Resources to Take Action on 5G Streamlining Bills

Aug 2, 2018

Resources to Take Action on 5G and 4G Small Cells

5G “small” cells are being fast tracked at every level of government. The authority of local government is being rapidly stripped away by federal and state policy.

Hundreds of scientists and physicians who have researched the biological and health effects of radiofrequency radiation are calling for a moratorium on the deployment of 5G technology and increases in wireless exposure. Environmental Health Trust has compiled several key resources to ensure citizens, policy makers and governments have the scientific resources they need.

Please take the time to review this list as well as the community advocacy organizations that have tools for action.

Did you know-Twenty-one state legislatures—Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia—have enacted small cell legislation that streamlines regulations to facilitate the deployment of 5G small cells. More details at theNational Conference of State Legislatures HERE

ACTION RESOURCES

In the video below attorny Andrew Campanelli presents on what elected officials need to know. This is critical information.

Every Elected Official Should Know

Swiss Re Report on 5G: The nsurance authority Swiss Re released a white paper classifying 5G as a “high” emerging risk cautioning that “potential claims for health impairments may come with a long latency.”
Read the Harvard Book Captured Agency: How the Federal Communications Commission is Dominated by the Industries it Presumably Regulates free online hereon undue industry influence into the science and policy of RF.
Research on EMF and Bees, on Wildlife, on Trees
Read the International EMF Scientific Appeal now signed by more than 250 scientists.

5G Crisis Toolkit

5G Crisis has tools such as flyers to raise awareness in your community, with elected officials and even door hangers and rally signs. A go to site for everyone taking action in their community. 5G Crisis Toolkit

Awareness Posters/Factsheets

EHT has developed large and small posters on 5G for your awareness table or to place on one side of your flyer
Grassroots Environmental Factsheet on 5G
Factsheet on 5G and Health. This factsheet PDF is hyperlinked to scientific resources and key facts about 5G and is best sent electronically to others because it will answer a lot of their questions. 5G Factsheet in Color, 5G Factsheet in Black and White

Connect with a Local Group

5G Crisis has a list of local groups organized by state. Colorado for Safe Technology has done an excellent job of organizing material on 5G and small cells. We invite you to visit their site to see an example of a coalition working to reverse small cell streamlining legislation.

How to Take Action on 5G

NOTABLE NEWS ARTICLES

“Is 5G Going to Kill Us All”, The New Republic
“We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe” Scientific American Dr. Joel Moskowitz UC Berkeley
“5G Whiz” An Investigation by Full Measure
“Mobile phones and health: is 5G being rolled out too fast?” Computer Weekly
“An Engineer’s Perspective Does 5G Pose Health Risks?” Electronics Blog EDN.com
“The stars, G5 cell towers, and electromagnetic radiation exposure” by Winona La Duke
“Preserving Local Voices in Broadband Deployment” by NRDC
“5G and the FCC: 10 Reasons Why You Should Care” by NRDC
“5G:The Unreported Global Threat” by Devra Davis PhD, MPH

The Center for Public Integrity Investigations

Santa Clara Medical Association Magazine Articles

Websites

Videos to Share

Frank Clegg, former Microsoft Canada Interviewed about 5G and Wireless Video

Investigate Europe’s Two Part Investigation on 5G: These 2019 reports cover the 5G rollout and the history of industry influenced research on EMFs.

EHT’s Youtube Playlist on 5G and Science

5G Health Effects: University of California San Francisco Lecture by Dr. Devra Davis

Health and Environmental Effects of 5G: Educational Webinar

Important Websites and Webpages

What You Need to Know About 5G: This EHT webpage has a quick summary of what you need to know about 5G small cells. We recommend that anyone interested in 5G start here to get an overview of the issues.

Insurance White Papers classify the rollout of 5G and Smartcities as “High Risk.” The 2019 Swiss Re Report 5G is rated as a “high impact” emerging risk affecting property and casualty claims in more than 3 years. “Off the leash – 5G mobile networks” (p. 29)….As the biological effects of EMF in general and 5G in particular are still being debated, potential claims for health impairments may come with a long latency. Read Insurance White Papers here.

