5G & IoT

Wireless Sunsetting

• The U.S. Commerce Department and National Telecommunications and Information Administration are now positioning wireless as a secondary service with fiber directly to the premises as the best and most reliable service: broadbandbreakfast.com/2022/05/commerce-departments-ntia-releases-details-for-funds-distributed-under-iija/  

• See testimony from retired Microsoft Canada President Frank Clegg to the New Hampshire legislature, including the statement, "Wireless technology is no longer the preferred technology for communications." alpaca-chinchilla-x6xf.squarespace.com/s/Clegg-Comments-to-New-Hampshire-Science-Technology-and-Energy-Committee-7-Feb-2022.pdf 

• See ordinances from towns that have already put protections in place to prevent close-range cell antenna/small cell installations: ehtrust.org/what-communities-have-strong-setbacks-for-cell-antennas-near-homes-and-schools/ 

• Wikipedia lists many communities across the U.S. that are already investing in fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) sometimes called fiber-to-the-home (FTTH): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_to_the_premises_in_the_United_States 

• Dr. Magda Havas provides a ten-minute video of the Pros and Cons of 5G to share with municipalities and your neighbors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxeelLJNQLA

The Science

• Case Report: The Microwave Syndrome After Installation of 5G Emphasizes the Need for Protection from Radiofrequency Radiation: www.gavinpublishers.com/article/view/case-report-the-microwave-syndrome-after-installation-of-5g-emphasizes-the-need-for-protection-from-radiofrequency-radiation 

• The 2022 study, "Measurements of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, including 5G, in the city of Columbia, SC, USA" shows the blanketing of our cities in electrosmog, and calls for labeling of small cells so the public can avoid them at close range: www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/wasj.2022.157 

• See 2021 epidemiological study showing headaches, dizziness, insomnia, nightmares and more from wireless radiation exposures, What is the radiation before 5G? A correlation study between measurements in situ and in real time and epidemiological indicators in Vallecas, Madrid:
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33434609/

• Martin Pall, PhD, 2021, Millimeter (MM) wave and microwave frequency radiation produce deeply penetrating effects: the biology and the physics: www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/reveh-2020-0165/html 

• See 5G Wireless Technology: Millimeter Wave Health Effects by Joel Moskowitz, PhD: https://www.saferemr.com/2017/08/5g-wireless-technology-millimeter-wave.html

• CIA Translations on USSR Science and Technology Biomedical Sciences, Effects of Nonionizing Electromagnetic Radiation, 1977, includes, among other studies, Biological Effects of Millimeter Radiowaves on p. 61:
  alpaca-chinchilla-x6xf.squarespace.com/s/CIA-Declassified-USSR-Translation-Nonionizing-EMR-Effects-1977.pdf 

• In September 2017 over 180 scientists and doctors from 35 countries sent a declaration to officials of the European Commission demanding a moratorium on the increase of cell antennas for planned 5G expansion. Experts have also signed on from the U.S. and other non-European countries: https://www.emfcall.org/

• In 2018, Martin Pall, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences wrote:
  5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health: Compelling evidence for eight distinct types of great harm caused by electromagnetic field (EMF) exposures and the mechanism that causes them

• Dr. Pall also contributed this information to the 5G Crisis: Awareness and Accountability Summit in the following .pdf document, "5G Risk: The Scientific Perspective": http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/statstudcomm/committees/1474/documents/5G-Risk-The-Scientific-Perspecitve%20(1).pdf

• Others have found Dr. Pall's December 2019 lecture especially helpful, "Massive Predicted Effects of 5G": http://coeursdehs.fr/pr-martin-pall-massive-predicted-effects-of-5g-in-the-context-of-safety-guideline-failures/

• The Environmental Health Trust has put together Peer Reviewed Published Science on Radiation from 4G/5G “Small” Cell Wireless Antennas:
  https://ehtrust.org/peer-reviewed-published-science-on-radiation-from-4g-5g-small-cell-wireless-antennas/?fbclid=IwAR0X7MlRhfXZ2Irn-sgmDnUjwI0nMi_5vVj8fjiOcvVaTipz_ZoC-mOq74U

• Ronald Kostoff, Ph.D. at Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy issued a 2020 report called, "The Largest Unethical Medical Experiment in Human History". Appendix 5 shows the potential contribution of wireless radiation to exacerbation of the coronavirus pandemic (p. 651). He provides a bibliography on studies showing EMF effects on the immune system. Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus broke out, is a 5G smart city:
  https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/62452/LARGEST_UNETHICAL_MEDICAL_EXPERIMENT_FINAL.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y

• This is one of the studies by Doyon and Johansson cited in Dr. Kostoff's paper above that addresses the impact on the immune system:
  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306987717301718

