Electrosmog Pollution

A ​study published in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine​, “Impact of radiofrequency radiation on DNA damage and antioxidants in peripheral blood lymphocytes of humans residing in the vicinity of mobile phone base station,” compared people living close and far from a cell antennas and found that people living closer to cellular antennas had higher radiation levels in the homes and several significant changes in their blood predictive of cancer development.”

Examples of other effects linked to cell towers in research studies include ​neuropsychiatric problems ,​ ​elevated diabetes ,​ ​headaches , ​ slee​p problems and ​ ​genetic damage . Such research continues to accumulate after the 2010 landmark ​ ​review study​ on 56 studies that reported biological effects found at very low intensities, including impacts on reproduction, permeability of the blood-brain barrier, behaviour, cellular and metabolic changes, and increases in cancer risk (​Lai and Levitt 2010).​

A more recent​ ​study​ of students in schools near cell towers found their higher RF exposure was associated with impacts on motor skills, memory and attention (Meo 201​9)​ .

Full body low level RF radiation exposures, for significant periods of time can have a cumulative effect on the developing body of a child.

From 2015-2017 the 3rd leading cause of death in Australian children between the ages of 1-14 was brain cancer. Clearly, we, as a community, need to take greater precaution when exposing children to W.H.O-admitted carcinogens, such as wireless RF emissions.

Full body low level RF radiation exposures, for significant periods of time can also have a serious cumulative effect on the developing body of a child.

From 2015-2017 the 3rd leading cause of death in Australian children between the ages of 1-14 was brain cancer while the 5th leading cause of death was Leukemia, both of which are linked to EMR exposure. IARC Summary of Data Reported and Evaluation

Clearly, we, as a community, need to take greater precaution when exposing children to W.H.O-admitted carcinogens, such as wireless RF emissions.

Children today have an unprecedented exposure that is higher than that experienced any generation before them and they have been shown to absorb more radiation than adults. It is imperative that our leaders protect the quality of life experienced by the next generation and those that follow.

• Studies show that children are more vulnerable to harmful effects from wireless radiation than adults.
• The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer’s 2013 Monograph on Radio frequency fields details the research showing how “the average RF energy deposition is twice as high in certain regions of children’s brains and up to 10 times higher in the bone marrow of children’s skulls, compared to energy deposition in adult brains and skulls.”
• A five year old can absorb sixty percent more microwave radiation than an adult.
• Children have thinner skulls (deeper penetration), more water in brain (conductor), and are of smaller size which allows greater absorption into bone and deeper tissues.
• Children have more vulnerable immune and neurological systems as they are not fully developed until early twenties.
• Cancers can have long latency periods (time from first exposure until diagnosis) and it will take decades before we know the full extent of health impacts from this radiation.

There is evidence that genetic damage caused by exposure within current guidelines may not only damage the exposed child, but also their offspring.

Adverse effects on health and environment are backed up by a huge range of respected peer-review research that show EMR emissions. EMR disrupts reproduction cycles, growth and development of flora and fauna, orientation and migration of birds and pollinators (bees), affects DNA in animals, and causes apoptosis (early cell death) in plants and crops and orchards

Experimental literature has found that rhizomes, nitrification and other critical processes to plant growth and health are affected by cell phone like radiation under controlled conditions. There have been over one hundred studies that have shown this and most recently a field study that showed under controlled conditions, trees that are close to cell towers die more readily.

A field monitoring study spanning 9 years involving over 100 trees (​Waldmann-Selsam 2016​) found trees sustained significantly more damage on the side of the tree facing the antenna, leaving the entire tree system prone to degradation over time. Documentation of tree damage from base stations is made visible in the Report “Tree Damage Caused by Mobile phone base stations” ​(Breunig, 2017).

An analysis of 45 peer-reviewed scientific publications (1996-2016) on changes in plants due to the non-thermal RF-EMF effects from mobile phone radiation entitled “​Weak radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phone radiation on plants​ concludes, “Our analysis demonstrates that the data from a substantial amount of the studies on RF-EMFs from mobile phones show physiological and/or morphological effects (89.9%, p < 0.001).”

“A review of the ecological effects of RF-EMF​” 2013 review of 113 published studies found in 65% of the studies (50% of the animal studies and about 75% of the plant studies) RF-EMF had a significant effect on birds, insects, other vertebrates, other organisms and plants  (​Cucurachi 2013)​.The review paper cites development and reproduction in birds and insects as the most strongly affected endpoints.

Studies on bees have found behavioural effects (Goldsworthy 2009,; Sainudeen 2011; Kumar 2010), decreasing egg-laying rate (Favre 201​1⁷)​, disrupted navigation(Sharma an​d,​ Kimmel et al. 2007, Kumar, 2010) and reduced colony strength after RF exposures (​Sharma and Kumar, 2010​,​ Harst et al. 20061).

“Exposure of Insects to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields from 2 to 12​0 GHz​” published in Scientific Reports is the first study to investigate how insects (including the Western honeybee) absorb the higher frequencies (2 GHz to 120 GHz) to be used in the 4G/5G rollout. The scientific simulations showed increases in absorbed power between 3% to 370% when the insects were exposed to the frequencies. Researchers concluded, “This could lead to changes in insect behavior, physiology, and morphology over time.

A study focusing on RF from cellular antennas found increased sperm abnormalities in mice exposed to RF from GSM antennas (​Otitoloju 2010)​. 

Researchers published a study on ​frogs​ in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine exposing eggs and tadpoles to electromagnetic radiation from cell phone antennas for two months, from the egg phase until an advanced phase of tadpole and found low coordination of movements, an asynchronous growth, resulting in both big and small tadpoles, and a high mortality rate. The authors conclude, “these results indicate that radiation emitted by phone masts in a real situation may affect the development and may cause an increase in mortality of exposed tadpoles.”