Scientists and Medical Experts Call for Health Canada to Update EMR Safety Limits

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Scientists and medical experts call for Health Canada to update their recommended limits for human exposure.

Safety Code 6 (2015) covers the recommended limits for electromagnetic fields in the frequency range of 3 kHz to 300 GHz, which include the limits for 5G technologies.

Why the call?

Health Canada sets recommended limits for human exposure to RF-EMF emissions from wireless devices and equipment such as cellphones, smart meters, cell tower antennas, Wi-Fi and 5G technologies in a document called Safety Code 6 (2015) for radiofrequency fields in the range of 3 kHz to 300 GHz;5,6.

These standards similar to the USA’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).

But the thing is, these standards do not adequately protect human health because they are based on flawed assumptions.

The International Commission on Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF) proved that these assumptions are invalid and flawed.

In 2011, the World Health Organization-International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO-IARC) classified RF-EMF as a Group 2B possible human carcinogen. They then commissioned 12 systematic reviews on 10 health outcomes.

These WHO-commissioned systematic reviews on cancer and reproductive toxicity provided “sufficient information for public health agencies to reevaluate current exposure guidelines and promote risk-reducing recommendations.”

But they did not review the scientific evidence on the biological effects of: heating, genotoxicity, non-laboratory mammals nor non-mammalian species.

Not only that, WHO-commissioned reviews cannot be relied on as proof of safety because of serious methodological flaws.

Read the call in full here. An extract is included below in this post.

We, scientists and medical experts engaged in studying the health and safety of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF), call on the Government of Canada to:

Acknowledge risks to human health of RF-EMF (a hazardous agent) at levels below today’s recommended limits in Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 (2015), including the limits for 5G technologies;*

Update Health Canada’s RF-EMF limits based on precautionary, health‑protective interpretation of findings and recommendations of an independent panel to be convened by Health Canada. The panel must have appropriate expertise to review systematically the scientific evidence of the biological effects and risks due to RF-EMF exposures;**

Urgently develop a robust public awareness program to advise Canadians to minimize exposures to RF-EMF and to choose technologies that connect non-wirelessly, especially for children and the medically vulnerable.

This includes all radiofrequency limits set by Health Canada including the 2021 “Complement to Safety Code 6 (2015)”: Notice: Localized human exposure limits for radiofrequency fields in the range of 6 GHz to 300 GHz.

** This includes human and non-human species, applying rigorous scientific methods, transparency, and full public consultation throughout the process.

You can see more information, including how to support this declaration here: https://c4st.org/eng/declaration_view.php

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