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The reckless depredations of corporate power and neo-Malthusian enthusiasts within the elite threaten our environment and our very survival. EM radiation,disappearing bees and pollinators, heavy metal toxicity, GM crops and soil depletion are amongst the most immediate dangers we face.

Mobile radiation is dangerous

Posted by seumasach on February 19, 2011

Dr.R.K.Behera
February, 2011
The speculative fears of mobile phones being a danger to health in the long run, seem to be coming true.

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Never mind the bees: what about us!

Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2011

Interestingly, the Union ministry of environment and forests has constituted a committee to assess environmental impact of mushrooming mobile towers on the population of birds and bees but have not done anything to that end for human beings.

Mobile tower radiations: the new kid on the pollution block

The Statesman

17th February, 2011

 

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) receives several complaints against radiations from mobile network towers, but it is unable to act on them as it has not been delegated any power to deal with electro-pollution.

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Save the Great British bee!

Posted by seumasach on February 15, 2011

It is also believed the chemicals in pesticides interfere with the bees’ personal electrical and chemical signals, causing problems for their navigation systems.

What else is a rather more obvious candidate for interfering with their navigation systems?

See ITNT archive: disappearing bees

Daily Mail

12th February, 2011

Just four years. That’s how long Albert Einstein reportedly said the human race would last in a world without bees. For the master of relativity, the equation was relatively simple: no more bees = no more people. And while there is debate over whether the great physicist made the claim, no one disputes that we would be in serious trouble were bees to disappear.

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MSP sends dossier on depleted uranium to Defence Secretary: come clean on dirty bombs!

Posted by seumasach on February 12, 2011


11th February, 2011
PRESS RELEASE – For immediate use
MSP sends dossier on depleted uranium to Defence Secretary:  come clean on dirty bombs!
Character assassination used to silence DU opponents.
Dr Bill Wilson MSP (SNP) has sent the Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, a dossier containing what he describes as “significant evidence pointing to the devastating effects of depleted uranium (DU) on the health of armed services personnel and civilians, and of the UK and USA’s attempts to suppress such evidence and prevent the investigation of the effects of DU” and called on the UK Government to take appropriate action.

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Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) clashes with honey bees

Posted by seumasach on February 11, 2011

Sainudeen Sahib. S.

International Journal of Environmental Sciences

2010

Abstract

Apiculture has developed in to an important industry in India as honey and bee­wax have

become common products. Recently a sharp decline in population of hone y bees has been

observed in Kerala. Although the bees are susceptible to diseases and attacked by natural

enemies like wasps, ants and wax moth,  constant vigilance on the part of the bee keepers can

over come these adverse conditions. The present plunge in population (< 0.01) was not due to

these reasons. It was caused by man due to unscientific proliferat ion of towers and mobile

phones.

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Use cellphones for less than 6 minutes a day

Posted by seumasach on February 6, 2011

Times of India

4th February, 2011

MUMBAI: Do not talk for more than six minutes a day on your cell phone to avoid radiation, IIT-Bombay and telecom sector experts said on Friday. The options are to put the phone on speaker mode and hold it at least a foot away from your body or use a headset. They suggested putting up a wire mesh or water curtains, or growing plants to prevent radiation from cell, TV or FM towers in the vicinity of 500 metres to one km. You can complain to the authorities against the towers.

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Mutagenic response of 2.45 GHz radiation exposure on rat brain.

Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2011

Pubmed

April 2010

Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of 2.45 GHz microwave radiation on rat brain of male wistar strain.

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Tea party group decries SmartMeters

Posted by seumasach on January 23, 2011

PG&E’s SmartMeter program took a beating at a tea party gathering in Cotati on Wednesday, with speakers calling the technology a threat to public health, personal privacy and consumers’ budgets.

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Wireless technologies- appeal to Obama

Posted by seumasach on January 23, 2011

The Prove-it Initiative

We the people of the United States of America respectfully ask the President to immediately issue an executive order staying the deployments of all new public wireless technologies, including:

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Protesters in Berlin call for an end to factory farming

Posted by seumasach on January 23, 2011

Meanwhile, back in animal farm, mass population reduction advocate, Sir John Beddington, calls for more GM crops.

Deutsche-Welle

22nd January, 2011

Several thousand people in Berlin on Saturday demonstrated for change in the agriculture industry, calling for non-toxic and environmentally friendly arable and animal farming, less industrial agriculture and more consumer protection.

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Mass death of birds

Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2011

Georgiy Ostroumov, Ph.D. (microwaves)
8th January, 2011
There are at least two possible reasons of the mass death of the birds. The first reason is a microwave radar. Microwave radiation from the powerful radar, even at a distance of several tens of meters can significantly heat air.

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