World Response
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Radiation Programme has an ongoing project to assess potential health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in the general and working population. To prioritize potential adverse health outcomes, WHO conducted a broad international survey in 2018. Ten major topics were identified for which WHO will now commission systematic reviews to analyze and synthesize the available evidence. web.archive.org/web/20200514165110/https:/www.who.int/peh-emf/research/rf_ehc_page/en/index1.html
It could take years for public policy to catch up to the science though, so citizens, municipalities and schools are well-advised to transition away from wireless radiation and instead connect with technology via fiber to and through the premises (using Ethernet cables and adapters to devices as needed):
In December 2020 the European Parliament began an investigation into wireless radiation, especially 5G. The panel is a two-hour session with six representatives from industry and science. In the final minutes the Parliamentarian discredits the industry's claims and calls for a moratorium on 5G. The moderator recommends emulating the New Hampshire, USA, commission's investigative process. See NH report recommendations. https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/panel-for-future-of-science-and-technology-workshop-on-5g_20201207-1000-SPECIAL-STOA_vd
The European Parliament advocates using the Precautionary Principle. The Precautionary Principle states, when there are indications of possible adverse effects, though they remain uncertain, the risks from doing nothing may be far greater than the risks of taking action to control these exposures. The Precautionary Principle shifts the burden of proof from those suspecting a risk to those who discount it. To date, no research has proven EMFs are safe, and recent studies have proven they are extremely harmful.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_IDA(2015)573876
As documented in the following articles, many governments are captured by industry and put economic interests ahead of public health:
Rainer Nyberg, Julie McCredden and Lennart Hardell
The European Union assessments of radiofrequency radiation health risks – another hard nut to crack
https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2023-0046
Nils Rainer Nyberg, Julie E. McCredden, Steven G. Weller and Lennart Hardell
The European Union prioritises economics over health in the rollout of radiofrequency technologies
https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2022-0106
In 2020 Russia issued the following safety guidelines for children studying from home during the pandemic: https://ehtrust.org/russia-bans-wi-fi-and-smartphones-for-distance-learning/?fbclid=IwAR2EnZjneux7CwiqPwsHW2flmAjiRZWOxwk1PnPVosEXtCNZ6C-1-wSUjIs
The Mediterranean country of Cyprus issued similar pandemic guidelines: http://paidi.com.cy/guide-on-safe-internet-connection-especially-for-children-and-distance-learning/?lang=en
In 2017, Cyprus signed the nation-wide Nicosia Declaration on Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Radiation to educate and protect their citizens: https://ehtrust.org/2017-nicosia-declaration-electromagnetic-radiofrequency-radiation/
http://www.cyprus-child-environment.org/India's Supreme Court is tuning in, thanks to celebrity action: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/sc-admits-pleas-against-mobile-tower-radiation/article24949596.ece
The Environmental Health Trust keeps a database of international policy actions on wireless radiation:
https://ehtrust.org/policy/international-policy-actions-on-wireless/
In 2015, Dr. Martin Blank, now representing 225 microwave radiation scientists worldwide, made an international appeal to the United Nations and the World Health Organization calling for Protection from Non-ionizing Electromagnetic Field Exposure. Dr. Blank provides a three-minute video introduction to the Advisory here: https://emfscientist.org/.
The two-page Advisory is provided in full here, along with scientists from countries around the world: http://www.emfscientist.org/index.php/emf-scientist-appeal
In 2017, the International Journal of Oncology published a report explaining the WHO has conflicts of interest with industry and does not plan to take action to protect the public from non-thermal electromagnetic radiation, even though the scientific and epidemiological evidence of harm is well documented: https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/ijo.2017.4046
Many who experience electrical sensitivities also suffer from multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS). At the 5th Paris Appeal Congress, 18th of May, 2015 at the Royal Academy of Medicine, Belgium, world experts convened to discuss "Environmental idiopathic intolerance: what role for EMFs and multiple chemicals?" They are asking for international codes to classify and treat EHS and MCS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTFAMlCKUBM
Thankfully, many public servants are no longer waiting for direction from what were once considered credible higher authorities. They are doing their own independent investigations and protecting their citizens:
In 2018 cities in Iran began installing systems to measure and monitor electromagnetic radiation emissions. This is a step in the right directions and will be most effective if cities use biologically based limits for emissions instead of outdated ICNIRP limits which allow too much radiation for biological protection: https://www.en.eghtesadonline.com/Section-technology-13/27288-electromagnetic-radiation-online-monitoring-system-in-tehran-shiraz
The City of Krakow, Poland has instituted a “Let’s Be EcoDigital” Initiative and Conference on Electromagnetic Environmental Pollution to educate its citizens: https://ehtrust.org/krakow-polands-lets-ecodigital-initiative-conference-electromagnetic-environmental-pollution/
Lynne Wycherley reported on this in The Ecologist, 2017:Krakow’s bold step to curb electromagnetic pollution reflects growing evidence of harm
A growing number of states in the U.S. are passing laws to investigate EMF harm and protect the public: https://sites.google.com/site/understandingemfs/massachusetts-emf-bills-2019-20/bills-in-other-states-2019-20
In April 2016 the mayor of Haifa, the third largest city in Israel, banned wi-fi from schools: https://buildingbiologyblog.com/2016/04/29/haifa-israel-orders-wi-fi-to-be-removed-from-all-schools/
