By Patricia Burke Weather Forecast: Clearing Ahead For many years, I worked in and around waterfronts and pools, at one point directing an multi-pool facility. As every summer camp director and aquatic manager knows, the phrase “chance of late afternoon thunder showers” is very stressful….
By Barb Payne, Reprinted by permission from the blog MEGA; Make Environment Great Again Hundreds of expert scientists and medical authorities have been warning that we need to reduce all types of everyday wireless emissions and exposures. Therefore, increasing the density of wireless emissions is…
Americans for Responsible Technology and BroadBand International Legal Action Network This webinar will discuss recent landmark cases currently in litigation that raise a common set of legal questions: What are the consequences for U.S. society when federal agencies themselves act in flagrant defiance of the…
By Natural Activist with Patricia Burke How connected are you to the natural world? Try a little experiment. Draw a honeybee, and then go find one (or a photo of one) and see how closely what you drew resembles the real thing. Does a honeybee…
By Tanja Katarina Rebel with Patricia Burke (Controversial “Connected Cowes” is bringing 5G to the international sailing regatta being held in the U.K. this week) People came dressed up as bees to highlight the harm caused by pulsed, high-frequency radiation which is being rolled out…
By Patricia Burke These are the times we live in, when the mass culture’s directives need weeding, and purification. When planting herbs, we carefully place organic fertilizer in the chosen spot. Weeds move in, competing for nutrients and sunlight. Without proper tending, they will…
By Patricia Burke The beginning of August offers observance of the Harvest Festival. Yet most of those living in “modern” societies aren’t aware of the significance this time of year holds. Industrialization brought many innovations. But along the way, humans have lost their understanding of…
By Jennifer Wood and Patricia Burke What is the true meaning of Independence? For a nation, a people, a healthcare system, a doctor, a patient, or just a human being? At the dawn of India’s Independence from the British Empire in 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru made…
By Patricia Burke Fire Water Swimming has always been my go-to stress reliever, and favorite sport. Although not as adventuresome as those engaged in “wild swimming,” I have visited pools and swimming holes around the world, in many countries. For years, whenever I visited a…
Excerpted from blog of Naturalist Activist A man we know used to take his children to play at the top of the mountain where the cell towers now are. “I remember going up there just after the first cell tower was put up. We got…
Hosted by Attorney Julian Gresser Technology advances at lightning speed in multiple directions simultaneously. In response, the wheels of government turn slowly, often impeded by the purveyors of new technologies who resist any attempts at regulation. So it is no surprise that we are often finding…
By Patricia Burke “ALONE” This graphic was created by a young woman in the West of Ireland, Croí, when she was 18. It begs the question that if an 18-year-old is aware of the consequences of microwave radiation, why are adults in responsible positions around…
By Patricia Burke Encyclopedia Britannica states, “Faustian bargains are by their nature tragic or self-defeating for the person who makes them, because what is surrendered is ultimately far more valuable than what is obtained, whether or not the bargainer appreciates that fact.” B. Blake Levitt…
This is part 5 of a series of articles about EMF/RF/5G concerns. Yesterday’s article featured an independent scientist from Finland; today’s article comes to us from an activist in Greece. Reprinted by permission from the blog of Naturalist Activist. By Natural Activist, with Patricia Burke…
By Patricia Burke “The greatest polluting element in the earth’s environment is the proliferation of electromagnetic fields. I consider that to be a far greater threat on a global scale than warming, or the increase of chemical elements in the environment.”– Robert O. Becker “The…
By Patricia Burke Earlier in the week we reviewed the work of Paul Brodeur back in the 1970s, before the age of the internet, YouTube, and downloadable PDFs. Unfortunately, if Paul Brodeur were writing today about the risks of asbestos, powerlines, and EMFs, it is…
By Patricia Burke In yesterday’s article about author Paul Brodeur (asbestos, cancer chemicals, ozone depletion, microwaves, powerlines), we looked at the demise of investigative journalism in the mainstream media. The issue is not only that mainstream journalism “could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological…
By Patricia Burke When Investigative Journalism “Left the Roadway,” “Danger That Public Policy Could Be Captive of a Scientific-Technological Elite” Dwight Eisenhower cautioned, “The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” Eisenhower also noted, “… in holding scientific research and…
By Jonathan Mirin with Patricia Burke “Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the minds of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy.” — Tobacco executive internal…
By David M. with Patricia Burke I took great care to put my daughter in a private school, a school with an environmental philosophy that seemed in-line with my ideas, and was shocked when, returning after summer hiatus, found they’d allowed a giant cell tower onto the…
