Parents and residents in Prince George’s County Maryland have started a campaign “Safe Schools for Prince George’s County” to stop the construction of cell towers on 73 school grounds citing safety, property devaluation, lack of community notice, zoning issues, and health issues from wireless radiation exposure. Several cell towers are moving forward despite community opposition.
Many parents had no idea of these plans for their child’s school. Residents near schools were also not notified. Parents are rightly concerned about their children’s health.
Dr. Martha Herbert, pediatric neurologist and neuroscientist at Harvard Medical School
“EMF/RFR from wifi and cell towers can exert a disorganizing effect on the ability to learn and remember, and can also be destabilizing to immune and metabolic function. This will make it harder for some children to learn, particularly those who are already having problems in the first place.”
The Coalition is calling for a cancellation of all cell-tower contracts.
Sign their petition: Stop Cell Towers on Prince George’s County Schools
Visit their website for more information: http://www.SafeSchoolsPG.org
Contact them to donate or help out: safeschoolspg@gmail.com
Some facts about this issue:
• About half the World has RF guidelines are 100 times lower than the US.
• In 2013: The Supreme Court of India upheld a decision of the High Court of the State of Rajasthan to remove all cell towers from the vicinity of schools, colleges, hospitals and playgrounds because of radiation “hazardous to life.”
• FCC uses guidelines from the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), a self-appointed, non-profit organization consisting of 13 voting members all with strong Industry ties! Members are invited in only. It is an Industry club.
• The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the size of the Manhattan phone directory. At the time it was being debated, most people, including many legislators voting on it, thought it was only about complex deregulation schemes. But deep within its pages, in Section 704, where the clause about the siting of cell-phone towers disallows the rejection of cell towers based on health and environmental grounds.
• In a 2012 GAO Report (12-771) to Congressional Requesters, GAO recommends that the “FCC should formally reassess and, if appropriate, change its current RF energy exposure limit”