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EMF Safety Network News- Take Action to Save Landlines in our entire country!

📞📞📞 Please help protect landlines from a reckless new Federal Communications Commission Action. Initial Comments due Mon., Sept. 29, 2025

Yes, over 600 public comments were submitted to the CPUC (California Public Utility Commission) docket in support of retaining copper landlines from Oct. 2024, to August 27, 2025.

BUT, the FCC isn’t paying attention to state regulatory proceedings. The FCC wants to make it easy for AT&T & OTHER TELECOMS to slither out from under their Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) obligations. (Link at the end of this message)

🚩 We need to post comments to an  FCC docket in the next few days. Initial comments are due on Monday, Sept. 29.  (All is not lost if you miss the deadline, as Reply comments responding to what has already been posted are due by Oct. 27.). However, it is wise that we maximize initial comments by Monday, Sept. 29.

The Utility Reform Network (TURN) states that over a million residents in California rely on landlines.

These customers depend on the reliability, safety and voice quality of landlines because cell service is inadequate in their area or they are unable to tolerate wireless emissions. To date, copper landline connectivity remains the superior technology in homes, businesses, schools, government, etc.

In California, the CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission) has conducted an in-depth review of issues such as service quality and Carrier of Last Resort Obligations. The CPUC had taken extensive comments from members of the public, and its decisions are well-considered and based on state-specific conditions.

The co-director of the EMF Safety Network states: “The FCC should not attempt to override work undertaken by states, which have authority under federal statutes to act to protect the public health and safety of their residents.”

We must oppose any effort by the FCC to override state regulatory or state legislative action that is designed to protect customer safety and well-being.

HOW TO FILE FCC COMMENTS:

Go here: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express

See “Welcome to the FCC’s Electronic Comments Filing System” at the top.
Go to “Express Comment.” They do not have to be long.

1) Click on Submit a FILING (at the very top) then click on Express Comment just below that.
2) Proceeding(s): Type 25-208; click below for the orange highlight on the number, then type 25-209; click again below for the orange highlight.
3) Name of filer: your name.
4) Primary contact email: your email address (not required).
5) Address:(required).
6) Brief comments: Either type in your comments or paste your previously-prepared comments into the box..
7) Press Continue to review screen.
8) If okay, submit your comments.
     Print confirmation page for your records if you choose.

Talking points ideas (or tell your own story)
      • Copper landlines work in emergencies when power is out.
      • Cell phone networks didn’t work in CA fire disasters but landlines did.
      • Battery back-ups for modems and routers (needed for cable and fiber optic connections) are unreliable.
      • There are cyber security risks with cell phone connections.
      • AT&T claims people are abandoning landlines, but many AT&T service reps are telling customers AT&T no longer services copper and they won’t install landlines anymore.
      • Many human bodies are not compatible with wireless technology. People get headaches, ear ringing, vertigo, nerve disruptions, cancers, and more.
      • People in remote or rural areas rely on copper landlines.
      • Copper landlines work with DSL and medical alert systems.
      • Customers have been paying extra fees in their phone bill for years to maintain copper landlines.

Note: if you’re having trouble accessing the comment portal, call the FCC. If you call, make sure you mention the docket numbers: 25-208 and 25-209.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/28/2025-16540/reducing-barriers-to-network-improvements-and-service-changes

“Reducing Barriers to Network Improvements and Service Changes” — Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WC Docket Nos. 25-208, 25-209; FCC 25-37, adopted on July 24, 2025, and released on July 25, 2025

Thank you!

Stop the proposed faux watertower Cell Tower at 9300 Mill Station Rd., Sebastopol

Stop Fake Watertower Cell Tower- 9300 Mill Station, Sebastopol

On Oct. 8, 2024,, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved a 70 ft., T-Mobile cell tower for 9300 Mill Station Rd., Sebastopol.

The installer (Vertical Bridge) plans to make this twelve antenna T-Mobile cell tower look like a faux water tower to “blend in with the neighborhood.” The vote was 3-2, with Supervisors Lynda Hopkins and Susan Gorin voting against it. Now neighbors plan to take this to court!

This proposed tower first came before the Bureau of Zoning Adjustments (BZA) in March 2023. The BZA made a careful and in depth analysis over four public meetings and on June 13, 2024, they unanimously denied the tower, and for good reason!

Their final determination stated that the tower was “inconsistent with the surrounding neighboring residences and the character of the community….” The project was also “considered detrimental to the health, safety, peace and comfort or general welfare of the persons residing or working in the neighborhood or to the general welfare of the area in particular.”