• As evidenced below by the IEEE, the millimeter waves being incorporated into 4G/5G small cell and satellite technology have long been used in medicine to alter biological systems; we should not be exposing the public or planet to ubiquitous microwave or millimeter waves that can alter biology: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6338252

• Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy explains what 5G radiation does at the cellular level, and why it is likely exacerbating COVID-19: https://www.emfsa.co.za/news/andrew-goldsworthy-biologist-responds-to-eric-van-rongens-icnirp-statements-about-5g/

• Tom Cowan, M.D., contributed articles with information from Martin Pall, Ph.D. predicting massive effects from 5G and Arthur Firstenberg outlining pandemics following the rollout of new radiofrequency radiation technologies since at least 1779:  https://fourfoldhealing.com/blogs/news/an-important-question-about-the-coronavirus-plus-immune-support-tips

• Arthur Firstenberg explains “phased array”, the most dangerous aspect of 5G cellular antennas: http://www.cellphonetaskforce.org/5g-from-blankets-to-bullets/

• With gratitude to Lena Pu, the following studies and articles provide additional information:

  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27087527?dopt=Abstract

  • https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Fels/publication/281409607_Fields_of_the_cell/links/5615216108aed47facefb302/Fields-of-the-cell.pdf

  • http://jnlwp.defense.gov/About/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Active-Denial-System-FAQs/

  • http://preventdisease.com/news/09/110109_body_scanners_thz_waves.shtml

  • http://aph.huji.ac.il/people/feldman/research.htm#Human%20Skin%20as%20Arrays%20of%

  • 20Helical%20Antennas%20in%20the%20Millimeter%20and%20Submillimeter%20Wave%20Range

  • https://jasonprall.com/blog/millimeter-wave-scanners-alter-dna/

  • Radio Frequency Technology damages Plant DNA in 48hrs and is carcinogenic, new research reveals | EmaxHealth

  • Radiofrequency radiation injures trees around mobile phone base stations

  • Anthropogenic Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Elicit Neuropathic Pain in an Amputation Model

  • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51394628_Human_Skin_as_Arrays_of_Helical_Antennas_in_the_Millimeter_and_Submillimeter_Wave_Range

• Professor Curtis Bennett, Chief, International Science Advisory Board for IHF (14,000 members) and Adjunct Professor for Accredited Medical Education for CME Credits has been a Thermal Radiation Consultant for 38 Years. He is an Interprovincial Journeyman Electrician (Red Seal) and a Building Construction Engineering Technologist in Canada. He indicates the microwave pulses from 5G infrastructure will compromise the integrity of our buildings, causing them to fall out of code. "Your buildings, infrastructure, etc is not designed to be in microwave ovens. The oscillations of atoms and molecules 180 degrees 1.8 billion times per second, 86,400 times a day is one antenna, wi-fi was 4.9 billion times per second."
  
  He states, "The US plan is to mass install 300,000 mini towers for the 5G grid. Killing your taxpayers, crops, economy and losing the tax base is a national and international security issue. President Trump doesn’t know what the previous political interests did. Mr Obama legacy will include the first African American President to put all races in a mad made microwave oven; Trump is making the ovens bigger... The world shares one atmosphere, 300,000 mini towers affect every country. Heating the atmosphere from space has consequences like extreme weather unlike any seen, fires, floods, droughts, etc and it is already happening." Contact: www.thermoguy.com, curtis@thermoguy.com

• The study, "Exposure of Insects to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields from 2 to 120 GHz" also shows insects will be negatively impacted by 5G radiation: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22271-3

• See also the Planetary Impact page.

Cell Tower & Small Cell Locations

• AntennaSearch.com enables one to enter an address in the U.S., and see a report showing the big macro cell antenna and cell tower installations within a three-mile radius; in some cases, like Boston, it will return only a one-mile radius because there are so many: http://www.antennasearch.com/

• See also Ookla 5G Map for small cell installations in your area, worldwide: https://www.speedtest.net/ookla-5g-map

• See Verizon's coverage map: https://www.verizon.com/coverage-map/

• In 2019 the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International in conjunction with the American National Standards Institute released the ANSI/APCO Public Safety Grade Site Hardening Requirements standard to ensure our public safety communications systems withstand man-made and natural disasters. These should be incorporated into communication zoning code in every community:
  www.apcointl.org/~documents/standard/21061-2019-psg-site-hardening/?layout=default 

The Issue

• Retired President of Microsoft Canada, Frank Clegg summarizes in this 8-minute public service announcement the urgency of halting 5G and instead choosing safe fiber to the premises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW7BbztmuYg&feature=emb_logo

• In this 5-minute video, Mr. Clegg debunks industry disinformation from Dean Prevost, a President of Rogers Communication in Canada: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqPJxyeDqYo 

• EMF Scientist Magda Havas, PhD, provides this 9-minute overview of 5G benefits and risks to municipalities: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8lA2a296XI&t=42s 

