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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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Labor Day and RF Radiation Safety
The good news for the mobilephone industry is carriers, manufacturers, trade associations and standards bodies are nearly free of health litigation for the first time in years. The bad news is the industry is about to be confronted by an overlooked actor in long-running controversy: the American worker.
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Alaska Court Decision Could Open Door to Millions of Disability Claims
The Alaska Supreme Court has decided a case that could open the door to disability claims from millions of wireless industry or maintenance workers who experience occupational exposures to operating antenna arrays, according to the nonprofit group EMR Policy Institute.
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Double Standard for Radiation Protection in the Wireless Workplace
EMRPI has filed formal opposition at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Alltel / VWZ merger. EMRPI's Petition to Deny asserts that FCC has not addressed the impact of long-term exposure to RF radiation (RFR) on human health as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
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What are the Dangers of Living Near Cell Phone Towers?
Over 190 million cell phones are in use in the United States, with users often scrambling to another room, building or street to get better reception. As consumers, it is frustrating when your cell phone reception gets dropped or is too garbled to hear. But beyond "Can you hear me now?" is another considerably more important question: Are the cell towers and antennas popping up all over the country - the very ones that we depend on for clear reception and a wide coverage area - safe?
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Cell-Tower Emission Risks Probed
Among researchers who study the effects of electromagnetic emissions from mobile phones and towers, the prevailing wisdom is that it's too early to conclude that they are harmless to humans.
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Cell-Phone Towers and Communities: The Struggle for Local Control
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the size of the Manhattan phone directory. At the time it was being debated, most people, including many legislators voting on it, thought it was only about complex deregulation schemes. But deep within its pages, in Section 704, lay a stealth clause about the siting of cell-phone towers that is creating a planning and zoning nightmare--and perhaps a public health problem, according to some scientists, journalists, and activists.
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Important Court Decision Restores Local Govt. Control on Zoning for Wireless
On September 11, 2008, culminating 5 years of battle in the federal courts, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals released its decision in the Sprint V. San Diego County litigation dramatically reversing that circuit's direction and interpretation of the 1996 Telecommunications Act (TCA). This decision brings meaningful clarification for local governments that have been grappling with how to frame their wireless ordinances.
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Interphone Results Due Out on May 18
The first results of the Interphone project will be released on May 18, Microwave News has learned. The paper will be published in the International Journal of Epidemiology. "It is scheduled to be in the June issue," said an assistant in the journal's editorial office in Bristol, England. An electronic copy of the paper will be posted on the "advance access" page of the journal's Web site on the 18th.
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Residents Oppose Cell Tower Location
Residents who live in a community adjacent to the Park Authority's George Washington Recreation Center Old Mt. Vernon Road object to the planned building of a cellphone tower at the center's site.
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Report on School Safety: Wakeup Call on Possible Cell Tower Danger
There is new evidence it's not just cell phones that might harm children's health, but the invisible radiation from cell towers and antennas sited near schools across the country. A four-year study released Wednesday ranks children's potential exposure to radiation at more than 6,000 schools in U.S. state capitols. Dr. Magda Havas, author of the "BRAG Antenna Ranking of Schools," says many cell antennas are located too close to schools.
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Children and Cell Phones: Time To Start Talking Sense
Fifteen years ago Om Gandhi pointed out that children are exposed to higher levels of radiation from cell phones than adults. He was right then and he is right today. Yet, no one could blame you for thinking otherwise.
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New report recommends FCC require 1,500 feet setback for wireless infrastructure near schools
A new report, “The BRAG™ Antenna Ranking of Schools” (‘BRAG™ Ranking’), will be unveiled Wednesday by Professor Magda Havas, PhD of Trent University, Canada, along with Citizens for Health, ElectromagneticHealth.org, EMR Policy Institute and Moms for Safe Wireless. Media Teleconference Wednesday, April 28th - 10:00 a.m. Eastern.
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Government must inform us of cell phone risk
A huge, 30-year study called COSMOS has been launched in Europe to determine whether cell phones cause cancer and other health problems. Meanwhile, policymakers in Sacramento are considering legislation to ensure people know how much radiation their cell phones emit. The wireless industry vigorously opposes such legislation. It argues that its phones comply with regulations, and there is no consensus about risks so people don't need to know this. Our research review published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found alarming results to the contrary.
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Government must inform us of cell phone risk
A huge, 30-year study called COSMOS has been launched in Europe to determine whether cell phones cause cancer and other health problems. Meanwhile, policymakers in Sacramento are considering legislation to ensure people know how much radiation their cell phones emit. The wireless industry vigorously opposes such legislation. It argues that its phones comply with regulations, and there is no consensus about risks so people don't need to know this. Our research review published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found alarming results to the contrary.
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MPs to hear arguments on microwave exposure levels
Cellphone towers, cordless telephones and the wireless networks that link home computers send out microwaves that pose myriad human health risks, say witnesses who will tell federal politicians Tuesday that existing exposure limits are too high.
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Ministry to keep close watch on cellular antennas’ radiation
The Environmental Protection Ministry will flip the switch on a new system in the coming days that will enable continuous, real-time monitoring of radiation from cellular antennas all over the country, the ministry announced Sunday.
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Safety is focus of cell tower debate
With a proposal for three new cell towers at Borough Hall on the table, several concerned residents hired Dr. Martin Blank, associate professor of physiology and cellular physics at Columbia University, to speak on the potential health risks caused by cell phones and cell towers earlier this month at the Reformed Church of Oradell. Last week, the Oradell Council continued the discussion.
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FCC takes action on mobile roaming, USF reform
The FCC voted to abolish home roaming rules for voice services and also opened an inquiry into whether automatic roaming rules should apply to mobile data services. Separately, the commission voted to move ahead on one of the key proposals in its national broadband plan, beginning a reform of the Universal Service Fund by repurposing it for expanded broadband access.
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Communities should play a key role in transforming broadband
This week the FCC takes another step in translating into meaningful policy and legislation its 370+ page blueprint for transforming broadband. Wednesday, the FCC meets to discuss Universal Service Fund reform and a couple of other key issues.
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Hosts of Cellphone Towers Are Liable For Lawsuits - Scientist
Many plot owners who earn money from hosting cellphone towers in their homes may not have a clue that they are the ones liable to be sued for radiation, not the cellphone companies.
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Mobile Phones: An Emerging Public Health Concern
Many experts today are already comparing the mobile phone industry to the cigarette industry of the early 20th century. Are Cell Phones the Next Cigarettes? asks MSN Money. Mobile Radiation: Like Tobacco Smoke? questions Business Week.
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Plans dropped for Milford cell phone tower
More than eight months after plans to locate a cell phone tower here encountered strong opposition, it appears that the call has been dropped.
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