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5G and the IoT
- Green Paper: Fostering the Advancement of the Internet of Things US Dept. of Commerce | National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Jan. 12, 2017
- NYC Guidelines for the Internet of Things NYC joined by 20 other cities
- Be Careful What You Wish For: 5G and the Hilltowns Jonathan Mirin | Feb. 9th, 2017
- The Internet of Things Poses Human Health Risks: Scientists Question the Safety of Untested 5G Technology at International Conference March 9th, 2017 | Military News
- 5G Next Gen Mobile George Slefo |
- Handcuffing Cities to Help Telecom Giants Susan Crawford | Mar. 29, 2017 | Contributor to @backchnnl; prof @Harvard_Law
- How upgrading humans will become the next billion-dollar industry April 9, 2017
- The Whole POINT of the Internet of Things Is So Big Brother Can Spy On You March 15, 2017
- Now You Can Give Oral Intercourse Lengthy-Distance By Licking Your Cellphone March 9th, 2017
- ALIBABA’S JACK MA: ‘In the next 30 years, the world will see much more pain than happiness’ Rob Price | April 24, 2017
- Public health is littered with examples where economic interests trumped scientific advice Oct. 29th, 2017 | Devra Davis | The Hill
- Cities are getting smarter—and much easier to hack Mar. 16th, year? | Phillip Tracy | The Daily Dot
- Philips Lighting, Empowering Cities – A responsive city for improved city services Nov. 10th, 2016 | Phillips Lighting
- The Dark Side of IoT and WiFi Nov. 4th, 2017 | William Greenwood | The Tech News
- 5G phone network: Expert concerned by lack of understanding of potential health effects Aug. 18th, 2017 | Isobel Roe | ABC News
- New 5G Cell Towers and Smart Meters to Increase Microwave Radiation – Invade Privacy Nov. 11th, 2017 | John P. Thomas | Health Impact News
- Switzerland: Obstacles to the Introduction of 5G Lucie Monnat | Dec. 6th, 2017 | Towards Better Health
- Wireless FCC’s plan to toss net neutrality is a win for 5G: analyst Nov. 22nd, 2017 | Monica Alleven | Fierce Wireless
- PRODUCT LIABILITY Attorney Article Sept. 12th, 2016 | Wilson Elsner
- 3GPP declares first 5G NR spec complete Dec. 20th, 2017 | Monica Alleven | Fierce Wireless
- Scientists for Wired Technology | Website
- Upgrade to 5G Costs $200 Billion a Year, May Not Be Worth It Olga Kharif and Scott Moritz | Dec. 18th, 2017 | Bloomberg Technology
- The Impact of the Smart Home Revolution on Product Liability and Fire Cause Determinations WilsonElser Product Liability Attorney
- 5G wireless pits cities against telecoms and their friends in the FCC Local governments and residents fight to retain control over millions of new small cells Mar. 2nd, 2018 | Alan Holmes | Center for Public Integrity
- Planetary Emergency | The Earth Needs Your Help Now Arthur Firstenberg | Cellular Phone Task Force
- According to Cisco, There are 3 Reasons Why Almost 75% of Internet of Things (IoT) Projects Fail. So Why Are Taxpayer Dollars Still Being Spent to Connect Everything to It? BN Frank | May 9th, 2018
- The ‘Race to 5G’ Is Just Mindless Marketing Bullshit Karl Bode | May 4th, 2018 | Motherboard
- With 5G Still in the Works, 6G Is Already Taking Shape April 19th, 2018 | Sascha Segan | PC
- Health ALERT: Samsung 5G home router wins FCC approval June 24th, 2018 | Lori Alton | Natural Health 365
- Health ALERT: Samsung 5G home router wins FCC approval. June 24th, 2018 | Lori Alton | Natural Health 365
- Health ALERT: Samsung 5G home router wins FCC approval* June 24th, 2018 | Lori Alton | Natural Health 365
- The 5G Mass Experiment | Big Promises, Unknown Risks Investigate Europe
- Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Feb. 11th, 2019 | The White House
- The 5G mass experiment Website of Investigate Europe Big promises, unknown risks January 13th, 2019
- Guest Blog from Dr. Don Maisch, Australia: ‘Are community concerns over the 5G network rollout based on unfounded anxiety or valid evidence?’ April 2019 | Don Maisch PhD
- Everything You Need to Know About 5G Millimeter waves, massive MIMO, full duplex, beamforming, and small cells are just a few of the technologies that could enable ultrafast 5G networks By Amy Nordrum, Kristen Clark and IEEE Spectrum Staff
- 5G Exposed Website out of the UK
- Comment Filed by: GUARDS (Global Union Against Radiation Deployment from Space) Before the Federal Communications Commission | Sept. 28, 2016
- From: The Berkshire-Litchfield Environmental Council (BLEC) To: Thomas Wheeler, Chairman, FCC | July 12, 2016
- Tech TalkTelecomWireless Millimeter Waves Travel More Than 10 Kilometers in Rural Virginia 5G Experiment IEEE Spectrum | Amy Nordrum | Nov. 6, 2016 |
- Startup Says Beaming Millimeter Waves Over the Air Will Make It a Star in Ultra-Fast Wireless Broadband IEEE Spectrum | Amy Nordrum | Dec. 2, 2016 |
- Tech TalkTelecomWireless Startup Says Beaming Millimeter Waves Over the Air Will Make It a Star in Ultra-Fast Wireless Broadband IEEE Spectrum | Amy Nordrum | Dec. 2, 2016
- A Game Plan for IoT Giving every toy and entertainment product its own digital life
- 5G Vision: 100 Billion connections, 1 ms Latency, and 10 Gbps Throughput HUAWEI's visions of 5G
- Everything You Should Know About 5G | YouTube
- The Hype Surrounding 5G K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions | Sept. 24, 2016
- The Hype Surrounding 5G and Connecting "Everything" Wirelessly K.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions | Sept. 24
- Cisco CEO Pegs Internet of Things as $19 Trillion Market Bloomberg Technology | by Olga Kharif | Jan. 2014
- Smart drugs: Where IoT meets healthcare, a market snapshot SiliconAngle | By Cynthia Kuzela | June 2015
- 10 Billion Items Of Connected Clothing: The Internet Of Things Just Became A Lot More Fashionable Forbes | By Rachel Arthur | April 2016
- Smart toothbrushes the latest Internet of Things battleground SFGATE | By Benny Evangelista | June 2016
- 9 cool things lights can do thanks to the internet of things Lux | By Robert Bain | June 2015
- Smart Mattresses with "Infidelity Detection Systems: The Internet of Things & the Law The Frey Law Firm | By Attorney Ron Frey | April 2016
- Samsung's fridge of the future will let you check spoilage from your phone The Verge | By Russell Brandom | Jan 2016
- The Internet Of Wild Things: Introducing The First Smart Vibrator ReadWrite | By Lauren Orsini | Aug 2013
- Worldwide Augmented Reality (AR) Market Analysis 2016-2022 Sys-Con Media | PR Newswire | Oct. 2016
- The Future of Wireless: A Vision for U.S. Leadership in a 5G World Prepared Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler | June 20, 2016
Conflict Minerals
- Conflict-Free in the Congo Jennie Spector | Jan. 2017 | Volume 8 | Issue 1 | Page 39-41 |
- Blood Minerals About To Get Bloodier? What will happen in the Eastern Congo when the Conflict Minerals Rule is suspended? Lee Fang | Makheru Speaks |
- Booker, Brown, Durbin to SEC: “No Legal Basis” for Halting Bipartisan Conflict Minerals Rule Conflict Minerals Rule Helps Stem Tide of Illicit Mineral Extraction | April 26th, 2017
- Comments to the SEC Submitted by 12 Organizations from Africa South African Resource Watch | 2017
- Tackling Child Labor in the Minerals Supply Chain OECD tool on child labor step in the right direction May 3rd, 2017 | Juliane Kippenberg Associate Director, Children's Rights Division
- REGULATION (EU) 2017/821 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL May 19th, 2017 | Official Journal of the European Union
