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Topic– Possibility of revising the Americans with Disabilities Act

(ADA)Regulations to address accessibility for the disabled to wirelesstechnology

and services.

TakeAction - Call 1-800-514-0301 to register to make oral comment at theUnited

States Department of Justice (DOJ) ADA Hearing on January 10,2011. Call as soon

as possible as they encourage you to call 5 days inadvance whether you intend to

comment in person or by phone. Commentyourself and forward this information to

folks you know with ImplantedMedical Devices or who experience hypersensitivity

to electromagneticfields.

ALTERNATIVE:

Take Action - Submit written comment to the United States Department of Justice

(DOJ) by January 24, 2011. Submitcomment yourself or forward this information

to folks you know withImplanted Medical Devices or who experience

hypersensitivity toelectromagnetic fields.

TAKE ACTION

Tellthe DOJ in CRT Docket No. 110 (also RIN 1190-AA61) - related to webaccess -

or in CRT Docket No. 113 (also RIN 1190-AA64) - related toequipment and

furniture - how increasing wireless electromagneticradiation has made and will

make it more difficult for you to work,access services of State and Local

Governments, and/or publicaccommodations by causing a disabling functional

impairment for you orby rendering treatments for your disability ineffective due

toelectromagnetic interference.

TheDOJ Dockets address hearing, speech and vision disabilities. Yourinput is

needed so that the DOJ includes the functional impairmentbrought on by

environmental exposure to wireless devices in thisproceeding.

WHY?

Unlesswe educate our government about the disabling functional

impairmentwireless communication can cause for those with radiofrequency

sicknessand medical implants, it may assume that making all libraries,

publicbuildings, public spaces, shopping malls, hotels, motels,transportation

services, etc., wireless will help all disabledAmericans. The Disability Rights

section of the DOJ is updating itsrules for the ADA. It is studying how to help

people who are disabledgain access to Web information, and to Services of State

and LocalGovernment Entities, and Public Accommodations that use

wirelesstechnology. It seeks input on how its rules on equipment and

furnitureneed to be updated to improve accessibility for the disabled. See ***

below for points to include.

HOW?

Call1-800-514-0301 to register to comment orally at the United StatesDepartment

of Justice (DOJ) ADA Hearing on January 10, 2011.

Each speaker is allotted five minutes. You will be phoned ahead of your

appointed time by DOJ staff.

Additional information about the public hearing can be found at

http://www.ada.gov/anprm2010/anprm_nov-jan_2010.htm

The hearing is being held January 10, 2011,

from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., PST,

at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis,

55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Please support your oral comment with a written comment which can be submitted

as follows:

Submit comments, identified by RIN 1190-AA61 (or Docket ID No. 110) and RIN

1190-AA64 (or Docket ID No. 113), by any one of the following methods:

Electronic: Link to the original docket related to websites and accessibility.

Federal eRulemaking Web site: www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web site's

instructions for submitting comments. Direct link:

http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#submitComment?R=0900006480b20b1\

a

Regular U.S. Mail:

Disability Rights Section

Civil Rights Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 2885

Fairfax, VA 22031-0885

Overnight, courier, or hand delivery:

Disability Rights Section

Civil Rights Division

U.S. Department of Justice

1425 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 4039

Washington, DC 20005.

DEADLINE: Postmarked or filed electronically by January 24, 2011.

***Enoughcomments submitted on the topic of radiofrequency sickness as

discussedbelow could have very positive results. Please read and participate.

Whileaccess to the internet has tremendous potential value for people

withdisabilities, the Department of Justice needs to recognize thatwireless

technology emitting microwave radiation in workplaces, publicbuildings, places

of public accommodation (government buildings,hospitals, doctor's offices,

schools, airports, airplanes, buses,trains, restaurants, shopping malls,

museums, etc), transportation, andother areas of American life is seriously

limiting the ability of agrowing segment of the American population to

participate in civilsociety and community life.

TheDOJ Dockets address hearing, speech and vision disabilities. Yourinput is

needed so that the DOJ includes the functional impairmentbrought on by

environmental exposure to wireless devices in thisproceeding.

