A series of posts from the old blog, about the cell tower next to ORT HOLON school
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2018
Video – ORT HOLON fight to remove the cell phone mast continues
A video presenting the fight of ORT HOLON parents for the removal of a cell phone mast is available at
https://youtu.be/zxDE_di-ThE
In front of ORT HOLON, a High school in the city of HOLON in Israel, a cell phone mast was erected 23 years ago. With the increase in Data usage, the exposure levels of the kids went up every year. last year, the parents noticed that most of the kids (59%) had symptoms that could be related to RF exposure from the cell phone mast just 20 meters from the school. They conducted a survey that shows 59% of the kids have symptoms. about 19% already visited their doctor in relation to these symptoms. Since the parents understood this was not just one or 2 kids, but most of the kids, they started to fight for the removal of the mast.
Two weeks ago, after a meeting in the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environmental Protection Committee, 3 antennas that faced the school (out of a total of 9) were removed. The measured/monitored radiation levels went done just 30%. Side lobes and reflection steel seem to hit the school.
In the picture below – the RF monitoring before and after the partial removal
Now the parents call for the complete removal of the mast. Yesterday they got the support of the Knesset Education committee that called for the removal of the mast in no more than 3 months.
More posts about this subject:
https://norad4u.blogspot.com/2018/12/knesset-education-committee-24122018.html
https://norad4u.blogspot.com/2018/12/progress-or-spin-in-ort-holon-3-antenna.html
https://norad4u.blogspot.com/2018/11/knesset-israel-parliament-committee.html
https://norad4u.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-atorothies-try-to-calm-parents-of.html
https://norad4u.blogspot.com/2018/10/about-60-of-students-in-ort-holon-are.html
https://norad4u.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-cell-phone-tower-next-to-school-in.html
MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2018
Knesset Education Committee – 24/12/2018 – “remove the antennas in front of ORT HOLON in 3 months”
Today (24/12/2018) I took part in the Knesset Education Committee.
After a 1 hour discussion, the committee called for the removal of all the mast in 3 months.
This is after kids in this scall developed radiation sickness symptoms (about 59% according to a survey done by the parents ).
This is what happens (and will happen again and again) when the standards are based on heat only and are high and non-protective.
Press the “CC” button on the video YouTube GUI to select English subtitles.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2018
Progress or Spin in ORT HOLON – The 3 antenna panels that were facing the school were removed – RFR level still high!
Last week the 3 antenna panels that were facing the school were removed.
RF measurements done by the parents in the school and monitoring equipment on the roof show the levels of RFR were cut (by about 50%) but are still high.
The level is too high for students that already developed symptoms and are more sensitive.
In addition, they are not low enough for the temp protection that was installed to be removed.
I explained to the parents that the levels will stay high because of side and back lobes and also reflections from the building next by since there are still active panels that are not facing the school. I told the parents to expect kids who got sick, to continue to suffer from symptoms.
Although the strick is over at this point in time, the parents told me that they will continue to fight for the removal of all the mast in other means.
In the picture below – the mast next to the school
The removal of the 3 panels
The transmitters room
RFR levels before the removal, when the mast was turned off and after the removal
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018
Knesset (Israel Parliament) committee meeting about the cell tower next to ORT HOLON – “Remove the antennas tomorrow morning”
Yesterday I attended the Knesset (Israel Parliament) committee meeting about the cell tower next to ORT HOLON.
In the meeting, the problem of the cell tower next to the ORT HOLON school was presented and discussed. The parents presented their case and talked about the suffering of the kids in school. Both the parents of the late Itai Peretz talked about this griff and about the symptoms Itai (my his soul rest in peace) suffered from before he got sick, with leukemia.
In the meeting, Maya Elhalal, e leading Israeli high-tech interposure and consultant to the Ministry of Health talked about his EHS condition in support of the parents of ORT Holon and the kids. She argued that the science today already inform us that EMF radiation causes biological effect well under the so-called safety standards limits and that we can do better than what we did about smoking and asbestos, and lead.
The representative of the cell phone forum (PR body of the cell phone companies) was willing to dismantle the 3 antenna panels that face the school but said that the rest of the tower has to stay and this will be done only if the parents will stop their protest and strike.
The head of the committee summaries the meeting and said the committee will send a letter to the cell phone companies to dismantle the 3 panels addressing the school “tomorrow morning” (meaning very soon) as a first step while they should start the relocation process of the remaining cell phone tower.
About the meeting (Google translator) MARIV – https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maariv.co.il%2Fnews%2FEducation%2FArticle-670904&edit-text=
Meeting videos (in Hebrew) – https://m.knesset.gov.il/Activity/committees/InternalAffairs/Pages/CommitteeTVarchive.aspx?TopicID=19231
Closing summaries by the chairman (Hebrew) – https://youtu.be/zmSjCYOBZGw
Maya Elhalal (Hebrew) – https://youtu.be/L9UZjRPMcx4
Picture – from the meeting
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2018
The authority try to calm the parents of students in ORT HOLON after feeling radiation sickness symptoms
Last week there was a meeting between representatives of the Environmental Protection Ministry, The city municipality, the school management, ORT schools network management in Israel, and the parents of students in the ORT HOLON school.
