Vid en internationell konferens 2017 i Reykjavik om barn, skärmtid och mikrovågsstrålning signerades appellen av representanter från 21 länder. Här ber man skolmyndigheter i alla länder att sätta sig in i den kunskap som finns angående möjliga risker med radiofrekvent strålning för våra barn som växer och utvecklas. Läs hela texten nedan:
Reykjavik appellen om trådlös teknik i skolan
Vi som undertecknar denna appell är oroade för våra barns hälsa och utveckling i skolor med trådlös teknik i undervisningen. En stor mängd vetenskapliga studier har visat på betydande medicinska risker med långtidsexponering för radiofrekvent strålning från trådlös teknisk utrustning långt under rekommenderade gränsvärden från International Commission on Non- Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). Vi ber att berörda skolmyndigheter tar sitt ansvar för våra barns framtida hälsa och välmående.
I maj 2011 klassificerade WHO’s vetenskapliga råd för cancerforskning (IARC, the International Agency for Research on Cancer) radiofrekvent strålning som ’möjligen cancerframkallande’ enligt grupp 2B. Sedan dess har fler vetenskapliga studier stärkt sambandet mellan radiofrekvent strålning och cancer, speciellt för hjärntumörer. Ett antal laboratoriestudier har visat på olika mekanismer i cancerutveckling, såsom oxidativ cell stress, påverkan på mRNA och skador på DNA i cellerna. IARC klassificeringen innefattar alla källor för radiofrekvent strålning. Exponeringen från basstationer, WiFi nätverk, smartphones, bärbara datorer och läsplattor är ofta långvarig, ofta dygnet runt både i skolan och i hemmet. Risken för barn kan även vara ökad på grund av en kumulativ effekt under en hel livstid. Omogna och växande celler kan vara mer känsliga för radiofrekvent strålning. Baserat på befintliga vetenskapliga studier finns idag ingen säker lägsta gräns för påverkan från den radiofrekventa strålningen och därför finns inte heller någon garanti för en säker lägsta nivå för strålningen.
Förutom cancerrisken kan radiofrekvent strålning även bidra till att blodhjärnbarriären öppnas och släpper in stora skadliga molekyler till hjärnan, skada nervceller i hippocampus som är hjärnans minnescentrum, påverka regleringen av nödvändiga proteiner i hjärnans ämnesomsättning, signalsubstanser, stressförsvar, och skydd av nervceller. Spermier som har exponerats för Wi-Fi har fått fler huvuddefekter och DNA-skador. Radiofrekvent strålning kan öka den oxidativa stressen i cellerna och leda till en ökning av inflammatoriska cytokiner och en lägre kapacitet att laga enkel- och dubbelsträngbrott på DNA.
Kognitiv påverkan på inlärning och minne har också påvisats. OECD’s PISA undersökning bland 15-åringar visar att resultaten i läsning och matematik sjönk i länder som investerat mest i införandet av datorer i undervisningen. Multitasking, att göra flera saker samtidigt, allt för många timmar framför en skärm, mindre tid för sociala kontakter och fysisk aktivitet med risk för värk i nacke och rygg, övervikt, sömnproblem och IT-missbruk är några av de kända risker som framkommit för IT (informationsteknologi). De står i motsats till de ofta hävdade men i stort sett obevisade fördelarna med IT.
Vi ber att skolmyndigheter i alla länder sätter sig in i den kunskap som finns angående möjliga risker med radiofrekvent strålning för våra barn som växer och utvecklas. Att använda kabelbundna datorer i undervisningen är en säkrare lösning än potentiellt riskfylld exponering för trådlös radiofrekvent strålning. ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable; så lågt som är möjligt) principen bör följas liksom Europarådets resolution 1815 för att försöka reducera exponeringen från radiofrekvent strålning så mycket som möjligt.
Praktiska regler för skolor angående barn och trådlös teknik.
- Inga trådlösa nätverk i förskola och skola.
- Kabelbunden uppkoppling till varje klassrum för läraren att använda under lektionerna.
