Excellent Letter from EMF Safety Network to Sebastopol Planning Commission

Excerpts:

The US Department of the Interior states RFR threatens birds, and criticizes the FCC’s radiation guidelines, stating,“the electromagnetic radiation standards used by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continue to be based on thermal heating, a criterion now nearly 30 years out of date and inapplicable today.” Two hundred forty-one bird species suffer mortality risk from both tower collisions and from exposure to the radiation towers emit. This includes birds that are endangered or threatened, Birds of Conservation Concern, migratory birds, and eagles. Studies of radiation impacts on wild birds documented nest abandonment, plumage deterioration and death. Birds studied included House Sparrows, White Storks, Collared Doves, and other species. Studies in laboratories of chick embryos documented heart attacks and death. 

Scientists in Germany studied tree damage in relation to wireless radiation from 2006-2015. They monitored, observed and photographed unusual or unexplainable tree damage, and measured the radiation which the trees were exposed.“The aim of this study was to verify whether there is a connection between unusual (generally unilateral) tree damage and radio frequency exposure.” They found significant differences between the damaged side of a tree facing a phone mast and the opposite side, as well as differences between the exposed side of damaged trees and all other groups of trees in both sides. The scientists concluded, “Statistical analysis demonstrated that electromagnetic radiation from mobile phone masts is harmful for trees.”  

The following studies show insects are harmed by radiation:

• Food collection and response to pheromones in an ant species exposed to electromagnetic radiation found exposure to radiation caused colony deterioration and affected social insects’behavior and physiology. 

• Oxidative and genotoxic effects of 900 MHz electromagnetic fields in the earthworm concluded radiation caused genotoxic effects and DNA damage in earthworms. 

• Mobile Phone Induced Honey Bee Worker Piping. The study abstract states,“The worldwide maintenance of the honeybee has major ecological, economic, and political implications.”  Cell phone RFR was tested for potential effects on honeybee behavior. Handsets were placed in the close vicinity of honeybees and the sound made by the bees was recorded and analyzed. The information revealed that active cell phone handsets induced the bees worker piping signal. “In natural conditions, worker piping either announces the swarming process of the bee colony or is a signal of a disturbed bee colony.” 

The following are observations by International scientists of RFR effects on nature:

“Migratory birds -- incredibly important to the global economy and for the ecological services they provide -- now appear to be negatively affected by non-ionizing radiation.” Dr. Albert19 Radiofrequency radiation injures trees around mobile phone base stations.  Manville, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University; Senior Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), Emeritus/Retired 

“Man-made electromagnetic fields impact all living organisms, acting first on the unit membrane. We must reduce our dependence on 'wireless' technologies, reduce the numbers of masts (i.e., cell towers), of Wi-Fi apparatus, of cordless phones and so on, and clearly indicate, in public spaces, the intensity of the ambient electromagnetic field.” Prof. Marie-Claire Cammaerts, PhD., Free University of Brussels, Faculty of Science, Belgium...

A meta-analysis of studies on millimeter waves (MMWs) “State of knowledge on biological effects at 40–60 GHz” states, “At the cellular level, it stands out from the literature that skin nerve endings are probably the main targets of MMWs and the possible starting point of numerous biological effects.”  Effects reviewed include effects on capillaries and nerve endings, protein insults, epigenetic regulation, and the risk of homeostasis disruption, which would have dramatic consequences. In addition, millimeter wave technology has been developed as a crowd control weapon which causes acute burning pain, as if the body is on fire.

Read the entire, well-researched, well-documented letter here:
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Letter-to-Seb-Verizon-5G.pdf