• Dr. Cindy Russell, Executive Director of Physicians for Safe Technology, has produced short videos for citizens to share with their local towns, schools, legislators and loved ones to explain wireless risks. She has a 3-minute clip on cell towers: www.youtube.com/@MDSafeTech 

• The industry and FCC have changed the Over the Air Reception Device (OTARD) Rule. Industry can now offer property owners perks to put small cell and other equipment on their rooftops/property with no municipal oversight. This will allow close-range radiation to be pulsed across the neighborhood: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/25/2021-01304/fcc-modernizes-siting-rule-for-small-hub-and-relay-wireless-antennas

• Wireless companies are already offering incentives in certain communities to mount wireless antennas on one's property: https://patch.com/arizona/tucson/ep/1867139

• We Link www.welink.com, came to a resident's door and offered her free internet access if she would put a hub antenna on her rooftop that would serve the neighboring homes.

• This eight-minute video from a gentleman in Rhode Island discusses ten specific pitfalls with 5G indicating in each instance that fiber optics is the much better solution; this, and Mr. Clegg's video above, are good to start the conversation with your municipalities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0f7OolgbkI&feature=emb_logo

• State and federal preemption of local authority to regulate small cells is straining local governments at a time when they can ill afford it. This report from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA), with assistance from the Communications Workers of America (CWA), draws on a survey of local governments and examines the effect of small cell preemption: https://assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/natoa/20210317_NATOA_CWAReport.pdf  

• In December 2020 the European Parliament began an investigation into wireless radiation, especially 5G. The panel is a two-hour session with six representatives from industry and science. In the final minutes the Parliamentarian discredits the industry's claims and calls for a moratorium on 5G. The moderator recommends emulating the New Hampshire, USA, commission's investigative process. See NH report recommendations. https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/panel-for-future-of-science-and-technology-workshop-on-5g_20201207-1000-SPECIAL-STOA_vd

• In July 2021 the Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA) of the European Parliament completed their Health Impact of 5G report, documenting biological harm from 7,886 studies and recommending reduction in exposure levels and limits, implementing fixed hard-wired fiber-optic solutions, educating the public on safe technology use, and determining long-term effects of 5G:
  www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/690012/EPRS_STU(2021)690012_EN.pdf 

• Easton, Connecticut unanimously banned 5G until proven safe for health and environment, and reaffirmed their ban in 2022: https://ehtrust.org/easton-connecticut-usa-bans-5g/; www.ctinsider.com/fairfield/article/Easton-extends-ban-on-5G-infrastructure-17188173.php.

• Keene, New Hampshire put a moratorium on 4G/5G small cell infrastructure until the New Hampshire legislature issues their investigative report: https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/city-council-approves-temporary-5g-ban-in-keene/article_1341857d-4c7c-5fb4-ab27-70d8e5b9d131.html.

• Lille, France, has put a moratorium on 5G noting health risks, questioning benefits vs. costs, and financial constraints during COVID-19: https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/5g-le-conseil-municipal-de-lille-vote-un-moratoire-sur-le-deploiement-20201010

• See the Environmental Health Trust's compilation of cities taking action across the U.S.: https://ehtrust.org/usa-city-ordinances-to-limit-and-control-wireless-facilities-small-cells-in-rights-of-ways/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=ordinances

• Katie Singer, journalist and author of the book Electronic Silent Spring, puts into easy language what 5G is and why it is bad for our communities, our health and the environment; see her blog post, "Our Web of Inconvenient Truths": http://www.electronicsilentspring.com/march-2019-blog/

• See the article Global Wi-FI and 5G: What is the Environmental Price Tag to Earth and Life? to understand the impact of 5G satellites and other components: https://blog.sfgate.com/storystudio/2020/11/17/global-wifi-and-5g-what-is-the-environmental-price-tag-to-the-earth-and-life/

• The military is developing 5G for warfare: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2376743/dod-announces-600-million-for-5g-experimentation-and-testing-at-five-installati/

• For those concerned with climate change, this article from the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) indicates, "Wireless technologies will continue to consume at least 10 times more power than wired technologies when providing comparable access rates and traffic volumes." See page 7 of 8, just above Conclusions, which indicate hard wiring with fiber-optics to the premises is the most energy efficient solution. https://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/rtucker/publications/files/energy-wired-wireless.pdf

• Founder of Environmental Health Trust, Dr. Devra Davis, is a Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate on climate change, and offers a two-page fact sheet on the escalating impact of wireless on climate change with the push for 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT). This is a terrific resource to share with local, state and federal officials since most have climate change as a strategic priority at present: https://ehtrust.org/climate-change-and-5g/

• See also the EHT page, "Reports on the Increasing Energy Consumption of Wireless Systems and Digital Ecosystem": https://ehtrust.org/science/reports-on-power-consumption-and-increasing-energy-use-of-wireless-systems-and-digital-ecosystem/

• Dr. Barrie Trower, retired British Royal Navy physicist, gives an overview of what happens when we microwave our trees and planet; we are losing our trees, bees, plants, fish, and children. 5G is going to exacerbate the existing harm of current wi-fi frequencies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=TZ3t6n2SkUY&feature=emb_logo

• The policy paper, “Re-Inventing Wires: The Future of Landlines and Networks," details why the U.S. and our communities should instead invest in hard-wired telecommunications infrastructure to support economic growth, bridge the digital divide and diminish risks to security, privacy, public health and the environment.

