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03/10/2019 Article translated from German. Extracts only. Link to original article in German: https://www.oedp.de/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/newsdetails/news/5g-gesundheitsrisiken-und-vorsorgeprinzip/?fbclid=IwAR1HY1dgMxuq4o1JQg7ayc9SpdwNqZCgBYlDtU15Dub0fYv4zCcAu7GP6PY (Brussels / 03.10.2019) While the European Commission is preparing to publish a 5G risk assessment on cybersecurity, MEPs Philippe Lamberts, Klaus Buchner and Michèle Rivasi (Green Group / EFA) condemn the blatant lack of biological and environmental studies on 5G radiation...
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October 2 2019 Paris (AFP) Several NGOs on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the deployment of 5G, fearing risks to health but also consequences “out of control” on the society of this technology expected as a revolution in mobile telephony. Delivering vast amounts of data much faster than today’s mobile phones, 5G promises the...
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Press Conference of October 1st, 2019 European Parliament Image credit https://www.phonegatealert.org 2 Oct 2019 We would like to thank MEPs Philippe Lamberts, Michèle Rivasi and Klaus Buchner of the Greens/EFA for this remarkable event organised on 1 October 2019 at the European Parliament. This allowed our President to launch an alert to the European authorities asking them...
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The Supreme Court of Appeal has, in a unanimous judgment, affirmed the City of Cape Town’s constitutional mandate to regulate and control the use of land within its municipal borders. The judgment sets an important precedent that all telecommunications service providers, inclusive of state-owned Telkom, must obtain the City’s approval prior to installing cellphone masts...
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For Immediate Release: October 01, 2019 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is informing patients, health care professionals, IT staff in health care facilities and manufacturers of a set of cybersecurity vulnerabilities, referred to as “URGENT/11,” that—if exploited by a remote attacker—may introduce risks for medical devices and hospital networks. URGENT/11 affects several operating systems that...
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Source: https://www.itweb.co.za/content/O2rQGqApY92Md1ea Africa and Europe are headed for a clash later this month when the parties converge in Egypt for the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC). The conference will review, and, if necessary, revise the radio regulations, the international treaty governing the use of the radio frequency spectrum and the geostationary-satellite and non-geostationary-satellite orbits. Revisions are made on...
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Metals and metal alloys are commonly used in implanted medical devices and in inserts like amalgam dental fillings, and these materials are sometimes in contact with parts of the body for extended periods of time.  Part of the FDA’s evaluation to determine whether a medical device is safe and effective involves reviewing information about metals...
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