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- I'd like to begin
- by asking a few questions.
- Who knows if they have a wireless
- smart meter on their home?
- Okay.
- And who has their smartphone
- in their pocket right now?
- Great.
- And who's read the fine prints
- in your owner's manual
- that says that the smartphone should never
- be within about an inch of the body?
- (Laughter)
- So today, I'm going to speak to
- why we can no longer assume
- that our wireless technology is safe.
- Technology has allowed us many benefits.
- It has connected us
- to people and to places,
- and it has brought us convenience
- that few could have imagined
- just 10 years ago.
- It's also brought us
- tremendous economic benefits.
- If we can look at how technology
- has increased in our lives
- in just the last eight years ...
- It started with the iPhone,
- and then tablet computing,
- ubiquitous Wi-Fi,
- the smart meter and the smart home,
- and wearable tech,
- and now the Internet of Things.
- If we could imagine how this would look,
- it would actually look like this:
- This is an artist's rendition of what
- Wi-Fi in our public spaces looks like.
- We could actually hear
- what microwave radiation sounds like
- with a device like this.
- So if anybody would like to hear
- what their smartphone
- or their smartwatch sounds like,
- come and see me at the end
- and I can show you.
- But how does this affect our bodies?
- That's the question I want to ask
- because this exponential rise
- in microwave radiation can have effects,
- and that's what scientists and medical
- doctors around the world are now saying,
- especially when it comes to children,
- because they're going to be
- affected by this their entire lives.
- But today, I also want
- to share a few solutions.
- I want to give everyone here
- things that you can do in your own lives
- in order to reduce this type of exposure.
- So I actually got into this topic
- about five years ago.
- Before then, I was a young
- technology enthusiast.
- I always used my smartphone and Wi-Fi.
- I've worked in Silicon Valley and have
- a master's degree in engineering.
- So if anyone had told me that wireless
- technology could have health effects,
- I would have thought they're crazy.
- So if you're thinking that
- right now, I can relate.
- But this all changed for me
- over the period of about one week.
- I started to experience headaches,
- ringing in the ears,
- insomnia,
- and a fatigue and brain fog
- that I'd never experienced before.
- And I shared this
- with a colleague at work,
- and she said the exact same thing
- happened to her husband
- when a wireless smart meter
- was installed in their home.
- So I went home that evening
- and I checked downstairs,
- and sure enough, we had
- a bank of wireless smart meters
- installed right below our bedroom
- in San Francisco.
- So this started me on a journey
- to learn as much about this topic
- as I possibly could.
- I now have a website about this,
- and I'm contacted by people
- all around the world, every day,
- who are experiencing
- the exact same things.
- It can be when they have
- a wireless smart meter installed,
- or a new Wi-Fi router,
- or even a cell tower placed
- across the street from their home.
- These are the common symptoms
- that people start to experience.
- This is actually from a published paper
- on the health effects
- of wireless smart meters.
- So, just here in the Bay Area,
- I'm in touch with dozens of people
- who've had their lives changed by this:
- medical doctors,
- high school principals,
- teachers and students,
- IT professionals,
- and even entrepreneurs.
- These are people who had a normal life,
- and then over a short period of time,
- went to where they could no longer work,
- where they could
- no longer go to an office.
- Some of them actually
- have had to move out of their homes
- because they can't be in an environment
- which is normal now for most people.
- I've been in touch with people
- around the world
- who've become homeless
- because of this.
- There are many people
- that's actually happened to.
- And, unfortunately, I know of people
- who've actually taken their lives
- because there's essentially
- no place they can go,
- and this is something
- that society does not yet recognize.
- My own life has been
- tremendously changed by this.
- After that first exposure
- to wireless smart meters,
- now I can no longer be in an environment
- with strong Wi-Fi for very long.
- So I can't go to my work
- the way I used to be able to.
- Most environments are now
- essentially toxic to me.