Themicrowave radiation from wireless technology causes serious

functionalimpairment to many whose symptoms have been characterized under

thename radiofrequency sickness. The symptoms can range from discomfortto

life-threatening depending on the exposure and the individualinvolved. Please

see “Provocation Study using Heart Rate Variability Shows Radiation from 2.4

GHz Cordless Phone Affects Autonomic Nervous System†(Eur. J. Oncol. Library,

vol. 5) at

http://electromagnetichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Havas_HRV_Ramazzini1\

..pdf to read about how potentially serious the effects can be on the heart.

TheADA Dockets ask a number of questions related specifically to

differentaspects of website and physical accessibility. At the end of the

Docket 110- related to internet access – is the question: " Are there

additionalissues or information not addressed by the Department's questions

thatare important for the Department to consider?†Please provide as

muchdetail as possible in your response. "

Docket 113relates to furniture and equipment. WiFi deployed in a

building,wireless inventory systems or communications systems, etc., would

allconstitute problematic furniture and equipment.

Please submit your testimony under both dockets.

Beloware some points to consider and incorporate in your comments. Pleasebe

sure to personalize your comment with examples from your experience. You do not

need to worry about providing a comprehensive summary ofthe science. The EMR

Policy Institute will cover that in its comment.

Points:

DOJshould issue a supplemental NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making)

toexplicitly address radiofrequency sickness and relatedenvironmentally-induced

functional impairments. Accommodations fordisabilities in hearing, speech and

vision do not address alldisability issues for emerging electronic technologies.

RadiofrequencySickness, a functional impairment which is caused by exposure

totransmitted radiofrequency radiation and electrical pollution, needs tobe

clearly addressed by the DOJ in the rules governing Title I, TitleII and Title

III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

ADArules need to explicitly reflect the very serious nature ofradiofrequency

sickness and require that workplaces, public places andplaces of public

accommodation provide internet access on wires orfiber optic cables only. (List

examples of places you are excludedfrom due to your environmentally-induced

functional impairment.)

ADArules also need to explicitly require utility companies to exemptpersons with

radiofrequency sickness from installation of transmittingutility meters at their

homes and neighboring homes. Persons withrelatives with radiofrequency sickness

should be able to request thisaccommodation as well so that sufferers is able to

visit and are notexcluded from family life due to transmitting meters.

Additional actions the DOJ should consider:

Thepreemption of state and local authority over emissions from PersonalWireless

Services Facilities found in Section 704 of the 1996Telecommunications Act is an

unreasonable restriction of the right tofree speech and to redress of grievances

and should be repealed.

Personswith radiofrequency sickness need an entity where they can filecomplaints

and that can and will take action on their behalf. Thusfar, the Consumer

Product Safety Commission, FDA, and FCC have refusedto fulfill these roles.

Radiofrequencyradiation exposures increase risk of disease among the whole

populationand in the natural world. True safety regulations need to be

enactedto protect the health of the public (including babies, children,pregnant

women, the ill, persons with Implanted Medical Devices) andthe environment

during real-life daily exposures experienced frommultiple real-life sources of

wireless technology andelectrically-polluting devices (see

www.electricalpollution.comfor more information). The EPA’s efforts to do

this were halted in the1990s. It time for the EPA to complete this work. Under

the currentinadequate guidelines the number of people who are succumbing

toradiofrequency sickness is rising daily.

Thereshould be a nationwide moratorium on additional antennas and

additionalwireless devices until true safety regulations are in place.

Pleasetry to make as many of these points as possible in the context of

yourpersonal experience. It is essential that a significant number ofpeople

file comments. We need numbers or we will be ignored so pleasepass this on to

other affected individuals. The Department of Justice does have a history of

listening where other agencies have not. Do help us and help yourself by filing

a comment.

If you are concerned about having personally-identifying information posted on

the internet, please read the instructions in the dockets below for instructions

on how to avoid that when filing your comment.

http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b20b\

1a Link to the DOJ docket related to websites and accessibility.

http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b20b\

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Link to the DOJ docket related to furniture and equipment.