Quite often, people who have recently joined up the dots and linked exposure to EMFs to their symptoms – in other words, people who have realised that they are ‘electrosensitive’ – try to get their heads around what has happened to them, and why. I know that I did.

A dawning awareness of the harmful nature of the electrosmog which now pollutes our homes and everywhere else prompts incredulity that the ‘authorities’ can let it happen.

Surely, if the NHS, Public Health England, the Government, the World Health Organisation, and so on, are just told that people are becoming extremely ill as a result of all of the wireless technologies everywhere, they will urgently leap into action, and sort this growing public health disaster out with all of the determination and competency that they are currently showing in handling the Coronavirus pandemic?

(Ok, perhaps with a little more determination and competency than that…).

In the early days, like many people, I tried all of the usual things; writing letters to my MP about my electrosensitivity, trying to get health professionals to recognise my condition and do something about it, and writing to Public Health England. All to no avail, of course.

I could not understand how it benefited anyone for me, and for others like me, to be severely and chronically impaired, unable to work, and with no realistic prospect of ‘getting better’. What I wasn’t factoring in was the other side of the equation; just how imperative it is for organisations and individuals with vested interests that the link between electrosmog and harmful health effects is NEVER publicly admitted.

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11 Finnish medical doctors have started a petition demanding the halt of 5G technology. They also suggest that the Finnish government starts to prepare for a new radiation legislation based on biological effects and the precautionary principle. The petition is to be sent to the Finnish parlament if a sufficient number of citizens — 50,000 — sign it.

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Content of the initiative

As the signatories of the initiative, we demand that Parliament take appropriate measures to stop the introduction of 5G technology in Finland. In addition, we propose that the current government begin to prepare new radiation legislation that will also protect citizens and nature from the long-term effects of radio frequency radiation from wireless technology. This law would be based on the biological effects observed in studies and the precautionary principle.

In Switzerland, Slovenia, Brussels and many other regions, the deployment of the 5G network has been suspended until adequate health risks have been identified.

Numerous peer-reviewed studies have found that radio frequency radiation from wireless technology has adverse biological and health effects. They have occurred even though the radiation has fallen below the applicable radiation limit values.

With this citizens’ initiative, we call on decision-makers to become thoroughly acquainted with research into the health and environmental effects of radiation caused by wireless technology. The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority and the current radiation legislation are based on a scientifically outdated paradigm about the effects of radio frequency radiation.

Reasoning

According to statistics, Finland uses the most wireless networks in the world. The prevalence of wireless technology has led to an exponential increase in radiation power densities in recent decades. High-power base station radiation from previous mobile network technologies (2G, 3G, 4G) has been linked in studies to health problems such as insomnia, headaches, stress, and an increased risk of cancer. However, these perceived disadvantages are not taken into account in any way in decision-making.

Finnish telecom operators plan to build a 5G technology network operating at higher frequencies (26 GHz) in 2020, in addition to the existing frequencies under construction (3.5 GHz and 700 MHz). In practice, this would mean that there would no longer be places in cities and residential areas where there would be no exposure to pulsed radiation from these networks.

When building wireless networks, telecom operators can, if they wish, install transmitter masts in residential areas without the consent of the residents. In this way, citizens have no opportunity to influence the number or location of transmitter antennas and the location is not public information.

5G technology has not been pre-studied for its biological and health effects and its safety has not been sufficiently demonstrated. This is the case, for example, with the French Health Authority (ANSES). A recent report by the European Parliament highlights the need for multidisciplinary research before the introduction of the 5G network. In its statements, the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has also indicated that more research is needed into the health effects of 5G technology. With the introduction of the 5G network, we would be able to get faster mobile network connections, but we think the risks are far too great. Cable connections guarantee non-radiated, fast and reliable access to the Internet. This arrangement is particularly important in schools for the safety of children and young people.

In countries where the authorities are familiar with and take into account biological effects, the radiation limit values ​​have been set at a lower level. This is the case in Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Belgium, China, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Ukraine, Israel and India.

