JANUARY 20, 2025
SAFE TECH GROUPS DEMONSTRATE POWER OF GRASSROOTS EFFORT
SafeTechHawaii has succeeded in getting a tower relocated; the tower lease was not renewed, so the installation must be moved. Public pressure has also advanced a significant bill/ordinance in the face of a contradictoory telecom-favoring bill introduced by a former planning director. Current planning commissioners have given the bill with the stricter standards for telecom (Bill 194) favorable recommendations. To read more about the Tale of Two Ordinances:
www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/12/11/hawaii-news/cell-tower-bills-head-to-council/
Residents of Minden, Nevada (about 20 miles from Lake Tahoe) have temporarily stopped Verizon from putting up two 5G cell towers in their community near where children learn and play. To voice opposition at a hearing, so many people came to speak that they formed a line out the door. As in Hawaii, the battle is not over. Full story by Children’s Health Defense:
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/minden-nevada-win-verizon-5g-towers/
Arizona Board of Supervisors rules against placement of 120-ft tower near a community designed for residents sensitive to EMFs. The Snowflake, AZ community
was established over 30 years ago for individuals with “Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Electrical Sensitivity.” The rural location provides a rare sanctuary where residents can live without constant exposure to these triggers.
Arizona county denies controversial cell tower near sensitive community – EHN
CHILDREN’S HEALTH DEFENSE LAUNCHES STOP 5G
STOP 5G is a one-stop resource that provides you and your community with all of the information and tools you need to effectively protect your children from the reckless expansion of cell towers and small cell installations in your neighborhood, and near your children’s schools. Citizens can get help opposing existing or proposed towers or challenging SmartMeter mandates. Introduction on Jan. 21 at 4:00 PT on: X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn. Recording will be available.
NEW HAMPSHIRE INTRODUCES BILL ALLOWING TOWNS TO DECLINE 5G TOWERS
The bill establishes the authority for municipalities to regulate the construction, deployment, and operation of 5G wireless facilities within their jurisdiction and also repeals a chapter relative to the deployment of personal wireless service facilities.
https://zero5g.com/2025/new-hampshire-hb-501-an-act-relative-to-allowing-towns-to-decline-5g-towers/
MORE STATE LEGISLATURES INTRODUCE WEATHER MODIFICATION BANS, BRINGING THE CURRENT TOTAL TO 21
Indiana, Mississippi, Wyoming and Utah join the effort:
While these acts represent meaningful progress, many yet need sharper teeth with respect to enforcement.
More here: Americans4ACleanAtmosphere.com
Microwave radiation plays a role in weather control. Excerpt from this informative flyer. “Deployments of GeoEngineering contaminants including cloud-seeding aerosols and radiofrequency / microwave (RF/MW) radiation emissions, subject our Earth to highly unnatural hazards.” Printable Flyer__A4ACA_Americans4ACleanAtmosphere
☀️Interested in legislation like this for California/your state? This quick message will go to your legislator: HERE
Landline Update
PARTIES CONTINUE TO SUBMIT FILINGS TO CPUC COMMISSIONER REYNOLDS AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE GLEGOLA
Entities granted “party” status in the CPUC Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) proceedings (Telecom providers, Public Advocates Office, organizations such as TURN, EMF Safety Network, etc.) are submitting filings on the Rulemaking issue preparatory to the eventual issuance of Scope and Scheduling.
🚩It’s important that individuals and groups continue to submit comments to DOCKET R.24-06-12. Comments accumulated on this page form a permanent record available to key CPUC personnel, all members of the public, carriers, industry organizations, etc. The previous docket (AT&T’s application to be relieved of its COLR obligation) accumulated over five-thousand comments. Comments on the new docket card have doubled since the last alert here, but as parties deliberate, members of the public would do well to keep submitting comments.
GO HERE: https://apps.cpuc.ca.gov/apex/f?p=401:56::::RP,57,RIR:P5_PROCEEDING_SELECT:R2406012
Click on Add Public Comments: (To access all the documents and comments filed so far in the proceeding click on tabs at the top.)
FCC GIVES AT&T PERMISSION TO REPLACE COPPERLINE PHONES WITH WIRELESS IN A PART OF OKLAHOMA
The company insists that no customer will be left without voice or 911 service
Science & health
TOWNSEND LETTER PUBLISHES ARTICLE “AMERICA’S AWAITING PANDEMIC OF RADIATION DISEASES“
Dr. Gary Null and Richard Gale write, “As the new Trump administration prepares to take possession of the White House, it will be facing a flurry of aggressive bills to expand 5G and wireless technologies. The media blackout about these policies and their long-term impact upon the average American’s lives and their physical and mental health remains largely unbeknownst to the vast majority of Americans (red ours). Currently, Congress is considering over 60 bills that would fast-track deployment of wireless infrastructure thereby bypassing crucial safety, environmental, and public health safeguards and federal oversight. . . These bills demonstrate a clear prioritization of private industry’s interests and profits over public and environmental health.”