• Claire Edwards, retired United Nations editor/trainer, has put together a chronology of 5G push-back happening all over the world, including the U.S.: https://www.globalresearch.ca/telcos-losing-battle-impose-5g/5691065

• In 2020 Dr. Lennart Hardell and Dr. Rainer Nyberg published an article in Molecular and Clinical Oncology on governments promoting industry profits to the detriment of human health and the environment. See "Appeals that matter or not on a moratorium on the deployment of the fifth generation, 5G, for microwave radiation": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7016513/

• Dr. Hardell also published a paper exemplifying how so-called experts testify at government hearings but have no real expertise in EMF science, may have industry conflicts of interest, and/or fail to do their due diligence in examining the non-industry funded scientific evidence of harm. Dr. Hardell corrects the record on many statements such representatives commonly make to public policy decision-makers: https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/wasj.2019.28/download

• This 98 page report was commissioned, coordinated and published in June 2020 by two Members of the European Parliament – Michèle Rivasi and Klaus Buchner, The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection: Conflicts of interest, corporate capture and the push for 5G: https://www.saferemr.com/2018/07/icnirps-exposure-guidelines-for-radio.html

• Americans for Responsible Technology and 5G Crisis produced a 5G Space Wars webinar to discuss with experts the planetary impact of thousands of 5G antennas pulsing toxic radiation from the sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh8tIScM2a0&t=10s

• Celestrak.com offers a real-time website tracking the growing atmospheric pollution from active satellites, dead equipment, rocket bodies, debris and more surrounding the earth; the items load after a few seconds; click on the three bars in the top left corner and select Satellite Catalog to see what each dot is and who owns it: https://celestrak.com/cesium/orbit-viz.php?tle=/pub/TLE/catalog.txt&satcat=/pub/satcat.txt&referenceFrame=1

• 5G antennas pose biological and legal risks to workers caring for trees: https://tcimag.tcia.org/tree-care/beware-the-dangers-from-am-radio-and-5g-transmission-sites/?unapproved=1568&moderation-hash=180de4c4a6ed8f76bee757ff81fddede#comment-1568

• This is also an environmental justice issue as noted by Hartford, Connecticut legislators and residents: https://www.5gcrisis.com/post/hartford-ct-verizon-targets-minority-community-to-deploy-hazardous-5g-antennas

5G Revenue Stream

• • The wireless industry plans to harvest data from the Internet of Things infrastructure and products, to sell to others for a profit: https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2020/10/enterprise-iot

  • They are also buying up entertainment companies as they promote faster streaming speeds: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/disney-fox-entertainment-purchase-closes-71-billion-dollars-closes/

  • Industry incentivizes customers to adopt their new toxic technology by giving them free devices, thereby creating demand to put the new close range wireless infrastructure -- both small cells and the bigger macro cells needed to power the small cells -- in our neighborhoods to connect to the new devices. Protect your community, don't upgrade to 5G:

    • Verizon started this on June 1, 2021 Verizon will give you a free smartphone to upgrade to 5G (yahoo.com)

    • T-Mobile started this on April 7, 2021 T-Mobile will give a free phone with 5G in all of 2021 - Android Authority

    • AT&T started this on Sep 3, 2020 Samsung Smartphone Deals for New and Existing AT&T Customers (att.com)

5G is Not Living Up To Industry Promises

• The industry promotes faster speeds, but the Washington Post reports, "The 5G lie: The network of the future is still slow": https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/08/5g-speed/?utm_campaign=wp_evening_edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_evening

• PC Magazine also reports slow speeds: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/09/atts-current-5g-is-slower-than-4g-in-nearly-every-city-tested-by-pcmag/

• Computer World reports, At This Point "5G is a Big Joke": https://www.computerworld.com/article/3575510/at-this-point-5g-is-a-bad-joke.html

• "In fact, human societies do not have an urgent need for 5G," said Huawei's founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, "What people need now is broadband, and the main content of 5G is not broadband."  https://international.thenewslens.com/article/141712

• This two-hour industry pitch illustrates how they convince our towns 5G is fine and desirable. Webinar on Demand: Small Cell Deployments: The Critical Factors Involved in Achieving Swift Approval: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AITgZWJofU&authuser=0