- So even finding a safe place to live
- has become very difficult.
- Imagine not being able
- to live in an apartment building
- where everyone has Wi-Fi,
- or to be able to live
- next to a cell tower.
- This is actually a proposed
- cell tower here in Berkeley.
- The residents have actually
- stopped it for now,
- but most churches and most schools
- now have cell towers on them.
- And so it exposes the people around them
- and of course the students
- who go to those schools.
- This is a cell tower in San Francisco:
- that brown thimble on top
- of the telephone pole is a cell tower.
- And these are being placed
- every couple of blocks.
- So you could have an amazing home,
- and then one week,
- a company can come and put
- a cell tower right outside your window.
- So this is something that's happening
- throughout the Bay Area,
- and it's going to be happening
- throughout the United States.
- So it makes it so that people like myself
- have a hard time finding a place to live,
- but it also is ratcheting up
- the exposure of the entire population.
- So you might be asking,
- perhaps some people
- are being injured by this,
- but if you're not feeling it,
- it's probably not that big of a deal.
- I think that's a very common experience.
- But it's not as simple as saying
- that just a few unfortunate people
- are being affected by this.
- Because what the science shows
- is that we're all affected on some level,
- whether we can feel it or not.
- And the reason is because essentially,
- our bodies are electric.
- Every cell in our body communicates
- using tiny electric signals.
- It's how our nervous system operates.
- So to think that we could
- put an exponential amount
- of microwave radiation
- into our environment
- and not feel effects, is simply false.
- To illustrate this, I actually
- had many friends come to me
- when I started to experience
- this, and they would say,
- "Jeromy, are you sure you aren't
- making this up in your head?"
- and I thought this too myself,
- at the beginning.
- But then, a year or two later,
- they would come to me and they'd say,
- "You won't believe it, but now I'm feeling
- pain in my arm when I use my cell phone,
- or when I put it to the head,
- or when a new Wi-Fi router is installed."
- So this is something where
- when people have more of an exposure,
- more people are being affected.
- And it's not just headaches and insomnia,
- it's much more serious things such as:
- infertility, DNA damage,
- and eventually cancer.
- This is what the research
- is starting to show.
- And you don't have to take my word for it.
- I encourage you to start
- researching this for yourselves.
- If you simply Google "EMF research,"
- this is a screenshot of what you'll find.
- The World Health Organization
- is the first link there,
- and they actually, in 2011,
- came out and said
- this wireless technology
- is possibly carcinogenic.
- Now there are scientists around the world
- that say it's most likely carcinogenic.
- The third link there
- is actually my own website.
- It's there because the last five years,
- I've gathered research
- from around the world
- that shows that we now
- have enough evidence
- to at least take precaution
- when it comes to this technology.
- So, isn't this regulated?
- And this is one of the most
- interesting things I've found:
- The Federal Communications Commission
- is who is supposed
- to be regulating wireless technology.
- But if you look at the regulations,
- they're almost 20 years old.
- So that means our most advanced technology
- is using science
- that's at least 20 years old.
- But not only that, they're based
- on a concept which is nearly 50 years old,
- which says if microwave
- radiation does not heat us,
- then it can't possibly hurt us.
- But there are now hundreds of studies
- that show that this is false.
- So how is it that we have
- a regulatory body
- that's not protecting the public?
- Well, like many public health
- issues in our country,
- you end up having industry
- influencing the regulatory body,
- and that's what's happening here.
- So you have a revolving door
- between the wireless lobby
- and the FCC Commission.
- So that's what's happening.
- Plus, the science is heavily
- influenced by industry funding.
- This is a study by Dr. Henry Lai.
- He looked at 326 studies
- based on the biological effects
- of cell phone radiation.
- He found that about half of the studies
- showed effects and half didn't.
- That's pretty normal for this type of research.
- But what he found that was interesting
- was that if you looked
- at who funded the studies,
- 70% of the independent
- studies showed effects,
- and only 32% of the industry-funded
- studies showed effects.
