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5G and the IoT
- Green Paper: Fostering the Advancement of the Internet of ThingsUS Dept. of Commerce | National Telecommunications and Information Administration | Jan. 12, 2017
- NYC Guidelines for the Internet of ThingsNYC joined by 20 other cities
- Be Careful What You Wish For: 5G and the HilltownsJonathan Mirin | Feb. 9th, 2017
The Internet of Things Poses Human Health Risks: Scientists Question the Safety of Untested 5G Technology at International ConferenceMarch 9th, 2017 | Military News
- 5G Next Gen MobileGeorge Slefo |
- Handcuffing Cities to Help Telecom GiantsSusan Crawford | Mar. 29, 2017 | Contributor to @backchnnl; prof @Harvard_Law
- How upgrading humans will become the next billion-dollar industryApril 9, 2017
- The Whole POINT of the Internet of Things Is So Big Brother Can Spy On YouMarch 15, 2017
- Now You Can Give Oral Intercourse Lengthy-Distance By Licking Your CellphoneMarch 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 adviceOct. 29th, 2017 | Devra Davis | The Hill
- Cities are getting smarter—and much easier to hackMar. 16th, year? | Phillip Tracy | The Daily Dot
- Philips Lighting, Empowering Cities – A responsive city for improved city servicesNov. 10th, 2016 | Phillips Lighting
- The Dark Side of IoT and WiFiNov. 4th, 2017 | William Greenwood | The Tech News
- 5G phone network: Expert concerned by lack of understanding of potential health effectsAug. 18th, 2017 | Isobel Roe | ABC News
- New 5G Cell Towers and Smart Meters to Increase Microwave Radiation – Invade PrivacyNov. 11th, 2017 | John P. Thomas | Health Impact News
- Switzerland: Obstacles to the Introduction of 5GLucie Monnat | Dec. 6th, 2017 | Towards Better Health
- Wireless FCC’s plan to toss net neutrality is a win for 5G: analystNov. 22nd, 2017 | Monica Alleven | Fierce Wireless
- PRODUCT LIABILITY Attorney ArticleSept. 12th, 2016 | Wilson Elsner
3GPP declares first 5G NR spec completeDec. 20th, 2017 | Monica Alleven | Fierce Wireless
Scientists for Wired Technology | Website
Upgrade to 5G Costs $200 Billion a Year, May Not Be Worth ItOlga Kharif and Scott Moritz | Dec. 18th, 2017 | Bloomberg Technology
The Impact of the Smart Home Revolution on Product Liability and Fire Cause DeterminationsWilsonElser 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 cellsMar. 2nd, 2018 | Alan Holmes | Center for Public Integrity
Planetary Emergency | The Earth Needs Your Help NowArthur 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 BullshitKarl Bode | May 4th, 2018 | Motherboard
With 5G Still in the Works, 6G Is Already Taking ShapeApril 19th, 2018 | Sascha Segan | PC
- Health ALERT: Samsung 5G home router wins FCC approvalJune 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 RisksInvestigate Europe
Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial IntelligenceFeb. 11th, 2019 | The White House
The 5G mass experiment Website of Investigate EuropeBig 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 networksBy Amy Nordrum, Kristen Clark and IEEE Spectrum Staff
- 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 ExperimentIEEE Spectrum | Amy Nordrum | Nov. 6, 2016 |
- Startup Says Beaming Millimeter Waves Over the Air Will Make It a Star in Ultra-Fast Wireless BroadbandIEEE 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 BroadbandIEEE Spectrum | Amy Nordrum | Dec. 2, 2016
- A Game Plan for IoTGiving every toy and entertainment product its own digital life
- 5G Vision: 100 Billion connections, 1 ms Latency, and 10 Gbps ThroughputHUAWEI's visions of 5G
- Everything You Should Know About 5G | YouTube
- The Hype Surrounding 5GK.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions | Sept. 24, 2016
- The Hype Surrounding 5G and Connecting "Everything" WirelesslyK.T. Weaver, SkyVision Solutions | Sept. 24
- Cisco CEO Pegs Internet of Things as $19 Trillion MarketBloomberg Technology | by Olga Kharif | Jan. 2014