Null and Gale conclude: “The American public is being bamboozled with blatant falsehoods to embrace 5G as a necessary and innovative technology that will benefit and improve their lives. But the real truth is the exact opposite. The future of the nation’s health and the environment hangs in the balance. Without swift and decisive action to address the dangers posed by EMF radiation, the country will face a preventable catastrophe of monumental proportions.”
DR. MOSKOWITZ POSTS 3O NEW PAPERS ON EMF EFFECTS
Of particular note is a paper attacking the WHO’s Systemic Reviews on the Association Between RF Exposure and Health Effects. The author of the paper, Dr. James C. Lin, Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, and a former ICNIRP Commissioner, is “one of the world’s most renowned scientists who has studied the effects of radio frequency radiation.”
Lin concludes that the reviews are “severely flawed,” and “threaten to undermine the trustworthiness and professionalism of the WHO-EMF project in the area of human health hazards from man-made RF radiation.” https://www.saferemr.com/2022/06/recent-research-on-wireless-radiation.html
Space technology
FCC CHAIRWOMAN GIVES KEYNOTE ADDRESS ON SPACE ECONOMY AND SURGE IN SATELLITES
Jessica Rozenworcel emphasized the increasing role of satellites in global wireless communications policy, highlighting that at the upcoming 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference, over 80 percent of the agenda items will be related to satellites or space. https://broadbandbreakfast.com/rosenworcel-space-economy-growth-is-astronomical/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
SPACE JUNK CRASHES ONTO KENYAN VILLAGE
“A massive round metal object plummeted from above landing on farmland near a dry riverbed – and it was piping hot.” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyn9dgdwe3o
MONTEREY ACTIVIST-RESEARCHER FILES HEFTY COMMENTS WITH FCC RE SPACEX LAUNCHES IN CALIFORNIA
“Free the Sky” Comments on Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for SpaceX Starship/SuperHeavy Increased Cadence—A poorly publicized proceeding and the FAA’s patently false conclusion of “no significant environmental impacts.
Next: Vandenberg
Guest post by Nina Beety on Patricia Burke’s Safe Tech International substack. Comments re:
🚩See end of Beety’s attention-getting post for action to take by January 27. https://patriciaburke.substack.com/p/free-the-sky-comments-on-draft-environmental
Feature: SAFE TECH INTERNATIONAL’S SARAH AMINOFF CREATIVELY INFORMS ABOUT IMPACTS OF STARLINK, BY ASKING, “What would Captain Kirk Say if Starlink Interfered With the Prime Directive? What would the fictional 23rd century character in Star Trek say about so many Satellites’ launches punching holes in the ozone layer, satellite collisions and light pollution? Kirk serves in the fictional Starfleet, a space force maintained by the interstellar government United Federation of Planets. In our present day, we have a Federation of Scientists who warn about averting environmental risks in the new space age, they believe we face an existential crisis created by the launch of so many new ‘mega constellations’ of thousands of satellites in the part of space near Earth called ‘Low Earth Orbit’ (LEO).”
https://safetechinternational.org/what-would-captain-kirk-say-if-starlink-interfered-with-the-prime-directive/
Thank you for taking action on banning weather modification in CA, for submitting a new comment on the CPUC landline docket and posting a comment on increased satellite launches.
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Landline update
CPUC IN EARLY PHASE OF RULEMAKING ON CARRIER OF LAST RESORT (COLR) REQUIREMENT
The status of the proceedings (Docket #R2406012) can be found at the link immediately below, where you can click on a menu bar to see action to date. Although no public comments have been filed yet, you are most welcome to do so by clicking on Public Comments.
ACTIVE
EMF Safety Network’s filing for party status was accepted by the CPUC. Proceedings are open to all stakeholders who file/are accepted for party status, including carriers, advocacy organizations like TURN, etc. A list of parties can be seen by clicking on Documents. You can read EMF Safety Network “comments” by scrolling to September 30. Party status entitles EMFSN to receive all relevant proceedings, documents, decisions, etc. so we will keep you informed.
Direct link to EMF Safety Network 5-page filing: https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M541/K492/541492942.PDF
USA TODAY ARTICLE EXPLORES DEMOGRAPHICS OF LANDLINE USERS: “Who Still Has a Landline Phone?”
“. . . pushback from California consumers proved that many Americans are still passionate about their old-fashioned landlines.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/10/10/who-still-has-landline-phone/75569063007/
Living an electrosensitive life
RECENT WASHINGTON POST REPORTER IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR HIS PARTICULARLY THOUGHTFUL ARTICLE ABOUT GREEN BANK, WEST VIRGINIA
“This town has no cell service, so the ‘electrosensitive’ have made it home”
“A few dozen people, in and around Green Bank, W.Va., have retreated from the signals of modern life, and found each other.”(Note: the link below may require a subscription or a one-time fee.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/10/18/green-bank-west-virginia-wv-electrosensitive-cell-service/
🚩In our view, this piece stands above previous features on Green Bank for its obvious respect for the residents, their needs and their cautious willingness to share their experiences with a reporter. Note that the author admits that the residents “think I’ll get it wrong”—as previous writers have done, at least in part.
