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Time to spark positive change

 

Yes. We can fix this. We need your help and many hands working together. We recommend raising awareness at every level of government. However starting in your community, at the local level, will make the biggest impact. You may be looking at a variety of action steps such as crafting an ordinance to control small cells, taking legal action n a cell tower, or more. 

Either way, you need to build a community of well- informed people.

Start by joining our campaigns for accountability: 

Download EHT’s factsheets to inform your community:

 

Here a few suggestions on how to get started in your town/city/village:

Success Stories Showing Awareness Moves the Needle Forward

  • In Italy, over 600 municipalities have passed resolutions to halt 5G and Switzerland has refused to weaken their radio frequency radiation limits to deploy 5G.

  • The New Hampshire Commission to Study the Environmental and Health Effects of Evolving 5G Technology released its final report with 15 recommendations to reduce public exposure, increase transparency and strengthen federal regulations. The 5G Report recommends US federal agencies coordinate “to protect people, wildlife, and the environment from harmful levels of radiation” and states “until there is Federal action, New Hampshire should take the initiative to protect its environment.” The Commission recommendations include a public education campaign on reducing exposure, replacing Wi-Fi with wired (not wireless) networks in schools and independently funded health studies.

  • Hawai’i County, Easton Connecticut, Keene New Hampshire and Farragut Tennessee have passed resolutions to halt 5G. The Coconut Creek Florida Commission adopted a Resolution on 5G and radiofrequency radiation “imploring the US Congress to allocate funding and direct a cross discipline federal agency study of the effects caused by exposure to the current and proposed electromagnetic spectrum and radio frequency commissions on human health and the environment in light of the recent implementation of fifth generation technology and to use those findings to create science-based laws or rules regarding limiting human and environmental exposure.”

  • The Washington DC Advisory 3/4G Committee Resolution  “Opposing Small Cell Wireless and 5G Technology Without Studies Confirming Safety”.

  • Several cities are passing resolutions calling for local control of the placement of 5G and “small cell” towers as federal FCC and new state 5g streamlining laws have stripped their local authority. Greendale Wisconsin passed a Resolution R2018-20 referring to the FCC’s actions stripping local authority as “an  unprecedented attack on local control” which “threaten the Village of Greendale’s responsibility to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its residents.” Oak Brook Illinois’ Resolution 2020-ITGL-R-1891 and the City of Jersey City, New Jerseys  Resolution 20-362 both call for local control. The Hallandale Beach Florida Resolution urges the federal government to initiate independent health studies on 5G. The Carmel City, Indiana Council approved a resolution asking state lawmakers, the Federal Communications Commission, and Congress to limit 5G technology deployment in Indiana until the health effects are fully understood.

 

Ways to raise awareness in your community. 

  • Get a booth and share information at your local community fair, farmers market or PTA event. Print a poster on 5G, climate change and 5G, US Cities that have halted 5G (Color PDF, Black and White PDF), and safety resources here. 
  • Organize a local meeting at your library or reach out to local clubs to speak about 5G (Rotary, Lions…) 
  • Write letters to the editor or short posts for your community organization newsletter.  
  • Post events and information on local community listserves. 

 

Host a film Screening of Generation Zapped or the PBS Series on 5G/cell phones at your library or town hall.

  • Burt Wolf’s Travels and Traditions, which is broadcasted on PBS, aired two episodes on cell phones and wireless radiation. They are an excellent way to start a conversation in your community. Watch the episodes here. 
  • Request that the library purchase a copy of Generation Zapped and other EMF films. 
  • Be sure to pass around e-mail sign-up sheets. Gather information (e-mails and phone numbers) from other interested residents to form a group. 
  • Generation Zapped

 

Start an environmental health film series and include films on EMF. 

 

Call your town/village hall to ask about their position on 5G and small cell antennas.

  • Does your city/village have a telecom ordinance?
  • Work with them to support an ordinance that is protective of residents. 
  • Call for transparency. If the local government or district is not sharing this information then do a public information request to get the locations of all antennas. Get the permit applications. Post this information for your community. THEN- call for this information to be publicly available online.  Share examples of communities that have maps online that show where the current and proposed wireless antennas are located. Montgomery County Maryland has maps online such as the current cell facilitates and proposed wireless facilitates in 2016. Does your community have a map? They should.
  • See examples of Cities that enacted protective ordinances in the USA 
  • Resources to take action on 5G here. EHT U.S. Local Wireless Ordinance and Cell Tower Laws (5)

 

Speak out at your town council meetings, PTA meetings and school board meetings.