- Smart drugs: Where IoT meets healthcare, a market snapshotSiliconAngle | By Cynthia Kuzela | June 2015
- 10 Billion Items Of Connected Clothing: The Internet Of Things Just Became A Lot More FashionableForbes | By Rachel Arthur | April 2016
- Smart toothbrushes the latest Internet of Things battlegroundSFGATE | By Benny Evangelista | June 2016
- 9 cool things lights can do thanks to the internet of thingsLux | By Robert Bain | June 2015
- Smart Mattresses with "Infidelity Detection Systems: The Internet of Things & the LawThe Frey Law Firm | By Attorney Ron Frey | April 2016
- Samsung's fridge of the future will let you check spoilage from your phoneThe Verge | By Russell Brandom | Jan 2016
- The Internet Of Wild Things: Introducing The First Smart VibratorReadWrite | By Lauren Orsini | Aug 2013
- Worldwide Augmented Reality (AR) Market Analysis 2016-2022Sys-Con Media | PR Newswire | Oct. 2016
- The Future of Wireless: A Vision for U.S. Leadership in a 5G WorldPrepared Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler | June 20, 2016
Conflict Minerals
- Conflict-Free in the CongoJennie 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 RuleConflict Minerals Rule Helps Stem Tide of Illicit Mineral Extraction | April 26th, 2017
- Comments to the SEC Submitted by 12 Organizations from AfricaSouth African Resource Watch | 2017
- Tackling Child Labor in the Minerals Supply Chain OECD tool on child labor step in the right directionMay 3rd, 2017 | Juliane Kippenberg Associate Director, Children's Rights Division
- REGULATION (EU) 2017/821 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILMay 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 extinctionThe Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
- Descending into conflict: tech minerals finance warJuly 25th, 2017 | Richard Brown | Raconteur
- 5.4 Million Dead in Conflict Mineral Wars to Put an iPhone in Your HandsJuly 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 | WebsiteHuman Rights Movement for Transparency in the Congo
- CONFLICT MINERALSGlobal Witness |
- Child labor: Children reveal horror of working in minesJune 12, 2013
- Congo rape victims face slavery in gold and mineral minesSept. 2, 2011
- World Without GenocideMitchell Hamline School of Law
- Children as young as seven mining cobalt used in Smart Phones, says Amnesty
- Congo: Blood, gold and mobile phones - videoSept. 2, 2011
- Dr. Omekongo Dibinga - Turn Your Cell Phone Into A MicrophonePublished 2016 | Stand with Congo
- Conflict Minerals, Rebels and Child Soldiers in CongoMay 22nd, 2012
- Most Companies in the Dark on Conflict MineralsBloomberg | Emily Chasan | July 28, 2016
- European Union Passes Conflict Minerals LegislationJay Saling | June 16, 2016
- Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claimsBBC | Jane Wakefield | Jan. 19, 2016
- THE COBALT PIPELINE | Video and articleWashington Post | Todd C. Frankel | Sept. 30, 2016
- DR Congo: Cursed by its natural wealthBBC News Magazine | Oct. 9, 2013 |
- THE CONGO REPORT Slavery in Conflict MineralsFree the Slaves Report from 2011
- Shining a light on the use of conflict mineralsThe Guardian | July 2012 |
- Sexual violence and conflict minerals: international demand fuels cycleThe 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 KompetenzinitiativeDariusz 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 RangeMarch, 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 ductsApril 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 IcelandPublished on Mar 14, 2017
- IRRADIATED
- World Health Organization: setting the standard for a wireless world of harmBy Olga Sheean | Jan. 30th, 2017
- 5G And The IOT: Scientific Overview Of Human Health RisksEnvironmental Health Trust
- EMF Community | Website
- Allison Main | Website
