SSITA came into being as a result of a meeting that took place in the Headquarters of the Teachers’ Union, VOICE, in Derby on 18th 0ctober 2009. The CAVI Society, (one of SSITA’s founder members) had by then been operating for some three years and was beginning to realise that it should have begun to address the concerns on Wi-Fi in schools much sooner than it had.
They noted that one Teachers’ Union, VOICE, had already been expressing its own concerns for some time previously, through the responsibly and professionally expressed views of its National Secretary, Philip Parkin. (Please see our Articles and Studies)
CAVI Society realised that we already owed more to VOICE than we had realised, in bringing the concerns into public awareness, and their Chair, Diana Hanson, went, on behalf of the Society, to thank Philip Parkin for his lead on this issue. Two meetings ensued between Philip Parkin and Diana Hanson, at which she expressed the idea of bringing together representatives from the main organisations concerned about Wi-Fi. We all in SSITA value the contributions of these organisations, as well as the contributions of individual scientists.
SSITA is an active community of people who liaise with, and help each other, sharing information and asking for advice from our “gurus”. As a result we all feel better equipped to move forward with our urgent work.
“Exposing children to wireless in schools is criminal.” (11th March 2009)
Last month, Dr. Thomas Rau, Medical Director of the world renowned Paracelsus Clinic in Lustmühle, Switzerland, said he is convinced ‘electromagnetic loads’ lead to cancer, concentration problems, ADD, tinnitus, migraines, insomnia, arrhythmia, Parkinson’s and even back pain.
Exposing children in schools to radiation, known to impair brain function and learning, Rau describes as “criminal”. He says, “It is unethical to expose children to electromagnetic load in this way. We know that power stations for electromagnetic waves like mobile phones are hurting the brains of children, so to put such stations into schools is really…very, very, very bad. Rau says, the question is, “Does the school, or does the society, really want to have intelligent, well-educated children, or not?” He says, “If you install mobile phone towers, which radiate to the children, their intelligence, their brain capacity, decreases. You will have more ADD children, you will have less function of the brain, which in the long term reflects on the intelligence of the children, of the possibility to really teach children, and in the long term, the more this overcomes society, the more we will have dumb children.”
Either the advice that the Health Protection Agency gives to schools is correct, or Dr.Thomas Rau is correct. We do not see how they both can be. We do not want to wait for years to find out which of these two schools of thought is right…….you can see what that means for SSITA.
IEMFA – the international alliance to which many of our member organisations belong.
Wi-Fi in Schools – The science behind the health concerns over wireless technologies in schools. Information about a precautionary approach, the concerns of scientists.
Powerwatch – an independent organisation with a central role in the UK Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Radiation health debate. We work closely with …
Electro Sensitivity UK – Providing unbiased and balanced information to help those who have become sensitive to mobile and cordless phones, their masts, WiFi Internet, Low energy light bulbs, electricity pylons and generating stations, dimmer switches, satellite TV boxes, electric bedside clock radios, video cameras, GPS, games consoles and a multitude of common everyday electrical appliances. Sign up for the regular newsletter or if you need prompt help leave a telephone message.
https://www.tacinterconnections.com/ : supporting practitioners and managers who work with babies, children and young people who have on-going special needs for whatever reasons.
Mast Sanity – raising awareness to the issues surrounding the use of mobile phones.
Bio Electromagnetic Research Initiative (BEMRI) -has been formed to create a research portal for the scientific community and interested members of the lay public.
Microwaves – Natural Science
Warning from The World Foundation for Natural Science