- Is child labor the price for e-cars? Aug. 23rd, 2017 | Deutsche Welle | Market Express |
- Mining for conflict minerals is driving gorillas to extinction The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
- Descending into conflict: tech minerals finance war July 25th, 2017 | Richard Brown | Raconteur
- 5.4 Million Dead in Conflict Mineral Wars to Put an iPhone in Your Hands July 2017 | Abby Martin | Conscious Life
- An ugly truth behind ‘ethical consumerism’ April 19th, 2018 | Laura Kasinov | Washington Post
- Blood in the Mobile | Full documentary
- Stand With Congo | Website Human Rights Movement for Transparency in the Congo
- CONFLICT MINERALS Global Witness |
- Child labor: Children reveal horror of working in mines June 12, 2013
- Congo rape victims face slavery in gold and mineral mines Sept. 2, 2011
- World Without Genocide Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- Children as young as seven mining cobalt used in Smart Phones, says Amnesty
- Congo: Blood, gold and mobile phones - video Sept. 2, 2011
- Dr. Omekongo Dibinga - Turn Your Cell Phone Into A Microphone Published 2016 | Stand with Congo
- Conflict Minerals, Rebels and Child Soldiers in Congo May 22nd, 2012
- Most Companies in the Dark on Conflict Minerals Bloomberg | Emily Chasan | July 28, 2016
- European Union Passes Conflict Minerals Legislation Jay Saling | June 16, 2016
- Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claims BBC | Jane Wakefield | Jan. 19, 2016
- THE COBALT PIPELINE | Video and article Washington Post | Todd C. Frankel | Sept. 30, 2016
- DR Congo: Cursed by its natural wealth BBC News Magazine | Oct. 9, 2013 |
- THE CONGO REPORT Slavery in Conflict Minerals Free the Slaves Report from 2011
- Shining a light on the use of conflict minerals The Guardian | July 2012 |
- Sexual violence and conflict minerals: international demand fuels cycle The Guardian | June 18, 2014
Health
- Physicians for Safe Technology | Website Digital Technology and Public Health
- Understanding EMFs | For Engineers and Physicists
- REPORT from the SCIENCE & WIRELESS 2016 prepared for the Pandora Foundation and for the Kompetenzinitiative Dariusz Leszczynski, PhD, DSc (biochemistry)
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Setting the standard for a wireless w WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Setting the standard for a wireless world of harm a call for action and accountability by Olga Sheean | January 30, 2017
- 5G | Human Skin as Arrays of Helical Antennas in the Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Range March, 2008 | Human Skin as Arrays of Helical Antennas in the Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave RangeYuri Feldman,Alexander Puzenko, Paul Ben Ishai, Andreas Caduff,1and Aharon J. Agranat,Department of Applied Physics | The Hebrew University of Jerusal
- 5G | Circular polarization induced by the three-dimensional chiral structure of human sweat ducts April 25, 2014 | Itai Hayut, Paul Ben Ishai, Aharon J. Agranat, and Yuri Feldman
- A 5G WIRELESS FUTURE WILL IT GIVE US A SMART NATION OR CONTRIBUTE TO AN UNHEALTHY ONE?
Dr. Cindy Russell | The Bulletin | Jan./Feb. 2017 - Dr. Lennart Hardell Wireless Radiation and Children's Health Iceland Published on Mar 14, 2017
- IRRADIATED
- World Health Organization: setting the standard for a wireless world of harm By Olga Sheean | Jan. 30th, 2017
- 5G And The IOT: Scientific Overview Of Human Health Risks Environmental Health Trust
- EMF Community | Website
- Allison Main | Website
- Current research studies on RF by Igor Yakymenko Department of Biochemistry and Ecological Control | National University for Food Technologies | Kiev
- How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special Investigation Mar. 29th, 2018 | Mark Hertsgaard and Mark Dowie | The Nation
- RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION (RFR) AS A PROMOTER/ENABLER OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS Ronald N. Kostoff | April 2018
- Leszczynski presentations in Australia, May 2018 5G Millimeter-Waves Health and Environment | We Assume Safety...But Have No Idea What Will Happen
- 5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them. Martin L. Pall, PhD Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences | 2018
- Cell Tower Health Effects April 30th, Electromagnetic Radiation Safety
- Website Wi-Cancer.info Extremely informative website on wireless and health
- Health Implicaons of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog Karl Hecht A Brochure Series of the Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity, the Environment and Democracy | Prof. Dr. med. Karl Hecht et al
- International Perspective on Health Effects of Low Intensity Non-Ionizing Radiation July 23rd, 2018 | Joel Moskowitz presents Belpomme D, Hardell, L, Belyaev I, Burgio E, Carpenter DO. Thermal and non-thermal health effects of low intensity non-ionizing radiation: An international perspective.
- Radiation Causes Cancer in Rats. What About Humans? An update on the science and how big telecoms emit a deadly smog of radiation Oct. 9th, 2018 | Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller | Psychology Today
- Electromagnetic Radiation Safety | Website Website on health effects from RF
- Yoda: 5G EMF Risk – Great Harm – Letter by Martin L. Pall, PhD April 17th, 2019 | Martin Pall
- Planetary electromagnetic pollution: it is time to assess its impact Priyanka Bandara and David O Carpenter
- Website EMF South Africa Mobile and Cell Masts - Be Informed of the Effects
- Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association Data Base
- Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association Inc. ( ORSAA )
- THE BIOINITIATIVE REPORT 2012 A Rationale for Biologically-based Public Exposure Standards for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)
- New Review of Cell Tower Science by B. B. Levitt and H. Lai May 11, 2010 |
- Dangers of WiFi Episode 1: Discovering the Dangers 5 part video series | Cecilia Doucette | Nov. 19, 2016
- National Geographic | Welcome to Electrotown | Explorer Nov. 30, 2016
- The EMR Policy Institute Advancing Sound Electromagnetic Radiation Public Policy
- Inaccurate official assessment of radiofrequency safety by the Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation Corresponding author: Sarah J. Starkey | Oct. 16, 2016
- A New Paradigm in EMF Science Jeromy Johnson | Copyright © 2016 Tau Beta Pi
- Oscillatorium | Website
- We Are the Evidence
- Letter To The FCC From Dr. Yael Stein MD In Opposition To 5G Spectrum Frontiers Dr. Yael Stein MD | Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem | July 9, 2016
- EMF Safety Network Reduce EMF and RF (wireless) to protect children, communities, and nature
- Dr. Magda Havas, PhD
- Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones
- Dr. Havas's Academic Website
- Oxidative mechanisms of biological activity of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation PubMed NCBI |Yakymenko I, Tsybulin O, Sidorik E, Henshel D, Kyrylenko O, Kyrylenko S.
- Study 5G frequencies | Microwave exposure affecting reproductive system in male rats NCBI Pub Med | Kesari KK, Besari J.
- Study 5G | Permeability changes of cationic liposomes loaded with carbonic anhydrase induced by millimeter waves radiation Pub Med NCBI | Sept. 21,2012 | Di Donato L1, Cataldo M, Stano P, Massa R, Ramundo-Orlando A.
