Science, Lies and Red Tape
Health Canada avoids making regulations while the Electrical Industry manipulates and controls the evidence linking Electromagnetic Radiation and Cancer. A commentary on how our health officials are affected by the ideology of corporatism.
by Walt McGinnis
All electrical equipment, from house wiring to cellular phones and computers, emits electromagnetic radiation (EMR). There is growing public concern about the health effects of EMR exposure and a wide range of diseases. This list includes headaches, depression, neurological damage, Alzheimer's and Cancer. Every day we are unknowingly exposed, in the workplace and at home, to harmful levels of EMR which studies show increase the risk of Cancer. In spite of this, Health Canada has not created regulations against citizens being exposed to dangerous levels of EMR. To understand why we are not protected against this form of radiation, one must comprehend the relative omnipotence of the global Electrical Industry and it's supporting ideology of corporatism.
Robert Becker, MD, in his book Cross Currents writes, "At this time, the scientific evidence is absolutely conclusive: 60-Hz magnetic fields cause human cancer cells to permanently increase their rate of growth by as much as 1, 600 per cent and to develop more malignant characteristics."
Electricity and electrical devices are every where; cellular phones, refrigerators, automobiles, satellites, tools, toys, and the largest most secretive EMR research and development sector, electromagnetic military weapons. The list is endless. Together the manufacturers of these products represent the largest and most powerful industry / interest group in the world- the Electrical Industry. These huge corporations dominate and control : research, scientists, government bureaucrats, politicians, the media and ultimately public opinion. Health Canada plays a key role in this corporate structure by collaborating with the electrical industry in an effort to keep the public in the dark about the hazards of electropollution.
In a corporatist society people rarely have a chance to hear the truth, instead we are given a version of the facts that is carefully tailored by those who control the information. Noam Chomsky called this "the manufacture of consent". John Ralston Saul claims that corporatism describes the organization of modern society better than any other. He says: "Corporatism is the persistent rival school of representative government. In place of the democratic idea of individual citizens who vote, confer legitimacy and participate to the best of the ability, individuals in the corporatist state are reduced to the role of secondary participants". In short, groups have legitimacy, individuals do not. The larger the group the more legitimacy.
A recent CBC radio program documented the history of Health Canada's protection of corporate profits over peoples safety. People were shocked to hear Health Canada officials referring to industries which are supposed to be regulated for our protection- as being their clients. One would immediately wonder- are we not the clients of Health Canada - but this also reduces us to a business /client relationship when in fact. We are the citizens of a democratic country and our government officials are our representatives. Health Canada's rhetoric renders a bleak picture and upon close scrutiny their terms of reference hide a even bleaker reality. The electrical industry is not a client of Health Canada but acts more like Health Canada's employer. Health Canada is no more than a department in the public relations administration of the electrical industry. Health Canada does not try to depict the truth or reality, instead their role is to help manufacture the mythology that will keep the public acquiescent, thus creating a climate for their masters to reap the most profits.