- So you see that there's an influence
- in money on this topic,
- just like many other topics.
- Tobacco is another one where essentially
- the industry funded science
- that was going to show
- their products were safe.
- So, that's the bad news.
- And now, I want to share some good news,
- and that is that
- there are solutions for this.
- We are going to have to have the industry
- start to create safer products,
- but there are ways that we can
- both protect ourselves
- and move industry forward.
- So one of the primary things we can do
- is to move towards fiber optics
- because this is a way
- that we can make our homes safer,
- our businesses and our schools.
- So fiber optics are safe, they're secure,
- and they're one of the fastest
- things we can use.
- Another way we can go is to design
- products which are safer.
- So currently we have product designers
- and engineers working together,
- but we could bring in biophysicists
- and biologists to work together
- to create products that don't just emit
- right underneath the FCC regulations,
- but emit the least amount of any type
- of electromagnetic fields as possible.
- If smart meters had been designed
- to use either fiber optics
- or to emit just once or twice a day
- rather than the 10,000 times they do emit,
- then I wouldn't be standing here today,
- and thousands upon thousands
- of people around the world
- would not have been
- injured by smart meters.
- So what are some things
- that all of us can do?
- This is one of the most important things
- because everyone wants to know
- how to essentially protect
- themselves and their families.
- So, the first thing is to make sure
- we use our cell phones wisely.
- I mentioned that you don't want
- to put the cell phone
- within about an inch of the body.
- The industry is telling us this now.
- So make sure you use speakerphone,
- get an air-tube headset;
- and when it's on the body,
- make sure that you put it
- on airplane mode
- when it's either in the pocket
- or sometimes in the bra.
- And when it comes to kids, we don't want
- to have kids use cell phones.
- But if they must, then please,
- teach them how use these wisely.
- We can wire our homes.
- Most people don't need
- Wi-Fi in their home.
- So move towards Ethernets,
- move towards fiber optics.
- And if you must have Wi-Fi,
- make sure you turn it off at night.
- You can get a simple timer
- so you don't even have to think about it.
- When it comes to kids,
- we want to reduce their exposures
- as much as possible.
- So if they use an iPad,
- put all of the data on the iPad,
- and then turn the Wi-Fi off.
- In schools,
- I simply do not think we need
- to have Wi-Fi in schools
- because we're filling those classroom
- with microwave radiation.
- We can have amazing technology,
- but it can be wired.
- And this is where I think
- we're going to have to go.
- When it comes to the smart meter
- and the smart home,
- I recommend you to opt out.
- I've had wealthy early-adopting
- families contact me
- who went all in on the smart home,
- and they ended up getting sick
- within a few months.
- So this is something
- that affects families,
- and I just recommend
- that you don't go down this path
- because it's a technology we do not need.
- And one of the last solutions
- I want to get today
- is to create a safe place to sleep.
- Because this is one
- of the most important things.
- Because this is
- when your body rejuvenates,
- and it's when you can make sure
- that everything's off.
- So turn off all your wireless
- devices, unplug things.
- If you have a baby monitor,
- I actually recommend that you turn
- that off, especially at night.
- I just do not recommend those for kids.
- And if you do these things,
- I know many people
- who've ended up sleeping better;
- they are much clearer during the day,
- and their fatigue is much less.
- So this is something I recommend
- everyone can do.
- So in conclusion,
- I want to say that this
- is a problem that we can solve.
- There are tremendous people
- around the world
- working on this right now.
- And I believe we're coming
- to a tipping point
- where enough people realize
- that this is an important topic,
- and that there are solutions.
- So I recommend that you share this
- with the people who are closest to you.
- Because if enough people
- wake up to this issue,
- then industry will start
- creating safe technology.
- And once they do that,
- our entire society can move
- towards a healthier future.
- Thank you.
- (Applause)
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