Current research studies on RF by Igor YakymenkoDepartment of Biochemistry and Ecological Control | National University for Food Technologies | Kiev
How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special InvestigationMar. 29th, 2018 | Mark Hertsgaard and Mark Dowie | The Nation
RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION (RFR) AS A PROMOTER/ENABLER OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTSRonald N. Kostoff | April 2018
Leszczynski presentations in Australia, May 20185G 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 EffectsApril 30th, Electromagnetic Radiation Safety
Website Wi-Cancer.infoExtremely informative website on wireless and health
Health Implicaons of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog Karl HechtA 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 RadiationJuly 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 radiationOct. 9th, 2018 | Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller | Psychology Today
Electromagnetic Radiation Safety | WebsiteWebsite on health effects from RF
Yoda: 5G EMF Risk – Great Harm – Letter by Martin L. Pall, PhDApril 17th, 2019 | Martin Pall
Planetary electromagnetic pollution: it is time to assess its impact Priyanka Bandara and David O Carpenter
- Website EMF South AfricaMobile 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 2012A 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. LaiMay 11, 2010 |
- Dangers of WiFi Episode 1: Discovering the Dangers5 part video series | Cecilia Doucette | Nov. 19, 2016
- National Geographic | Welcome to Electrotown | ExplorerNov. 30, 2016
- The EMR Policy InstituteAdvancing Sound Electromagnetic Radiation Public Policy
- Inaccurate official assessment of radiofrequency safety by the Advisory Group on Non-ionising RadiationCorresponding author: Sarah J. Starkey | Oct. 16, 2016
- A New Paradigm in EMF ScienceJeromy 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 FrontiersDr. Yael Stein MD | Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem | July 9, 2016
- EMF Safety NetworkReduce 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 radiationPubMed NCBI |Yakymenko I, Tsybulin O, Sidorik E, Henshel D, Kyrylenko O, Kyrylenko S.
- Study 5G frequencies | Microwave exposure affecting reproductive system in male ratsNCBI Pub Med | Kesari KK, Besari J.
- Study 5G | Permeability changes of cationic liposomes loaded with carbonic anhydrase induced by millimeter waves radiationPub 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 functionsP.H. Siegel and V. Pikov | Dec. 2010
- 5G | Current State and Implications of Research on Biological Effects of Millimeter Waves: A Review of LiteratureAndrei 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 FactorsIgor 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 WavesProtein 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 ElectrosmogKarl 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 ExposureMay 11, 2015 | 221 Scientists appeal to the UN, World Health Organization,
- International Scientist Appeal on Electromagnetic Fields, Martin Blank, PhD SpokespersonVideo clip on behalf of the International Scientist Appeal
- Research Repository for Understanding EMFsMany resources to sift through on EMF health concerns
- The Dangers of WiFiCece Doucette and Keith Marciniak | 5 part video series
- Health Implications of Long-term Exposure to ElectrosmogKarl 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 TowersRonald M. Powell Ph.D. Nov. 18, 2016
- Environmental Health Trust WebsiteThe 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 SafetyBlog - 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
- PowerwatchUK website
- Study 5G | Acute ocular injuries caused by 60-Ghz millimeter-wave exposurePub 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 opioidsPub Med NCBI | May 29, 2008 |Radzievsky AA1, Gordiienko OV, Alekseev S, Szabo I, Cowan A, Ziskin MC.