This is the television program that motivated the Haifa mayor to investigate and take action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpJsIWuV-PA
In March 2016 lawmakers in Argentina filed a bill to establish a national law against electromagnetic pollution. See below for a Google translation of this article: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.nuevocronista.com/argentina-busca-una-ley-nacional-contra-la-contaminacion-electromagnetica/&edit-text=
On January 29, 2015, the French National Assembly made history by passing a new national law to reduce exposures to wireless radiation electromagnetic fields: http://ehtrust.org/france-new-national-law-bans-wifi-nursery-school/
France issued a decree for the protection of workers against the risks arising from electromagnetic fields, which went into effect on January 1, 2017: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2016/8/3/ETST1611714D/jo
In 2017, the French government released radiation measurements that show the way we use cell phones today up against our heads exceeds public radiation exposure limits. See PhoneGate: Cell Phone Radiation Exceeds Limits When Tested At Body Contact Position: https://ehtrust.org/policy/phonegate-cell-phone-radiation-exceeds-limits-tested-body-contact-position/
Note, in 2008, the France National Library gave up wi-fi too: http://www.next-up.org/pdf/PressReleaseFranceNationalLibraryBNFisGivingUpWiFi03042008.pdf
The City of Tarragona in Catalonia is the first municipal government in Spain to implement a rescue plan for people with central sensitivity syndromes (CSS) including electrohypersensitivity (EHS): https://afectadasporlosrecortessanitarios.wordpress.com/2015/11/29/good-news-first-rescue-plan-for-people-with-css/
In the Mediterranean, the Cyprus National Committee on Environment and Children's Health released the following five-minute public advisory (as translated by Environmental Health Trust): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H43IKNjTvRM
In May 2015 Berkeley, California passed an historic right to know ordinance that in part reads:
A Cell phone retailer shall provide to each customer who buys or leases a Cell phone a notice containing the following language:
"The City of Berkeley requires that you be provided the following notice:
To assure safety, the Federal Government requires that cell phones meet radio frequency (RF) exposure guidelines. If you carry or use your phone in a pants or shirt pocket or tucked into a bra when the phone is ON and connected to a wireless network, you may exceed the federal guidelines for exposure to RF radiation. This potential risk is greater for children.
Refer to the instructions in your phone or user manual for information about how to use your phone safely."
The full ordinance is attached below.
World experts are also concerned about unchecked wi-fi safety in airplanes for passengers and in-flight crew members: http://www.electricsense.com/11622/wifi-radiation-planes-fly-low-emf/
Lloyd Burrell of ElectricSense.com offers suggestions for how to minimize exposure while traveling: https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/emf-exposure-travel/
In August 2015, retired WHO General-Director and Prime Minister of Norway Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland was interviewed by the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. She herself gets immediate headaches from her cell phone. See the three minute interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISsQSwiWI2E
The Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection indicates Wi-Fi in kindergartens and schools should be strictly regulated and hard-wiring should be used: https://www.scribd.com/document/182641315/RNCNIRP-Russia-Wi-Fi-Regulation-19-06-12-pdf
While the United States and Canada have been slow to respond and have some of the worst EMF public health standards in the world, other countries have already taken measures to protect their citizens and our planet. The link below summarizes what other countries have done: http://www.wifi-in-schools-australia.org/p/worldwide.html
The California Medical Association in December 2014 resolved to set up a task force to determine adequate precautionary recommendations for the use of cell phones and wireless devices for schools and children: http://ehtrust.org/california-medical-association-wireless-resolution/?utm_source=March+2014+Newsletter&utm_campaign=Oct+2014+Newsletter&utm_medium=email
This link summarizes international actions taken over the years to protect against cell phones and now wi-fi as well: http://www.cellphonetaskforce.org/?page_id=128
India is among the nations with toughest EMF radiation standards: http://tech2.in.com/news/general/india-among-nations-with-toughest-emf-radiation-standards/749632
Illegal cell towers have also been taken down in India: http://www.mid-day.com/articles/bmc-demolishes-illegal-mobile-towers-at-south-mumbai-building/18123189
The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly released "Resolution 1815 (2011): The potential dangers of electromagnetic fields and their effect on the environment." They advise, "8.1.1. take all reasonable measures to reduce exposure to electromagnetic fields, especially to radio frequencies from mobile phones, and particularly the exposure to children and young people who seem to be most at risk from head tumours;". The full Resolution offers clear recommendations: http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=17994
Safe in Schools provides the following Medical Advisory: Wi-Fi Radiation and Children's Health which also indicates how groups in the U.S. and other countries are responding: http://www.safeinschool.org/2013/02/medical-advisory-wifi-radiation-and.html
The Electromagnetic Radiation Research Foundation of South Africa advocates the Precautionary Principle and other measures to keep its citizens safer: http://www.emrrfsa.org/about-us/
ABC News: A Danish science experiment by a group of 9th-graders has gained worldwide interest and may have us rethinking the proliferation of wireless devices in our homes: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/05/can-wifi-signals-stunt-plant-growth/
Note: The information provided here is publicly available on the Internet.
It is intended to provide a starting point to inform you of EMF dangers.
Please do your own research, draw your own conclusions, and act accordingly to protect those you love.