By Michael W. Fox DSc, PhD, BVetMed, MRCVS with Patricia Burke, Reprinted by permission (In Part 1 of Dr. Fox, the Animal Doctor, began an overview of planetary electropollution.) The use of the Internet via smartphones, laptops and tablets (users being warned to keep such…
By Michael W. Fox DSc, PhD, BVetMed, MRCVS with Patricia Burke, Reprinted by permission. Electropollution from the Earth-shrouding and penetrating cybersphere of telecommunications is a major emerging existential threat and One Health issue of this Anthropocene age. Extensive scientific documentation of this critical concern is…
On December 21, 2021, Americans for Responsible Technology filed a historic legal petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) setting out the reasons why the FDA should immediately issue an “Imminent Hazard” declaration regarding public exposure to wireless radiation emitted by cell phones, laptops,…
By Patricia Burke The blog, “Future Conscience, What Do We Want to Be” explores human progress in all of its various forms and asks the question: What do we want to be? “It is important in this day and age to look closely at the…
By Patricia Burke, Images Courtesy Flo Freshman It’s a common practice in many circles to conduct a review of past, as the year turns. In this case, as the year supposedly turns. Looking a little bit further into the past, we can recognize how ironic…
Submitted by Patricia Burke In a joint letter, representatives from 11 Nordic organisations active in the field of health risks from radiation from wireless technology, request that humans and the environment be better protected. People are today completely unprotected from a variety of harmful effects,…
By Patricia Burke On December 17, Phys.org published a paper, “After thousands of years, an iconic whale confronts a new enemy,” from the University of Copenhagen. Teetering at the Tipping Point We can shift the balance of humanity’s environmental impacts from damaging to harmonizing, by…
By Patricia Burke with Kate Kheel At the Solstice, many groups and individuals were reflecting on the balance between darkness and night, observed by indigenous groups though-out millennia. The Ocean Mammal Institute and Stop 5G International hosted a gathering, identifying the need to address the…
Submitted by Patricia Burke In 2015, pioneer Olle Johansson published his paper, “Johansson O, “Electrohypersensitivity: a functional impairment due to an inaccessible environment”, Rev Environ Health 2015; 30: 311–321.” The abstract stated, In Sweden, electrohypersensitivity is recognized as a functional impairment which implies only the…
By Patricia Burke, Carmen Miranda Banana, and Flo Freshman Carmen Miranda Banana is BACK! She was with us for April Fool’s Day, talking about Oturd Otard rule making. Now, she’s on a rant of run-on sentences about unscientific science and yelling “Liar Liar Pants On…
By Patricia Burke “The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, (also known as the ‘Global Network‘ or the ‘GN’) is an international network of organizations and individuals [] concerned about the militarization and exploitation of space. In just a few decades outer…
By Christine Albers reprinted by permission, adapted for length and clarity by Patricia Burke Whales and other ocean mammals need to be protected from the adverse effects of sonar, which can cause brain hemorrhage and death. Dr. Marsha Green, founder of Ocean Mammal Institute, has…
By Patricia Burke Back in 2001, as published by Acoustic Ecology, Kenneth Balcomb corresponded with the military about an environmental impact statement covering sonar. I have had the unique opportunity to witness and study a mass stranding of whales and a dolphin caused by a…
By Patricia Burke Whales Warned Us About Radar–Years Ago In 2014, the NRDC published, “U.S. Navy Implicated in New Mass Stranding of Whales.” Yesterday afternoon, while the U.S. and other navies played war games somewhere offshore, Cuvier’s beaked whales began stranding along the southern coast…
By Patricia Burke Whale Trust reports, “The humpback whale song is one of the most complex, non-human, acoustic displays in the animal kingdom. But why males sing is still a mystery. [ ] Whale Trust Maui researchers have been following, recording, and tracking humpback whales…
By Patricia Burke “Regulatory agencies should apply the Precautionary Principle when making decisions about acoustic activities to be conducted underwater.” In Part 1, we looked at the on-going colonization and exploitation of indigenous lands and peoples by the U.S., including military-occupied Guam. (While the U.S….
Op-Ed by Kate Kheel of Stop 5G International The technology revolution has now expanded to the ocean in the form of the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT), aka a Smart Ocean. Plans are underway for the ocean to become an integral part of a worldwide network of…
By Patricia Burke See part 1 here on colonialism persisting in the modern day, in great part due to the U.S. military’s planetary footprint. “Here’s the awful truth: even if every person, every automobile, and every factory suddenly emitted zero emissions, the Earth would still…
By Patricia Burke (Consider tuning in to the Annual WZBC Pow Wow, and reports from the yearly Plymouth MA protest, or a similar offering, in a community near you, this year.) Manifest Destiny The dictionary defines Manifest Destiny as “the 19th-century doctrine or belief that…
From the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Submitted by Patricia Burke Must watch videos: Two GN presentations during Glasgow People’s Summit Outstanding talks by two Global Network representatives On November 7 the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space…
