Fwd: Push to Update FCC Cell Tower Radiation Regulations

> From: Doug Loranger <[hidden email]>
> Date: July 27, 2011 8:17:11 PM EDT
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Push to Update FCC Cell Tower Radiation Regulations
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> The following story went out over BusinessWire on July 26, 2011:
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> http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110726005560/en/FCC-Update-Cell-Tower-Safety-Regulations-Health
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> FCC Must Update Cell Tower Safety Regulations, Say Health and
> Environmental Advocates
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> Health & Environmental Advocates Ask Members of Congress to Request the
> U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Update Its Obsolete Cell
> Tower Safety Regulations
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> WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citizen-activists are being urged by Citizens
> for Health, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and the EMF
> advocacy group, ElectromagneticHealth.org, to contact their
> representatives in Congress to request the Federal Communications
> Commission (FCC) to update its obsolete cell tower safety regulations.
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> The FCC’s cell tower safety regulations need to be revised immediately
> because:
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> 1. WHO’S International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified RF
> Radiation as a “Possible Carcinogen”
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> 2. Current Regulations Have Long Overlooked the Harm from RF Radiation’s
> “Non-Thermal” Biological Effects
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> 3. Biological and Health Effects from RF Radiation Are Widely Occurring In
> Both Adults and Children
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> 4. Evidence for RF Damage to the Ecosystem is Mounting
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> To protect the public from risks from radiofrequency radiation (RF) the
> FCC must establish new safety guidelines for cell towers, Wi-Fi and cell
> phones that reflect the current science showing harm to human health,
> wildlife and nature.
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> David Carpenter, MD, Director of the Institute for Health and Environment,
> and former Dean, School of Public Health, State University of New York,
> Albany, states,
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> “Beyond the strong evidence for an association between wireless radiation
> with cancer, there is increasing evidence for effects on the brain and
> behavior—effects on memory ability, on IQ, on learning ability. This is an
> urgent public health issue and citizens must insist government respond to
> the present evidence in an expedited manner to protect the public health.”
>
> Whitney North Seymour, Jr., Esq., former New York State Senator, former
> U.S. Attorney and a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council,
> says,
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> “In 1996, Congress directed the FCC to adopt safety regulations for cell
> transmission antennas. These FCC standards were based on earlier studies
> created almost twenty years ago using even older data. They are obsolete.
> The substantive evidence of harm from wireless radiation is overwhelming.
> It is imperative Members of Congress request the FCC update the obsolete
> cell tower safety guidelines to reflect the current science.”
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> Robin Bernhoft, MD, President of the American Academy of Environmental
> Medicine, says,
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> “People who live near cell towers and antennas are in jeopardy. The
> science is increasingly clear that there are biological effects from both
> acute and chronic exposures to non-thermal microwave radiation. It is
> essential we have a government that puts the public’s health above
> commercial interests.”
>
> The appeal to citizens to become engaged with this issue references the
> Seletun Scientific Statement
> (http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/the-seletun-statement/)
> issued by international scientists in February 2011, which stated that
> given the existing potential for global health risks from ongoing
> radiation from electromagnetic fields, governments should educate and warn
> the public, implement measures balanced in favor of the Precautionary
> Principle, monitor compliance with directives promoting alternatives to
> wireless, and fund research and policy development geared toward
> prevention of exposures and development of new public safety measures, as
> well as new, safer communications technologies. (Watch Video)
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> Camilla Rees, MBA of ElectromagneticHealth.org says,
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> “We encourage all citizens to write Congress about the widespread,
> unchecked, non-stop proliferation of radiofrequency radiation in our midst
> and the inaction of the FCC to revise its safety regulations to protect
> the public’s health. Citizens must become involved for the sake of our
> health, genetic code and the environment.”
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> READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT HERE
> http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/take-action/
> Instructs Citizens How to Contact Congress on this Matter
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> Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available:
> http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6804477&lang=en
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> Contacts
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> Citizens for Health
> Jim Turner, Esq., 202-462-8800
> Chairman
> [hidden email]
> or
> ElectromagneticHealth.org
> Camilla Rees, 415-992-5093 or 917-359-8450
> [hidden email] or [hidden email]
> or
> David O. Carpenter, MD, 518-525-2660
> Director, Institute for Health & the Environment
> University at Albany, SUNY
> [hidden email]
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> Note to Media: For access to other scientists, physicians, attorneys or
> other experts on this issue, please contact
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