A recent European Parliament report (PE 646.172 – March 2020) states: “Several studies suggest that 5G appears to be harmful to humans, plants, animals, insects and microbes and that 5G technology has not been tested in practice, prudent progress would be wise.” Council of Europe Resolution 1815 (2011) recommends: “All appropriate measures should be taken to reduce the electromagnetic exposure, in particular from mobile phones, and to protect children and adolescents in particular, as they appear to be at greatest risk of developing tumors of the head.”

In the case of pulsed microwave radiation from wireless technology, it would also be appropriate in Finland to proceed prudently and in accordance with the precautionary principle in the implementation of these networks. The precautionary principle is one of the principles of international environmental law, and the European Environment Agency (EEA) also recommends its application to radio frequency radiation.

For the reasons mentioned above, we demand that Parliament take appropriate action to stop the introduction of 5G technology. We propose that the new radiation legislation be based on biological effects and the precautionary principle. The law should also take into account the long-term effects of radio frequency radiation, as the current law only protects radiation from heat lasting for a few minutes. Particular attention must be paid to the effects of radiation on the most vulnerable groups, such as children.

https://www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/6572?fbclid=IwAR1ngnxRa_GwOvpEHdeIcKN1DMDEY7OVVzJuo3wbY5rs99yV_e3DGbV2afw

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Abstract

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), known in the past as “Microwave syndrome”, is a clinical syndrome characterized by the presence of a wide spectrum of non-specific multiple organ symptoms, typically including central nervous system symptoms, that occur following the patient’s acute or chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields in the environment or in occupational settings. Numerous studies have shown biological effects at the cellular level of electromagnetic fields (EMF) at magnetic (ELF) and radio-frequency (RF) frequencies in extremely low intensities. Many of the mechanisms described for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) apply with modification to EHS. Repeated exposures result in sensitization and consequent enhancement of response. Many hypersensitive patients appear to have impaired detoxification systems that become overloaded by excessive oxidative stress. EMF can induce changes in calcium signaling cascades, significant activation of free radical processes and overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in living cells as well as altered neurological and cognitive functions and disruption of the blood-brain barrier. Magnetite crystals absorbed from combustion air pollution could have an important role in brain effects of EMF. Autonomic nervous system effects of EMF could also be expressed as symptoms in the cardiovascular system. Other common effects of EMF include effects on skin, microvasculature, immune and hematologic systems. It is concluded that the mechanisms underlying the symptoms of EHS are biologically plausible and that many organic physiologic responses occur following EMF exposure. Patients can have neurologic, neuro-hormonal and neuro-psychiatric symptoms following exposure to EMF as a consequence of neural damage and over-sensitized neural responses. More relevant diagnostic tests for EHS should be developed. Exposure limits should be lowered to safeguard against biologic effects of EMF. Spread of local and global wireless networks should be decreased, and safer wired networks should be used instead of wireless, to protect susceptible members of the public. Public places should be made accessible for electrohypersensitive individuals.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32289567/

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“But what if people on the street suddenly became aware that their own digital toys might contribute to their lowered immune status, which may promote viruses, bacteria and molds to take root inside the body more easily. What if the public understood the basics of our biological requirements as humans: that living and working daily and continuously for months and years in altered and artificial environments away from Nature and Her frequencies is a slow-moving pandemic that is rarely reported.”

Myster Spock’s Logic for the 21st Century

Here is the post that should ‘go-viral.’ As Coronavirus Hygiene is in full-swing, EMF Hygiene remains unreported by nearly all media sources. Short-term panics feed revenue to the media. However, long-term toxic health impacts barely make the news. Yep, pandemics turn heads.

As people spread the news about Coronavirus using their microwave-emitting devices, most people are not paying much attention to the profound irony at-hand-and-device-in-hand: nnEMF taxing biological cells with many negative biological health effects. Electrosmog won’t be classified as a “pandemic” yet because most people are unlearned in the biophysics at this time in human history. Once enough humans realize that natural EMF is inescapable from life, it’s the same moment humans will begin to question how polarized, pulsed and unnatural frequencies have put humanity under an invisible, new experiment of the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries.