- Parents for Safe TechnologyLove for our children and respect for their future
- Global Union Against Radiation Deployment from Space (GUARDS)
- BioInitiative 2012BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for Biologically-based Public Exposure Standards for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)
- EM-Radiation Research Trust
- Electronic Silent SpringFacing 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 CancerEnvironmental Health Trust |
- EUROPAEM EMF Guideline 2016 for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of EMF-related health problems and illnessesIgor 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 RefugeesDr. Yael Stein, MD |Electrohypersensitive individuals in the digital world - a disabled population, deprived of home, work and basic rights
- How we kill ourself - RadiationUploaded 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 HarvardPrivacy Series
- Bruce Schneier on Security and Privacy on the World-sized Web
- The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society | Video series49 videos | Last updated, Mar. 23, 2016
- Electronic Frontier FoundationDefending 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 WorldFTC Staff Report | Jan. 2015
- Evgeny Morozov - What is technological sovereigntyZündfunk 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 InnovationJanuary, 2017
- New computers could delete thoughts without your knowledge, experts warnIan Johnston | 26 April 2017
- Otonomo raises $25M to help automakers make money from connected carsDarrell 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 RightsPrivacy 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 LAWSteven M. Bellovin, Matt Blaze, Susan Landau, & Stephanie K. Pell| Harvard Journal of Law & Technology
- Phones Move – and So Should the LawSusan 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 driveNov. 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 | Websitewebsite 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 TrackingJune 22nd, 2018 | Andrew Crocker and Jennifer Lynch | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of CamerasJuly 8th, 2018 | Paul Mozur | NY Times
The Wiretap RoomsJune 25th, 2018 | Ryan Gallagher, Henrik Moltke |The Intercept
Protecting data-driven cyberspace from exploitation (Analysis/opinion)July 9th, 2018 | Joshua Sinai | Washington Times
- Alarmed by Admiral's data grab? Wait until insurers can see the contents of your fridgeThe Guardian | Nov. 2, 2016
- Corporate surveillance, digital tracking, big data & privacyDec. 29, 2016 | Wolfie Christi | 33th Chaos Communication Congress
- Networks of Control A Report on Corporate Surveillance, Digital Tracking, Big Data & PrivacyWolfie 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 spyingThe Guardian | Trevor Tim | Feb. 9th, 2016
- Data populists must seize our information – for the benefit of us allThe 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 youThe 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 privacyThe 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 toysBEUC, the European Consumer Organization | June 12, 2016
- Internet-Connected Toys Are Spying on Kids, Threatening Their Privacy and SecurityJosh Golin, Jeff Chester | Dec. 6, 2016
- Parents Across America - Our Children @Risk
- Class action filed against ‘smart’ dildo for tracking customers intimate movementsSept. 14, 2016
- The Human OSRoboticsRobot Sensors & Actuators Mood-Detecting Sensor Could Help Machines Respond to EmotionsCharles O. Choi | Sept. 20, 2016
- Why you may have good reason to worry about all those smart devicesWashington Post | Larry Downes | Dec. 6, 2016
- FTC Report on Internet of Things Urges Companies to Adopt Best Practices to Address Consumer Privacy and Security RisksJan. 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 warrantPrivacy 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 PrivacyBruce Schneller | Wired | May 2006
- Don't Panic. Making Progress on the "Going Dark" DebateBerkman Center for Internet and Society | Harvard Univ. | Feb. 1, 2016
- PF Nov 2016 - The Internet of Things vs. Personal Privacy - Con PositionResolved: 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 WorseLocus Online Perspectives | Cory Doctorow | Sept. 4, 2016
Cybersecurity
- Schneier on Security -- Website and Blog
- Internet of Things: Privacy and Security in a Connected WorldFTC Staff Report | Jan. 2015
- This Teen Hacked 150,000 Printers to Show How the Internet of Things Is ShitCHRISTOPHER 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 DevicesIlia Kolochenko | CEO High-Tech Bridge
- Back to Home Smart Cities? Not until those cyber weaknesses get sortedMay 4th, 2017 | Ellie Burns | Computer Business Review
- This 11 year old stuns experts by turning smart toys into weaponsMay 17th, 2017 | By AFP | The Indian Express
- Can the heart be hacked? Experts find 8,000 security flaws in pacemaker softwareMay 28th, 2017 | RT Question More
- FBI: 8 tips to secure IoT medical devices, wearables from cyberattackersOct. 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 saysMay 14th, 2018 | John Siciliano | Washington Examiner
Top 5 cybersecurity facts, figures and statistics for 2018Jan. 23, 2018 | Steve Morgan | Cyber Security Business Report
Cybercrime Damages $6 Trillion By 2021Oct. 16th, 2017 | Steve Morgan | Cyber Security Ventures
- Global Cost of Cybercrime Exceeded $600 Billion in 2017, Report EstimatesFeb. 23rd, 2018 | David Bisson | Security Intelligence
- Cloud computing: Why a major cyber-attack could be as costly as a hurricaneJan. 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 SayJuly 23rd, 2018 | Rebecca Smith | Wall Street Journal
Thermostats, locks and lights: digital tools of domestic abuseJune 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 ActNov. 29th, 2018 | Matt Leonard | FCW
Prepare Now for Next-Generation Cyber ThreatsApril 2nd, 2019 | Steve Durbin | CFO
- On Smart Cities, Smart Energy, And Dumb SecurityDec. 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 ThingsMotherboard | 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 TimesThe Atlantic | By Robinson Meyer | Oct. 2016
- After cyber attacks, Internet of Things wrestles with making smart devices saferReuters Technology News | By Jeremy Wagstaff and J.R. Wu | Nov. 2016
- Welcome to Privacy Hell, also Known as the Internet of ThingsFast Company | By Lauren Zanolli | March 2015
- Smart refrigerator hack exposes Gmail login credentialsA bonus feature on a smart home product becomes a security liability.
