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City of Albany: California EMF resolution

A Resolution of the Albany City Council Requesting the Federal Government to Update Studies on Potential Health Effects of Radio Frequency Wireless Emissionsin Light of Proliferation of Wireless Use.
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Verizon wants to put a cell tower near housing for the EMF sensitive

Verizon wants to install a cell phone tower near the only EMF-safe apartment building in the country. I’m not sure why. Perhaps they don't mind the bad publicity.
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Marinwood residents worried about talk of cell tower

A group of Marinwood residents is worried that a cell phone tower may be coming to the tight-knit community north of San Rafael.
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Why AT&T Is a Strong Growth Story

AT&T (T) presents an above-average opportunity for at least the second half of 2009 because of its continued growth prospects with the reduced price iPhone/iPhone 3GS, attractive valuation, and remarkable yield.
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Resolution adopted by the Sebastopol City Council

The following resolution has been adopted by the Sebastopol City Council on July 7, 2009. It was a late night vote at the end of a grueling 6 hour council meeting. Three votes yes with one no and one member absent.
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MetroPCS Up, Analyst Calls Pullback 'Overdone'

Shares of MetroPCS Communications climbed Tuesday after a UBS analyst said the low-cost wireless carrier's shares have been oversold.
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Broadband To Reach 640 Million Households By 2013

While the Asia-Pacific region will account for nearly half the global broadband market share, the U.S. will also see a boost from the Obama Administration's stimulus package.
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Antitrust regulators said to look at big phone carriers

Antitrust officials are reportedly taking a look at whether large U.S. phone companies have accumulated too much power, a move that would reflect the more aggressive approach promised by the Obama administration.
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Report: ‘Electrosmog’ is an Emerging Public Health Issue

A certain type of air pollution is being overlooked, according to a new report landing in Congress' mailbox this week. The study shows the biological effects of wireless radiation, also called "electrosmog."
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Very Weak Magnetic Fields Lower Sperm Quality

De-Kun Li's new epidemiological study showing that extended exposure to weak magnetic fields as low as 1.6 mG (0.16 µT) can have negative effects on sperm quality was published today by Reproductive Toxicology.
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Reconsider dangers of cell-phone towers

The proposed construction by US Cellular of an 85-foot cell-phone tower in the small town of Fairfield has aroused health-related concerns from many residents in recent weeks.
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Board nixes pair of cell phone tower proposals

The Quogue Village Board on Friday nixed two proposals, both filed by T-Mobile, for a new cell phone tower to replace the existing one behind the Quogue firehouse on Jessup Avenue.
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U.S. FDA: Cell Phone Radiation Is Safe

The FDA has closed down its Web site, Cell Phone Facts: Consumer Information on Wireless Phones. In its place, the agency has posted a few Web pages to assure the public that RF radiation from mobile phones is safe.
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IBEW contract expires; talks continue with AT&T

Flying under the radar - or tucked away in the shadow - of AT&T's contract negotiations with the Communications Workers of America, has been the company's talks with its other major union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
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Vodafone considers buying T-Mobile UK

Vodafone, the world's largest mobile operator in terms of sales, is reportedly considering a bid for the UK mobile operation of Deutsche Telekom, in order to boost its position in its domestic market.
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Europe agrees on standard phone charger

Finding a replacement mobile phone charger will become easier from next year in Europe thanks to a new industry standard agreed today, the European Commission said.
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Broadband stimulus exempted from ‘buy American’ rule

The federal government is backing away from the "buy-American" requirements originally attached to broadband stimulus award guidelines that had been highly criticized by broadband equipment vendors.
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Senate Confirms New Chairman to Lead F.C.C.

The Senate approved a former technology executive, Julius Genachowski, on Thursday as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Senators also approved Robert M. McDowell to serve a second term on the commission, which regulates telephone, cable and broadcast companies.
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Sprint Persuades Judge to Reject Group Suit Over Taxes, Refunds

Sprint Nextel Corp., the third- largest U.S. mobile-phone company, won't face a nationwide class-action lawsuit over claims it overcharged data-card customers for taxes and refused to issue refunds.
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The Interphone story – it’s gone on long enough!

The interpretation and subsequent publication of the results of the Interphone study, a major international study on the use of mobile phones, almost immediately prompted significant disagreement among certain scientists, and then openly expressed reservations, which led to the publication of the results being repeatedly postponed.
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Residents opposed to cell tower

The Mount Pleasant City Commission voted unanimously to postpone a decision on the rezoning to construct a cell tower in Chipp-A-Waters Park, 1403 W. High St.
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T-Mobile accused of double standard in cell phone antenna sites

T-Mobile's efforts to locate a cell phone tower away from a school in Glenville has led to accusations of a double standard by a Representative Town Meeting member from North Mianus.
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Assembly to review cell phone tower rules

An assemblyman has revived plans that would set new ground rules for firms looking to build cell phone towers inside the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
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New regulations may shut locals out of cell tower decisions

Abutting land owners and local zoning boards have fewer opportunities to weigh in on proposed cell towers under the state's new telecommunications law.
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Cell Towers: Another Inconvenient Truth

The painful reality is that if we do not self-regulate but wait for government regulation to recognize and fix such a problem, the human and social costs will be so mammoth that we will never make them up, let alone recapture the lives of those who have been compromised by our shortsightedness.
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