The Israeli government is confused about wireless technologies.

People from around the world asked me in the past few days if 4G was banded in Israel.

No, it was not officially banded .

As far as I know there is an ongoing litigation about advanced cellphone use (when the low suit was issued, by the forum for sane cellphone use, it was about 3G video, Internet and data, but now it seems to be about 4G) in the Supreme Court ( http://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3105745,00.html ) .

In addition the ministry of environmental protection and the ministry of health are calling for a public debate before further deployment of 4G, LTE and WIMAX technologies ( Hebrew post, please use translator - http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=1912699 )

So for the time being, there is no commercial 4G network in Israel, yet.

One of the cellphone companies has announces few months ago that it started to deploy 4G network, but since then there was no news on this issue (http://norad4u.blogspot.com/2011/12/4g-cell-network-to-be-deployed-by.html).

The government in Israel is acting in two opposite directions regarding the wireless issue. From one side warning about the use of cell phone and other wireless devices where issued by the ministry of health and the ministry of environment protection, and on the other hand it seems that wireless technologies are being deployed and pushed to the public with the approval of the government, sometimes by the government and municipal governments .

For example, this is the case with WIFI in schools, where a comity (with representatives from ministry of health, the ministry of environment protection and the ministry of education) issued a report that 'call" for wired Internet in schools, and according to its' report mobile phone use was limited in schools ( (Hebrew posts, please use translator - http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=2125366). But this report does not band WIFI, and It says that the IARC resolution is not "strong" and that it is not widely excepted. They go ahead saying that we need to act according to the "precautionary principle" without saying what it is. After this report was issues a different division of the ministry of education started the deployment and installation of WIFI networks in schools around the country (Hebrew posts, please use translator - http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=2286852 , http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=2203335 ) .

Another example of this is the warning that were issues a while ago on cellphone and wireless devices use, both by the ministry of Health and of environmental protection ( http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/cordless-phones-emit-as-much-radiation-as-cell-phones-1.303349 ). Later on that year, the ministry of Communication pushed for 2 additional 3G cellphone networks (Hebrew post, please use translator - ) and for WIFI in cities around Israel ( Hebrew post, please use translator - http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=2225950 ) . In addition to that wireless water smart meters are being deployed in Israel as we speak, again very quietly… sh…sh…sh…the public is sleeping!

Some people here say that what the ministry of environment and health are doing is deliberately in order to show to the public that they are doing all they can about this issue, while still allowing the wide spread of wireless technologies.

On the Knesset front (the Israeli parliament) there are several MK that are trying contently working to create new lows regarding public awareness of the danger from wireless technologies and protection of the public from the non heat related health effect. Leading this group are MK Yulia Shamalov Berkovich and Dov Khenin who purposed a new low that will require health warning labels to be put on cellphones (http://norad4u.blogspot.com/2012/03/new-bill-that-will-require-health.html) . On the other hand MK Meir Shitrit is pushing for a low that require the installation of WIFI router in all public building (Hebrew post, please use translator - http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=2289156&r=1 ).

I think the government is very confused. I think most of them never measured the RF levels from a wireless router, several laptops working in the same room, smart meters, cellphone antenna, cell phones, and any other RF or ELF sources. I think that none of them is an EHS, none of them suffered from RF or ELF EMR. I think that they know only a small part of the science proof for the damage caused by RF and ELF EMR, and even if they do know it, their interpretation is wrong. I think they are all very limited in their views, knowledge and actions.

But on the other hand I am very naïve; maybe all of this is just a very big spin!

So I give you :

The flag of the "Wireless State of Israel"

My reply to "Is the "smart meter" scare justified?" by Dariusz Leszczynski

Last week I came across this article "Is the "smart meter" scare justified?" in the washington times communities site ( http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/between-rock-and-hard-place/2012/feb/18/smart-meter-scare-justified-conflict-wireless/).

The artical was written by Dariusz Leszczynski the owner of the blog "Between a Rock and a Hard Place"

I Usually agree with Dariusz on many cellphone and radiation matters but this time I must say we disagree.

