EMR Policy Institute

08/23/2016

Here is one story about a very successful café in California that is thriving without WiFi.
https://www.emfanalysis.com/cafe-thrives-without-wifi/

Recently, I had the opportunity to spend some time in Mill Valley and noticed that hardly anyone in this very popular cafe was on a laptop. How could this be? In fact, people were sitting and having actual conversations. . .

03/10/2016

Be sure to read James Clapper's full testimony at the PDF link provided in this news article: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/02/09/internet-things-absolute-goldmine-big-brother-admits-top-us-spy

Sworn testimony delivered to the U.S. Congress by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper raised eyebrows on Tuesday as he acknowledged publicly for the first time that surveillance agencies are almost certain to exploit (if they aren't already) the increasing number of web-connected devices…

02/18/2016

Excellent TV news report on opposition to WiFi in the public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. Be sure to leave a Comment on the blog. http://safetechforschoolsmaryland.blogspot.com/2016/02/fox-5-news-parents-concerned-about-wifi.html

07/29/2015

Swedish researchers Hardell and Carlberg compare the Swedish brain tumor data base to the Swedish Inpatient Register and Causes of Death register and find that the incidence of brain tumors has been under reported. http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/4/3793 This is an open access article.

07/01/2015

http://bit.ly/1LyDGpI
New e-Book investigates industry influence on FCC actions and regulations. http://bit.ly/1LErTqT Captured Agency: How the Federal Communications Commission Is Dominated by the Industries It Presumably Regulates by Norm Alster. Mr. Alster is an investigative journalist who has covered the FCC going back to the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The book is published by the Edmund Safra Center for Ethics of Harvard University.

Captured Agency: How the Federal Communications Commission Is Dominated by the Industries It Presumably Regulates by Norm Alster.

07/01/2015

How is it that the FCC has no record of what wireless provider owns this stealth pine tree cell tower? http://www.rcrwireless.com/20150629/cell-tower-news/1-dead-1-injured-after-cell-tower-plane-crash-tag8

A plane crash happened this weekend in California when a small craft ran into a stealth cell tower.

05/14/2015

International EMF Scientists Appeal to the United Nations WHO’s conflicting stance on risk needs strengthening, says 190 scientists
May 11, 2015 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
NEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today 190 scientists from 39 nations submitted an appeal to the United Nations, UN member states and the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting they adopt more protective exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields (EMF) and wireless technology in the face of increasing evidence of risk. These exposures are a rapidly growing form of environmental pollution worldwide.
The “International EMF Scientist Appeal” asks the Secretary General and UN affiliated bodies to encourage precautionary measures, to limit EMF exposures, and to educate the public about health risks, particularly to children and pregnant women.
http://tinyurl.com/kj5opqn

The "International EMF Scientist Appeal" asks the Secretary General and UN affiliated bodies to encourage precautionary measures, to limit EMF exposures, and to educate the public about health risks, particularly to children and pregnant women.

05/09/2015

Frank Clegg, former CEO of Microsoft Canada, is one of the leaders who brought about this series of hearings at the Canadian Parliament on the inadequacy of Canada's Safety Code 6 for radiofrequency radiation emissions from wireless devices. http://www.cmaj.ca/site/earlyreleases/7may15_scientists-decry-canadas-outdated-wi-fi-safety-rules.xhtml

Scientists and safety advocates say Health Canada new rules do not take into account many new studies on the safety of cellphones and other wireless devices.

04/12/2015

This Op Ed from the Select Board Chairman in New Fane, VT describes exactly why telecom facilities siting authority taken away from local government and vested in a state agency never works for citizens. There is a similar history in Connecticut where siting authority rests solely with the Connecticut Siting Council since 2000.http://vtdigger.org/2013/02/14/mack-cell-tower-approval-process-undermines-democracy/

Cell tower proposals have intensely occupied the the town of Newfane for the past four months. The process as it has unfolded provides a disturbing example of how corporate interests exercise undue control over public resources and democratic processes.

04/10/2015

This is happening statewide in Vermont. There is a VTEL tower proposed to be built 500
feet from my own property. From Janet Newton, President, The EMR Policy Institute

Residents in the towns of Quechee and Westmore are questioning the need for new telecommunication towers going up in their towns.

04/09/2015

Dozens of firefighters came to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday to let them know they do not want cell towers where they work.
http://abc7.com/news/la-supervisors-stop-cell-tower-construction-at-fire-stations/571612/

04/09/2015

Health concerns were allowed consideration in this FirstNet siting process in Los Angeles because it is a public safety LTE wireless network. That is not the case when the LTE network is for consumer communications. Bravo to everyone who persevered on this effort and won this battle.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said it has halted payments for Los Angeles' LTE network for public-safety workers after regulators there voted to halt the construction of the network.