Living systems make use of ultra-weak electromagnetic energy to regenerate. This has been known well in the science since the 1960s. It is quite clear that humans have electrical organs such as the brain and heart measured with the EEG and EKG respectively. Humans are electrical beings that have organelles, like mitochondria’s 30,000,000 Volt/meter gradient between the inner and outer membrane. A human’s cell surface has voltage gated channels. Biophotonic electromagnetic energy is required for signaling pathways. The list goes on and one with internal EMF and biological processes. Industry and media may know a bit of this science, but they continually bank on the unlearned public remaining, well, unlearned.

Extra, Extra! Extra free-radical generation doesn’t exactly make front-page news. It’s sort of flies over the heads of most people that are not very-well learned in mitochondrial dynamics. But what if people on the street suddenly became aware that their own digital toys might contribute to their lowered immune status, which may promote viruses, bacteria and molds to take root inside of body more easily. What if the public understood the basics of our biological requirements as humans: that living and working daily and continually for months and years in altered and artificial environments away from Nature and Her frequencies is a slow-moving pandemic that is rarely reported.

Shhhhh, did you know that sunlight frequencies do wonders to blast apart viruses, bacteria and molds? Sunlight is free, so it’s not advertised on most media outlets as a disinfectant. How many times have you heard, “Maybe it’s time to get out into the sun to help ward off the latest virus or bacteria?” Let’s take a look at the past two decades:

SARS in 2003
Avian Flu in 2006
Swine Flu in 2009
MERS-COV in 2012
Ebola in 2014
Disney measles in 2015
Zika in 2016
Common Flu in 2018
Measles in 2019
Corona in 2020

Do you think Earth’s nnEMF footprint has increased much in the past 40 years? Aside from the expansion of the powergrid, let’s take look at 1G through 5G:

1G Introduced in 1979 (Analog system)
2G Introduced in 1991 (Digital, encrypted)
3G Introduced in 1998 (Data transfer of 144 Kbit/s)
4G Introduced in 2011 (Mobile broadband access, HDTV)
4G-LTE/4.5G (more data transfer, MIMO: more frequencies)
5G: 2020+ (IoTs, more data transfer, coverage, lower latency)

Do you think humans are consuming screens and wireless radiation more or less? Are they sitting inside behind computers under artificial lighting more or less? Do you think the living systems inside of a human are digesting more artificial or more natural frequencies? Do you expect those humans living in artificial environments to have more circadian rhythm disruption and more oxidative stress because of the artificial, combination-nnEMF-soup in the Electromagnetic Spectrum?

Maybe it’s time the humans made it a bigger point to live closer to nature’s cycles and prioritize the outdoors as much as their devices by finding a forest, bouncing to a beach or just walking under sunlight. Even the cloudy day has vast benefits. The sun’s spectrum emission is what life desires for life at every minute of the day: dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, evening and dusk.

How many sunrises and sunsets have you seen this year?

“Oxidative stress occurs if the antioxidant defense system is unable to prevent the harmful effects of free radicals. Several studies have reported that exposure to EMF results in oxidative stress in many tissues of the body. Exposure to EMF is known to increase free radical concentrations and traceability and can affect the radical couple recombination.”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213879X17300731?fbclid=IwAR0MYLMAi9dMQUrW75-blRB85x1PnEahpN8rCzBaF28nEqIUOZ6kdGhWRDo

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The Air Hygiene Office of both Basels is a joint service of the Basel-Landschaft Directorate for Building and Environmental Protection and the Department of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs Basel-Stadt. It monitors the status and development of air pollution. It implements the regulations of the Air Pollution Control Ordinance by stipulating requirements for industrial and commercial systems and checking these through operational controls. The Air Hygiene Office provides regular information about air quality. The non-ionizing radiation department ensures that the population is protected against electrosmog.

The emission register for non-ionizing radiation (e.g. from mobile radio) for 2019 is available on the Internet. It shows the exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation in the two Basel areas almost everywhere. The radiation exposure is still significantly below the legal emission limits.

