Urge Congress on EMF Safety, FCC Must Change Exposure Guidelines for Microwave Radiation Exposure
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We the undersigned, the American people, petition Congress to take immediate and effective measures to protect the public from electromagnetic pollution.
The following 4 steps should be taken:
1. Mandate the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revisit its exposure guidelines for radiofrequency radiation (RF) immediately.%uFFFD
2. Repeal Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which took away the rights of state and local governments to stop the erection of cell towers and wireless antennas in their communities based on "environmental" grounds (defined by FCC as "human health").
3. Declare a national moratorium on further wireless infrastructure build-out, including the Wi-Max roll-out currently underway, a joint venture of Sprint, Time Warner Cable, Google, Clearwire and others.%uFFFD
4. Establish cell phone and wireless-free neighborhoods, transportation options, government buildings, and public spaces; require employers to establish wireless free zones; and, mandate the removal of cellular and wireless technologies from public schools and their properties.
We ask members of Congress to act swiftly, decisively and with full integrity to stem the emerging electromagnetic radiation pollution increasingly permeating the lives of the American people. There has never before been a public health issue as important.%uFFFD
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We the undersigned, the American people, petition Congress to take immediate and effective measures to protect the public from electromagnetic pollution.
The following 4 steps should be taken:
1. Mandate the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revisit its exposure guidelines for radiofrequency radiation (RF) immediately.%uFFFD
2. Repeal Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which took away the rights of state and local governments to stop the erection of cell towers and wireless antennas in their communities based on "environmental" grounds (defined by FCC as "human health").
3. Declare a national moratorium on further wireless infrastructure build-out, including the Wi-Max roll-out currently underway, a joint venture of Sprint, Time Warner Cable, Google, Clearwire and others.%uFFFD
4. Establish cell phone and wireless-free neighborhoods, transportation options, government buildings, and public spaces; require employers to establish wireless free zones; and, mandate the removal of cellular and wireless technologies from public schools and their properties.
We ask members of Congress to act swiftly, decisively and with full integrity to stem the emerging electromagnetic radiation pollution increasingly permeating the lives of the American people. There has never before been a public health issue as important.%uFFFD
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Dear Elected Officials in Congress,
The European Parliament has voted resoundingly that exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields are obsolete, and we are asking you to take the same action so our health, and the health of our children and unborn children, is no longer subject to the biological effects of excessive levels electromagnetic fields in our environment.%uFFFD Exposure to microwave radiation from wireless technologies in particular must be immediately curtailed as they are creating both immediate and long-term consequences for the health of millions of people.
Known biological effects of radiofrequency radiation and low frequency fields were described in detail in the BioInitiative Report ( www.BioInitiative.org). In short, electromagnetic fields are leading to genetic effects, cancer, cellular/molecular effects, behavioral changes, nervous system dysfunction, blood-brain barrier permeability, calcium efflux, cardiovascular changes, sleeping disorders, hormonal disturbance, immune system changes, metabolic effects, fertility impairment and the interpersonal effects related to a constant background of stress.
Congress must mandate that the FCC change exposure guidelines so they are biologically based, and ensure the telecommunications technologies to which we are exposed are compliant with these standards.
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Congress must repeal Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which took away state and local governments rights to resist towers and antennas in their communities on health or environmental grounds. In America, communities must have the right to say no when technology creates harm.
Congress must declare a national moratorium on further wireless infrastructure build-out, including the Wi-Max roll-out currently underway, which many believe will significantly jeopardize the health of humans, animals and nature from chronic and incessant microwave radiation exposure.
Congress must establish cell phone and wireless-free neighborhoods, transportation options, government buildings, and public spaces; require employers to establish wireless free zones; and, mandate the removal of cellular and wireless technologies from public schools and their properties.
We ask Congress to act swiftly, decisively and with full integrity to stem the emerging electromagnetic radiation pollution increasingly permeating the lives of the American people. Please act immediately with the sense of urgency and integrity this issue deserves. There is ample evidence of the need to exercise extreme precaution as potentially irreversible harm is occurring to humans, animals and our ecosystem.
We need Congress to immediately take a stand for the health interests of the American people and stop bending over backwards solely for the expansionist interests of industry. We ask each member of Congress to carry out his or her responsibilities to the American people by ensuring all wireless technologies sold here are compliant with new biologically-based guidelines.
The European Parliament has voted resoundingly that exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields are obsolete, and we are asking you to take the same action so our health, and the health of our children and unborn children, is no longer subject to the biological effects of excessive levels electromagnetic fields in our environment.%uFFFD Exposure to microwave radiation from wireless technologies in particular must be immediately curtailed as they are creating both immediate and long-term consequences for the health of millions of people.
