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Ineffective Oversight and Safety Enforcement Lead to Insurers’ Losses
The debacles visiting BP plc (BP), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), and Massey Energy Co. (MEE) have one thing in common: lethargic oversight by federal agencies and their feeble attempts to enforce safety regulations.
Federal agencies intended to provide oversight and safety are routinely staffed with individuals that have or will be employed by the very industries they are supposed to be regulating.
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EMF Radiation Poses Significant Emerging Risk for Insurers
The insurance industry remains diligent and cautious as they are cognizant that fortunes can change quickly. There remain a number of regulatory, legal and financial-related issues that could increase the frequency and severity of D&O losses. Of particular concern are continued increases in securities class action activity, corporate bankruptcies and bank failures.
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Seybold's take: cell site expansion is necessary for growth
We all know by now that we need to have cell sites in order to have cell coverage. As of January 2009, according to CTIA-The Wireless Association, in the United States there were over 245,000 cell sites. This represents coverage of 89 percent of the U.S. population, and wireless customers numbering more than 277 million. Also according to the CTIA, the number of wireless-only households is over 20 percent up from under 8 percent in 2005.
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Wireless Industry Announcement Re: Shot-Clock Petition
The item adopted today in Wireless Telecommunications docket 08-165 addresses a petition filed in July 2008 by CTIA, which had sought tower review deadlines of 45 and 75 days and had asked the FCC to rule that applications not acted upon by then would be deemed granted. In its petition for declaratory ruling, the trade group also asked the Commission to clarify that section 332(c)(7) of the 1934 Communications Act, as amended "bars zoning decisions that have the effect of prohibiting an additional entrant from offering service in a given area".
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RADIOFREQUENCIES : Afsset recommends reducing exposure (France)
For 20 years, technologies based on radio frequencies and its applications have multiplied and amplified. The sources of emission of electromagnetic fields have increased and health issues emerge. What are their biological effects?
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Will Liechtenstein call time on the mobile industry?
A referendum triggered by a new environmental protection law may result in the principality becoming the first country in the world to reject the benefits of mobile communications in favour of tighter protection against electromagnetic radiation.
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Electromagnetic radiation hazards - though less apparent than other risks - can be debilitating
Roofing workers often are confronted with some fairly obvious and significant health and safety hazards, such as working at great heights or operating powered equipment. A lesser known roofing industry hazard is electromagnetic radiation; however, the effects of this hazard can be debilitating.
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IBEW: Radio Frequency Radiation: Problem & Solution
You cannot see it, you cannot hear it, you cannot smell it - but exposure to radio frequency (RF) hazards can be harmful to humans. New cellular antennas and other RF emitting devices are being installed as quickly as possible.
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Does your company provide its workers with information about electromagnetic radiation risks?
Roofing workers often are aware of obvious and significant health and safety hazards. A lesser known roofing industry hazard is electromagnetic radiation.
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Radio Radiation – Are We Being Zapped?
Are we being injured by radio waves? Experts say that we are, and they can prove it. Scientific evidence is mounting, demonstrating the causal link between radio frequency (RF) radiation exposure and physical and cognitive (memory and learning) injuries.
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Strong value chain needed for 4G deployments
As fourth-generation network rollouts begin, the wireless industry's value chain has viable buildout opportunities that should keep the sector healthy, as long as various segments work in harmony.
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Fire Fighters Ask Critical Questions on Cell Towers Health Exposure
Fire fighters face many invisible hazards, and the IAFF is currently focusing efforts on preventing the risk of exposure to low-intensity radio frequency/microwave (RF/MW) radiation from cell towers and antennas installed above commercial buildings.
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US may need $350 bln to extend broadband
Expanding broadband usage throughout the United States will require subsidies and investment in infrastructure upgrades of as much as $350 billion, a regulatory panel said on Tuesday
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NY City To Force Carriers on RF Safety Concerns
A bill was introduced Wednesday in the City Council to force phone companies to give local communities an early warning when they intend to erect new cell phone antennas - often called towers - in their territory.
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Wireless Industry To FCC: Show Us the Spectrum
The nation's wireless carriers have an answer to the nation's broadband challenge and the growing interest by federal regulators in how wireless companies run their networks: Give us more of the airwaves so we can do our job.
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U.S. Senate Hearing on Cell Phones and Health: A Recap
Senate hearing on Health Effects of Cell Phone Use, chaired by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), was a standing-room-only affair. C-Span has posted a complete video and transcript of the 105-minute hearing. (The Senate Appropriations Committee has also posted a video of the hearing.) The prepared testimonies of the witnesses may be downloaded from the Appropriations Committee Web site.
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CTIA Filing Highlights Growth, Need for More Sites
As policymakers work on a national broadband plan, CTIA wants the FCC to remember how vital the wireless industry is to the U.S. economy.
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Expert worries about exposure
Parents and community members ought to consider the concerns being raised by some parents about a proposed cellular antenna site at Lindero Canyon Middle School, A.E. Wright and other Las Virgenes Unified School District school sites. Superintendent Zimring and the LVUSD board have scheduled an informational meeting to discuss this proposal at 6 p.m. Tues., July 14.
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LA County Calls For Repeal Of Federal Cell Tower Health Preemption
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday, June 2, to actively seek and support federal legislation to repeal portions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that limit the authority of state and local governments to regulate cell towers and related wireless facilities on the basis of their health and environmental effects.
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LA School District Demands Wireless Antenna Moratorium
On May 26, 2009, the Los Angeles Unified School District passed a resolution demanding a moratorium on the siting of wireless antennas on or near district facilities and schools.
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Avoiding potential risks of electromagnetic fields
Antennas, mobile phone masts and other electromagnetic emitting devices should be set within a specific distance from schools and health institutions, according to a report adopted by the European Parliament. The Commission should make more reliable information available about the effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields to citizens who feel that they are not well informed. The report was adopted with 559 votes in favour, 22 against and 8 abstentions.
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Health Effects From Cell Phone Tower Radiation
The safety of cell phone towers is the subject of extensive scientific debate. There is a growing body of scientific evidence that the electromagnetic radiation they emit, even at low levels, is dangerous to human health.
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Counties Could Get ‘Zapped’ in RF Liability Cases
As the number of people using cell phones and other wireless devices continues to grow, so does the number of radio frequency antennas. Hundreds of antennas are attached to utility poles, commercial buildings, water tanks, billboards and county buildings, some in plain sight with appropriate warning signage, some hidden to blend in with their surroundings.
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Industry Failing To Address Exposure To Workers Near Antennas
The wireless industry is failing to address increasingly common instances of roofers, plumbers, electricians, heating and air technicians, and other maintenance workers who are exposed to radio frequency (RF) emissions higher than permitted by the FCC, an RF safety expert said today.
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Trade Unions' RF Radiation Concerns to Be Addressed
Trade Unions' concerns over radiofrequency radiation (RFR) safety for their members at wireless sites has steadily grown with the rapid expansion of all things wireless.
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