The Emission Register 2019 shows, for both Basels, the spatial distribution of the exposure to non-ionizing radiation (NIS) from stationary mobile radio, paging and radio transmission systems that are installed outside of buildings. The values ​​shown are the result of model calculations that take the operating data of the antennas into account in August 2019.

In February 2019, the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) auctioned off a wide range of additional mobile radio frequencies (700 MHz, 1’400 MHz and 3’500 MHz). These are the prerequisites for the development of the more powerful 5G mobile technology. The 3,500 MHz band was already used in August 2019. It is included in the 2019 Emission Registry.

The interpretation of the field strength map allows an assessment of the high-frequency radiation, which is mainly caused by mobile radio systems. The Federal Ordinance on Protection against Non-Ionizing Radiation (NISV) specifies emission limit values ​​for the electric field strength, which protect against scientifically recognized damage to health. They are 28 volts per meter (V / m) for broadcasting and between 36 and 61 V / m for mobile radio (technology-independent, i.e. currently for 2G to 5G) and must be observed wherever people are – even for a short time.

The field strength map shows that the values ​​in both Basels are well below the emission limit values.

Compared to 2018, there are hardly any changes over a large area. In some areas there is an increase in some areas and a decrease in other areas. These changes are usually in the range of ± 0.5 V / m and are negligible.

Only values ​​outside of buildings are shown. It has been shown that the radiation exposure can only be insufficiently modeled within buildings. The necessary data is not available for the predominantly private sources – namely mobile devices such as mobile phones and wireless telephones (DECT) and wireless networks such as WLAN – nor for the construction and equipment of the buildings.

The radiation exposure within a building can only be determined using measurement technology. The next emission register is scheduled for early 2021.

The pollution register is available on the Internet at:

https://www.baselland.ch/politik-und-behorden/direktionen/bau-und-umweltschutzdirektion/lufthygiene/elektrosmog/immissionsueb/immissionskataster

Sources:

https://www.baselland.ch/politik-und-behorden/direktionen/bau-und-umweltschutzdirektion/medienmitteilungen/immissionskataster-2019-zur-mobilfunkstrahlung-ist-online#ftw-simplelayout-textblock-1

https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/grenzwerte-in-beiden-basel-eingehalten-136381455

“5G is still shining below the limit”

by Tobias Gfeller, February 18, 2020

 Source https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/noch-strahlt-5g-unter-dem-grenzwert-136383031?liveapp=136383031&fbclid=IwAR0A7cj3l6O7TL-Q7MVTK6dSdEiL8NQjbSG1otb1QbRWZX-19jvG985wd_A

The conclusion of Axel Hettich, Head of Non-Ionizing Radiation at the Air Hygiene Office of both Basels, is simple: “Emissions in Baselland and Basel-Stadt are still significantly below the emission limit values. This becomes obvious when studying the published field strength map, which shows in detail the calculated radiation over the two cantonal areas.”

Compared to the previous year, emissions increased slightly at individual locations, while they decreased slightly at other locations. “The changes are mostly in the range of plus / minus 0.5 V / m and are negligible. On average, one can speak of constant radiation values“, explains Axel Hettich. This makes it clear that the upgrade of mobile technology to the 5G standard did not lead to stronger radiation on average in 2019. “If an antenna is upgraded to 5G, the mobile phone provider has to throttle other technologies – most likely 2G (GSM) – so that the limit values ​​are not exceeded.” Because already today most antennas are used up to the permitted limit values.

However, in its calculations, the Air Hygiene Office does not investigate whether a change in radiation at a location has to do with a change in technology. Only the emissions that are caused by the entire radiation are shown and not by which frequencies they come about.

5G effects will only become apparent next year

Axel Hettich is looking forward to the emission register for the current year, which will be published in early 2021. Then the effects of 5G will be even more evident. According to Hettich, he would not be surprised if this did not increase the radiation. “If more 5G antennas come, older technologies, for example 2G, have to be reduced even more due to the specified limit values ​​per system. And because 5G technology is more efficient than 2G technology, the radiation is reduced.”