Known biological effects of radiofrequency radiation and low frequency fields were described in detail in the BioInitiative Report ( www.BioInitiative.org). In short, electromagnetic fields are leading to genetic effects, cancer, cellular/molecular effects, behavioral changes, nervous system dysfunction, blood-brain barrier permeability, calcium efflux, cardiovascular changes, sleeping disorders, hormonal disturbance, immune system changes, metabolic effects, fertility impairment and the interpersonal effects related to a constant background of stress.
Congress must mandate that the FCC change exposure guidelines so they are biologically based, and ensure the telecommunications technologies to which we are exposed are compliant with these standards.
%uFFFD
Congress must repeal Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which took away state and local governments rights to resist towers and antennas in their communities on health or environmental grounds. In America, communities must have the right to say no when technology creates harm.
Congress must declare a national moratorium on further wireless infrastructure build-out, including the Wi-Max roll-out currently underway, which many believe will significantly jeopardize the health of humans, animals and nature from chronic and incessant microwave radiation exposure.
Congress must establish cell phone and wireless-free neighborhoods, transportation options, government buildings, and public spaces; require employers to establish wireless free zones; and, mandate the removal of cellular and wireless technologies from public schools and their properties.
We ask Congress to act swiftly, decisively and with full integrity to stem the emerging electromagnetic radiation pollution increasingly permeating the lives of the American people. Please act immediately with the sense of urgency and integrity this issue deserves. There is ample evidence of the need to exercise extreme precaution as potentially irreversible harm is occurring to humans, animals and our ecosystem.
We need Congress to immediately take a stand for the health interests of the American people and stop bending over backwards solely for the expansionist interests of industry. We ask each member of Congress to carry out his or her responsibilities to the American people by ensuring all wireless technologies sold here are compliant with new biologically-based guidelines.
We signed the "Urge Congress on EMF Safety, FCC Must Change Exposure Guidelines for Microwave Radiation Exposure" petition!
# 2,278:
9:20 am PDT, Mar 15,
Darwin Hoop, North Carolina
# 2,277:
3:36 am PDT, Mar 15,
Brenna Muldavin, North Carolina
I am not certain how serious the effects of EMFs are over time, but I believe in the precautionary principle when implementing new technologies.
I am not certain how serious the effects of EMFs are over time, but I believe in the precautionary principle when implementing new technologies.
# 2,276:
5:49 pm PST, Mar 12,
Kallen Von renkl, Colorado
I am one of the lucky ones in that I feel the ill effects right away and take protective measures where most people develop diseases like cancer years later. It is imperative that we reverse this and develop protective measures for all living things.
I am one of the lucky ones in that I feel the ill effects right away and take protective measures where most people develop diseases like cancer years later. It is imperative that we reverse this and develop protective measures for all living things.
# 2,275:
3:21 pm PST, Mar 12,
Lara Conley, Massachusetts
Our lifes depend on changes now!
Our lifes depend on changes now!
# 2,274:
10:09 am PST, Mar 12,
Karen Kube, Maryland
There are 55 cell towers within a four mile radius of my address--39 are unregistered. This is a lot of radiation saturation for any residential area. This is overkill! Please take steps to regulate the Corporations who put these towers up!! Repeal Section 704 of the T.A. of 1996. Declare the moratorium on more wireless infrastructures!! Please help "we the people" to live in less polluted environments! Thank you!
There are 55 cell towers within a four mile radius of my address--39 are unregistered. This is a lot of radiation saturation for any residential area. This is overkill! Please take steps to regulate the Corporations who put these towers up!! Repeal Section 704 of the T.A. of 1996. Declare the moratorium on more wireless infrastructures!! Please help "we the people" to live in less polluted environments! Thank you!
# 2,273:
3:11 am PST, Mar 12,
Terri Cohen-Lieberman, New York
There is no doubt that even low level exposure to radiation can lead to brain tumors, suppressed immune systems, depression, miscarriage, and other disease. As our elected respresentatives it is your duty to to protect our health and modify federal legislation accordingly. We in the United States like to think of ourselves as leaders in this world but we have fallen embarrasingly behind our European and Asian neighbors with regard to restricting radiation exposure from cell towers. Please do your part to protect our health.
There is no doubt that even low level exposure to radiation can lead to brain tumors, suppressed immune systems, depression, miscarriage, and other disease. As our elected respresentatives it is your duty to to protect our health and modify federal legislation accordingly. We in the United States like to think of ourselves as leaders in this world but we have fallen embarrasingly behind our European and Asian neighbors with regard to restricting radiation exposure from cell towers. Please do your part to protect our health.
