Submission by Martin Weatherall to the Royal Society of Canada’s Expert Panel Reviewing Safety Code 6.

Submission by Martin Weatherall to the Royal Society of Canada’s Expert Panel Reviewing Safety Code 6.

Dr. Paul Demers

Chair of the Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel

282 Somerset West

Ottawa

Ontario, K2P 0J6

C/o Russel MacDonald admin-assistant@rsc-src.ca

27 October 2013

Dear Members of the Expert Panel

I suffer from a condition that is generally known as Electro Hyper-Sensitivity, but could also be known as Radar Sickness, Microwave Sickness and Radio Wave Sickness. I experience serious adverse health effects from exposure to microwave radiation at exposure levels which are just a fraction of the present levels that Health Canada says are safe.  Because of the harm that I and many other Canadians have suffered and because of the thousands of scientific documents which show serious biological effects caused by microwave radiation, it is obvious that the present safety levels need to be greatly improved. 

Prior to making any decisions about safety levels, it would be helpful for the Panel to learn and understand the harm that low levels of radiation are causing to those who are very sensitive to electro magnetic radiation.  Health Canada are denying and failing to investigate these effects, yet the World Health Organization recognizes them and held a major conference on the subject years ago.

I have taken part in double blind scientific testing by Dr. Magda Havas, who found that each time a DECT cordless telephone was turned on (without me knowing) my heart rate doubled immediately.  At a later date, a similar test was conducted with a WiFi router and this was filmed by Global Television, you can see the effects that the microwave radiation had on my heart by viewing this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OW572Y2CI .  Since smart meters and Wi Fi was installed on streets in Stratford I have suffered tachycardia and arrhythmias.  Earlier this year I suffered a heart attack even though I am fit and otherwise healthy. My main risk factor for heart problems is that wireless radiation seriously interferes with the proper operation of my heart.

One of my concerns is for the thousands of Canadians who may suffer from heart and stroke issues because of exposure to microwave radiation, yet they may be unaware of the cause.  Many people, who previously were not suffering from heart health issues, now suffer serious heart problems and other illnesses since smart meters have been installed on their homes.  Smart meters emit very strong pulses of microwave radiation to send information from electrical and water meters. 

Dr. Stephen Sinatra a well known cardiologist and author describes wireless radiation as the ‘newest cardiac risk factor’.  Some of the reasons for his concern can be seen on this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psb8bQxF2Vs . 

To see the serious health effects that microwave radiation from smart meters are causing citizens, you should look at this videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clVxN849mY8&feature=em-share_video_user .  The video was made recently at a public meeting in New York State but we have a similar problem in Canada.

One of the main research documents that I request you to consider is – ‘Cancer morbidity in subjects occupationally exposed to high frequency (radiofrequency and microwave) electromagnetic radiation’. Szmigielski S. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8717316 .  This long term study with 128,000 subjects reveals large percentage increases in death from several different cancers, for the persons who were exposed to microwave radiation during their military careers in Poland.  For instance the increase in myeloctic leukemia deaths was 13.9 times higher than non exposed workers.  Many Canadian citizens are now immersed in powerful microwave radiation many hours a day, at home, at school, at work and in the outdoor environment of our towns and cities.  If the results that Szmigielski found from microwave exposure years ago also occur in the general population because of exposure today, millions of Canadians face the possibility of serious illness and early death. 

Another document that the panel should be very concerned about is entitled ‘Five Studies’ (showing ill health effects from masts) by Dr. Grahame Blackwell who summarizes the evidence in this short review -

These are the only studies known of that specifically consider the effects of masts on people. All five of these studies show clear and significant ill-health effects. There are no known studies relating to health effects of masts that do not show such ill-health effects.

In this respect, any statement by industry or official sources that claims (or suggests) that:
(a) There is no evidence of ill-health effects from masts;
or
(b) The overwhelming evidence is that masts do not cause ill-health effects; is completely and blatantly untrue.

Dr. Grahame Blackwell. 

A very significant and more recent study shows large increases in death rates near to cell phone masts.  This is the study from Belo Horizonte in Brazil which claims a direct link between 4924 cancer deaths and cellular antenna radiation. http://www.hese-project.org/de/emf/News/IncomingDocuments/201008_translation_hazardous_radiation.pdf

The great increases in cancer, headaches, fatigue, depression, sleeping disorders, difficulty in concentration and cardiovascular problems near to cell phone antennas strongly indicates that present exposure safety levels are woefully inadequate.  These very serious effects are occurring at levels which are much below the safety levels which are presently used in Canada.  Millions of Canadians live in close proximity of to cell phone antennas and various other antennas.  Cell phone mast studies indicate that they are in great danger.

Members of the Expert Panel need to step back and examine the task that they have been assigned and why Health Canada has not taken on the task themselves.  Health Canada has a massive budget; they have scientists, doctors, other health care professionals and a large number of employees.  They claim to keep track of all new scientific reports on the health effects of electro magnetic radiation.  So, why is it that they are not looking at the evidence themselves and setting their own safety standards?

Could it be that they are well aware of the harm that is occurring because of wireless radiation exposure and well aware that their standards are inadequate, putting the lives of the Canadian population at risk?  Are lives being sacrificed and gambled away for the sake of wireless communications using radio spectrum frequencies which the Government makes billions of dollars in licencing fees?  Are they well aware that their lies about safety are quickly being unraveled and that someone is going to have to take the blame for government negligence and corruption on a scale never before seen?  Is Health Canada looking for a ‘patsy’ or an ‘expert group of scapegoats’ to take the blame for a future health catastrophe?

If a cancer and ill health tsunami occurs over the next few years, just as several independent scientists are predicting and which scientific research indicates is already happening, someone is going to have to take responsibility for the disaster.  The BioInitiative Report http://www.bioinitiative.org/table-of-contents/ has clearly documented the links between many serious illnesses and wireless radiation.

Please remember that the World Health Organization now classes wireless radiation as a possible carcinogenhttp://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf , there are several studies which indicate that microwave radiation significant increases in cancer.  School children are being exposed to this carcinogen at schools throughout Canada.  Parents are further exposing their families to wireless radiation thinking the devices they own are safe.

In the future, as wireless radiation exposure causes significant ill health and many early deaths, there are likely to be large scale investigations such as public inquiries, police investigations and criminal trials.  The actions that you take during the process of reviewing Safety Code 6 may well be highly scrutinized in the future and you may have to testify about your involvement, or you could face criminal trials.  Panel members are here to ensure safety for Canadians, please do it carefully and do not ignore the masses of scientific studies which show that significant biological effects are caused by electro magnetic radiation.

Yours truly,

Martin Weatherall
Co Director WEEPwww.weepinitiative.org

Stratford,
Ontario