Legal Issues

• In addition to the following information, see also the Legal Issues page in this repository: https://sites.google.com/site/understandingemfs/legal-issues

• Dutch court rules in favor of public health instead of 5G masts: https://letstalkabouttech.nl/2021/01/nederlandse-rechter-mogelijk-verhoogde-gezondheidsrisicos-zendmast/?fbclid=IwAR1NowE4QkJrHNJDRBsTMOvRsDPJe3c-P6-qi0uK5X9B3xojEsyo4fJ37kQ

• Michael Mansfield QC is leading a legal team challenging the UK Government over its failure to take notice of the health risks and public concern related to 5G: https://actionagainst5g.org/legal-case/

• Montgomery County, Maryland, is suing the FCC over unsafe 5G radiation: https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/county-to-sue-fcc-over-radio-frequency-emission-standards-for-small-cell-antennas/

• Michigan Senator Patrick Colbeck provides testimony to the legislature indicating 5G and IoT are biologically hazardous, and reminds his colleagues it is their primary duty to protect public health over technological convenience or economic growth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=hkDDQqDVsbk

• See Senator Colbeck's website for additional actions he is taking to educate the legislature and the public: https://www.senatorpatrickcolbeck.com/wireless-radiation/

• Massachusetts is leading the U.S. with multiple bills to address man-made radiation that citizens can ask their legislators to emulate: Massachusetts EMF Bills

• The City of Boston in June 2020 filed a formal complaint with the FCC questioning the safety of their RF public exposure limits: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/18add696-2410-4f74-a623-35ee3c12832d/downloads/FCC%2019-226%20COMMENTS_BostonMA.pdf?ver=1592952452329

• The City of Boston in August 2020 filed a lawsuit against the FCC for usurping local control, and it was combined with similar cases around the country. The FCC petitioned to have the case transferred from the DC Circuit Court to the 9th Circuit Court in California, which had already ruled in the FCC's favor in a similar case: https://alpaca-chinchilla-x6xf.squarespace.com/s/CITY-OF-BOSTON-MA-et-al-v-FCC-petition_No-20-1301_08102020.pdf

• Other states are also introducing legislation to regulate technology including 5G, wireless radiation, and excessive screen time for children. New Hampshire has passed a law to investigate the health and environmental impact of 5G, and Oregon has passed a law to have their health department investigate the non-industry funded science and advise their schools on safe technology: https://sites.google.com/site/understandingemfs/massachusetts-emf-bills-2019-20/bills-in-other-states-2019-20

• In October 2018 FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr indicated 5G is safe during a Souix Falls, SD hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bb8sPOozso&t=1s

In December 2018, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo formally asked Mr. Carr to provide the scientific proof of safety he claims: https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Felectromagnetichealth.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F12%2FIMG_20181203_0002.pdf&esheet=51908511&newsitemid=20181203006017&lan=en-US&anchor=for+pressing+FCC+Commissioner+Brendan+Carr%2C+Esq.&index=1&md5=8cb325acd3393fc87daf951ff39c39ac

Senator Blumenthal held a press conference on 5G technology and his request that the FCC provide proof of safety: http://ct-n.com/ctnplayer.asp?odID=15794&jump=0:00:01

Medical and science journalist and radiofrequency radiation expert B. Blake Levitt shared comments at the above press conference, including the Harvard report indicating the FCC is a "Captured Agency" dominated by the industry it presumably regulates. The transcript of her remarks are as follows: 

https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Felectromagnetichealth.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F12%2FBlumenthals-FCC-Letter-Press-conference.pdf&esheet=51908511&newsitemid=20181203006017&lan=en-US&anchor=See+Levitt+Remarks.&index=4&md5=33047ab8a542ccc9933a6eae254e1f1f

• FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr responded by continuing to deny health risks and quoted Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., J.D., Director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. The FDA appears to be another captured agency as it denies there is harm instead of recognizing the NTP study's "clear evidence" of cancer and DNA damage: https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018.12.17%20FCC%20Carr%20to%20Blumenthal%20and%20Eshoo%20re%20RF%20Safety.pdf

• Congresswoman Eshoo subsequently introduced federal legislation to restore local control in deployment of 5G: https://eshoo.house.gov/news-stories/press-releases/eshoo-introduces-legislation-to-restore-local-control-in-deployment-of-5g/
  http://scientists4wiredtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019-0114-HR-530.pdf

• In February 2019, Senator Blumenthal called out the FCC in a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing. Blumenthal also criticized the FCC & FDA for inadequate answers on outstanding public health questions, and the wireless carriers concede they are not aware of any independent scientific studies on safety of 5G technologies: https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/at-senate-commerce-hearing-blumenthal-raises-concerns-on-5g-wireless-technologys-potential-health-risks

