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Environment
06
Oct

The Dark Side of Light

October 6, 2019
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/09/light-pollution-destroying-environment/598561/?utm_campaign=2019-10-06&utm_source=email&utm_medium=knowable-newsletter Since 2010, the scientific literature has exploded with research examining light’s effects on individual species, from birds to fish to trees to humans. The news, in general, isn’t good. Artificial light changes animal migration and reproduction, tree leaf growth, bird nesting and fledging, pollination, human sleep, and much more. It even affects the...
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04
Oct

European Parliament Brussels: 5G, Health Risks and the Precautionary Principle

October 4, 2019
03/10/2019 Article translated from German. Extracts only. Link to original article in German: https://www.oedp.de/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/newsdetails/news/5g-gesundheitsrisiken-und-vorsorgeprinzip/?fbclid=IwAR1HY1dgMxuq4o1JQg7ayc9SpdwNqZCgBYlDtU15Dub0fYv4zCcAu7GP6PY (Brussels / 03.10.2019) While the European Commission is preparing to publish a 5G risk assessment on cybersecurity, MEPs Philippe Lamberts, Klaus Buchner and Michèle Rivasi (Green Group / EFA) condemn the blatant lack of biological and environmental studies on 5G radiation...
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27
Sep

Telkom loses court appeal over location of cellphone masts in Western Cape

September 27, 2019
27 SEPTEMBER 2019, 07:48AM / LISA ISAACS Cape Town – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed communications service provider Telkom’s appeal against a Western Cape High Court judgment that it is obliged when erecting a cellphone mast – whether free-standing or rooftop-based – to do so in accordance with the City’s Municipal Planning by-law. In...
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21
Sep

Conference on the Precautionary Principle in Bielefeld, Oct. 14-15, 2019

September 21, 2019
Electromagnetic fields (EMFs): Dr. Theodore Metsis, Athens, Greece & David Gee Brunel University, London, UK Tuesday the 15th of October. PP-Conference-Bielefeld_web_Aug27
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09
Aug

South Africa – MP questions 5G safety

August 9, 2019
A MP has started asking the government questions about the safety of the technology. The IFP’s Nsikayezwe Cebekhulu asked Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, if she was informed of the potential risk 5G posed to humans. Mapisa-Nqakula said her office was aware of risks associated with 5G, but the Department of Telecommunications...
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07
Aug

Reduce Cell Phone Wireless Radiation for Teenagers: Cyprus Committee on Children and the Environment

August 7, 2019
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26
Jul

Two states establish commissions to study wireless radiation health effects New Hampshire commission to study 5G health effects; Oregon to study wireless radiation in schools

July 26, 2019
New Hampshire: House Bill 522 establishes a commission to study the environmental and health effects of 5G technology. Completed Legislative Action: Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill Status: Passed on July 24 2019 – 100% progression Action: 2019-07-24 – Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2019; Chapter 260; I. Sec. 2 Eff: 11/01/2020 II. Rem. Eff: 07/19/2019 Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML] https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB522/2019...
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16
Jul

Glastonbury Town Council calls for interest in 5G

July 16, 2019
July 14th: The UK Parliament held a Westminster Hall Debate on the safety of 5G last week following Glastonbury Town Council’s resolution to oppose the roll-out of 5G under the Precautionary Principle. Opening the debate, Tonia Antoniazzi MP said: “This Westminster Hall debate is indeed a timely one, as it comes off the back of...
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14
Jul

“Mysterious” cell tower erected on Western Cape’s second-highest mountain

July 14, 2019
Source: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/telecoms/313297-mysterious-cell-tower-erected-on-western-capes-second-highest-mountain.html?source=newsletter A base station has been erected on Matroosberg, the Western Cape’s second-highest mountain, according to a report in the Sunday Times. The report stated that the structure is made from concrete, will hold an 8-metre mast, and that authorities have no definitive answer as to how it got there. CapeNature officials, who are responsible for...
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12
Jul

‘The next era of human progress’: what lies behind the global new cities epidemic?

July 12, 2019
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jul/08/the-next-era-of-human-progress-what-lies-behind-the-global-new-cities-epidemic Article by Oliver Wainwright. Monday 8th July 2019 The urge to build cities from scratch is not new – but this time they are being conceived by private multinational corporations as gilt-edged tax-exempt gated communities. Extracts: Songdo, South Korea’s self-styled “smart city”: A place where the garbage is automatically sucked away through underground pipes,...
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