RF Investigation
I wish to comment on several articles by Jeffrey Carter concerning ground currents in regards to the Ontario dairy farmer. It is high time a full-fledged investigation was launched into the effects of microwave pulsed radio frequency (RF) smart meters on bees, birds and cows as well as other animals.
Allow me to share my experiences regarding life in Tennessee, our alternate U.S. home. We had no significant health problems until January 2012 when the power company started to upgrade to the smart grid.
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Within months many people, including my wife and myself, had become ill with mysterious symptoms for which there were no diagnostic tools and no treatment. In addition, it soon became noticeable that there were no bees anywhere. Songbirds would sing and then become silenced as though a radio had been turned off.
Within 18 months, my Tennessee in-laws, who had operated a dairy farm just down the road since 1960, began having severe problems with the somatic cell count. It also became noticeable within the dairy that calving was taking a toll on the cows as many were dying within two days —those surviving had the most unusual looking udders.
This, of course, led to discussions among dairy farmers in Ontario, Quebec and other regions of Tennessee. The common thread was soon established as being connected to the installation of smart meters. Cancer, unheard of in dairy operations previously, was now being diagnosed within some herds.
Regarding the concern over the depopulation within the bee industry, an extremely grave concern for the welfare of life on planet earth, no one seems aware of what might be the basis of the problem —RF (wireless) communication devices. Put a beehive within 200 feet of a smart meter and take note of the consequences.
The experts who insist wireless technology is safe must come forward with absolute scientific information. Grounded, hard-wired electrical devices have served us well and could continue to do so without ruining health.
Ken Mack,
Langenburg, Sask.
Eight years later
Hog Politics (Gary Doer’s Manitoba, by Cy Gonick, Canadian politics, June 30, 2007.)
“Under Gary Doer’s tutelage, hog production has become Manitoba’s biggest agricultural industry. Most of the hogs are produced by a handful of mega-barn operators whose annual earnings average $5 million. Most of the hogs are exported, though their manure remains in the province, spread untreated on nearby land.
“This kind of intensive hog production causes air pollution, noxious odours, toxic gases and drug pollution. As well, antibiotics, growth-promoting chemicals and other veterinary drugs end up in the animals themselves and enter the environment through their manure and urine, contaminating the water, the soil and our food.”
“Critics lampoon the government’s claim to having the highest hog-production standards in North America. In response to several instances where rural municipal boards rejected proposals to locate hog mega-barns in their communities, the province took democratic control out of their hands by forcing municipalities to adopt livestock bylaws that conformed to provincial standards ….”
“Hog politics came to a head in 2006-07 after the province, along with the City of Winnipeg, offered tens of millions of dollars of incentives for a new hog-slaughtering and processing plant to be located in an industrial park close to downtown Winnipeg. After residents and businesses in the area launched a spirited campaign against the proposed facility, all three political parties withdrew support for the controversial plant.
“By the time the Doer government finally imposed a moratorium on the construction of new hog barns in late 2006, the industry had already slowed down, as operators were finding it cheaper to locate in Mexico and Brazil….”
Eight plus years have past, and there have been changes. There has been a resurgence in the Manitoba’s factory hog industry and plans to further increase production are being developed. Plus, Lake Winnipeg has been declared the most polluted fresh water lake in the world.
What a shameful cost in the name of development.
John Fefchak
Virden, Man.
