Alasdair Philips is qualified in both Electrical and Electronic Engineering, as well as Agricultural Engineering. In 1998, he started the British organization Power Watch, which is committed to uncovering the specific details of how electromagnetic fields (EMFs) affect our health and how we can practically protect ourselves against detrimental effects.

"The British organization Power Watch, founded by Alasdair Philips, is committed to uncovering the specific details of how electromagnetic fields (EMFs) affect your health and how you can practically protect yourself against detrimental effects.

"While the international safety standard for power fields, such as those emitted from overhead power lines, is set at 1,000 milliGauss, more than 20 studies have linked exposure at a mere 4 milliGauss to childhood leukemia.  

"Certain home appliances are particularly troublesome, in terms of the EMF emitted, such as electric heaters, electric stove rings, microwave ovens, electric blankets, and hair dryers.

"Under current guidelines, we are now allowed to expose ourselves to one billion-billion-billion-fold more energy within a particular part of the electromagnetic spectrum than our ancestors were exposed to 100 years ago. Therefore, it is prudent to reduce your EMF exposure as much as you can, particularly where you sleep, and to try to make your home into an "EMF safe zone" to allow your body to rest and restore from the daily assault of radiation.

Presentation by Werner Hoffelinck - Vernon CST

"Concerns about microwave radiation related to Wi-Fi usage in schools has many parents asking questions regarding long term effects on their children's health.

"Wireless sensitivity is like a peanut allergy you can't see.

"For the people who have it, it's hell. But for everybody else, you're just ruining a really good sandwich.

"And, until 45,000 teachers brought it back to the forefront Monday, most had dismissed the effects of invisible airwaves outright.

"However, the recent outcry by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA) to shelve the usage of Wi-Fi in schools pending more research into wireless technology is causing headaches for many administrators. Much like the headaches, dizziness, nausea, vertigo, racing heart, memory loss and skin rash that parents of children who attend school with Wi- Fi available are claiming their children suffer.

"Parents of children at Mountainview have been very vocal about the issue, after several children exhibited similiar symptoms. However, the board has resisted calls to remove the school's Wi- Fi system.

"The Catholic teachers' call for a moratorium on wireless Internet follows a warning from the World Health Organization in May. The WHO's cancer centre called for more research into the potential dangers of Wi-Fi, noting all radiation from wireless devices could be carcinogenic . . .

Rationale for the Workplace

Stop Smart Meters Press Conference at BC Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Perry Kendall's office.

Press Conference (Steve Satow) 1 of 3
Tammy Jeske (2 of 3)

   
Stop Smart Meters Press Conference at BC Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Perry Kendall's office.

Tammy Jeske (2 of 3)
Karen Weiss (3 of 3)

Stop Smart Meters Press Conference at BC Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Perry Kendall's office.

Steve Satow (1 of 3) 
Karen Weiss (3 of 3)

Greek Study Shows Regions of the Brain Related to Learning, Memory, Alzheimer's Impacted by EMF

A Greek study led by Adamantia Fragopoulou and Lukas Margaritis has demonstrated important protein changes in the brain of animals following whole body exposure to RF electromagnetic fields, similar to the kind of microwave radiation emitted from cell phones, portable phones, Wi-Fi and wireless computer equipment. 

Important regions of the brain necessary for learning, memory and other functions of the mammalian brain were impacted by the microwave radiation, including the hippocampus, cerebellum and frontal lobe, at exposures below the ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) safety guidelines.  A total of 143 proteins in the brain were impacted by the RF radiation over a period of 8 months, providing new evidence for a potential relationship between everyday cell phone use, wireless transmitters and wireless computer equipment and electrosensitivity symptoms, such as headaches, dizziness and sleep disorders, as well as with tumors, Alzheimer's and even metabolic effects.

The study simulated 3 hours of cell phone exposure over eight months, 8 hours of DECT portable phone exposure over eight months, and included a sham exposure control group. The results showed both down regulation and up regulation of the proteins.

Several neural function related proteins (i.e. Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP), Alpha-synuclein, Glia Maturation Factor beta (GMF), and apolipoprotein E (apoE)), heat shock proteins, and cytoskeletal proteins (i.e. neurofilaments and tropomodulin), were shown to be impacted by the radiation, as well as proteins of the brain metabolism (i.e. Aspartate aminotransferase, Glutamate dehydrogenase), in nearly all of the brain regions studied.

Figure 2 from the study shows the 143 proteins that have changed (up- or down-regulated) and their functional relationship based on a literature survey.

"Russ and Kathy Loader have magnetic fields in their apartment well over 100 mG, coming from wiring or another source under their floor. They have become ill, as have previous tenants in this and nearby apartments. Many in the building suffer from cancer. But no one is taking responsibility and authorities deny a problem exists . . .

"Habits must change at home, at school, at work, at play . . . everywhere. In changing habits, you'll be helping not just yourself, but everyone . . .

"What Happens When the Lights Go On?"

"Current Concerns"

"This week, I invited mother and medical writer Jessica Solodar to share her story: Jessica's daughter Alice experienced daily seizures triggered by video games, but suffered for years before she was properly diagnosed. My clinical work and writing often focus on electronic media precipitating nervous system dysregulation, but this case was an eye-opener even for me.

"Volatile behavior, impaired cognitive skills, and poor physical health are not uncommon in young people who spend many hours in front of video games and other electronic screens. These symptoms and others can be the result of hard-to-detect seizures that are triggered by flashing, fast-moving images. Video game seizures are more common than people think-they can happen to anyone, not just people with epilepsy. Although researchers have studied them extensively and game manufacturers provide seizure warnings, there is still little awareness among consumers and clinicians . . .

"More than 300,000 children in the United States suffer from epilepsy. Seizures can strike out of nowhere and cause dangerous episodes of shaking and convulsing.

"Treating children with epilepsy can make all the difference, but doctors first need to observe and analyze their seizures. Now, new technology is making that easier for them, and for the kids . . .

"Patients play Wii video games to provoke seizures.

"They need to have seizures for us to determine where they're coming from," says. Dr. Angel Hernandez, the Medical Director of Neurology at the Jane and John Justin Neuroscience Center.

 "The idea is to play hard. "The most important purpose is to get them tired. We know that if you're very tired, you're more prone to have seizures," explains Dr. Hernandez.

"He says with this wireless technology, his staff has been able to observe seizures in at least 25 percent more patients . . .

"About 70-percent of the time, doctors don't know why kids have seizures. Seizures are three-times more common in the first year of life."