Health, Environment Advocates Ask Congress to Oppose All Wireless Radiation Expansion Bills

NOV 13, 2017 - The EMF Safety Network recently published a letter to Congress from health, environment, and justice advocates asking U.S. senators and representatives to oppose all bills related to 5G and wireless radiation expansion.

Dated Nov. 13, 2017, the letter asks decision-makers in Congress to "oppose the many pending federal bills related to the expansion of electromagnetic radio frequency radiation (wireless radiation or RFR) and 5G millimeter wave technology including but not limited to: S.1988 SPEED Act, S.19 Mobile Now Act, S.1682 Airwaves Act, S-88 DIGIT Act, H.Res.521, and S.Res.242."

The organizations explained that "Peer-reviewed published science shows wireless radiation harms public health and nature. Health
effects include: fatigue, headaches, sleep problems, anxiety, ringing in the ears, heart problems, learning and memory disorders, increased cancer risk, and more. Children, the ill, and the elderly are more vulnerable. International independent scientists are calling for biologically-based public exposure standards and reducing wireless radiation."

Authors of the letter said that 5G deployment is promoted in Resolutions H.521 and S.242, while the S.1988 SPEED Act is a bill that would LIMIT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REVIEW over the installation of cell towers in the nation's communities.

S.1988 is similar to California Senate Bill 649 which would have created a state mandated system of cell towers every couple hundred feet apart and ELIMINATED LOCAL REVIEW AND SAFETY OVERSIGHT. SB 649 was opposed by 300 cities, 47 counties and over 100 community, planning, health, environment and justice organizations. However, Governor Brown vetoed SB 649 on Oct. 15, 2017.

The organizations explained the growing threat of wireless radiation to the public and environment, stressing the need of local control "to ensure community safety, welfare and compliance with federal, state and local laws."

After reviewing 1,800 studies, the 2012 BioInitiative Report, which examined public exposure standards for electromagnetic fields (EMF), concluded that "EMF and RFR (radio frequency radiation) are preventable toxic exposures. We have the knowledge and means to save global populations from multi-generational adverse health consequences by reducing both ELF (extremely low frequency) and RFR exposures. Proactive and immediate measures to reduce unnecessary EMF exposures will lower disease burden and rates of premature death."

The report also stated that "Safety standards for sensitive populations will more likely need to be set at lower levels than for healthy adult populations. Sensitive populations include the developing fetus, the infant, children, the elderly, those with pre-existing chronic diseases, and those with developed electrical sensitivity (EHS)."

Review further legal considerations outlined in the letter at http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Letter-to-Congress-2017-1.pdf