EHT webpage on Protective US City Ordinancesthat attempt to minimize the small cell roll out in neighborhoods. EHT has compiled ordinances from around the country that you can download and use in your city. This page is critical to provide to your city officials who are interested in what other cities are doing.

5G Technology vs Science and Freedom of Choice: A neighborhood flyer with basic facts by Americans for Responsible Technology

What states have 5G streamlining bills passed? Find out here at the National Conference of State legislatures website. “Twenty state legislatures have enacted small cell legislation that streamlines regulations to facilitate the deployment of 5G small cells. Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington. Additionally, the Missouri legislature passed a small cell bill that is awaiting the governor’s signature.”

Members of Congress have written letters to the FCC asking about safety. Please see a list of letters here.

REPORTS

Peer reviewed and published scientific research on 5G and 4G “small” cells: Everyone wants to see the science. Here is a list of studies hyperlinked to the pubmed abstract.
Re-Inventing Wires: The Future of Landlines and Networks: Critical Must read white paper on wired technology as the solution.
5G, Fiber Optics the Law by Katie Singer

Briefing by Dr. Martin Pall: “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”

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REPORTS

European Parliament Briefing Effects of 5G wireless communication on human health, (EHT PDF)
Blackman C, Forge S. 5G Deployment: State of Play in Europe, USA, and Asia. Study for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies, European Parliament, Luxembourg, 2019.
The European Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER ) issued a statement identifying 14 emerging issues to bring to the attention of the Commission services including 5G, E-cigarette and chronic diseases, They prioritized 5G impact as “high.“Potential effects on wildlife of increases in electromagnetic radiation“
Letter from oncologist Lennart Hardell MD & Colleagues

POLICY DOCUMENTS

Ordinances on 4G/5G in US Cities that are protective and minimize human exposure.
Letters from Congress to the FCC about 5G and health.
International Actions to Halt 5G
Wireless Silent Spring by Cindy Russell MD is an article published in the Santa Clara Medical Association Magazine on the environmental impacts of 5G.
12/ 20/2018 “Summary of Proposed FCC Small Cell Order”: A critically important explanation by Lawyer Mark Del Bianco with Q and A on the FCC order that strips local authority.
10/2018 Memo: “Federal Law Does Not Prohibit the County from Imposing Stricter Procedural Requirements on Wireless Facilities Than on Other Pole Attachments”
Telecom Powergrab has developed a toolkit for residents with a sample small cell code, factsheets and more.
Policy Report: Small Cell Facilities in Boulder, CO: Planning Ahead for an Evolving Legal RegimeJune 4, 2019. The primary goal of this report is to inform decision makers in the City of Boulder as well as other interested governments, about how to most effectively regulate small cell facilities in accordance with local, state, and federal laws. As discussed in the Report, local governments would be wise to employ proactive legal tactics since many of the applicable laws and rules are in flux.
5G Violates Human Rights and Environmental Law States Legal Opinion out of Denmark “Establishing and activating a 5G-network — as it is currently described — will contravene current human and environmental laws enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights, the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, EU regulations. After the Copenhagen 5G-conference in the Danish Parliament, Lawyer Christian F. Jensen of Bonnor Lawyers released a 75-page document on the human health and environmental impacts of 5G. Download the document at: http://bit.ly/5GlegalDenmark

LIABILITY ISSUES

Law Office of Harry Lehmann to Marin County Supervisors on Limiting the Scope of Marins Financial Risk on 5G ,February 21, 2017
Law Office of Harry Lehman “5G Government Liability and the Long Con” April 2, 2018
Letter from Law Office of Harry Lehmann “Mass casualties are likely in District 10 from passage of 648”, July 6, 2017
Letter from Law Office Of Harry Lehmann to State of California, “Liability for Damage From Microwave Radiation Exposure Sustained by Senate Bill 649 Will Be Shifted to California State”, July 19, 2017
Letter from Law Office of Harry Lehmann, “SB 649 will disproportionately effect the poor in California”, August 24, 2017“The attached letter of August 10th , in response to a Consultant’s question, explains in legal terms why the State remains liable, both directly and derivatively, for the same liabilities to which the cities and counties will be exposed from implementation of SB 649.”

