Fwd: Push to Update FCC Cell Tower Radiation Regulations

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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Doug Loranger <loranger@...>

> Date: July 27, 2011 8:17:11 PM EDT

> loranger@...

> Subject: Push to Update FCC Cell Tower Radiation Regulations

>

> 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-Sa\

fety-Regulations-Health

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> FCC Must Update Cell Tower Safety Regulations, Say Health and

> Environmental Advocates

>

> Health & Environmental Advocates Ask Members of Congress to Request the

> U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Update Its Obsolete Cell

> Tower Safety Regulations

>

> 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.

>

> 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.

>

> 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,

>

> “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.”

>

> Robin Bernhoft, MD, President of the American Academy of Environmental

> Medicine, says,

>

> “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-statem\

ent/)

> 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)

>

> Camilla Rees, MBA of ElectromagneticHealth.org says,

>

> “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.”

>

> READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT HERE

> http://electromagnetichealth.org/electromagnetic-health-blog/take-action/

> Instructs Citizens How to Contact Congress on this Matter

>

> Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available:

> http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6804477 & lang=en

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> Contacts

>

> Citizens for Health

> Jim , Esq., 202-462-8800

> Chairman

> jim@...

> or

> ElectromagneticHealth.org

> Camilla Rees, 415-992-5093 or 917-359-8450

> crgr@... or @...

> or

> O. Carpenter, MD, 518-525-2660

> Director, Institute for Health & the Environment

> University at Albany, SUNY

> Carpent@...

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