# 2,272:
11:00 pm PST, Mar 9,
Cheri Campbell, Hawaii
We cannot ignore the alarming statistical diagnosis codes icd 9 in a cluster area where cell phone towers exist. Protect our children demand cell phone towers to be removed from our school districts and residential areas. Lets promote zero percentage of risk. Please put public health and safety before the monetary benefit. Mahalo and aloha
We cannot ignore the alarming statistical diagnosis codes icd 9 in a cluster area where cell phone towers exist. Protect our children demand cell phone towers to be removed from our school districts and residential areas. Lets promote zero percentage of risk. Please put public health and safety before the monetary benefit. Mahalo and aloha
# 2,271:
2:58 pm PST, Mar 9,
Name not displayed, Oregon
these emf transmission signals permeate my home nonstop, with a high pitched sound that is very stressful. they are also outside my home. I moved here recently and did not encounter this in my last home a few miles away.
these emf transmission signals permeate my home nonstop, with a high pitched sound that is very stressful. they are also outside my home. I moved here recently and did not encounter this in my last home a few miles away.
# 2,270:
10:45 am PST, Mar 9,
Sara Czarecki, New Jersey
Please help - I do not want a 150 foot cell tower in my town of MENDHAM over my grocery store and over my kids town pool. I shop organic- will my food now be radiated!!! let alone all of our bodies... this madness has to stop. AND WE HAVE PERFECT CELL COVERAGE!!!!! THANK YOU.
Please help - I do not want a 150 foot cell tower in my town of MENDHAM over my grocery store and over my kids town pool. I shop organic- will my food now be radiated!!! let alone all of our bodies... this madness has to stop. AND WE HAVE PERFECT CELL COVERAGE!!!!! THANK YOU.
# 2,269:
11:14 pm PST, Mar 8,
Dawn Decker, Oregon
thyroid cancer awareness caused by radiation exposure
thyroid cancer awareness caused by radiation exposure
# 2,268:
10:59 am PST, Mar 8,
Elenita Laverde, Florida
# 2,267:
7:47 am PST, Mar 8,
Kimberly Starliper, Pennsylvania
# 2,266:
10:38 pm PST, Mar 6,
Mary Wilson, North Dakota
The silence in this country regarding this pervasive issue is frightening. So is our society's repeated disregard for the precautionary principal.
The silence in this country regarding this pervasive issue is frightening. So is our society's repeated disregard for the precautionary principal.
# 2,265:
1:08 pm PST, Mar 5,
Faye Grand, New York
Get the antennas away from my grandchildren's schools and homes! Long Island needs to be safe for our children. Enough young families are running out already for economical reasons.
Get the antennas away from my grandchildren's schools and homes! Long Island needs to be safe for our children. Enough young families are running out already for economical reasons.
# 2,264:
11:47 am PST, Mar 5,
Michael Blanshan, New Mexico
Dear Members of Congress, The FCC's stance on this issue is yet another indication that corporations have been essentially running America. It is Congress that allows this to happen. Repeated betrayals of the people's trust will mark this time period as one of the great errors in leadership in the history books of the future. Despite what you are being told by a $5+ trillion industry, please listen to the people on this issue. Respectfully submitted, Michael Blanshan
Dear Members of Congress, The FCC's stance on this issue is yet another indication that corporations have been essentially running America. It is Congress that allows this to happen. Repeated betrayals of the people's trust will mark this time period as one of the great errors in leadership in the history books of the future. Despite what you are being told by a $5+ trillion industry, please listen to the people on this issue. Respectfully submitted, Michael Blanshan
# 2,263:
9:19 am PST, Mar 5,
A ZABSKI, New York
Every cell phone, cordless phone, wireless router, and similar electronic devices must have a label affixed to warn the user that the radiation from such devices causes cancer.
Every cell phone, cordless phone, wireless router, and similar electronic devices must have a label affixed to warn the user that the radiation from such devices causes cancer.
# 2,262:
4:43 am PST, Mar 5,
Paul Ross, New York
# 2,261:
3:57 am PST, Mar 5,
Nicole Berkoff, New York
# 2,260:
1:48 pm PST, Mar 4,
Steven Wicks, California
When many of the world's top research scientists, physicians, and medical researchers join with the ever growing ranks of those disabled by EMF radiation it is time for those, like yourselves, those who have the power to correct this terrible error, to do just that. Please do your very best to stop the proliferation of towers, to relocate existing towers to create radiation free zones, and to correctly inform the public of the dangers of using cell phones and Wi-Fi. I hope you will take this seriously and use your best skills to help us, our children, and the future generations of the world. Thank you for your consideration of this request.