Vertical Bridge was not happy with the decision.  They filed an appeal before the Board of Supervisors and had the BZA denial overturned. It was obvious to all of us in attendance that the Supervisors already had their minds made up to approve the tower prior to the public meeting on Oct. 8th. They had enough good evidence to deny the tower, but they ignored it all.

If this tower is allowed to be built, will our local governments ever stop a cell tower ANYWHERE for ANY REASON?

Stay tuned for more information on how to support legal action against this approval decision by the Board of Supervisors.

 

Health Hazards of Wireless Technologies by Dr. Joel Moskowitz

Dr. Joel Moskowiz webinar

WEBINAR LINK: ACCESS TO ALL PRESENTATION SLIDES BY DR. MOSKOWITZ:

WEBINAR HIGHLIGHTS FACT SHEETS: 

Introduction to webinar: 
Wireless technologies, including cell phones, wireless internet, and Bluetooth devices, have become ubiquitous in our lives. Most adults in the US own a cell phone, and cell phone use is widespread among children and adolescents. New cell antenna sites are being deployed widely. Wireless technologies and equipment designs also change rapidly.

The preponderance of scientific evidence shows adverse biological and health effects from the radiofrequency (RF) radiation, or electromagnetic fields (EMFs), used and generated by these devices. A number of studies have considered the mechanisms of biological harm from RF radiation, and federal studies have documented increased incidence of certain tumors in laboratory animals associated with RF exposure. Epidemiological studies have found increased risk of certain tumors associated with long-term use of wireless phones. Read more and watch webinar. 

Sebastopol: Rethink smart water meters

Years of support for reducing EMF’s in Sebastopol evaporated in October 2021, when the city council unanimously approved smart water meters.

We hired attorney Ariel Strauss and he presented the city attorney with a compromise to only install the digital readers without antennas. The council rejected the compromise claiming the meters were a public good because of the drought. The council later approved a FREE opt out for anyone who doesn’t want the smart water meter. The meters are planned to be deployed in January 2023. 

Beware of Climate Washed Smart Water Meters!

Why did Sebastopol, who banned smart meters in 2013, do this?  Syserco, a registered contractor for PG&E, sold the 2.2 million dollar project to Sebastopol as a water and energy savings initiative. Council members promoted the meters as a climate action solution. When asked to provide clarifying information on the purported savings, Syserco wrote:

“…there has never been a claim that the new meters “save energy, save water and reduce greenhouse gas emissions”.

The real reason for the new meters according to Syserco is money.  However, Syserco did claim the meters would save water and were energy efficient, and the staff report called the meters a “green initiative”. This is climate-washing, the use of deceptive marketing spin.  Read more here. 

 

FCC LOSES lawsuit to EMF safety advocates!

Today the US Court of Appeals remanded the case against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) back to the FCC to provide a “reasoned explanation for its determination that its guidelines adequately protect against harmful effects of exposure to radio frequency radiation unrelated to cancer…”

More info commentary from Environmental Health Trust: https://ehtrust.org/in-historic-decision-federal-court-finds-fcc-failed-to-explain-why-it-ignored-scientific-evidence-showing-harm-from-wireless-radiation/

New study calls for EMF regulation to protect wildlife

There’s a new study by Blake Levitt, Henry Lai and Albert Manville: “Effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields on flora and fauna, part 1. Rising ambient EMF levels in the environment” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34047144/

It is time to recognize ambient EMF as a novel form of pollution and develop rules at regulatory agencies that designate air as ‘habitat’ so EMF can be regulated like other pollutants. Wildlife loss is often unseen and undocumented until tipping points are reached. Long-term chronic low-level EMF exposure standards, which do not now exist, should be set accordingly for wildlife, and environmental laws should be strictly enforced.

 

Global EMF Monitoring Call for volunteers

Can you BRAG about your city?

Dr. Magda Havas has initiated a Global EMF Monitoring project, calling for volunteers to measure EMF’s in their city.  So far there are almost 200 volunteers from 16 countries.  Here’s short breakdown of what’s required of volunteers.

    1. You will need to either have or purchase a Safe & Sound Pro RF meter (either Pro I or Pro II) available at www.slt.com . If you volunteer for the Global EMF Project they will give you a discount code.
    2. You will be measuring at 4 corners of 5 main intersections in your city which will take about 2 hours. Because this is a science project, it’s important to follow these instructions carefully.
    3. Watch this video below for how to measure a location.

4. When you’re measuring people might ask you questions about what you’re doing. You can give them this fact sheet which will explain why you are measuring and help to educate people.

5. To learn more details about this project go to their website at globalEMF.net  and if you would like to volunteer please send a quick email to:  info@globalEMF.net