Growing Attention Consumer Exposure to Wireless Radiation

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Growing Attention Consumer Exposure to Wireless Radiation

Public News Service:

June 18, 2012

LOS ANGELES - Action is mounting from California cities and towns to the FCC in

Washington concerning the rapid and unchecked growth of wireless technology and

related health concerns. Camilla Rees with the group ElectromagneticHealth.org

says a total of 56 communities across the state have issued moratoriums on smart

meters. On Friday the City of Ojai went a step further, adopting an ordinance

that officially bans smart meters within its jurisdiction.

Rees says it*s good to see these communities stepping up efforts to safeguard

citizens against what she calls a looming public health concern.

**One of the core issues that people have with smart meters is that they emit

microwave radiation and they're spreading this radiation all throughout people's

homes and neighborhoods, and many people are getting sick.**

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Utility companies use smart meters to relay data about power use at homes and

businesses, and the industry says they are safe. Rees says that in addition to

health issues there are also cost, privacy and security concerns about the

meters.

Radiation is also an issue with mobile phones, some say, and last week the FCC

proposed the first review of cell-phone safety guidelines since 1996. Devra

, founder and CEO of Environmental Health Trust, says the FCC needs to

expand the scope of its proposed review.

**It*s good news that the FCC is looking at the standards, but they need to

expand their probe to ask about effects from cell phones that have nothing to do

with heat, and may have damaging effects on our brains and bodies for years to

come.**

The whole issue of electromagnetic health was the focus of a resolution passed

last week by the U.S. Health Freedom Conference in Chicago. says the

action supports consumers* right to know about the potential risks from wireless

products.

**It's that we do not have enough information to assume that these devices are

safe and that we have a right to know what science tells us now, and we need to

be monitoring and studying things rather than experimenting on people.**

Advocates for electromagnetic safety say Congress needs to actively oversee the

proposed FCC review process.

Mike Clifford, Public News Service - CA