- 5G frequencies | Impact of low intensity millimetre waves on cell functions P.H. Siegel and V. Pikov | Dec. 2010
- 5G | Current State and Implications of Research on Biological Effects of Millimeter Waves: A Review of Literature Andrei G. Pakhomov, Yahya Akyel, Olga N. Pakhomova, Bruce E. Stuck, and Michael R. Murphy
- 5G |Nonthermal Effects of Extremely High-Frequency Microwaves on Chromatin Conformation in Cells in vitro—Dependence on Physical, Physiological, and Genetic Factors Igor Y. Belyaev, Victor S. Shcheglov, Eugene D. Alipov, and Vadim D. Ushakov
- 5G | Protein Changes in Macrophages Induced by Plasma From Rats Exposed to 35 GHz Millimeter Waves Protein Changes in Macrophages Induced by Plasma From Rats Exposed to 35 GHz Millimeter Waves | Roza K. Sypniewska, Nancy J. Millenbaugh, Johnathan L. Kiel, Robert V. Blystone, Heather N. Ringham, Patrick A. Mason, and Frank A. Witzmann
- Is 5G Cellular Technology Harmful to Our Health? Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D. | August 17, 2016
- Health Implica ons of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog Karl Hecht |A Brochure Series of the Competence Ini a ve for the Protec on of Humanity, the Environment and Democracy e.V.
- International Appeal: Scientists call for Protection from Non-ionizing Electromagnetic Field Exposure May 11, 2015 | 221 Scientists appeal to the UN, World Health Organization,
- International Scientist Appeal on Electromagnetic Fields, Martin Blank, PhD Spokesperson Video clip on behalf of the International Scientist Appeal
- Research Repository for Understanding EMFs Many resources to sift through on EMF health concerns
- The Dangers of WiFi Cece Doucette and Keith Marciniak | 5 part video series
- Health Implications of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog Karl Hecht | A Brochure Series of the Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity, the Environment and Democracy | Brochure 6
- The Health Argument against Cell phones and Cell Towers Ronald M. Powell Ph.D. Nov. 18, 2016
- Environmental Health Trust Website The Environmental Health Trust carries out cutting edge research to understand and reduce environmental health risks.
- Documents on Wireless Technology and Health by Ronald M. Powell, Ph.D. Aug. 11, 2016
- Electromagnetic Radiation Safety Blog - Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D. Director Center for Family and Community Health School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley
- Microwave News “Meticulously researched and thoroughly documented.” Time Magazine
- Powerwatch UK website
- Study 5G | Acute ocular injuries caused by 60-Ghz millimeter-wave exposure Pub Med NCBI | Kojima M1, Hanazawa M, Yamashiro Y, Sasaki H, Watanabe S, Taki M, Suzuki Y, Hirata A, Kamimura Y, Sasaki K.
- Study 5G | Fifty-gigahertz microwave exposure effect of radiations on rat brain. Kesari KK1, Behari J.| School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | Dec. 17, 2008
- Study 5G | Electromagnetic millimeter wave induced hypoalgesia: frequency dependence and involvement of endogenous opioids Pub Med NCBI | May 29, 2008 |Radzievsky AA1, Gordiienko OV, Alekseev S, Szabo I, Cowan A, Ziskin MC.
- Parents for Safe Technology Love for our children and respect for their future
- Global Union Against Radiation Deployment from Space (GUARDS)
- BioInitiative 2012 BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for Biologically-based Public Exposure Standards for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)
- EM-Radiation Research Trust
- Electronic Silent Spring Facing the Dangers and Creating Safe Limits
- Smart Grid Awareness
- Cellphones And Cancer: Is The Risk Real? Investigative Report By WTHR On The National Toxicology Program Cell Phone Radiation Study
- Ronald Melnick PhD Responds To The British Columbia’s Provincial Health Officer Review Of The National Toxicology Program’s Partial Findings On Cell Phones And Cancer Environmental Health Trust |
- EUROPAEM EMF Guideline 2016 for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of EMF-related health problems and illnesses Igor Belyaev, Amy Dean, Horst Eger, Gerhard Hubmann, Reinhold Jandrisovits, Markus Kern, Michael Kundi, Hanns Moshammer, Piero Lercher, Kurt Müller, Gerd Oberfeld*, Peter Ohnsorge, Peter Pelzmann, Claus Scheingraber and Roby Thill
- Environmental Refugees Dr. Yael Stein, MD |Electrohypersensitive individuals in the digital world - a disabled population, deprived of home, work and basic rights
- How we kill ourself - Radiation Uploaded Apr. 13, 2016
- American Academy of Pediatrics Issues New Recommendations to "Reduce Exposure to Cell Phones" ReleaseWire | Sept. 26, 2016 | Environmental Health Trust
- Center for Safer Wireless
Privacy
- Is Facebook's Facial-Scanning Technology Invading Your Privacy Rights? A court case threatens the social network with multibillion-dollar claims. Joel Rosenblatt | Oct. 26, 2016
- Schneier on Security | Website and Blog
- Berkmann Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Privacy Series
- Bruce Schneier on Security and Privacy on the World-sized Web
- The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society | Video series 49 videos | Last updated, Mar. 23, 2016
- Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending your rights in the digital world
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) "Privacy is a fundamental right"
- Internet of Things; Privacy and Security in a Connected World FTC Staff Report | Jan. 2015
- Evgeny Morozov - What is technological sovereignty Zündfunk Netzkongress 2016
- Click Here to Kill Everyone | With the Internet of Things, we’re building a world-size robot. How are we going to control it? Bruce Schneier | NY Magazine | Jan. 27, 2017
- Privacy in Our Digital Lives: Protecting Individuals and Promoting Innovation January, 2017
- New computers could delete thoughts without your knowledge, experts warn Ian Johnston | 26 April 2017
- Otonomo raises $25M to help automakers make money from connected cars Darrell Etherington | April 7, 2017
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation | Website
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence.”
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | Website
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights Privacy International | No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence.
- IT’S TOO COMPLICATED: HOW THE INTERNET UPENDS KATZ, SMITH, AND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE LAW Steven M. Bellovin, Matt Blaze, Susan Landau, & Stephanie K. Pell| Harvard Journal of Law & Technology
- Phones Move – and So Should the Law Susan Landau | Aug. 16th, 2017 | Lawfare
- Internet of Things (IoT) Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
- First Digital Pill Approved to Worries About Biomedical ‘Big Brother’ Nov. 13th, 2017 | Pam Belluk | The NY Times
- Why Silicon Valley wants you to text and drive Nov. 30th, 2017 | Jack Barkenbus | The Conversation
- Welcome to the neighbourhood. Have you read the terms of service? Mathew Braga | Jan. 18th, 2018 | CBC News
- GDPR Portal | Website website is a resource to educate the public about the main elements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Are You Really the Product? The history of a dangerous idea. April 27th, 2018 | William Oremus | The Slate
- Victory! Supreme Court Says Fourth Amendment Applies to Cell Phone Tracking June 22nd, 2018 | Andrew Crocker and Jennifer Lynch | Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras July 8th, 2018 | Paul Mozur | NY Times
- The Wiretap Rooms June 25th, 2018 | Ryan Gallagher, Henrik Moltke |The Intercept
- Protecting data-driven cyberspace from exploitation (Analysis/opinion) July 9th, 2018 | Joshua Sinai | Washington Times
- he Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future (Book) April 2019 | Ben Green, Jascha Franklin-Hodge (Foreword by)
- Alarmed by Admiral's data grab? Wait until insurers can see the contents of your fridge The Guardian | Nov. 2, 2016
- Corporate surveillance, digital tracking, big data & privacy Dec. 29, 2016 | Wolfie Christi | 33th Chaos Communication Congress
- Networks of Control A Report on Corporate Surveillance, Digital Tracking, Big Data & Privacy Wolfie Christl and Sarah Spiekermann
- Internet of things: the greatest mass surveillance infrastructure ever? The Guardian | July 15, 2015 | Does the expanding network of connected devices herald a brave new compact for our digital lives – or the end of politics?