About 20 years ago, a cell tower was erected next to the school (20 meters from it). This year the parents finally noticed that their kids suffer from headaches, nausea, fatigue, and other radiation sickness symptoms. Last year one of the students in this school died from cancer. The parents went on a struggle to get the tower done and they are on a two-month strike in order to achieve that.
Please read more about it at this post – https://norad4u.blogspot.com/2018/10/about-60-of-students-in-ort-holon-are.html
I saw a few parts of the meeting on videos and was sorry to see that all the official representatives were addressing only the quick return of the kids to school and not the removal of the antenna. The ministry representative, Prof Gelberg told the parents all kind of technical stuff that was not accurate and very simplified and somewhat misleading, like for example that he prefer cellphone towers on public buildings and that below and above the main lobe of the antenna there is no radiation (neglecting side lower/higher beams – see picture below). He also argued that the ministry is responsible only to the radiation and measurement side of the antenna, forgetting to note that the standards used are based on heat only and are not protective of humans, that the measurements are done by slow meters and therefore give partial results. I saw the municipality representative saying they can’t do anything to help, that the tests were OK and the antenna had all the documentation (other municipalities helped in the past by finding problems in the structure or the infrastructure around the antenna and demanding it to be removed on that ground). Then the representative of ORT said that all they want is the return of the kids to school in the quickest and best way (but what about the kids that are already sick and the kids that will be sick from the radiation? ).
During the meeting, there was a protest outside the school.
There is going to be a meeting in the Israeli parliament this week (15/11/2018) about this issue. In the meeting, we expect to hear the same “not my responsibility” talks, but we hope to say the truth: Standards are high and non-protective, measurements are not done adequately, people are getting sick and everyone else just wants to continue with their daily routine.
Links (Google translated, the original is in Hebrew):
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=iw&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hashikma-holon.co.il%2Feducation%2F24128&edit-text=&act=url
Picture of the school building and the antenna in the background – Photography Avshalom Shoshani
In the picture below – the way antenna lobs are transmitted from the antenna
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2018
about 60% of the students in ORT HOLON are suffering from RF Radiation sickness due to a cell tower 20 meters from the school!
According to videos and publications done by the parents of this school students (ages 12-18), it seems that about 60% of the students already suffer from headache, nausea, and other symptoms of RF Radiation Sickness.
RF Radiation test reports show average levels of up to 6uW/cm2 in the school.
The parents started a stick.
The City of Holon offered to install Temp RF protection on the windows of the classes that face the antenna. It seems that it brought a 90% reduction in RF levels.
This is possible because of the high non-protective RF so-called safety standards that allow up to 400-1000 uW/cm2. This is because of the Ministry of Environment Protection policy to comply with ICNIRP standards. Until RF safety standards are based on Biological damage and health effects of RFR, we will see this happen again and again all over the world.
Videos from the parents protest in front of the school.
The videos are in Hebrew but you can hear the parents shouting slogans to remove the tower and the kid’s symptoms.
https://www.facebook.com/krinaortholon/videos/2560820057294011/
https://www.facebook.com/krinaortholon/videos/2168632573374921/
https://www.facebook.com/krinaortholon/videos/243394202999126/
A Parent in front of the Tower – https://www.facebook.com/krinaortholon/videos/685844035120768/
Empty classes because of the stick – https://www.facebook.com/krinaortholon/videos/246401182696319/
In the picture – The video from one of the classes (a source Facebook group)
In the picture – a poster made by the parents – Translation:
“Saying No! to the cellular radiation in Ort Holon.
The Health of our children is not a toy!
Join our fight”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018
a Cell phone tower next to a school in Israel caused headaches
A Cell tower, that was erected about 10 years ago in front of a school in The Israeli city of Holon, caused headaches and other symptoms in students. The parents went on a stick and the students did not attend the school in the past few weeks.
Now an agreement was signed between the city, parents, and the Ministry of Education to install RF Blocking nets over the walls and to ban the use of cell phones in the classes.
In addition, a RF monitoring station would be installed in the school, but it’s measurement is expected to be partial and most likely will be used to calm the public as the level will always be below the standards (which are based only on thermal damage to the tissue and not on biological or health damage).
The story was reported in the local newspaper of ‘Hasikma Holon’.
I hope that this is just the first step and that the tower will be completely removed.
There is no place for cell towers near buildings and houses.
This is yet another example where the radiation from a cell phone tower caused health effects in kids. I hope this would be a lesson for those call for more cellphone towers in order to reduce the radiation levels from the phones, on the expense of 24X7 full body exposure, in multi frequencies that will rise.
“”בגלל השביתה, לא התחלנו ללמוד השנה, אנחנו נמצאים בפיגור בלימודים, סובלים מכאבי ראש בגלל האנטנה והמורים מאיימים לפגוע בציונים שלנו”.”
“Because of the strick, we did not start to learn this year, we are behind the learning program, we suffer from headaches because of the antenna, and the teachers are threatening to reduce our grades”
Link to Hebrew report – https://www.hashikma-holon.co.il/education/22811
More links to the article in Hebrew:
https://www.hashikma-holon.co.il/education/23059
https://www.hashikma-holon.co.il/education/21969
https://www.hashikma-holon.co.il/education/19630