In a reply to this article I wrote the following reply, which I posted on the the site and I am also posting it here:

"Dear Dariusz.

I read this article and had to check again in order to make sure that you wrote it.

I must say that I expected more from you.

Where from did you get the info about the smart meters radiation transmissions?

Did you measure the meters yourself?

Did you watch videos with measurements taken in the US?

How many times do the meters in Finland transmit in an hour and for how long (how many seconds) each time?

From what I have seen the meters in the US emit radio frequency radiation 3-8 times a minute, every transmission can take up to several seconds (http://youtu.be/aOabFJlenz4?t=1m31s). These meters do not only transmit their own data but also receive and transmit data from other meters that are farther away from the collector.

Even if a single meter emits RF radiation only once a minute, a person living in a house where a smart meter is installed on the other side of it's bedroom wall will be exposed to 1440 short pulses of RF radiation every day.

When several meters are installed on the same wall the exposure to RF from all these meters becomes almost constant (http://youtu.be/wCzI0R7M9To?t=2m17s ).

Regarding your reference to the IARC classification, The IARC classification was for Radio Frequency in general and not only for "cellphone's radiation". The classification was " based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer1, associated with wireless phone use." but refers to all Radio frequency radiation, not just the RF radiation emitted from cellphones (http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf).

Regarding your comment "It is difficult to understand where the scare of "smart meters" comes from" I can tell you that the scare was not there to begin with. It is caused by people that were hurt by smart meters; people that their health deteriorated after smart meters were installed on their wall.

Therefore I think your conclusions and views about smart meters are not true and based on insufficient info. I hope that you will take an RF meter in your hand, go and make some measurements, see some reports and videos from the US and that soon you will change your mind.

Meanwhile I am very sorry for the disinformation you create.

Please feel free to read more about smart meters on my web page: http://www.norad4u.com/knowledge/smart-radiating-meters

Amir (No Rad)

www.norad4u.com"

EMR awareness lessons in Israeli elementary schools

Original article in Hebrew (can be translated using Google translator) at: http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/001-D-280779-00.html.

A special constructed EMR awareness program was launched last week in the elementary school of the city/town of shoham Israel. The program that was written and is passed by an electrical engineer which is also an EMR tester and a PhD student at the university of Haifa, liran raz. The program is constructed out of 4 lessons about EMR sources, ways to limit exposure and about "wise" use of cell phones and other EMR sources. The program is a pilot and might be rolled out also to other schools.

I talked with liran and he said that the students were receptive of the message of the program that is aligned with the ministry of health guide lines.

The bellow text was written by Iris Atzmon (and published here with her approval):

The below program looks great, but the question is how it is possible to put WiFi in schools and at the same time to teach the pupils to be careful of radiation. The problem is also as reading Samuel Epstein taught me (he refers to cancer specifically, this is a different case but same principle)- - exposing pupils and at the same time telling them they need to change their habits, is an attitude of blaming the victims.

Iris

http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/001-D-280779-00.html

The Israeli ministry of education is going to limit the use of cell phones in schools

The Israeli ministry of education is going to limit the use of cell phones in schools. The ministry will not entirely follow the European assembly resolution from 05/2011 that called to band cellphone use in schools. The ministry seems to partialy adopt the European Parliament resolution from 2009 (which is less stricked). The ministry of education will enforce the new resolutions that are aimed in limiting the young students exposure (both in level perspective and time perspective). From tomorrow, student will be able to talk on their cell phones only from special locations within the school area and the use of cell phones will be band during lessons. In addition the students will attend lessons about "wise" cellphone use.

