Berkeley’s Council Says Cell Phones Cause Cancer – Now Shasta County Supervisors Vote to Investigate “Chemtrails”

Recent events are conspiring to bolster the
old
joke: God tilted the world on its axis, and all the nuts
rolled into California. Consider that the Berkeley
city council plans to debate requiring
cancer warnings on cell phones. The San Francisco
Chronicle
reports:

“Cell phones are a risk, and I believe the public has a right to
information that’s credible, readable and understandable about the
device they’re using,” said Berkeley City Councilman
Max Anderson, who’s co-sponsoring the ordinance and has a
background in public health. “I’m not intimidated by the cell phone
industry. The legal department might be, but I’m not.”

Sigh. As I have earlier reported:

The National
Cancer Institute flatly states that “to date there is no
evidence from studies of cells, animals, or humans that
radiofrequency energy can cause cancer.” A 2012 comprehensive
review of studies in the journal Bioelctromagnetics
found “no statistically significant increase in risk for adult
brain or other head tumors from wireless phone use.”

Next look for Berkeley to slap cancer warning labels on coffee
since the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
classifies cell phones as being
as likely to be carcinogenic as that caffeinated libation.

As scientifically clueless as the Berkeley city council is, its
members appear to be the soul of probity when compared to the
nonsense about “chemtrails” that is apparently being endorsed by
the Shasta County Board of Supervisors. Those of you who are
blissfully unaware of the chemtrails conspiracy can get up to speed
with
this article by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. From the

Redding Record Searchlight:

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday
afternoon to seek more information on “chemtrails” after nearly
four hours of public comment on the issue.

Supervisor Pam Giacomini put the item on the agenda, and a
number of so-called chemtrail experts addressed the panel, followed
by dozens of speakers who blamed a host of personal and
environmental ills on airplane exhaust.

Supervisor David Kehoe lauded Shasta County resident Dane
Wigington’s efforts to put together the panel of speakers who
addressed the board on the issue. …

Activists claim the government is targeting populations with
airplane exhaust laden with heavy metals added secretly to planes
at airports and military bases. This effort, which activists also
call “geo-engineering,” pollutes the earth and waterways when those
metals eventually make their way back to earth. …

Dozens of residents stepped up to the podium to address their
concerns. They blamed a host of illnesses to “chemtrails,”
including cancer, fibers growing out of their skin, general
feelings of malaise, neurological problems and compromised immune
systems.

Others ticked off environmental damage, including insects
disappearing from one woman’s property, trees dying, aquatic
insects dying off in water contaminated by aluminum, drought,
wildfires and holes in the ozone layer.

Regardless of where you stand on the issue, supervisor Giacomini
said it was an important discussion to have when brought up by so
many of the people she represents.

Just amazing.