However, the Federal Council decides whether the system limits of the individual antennas will be increased due to the increasing demand for faster Internet, as desired by mobile operators. However, the emission limits remain the same.

https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/noch-strahlt-5g-unter-dem-grenzwert-136383031?liveapp=136383031&fbclid=IwAR0A7cj3l6O7TL-Q7MVTK6dSdEiL8NQjbSG1otb1QbRWZX-19jvG985wd_A

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Vicovaro Resolution, first goal reached: in just 9 months, 100 Italian municipalities.

by Maurizio Martucci

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Il 5G (ora) è (pure) un problema democratico: 100 Comuni d’Italia sono ufficialmente Stop 5G – ECCO LA LISTA, UNICA IN EUROPA

Original article in Italian. Translated for EMFSA  by Tiaré Totaro.

A small Italian miracle in defence of public health: just 9 months after the approval of the Vicovaro Resolution in the consensus of the 1st National Stop 5G meeting promoted on March 2nd, 2019 by the Italian Stop 5G Alliance, today 100 Italian municipalities are officially against 5G [a movement known as “Stop 5G” in Italy]. Before Vicovaro, there was nothing; in the local administrations of the fifth generation wireless tsunami, there was no mention of 5G, with its risks being completely ignored. Now—less than 300 days from the first historic event—there is a mounting tide of awareness surrounding the assertion of a right set out in Art. 32 of the Constitution, which recalls the European precautionary principle, continues unabated from Valle d’Aosta to Sicily, from the province of Bolzano to that of Caltanissetta and Nuoro, passing through the cities of Rome (Municipality XII), Turin, Catania, Florence and Bologna. And this is just the beginning.

In rapid succession, approval has been granted and passed for the precautionary principle and moratorium, motions and resolutions of the council and Municipal Giunta, agendas, technical suspensions and regulations that revoke the installation of the Internet of things, amendments with budget allocation for independent scientific research, but above all urgent and contingent ordinances issued by the Mayor as the highest health authority in the area: in many documents, the Vicovaro Resolution is explicitly referred to and mentioned, as well as hearings in the parliamentary committee of the medical doctors of ISDE Italia and scientists of the Ramazzini Institute. This represents a great recognition to the immense efforts made by each member of the alliance, which works towards a common objective.

On its official website, the Italian Stop 5G Alliance has publicly announced the complete list of the top 100 Municipalities for the prevention of damage by electrosmog, a unique result in Europe, achieved thanks to the widespread grassroots action conducted by local authorities, by the National Association of Small Italian Municipalities, by activists and ethically responsible citizens, through countless collections of signatures and mass rallies, but also by organizations, committees and independent associations. It is an extraordinary result achieved, above all, thanks to the sensitivity and tenacity of brave and praiseworthy Mayors city councilmen and councillors, from ruling and opposition parties alike.

It is clear that the partial data we currently have on the first 100 municipalities is the result of an aggregate
based on a heterogeneous and diversified approach, centred on the unanimous denunciation of the environmental and human risks that 5G poses. Each motion has its own story, procedure and content, different from every other. In the same light, a motion approved by the Council or Municipal Giunta, or a resolution or agenda approved by the majority or unanimity of councillors or assessors, is merely addressing the issue, but unable to arrest the implementation of 5G on the territory in question. They are merely formal protocols aiming towards the Mayor’s commitment to protect his fellow citizens in a more concrete way. On the other hand, urgent orders and Union ordinances are a different story, i.e. the issue of a decision taken by the First Citizen, responsible for the protection of the social and health sphere in the administered territory.

Union orders, administrative jurisprudence in hand, are in fact the only tool capable of stopping 5G. But it needs to be well motivated, well instructed by the technical office, and accompanied by sufficient evidence capable of withstanding any recourse to the administrative judiciary. Recourse that, obviously, anyone with legitimate interests divergent from those that follow the line of the precautionary principle may resort to.

This data is important: while 100 administrations have expressed doubts and opposition to 5G based on the precautionary principle, only 13 are experimenting with approval and endorsements of risk-denialist Mayors, with “both public and private projects (24% dedicated to public safety, 20% to issues related to smart cities)”.