The original story (using google's translator)

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=iw&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Freshet.ynet.co.il%2F%25D7%2597%25D7%2593%25D7%25A9%25D7%2595%25D7%25AA%2FNews%2FDomestic%2FEducationSociety%2FArticle%2C76983.aspx

Kick off convention for the "lobby for reasonable cellphone use", Knesset-Israel

Pictures from the convention on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2004781593581.2105321.1064857742

Today (19/07/2011) a kick off convention for the "lobby for reasonable cellphone use" was held in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. The convention and the lobby is lead by parliament member Juliya Shmalov-Berkovich. In the convention there were about 15 speakers (including PH.D. Zamir Shalita, BSC Ram dishon, Rony keller, Zvi Shevach, PH.D. Yael Stein, Mr. David Bar-Dror, Knesset members and myself) who gave short lectures and explanations. The aim of the lobby is to push for better cellphone's regulation and lows, to create and develop public awareness to the dangers of exposure to RF/cellphone radiation, to limit the use of cellphones by childrens, to include warning about possible health risk on cellphones, to make cellphone companies to send SMS messages with radiation warning every day, and to limit the why that cellphone companies will be able to publish their products, to develop and find ways to limit the public danger from cellphone radiation.

I was lucky to present a short presentation about the unknown side to radiation and about electromagnetic hyper sensitivity, It was the first time that an EHS person appeared in a meeting in the Israeli parlament and the first time that the issue of Electromagnetic Hyper sensitivity was addressed by other people in the convention.

Please note that Israel is a small country but it is the world leader on cellphone use, maybe we can also be world leader in awareness for EHS and RF/ELF dangers.

Pictures from the convention on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2004781593581.2105321.1064857742

I will soon convert the presentation to video clips with English voice over.

Since cameras are not allowed in the Knesset, I could not take photos, below you can find likes to photos taken by other.

Linkes:

Hebrew post about the convention (please use Google translator):

The Lobby page on Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145699258840784

Pictures from the convention on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2004781593581.2105321.1064857742

And:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1920545528681.2094805.1093337110

Do You want beter EMF standards that protects the public and not the industry?

Do you want the WHO (World Health Organization) to adopt new EMF (electromagnetic radiation) standards that protect people and not the industry?

AVAAZ (http://www.avaaz.org/en/about.php) is a nonprofit organization with more than 9000000 members, that operate from 192 countries and in 14 different languages.

Recently I got an email ( from Emma, an EMR awareness activist from new Zealand) calling me to fill in a request for AVAAZ to act on to put pressure on the WHO to adopt new EMR standards that take into consideration biological effects and cumulative exposures. I have decided to replay Emma's email and to fill in the request. Now I call upon you friends, activists and my readers, to do the same.

If you can please fill in the request at: http://www.avaaz.org/en/contact/

Choose the option: " Suggest a new campaign"

And fill in your details.

I suggest using the following text:

Header: 'EMF (Electromagnetic Radiation) Safety'

Message body:

"“Please lobby the WHO to promote a precautionary approach to public health and safety; reject the current ICNIRP EMF guidelines and develop new safety standards which take into account biological effects and cumulative exposures.

Thanks a lot!"

Please find attached a picture of my request.

Please feel free to forward this email to friends, relatives and people you know.

Together we can make a difference!!!

Thanks in advance!

No Rad(Amir)

The WHO and IARC - RF radiation a "POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS"

The full PDF: http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf

The WHO (http://www.who.int/en/) and IARC (http://www.iarc.fr/)resolution from last week about RF radiation being "POSSIBLY CARCINOGENIC TO HUMANS" is a, "Too little, (almost) too late" conclusion. All the science is available for many years now, and a more drastic conclusion should have been accepted years ago. It seems like the conditions for such a soft decision have lately become right as the science pointing out for risk and harm caused by "low power" RF signals like those that are emitted from cellphones, WIFI routers and other wireless devices and equipment, have piled up, and can no longer be rejected or ignored. The WHO and IARC have came under pressure by reality, and they could no longer hold their old view that there is no risk in exposure to RF radiation. The WHO and IARC holdup of their old views, until few days ago, allowed the deployment of wireless networks around the world, while exposing billions of people to this harming RF radiation. Millions of people have been hurt and millions more will be hurt because of this delay, and on the other hand the delay allowed wireless and Cellphone suppliers, manufacturers and distributors to continue, for years, to push back criticism about the safety of their products and services. The soft decision will allow wireless and Cellphone suppliers, manufacturers and distributors to continue to do so for several years until the public will push for a stricter resolution, laws, and regulations.