Videos and Films Movie Picks on Cell Towers and Cell Phones

Burt Wolfs “Short Guide to Cell Phone Safety” and “The Dangers of Radiofrequency Radiation”
Microwaves, Science & Lies: Documentary
Generation Zapped

CBC Investigative Reports: Award winning investigative CBC reporter Wendy Mesley

INDUSTRY INFLUENCE

Scientific analyses show industry funding can and does influence research on radiofrequency radiation. Please take the time to review each of these studies and to review the documentation provided by experts. This webpage has published citations on the influence of industry and vested interests (scroll down). Please also be aware of these investigative reports on industry influence which summarize the issue:

The Harvard Press Book “Captured Agency: How the Federal Communications Commission is Dominated by the Industries it Presumably Regulates”by Norm Alster documents the financial ties between the US federal government’s Federal communications Commission (FCC) and how, as a result, the wireless industry has bought inordinate access to—and power over—a major US regulatory agency. Read that here.
“The Disinformation Campaign—And Massive Radiation Increase—Behind The 5G Rollout” by Mark Hertsgaard And Mark Dowie in The Nation April 23, 2018
Investigate Europe Reports 2019: 5G The Mass Experiment (Part 1)and How Much is Safe? Finances Effect Research (Part 2)This two part investigative report in 2019 covers the 5G rollout and the history of industry influenced research on EMFS. The journalists identified a group of fourteen scientists who either helped create, or defend, the EMF exposure guidelines disseminated by ICNIRP, a non- governmental organization (NGO) based in Germany. ICNIRP’s self-selected members argue that the thousands of peer-reviewed studies that have found harmful biologic or health effects from chronic exposure to non-thermal levels of EMF are insufficient to warrant stronger safety guidelines. “The ICNIRP Cartel: Who’s Who in the EMF Research World,”an interactive graphic developed by Investigate Europe (German ICNIRP Cartel).
EHT’s Webpage with links to published research in industry influence. Industry Influence to EMF Science

MORE KEY RESOURCES

Youtube playlist of Scientific Presentations on 5G

Youtube playlist of News Reports on 5G and Health and Community Opposition

Scientific Research on 5G and Cell Towers

Research on Cellular Radiation, EMF and Bees

Research on Cellular Radiation and Wildlife

Please watch these videos and share these videos.

Youtube playlist of More Scientific Presentations on 5G

Cell Towers

Overview of Cell Tower Health Effects

Research on Cell Towers and Health Effects

Bees, Butterflies and Wildlife

Impact of Cell Towers on Property Values

American Academy of Pediatrics on Cell Towers

Letters from Doctors on Small Cell 5G in Neigborhoods

Firefighters Oppose Cell Towers on Fire Stations

Insurance White Papers on Impact of Wireless on Health

Cell Towers at Schools

Cell Tower Companies Warn Shareholders of Risk but not People Living Near Their Towers or Useing Their Products

Insurance Company Exclude Electromagnetic Fields as a Standard

Study Found Damage in Human Blood

FCC Limits are Non Protective

5G Technology

Cell Tower Worker Safety Issues

Other Important Websites on 5G and Small Cells.

Whatis5g.info

MyStreetMyChoice

Win19.org on Small Cells and 5G

Physicians for Safe Technology 5G Resources

International 5G Appeal

CRITICAL LINKS TO INFORMATION ON 5G

Whatis5g.info on the human and environmental impact of 5G

Physicians for Safe Technology

Win19.org Resources on Small Cells and 5G

My Street My Choice: Critical information and links to help residents fight 5G Small Cells.