These numbers are emblematic of the ongoing democratic disconnection between Stop 5G Municipalities (100) and Pro 5G Municipalities (13), highlighted in the double chart published by Net.Consulting, opposed to that concerning the moratorium distributed by the Alliance.

Here is the complete list of the first 100 Italian Municipalities officially against 5G-“Stop 5G”, which is now making a true democracy problem of the dark side of Big Data: the Conte Government can no longer continue to ignore the secession from wireless. To all our readers, the next appointment is on January 25, 2020, to take to the streets once again and join the first worldwide stop 5G demonstration.

List found on:

Il 5G (ora) è (pure) un problema democratico: 100 Comuni d’Italia sono ufficialmente Stop 5G – ECCO LA LISTA, UNICA IN EUROPA

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Excerpts, translated from German:

Stuttgart, 23.10.2019: A medical delegation of 25 physicians from all over Baden-Württemberg in white doctor’s coats protested with a 3 meter wide banner in front of the office of Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann in Stuttgart. There they handed over an open letter  entitled “Doctors warn against 5G mobile communications.” The letter was received by an official of the staff office, with whom a heated discussion about the responsibility of the state government for health developed. This action of the “white coats” was impressive, the first nationwide major action by medical professionals against 5G.

70 doctors from Baden-Württemberg have signed the open letter to Prime Minister Kretschmann. The physicians refer to the disease electrohypersensitivity (EHS), which according to studies, already affects 5 to 10 percent of the population and caused by mobile and WLAN radiation.

In addition, several relevant internal studies on the cancer-promoting and triggering effect are cited in the letter.The doctors’ demand on Kretschmann is to minimize exposure to electromagnetic fields – so-called electrosmog.

Therefore, they warn the Prime Minister before the introduction of 5G

To read more, please see https://www.diagnose-funk.org/publikationen/artikel/detail?newsid=1468&fbclid=IwAR2NCRpVfjRK-uL__EjgNdoJKv0vVx-JzoCCkEnM9Xm6PnK3ivN9xCbC1tY

Also see:

Stuttgart – Doctors protest against 5G

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By Thomas Durchdenwald  October 23, 2019 – 15:15

Article in German.

Extract, loosely translated. For the original article please see: https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.demo-am-staatsministerium-in-stuttgart-protest-gegen-5-g-in-weissen-arztkitteln.18d9e428-36dc-4cab-ac71-b5af2cce9140.html?fbclid=IwAR3aaip_-nCZXTWXzGKwhPRqtFkytmptJZImGkjpGdFa4xfYvg-vR7Ew_5c

From tinnitus to cardiac arrhythmias, a group of doctors are  making a strong case for patients who suffer from  electrosmog. Now, about three dozen doctors went to the state ministry.

Cornelia Mästle, a doctor of internal medicine and cardiology from Winterbach: “We call for prevention strategies to protect the population, further research needs and a moratorium on the expansion of 5G mobile communications.”

Patients react to electrosmog

Jörg Schmid, a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy in Stuttgart: ” We have more and more patients in our practices who are hypersensitive and react to electrosmog.”

The clinical picture ranges from headache, tinnitus, difficulty concentrating to arrhythmia. And even if a direct connection between mobile phone radiation and cancer has not been proven, there are now many scientifically sound indications of the cancer-promoting effects of radiation. 5G  may be developed only if its safety is proven, demanded Mästle.

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Milan, Italy, March 30, 2019

Olle Johansson’s research https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/66199957_Olle_Johansson

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High levels of wireless radiation in Helsinki

Published May 6, 2019

Helsinki has become a popular tourist destination as many travelers look for alternatives to the more crowded destinations. However, if you are looking for a relaxing holiday, Helsinki might not be the best choice.

The reason is perhaps unexpected. Helsinki has very high levels of wireless radiation because there has not been any attempt to regulate the wireless radiation of mobile phone base stations or Wi-Fi hotspots. Lack of regulation has resulted in very high levels of wireless radiation in public places such as squares, streets, metro and railway stations.