In the last 30 years the WHO and IARC, and other bodies, refused to even consider RF radiation has having any health effect other than a heating effect. Even today after the revolutionary resolution was accepted, the IARC and the WHO still do not admit, or accept, the science and proof that point out the facts that low level RF radiation can cause DNA breaks, break blood brain barrier, oxidant stress, and many more influences of RF and ELF radiation. Their view on the matter was that RF radiation that is emitted from cellphones and other wireless equipment does not have enough energy to cause real damages, and for years they continue to argue that (like a broken record) and while people got sick and paid a big price for the WHO lack of understanding. Some people would even say the WHO opinion was shaped by political and financial pressure from the industry.

This resolution of the IARC come out after serious claims where made about conflict of interest of several members of the RF committee of the IARC, and after the chairman, Anders Ahlbom was removed from his position one day before the comity was schedule to meet (http://www.microwavenews.com/Ahlbom.html).The info about ahlbom conflict of interests was exposed by mona nillson(http://www.monanilsson.se/document/AhlbomConflictsIARCMay23.pdf).

The resolution came few days after the The Council of Europe called for dramatic reduction in EMF exposure ( http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20110513-council-europe-resolution.asp), few weeks after a similar Russian committee recommend new mobile phone safety warnings for young people(http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20110514-rncnirp.asp) and after a group of scientist said that "Stunning proof" about the link between cellphone and cancer was ignored for years. (http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2011/05/researchers-say-new-studies-confirm-cell-phone-hazards.html

The resolution was based on the results of the interphone study (The intephone study that was finished in 2004 and which results were published after more than 5 years of delay in 2010 and which are consider to be a low assessment and show 40% increased risk to people who used the mobile phone for more than 27 minutes per day), 2 additional new studies that were just published and which are part of the interphone study () , several studies that were done by prof. Lennart Hardell, and a study that was done by Yael Stein and Elihu Richter from the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine in Jerusalem (). All of these research showed a link between exposure to RF radiation and cancer.

In the next few years cellphone companies, manufacturers and distributors, backed up by paid science will try to buy more time on the expense of our health. They will argue that "cell phones today emit less RF radiation that they used to, and that new generations of cell phones will emit even less". They will try to discredit the science that shows the link between RF radiation and cancer, and will try to prove otherwise. They will do anything in their power to stop new laws and regulations that could protect the public and will then say that they act within laws and regulation. They will try to buy their way into committees and decision making boards and will try to influence the future, all so they can make an extra dollar before the public will understand the truth. We must do our best to show the truth and to prevent this from happening.

The WHO's old view from the WHO RF fact sheet: " To date, the only health effect from RF fields identified in scientific reviews has been related to an increase in body temperature (> 1 °C) from exposure at very high field intensity found only in certain industrial facilities, such as RF heaters. The levels of RF exposure from base stations and wireless networks are so low that the temperature increases are insignificant and do not affect human health."(http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs304/en/).

Read more about it:

Moricowave news - http://www.microwavenews.com/IARC.RF.Decision.html

The washinton Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/cell-phones-possibly-carcinogenic-who-says/2011/05/31/AGRktZFH_story.html

The New York times - http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/cellphone-radiation-may-cause-cancer-advisory-panel-says/

The Wall Street Journal - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576357571174992448.html

The Sydney Morning Herald - http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/brain-tumour-shock-for-longterm-mobile-user-20110601-1fgqt.html - including video.

Le Monde - http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2011/06/01/pour-l-oms-le-telephone-portable-peut-etre-cancerogene_1530329_3244.html

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8548725/Mobile-phones-possibly-carcinogenic-say-World-Health-Organisation-experts.html

TV3 – New Zealand http://www.3news.co.nz/Should-cell-phone-radiation-be-cause-for-alarm/tabid/367/articleID/213666/Default.aspx

New clip - RF EMR from a Wifi router at different distances

WIFI routers and access points emit Electromagnetic radiation all the time, even when there is no computer or laptop connected to them. The only way to stop the emission is to turn the WIFI feature OFF on the router. In this video we will show the levels of RF EMR emitted from a WIFI router from about 20 cm, 1 meter and 2 meter from it, showing that even 2 meters away from the router there are measurable levels.