When many of the world's top research scientists, physicians, and medical researchers join with the ever growing ranks of those disabled by EMF radiation it is time for those, like yourselves, those who have the power to correct this terrible error, to do just that. Please do your very best to stop the proliferation of towers, to relocate existing towers to create radiation free zones, and to correctly inform the public of the dangers of using cell phones and Wi-Fi. I hope you will take this seriously and use your best skills to help us, our children, and the future generations of the world. Thank you for your consideration of this request.
# 2,259:
3:42 pm PST, Mar 3,
Brian Harper, Connecticut
# 2,258:
12:23 pm PST, Mar 2,
Joseph Kaline, California
i don't want any additional emf exposure in my life
i don't want any additional emf exposure in my life
# 2,257:
9:26 am PST, Mar 2,
Renars Grebezs, Latvia
# 2,256:
9:43 am PST, Mar 1,
Rebecca Cannon, Georgia
This effects us all and our urgency to respond!!! I can't see giving up these divices (technology) maybe away to defuse these divices to where we can us them but without the harm to us.
This effects us all and our urgency to respond!!! I can't see giving up these divices (technology) maybe away to defuse these divices to where we can us them but without the harm to us.
# 2,255:
5:31 pm PST, Feb 28,
Sam Patterson, Indiana
# 2,254:
8:00 pm PST, Feb 27,
Karen Ahern, Washington
Please protect us by becoming educated on EMFs as the public is in the dark and our cancer rates are skyrocketing! The bees and birds are being effected as are all living things. Corporations will not protect us, we need you to work on our behalf for public health safety!
Please protect us by becoming educated on EMFs as the public is in the dark and our cancer rates are skyrocketing! The bees and birds are being effected as are all living things. Corporations will not protect us, we need you to work on our behalf for public health safety!
# 2,253:
11:39 am PST, Feb 27,
Elsie Gottlieb, New York
# 2,252:
9:52 am PST, Feb 27,
Ethel Jamfrey, California
When I first had access to a computer with a CRT screen, I thought it was wonderful! All the things I could do with it...all the tasks that were made easy by this machine. But, while I worked, my skin turned red and burned, my eyes looked like they had been sand blasted, my lymph glands swelled up in my arms, chest and neck and I found myself seeking medical help with these strange symptoms. My employer ( a school district) assumed that I was "crazy" and treated me as such...until I was able to obtain information from NIOSH on studies in Sweeden that had shown the very same effect and showed them warnings from "Arts Hazard News" that many of the computer graphic artists were encountering the same symptoms. While others were given lap top computers and flat screen monitors, I was not allowed (as a teacher) to have the use of one for several years, until I insisted that I needed access to a useable computer to perform the job that I was hired to do. With a flat screen monitor I am able to use a computer most of the time. However, If my body becomes too acidic, I get the same reaction from even this exposure to EMF...as I do with cell phones, etc. Cell phones make my body go numb by the phone, whether it is by the face ( face goes numb and head aches within minutes to hour), or hand held...my hand goes numb then swells later. Keeping my system alkalinic helps me to be around these fields...however, with the new "Smart Meters" installed by the power company recently, I'm not so sure that some recent health effects are not related to the increased EMF from these meters communicating with the one on the side of my house by my bedroom. The flu-like symptoms are too classic to not be related...especially when they did not exist prior to the installation of the meter.
When I first had access to a computer with a CRT screen, I thought it was wonderful! All the things I could do with it...all the tasks that were made easy by this machine. But, while I worked, my skin turned red and burned, my eyes looked like they had been sand blasted, my lymph glands swelled up in my arms, chest and neck and I found myself seeking medical help with these strange symptoms. My employer ( a school district) assumed that I was "crazy" and treated me as such...until I was able to obtain information from NIOSH on studies in Sweeden that had shown the very same effect and showed them warnings from "Arts Hazard News" that many of the computer graphic artists were encountering the same symptoms. While others were given lap top computers and flat screen monitors, I was not allowed (as a teacher) to have the use of one for several years, until I insisted that I needed access to a useable computer to perform the job that I was hired to do. With a flat screen monitor I am able to use a computer most of the time. However, If my body becomes too acidic, I get the same reaction from even this exposure to EMF...as I do with cell phones, etc. Cell phones make my body go numb by the phone, whether it is by the face ( face goes numb and head aches within minutes to hour), or hand held...my hand goes numb then swells later. Keeping my system alkalinic helps me to be around these fields...however, with the new "Smart Meters" installed by the power company recently, I'm not so sure that some recent health effects are not related to the increased EMF from these meters communicating with the one on the side of my house by my bedroom. The flu-like symptoms are too classic to not be related...especially when they did not exist prior to the installation of the meter.