• Thank you to the Environmental Health Trust for providing this 4-minute clip of Blumenthal questioning the industry on safety research, whereupon he concludes we are "flying blind here so far as health and safety is concerned": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekNC0J3xx1w

• April 15, 2019 Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR), House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman, also wrote a letter to FCC Chairman Pai and acting FDA Commissioner Sharpless: https://ehtrust.org/another-congressperson-seeks-answers-from-the-fcc-and-fda-on-5g-radio-frequency-health-impacts/

• Should the federal bills fail, the industry is already trying to get laws into place state by state that would take away local authority for 5G infrastructure:

  • The National Conference of State Legislatures maintains a fairly current list of state-level Mobile 5G and Small Cell 2019 Legislation: http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/mobile-5g-and-small-cell-2019-legislation.aspx

  • Cleveland and 80 other towns are suing the State of Ohio over one such bill. One lawsuit has already struck down the industry, the Franklin County judge ruled for local governments in micro-wireless equipment dispute: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170602/franklin-county-judge-rules-for-local-governments-in-micro-wireless-equipment-dispute

  • California's Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a similar bill in October 2017, SB.649: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/16/california-gov-jerry-brown-vetoes-bill-easing-permits-on-cell-phone-towers/

  • The California State Association of Counties submitted an opposition letter: http://blob.capitoltrack.com/17blobs/b4e0d108-b979-42a8-95d9-e0cd461d5a19. The League of California Cities also opposed SB.649: https://www.cacities.org/SB649. You can see their testimonies here, along with many others opposing this bill.

  • The California Alliance for Safer Technology has produced a two-page fact sheet for their legislators that can be used by others.

  • See the SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES MODEL ORDINANCE - MASSACHUSETTS below. This is a by-law Verizon is trying to persuade municipalities to adopt. It would pass the legal risk liability on to the towns, and place restrictions on local control: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx1bmRlcnN0YW5kaW5nZW1mc3xneDoyYjc2MTMzYTNlMTM0YjFj

  • In 2017 the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission "voted, 4-1, to reaffirm an earlier vote to no longer designate the distributed-antenna companies as utilities." This preserves local control: https://www.philly.com/philly/business/comcast/philly-and-suburbs-brace-for-attack-of-the-small-cells-20170601.html?arc404=true

  • Lancaster, PA also adopted its own ordinance to protect local authority and public health: http://www.cityoflancasterpa.com/sites/default/files/documents/Ord0916%20-%20Wireless%20Tower%20regulation.pdf

  • Grassroots Environmental Education has collected the best ideas from cities and towns all over the country that are pushing back against the FCC and the unfettered roll-out of small cell wireless facilities. 

  • If your town is receiving requests from wireless carriers or antenna construction companies for permission to construct small cell facilities in public rights-of-way, or if industry is trying to pass themselves off as a public utility, this document is what towns need to get started with code to protect property values, privacy, safety and public health. You'll find other helpful tools here as well, including a state law template: https://www.5gcrisis.com/toolkit

• The U.S. Conference of Mayors issued a formal statement opposing the usurping of local property rights: https://www.usmayors.org/2018/09/10/statement-by-u-s-conference-of-mayors-ceo-executive-director-tom-cochran-on-fccs-order-proposing-to-usurp-local-property-rights/

• Native American tribes are suing to prevent the industry from circumventing permitting processes and forcing 5G infrastructure onto their lands: http://www.insidesources.com/more-tribes-signing-on-to-lawsuit-fighting-fcc-rule-change-for-5g-installation-permits/

• The insurance industry has identified EMF/RF as a leading risk. Lloyds of London, Swiss RE and others have already put exclusions in their policies. See the Legal Issues page.

• The Environmental Health Trust is tracking activity in each state: https://ehtrust.org/list-us-state-bills-streamlining-wireless-small-cellsdasnodes-rights-way/.

• The Town of Burlington, Massachusetts proactively adopted a small cell policy in October 2018 and when they included a fee assessed on the telecom vendors for an annual recertification, the Verizon lawyer withdrew their applications for seven small cell systems:

• Burlington Cable Access Television reported, "Verizon Drops Small Cell Wireless Booster Application in Face of Fees": http://www.bcattv.org/bnews/top-stories/verizon-drops-small-cell-wireless-booster-application-in-face-of-fees

• See more Burlington details on the Cell Towers page.

