All over Spain, WhatsApp groups have been buzzing with parents debating one of the most divisive topics in the country: no, not controversial Spanish national politics, but whether schools should ban mobile phones.
One of the biggest group chats started in Barcelona, and quickly gained more than a thousand members, and posed the question of whether or not mobile phones should be allowed at educational facilities.
The group chat, which now includes around 10,000 parents from different neighbourhoods all over the city, is used to share information along with any questions mums and dads may have on mobile use.
According to the latest UNESCO report on global educational monitoring, one out of four countries has approved laws banning mobile phone use in classrooms. It’s certainly a hot topic in Europe at the moment, but not an easy one to agree on.
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It is mobile phones and not the towers that cause health problems, Swedish researchers concluded
By Rhoda Wilson on June 28, 2024
In 2004, a letter to the editor of the European Journal of Cancer Prevention from two Swedish researchers stated that 1997 was a curious year in Sweden. It was marked by a decline in public health and the emergence of electrosensitivity as a growing concern. Their findings were met with resistance from government and public health authorities.
Yesterday, Arthur Firstenberg published a newsletter which highlighted the significance of the findings as described in the 2004 letter.
Electrosensitivity is also known as being electrically hypersensitive (“EHS”). This condition has been reported to affect an increasing number of people in Sweden, as well as in other countries such as Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
Olle Johansson and Örjan Hallberg’s research highlighted the potential health effects of electromagnetic fields (“EMF”), including headaches, giddiness, nausea, skin rashes and much more.
Their research demonstrated the need for further investigation into the causes of these health issues but their findings were met with resistance from government and health authorities. In the words of Hallberg: “Our expert authorities seem to be extremely unwilling to try to find out the cause because large financial interests can then be threatened.”
We were unable to find Johansson and Hallberg’s letter in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention. However, Hallberg published it on ResearchGate in 2015. Below, Arthur Firstenberg highlights the significance of their letter and subsequent findings.
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