- Föredra fasta telefoner med kabel till all personal i förskola och skola.
- Föredra kabelbunden uppkoppling till internet och till skrivare samt stäng av WiFi på all utrustning.
- Föredra datorer och läsplattor som går att ansluta till internet med kabel.
- Elever bör inte få använda mobiltelefoner i skolan. De bör antingen lämna dem hemma eller att läraren samlar in dem helt avstängda före första lektionen på morgonen.
Children, Screen time and Wireless Radiation – International Conference Barn, Skärmtid och Trådlös Radiofrekvent Strålning – Internationell Konferens Reykjavik 24 februari 2017
Signerat av
Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD (speaker)
Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, SE-701 82 Örebro, Sweden.
E-mail: lennart.hardell@regionorebrolan.se
Cris Rowan, BScOT, BScBi, SIPT (speaker)
CEO Zone’in Programs Inc. and Sunshine Coast Occupational Therapy Services Inc. 6840 Seaview Rd, Sechelt, BC Canada V0N3A4
Tarmo Koppel, PhD candidate (speaker) Department of Labour Environment and Safety Tallinn University of Technology,
SCO351 Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia E-mail: tarmo.koppel@ttu.ee
Iceland
Sveinn S. Kjartansson Formaður, Félag foreldra leikskólabarna, Chairman, Association of parents of preschool children in Reykjavik, Island
Valdemar Gisli Valdemarsson electronic technician/manager, Island
Sweden
Lena Hedendahl, MD, Independent Environment and Health Research Luleå, Sweden Michael Carlberg MSc, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Sweden
Mikko Ahonen, PhD, Sweden
Adamantia Fragopoulou, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, KI, (Karolinska Institute), Sweden
Olle Johansson, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, KI, Sweden
Johan Wilhelmson, MD, Sweden
Ulrika Åberg MD, Sweden
Gabriella Ahlgren, Chairman, Vågbrytaren, Against insanitary electromagnetic radiation, Sweden
Gunilla Ladberg, PhD, Vågbrytaren, Sweden
Marianne Ketti, Chairwoman, FEB Sweden (The Swedish Association for the ElectroHyperSensitive)
Per Segerbäck, Scientific Advisor, FEB Sweden
Mona Nilsson, Chairman Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, Sweden
Bertil Arting, Teacher (former) Sweden Kristina Arting, Teacher (former) Sweden
Linda Niewenhuizen, Teacher, Sweden Gertrud Öjbrandt, Teacher (former) Sweden
Finland
Marjukka Hagström, Senior Specialist, LL.M., M.Soc.Sc., Finland
Rainer Nyberg, EdD, Professor emeritus, Finland
Norway
Solveig Glomsrød, Chairman, Association of electro-hypersensitive, Norway
Sissel Halmøy, Chair, International EMF Alliance, Norway
Thomas Middelthon, Chairman, Citizens´ Radiation Protection, Norway
Austria
Piero Lercher, MD, Consultant for environmental medicine in the Viennese medical chamber, Austria
Gerd Oberfeld, MD, Public Health Dept. Salzburg Government, Austria
Thomas Szekeres, a.o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. President of the Viennese medical chamber, Austria
Belgium
Ernesto Burgio, MD, Pediatrician, ECERI European Cancer and Environment Research Institute Bruxelles, Belgium
Cyprus
Stella Canna Michaelidou, Dr, President of the National Committee on Environment and Children’s Health, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Alexia Sakadaki, Organizing Manager, Cyprus Greens – Citizens’ Cooperation, Cyprus
France
Dominique Belpomme, MD, MS, Professor, Oncology, Paris University Hospital, France, and European Cancer and Environment Research Institute (ECERI), Brussels, Belgium.
