appellate Court Holds That It Is Under FEHA

Dykema Gossett PLLC USA February 23 2021 Is Wi-Fi sickness a disability? The California Court of Appeal just said it is in Brown v. Los Angeles Unified School District (2d Dist., Div. Eight), Case No. B294240. In a case that tests the limits of California’s liberal pleading standard, the appellate court green-lighted a claim of a woman who […]

Insightful comment from Carl Blackman

Source: Comment below has been submitted last night by Carl Blackman in response to my yesterday’s post “*Censorship in plain sight* by the mainstream news media“. I am posting this comment as stand-alone post because of the high scientific status of Carl within the EMF community.Carl Blackman is one of the Founding Members of the Bioelectromagnetics Society. He […]

Sizing Up the Gains, Pains of 5G mmWave

Matt Kapko | EditorFebruary 21, 2021 3:00 PM The introduction of millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum for 5G networks presents network operators with a unique, and in many cases, first of its kind assortment of challenges and opportunities. The vast majority of 5G deployments to date ride on mid- or low-band spectrum, but the dramatic gains that mmWave spectrum can deliver in speed, […]

Occupational Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields and Health Surveillance According to the European Directive 2013/35/EU

Citation: Modenese, A.; Gobba, F. Occupational Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields and Health Surveillance According to the European Directive 2013/35/EU. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1730. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041730 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Occupational and General Public Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields) Abstract In the European Union, health surveillance (HS) of electromagnetic fields (EMF)-exposed workers is mandatory […]

EMFSA Webinar February 28th

Join us for a free webinar with James Lech, doctoral candidate, multidisciplinary researcher and the recipient of numerous South African and international awards. Topic: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and the Interaction of EMFs •Epigenetic domination of C-sections •Biophysics at play in the womb •Why do so many mothers get diastasis recti of their belly when pregnant? •Gestational […]

Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Field as a Stress Factor—Really Detrimental?—Insight into Literature from the Last Decade

Klimek, A.; Rogalska, J. Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Field as a Stress Factor—Really Detrimental?—Insight into Literature from the Last Decade. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11020174 Abstract Biological effects of extremely low-frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF) and its consequences on human health have become the subject of important and recurrent public debate. ELF-MF evokes cell/organism responses that are characteristic to […]