- The government just admitted it will use smart home devices for spying The Guardian | Trevor Tim | Feb. 9th, 2016
- Data populists must seize our information – for the benefit of us all The Guardian | Evgeny Morozov | Dec. 3, 2016 |
- Data populists must seize our information – for the benefit of us all. The Guardian | Evgeny Morozov | Dec. 3, 2016 |
- US intelligence chief: we might use the internet of things to spy on you The Guardian | James Clapper, US director of national intelligence. ‘In the future, intelligence services might use the internet of things for identification, surveillance, monitoring, location tracking, and targeting for recruitment’, says James Clapper, US director of national intelligence. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP Spencer Ackerman and Sam Thielman | Feb. 9, 2016 |
- The internet of things - the next big challenge to our privacy The Guardian | Jat Singh and Julia Powles | July 28, 2014 |
- How can privacy survive in the era of the internet of things? The Guardian | April 7, 2015 | Danny Bradbury
- Consumer organisations across the EU take action against flawed internet-connected toys BEUC, the European Consumer Organization | June 12, 2016
- Internet-Connected Toys Are Spying on Kids, Threatening Their Privacy and Security Josh Golin, Jeff Chester | Dec. 6, 2016
- Parents Across America - Our Children @Risk
- Class action filed against ‘smart’ dildo for tracking customers intimate movements Sept. 14, 2016
- The Human OSRoboticsRobot Sensors & Actuators Mood-Detecting Sensor Could Help Machines Respond to Emotions Charles O. Choi | Sept. 20, 2016
- Why you may have good reason to worry about all those smart devices Washington Post | Larry Downes | Dec. 6, 2016
- FTC Report on Internet of Things Urges Companies to Adopt Best Practices to Address Consumer Privacy and Security Risks Jan. 27, 2015 | Report Recognizes Rapid Growth of Connected Devices Offers Societal Benefits, But Also Risks That Could Undermine Consumer Confidence
- Any computer connected to the Internet can be hacked by the US government without a warrant Privacy International says the ruling will have 'astounding implications for privacy and security'
- Data Is a Toxic Asset, So Why Not Throw It Out? Bruce Schneller | Mar. 1, 2016
- The Eternal Value of Privacy Bruce Schneller | Wired | May 2006
- Don't Panic. Making Progress on the "Going Dark" Debate Berkman Center for Internet and Society | Harvard Univ. | Feb. 1, 2016
- PF Nov 2016 - The Internet of Things vs. Personal Privacy - Con Position Resolved: On balance, the benefits of the Internet of Things outweigh the harms of decreased personal privacy.
- The Privacy Wars are about to Get a Whole Lot Worse Locus Online Perspectives | Cory Doctorow | Sept. 4, 2016
Cybersecurity
- Schneier on Security -- Website and Blog
- Internet of Things: Privacy and Security in a Connected World FTC Staff Report | Jan. 2015
- This Teen Hacked 150,000 Printers to Show How the Internet of Things Is Shit CHRISTOPHER MOYER
- Internet of Things security: What happens when every device is smart and you don't even know it? Danny Palmer | Mar. 20th. 2017 | When IoT devices are everywhere, the security headaches just get worse. Danny Palmer
- Researchers Uncover Ongoing Attacks Against IoT Devices Ilia Kolochenko | CEO High-Tech Bridge
- Back to Home Smart Cities? Not until those cyber weaknesses get sorted May 4th, 2017 | Ellie Burns | Computer Business Review
- This 11 year old stuns experts by turning smart toys into weapons May 17th, 2017 | By AFP | The Indian Express
- Can the heart be hacked? Experts find 8,000 security flaws in pacemaker software May 28th, 2017 | RT Question More
- FBI: 8 tips to secure IoT medical devices, wearables from cyberattackers Oct. 23rd, 2017 | Jessica Kim Cohen | Health IT and CIO Review
- Why is no one raising a hand to regulate the internet of things? Derek B. Johnson | Mar. 16th, 2018 | FCW
- Targeting power grid is too easy, Energy Department says May 14th, 2018 | John Siciliano | Washington Examiner
- Top 5 cybersecurity facts, figures and statistics for 2018 Jan. 23, 2018 | Steve Morgan | Cyber Security Business Report
- Cybercrime Damages $6 Trillion By 2021 Oct. 16th, 2017 | Steve Morgan | Cyber Security Ventures
- Global Cost of Cybercrime Exceeded $600 Billion in 2017, Report Estimates Feb. 23rd, 2018 | David Bisson | Security Intelligence
- Cloud computing: Why a major cyber-attack could be as costly as a hurricane Jan. 17th, 2018 | Danny Palmer | ZDNet
- Tweet RSS Feed Share There will be big cyber attacks in 2018, predicts expert
- Russian Hackers Reach U.S. Utility Control Rooms, Homeland Security Officials Say July 23rd, 2018 | Rebecca Smith | Wall Street Journal
- Thermostats, locks and lights: digital tools of domestic abuse June 30th, 2018 | Nellie Bowles | SF Gate
- Internet Hacking Is About to Get Much Worse We can no longer leave online security to the market. Oct. 11th, 2018 | Bruce Schneier | NY Times OpEd
- House passes SMART IoT Act Nov. 29th, 2018 | Matt Leonard | FCW
- Prepare Now for Next-Generation Cyber Threats April 2nd, 2019 | Steve Durbin | CFO
- 300+ Terrifying Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Statistics & Trends [2019 EDITION] May 13th, 2019 (Updated) | Andra Zaharia | Comparitech
- On Smart Cities, Smart Energy, And Dumb Security Dec. 30, 2016
- Your WiFi-connected thermostat can take down the whole Internet. We need new regulations. Washington Post | Bruce Schneider | Nov. 3, 2016 | The government has to get involved in the “Internet of Things."
- We Need to Save the Internet from the Internet of Things Motherboard | Written by Bruce Schneier | Oct. 2016
- How a Bunch of Hacked DVR Machines Took Down Twitter and Reddit … and Spotify, and Github, and The New York Times The Atlantic | By Robinson Meyer | Oct. 2016
- After cyber attacks, Internet of Things wrestles with making smart devices safer Reuters Technology News | By Jeremy Wagstaff and J.R. Wu | Nov. 2016
- Welcome to Privacy Hell, also Known as the Internet of Things Fast Company | By Lauren Zanolli | March 2015
- Smart refrigerator hack exposes Gmail login credentials A bonus feature on a smart home product becomes a security liability.
- Medjacking: How Hackers Use Medical Devices To Launch Cyber Attacks Med Device Online | By Jof Enriquez | June 2015
- The Internet of Things Will Turn Large-Scale Hacks into Real World Disasters Motherboard | By Bruce Schneier | July 2016
- I Am The Cavalry Cyber Safety Outreach
- IoT Growing Faster Than the Ability to Defend It Scientific American | By Larry Greememeier | Oct. 2016
- Cyberattacks on Utah's secure government networks up dramatically Desert News Utah | By Shara Park | Feb. 2013
- FBI Warns Internet Online Attacks on Private Industry Will Continue The Wall Street Journal | By Lee Hawkins | Nov. 2016
- How the Internet of Things will affect security & privacy Business Insider |By Andrew Meola | Aug. 2016
- The Internet of Things Will Be the World's Biggest Robot Schneier on Security | Feb. 2016
- Hacking Airplanes Schneier on Security | April 2015
- Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway - With Me In It Wired | By Andy Greenberg | July 2015
- Source Code for IoT Botnet ‘Mirai’ Released Krebs on Security | Oct. 2016
- Hacking Vulnerable Medical Equipment Puts Millions at Risk InformationWeek | By Liviu Arsene | April 2015
- The Value of Encryption Bruce Schneier
- Krebs on Security In-depth security news and investigation | Brian Krebs Blog
E-waste
- Electronic TakeBack Coalition Take it Back. Make It Green. Recycle Responsibly
- Happy birthday, iPhone: Let’s talk about your dirty environmental secret Jennifer Good | Jan. 15th, 2017
- Basel Action Network (BAN) Champions of Environmental Health & Justice
- e-Stewards theThe globally responsible way to recycle your electronics.
