{"id":6481,"date":"2015-05-12T17:30:02","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T00:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2015-05-12T17:59:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T00:59:31","slug":"international-electromagnetic-field-scientist-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=6481","title":{"rendered":"International Electromagnetic Field Scientist Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Over 190 scientists from 38 nations have submitted an appeal to the United Nations, UN member states and the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting they adopt more protective exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields (EMF) and wireless technology in the face of increasing evidence of risk. These exposures are a rapidly growing form of environmental pollution worldwide. The scientists who have signed the Appeal have published more than 2000 peer-reviewed research papers on the effects of electromagnetic fields.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EMFscientist.org<\/strong>\u00a0is dedicated to the\u00a0<strong><em>International Electromagnetic Field Scientist Appeal<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0On May 11, 2015, the\u00a0<em><strong>Appeal<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was submitted to\u00a0<strong>His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations<\/strong>, to\u00a0<strong>Dr. Margaret Chan, MD, Director General of the World Health Organization,<\/strong>\u00a0and to the\u00a0<strong>United Nations Member States.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\/index.php\/emf-scientist-appeal\" rel=\"alternate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\/images\/appeal_button.jpg\" width=\"191\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\/index.php\/emf-scientist-appeal\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\/index.php\/emf-scientist-appeal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\/images\/docs\/EMF_Scientist_Press_Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"alternate\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\/images\/Reader.png\" width=\"27\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0Press Release announcing International EMF Scientist Appeal (May 11, 2015)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\/images\/docs\/International_EMF_Scientist_Appeal_Description.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"alternate\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\/images\/Reader.png\" width=\"27\" height=\"27\" \/>\u00a0Description of International EMF Scientist Appeal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The<em>\u00a0<strong>International EMF Scientist Appeal<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was initially signed by 190 scientists from 39 nations. These scientists have collectively published<strong>over 2,000 peer-reviewed papers on the biological or health effects of non-ionizing radiation<\/strong>, part of the EMF spectrum that includes Extremely Low Frequency fields (ELF) used for electricity, or Radio Frequency radiation (RFR) used for wireless communications.<\/p>\n<p>First, we invite you to view\u00a0<strong>Dr. Martin Blank<\/strong>\u2019s three-minute video announcing the Appeal. Dr. Blank has had over 30 years of experience conducting EMF research at Columbia University and is a past president of the International Bioelectromagnetics Society. In his own words, Dr. Blank gives a compelling explanation of the major health crisis we are facing due to increasing levels of environmental pollution from growing and expanding EMF sources.<\/p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"vimeo\" id=\"arve-vimeo-123468632\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-vimeo-123468632\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/123468632?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&amp;transparent=0&amp;title=1&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/123468632?dnt=1&#038;app_id=122963&#038;transparent=0&#038;title=1&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emrabc.ca\\\/?p=6481#arve-vimeo-123468632\",\"@type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/player.vimeo.com\\\/video\\\/123468632?dnt=1&app_id=122963&transparent=0&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>&#8220;Damage goes well beyond the human race, as there is growing evidence of harmful effects to both plant and animal life.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>&#8220;Given the existing body of published research, many scientists, doctors, engineers and public health officials globally are now calling for IARC\u2019s classification of EMF to be upgraded to a Group 2A \u201cProbable Carcinogen.\u201d The\u00a0<b>Appeal\u00a0<\/b>calls for the WHO to take heed of the urgency of this and go further.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(several quotes from video script:)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>&#8220;To protect our children, ourselves, and our ecosystem, we must reduce exposure by establishing more\u00a0protective guidelines.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>&#8220;And so, today, scientists from around the world are submitting an Appeal to the United Nations, its\u00a0member states and the World Health Organization, to provide leadership in dealing with this emerging\u00a0public health crisis.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>&#8220;I&#8217;m here with disturbing news about our favorite gadgets: cell phones, tablets, wi-fi, etc.\u00a0Putting it bluntly, they are damaging the living cells in our bodies and killing many of us prematurely.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i>&#8220;It&#8217;s particularly frightening that radiation from our telecommunication and powerline technology\u00a0is damaging the DNA in our cells. It is clear to many biologists that this can account for the rising\u00a0cancer rates.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>&#8220;We are scientists and engineers, and I am here to tell you &#8211; we have created something that is\u00a0harming us, and it is getting out of control!&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i>&#8220;These biologists and scientists are not being heard on the committees that set safety standards.\u00a0The BIOLOGICAL facts are being ignored, and as a result, the safety limits are much too high.\u00a0THEY ARE NOT PROTECTIVE!&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\/index.php\/science-policy\/expert-emf-scientist-quotations\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.emfscientist.org\/index.php\/science-policy\/expert-emf-scientist-quotations<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 190 scientists from 38 nations have submitted an appeal to the United Nations, UN member states and the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting they adopt more protective exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields (EMF) and wireless technology in the face of increasing evidence of risk. 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