Note: Comments are now closed for this article, but you may thank the reporter. National Call For Safe Technology (https://thenationalcall.org/) made the following observation: “It was a thoughtful article delving into the reasons why (the residents) moved there, although it did not go into the science. It would be great if he would do another article delving deeper into the subject.” To send a comment to the reporter: travis.andrews@washpost.com.
Health & science
EMINENT PROFESSOR PRESENTS 30 YEARS OF RESEARCH SHOWING SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECT FROM RADIOFREQUENCY EXPOSURE
Dr. Henry Lai, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, Editor Emeritus of the journal, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, and an emeritus member of the International Commission on the Biological Effects of EMF, has compiled summaries of the research on the biological effects of exposure to radio frequency (RFR) and extremely low frequency (ELF) and static electromagnetic fields (EMF). His set of abstracts which covers the period from 1990 to October 2024 constitutes a comprehensive collection of the peer-reviewed research.
From Dr. Joel Moskowitz: “Dr. Lai reports that the preponderance of the research has found that exposure to RFR or ELF EMF produces oxidative effects or free radicals, and damages DNA. Moreover the preponderance of RFR studies that examined genetic, neurological and reproductive effects has found significant effects. Among hundreds of studies of RFR, 71% to 89% reported significant effects. Among hundreds of studies of ELF and static fields, 75% to 90% reported significant effects.” https://bit.ly/LaiSaferEMR
DR.MERCOLA CONTINUES TO WRITE ABOUT EMF HARMS
As part of his ongoing education on cellular health, he includes a section here on EMFs. “Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and EMFs from devices like cellphones and Wi-Fi routers pose significant risks to mitochondrial function, necessitating practical steps to reduce exposure.” He points to telecom industry lies. “They promote the idea that non-ionizing radiation is safe because it doesn’t cause immediate thermal damage. This misleading narrative ignores the long-term, chronic effects of EMF exposure, which accumulate over time and contribute to a host of health problems, including cancer, neurological disorders and reduced cellular energy.”
https://media.mercola.com/ImageServer/Public/2024/October/PDF/cellular-health-pdf.pdf
CHD POSTS INFORMATIVE OVERVIEW OF STUDIES GIVING EVIDENCE OF CELLPHONE–BRAIN CANCER LINK
New article includes a recent report from South Korea (posted here previously) “Peer-reviewed studies showing a link between brain cancer and cellphone radiation are piling up — contradicting a recent World Health Organization (WHO)-led study that claimed there’s no evidence of a link. South Korean researchers — who analyzed 24 studies and published their report on Oct. 10 in Environmental Health — found significantly higher risks for malignant brain tumors, meningioma and glioma on the side of the head where cellphones were held.” Childrens Health Defense: cellphone radiation & brain cancer
EMF EXPERT KEITH CUTTER EXPLAINS WHY WIFI IS UNIQUELY HARMFUL
Cutter can be counted on to present EMF technology and effects clearly and carefully. In his introduction to this attention-getting discussion, he says, “I’ve developed a profound appreciation for the uniquely destructive force known as WiFi.“
From his sobering conclusion: “The harm it causes may extend far beyond the expected effects of measured RF intensity. At its core, WiFi is more than just an RF emitter—it introduces a complex set of additional stressors that amplify its impact. The continuous beacon signal, pulsing at 10Hz, mimics the brainwave fr equencies that govern our natural rhythms, like alpha waves, raising concerns about how this constant exposure could disrupt the brain’s normal functioning. In addition, the pulse-modulated nature of the RF transmission carrying data compounds the potential harm through a multiplier effect. These modulated emissions do not just affect the brain; they can leave an imprint on the body’s tissues, creating lasting trauma stored in the structured water that composes much of the human body.” Cutter: Why Is WiFi so uniquely harmful
Technology
T-MOBILE GIVES UP SOME OF ITS 5G SPECTRUM BECAUSE “IT’S USE IS SO LIMITED”
Short article concisely explains why 5G hype was just that. “T-Mobile was one of the US carriers that never fully bought into the 5G mmWave hype and instead focused all of its early 5G efforts on using the mid-band 5G it acquired when it bought Sprint. As it turns out, that was the proper play for 5G, as mid-band 5G is both fast as hell, can reach large areas, and isn’t given a stiff-arm from a see-through window. The rest of the industry has since followed T-Mobile’s lead, most recently when everyone tried to buy as much C-Band spectrum (which is mid-band 5G) as they possibly could, while backing it up with all of the low-band 5G available. The spectrum that T-Mobile is giving up includes county-size areas around Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Atlanta, Miami, Brooklyn, Dallas, and Fort Worth. They’ll still keep some 5G mmWave areas active in those cities (mostly in downtown sections), but the areas are a fraction of the size.”
https://www.droid-life.com/2024/10/22/t-mobile-5g-mmwave-spectrum-release/?
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