KEY RESEARCH AND REPORTS

Link to5G Frequencies Are Absorbed Into the Skin
Link toreview study that states radiofrequency is a human carcinogen.
Link to5G Frequencies Are Used As Weapons
Link toLandmark US National Toxicology Program (NTP) Study Finds “Clear Evidence of Cancer” and DNA Damage
Link toCell Tower Radiation is Linked To Damage in Human Blood
Link toPublished Scientific Review on 5G Finds Adverse Effects
Link toCellular Radiation Negatively Impacts Birds
Link toCellular Radiation Negatively Impacts Bees

CELL TOWERS

Link toOverview of Cell Tower Health Effects
Link toResearch on Cell Towers and Health Effects
Link toBees, Butterflies and Wildlife
Link toImpact of Cell Towers on Property Values
Link toAmerican Academy of Pediatrics on Cell Towers
Link toLetters from Doctors on Small Cell 5G in Neighborhoods
Link toFirefighters Oppose Cell Towers on Fire Stations
Link toInsurance White Papers on Impact of Wireless on Health
Link toCell Towers at Schools
Link toCell Tower Companies Warn Shareholders of Risk but not People Living Near Their Towers or Using Their Products
Link toInsurance Company Exclude Electromagnetic Fields as a Standard
Link toStudy Found Damage in Human Blood
Link toFCC Limits are Non Protective
Link to5G Technology
Link toCell Tower Worker Safety Issues

SCIENTIFIC STUDIES

Link toResearch on 5G and Cell Tower Radiation
Link toA 5G Wireless Future: Will it give us a smart nation or contribute to an unhealthy one?” Santa Clara Medical Association Bulletin, Cindy Russell MD, 2017
Link toLetters by Scientists in Opposition To 5G Research on Cell Tower Radiation, 2017
Link toBiological Effects from Exposure to Electromagnetic Radiation Emitted by Cell Tower Base Stations and Other Antenna Arrays, Levitt and Lai, 2010
Link toRadiofrequency radiation injures trees around mobile phone base stations, Waldmann-Selsam et al., 2016
Link toDepartment of Interior Letter on the Impact of Cell Towers on Migratory Birds, Willie R. Taylor Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, 2014
Link toAnthropogenic radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as an emerging threat to wildlife orientation, Balmori, 2015
Link toBriefing Memorandum On The Impacts from Thermal and Non-thermal Non-ionizing Radiation to Birds and Other Wildlife, Manville, 2016
Link toDatabase of Worldwide International Policy To Reduce EMF
Link toYoutube Scientific Videos on 5G

More Resources from Physicians for Safe Technology

League of California Cities City Attorneys’ Spring Conference. May 2018. BBK Law. https://www.bbklaw.com/BBK/media/Library/pdf/KARISH-2018-Cal-League-Spring-Attorney-Conference-Paper-vFINAL-c2.pdf
Cell Tower Zoning and Placement: Navigating Recent FCC Changes 2015. Legal Rights. Cell Tower Zoning: Navigating Recent FCC Changes, National Business Institute Teleconference
10 Key Issues for California Cities. Omar Masry. Medium. 10 Key Issues for California Cities and Counties on the Challenges of Small Cells
Cell Tower Landlord’s Checklist: Know Your Rights Amid Mobile Carrier Mega Mergers. BBK Law.
Cell Tower Landlord’s Checklist
League of Cities Legal Perspective on Telecommunications Law Wireless Antenna Update: Distributed Antenna Systems State and Federal Mandatory Collocation; New Regulatory and Legal Challenges
Wireless in the Rights of Way and on Private Property. BBK.Law June 2017 Presentation. Wireless in the Rights of Public Way
Local Authority Over Wireless Facilities in Public Rights-of-Way. April 2018.
BBK Legal Letter April 24, 2018
Cell Towers-Wireless Convenience or Environmental Hazard? (2000) Blake Levitt. She notes that Diane Feinstein did attempt to revise the 1996 Telecommunications Act.

Biological effects from exposure to electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell tower base stations and other antenna arrays. (2010) Page 374- Biological Effects at Low intensity) Blake Levitt, Henry Lai. Environmental Reviews, 2010, 18(NA): 369-395. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/A10-018#.WYUlOHeZNo4