Philippe Irigaray, PhD, ARTAC, Paris, France
Etienne Cendrier, Spokesman for Robin des Toits, France
Janine Le Calvez, Chairman of the French NGO, Priartem, France
Sophie Pelletier, Collectif des Electrosensibles de France, France
Germany
Franz Adlkofer, Professor, Germany
Peter Hensinger, M.A., diagnose:funk, German consumer-rights organization, Germany
Markus Kern, Dr. med., Kempten, Germany
Peter Ohnsorge, Dr. Med., European Academy for Environmental Medicine, Member of the Board, Wuerzburg, Germany
Greece
Theodore Metsis, PhD, Electrical-Mechanical-Environmental Engineer-Consultant, Athens, Greece
Stelios A Zinelis MD, BA, Hellenic Cancer Society of Kefallonia and Ithaki, Greece
Italy
Fiorella Belpoggi, Dr, Director, Research Department, Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, Ramazzini Institute, Bologna, Italy
Dott. Morando Soffritti Presidente Onorario, Istituto Ramazzini e Segretario Generale, Collegium Ramazzini, Bologna, Italy
Russia
Oleg A. Grigoriev, DrSc., PhD, Head of the Scientific Department of Non-Ionizing Radiation, Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
Yury G. Grigoriev, Professor, M. Dr Sci. President, Russian National Committee on Non- Ionizing Radiation Protection, Moscow, Russia
Spain
Enrique A. Navarro, Professor, Universitat de València, Spain
Pedro Belmonte, Area of electromagnetic pollution of Ecologistas en Acción, Spain
Julio Carmona, Coordination PECCEM (Spanish Citizen Platform Against Electromagnetic Pollution), Spain.
Minerva Palomar, President of Electro and Chemical Sensitive for the Right to Health, Spain
Slovak Republic
Igor Belyaev, Dr.Sc. Cancer Research Institute, BMC SAS, Slovak Republic
United Kingdom
David Gee, Visiting Fellow, Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel University, UK
Paula Healy, MSc., (neuroscience), UK
Erica Mallery-Blythe, MD, BMBS (Soton), PHIRE Medical (Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment), UK
Alasdair Philips, BSc, DAgE, Director of Powerwatch (UK NGO), UK
Sarah Starkey, PhD, Independent Neuroscience and Environmental Health Research, UK
Michael Bevington, Electrosensitivity UK, United Kingdom
Eileen O’Connor, Director, EM Radiation Research Trust, and PHIRE, Board Member International EMF Alliance, UK
Nicola Kingsley, School secretary (retired). UK
Gabriel Millar, Teacher, activist organizer of 6 public meetings on the subject of wireless radiation in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK
Israel
Gadi Lissak, Dr, Behavioral Gadi medicine psychologist, Israel Yael Stein, Dr, MD, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel Iris Atzmon, MPH, author, Israel.
Brazil
Alvaro Augusto de Salles, PhD, Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Colombia
Carlos Sosa, MD, Medellin, Colombia,
Canada
Daniel Berman, MSW, Vancouver, Washington, Board Member, Wireless Education Action, Canada
Anthony B. Miller, MD, FRCP, Professor Emeritus, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
Heather Dawn Gingerich, MSc, International Medical Geology Association and AAAS Science & Human Rights Coalition, Canada
Melissa Chalmers, Director, Electromagnetic Pollution Illnesses Canada Foundation (EPIC), Canada
Janis Hoffmann, Parents for Safe Schools, Canada
Jean Hudon, Co-founder, Quebec’s Coalition Against Electromagnetic Pollution , Quebec, Canada
Lucie Montpetit, Occupational therapist with EHS, ME and FM patients. Canada Sharon Noble, Director, Coalition to Stop Smart Meters, Director, Citizens for Safe Technology, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Barbara Payne, Director’ Electromagnetic Pollution Illnesses Canada Foundation (EPIC), Canada
Marcus & Benita Schluschen, Canadians for Safe Technology, British Columbia, Canada
Pedro Gregorio, M.Eng, Canada
Vladimir Gagachev, P.Eng., Electrical Engineer, Canada
Petrina Gregson, B of Mus, MA, Retired teacher, Clearwater, BC, Canada