• The Village of Western Springs, Illinois in December 2019 successfully stalled a Crown Castle 4G/5G small cell application under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) which requires an environmental impact review: https://americansforresponsibletech.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c3128cbc75b5968aacd624e4b&id=d2f6cf3ddc&e=1210d13921

Cost Analysis

• This article compares the costs of fixed wireless vs. fiber to the premises, and concludes the latter is a far better broadband solution:
  isemag.com/2021/09/telecom-2021-broadband-access-economic-comparison/?fbclid=IwAR0Rl0wa9TjK_hVxUk1-x6aUTjuVKPWsLRYj8LL3cJ7hvAIZhwGf5b5BqFg 

• IEEE has done the cost analysis and concluded Fiber "Optical access networks are the most energy efficient of the available access technologies." Wireless consumes much more energy than hard-wired fiber optics: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5783987/

• The California Department of Finance opposed the 5G S. 649 bill for the following fiscal reasons:

http://wireless.blog.law/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SB-649-20170823084049AM-SB006491.pdf

• The following letter from the Law Offices of Harry V. Lehmann PC addresses the liability shifting aspect which implies possible billions in losses at the state level since the industry has no liability insurance: http://scientists4wiredtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017-0719-SB649-CA-Liability-Lehmann-to-Galehouse.pdf

• Lloyd's discusses the security risks of smart cities: https://cityriskindex.lloyds.com/2019/02/05/smart-cities-wake-up-to-cyber-threat/?fbclid=IwAR2T3jrTbUHjaLFQ-_TnmCdlvOh_9Ufb4D4s3kSr3-S7bxV4mci8pJCr92Q

• Russia's largest telecommunications company, MTS, does not see the business case for 5G and is instead continuing to invest in fiber-optics to carry data signals:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/30/russian_megatelco_mts_exec_no_business_case_for_5g/

• Root Cause in the Dramatic Rise of Chronic Disease links chronic illness to peroxynitrite from environmental toxins, at a conservatively estimated cost of $2.5 trillion per year in the U.S.  In this 16-minute lecture, Dr. Martin Pall explains how EMF/RF creates peroxynitrite: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kQQyU8NHv8

• Bloomberg indicates, "Upgrade to 5G Costs $200 Billion a Year, May Not Be Worth It": https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-18/upgrade-to-5g-costs-200-billion-a-year-and-may-not-be-worth-it

• Although fiber-optics is better for the country, the industry is trying to block it at the state and municipal level. Millions of Americans have been priced out of, or entirely excluded from, the reach of modern internet networks. Maria Smith, an affiliate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Harvard Law School, created the four-part documentary series Dividing Lines to highlight these stark divides, uncover the complex web of political and economic forces behind them, and challenge audiences to imagine a future in which quality internet access is as ubiquitous as electricity: https://www.dividinglines.org/

Medical Perspective

• Dr. Cindy Russell's article overviews 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), scientific findings, and what we can do to protect our citizens: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx1bmRlcnN0YW5kaW5nZW1mc3xneDoyYjc5ZTk4OWM2ODA0YmNl

• Dr. Russell also published the following 5G article in Environmental Research August 2018, "5G wireless telecommunications expansion: Public health and environmental implications": https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx1bmRlcnN0YW5kaW5nZW1mc3xneDoyOTE0NGQxYjNhYzYyZGZh

• 5G Technology: Potential Risks To Human Health: Excerpts From Scientific Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvPg1AyQ43I

• The following ADA Accommodations Request Packet provided by the non-profit Center for Electrosmog Prevention may be used by those with ES (electrosensitivity) or certain medical conditions who must avoid increased radiofrequency radiation in the United States to apply for reasonable accommodations to help avoid RF radiation from “small cells” and wi-fi in public government areas, related to accessibility or any other Title II application. 

http://www.electrosmogprevention.org/ada-accommodations-for-rf-exposures/ada-for-es-to-avoid-small-cells-and-wifi/

• One hundred and thirty five Chilean doctors have written an open letter to the Minister of Health, calling for a halt on the rollout of 5G technology until it can be demonstrated that it doesn’t harm human health or the environment. https://uxtr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Carta_Abierta_Dr._Enrique_Paris_UXTR_VersionFinal_.pdf ( in Spanish)

Reports of Injury

• Sacramento children and adults injured: https://www.facebook.com/EHTrust/videos/358490488124924/

• Sacramento property value risk: https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/video/4113246-cbs13-investigates-could-a-new-cell-tower-hurt-you-financially/

• Geneva citizens injured: https://www.globalresearch.ca/swiss-magazine-reports-first-5g-injuries-geneva/568423

https://www.altermedicine.org/sideeffects-of-living-near-5g-towers-in-geneva-switzerland-testimonial/

• Idahoans for Safe Technology have built a registry of harm for those experiencing heart trouble after small cells went in: idahoansforsafetechnology.org/could-cell-towers-be-the-cause-of-your-rapid-heart-rate-a-fib-a-flutter-or-tachycardia/ 

Detrimental Flight Impacts

• U.S. airlines warn 5G wireless could wreak havoc with flights: news.yahoo.com/u-airlines-warn-5g-wireless-182757439.html 
• Canada limits 5G to protect air travel: www.forbes.com/sites/dianafurchtgott-roth/2021/11/21/canada-limits-5g-to-protect-air-travel/?sh=61aea5ff7247 