- Death by Design | Documentary THE DIRTY SECRET OF OUR DIGITAL ADDICTION
- ElectronicsTakeBack Coalition | Website Take it Back. Make it Green. Recycle Responsibly.
- Greenpeace Briefing | Toxic Tech - The Dangerous Chemicals in Electronic Products
- Facts and Figures on E-Waste and Recycling ElectronicsTakeBack Coalition
- Where do your electronics go to die? This Seattle man knows - and he's doing something about it Jan. 11th, 2017
- Where’s the Harm – Component Manufacturing * Electronics TakeBack Coalition
- Toxics in the ‘Clean Rooms’: Are Samsung Workers at Risk? Published at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies | June 9th, 2011
- The global impact of e-waste Addressing the challenge Karin Lundgren - SafeWork and SECTOR International Labour Organization
- Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United Nations John Vidal | Dec. 14th, 2015 | The Guardian |
- American Chipmakers Had a Toxic Problem. Then They Outsourced It. June 15th, 2017, Cam Simpson | Bloomberg Business Week
- Why You Should Take Disposal of E-Waste Seriously July 13th, 2017 | Anurit Kanti | Business World
- U.S. obsession with electronics has huge human price. Aug. 24th, 2017 | Austin Lombard | InMotion
- 5 ways tech companies are making your devices die too soon June 27th, 2017 | Elizabeth Jardim | GreenPeace
- Amazon, Microsoft and Google get low grades on recycling policy from Greenpeace Cody Bottler | Oct. 17th, 2017 | WasteDive
- Guide to Greener Electronics 2017 Oct. 17th, 2017 | Greenpeace Reports
- Each U.S. Family Trashes 400 iPhones’ Worth of E-Waste a Year Stephen Leahy | Dec. 13th, 2017
- See Inside The Hellish E-Waste Dumps Where Old Electronics Go To Die Jan. 17th, 2018 | Adele Peters | FastCompany
- Hazardous e-waste is contaminating Delhi’s groundwater and soil Jan. 19th, 2018 | Susmita Saha | Scroll.in
- Almost everything you know about e-waste is wrong May 15th, 2018 | Josh Lepawsky | The Conversation
- All Good Gadgets Go to Waste July 31st, 2018 | Rick Paulas | NY Magazine SelectAll
Environment
- Electromagnetic radiation of mobile telecommunication antennas affects the abundance and composition of wild pollinators Journal of Insect Conservation | Apr. 2016 | Volume 20, Issue 2, pp 315–324
- The magnetic orientation of the Antarctic amphipod Gondogeneia antarctica is cancelled by very weak radiofrequency fields K. Tomanova, M. Vacha Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 : doi: 10.1242/jeb.132878
- Apoptotic cell death during Drosophila oogenesis is differentially increased by electromagnetic radiation depending on modulation, intensity and duration of exposure. PubMed | Electromagn Biol Med. 2016 | Sagioglou, Manta, Giannarakis, Skouroliakou, Margaritis LH1
- Illegal mining hits Congo gorilla population: conservationists Reuters | Ed Stoddard | Apr. 6, 2016 |
- An Electronic Silent Spring | Katie Singer Facing the Dangers and Creating Safe Limits - Wildlife
- BEES, BIRDS AND MANKIND. Destroying nature by “electrosmog” Ulrich Warnke
- Mass death of birds | Electromagnetic Research Foundation of South Africa Georgiy Ostroumov, Ph.D.
- How Cell Phones are Killing Birds Electromagnetic Research Foundation of South Africa
- Electromagnetic Research Foundation of South Africa Nature's Corner
- The Disappearing Bees: CCD and Electromagnetic Radiation Colin Buchanan | 22.02.2008
- The Big Bee Death | Brennpunkt April 4th, 2007
- Help Protect Our Migratory Birds and Our Health
- Wireless Tips | Wireless and the Environment | Electrical Pollution You can help protect the environment by taking a few simple, easy actions.
- National Geographic | Bees Can Sense the Electric Fields of Flowers OT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE A Blog by Ed Yong | Feb. 21, 2013 |
- Antenna Towers make it a Dog’s Life... Walter Koran | Facts are Facts | Original article in ZeitenSchrift
- Migratory Birds & Magnetic Fields: Deadly Interference Dr. Ulrich Warnke, Facts Are Facts, No. 11
- Dying Bees: To Gabble or Gobble? Benjamin Seller, Facts Are Facts, No. 4.
- Mobile telephony: The Famous Last Straw Why damage from cell phones is only now beginning to come to light | Benjamin Seller, No. 4, Page 10
- Too Much Mobile Ringing Will Soon Mean Birds No Longer Singing Benjamin Seller, Facts Are Facts, No. 11, page 24.
- MOEF Issues Advisory on use of Mobile Towers in a Way to Minimize their Impacts on Wildlife Including Birds and Bees
- Radio Frequency Technology damages Plant DNA in 48hrs and is carcinogenic, new research reveals Sara Vincent, Feb. 21, 2017 | EmaxHealth
- Wireless Kills Trees - Website Website that includes an extensive section on the effects of RF on trees.
- A Visual Pathway Links Brain Structures Active during Magnetic Compass Orientation in Migratory Birds Dominik Heyers , Martina Manns, Harald Luksch, Onur Güntürkün, Henrik Mouritsen | September 26, 2007
- Resonance effects indicate a radical-pair mechanism for avian magnetic compass Thorsten Ritz1, Peter Thalau, John B. Phillips, Roswitha Wiltschko & Wolfgang Wiltschko
- On the use of magnets to disrupt the physiological compass of birds K Wang, E Mattern and T Ritz, Oct. 4th, 2006
- Possible Effects of Electromagnetic Fields from Phone Masts on a Population of White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) med./bio. By: Balmori A | Electromagn Biol Med 2005; 24 (2): 109-119
- Birds suffer from biological effects of GSM, 3G (UMTS), DECT, WIFI, TETRA August 14, 2005 | Omega News
- h.e.s.e. Project |Topical Issues, Nature
- Research on Radio Frequency Radiation and the Environment List of studies, reports and reviews on RF radiation and the environment
- Impacts of radio-frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) from cell phone towers and wireless devices on biosystem and ecosystem – a review Biology and Medicine Review Article | Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages 202–216, 2012
- PowerWatch UK - Website Radiofrequency EMFs and Health Risks 6. Animals & plants© Alasdair and Jean Philips 16.12.16 | Section 6 Animals, Birds, Insects and Plants
- Environmental Health Trust Website | Bees, Butterflies And Wildlife: Research On Electromagnetic Fields And The Environment
- An Electronic Silent Spring - Website Katie Singer
- A review of the ecological effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) Environment International Volume 51, January 2013, Pages 116–140 | S. Cucurachia, , , W.L.M. Tamisa, M.G. Vijvera, W.J.G.M. Peijnenburga, b, J.F.B. Bolteb, G.R. de Snooa
- Mobile phone-induced honeybee worker piping Daniel Favre, 13 April 2011
- Electromagnetic pollution from phone masts. Effects on wildlife. Balmori A, DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2009.01.007 | PubMed
- The Birds, the Bees and Electromagnetic Pollution Andrew Goldsworthy BSc PhD, May 2009
- Is Electromagnetism One of the Causes of Colony Collapse Disorder? A Work Plan for Testing This Hypothesis April 12th, 2017 | Marie-Claire Cammaerts* University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- Tree damage caused by mobile phone base stations An observation guide Helmut Breunig | March 2O17 | Photos and RF measurements by Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam Additional photos by Alfonso Balmori, Helmut Breunig, Örjan Hallberg, March 2O17 Volker Schorpp and Monika Schuberth-Brehm
- Review Article Plant Responses to High Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Alain Vian, Eric Davies, Michel Gendraud, and Pierre Bonnet
- Disturbing Honeybees’ Behavior with Electromagnetic Waves: a Methodology Danial Favre | Published Aug. 7th, 2017 | Journal of Behavior, JSciMedCentral
- Tree damages in the vicinity of mobile phone base stations Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam and Horst Eger | 2013
- BEES, BIRDS AND MANKIND Destroying Nature by ‘Electrosmog Effects of Wireless Communication Technologies A Brochure Series by the Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity, Environment and Democracy Brochure 1 | Ulrich Warnke | Published by Prof. Dr. med. Karl Hecht, Dr. med. Markus Kern, Prof. Dr. phil. Karl Richter, and Dr. med. Hans-Christoph Scheiner | 2007 Eng. Trans. 2009
- Six year study proves wireless kills trees? Aug. 2nd, 2017 | Health Freedom Idaho
- Review: Weak radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phone radiation on plants. Halgamuge MN | US National Library of Medicine | National Institutes of Health
- As Cell Service Expands, National Parks Become Digital Battlegrounds Stuart Leavenworth, Dec. 29th, 2017 | Government Technology
- Is electromagnetism one of the causes of the CCD? A work plan for testing this hypothesis
- Exposure of Insects to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields from 2 to 120 GHz Mar. 2nd, 2018 | Arno Thielens, et al | Scientific Reports
- Wireless Kills Trees | Webpage We rely on plants and trees for our very lives, even people living in the most plant-free areas of major cities rely on plants for their existence.
