by John Costa, Letters to the Editor, (Bandon, Oregon), worldlink.com, 2 December 2014
Who are the safety regulators for wireless technology? Even though the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not a public health agency, it has acted to set uniform national radio frequency radiation exposure guidelines for human health in consultation with industry dominated standard selling groups, while ignoring significant comments made by key scientists in federal health agencies.
Our constitutional, civil and human rights have been taken away in section 704 of the Federal Communications Act of 1996, when government succumbed to industry pressure and facilitated the rollout of radiation-emitting antennas nationwide before conducting an adequate independent public health risk assessment. U.S. based telecommunications companies have netted over $1 trillion and have spent over $2.3 million in political lobbying as of 2009. These numbers are even higher now in 2014. According to Dr. Paul J. Rosch MD (professor of medicine and psychiatry, New York College), "Children are more severely affected because their brains are developing and their skulls are thinner. A two-minute call can alter brain function in a child for an hour, which is why other countries ban their sale (cellphones) or discourage their use under the age of 18."
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