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A major congressional effort to end the digital divide is, so far, generating little interest from big media. It’s almost as if the corporate press celebrates the existence of information haves and have-nots. We’ll hear about the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act. Also: cities enacting forward-looking green building codes are challenged by the standard construction industry.

Todays' classrooms are filled with countless wireless devices, from laptops and tablets to smart boards and smart speakers, not to mention personal cell phones. All of these devices emit radiofrequency (RF) radiation, and the exposure is cumulative. 

Recent U.S. government studies have confirmed what many other studies have shown: the decades-old theory that non-ionizing radiation only causes thermal effects is wrong. Exposure to RF radiation, even at levels below government standards, can also cause biological harm, and is increasingly recognized around the world as a public health problem. The developing bodies of children are particularly vulnerable. Now the question for school administrators is, how can we create a safe learning environment for our students without impacting our technology-based curriculum?

Dr Melnick uses very precise language in his presentation, a masterpiece of understatement. He was deeply involved with the so-called NTP Cell Phone Study. He describes the NIH's mandate for it, the body set up to do it, what the body did, and what it found. Its assignment was to test the assumption, currently adopted by FCC and all manufacturers of U.S. EMF-emitting devices, that EMF radiation within the "official" limit is harmless to humans. The U.S. official limit is the amount that induces a one degree Celsius increase in body temperature in one minute. The study proved conclusively that this assumption is "not true." He concludes that continued reliance on this assumption is "unethical."

Ms Scarato describes the sources and intensities of EMF radiation currently found in public schools, including some really nightmarish antenna positions. She shows how easy it would be to implement hard-wired internet connections instead of Wifi. The result is elimination of that source of radiation, AND vastly more speed accessing the internet. She is helping roll out this vital information to school officials, who should already be concerned about possible lawsuits.

"... We need to seriously challenge J&J’s reputation. A 2019 report by the British intelligence firm Alva has noted that J&J’s reputation has sunk dramatically during the past years, from ninth place among 58 major pharmaceutical firms to 57th place. Certainly, this is not a company with a clean ethical record. A review of J&J’s rap sheet over the past three decades presents a dire and contrary image that should lead us to question the company’s claims about its COVID-19 vaccine given the lucrative market the pandemic has created for the most aggressive medical corporations. Similar to its equally over-sized competitors Glaxo, Merck and Pfizer, J&J too has had to pay out billions of dollars over the decades for civil settlements and criminal activities. ..."

This is episode 17 of the Miko Peled Podcast. Hear it and see closed caption subtitles at mikopeled.com/podcast/ . On this episode, Miko spoke with Wafa Ali Aludaina, a Gaza-based Palestinian journalist, manager of the foreign media unit at The Althorayya Institution for Media, a youth group organizer, manager of the October 16th Group in Palestine, founder of the Palestinian Eve Network, and an activist for Palestine. Wafa is also a mother of three children and lives in Gaza, Palestine, which has been the target of an aggressive, terrifying military assault on alleged military targets in Gaza, targets which have been easily debunked by independent journalists working on the ground.

Featuring an interview with none other than Edward Snowden!