The Senate Square has a high level of radiofrequency radiation.

As proof of the lax regulations, Finland recently received an award from the GSMA, the international body of mobile operators. The award shows that the wireless industry is very pleased with the policy Finland has adopted as it gives the operators a free license to develop wireless technology applications, in my opinion recklessly, without any need to regulate exposure levels of wireless transmitters.

Among the Finnish officials and leading politicians, there has not been any consideration that radiofrequency radiation is a health hazard to the general population and especially to the most vulnerable population groups, such as children, the elderly, the infirm and those with electromagnetic hypersensitivity.

Mobile phone base stations and Wi-Fi routers radiate radiofrequency radiation in the microwave range. The exposure levels in major Finnish cities – Helsinki, Tampere and Turku – are often higher than those measured in the recent case studies in Stockholm.

In those case studies it was found that radiofrequency radiation was high in the Stockholm Old Town and at the railway station in Stockholm (Hardell 2016, Hardell 2017).

Helsinki Senate Square is a popular tourist spot famous for its Empire style architecture and Helsinki Cathedral. Unfortunately, the radiofrequency radiation levels are high at this location. The average radiofrequency level at the center of the square is approximately 45 000 μW/m2, and the highest exposure level was 131 000 μW/m2 at the time of the measurement.

Some of the readers may ask themselves: aren’t there any safety limits of radiofrequency radiation in Finland? Yes, there are. Finland follows the regulatory guidelines by ICNIRP, which is a non-governmental organization infamous for its ties with the mobile industry and membership by invitation only.

ICNIRP’s guidelines are designed to protect only from short-term thermal effects and do not protect against non-thermal long-term effects of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation. Today it is well-established by science that radiofrequency radiation has detrimental biological and health effects that occur well below the obsolete ICNIRP guidelines (Belpomme 2018).

Unfortunately, the regulatory bodies, including the Finnish Radiation Safety Authority (STUK), appear to be in denial by conforming to the interests of mobile industry and failing to implement the precautionary principle.

On the basis of the above I would not recommend Helsinki as a tourist destination. The wireless radiation levels are much lower in many other European cities. Italy and Switzerland, among some others, are countries that have much lower exposure levels than Finland. These are more environmentally friendly tourist destinations to visit than the electrosmog polluted Helsinki.

The wireless radiation exposure is expected to rise even further in Helsinki once 5G becomes fully implemented, since the new technology necessitates a dense network of small-cell mobile phone base stations.

References:

Belpomme D, et al. Thermal and non-thermal health effects of low intensity non-ionizing radiation: An international perspective. Environ Pollut. 2018 Nov;242(Pt A):643-658.

Belyaev I, et al. EUROPAEM EMF Guideline 2016 for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of EMF-related health problems and illnesses. Rev Environ Health. 2016 Sep 1;31(3):363-97.

Falcioni L, et al. Report of final results regarding brain and heart tumors in Sprague-Dawley rats exposed from prenatal life until natural death to mobile phone radiofrequency field representative of a 1.8 GHz GSM base station environmental emission. Environ Res. 2018 Aug;165:496-503.

Finland given an important recognition for forward-looking communications policy. Ministry of Transport and Communications. Press Release 26.02.2019.

Hardell L, et al. High radiofrequency radiation at Stockholm Old Town: An exposimeter study including the Royal Castle, Supreme Court, three major squares and the Swedish Parliament. Mol Clin Oncol. 2017 Apr;6(4):462-476.

Hardell L, et al. Radiofrequency radiation at Stockholm Central Railway Station in Sweden and some medical aspects on public exposure to RF fields. Int J Oncol. 2016 Oct;49(4):1315-1324.

Hardell L. World Health Organization, radiofrequency radiation and health – a hard nut to crack (Review). Int J Oncol. 2017 Aug;51(2):405-413.

Miller AB, et al. Cancer epidemiology update, following the 2011 IARC evaluation of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (Monograph 102). Environ Res. 2018 Nov;167:673-683.

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