- RADIATION FROM CELL PHONES, WIFI ARE HURTING THE BIRDS AND THE BEES; 5G MAY MAKE IT WORSE May 19th, 2018 | Dana Dovey | Newsweek
- Reports on impacts of EMR (electromagnetic radiations) on wildlife May 18th, 2018 | EKLIPSE, a EU funded project on ecosystems and biodiversity
- Proliferation of Wireless Radiation Emissions Accelerates New Silent Spring April 19th, 2018 | Ed Friedman and Marcey Kliparchuk,
- Electrosmog and species conservation July 16th, 2014 | Alfonso Balmori | Science of the Total Environment
- Our cellphone addiction is turning wireless tech into an invisible weapon that’s destroying wildlife July 14th, 2018 | Reynard Loki | Salon
- RADIATION FROM CELLPHONES, WI-FI IS HURTING THE BIRDS AND THE BEES; 5G MAY MAKE IT WORSE May 19th, 2018 | Dana Dovey | Newsweek
- We, the People… are driving insects to extinction… FranciscoSánchez-Bayo and Kris A.G.Wyckhuys.
- Report on Possible Impacts of Communication Towers on Wildlife Including Birds and Bees Expert Group to study the possible impacts of communication towers on Wildlife including Birds and Bees
- Impacts to Birds and Bats Due to Collisions and Electrocutions from Some Tall Structures in the United States: Wires, Towers, Turbines, and Solar Arrays—State of the Art in Addressing the Problems Albert M. Manville II
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Concerns Over Potential Radiation Impacts of Cellular Communication Towers on Migratory Birds and Other Wildlife Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D. Senior Wildlife Biologist Division of Migratory Bird Management, USFWS
- Electronics in Our Ecosystem Oct. 4, 2015 | Katie Singer |
- Effects of Wireless Radiation on Birds and Other Wildlife A Briefing Memo by Dr. Albert Manville | July 14, 2016
- U.S. Department of Interior Declares FCC Exposure Standards “Out of Date and Inapplicable” Mar. 23, 2014
- US Department of the Interior warns: communication towers threaten birds
- Cracking Mystery Reveals How Electronics Affect Bird Migration National Geographic | Susan McGrath | May 7, 2014
- Testimony of Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D., C.W. B., and Principal, Wildlife and Habitat Conservation Solutions, LLC On behalf of Friends of Amazon Creek, Before the City of Eugene City Planning Department....| May 6, 2015
- Wireless Devices & Wildlife The effects of EMR from wireless devices on wildlife Excerpts and Resources from An Electronic Silent Spring
- Wildlife The effects of electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices on wildlife. An Introductory Packet Excerpts and Resources from An Electronic Silent Spring
- Antenna Towers make it a Dog’s Life… The effects of cellular and wireless phones on the health of dogs, cats, horses and cows
- What We Know, Can Infer, and Don’t Yet Know about Impacts from Thermal and Non-thermal Non-ionizing Radiation to Birds and Other Wildlife A BRIEFING MEMORANDUM | Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D., C.W.B. | July 14, 2016
Energy
- 5G and Energy Sept. 30th, 2015 | 5g Infrastructure Association
- New 5G Cell Towers and Smart Meters to Increase Microwave Radiation – Invade Privacy* Nov. 11th, 2017 | John P. Thomas | Health Impact News
- How Smart Phones Are Heating Up the Planet Mar. 25th, 2018 | Lotfi Belkhir | The Conversation
- Assessing ICT global emissions footprint: Trends to 2040 & recommendations Mar. 10, 2018 | Lotfi Belkhir | Science Direct
- ‘Tsunami of data’ could consume one fifth of global electricity by 2025 Nov. 12th, 2018 | John Vidal | Climate Home News
- Data ‘tsunami’ to absorb 20% of world electricity Dec. 14th, 2017 | Patrick Nelson | Network World
- Engstrom: Paper is greener than computer technology April 16th, 2018 | Tim Engstrom | Eden Prairie News
- Cutting Through the Hype: 5G and Its Potential Impacts on Electric Utilities Mar. 2019 | A white paper prepared for the Utilities Technology Council by the Joint Radio Company Ltd
- Will the internet of things sacrifice or save the environment? The Guardian | Dec. 11, 2016
- Behind The “Green” Illusion: The Multi-Trillion Dollar Zetabyte Casino Care Leah | May 3, 2014
- The Environmental Toll of a Netflix Binge The data centers that support the Internet use a huge amount of energy | Ingrid Burrrington | Dec. 15, 2015
- Planetary Association for Clean Energy, Inc. A non-profit, charitable corporation whose objects are to facilitate the discovery, research, development, demonstration and evaluation of clean energy systems.