- Medjacking: How Hackers Use Medical Devices To Launch Cyber AttacksMed Device Online | By Jof Enriquez | June 2015
- The Internet of Things Will Turn Large-Scale Hacks into Real World DisastersMotherboard | By Bruce Schneier | July 2016
- I Am The Cavalry Cyber Safety Outreach
- IoT Growing Faster Than the Ability to Defend ItScientific American | By Larry Greememeier | Oct. 2016
- Cyberattacks on Utah's secure government networks up dramaticallyDesert News Utah | By Shara Park | Feb. 2013
- FBI Warns Internet Online Attacks on Private Industry Will ContinueThe Wall Street Journal | By Lee Hawkins | Nov. 2016
- How the Internet of Things will affect security & privacyBusiness Insider |By Andrew Meola | Aug. 2016
- The Internet of Things Will Be the World's Biggest RobotSchneier on Security | Feb. 2016
- Hacking AirplanesSchneier on Security | April 2015
- Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway - With Me In ItWired | By Andy Greenberg | July 2015
- Source Code for IoT Botnet ‘Mirai’ ReleasedKrebs on Security | Oct. 2016
- Hacking Vulnerable Medical Equipment Puts Millions at RiskInformationWeek | By Liviu Arsene | April 2015
- The Value of EncryptionBruce Schneier
- Krebs on SecurityIn-depth security news and investigation | Brian Krebs Blog
E-waste
- Electronic TakeBack CoalitionTake it Back. Make It Green. Recycle Responsibly
- Happy birthday, iPhone: Let’s talk about your dirty environmental secretJennifer Good | Jan. 15th, 2017
- Basel Action Network (BAN)Champions of Environmental Health & Justice
- e-StewardstheThe globally responsible way to recycle your electronics.
- Death by Design | DocumentaryTHE DIRTY SECRET OF OUR DIGITAL ADDICTION
- ElectronicsTakeBack Coalition | WebsiteTake it Back. Make it Green. Recycle Responsibly.
- Greenpeace Briefing | Toxic Tech - The Dangerous Chemicals in Electronic Products
- Facts and Figures on E-Waste and RecyclingElectronicsTakeBack Coalition
- Where do your electronics go to die? This Seattle man knows - and he's doing something about itJan. 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 challengeKarin Lundgren - SafeWork and SECTOR International Labour Organization
- Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United NationsJohn 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 SeriouslyJuly 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 soonJune 27th, 2017 | Elizabeth Jardim | GreenPeace
- Amazon, Microsoft and Google get low grades on recycling policy from GreenpeaceCody Bottler | Oct. 17th, 2017 | WasteDive
- Guide to Greener Electronics 2017Oct. 17th, 2017 | Greenpeace Reports
Each U.S. Family Trashes 400 iPhones’ Worth of E-Waste a YearStephen Leahy | Dec. 13th, 2017
See Inside The Hellish E-Waste Dumps Where Old Electronics Go To DieJan. 17th, 2018 | Adele Peters | FastCompany
Hazardous e-waste is contaminating Delhi’s groundwater and soilJan. 19th, 2018 | Susmita Saha | Scroll.in
Almost everything you know about e-waste is wrongMay 15th, 2018 | Josh Lepawsky | The Conversation
All Good Gadgets Go to WasteJuly 31st, 2018 | Rick Paulas | NY Magazine SelectAll
Environment
- Electromagnetic radiation of mobile telecommunication antennas affects the abundance and composition of wild pollinatorsJournal 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 fieldsK. 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: conservationistsReuters | Ed Stoddard | Apr. 6, 2016 |
- An Electronic Silent Spring | Katie SingerFacing 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 AfricaGeorgiy Ostroumov, Ph.D.