Sheila Pratt, BA, Retired teacher, Canada
Cathy Veris, Community Mediation Coordinator, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Shelley Wright, Teacher, Canada
USA
David O. Carpenter, MD, Director, Institute for Health and the Environment. A Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization, University at Albany, NY, USA Scott Eberle, MD, Medical Director, Hospice of Petaluma, CA, USA
Dan O. Harper, MD, Solana Beach, CA, USA
James Huff, PhD, Guest Researcher, Formerly, Associate Director for Chemical Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina , USA
Peter F. Infante, D.D.S, Dr.P.H., F.A.C.E. USA
Toril Jelter, MD, MDI Wellness Center in Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Elizabeth Kelley, MA, Former Managing Director, International Electromagnetic Safety Alliance, USA
Ann Yeawon Lee, MD, USA
L. Lloyd Morgan, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental Health Trust, USA
Ronald M. Powell, PhD, USA
Camilla Rees, MBA, ElectromagneticHealth.org. USA
Cindy Sage, MA, Sage Associates, Co-Editor, BioInitiative Reports, USA
Theodora Scarato MSW, Environmental Health Trust, USA Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant, USA Mary Beth Brangan, Ecological Options Network, USA Patricia Burke, HaltMAsmartmeters.org., USA
Galilee Carlisle, M.Ed., Heads Up! for Public Health’ Chehalis, WA, USA
Elizabeth Doonan, Maryland for Safe technology, USA
Cecelia Doucette, Technology Safety Educator, USA
Lee Emerson, President, Lee F. Emerson & Associates Inc., Mill Spring, NC, USA
Arthur Firstenberg, President, Cellular Phone Task Force, Santa Fe, NM. USA
Diane Hickey, Co-founder, National Association For Children and Safe Technology, USA
Desiree Jaworski, Executive Director, Center for Safer Wireless, USA
Ellie Marks, Director, California Brain Tumor Association, San Francisco, CA, USA
Sandi Maurer, Director, EMF Safety Network, USA
Sam Parish, Forensic Engineer, Providence, RI, USA
Katie Singer, Author, An Electronic Silent Spring, EMRadiation Policy Institute, USA
Angela Tsiang, Engineer, USA
Gary Vesperman, Clean Energy Inventions, Boulder City, Nevada, USA
Dianne Wilkins, Paralegal, Maine, USA
Mary Anne Tierney, RN, MPH, Fairview, NC USA
Australia
Don Maisch PhD, Member of the Australasian Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association (ORSAA), Australia
Steven Weller, B.Sc., Australia
Karen Adler, EHS group network, Sydney, Australia
Linda Jones, Stop Smart Meters Australia, Victoria, Australia Greg Jones, Stop Smart Meters Australia, Victoria, Australia Lyn McLean, Director, EMR Australia PL
Sarah Benson, Retired teacher, Australia
Additional signers after the conference Germany
Jan Gerhard, MD, Peditrician, Youth-Psychiatrist, Bünsdorf, Germany
Dietrich Moldan, Dr, Moldan Umweltanalytik, Iphofen, Germany
Claus Scheingraber. Dr. med dent., Chairman German Working Group Electro-Biology, Germany
Sonja Tamm, Baubiologin IBN, Germany
Ortwin Zais, Dr, Managing Chairman, EUROPAEM e.V. European Academy for Environmental Medicine e.V. Germany
Italy
Sparer Armin, Fach. Ing., Bozen, Italy
Netherlands
Peter van der Vleuten, Stichting Kennisplatform Elektromagnetische Straling and Brainport Biotech Solutions BV, The Netherlands
Switzerland
Peter Schlegel, M.Sc. Esslingen, Switzerland
Markus Lauener, Präsident (chairman), Dachverband Elektrosmog Schweiz und Liechtenstein (Swiss Umbrella Organization for EMF protection), Swtizerland
Argentina
Liliana Palancio, Presidente Asociación Civil Aletheia por la vida Personería Juridica. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Canada
Paul Héroux, PhD, Occupational Health Program Director, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Medicine, Montreal, Canada Martin Weatherall, Co-Director WEEP Initiative, Canada
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