• Boeing and Airbus warn US over 5G safety concerns: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59737194

• Concerns about 5G wireless technology affect both fixed-wing and vertical-lift business aircraft operations: www.propilotmag.com/5gwireless/ 

• Professional Pilot Magazine reports it is not just the altimeters that need protecting, but the pilots and crew too from cognitive impairment and other biological effects of radiofrequency radiation: www.propilotmag.com/5g/ 

The Digital Divide

Neither 5G nor any wireless service will close the digital divide. What is needed is hard-wired technology to every home and affordable rates plus devices and training for the underserved. Thank you to Environmental Health Trust for providing the following:  

• Theodora Scarato Montgomery County needs affordable broadband, not 5G cell towers, to bridge the digital divide, Montgomery Sentinel, July 10, 2021

• Exploring Racial Equity and Social Justice Impacts of Cell Towers and ZTA 19-07 - Tech Wise - Montgomery County, MD

• Myth Fact on 5G TESTIMONY OF ANGELA SIEFER Executive Director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance to the United States House of Representatives 

• Verizon's 5G Promise Rings Hollow in Sacramento and Next Generation Wireless That Works for All of Us, by the Communications Workers of America 

• Sacramento Bee, To end digital discrimination, California can’t let big telecom companies call the shots, July 28, 2021

• CNET, The broadband gap's dirty secret: Redlining still exists in digital form, June 28, 2021

• US Government Accountability Office 2020 Report “FCC Needs Comprehensive Strategic Planning to Guide Its Efforts:”  “The experts GAO convened also stated that 5G deployment would likely exacerbate disparities in access to telecommunications services, known as the “digital divide.” (page 3)June 2020 Report: "FCC Lacks Comprehensive Strategic Planning to Guide Spectrum Policy for 5G Deployment"

• “The drive to widen the digital divide,” published in California Matters by Larry Ortega, founder of Community Union Inc., a nonprofit corporation that trains consumers living in the digital divide. 

Additional Resources

• The Environmental Health Trust continually updates information on 5G, and ordinances being put in place by proactive communities: http://ehtrust.org/?s=5G+

https://ehtrust.org/usa-city-ordinances-to-limit-and-control-wireless-facilities-small-cells-in-rights-of-ways/?fbclid=IwAR0irnkuNUOpOl6VPMK-DDvvCyVrOvG8quimzQcY7nJSsOZ9sdgqnJNEqDw

• Building Biologist Oram Miller has written a comprehensive 5G article that he periodically updates, 5G Fifth Generation Cellular Technology:
  createhealthyhomes.com/education/5g/?pdf=1084 

• The Institute for Local Self-Reliance provides a Community Network Map of communities investing in their own Internet infrastructure to promote economic prosperity and improve quality of life: https://muninetworks.org/communitymap

• Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, put together a presentation that provides guidance on what local municipalities can do to offer some protections for their citizens from 5G pole installations in their community: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AIuFrpBNIKrkAXFNwGO-b5r2ZL_RM-y2VHGCAmHEE5s/edit?ts=58b35a8a#slide=id.p

• This website offers insights on what 5G is: http://whatis5g.info/

• San Francisco City Planner Omar Masry wrote this very helpful article for those in California seeking to improve wireless facility zoning ordinances -- this also may help educate/inform other local governments on how to manage these installations and keep up with the latest changes in law: https://medium.com/@omarmasry/a-brave-new-world-for-cell-antennas-in-california-39d864a876d4

• The Huffington Post discusses how AT&T has been manipulating the accounting of its mostly copper-based, state-based, utility networks to force-march customers into wireless service for the home instead of maintaining and upgrading the networks to fiber for residential and business customers—because it makes them more money: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59adac5de4b0bef3378cda83

• Citizens in Huntington, NY demonstrate what the 5G exposures are in their community:

Resident's home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shOhGH01Z2Y

Local playground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqLgE8r7bnI

Huntington: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=082sA_w5U20

Cold Spring Harbor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJdr93RHcC8

Their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/151072495506584/

• Cece Doucette presented "5G Wireless: Considerations for Public Health and Municipal Installations" to a four-town Selectman committee in Massachusetts. These towns are now actively looking to put by-laws in place to protect the public. The follow-up document contains links to all of the resources referenced in the presentation. Please feel free to share with your own towns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYzUyWPHc20&feature=youtu.be

• https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx1bmRlcnN0YW5kaW5nZW1mc3xneDozNmFlN2Y4MjFmYjJlOTVj

• Safe Living Technologies now offers a 5G radiation detection meter that measures 24-40 GHz: safelivingtechnologies.com/products/safe-and-sound-pro-mmwave-meter.html 

Note: The information provided here is publicly available on the Internet.  

It is intended to provide a starting point to inform you of EMF dangers.  

Please do your own research, draw your own conclusions, and act accordingly to protect those you love.

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