- How Cell Phones are Killing BirdsElectromagnetic Research Foundation of South Africa
- Electromagnetic Research Foundation of South AfricaNature's Corner
- The Disappearing Bees: CCD and Electromagnetic RadiationColin Buchanan | 22.02.2008
- The Big Bee Death | BrennpunktApril 4th, 2007
- Help Protect Our Migratory Birds and Our Health
- Wireless Tips | Wireless and the Environment | Electrical PollutionYou can help protect the environment by taking a few simple, easy actions.
- National Geographic | Bees Can Sense the Electric Fields of FlowersOT 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 InterferenceDr. 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 StrawWhy 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 SingingBenjamin 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 revealsSara Vincent, Feb. 21, 2017 | EmaxHealth
- Wireless Kills Trees - WebsiteWebsite 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 compassThorsten Ritz1, Peter Thalau, John B. Phillips, Roswitha Wiltschko & Wolfgang Wiltschko
- On the use of magnets to disrupt the physiological compass of birdsK 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 EnvironmentList 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 reviewBiology and Medicine Review Article | Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages 202–216, 2012
- PowerWatch UK - WebsiteRadiofrequency 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 - WebsiteKatie 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 pipingDaniel 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 PollutionAndrew Goldsworthy BSc PhD, May 2009
- Is Electromagnetism One of the Causes of Colony Collapse Disorder? A Work Plan for Testing This HypothesisApril 12th, 2017 | Marie-Claire Cammaerts* University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- Tree damage caused by mobile phone base stations An observation guideHelmut 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 FieldsAlain Vian, Eric Davies, Michel Gendraud, and Pierre Bonnet
- Disturbing Honeybees’ Behavior with Electromagnetic Waves: a MethodologyDanial Favre | Published Aug. 7th, 2017 | Journal of Behavior, JSciMedCentral
- Tree damages in the vicinity of mobile phone base stationsCornelia Waldmann-Selsam and Horst Eger | 2013
- BEES, BIRDS AND MANKIND Destroying Nature by ‘ElectrosmogEffects 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 BattlegroundsStuart 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 GHzMar. 2nd, 2018 | Arno Thielens, et al | Scientific Reports
Wireless Kills Trees | WebpageWe 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 WORSEMay 19th, 2018 | Dana Dovey | Newsweek
Reports on impacts of EMR (electromagnetic radiations) on wildlifeMay 18th, 2018 | EKLIPSE, a EU funded project on ecosystems and biodiversity
Proliferation of Wireless Radiation Emissions Accelerates New Silent SpringApril 19th, 2018 | Ed Friedman and Marcey Kliparchuk,
- Electrosmog and species conservationJuly 16th, 2014 | Alfonso Balmori | Science of the Total Environment
Our cellphone addiction is turning wireless tech into an invisible weapon that’s destroying wildlifeJuly 14th, 2018 | Reynard Loki | Salon
RADIATION FROM CELLPHONES, WI-FI IS HURTING THE BIRDS AND THE BEES; 5G MAY MAKE IT WORSEMay 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 BeesExpert 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 ProblemsAlbert M. Manville II
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Concerns Over Potential Radiation Impacts of Cellular Communication Towers on Migratory Birds and Other WildlifeAlbert M. Manville, II, Ph.D. Senior Wildlife Biologist Division of Migratory Bird Management, USFWS
- Electronics in Our EcosystemOct. 4, 2015 | Katie Singer |
- Effects of Wireless Radiation on Birds and Other WildlifeA 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 MigrationNational Geographic | Susan McGrath | May 7, 2014