- Why We Need a Speed Limit for the Internet Resilience | By Kris De Decker | Oct. 2015
- The Surprisingly Large Energy Footprint of the Digital Economy TIME | By Bryan Walsh | Aug. 2013
- Data Center Efficiency Assessment Issue Paper | Aug. 2014 | National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- How Clean is Your Cloud? Greenpeace | Apr. 2012
- Are there limits to growth in data traffic?: On time use, data generation and speed Mike Hazas, Janine Morley, Oliver Bates, Adrian Friday Lancaster University Bailrigg, LA1 4YW, United Kingdom
- The monster footprint of digital technology Low-Tech Magazine
- The Grid The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
- Getting Smarter about the Smart Grid An energy and electricity white paper
- Computers will use more electricity than the entire world can generate by 2040, tech experts claim Jasper Hamill | July 25, 2016
- More Data Less Energy | The International Energy Agency Making Network Standby More Efficient in Billions of Connected Devices
- The Power of the Wireless Cloud An analysis of the impact on energy consumption of the growing popularity of accessing cloud services via wireless devices
Brains & Humanity
- 7 Skills Digital Kids Will Need in 2017 and Beyond Huffington Post | Diana Graber | Jan. 2, 2017
- Website | Moving to Learn Exporing the Effects of Technology on Children
- Your phone is trying to control your life PBS News Hour | Jan. 30th, 2017
- '60 Minutes' Reports Charge that Google Creates Cellphone Addicts April 27th, 2017
- An Appeal To Bill And Melinda Gates For Your Help In Raising Healthy Children Huffington Post | Dr. Richard Freed | 05/24/2017
- Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked Adam Alter | The Rise Of Addictive Technology And The Business Of Keeping Us Hooked
- STUDY SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BRAINS OF KIDS WHO USE TABLETS Kaylee Brown | Sept. 14th, 2017 | Collective Evolution
- The Kids Are Not All Right. How Wireless Tech Is Harming Our Youth And What Parents Can Do Right Now Feb. Mar. 2017 | Paleo magazine
- The wired baby Oct. 24th, 2017 | Rosemary Counter | The Globe and Mail
- The Overmonitored Nursery Sept. 26th, 2017 | Sophie Brickman | NY Times
- Google is training robots to understand humans by making them binge-watch YouTube videos Oct. 26th, 2017 | Martin Bagot | Mirror
- Scientists Find That Smartphone Addiction Alters Your Brain Chemistry Brad Jones | Nov. 30th, 2017 | Futurism
- Smartphone Addiction Creates Chemical Imbalance In The Brain, Says New Study Nov. 30th, 2017 | John Houck | Inquisitr
- Why these friendly robots can’t be good friends to our kids Sherry Turkle | Dec. 7th, 2017 | Washington Post
- INSIDE THE FIRST CHURCH OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Mark Harris | Nov. 15th, 2017 | Wired
- Apple should address youth phone addiction, say two large investors Elizabeth Dilts | Nov. 3rd, 2017 | Reuters
- The new lesson plan for elementary school: Surviving the Internet April 6th, 2018 | Drew Harwell | The Washington Post
- Ramifications of Early Screen Use – Content, duration, and age of first exposure are critical. Cris Rowan | May 23, 2018 |
- Student Suicide Clusters – Is Microwave Radiation And Its Technology To Blame? May 21st, 2018 | Dr. Ellis Evans | Natural Blaze
- Smartphones reduce smiles between strangers Author links open overlay panel 2018 | Kostadin Kushlev et al...| Science Direct
- Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain Feb. 23rd, 2019 | Kevin Roose | New York Times
- THE BIG DISCONNECT: PROTECTING CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE DIGITAL AGE, BY CATHERINE STEINER-ADAIR AND TERESA BARKER July 24, 2014 | Rebecca Gotlieb
- General Guidelines for Parents Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development
- Experts call for official guidelines on child screen use The Guardian | Dec. 25, 2016
- Look Up -- A spoken word film for an online generation. Gary Turk | April 21, 2014
- The Shallows; What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains Nicholas Carr | NY Times Book Review by Jonah Lehrer
- The Problem With Media Multitasking While Reading The Hechinger Report | Annie Murphy Paul | May 3, 2013
- What You Might Notice If You Forgot Your Phone For a Day There is a moment happening right in front of you, right this second, and you just might be missing it
- Media in the lives of 8-to 18-year-olds A Kaiser Family Foundation Study | Victoria J. Rideout, M.A. Ulla G. Foehr, Ph.D. and Donald F. Roberts, Ph.D.. 2010
- Parents Across America | Our Children @ Risk
- Facing the Screen Dilemma: Young Children, Technology and Early Education Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood • Alliance for Childhood • Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment | 2012
- Five days at outdoor education camp without screens improves preteen skills with nonverbal emotion cues Computers in Human Behavior Volume 39, October 2014, Pages 387–392
- Media and technology use predicts ill-being among children, preteens and teenagers independent of the negative health impacts of exercise and eating habits (PMC) L.D. Rosen,* A.F. Lim, J. Felt, L.M. Carrier, N.A. Cheever, J.M. Lara-Ruiz, J.S. Mendoza, and J. Rokkum
- Screenagers - Growing up in the digital age
- What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains - The Shallows Book | Nicholas Carr | 2011
- What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
- Communication: Technology, Distraction & Student Performance Center for Economic Performance Discussion Paper | May 2015 | Louis-Philippe Beland Richard Murphy
- Is the Tech Industry the New Big Tobacco? Lessons from Big Tobacco can shed light on industries like Ed Tech Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D.
- I Used to Be a Human Being Andrew Sullivan | Sept. 18, 2016
- This is Your Brain Online: The Impact of Technology on Mental Health Presented to the MSU Faculty and Staff Workshop | Mar. 25, 2015
- Connected, but Alone? TED Talk | Sherry Turkle | Feb. 2012
- How technology is Changing the Way Children Think and Focus Jim Taylor Ph.D. | Psychology Today
- Sherry Turkle’s ‘Reclaiming Conversation’ NY Times Book Review by Jonathan Franzen | Sept. 28, 2015
- "Alone Together" by Sherry Turtle NY Times Book Review | Michiko Kakutani |
- The Flight from Conversation NY Times Sunday Review | Sherry Turtle | Apr. 21, 2016
- Are You Lost in the World Like Me? Moby & The Void Pacific Choir | Animation by Steve Cutts
- Digital Responsibility Taking Control of Your Digital Life
- Study: Internet Addicts Suffer Withdrawal Symptoms Like Drug Users Ollie John | Feb. 19, 2013
- How Has the Internet Reshaped Human Cognition? PubMed | Loh KK, Kanai R. | Oct. 22, 2016
- Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyber Space
- Put down the mobile phone: Babies need real life face time Cyberpsychologists fear our technology habits will stunt our children’s development | Oct. 7, 2016
- Electronic Screen Syndrome: An Unrecognized Disorder? Victoria L. Dunckley, MD | 2015
Environmental Injustice
- DEATH BY DESIGN THE DIRTY SECRET OF OUR DIGITAL ADDICTION
- U.S. obsession with electronics has huge human price Aug. 24th, 2017 | Austin Lombard | InMotion
Conditions of Workers
- Complicit | Documentary Heather White and Lynn Zhang | 2017
- Where’s the Harm – Component Manufacturing Electronics TakeBack Coalition
- Toxics in the ‘Clean Rooms’: Are Samsung Workers at Risk? * BY ELIZABETH GROSSMAN • JUNE 9, 2011 | Published at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
- Life and death in Apple’s forbidden city Brian Merchant, June 18th, 2017 | The Observer
- American Chipmakers Had a Toxic Problem. Then They Outsourced It June 15th, 2017, Cam Simpson | Bloomberg Business Week
- Samsung worker's family wins brain tumor case Nov. 14th, 2017 | Associated Press
Radioactive Waste
Democratic Process
- Berkmann Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
- FCC intimidates press and kills free speech at 5G rollout (video) Take Back Your Power | July 18, 2016
- Civil Rights for Cell Tower Corporations? You’ve Got to be Kidding! Paul Cienfuegos’ April 21st, 2015 | Posted on April 24, 2015 by ksinger
- Cell Towers: Wireless Convenience? or Environmental Hazard? Proceedings of the “Cell Towers Forum” State of the Science/State of the Law B. Blake Levitt | Summary of book with same title
- Another Industry Crony at the FCC? B. Blake Levitt | May 10, 2013
- Electrosmog – What Price Convenience? B. Blake Levitt and Theresa Morrow | July 2007
- Action alert: 5G cellular technology will blanket planetary life with ultra-high microwave frequencies Natural Health 365 | Posted by Jonathan Landsman | Sept. 3, 2016
- Take Back Your Power Website
- Google Wants Driverless Cars, but Do We? NY Times | Jamie Kitman | Dec. 19, 2016
- Prepared Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler ‘The Future of Wireless: A Vision for U.S. Leadership in a 5G World’ National Press Club Washington, D.C. June 20, 2016
- Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler CTIA Super Mobility Show 2016 Las Vegas | Sept. 7, 2016 |
- Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler as prepared for delivery Competitive Carriers Association Seattle, WA | Sept. 2016
- The United States Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Crown Castle Towers Sues
- Captured Agency: How the Federal Communications Industry is Dominated by the Industries It Presumably Regulates by Norm Alster, Published by: Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics Harvard University.
