Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,
My
name is xxxxx. I am teacher in Edmonton, Alberta, and am a Canadian
Teacher who is extremely thankful for the information that Jerry Flynn
shared with you in his e-mail of 4/14/16 about the serious health (and
security) risks that wireless radiation is posing to Canadian citizens,
and in particular, to children in school. I spearhead Alberta Safe
Schools, and also a volunteer as the Alberta Lead for Canadians for Safe
Technology (C4ST), founded and led by former President of Microsoft
Canada, Frank Clegg.
You
will see from the attached letter that I am not the only teacher
concerned about serious multigenerational health risks, but also about
the failure of schools to accommodate students and teachers who suffer
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), and require accommodations for
medical reasons as required by the Canadian Human Rights Act. Some of
the largest Teachers' Unions in Canada are calling for a moratorium on
WiFi due to peer reviewed health effects. Teachers are being forced
into early retirement, or unpaid medical leaves due to adverse effects
of powerful industrial strength WiFi systems in schools. Articles from
the Canadian Teachers’ Magazine, and the Alberta Teachers’ Association
as referenced in exhibit A (below), reinforce that this is an urgent
matter that will affect all Canadians and future generations for years
to come.
Although
I am putting my job at risk by sharing this story about students
becoming sick from WiFi at school, I know it needs to be told in order
to protect our children and to illustrate why students across the
country need your help. After WiFi was installed at one school I worked
at a few years ago, students reported a rash of health complaints.
Students became sick complaining excessively about headaches, dizziness,
heart palpitations, nausea and earaches. After sending them to the
office so many times, when they would share the same concerns, I would
just tell them to get a drink of water and to put their heads down on
their desks.
A
short time later, I read about the potential myriad of health issues
from WiFi (as well as smart meters, cell towers, cell phones, baby
monitors), and learned the World Health Organization classified wireless
radiation as a Class 2B possible carcinogen. Putting 2 and 2 together,
and thinking surely it must be a mistake to be radiating our children
with a possible carcinogen without parents' permission (surely we could
not do this knowingly without parent consent), I unplugged the WiFi
system in my classroom, and their symptoms greatly improved. One boy who
had such horrible earaches that he would have to regularly call his dad
to pick him up to go home, never had another earache for the rest of
the year. Overall, many of the students’ health complaints went away, or
were greatly reduced once I unplugged the router in my classroom.
After
reporting student illnesses and personal symptoms multiple times to
Health Canada, I was told my students could not be getting sick from
WiFi since Canadian guidelines on radiofrequency (RF) radiation protect
us, but they were. I was told by my school board there was no concern,
since levels of radiation in the classroom are below Health Canada's
guidelines. I continue to hear students complain of various microwave
sickness symptoms on a daily basis but am assured standards protect
them. Teachers are reporting getting tumours where they wear FM wireless
amplification devices on the bodies.
What
Health Canada does not share is that standards are based on a 220 pound
adult male, that children absorb up to 10X more radiation into their
bone marrow than adults, or the fact that standards do not protect
pregnant women. Standards are based on a single 6 minute exposure to a
cell phone, and are not based on a classroom of 25+ students all using
laptops and cell phones for the entire school day. They do not share
that safety user information says not to put wireless devices within a
certain distance from your body. They do not share that levels of
radiation in a classroom are similar or higher than having a cell tower
directly in the classroom. You can read more about common misconceptions
on the C4ST Mythbuster Fact Sheet http://c4st.org/HCmythbuster. (exhibit B below)
A
report from the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Health,
whose mandate is to oversee Health Canada, "Radiofrequency Radiation
and The Health of Canadians, (2015)" http://www.c4st.org/HESA2015,
unanimously supported 12 recommendations, one of which was to reduce
exposure in home and school settings, sharing "the potential risks of
exposure to RF fields are a serious public health issue that needs to be
brought to the attention of Canadians."
Health
Canada is failing in its duty to advise Canadians about any potential
risks. Furthermore, they admitted in Parliament, that some studies did
in fact find adverse health effects at levels BELOW Health Canada
guidelines. Effects of concern.
Unfortunately
this is nothing new. After a report from Standing Committee on Health
(2010), 6 years ago, an article in the Toronto Sun pointed out that
alarmingly Health Canada "has largely ignored advice issued by the
Standing Committee on Health on microwave radiation" http://www.torontosun.com/2011/11/14/govt-accused-of-dragging-feet-on-radiation-recommendations . At that time, the NDP complimentary report to aforementioned report noted:
"Concerned
parents who fear their children are being exposed in classrooms to a
dangerous technology, when less-contentious options exists that can
deliver the same benefit, must have public options available to them. If
the ‘unaccepted’ science is in fact correct, Canada will face larger
health care costs for the treatment of biological effects including
cancers and fertility problems. With this in mind, children should not
be forced to be exposed to this technology in their schools until it is
actually proven safe, not just theoretical acceptable.
Please
read the attached letter outlining the health disaster our students our
facing and the attached C4ST Fact sheet referencing Health Canada's
admission that studies have found serious health effects at levels BELOW
current guidelines.
A
national emergency is unfolding before our eyes which you have the
power to stop. I urge you as the Prime Minister to take up the call to
educate Canadians on the risks of wireless exposure and to ensure that
schools reduce the risks in order to guarantee safer learning
environments for students. Simple steps such as turning off WiFi when
not in use, and teaching students to use airplane mode when not
connected to the internet would go a long way to reducing the risks.
I
would be happy to follow up with a presentation on this issue or to
provide further information. Having been invited by an Edmonton Catholic
School Board Trustee to present at an Alberta School Board Association
to over 25 School Boards on this issue, I am well prepared to do a
presentation for you at your convenience. For your information, I have
attached a copy of the presentation I reference. (exhibit C below)
Please note there are slide notes that accompany many of the images.
While
we are not yet at the point of even taking precautions such as turning
WiFi off when not in use and ensuring safety information is followed,
other governments have recently banned WiFi altogether due to health
concerns http://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/6751/2016-04-20/israel-wi-fi-breakthroughs-tv-documentary-school-ban.html. Students and teachers, like myself, are suffering from adverse effects, and we need your help today.
Thank
you for considering my request. I look forward to a continued
discussion about this issue. Please contact me to arrange a
presentation, or for additional information. A wealth of information can
also be found at www.c4st.org. <http://www.c4st.org./>
Kind regards,
X
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