- Testimony of Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D., C.W. B., and Principal, Wildlife and Habitat Conservation Solutions, LLCOn behalf of Friends of Amazon Creek, Before the City of Eugene City Planning Department....| May 6, 2015
- Wireless Devices & WildlifeThe 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 WildlifeA BRIEFING MEMORANDUM | Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D., C.W.B. | July 14, 2016
Energy
- 5G and EnergySept. 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 PlanetMar. 25th, 2018 | Lotfi Belkhir | The Conversation
Assessing ICT global emissions footprint: Trends to 2040 & recommendationsMar. 10, 2018 | Lotfi Belkhir | Science Direct
‘Tsunami of data’ could consume one fifth of global electricity by 2025Nov. 12th, 2018 | John Vidal | Climate Home News
Data ‘tsunami’ to absorb 20% of world electricityDec. 14th, 2017 | Patrick Nelson | Network World
Engstrom: Paper is greener than computer technologyApril 16th, 2018 | Tim Engstrom | Eden Prairie News
Cutting Through the Hype: 5G and Its Potential Impacts on Electric UtilitiesMar. 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 BingeThe 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 InternetResilience | By Kris De Decker | Oct. 2015
- The Surprisingly Large Energy Footprint of the Digital EconomyTIME | By Bryan Walsh | Aug. 2013
- Data Center Efficiency AssessmentIssue 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 speedMike Hazas, Janine Morley, Oliver Bates, Adrian Friday Lancaster University Bailrigg, LA1 4YW, United Kingdom
- The monster footprint of digital technologyLow-Tech Magazine
- The GridThe Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
- Getting Smarter about the Smart GridAn energy and electricity white paper
- Computers will use more electricity than the entire world can generate by 2040, tech experts claimJasper 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 CloudAn 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 BeyondHuffington Post | Diana Graber | Jan. 2, 2017
- Website | Moving to LearnExporing the Effects of Technology on Children
- Your phone is trying to control your lifePBS News Hour | Jan. 30th, 2017
- '60 Minutes' Reports Charge that Google Creates Cellphone AddictsApril 27th, 2017
- An Appeal To Bill And Melinda Gates For Your Help In Raising Healthy ChildrenHuffington Post | Dr. Richard Freed | 05/24/2017
- Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us HookedAdam Alter | The Rise Of Addictive Technology And The Business Of Keeping Us Hooked
- STUDY SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BRAINS OF KIDS WHO USE TABLETSKaylee 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 NowFeb. Mar. 2017 | Paleo magazine
- The wired babyOct. 24th, 2017 | Rosemary Counter | The Globe and Mail
- The Overmonitored NurserySept. 26th, 2017 | Sophie Brickman | NY Times
- Google is training robots to understand humans by making them binge-watch YouTube videosOct. 26th, 2017 | Martin Bagot | Mirror
- Scientists Find That Smartphone Addiction Alters Your Brain ChemistryBrad Jones | Nov. 30th, 2017 | Futurism
- Smartphone Addiction Creates Chemical Imbalance In The Brain, Says New StudyNov. 30th, 2017 | John Houck | Inquisitr
- Why these friendly robots can’t be good friends to our kidsSherry Turkle | Dec. 7th, 2017 | Washington Post
- INSIDE THE FIRST CHURCH OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEMark Harris | Nov. 15th, 2017 | Wired
Apple should address youth phone addiction, say two large investorsElizabeth Dilts | Nov. 3rd, 2017 | Reuters
The new lesson plan for elementary school: Surviving the InternetApril 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 panel2018 | Kostadin Kushlev et al...| Science Direct
Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My BrainFeb. 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 BARKERJuly 24, 2014 | Rebecca Gotlieb
General Guidelines for ParentsChildren and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development
- Experts call for official guidelines on child screen useThe Guardian | Dec. 25, 2016
- Look Up -- A spoken word film for an online generation.