- FCC projects 5G will take a ten time growth in towers and small cells
- Who are John DuBois, Suzy DuBois, Tracy Pielemeier, Kristen Burkman, and Ginny Kelleher and why are they important? Dr. Jonathan L. Kramer | Sept. 5th, 2016
- US gov announces $165m for smart city solutions Oct. 17, 2016
Mobilizing Your Community
Resources
- Cell Towers And Cell Antennae Environmental Health Trust
- Parents Coalition of Montgomery County, MD Dedicated to improving responsiveness and performance of Montgomery County Public Schools
- Impacts to Birds and Bats Due to Collisions and Electrocutions from Some Tall Structures in the United States: Wires, Towers, Turbines, & Solar Arrays—State of the Art in Addressing the Problems Albert M. Manville II
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Concerns Over Potential Radiation Impacts of Cellular Communication Towers on Migratory Birds and Other Wildlife Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D. Senior Wildlife Biologist Division of Migratory Bird Management, USFWS
- Effects of Wireless Radiation on Birds & Other Wildlife A Briefing Memo by Dr. Albert Manville | July 14, 2016
- U.S. Department of the Interior warns: communication towers threaten birds
- Cracking Mystery Reveals How Electronics Affect Bird Migration; National Geographic | Susan McGrath | May 7, 2014
- Wildlife The effects of electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices on wildlife An Introductory Packet Excerpts and Resources from An Electronic Silent Spring
- What We Know, Can Infer, and Don’t Yet Know about Impacts from Thermal & Non-thermal Non-ionizing Radiation to Birds and Other Wildlife A BRIEFING MEMORANDUM | Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D., C.W.B. | July 14, 2016
- Electrosmog - What Price Convenience? B. Blake Levitt and Theresa Morrow | July 2007
- Cell Towers: Wireless Convenience or Environmental Hazard? Proceedings of the “Cell Towers Forum” State of the Science/State of the Law B. Blake Levitt | Summary of book with same title
- Prepared Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler ‘The Future of Wireless: A Vision for U.S. Leadership in a 5G World’ National Press Club | Washington, D.C. June 20, 2016
- Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler CTIA Super Mobility Show 2016. Las Vegas | Sept. 7, 2016
- Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler as prepared for delivery | Competitive Carriers Association Seattle, WA | Sept. 2016
- Prepared Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler ‘The Future of Wireless: A Vision for U.S. Leadership in a 5G World’. National Press Club | Washington, D.C. June 20, 2016
- Who are John DuBois, Suzy DuBois, Tracy Pielemeier, Kristen Burkman, & Ginny Kelleher and why are they important? Dr. Jonathan L. Kramer | Sept. 5th, 2016
- Give Me a Megaphone Excerpted from An Electronic Silent Spring | Katie Singer
- CELL TOWER SAFETY A CITIZEN’S TOOL BOX EMR Policy Institute
- Civil Rights for Cell Tower Corporations? You’ve Got to be Kidding. Paul Cienfuegos’ April 21st, 2015 | Posted on April 24, 2015 by ksinger
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND MEDICINE Position on the Health Effects from Radio Frequency/Microwave (RF/MW) Radiation in Fire Department Facilities from Base Stations for Antennas and Towers for the Conduction of Cell Phone Transmissions
- Firefighters Do Not Want Cell Towers On Their Schools Because of the "Hazardous" Radiation: Compare it to Cigarettes Monday, April 4, 2016
- Safe Schools for Prince George's County Parents, Neighbors, and Students Against Cell Towers on School Property | Prince Georges County
- 25 Reasons Cell Towers Have No Business On or Near School Property by The Maryland Coalition To Halt Cell Towers at Schools
- Report on Possible Impacts of Communication Towers on Wildlife Including Birds & Bees Expert Group to study the possible impacts of communication towers on Wildlife including Birds and Bees
- Cell Towers and Health How does living near a cellular antenna (a base station) affect health? | Katie Singer
- Suggestions from Elizabeth Kelley Public health advocate On Preventing Deployment of Cellular Antennas An excerpt from An Electronic Silent Spring | Katie Singer
- Cell Tower Fires and Collapsing Towers The first list is from SafeSchoolSPG.org, the second from David Stupin and the third from Walter Cooper.
- Recommendations for Safer Cell Tower Installations in the County Code Dr. David Stupin, PhD, and Katie Singer, Consultant
- Cell tower siting on Minneapolis Public School Property EMR Policy Institute | Dec. 10, 2013 |
- How we prevented a new cell tower in Eugene, Oregon Posted on October 21, 2015 by Katie Singer | from the Friends of Amazon Creek
- Stop Ugly Cell Towers in Our Neighborhood Website dedicated to preserving the aesthetic beauty of Palos Verdes
- Testimony of Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D., C.W. B., and Principal, Wildlife & Habitat Conservation Solutions, LLC On behalf of Friends of Amazon Creek, Before the City of Eugene City Planning Department....| May 6, 2015
- Information On Cell Tower Leasing And Development From Industry Experts Cell Tower Zoning and Permitting
- Team Gaithersburg website Example of one community organizing to oppose cell towers
- The Center for Municipal Solutions
Sample Documents & Tips
- COMMENTS OF SUE PRESENT WT Docket No. 16-421 re: STREAMLINING DEPLOYMENT OF SMALL CELL INFRASTRUCTURE; MOBILITIE, LLC PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING Sue Present | Jan. 17th, 2017
- Citizen's Explanation of Cell Towers Google slides
- Sample Letter to City Council Requesting Consultant
- Why cell phone towers are being installed 30 feet from your home Aaron Rosenzweig September 6, 2016
Selected Studies on Cell Towers and Health
- Mobile Tower Shutdown: Setting A Precedent? April 13, 2017
- New Review of Cell Tower Science by B. B. Levitt & H. Lai May 11, 2010
- The Health Argument against Cell Phones and Cell Towers. Ronald M. Powell Ph.D. | Nov. 18, 2016
- How does long term exposure to base stations and mobile phones affect human hormone profiles? Clinical Biochemistry | Jan. 2012 | Emad F. Eskander, , Selim F. Estefan, Ahmed A. Abd-Rabou
- Changes of Clinically Important Neurotransmitters under the Influence of Modulated RF Fields A Long-term Study under Real-life Conditions |Klaus Buchner and Horst Eger
History of Cell Towers Exceeding FCC Limits
- Wall Street Journal: “One in 10 cell/grid towers violate RF radiation rules” October 4, 2014 | Take Back Your Power
Selected Studies on Cell Towers and the Environment
- Impact of radiofrequency radiation on DNA damage and antioxidants in peripheral blood lymphocytes of humans residing in the vicinity of mobile phone base stations Aug. 2017 | https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Zothansiama et al
- Wireless Devices and Wildlife The effects of EMR from wireless devices on wildlife Excerpts and Resources from An Electronic Silent Spring
- Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association Inc. (ORSAA)
- Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association Data Base.
- TOWERS, TURBINES, POWER LINES, AND BUILDINGS—STEPS BEING TAKEN BY THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE TAKE OF MIGRATORY BIRDS AT THESE STRUCTURES ALBERT M. MANVILLE | Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Review: Weak radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phone radiation on plants NCBI PubMed | Sept. 20, 2016
- Radiofrequency radiation injures trees around mobile phone base stations Science of the Total Environment | Aug. 2016
- Trees in Bamberg and Hallstadt in the radiation field of 65 mobile phone base stations Examples from a documentation about 700 trees (2006-2016) 2016 |