Photo by Mahmumdul Hasan Shawon on Unsplash 16th of December 2023 Widely known causes of insect decline are deforestation, pesticide use, artificial light pollution and climate change. Although there is growing concern about the effect of anthropogenic (man made) electromagnetic radiation exposure to insects we cannot ignore the effect of another type of anthropogenic EMR,...Read More

Link to the May 2023 newsletter https://mailchi.mp/emfsa/ergonomics-children-adolescents-mental-health-ehs-mcsRead More

Photo by redcharlie | @redcharlie1 on Unsplash Comments submitted by EMFSA in 2022: The bill is important to us because we are concerned about increasing pollution caused by ionizing and non ionizing radiation, as well as light pollution. We support this very important bill, however we have some concerns and suggestions: There is a lack...Read More

Salvador Bará, Fabio Falchi, Raul C. Lima, Martin Pawley, Keeping light pollution at bay: A red-lines, target values, top-down approach, Environmental Challenges, Volume 5, 2021, 100212, ISSN 2667-0100,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100212.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010021001918) Abstract The prevailing regulatory framework for light pollution control is based on establishing conditions on individual light sources or single installations (regarding features like ULOR, spectrum, illuminance levels, glare, …), in...Read More

How To Save The Night Sky From Satellite Megaconstellationshttps://t.co/sRbHaqmr7aThe SATCON2 workshop happened last week, and the impacts of these megaconstellations will go far beyond putting "streaks" in the night sky.Here's what everyone should know.— Ethan Siegel (@StartsWithABang) July 22, 2021 Since 2019, the night sky — as seen by both human eyes and the telescopes...Read More

Source: https://insite.ipwea.org/the-urgency-of-controlling-light-pollution/ Light pollution is defined as the inappropriate or excessive use of artificial light at night, and it is the fastest growing pollutant on the planet. Whilst astronomers lament the loss of stars, preventing over 80% of the world’s population from access to a natural sky, light pollution’s impacts are far more reaching. At...Read More

Jun 30, 2021 Andy Lawrence This is a short promotional video for “Losing The Sky”, a short non-technical book about the threat to the sky from satellite mega-constellations. You can find the book at Amazon, Apple Books, and Google Play Books. To see a bit more about what the book is all about, go to...Read More

Astronomical Society of Edinburgh Live public discussion with Andy Lawrence, Brian Eno, Catherine Heymans, Mark McCaughrean from ESA, Amy Mehlman from Viasat, and many others. Read Andy Lawrence’s book about this subject: “Losing the Sky”. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Losing-Sky-A… Thousands of satellites are now being launched into Low Earth Orbit in “mega-constellations” to give us high speed internet...Read More

The new Great Pacific Garbage Patch – space, the final frontier of waste. The problem of junk in lower earth orbit and what we do about it. https://t.co/Wu8ICYV8ne— Vicky Allan (@vicky_allan) June 4, 2021 THE news that a piece of space junk collided with the robotic arm on the International Space Station, is an alarming reminder that...Read More

Levitt BB, Lai HC, Manville AM. Effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields on flora and fauna, part 1. Rising ambient EMF levels in the environment. Rev Environ Health. 2021 May 27. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2021-0026. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34047144. Abstract Ambient levels of electromagnetic fields (EMF) have risen sharply in the last 80 years, creating a...Read More