- The Shallows; What the Internet is Doing to Our BrainsNicholas Carr | NY Times Book Review by Jonah Lehrer
- The Problem With Media Multitasking While ReadingThe 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-oldsA 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 EducationCampaign 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 cuesComputers 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 ShallowsBook | Nicholas Carr | 2011
- What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
- Communication: Technology, Distraction & Student PerformanceCenter 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 BeingAndrew Sullivan | Sept. 18, 2016
- This is Your Brain Online: The Impact of Technology on Mental HealthPresented 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 FocusJim Taylor Ph.D. | Psychology Today
- Sherry Turkle’s ‘Reclaiming Conversation’NY Times Book Review by Jonathan Franzen | Sept. 28, 2015
- "Alone Together" by Sherry TurtleNY Times Book Review | Michiko Kakutani |
- The Flight from ConversationNY 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 ResponsibilityTaking Control of Your Digital Life
- Study: Internet Addicts Suffer Withdrawal Symptoms Like Drug UsersOllie John | Feb. 19, 2013
- How Has the Internet Reshaped Human Cognition?PubMed | Loh KK, Kanai R. | Oct. 22, 2016
- CyberpsychologyJournal of Psychosocial Research on Cyber Space
- Put down the mobile phone: Babies need real life face timeCyberpsychologists 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 priceAug. 24th, 2017 | Austin Lombard | InMotion
Conditions of Workers
- Complicit | DocumentaryHeather White and Lynn Zhang | 2017
- Where’s the Harm – Component ManufacturingElectronics 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 cityBrian Merchant, June 18th, 2017 | The Observer
- American Chipmakers Had a Toxic Problem. Then They Outsourced ItJune 15th, 2017, Cam Simpson | Bloomberg Business Week
Samsung worker's family wins brain tumor caseNov. 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 LawB. 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 frequenciesNatural 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 ClubWashington, D.C. June 20, 2016
- Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler CTIA Super Mobility Show 2016Las Vegas | Sept. 7, 2016 |
- Remarks of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler as prepared for delivery Competitive Carriers AssociationSeattle, 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 Regulatesby 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 solutionsOct. 17, 2016
Mobilizing Your Community
Resources
- Cell Towers And Cell AntennaeEnvironmental Health Trust
- Parents Coalition of Montgomery County, MDDedicated 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 ProblemsAlbert M. Manville II
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Concerns Over Potential Radiation Impacts of Cellular Communication Towers on Migratory Birds and Other WildlifeAlbert M. Manville, II, Ph.D. Senior Wildlife Biologist Division of Migratory Bird Management, USFWS
- Effects of Wireless Radiation on Birds & Other WildlifeA 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 wildlifeAn 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 WildlifeA 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 LawB. 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 AssociationSeattle, 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 MegaphoneExcerpted from An Electronic Silent Spring | Katie Singer
- CELL TOWER SAFETY A CITIZEN’S TOOL BOXEMR 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 MEDICINEPosition 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 CigarettesMonday, April 4, 2016
- Safe Schools for Prince George's CountyParents, 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 & BeesExpert Group to study the possible impacts of communication towers on Wildlife including Birds and Bees
- Cell Towers and HealthHow 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 AntennasAn excerpt from An Electronic Silent Spring | Katie Singer
- Cell Tower Fires and Collapsing TowersThe 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 CodeDr. David Stupin, PhD, and Katie Singer, Consultant
- Cell tower siting on Minneapolis Public School PropertyEMR Policy Institute | Dec. 10, 2013 |
- How we prevented a new cell tower in Eugene, OregonPosted on October 21, 2015 by Katie Singer | from the Friends of Amazon Creek
- Stop Ugly Cell Towers in Our NeighborhoodWebsite 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, LLCOn 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 ExpertsCell Tower Zoning and Permitting
- Team Gaithersburg websiteExample 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 RULINGSue Present | Jan. 17th, 2017
- Citizen's Explanation of Cell TowersGoogle slides
- Sample Letter to City Council Requesting Consultant
- Why cell phone towers are being installed 30 feet from your homeAaron 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. LaiMay 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 FieldsA Long-term Study under Real-life Conditions |Klaus Buchner and Horst Eger
History of Cell Towers Exceeding FCC Limits
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 stationsAug. 2017 | https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Zothansiama et al
- Wireless Devices and WildlifeThe 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 STRUCTURESALBERT M. MANVILLE | Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Review: Weak radiofrequency radiation exposure from mobile phone radiation on plantsNCBI PubMed | Sept. 20, 2016
- Radiofrequency radiation injures trees around mobile phone base stationsScience 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 |