{"id":17795,"date":"2016-03-01T14:45:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T21:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=17795"},"modified":"2020-08-12T14:52:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T21:52:11","slug":"ontario-high-school-students-speak-out-against-wifi-risk-for-infertility-and-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=17795","title":{"rendered":"ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST WIFI RISK FOR INFERTILITY AND CANCER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text\">\n<div id=\"essb_displayed_top_1761316653\" class=\"essb_links essb_displayed_top essb_share essb_template_default4-retina essb_template_glow-retina essb_1761316653 print-no\" data-essb-postid=\"592\" data-essb-position=\"top\" data-essb-button-style=\"button\" data-essb-template=\"default4-retina essb_template_glow-retina\" data-essb-counter-pos=\"hidden\" data-essb-url=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/press-release-ontario-high-school-students-speak-out-against-wifi-risk-for-infertility-and-cancer\/\" data-essb-fullurl=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/press-release-ontario-high-school-students-speak-out-against-wifi-risk-for-infertility-and-cancer\/\" data-essb-instance=\"1761316653\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"floatbox\">\n<div class=\"pos-content\">\n<div class=\"element element-textarea element-textareapro first\">\n<p><a class=\"wf_file jcepopup noicon\" href=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/images\/wifisituations\/pdsb\/Press-Release-Ontario-Students-Look-to-PM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRESS RELEASE \u2013 Ontario High School Students Speak Out Against WiFi Risk For Infertility and Cancer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Feb 29th, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"element element-textarea element-textareapro\">\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Beginning in 2012 the Peel District School Board (PDSB) approved a $7 million investment in technology that included a plan to install WiFi in all Peel schools, elementary to secondary by the end of the 2012\/2013 school year. The plan also included a roll out campaign directed at students to BYOD \u2014 \u201cBring Your Own Device\u201d to school in order to save costs on having to purchase devices for each student. Since then parents, students, teachers unions, and concerned organizations have called upon the PDSB to engage in dialogue and work towards safe use of wireless devices. Instead parents and concerned teachers have been ridiculed and told to take the issue up with Health Canada and Peel Health.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI did not consent to this level of risk,\u201d said the high school student in Mississauga. \u201cThe School Board has been informed that our WiFi system puts us at risk of infertility and breast cancer but it\u2019s choosing not to protect us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The student is part of a group of female high school students lobbying for safety standards to be tightened since microwave radiation from WiFi and cell phones is now considered a Class 2B Carcinogen on the World Health Organization\u2019s Cancer watch list, and they are exposed to it daily at school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cPM TRUDEAU WE REQUEST YOU PRIORITIZE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE HESA REPORT. IT IS URGENT FOR THE HEALTH OF EVERY STUDENT IN CANADA, AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF CANADIANS.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"special green\">The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health (HESA) tabled its report in the House of Commons June 17, 2015. The HESA Committee made 12 recommendations that demonstrate that Safety Code 6 does not protect Canadians<\/h3>\n<div><a class=\"wf_file jcepopup noicon\" href=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/images\/wifisituations\/pdsb\/HESA-Recommendations-Summary-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/images\/wifisituations\/pdsb\/HESA-Recommendations-Summary-Sheet.png\" alt=\"HESA-Recommendations-Summary-Sheet\" width=\"200\" height=\"253\" \/><br \/>\n(Click here to view the 12 HESA Recommendations)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"pos-taxonomy\">\n<li class=\"element element-download element-downloadpro first\"><strong>Recent News and Information: <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"CMAJ Parliamentary Report Calls For Action on WiFi\" href=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/images\/wifisituations\/pdsb\/CMAJ-Parliamentary-report-calls-for-action-on-Wi-Fi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CMAJ Parliamentary Report Calls For Action on WiFi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"CMAJ Scientists De-Cry Canada\u2019s Outdated WiFi Safety Rules\" href=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/images\/wifisituations\/pdsb\/CMAJ-Scientists-decry-Canadas-outdated-Wi-Fi-safety-rules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CMAJ Scientists De-Cry Canada\u2019s Outdated WiFi Safety Rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Is Wi-Fi Making Your Child Ill?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c4st.org\/news\/what-s-happening-around-the-world\/is-wi-fi-making-your-child-ill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is Wi-Fi Making Your Child Ill?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Workers Health and Safety Centre of Ontario Warns of RF Exposure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c4st.org\/news\/news-updates\/workers-health-and-safety-centre-of-ontario-warns-of-rf-exposure.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workers Health and Safety Centre of Ontario Warns of RF Exposure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"American Academy of Environmental Medicine Letter to PDSB\" href=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/images\/documents\/cell-tower-situations\/Peel-DSB\/American_Academy_of_Environmental_Medicine_Letter_to_PDSB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Academy of Environmental Medicine Letter to PDSB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dr Magda Havas Letter to PDSB\" href=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/images\/documents\/cell-tower-situations\/Peel-DSB\/Dr_Magda_Havas_Letter_to_PDSB.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Magda Havas Letter to PDSB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association Stance on WiFi in the Classroom\" href=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/images\/documents\/cell-tower-situations\/Peel-DSB\/Ontario%20English%20Catholic%20Teachers%20Association%20Stance%20on%20WiFi%20in%20the%20Classroom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association Stance on WiFi in the Classroom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Local Teacher Suffers from EMR\" href=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/images\/documents\/cell-tower-situations\/Peel-DSB\/nancy-miller-emr.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local Teacher Suffers from EMR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Peel's Responses to Frequently Asked Questions\" href=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/images\/documents\/cell-tower-situations\/Peel-DSB\/Peel-Responses_to_FAQS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peel\u2019s Responses to Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"element element-link element-linkpro last\"><strong>Link(s): <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Meet Your School Board Trustees\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peelschools.org\/trustees\/meetyourtrustee\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Your School Board Trustees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"School Board Says WiFi Safe, Others Not So Sure\" href=\"http:\/\/c4st.org\/news\/item\/what-s-happening-in-canada\/school-board-says-wifi-safe-others-not-so-sure.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Board Says WiFi Safe, Others Not So Sure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"WiFi Puts Our kids at Risk, Parents Contend\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mississauga.com\/news-story\/3134768-wifi-puts-our-kids-at-risk-parents-contend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WiFi Puts Our kids at Risk, Parents Contend<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Letter from Director of Education\" href=\"http:\/\/schools.peelschools.org\/1315\/Documents\/Board%20Documents\/FINAL_Letter_for_families_--_May_2012[1].pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter from Director of Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Elementary Teachers' Union Updates Electronic Device Policy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2013\/08\/17\/toronto-cell-phone-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elementary Teachers\u2019 Union Updates Electronic Device Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>http:\/\/c4st.org\/press-release-ontario-high-school-students-speak-out-against-wifi-risk-for-infertility-and-cancer\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; PRESS RELEASE \u2013 Ontario High School Students Speak Out Against WiFi Risk For Infertility and Cancer &nbsp; Feb 29th, 2016 Summary Beginning in 2012 the Peel District School Board (PDSB) approved a $7 million investment in technology that included a plan to install WiFi in all Peel schools, elementary to secondary by the end [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,823,23,7,804],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-peel-district-school-board-pdsb","category-school","category-wifi","category-wigig-wifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17797,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17795\/revisions\/17797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}