  • Get the dates for upcoming council, PTA, and school board meetings, and find out how you can sign up to speak. 
  • Generally, members of the public can comment for 3-5 minutes at these meetings and this is an important opportunity to both inform policymakers and also to educate local residents who will be listening to you. 
  • Many people have never spoken publicly about anything before this issue came to their doorstep. Watch examples of citizens speaking at public meetings here. 
  • We recommend you quote the statements of scientists in your presentations. Click here to see letters from scientists on 5G. 

 

Contact all of your elected officials and set up meetings to discuss this issue with them. Ask them to protect your community. 

If they say, “this is an FCC issue we can’t get involved”, we respectfully disagree. There is a lot elected officials can do at every level of government. 

What do we ask our elected officials to do?

    • Pass a resolution to halt 5G. Check out Easton Connecticut and Farragut Tennesse who already have done this.   
    • Pass an ordinance to ensure your town has authority over where these 5G and 4G “short” cell towers go. For example, Los Altos California prohibits small cells in public utility easements in residential areas and has a school setback of 500 feet. (Read more examples in the US here.) Los Altos Citing Guidelines, Los Altos Urgency Ordinance)
    • Pass a law that creates a Commission to investigate 5G. New Hampshire already has done this. Sample state law here.  Oregon also has done this!
    • You also can ask local officials to pass a cell phone/wireless proclamation to simply raise awareness about wireless. Toolkit here.
    • Ask representatives to request the FDA, FCC and EPA present the studies showing that 5G  is safe for humans, bees, and trees after long-term exposure. Ask your representatives to write a letter to the FCC. See examples of letters here. 
    • Ask representatives to support legislation that maintains local authority. Revise local telecom ordinances to be more protective of the people.  Examples are here. 

  • Ask federal representatives to demand that the antiquated FCC guidelines for RF microwave radiation emissions be revised to include non-thermal biological effects.
  • Ask local officials to host a panel discussion or work session on the issue to inform them so they can develop a protective policy. 
  • Ask schools to install safe wired technology in the school. Examples of schools that are reducing wireless are here. Toolkit here. 
  • Other ideas include holding a public forum on 5G with experts from all sides, full transparency in the process, allowing residents to ask questions to decision-makers regularly, and putting maps online of all cell antennas and proposed cell antennas.

 

Start a local group to take action. Talk to your neighbors. 

  • Give yourself a name. We recommend a name that is short, local, and clear. (Popular names include Stop5G + Your city …. or (Your City) or Safe Technology or 5G Awareness + your city). Make a simple flyer to pass out in your neighborhood with a contact email for your group. 
  • A simple website or blog (super easy to maintain) is a great way to update interested residents. Several groups have Facebook groups and Instagram pages as well. Post events and news to your community along with action alerts. You also can start a petition. Use a variety of platforms to share information. 
  • Consider joining the coalition of Americans for Responsible Technology. 
  • 5G Crisis has a 5G toolkit with great resources to raise awareness in your community. 

Join a local group. See a listing on the 5G Crisis Group page.

Here are some examples of local groups in the US with websites: 

 

  • Start a Social Media/Facebook group. Please be sure to moderate it so that only science-based information is presented.
  • Gather emails and start a local listserve, to get the word out on local news and action alerts, educating people on how to talk to local elected officials.

EHT notes that EHT is not responsible nor agrees with everything posted in these groups as we do not moderate these groups. EHT presents them as examples of how communities can raise awareness. EHT promotes science-based policy and science-based information. See science on wireless and 5G here. 

There are two goals that can frame the group’s actions: 

  1. Raising awareness in your community on the issue and the solutions that exist both in terms of reducing exposure at home and wired internet infrastructure. 
  2. Supporting protective policy at the local, state, and national levels by collaborating with elected officials. 

Note: An effective strategy is to have a local city/town/county group with a local name, then work in coalition with other groups in your state for state-wide initiatives. 

People are full of ideas, by raising awareness you will get others involved and meet like-minded people.  Please move forward with safe peaceful actions and call for accountability with your elected officials.  

 

“We join with the thousands of doctors, scientists and health care providers worldwide who have recently issued appeals for urgent action on 5G to protect public health. The rapidly growing list includes the International EMF Scientist Appeal,  Appeal to the European Union, Belgium Doctors Appeal, Canadian Doctors, Cyprus Medical Association, Physicians of Turin, Italy, the German Doctors Appeal, International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and Space and the International Society of Doctors for the Environment. We call for a moratorium on 5G and any further wireless antenna densification until potential hazards for human health and the environment have been fully investigated by scientists independent from the wireless industry.” –December 11, 2019, US Doctors and Experts National 5G Resolution