Questo appello è stato realizzato in occasione della conferenza internazionale “Bambini, tecnologia e radiazioni wireless” che si è tenuta a Reykjavik il 24 febbraio 2017. Scarica qui l’originale in inglese: Reykjavik Appeal.
Noi sottoscritti siamo preoccupati per lo sviluppo e per la salute dei nostri figli nelle scuole dove si insegna tramite delle tecnologie di comunicazione senza fili. Numerosi studi scientifici hanno dimostrato quali notevoli rischi per la salute ci siano con l’esposizione a lungo termine a radiazioni di radiofrequenza emesse dai dispositivi e dalle reti wireless anche al di sotto degli attuali limiti di riferimento raccomandati dalla Commissione Internazionale sulla Protezione dalle Radiazioni Non-Ionizzanti (ICNIRP). Chiediamo alle autorità di assumersi le proprie responsabilità per la salute e per il benessere futuro dei nostri figli.
Nel maggio 2011 l’Agenzia Internazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro (IARC) dell’OMS ha classificato la radiofrequenza come cancerogeno del gruppo 2B, ovvero come “possibile cancerogeno per l’Uomo”. Da allora ulteriori studi scientifici basati sull’esposizione degli esseri umani, degli animali e del materiale biologico a radiofrequenza hanno confermato un aumento del rischio di cancro, soprattutto di tumori cerebrali. Diversi studi di laboratorio hanno dimostrato i meccanismi degli effetti cancerogeni della radiofrequenza, come lo stress ossidativo, una sotto regolazione del mRNA e danni al DNA con rotture dei filamenti singoli. La classificazione del rischio cancerogeno dello IARC comprende tutte le fonti di radiofrequenza. L’esposizione a lungo termine ai ripetitori della telefonia mobile, ai punti Wi-Fi, agli smart phone, ai computer portatili e ai tablet può avvenire talvolta per tutto il giorno, sia a casa che a scuola. Per i bambini questo rischio può essere accentuato a causa dell’effetto cumulativo nel corso della vita. Sviluppando delle cellule immature possono essere anche più sensibili all’esposizione a radiofrequenza. Sulla base degli studi scientifici non sono stati stabiliti dei livelli di esposizioni a queste radiazioni privi di rischi e, perciò, non ci sono garanzie di sicurezza.
Oltre al rischio di cancro, la radiofrequenza può influenzare anche l’apertura della barriera emato-encefalica e favorire il passaggio di tossine nel cervello, danneggiando i neuroni dell’ippocampo (il centro cerebrale deputato alla memoria), alterare la regolazione in difetto o in eccesso delle proteine essenziali nel cervello impegnate nel metabolismo cerebrale, porre sotto stress la risposta della neuro-protezione e influenzare i neurotrasmettitori. E’ stato osservato che gli spermatozoi esposti al Wi-Fi hanno più difetti nella testa e più danni al DNA. La radiofrequenza può aumentare lo stress ossidativo cellulare, può produrre un aumento di citochine pro-infiammatorie e può abbassare la capacità di riparare la rottura del singolo o doppio filamento del DNA.
Sono stati riscontrati anche dei disturbi cognitivi nell’apprendimento e nella memoria. I risultati dei sondaggi sulle prestazioni nella lettura e nella matematica del PISA (programma per la valutazione internazionale dell’allievo) dell’OCSE mostrano risultati scadenti nei paesi che hanno investito di più nell’introduzione dei computer a scuola. Il lavoro in multitasking, le eccessive ore davanti ad uno schermo, il minore tempo dedicato ai contatti sociali e all’attività fisica, con il conseguente rischio di dolori al collo e alla schiena, di problemi di sonno, di sovrappeso, e la dipendenza da informatica sono alcuni dei rischi e degli effetti collaterali conosciuti dell’impiego delle tecnologie informatiche. Questi rappresentano un netto contrasto rispetto a quanto affermato dei possibili benefici che sono in gran parte non dimostrati.
Chiediamo alle autorità scolastiche di tutti i paesi di acquisire le conoscenze riguardanti i rischi potenziali della radiofrequenza per la crescita e per lo sviluppo dei bambini. Una soluzione più sicura rispetto alle esposizioni potenzialmente pericolose delle radiazioni delle tecnologie senza fili è la connessione via cavo. Vi chiediamo di seguire il principio ALARA (livello più basso ragionevolmente ottenibile) e di tenere conto della Risoluzione 1815 del Consiglio d’Europa che fa appello di adottare tutte le misure ragionevoli per ridurre l’esposizione alla radiofrequenza.
Regole pratiche per le scuole sui bambini e sulle tecnologie senza fili:
• assenza di reti wireless nelle scuole materne e negli asili nido;
• si raccomanda la presenza in ogni classe di una connessione via cavo per l’uso da parte dell’insegnante durante le lezioni;
• preferire i telefoni collegati via cavo per il personale nelle scuole materne e negli asili nido;
• preferire la connessione via cavo ad Internet e alle stampanti nelle scuole e tenere tutte le apparecchiature con il Wi-Fi spento;
• preferire i computer portatili e i tablet che possono essere collegati via cavo a Internet;
• gli studenti non dovrebbero essere autorizzati a utilizzare i cellulari a scuola, gli studenti possono o lasciarli a casa o all’insegnante che li raccoglie prima dell’inizio delle lezioni, tenendoli in modalità aereo.
Firmato da
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
Sveinn S. Kjartansson, Formaður, Félag foreldra leikskólabarna, Chairman, Association of
parents of preschool children in Reykjavik, Island
Valdemar Gisli Valdemarsson, Electronic technician/manager, Island
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
Solveig Glomsrød, Chairman, Association of electro-hypersensitive, Norway
Sissel Halmøy, Chair, International EMF Alliance, Norway
Thomas Middelthon, Chairman, Citizens´ Radiation Protection, Norway
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
Ernesto Burgio, MD, Pediatrician, ECERI, European Cancer and Environment Research
Institute Bruxelles, Belgium
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
Dominique Belpomme, MD, MS, Professor, Oncology, Paris University Hospital, France,
and European Cancer and Environment Research Institute (ECERI), Brussels, Belgium.
Christine Campagnac, Hospital Director, seconded from Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de
Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France; and 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
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
Theodore Metsis, PhD, Electrical-Mechanical-Environmental Engineer-Consultant, Athens,
Greece
Stelios A Zinelis, MD, BA, Hellenic Cancer Society of Kefallonia and Ithaki, Greece
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
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 nonIonizing Radiation Protection, Moscow, Russia
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
Gadi Lissak, Dr, Behavioral Gadi medicine psychologist, Israel
Yael Stein, Dr, MD, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Iris Atzmon, MPH, Author, Israel.
Alvaro Augusto de Salles, PhD, Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul –
UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Carlos Sosa, MD, Medellin, Colombia,
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
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
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
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
Sparer Armin, Fach. Ing., Bozen, Italy
Peter van der Vleuten, Stichting Kennisplatform Elektromagnetische Straling and Brainport
Biotech Solutions BV, The Netherlands
Peter Schlegel, M.Sc., Esslingen, Switzerland
Markus Lauener, Präsident (chairman), Dachverband Elektrosmog Schweiz und
Liechtenstein (Swiss Umbrella Organization for EMF protection), Swtizerland
Liliana Palancio, Presidente Asociación Civil Aletheia por la vida Personería Juridica.
Buenos Aire, Argentina.
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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