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HR 7236

The FCC and its managers in the telecom industry have introduced a bill to completely eliminate any liability for injury (this means health impacts) from exposure to their pulsed, non-ionizing, microwave electromagnetic radiation (EMR) or electromagnetic fields (EMF) from 4G and 5G cell antennas.

Please write to your Representative to oppose this bill!

The full text of the bill is copied and pasted at the bottom of this page.

Found this info on why to say no:

https://whatis5g.info/government-actions/

RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION SITE SAFETY INFORMATION ACT OF 2018, H.R.7236 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/7236/all-actions

HR 7236 is a new, presumably Telecom-generated House Resolution.  The gist of this new resolution is that a so-called “independent” data base (designated by the FCC and paid for by tax-payer money) will be set up to report on the Radiofrequency safety of “covered facilities”, notifying the public of areas of hazard.

The data will be made available to the public “except that any information that the licensee of the covered facility determines to be sensitive shall only be accessible by the persons described in paragraph.”

AND VOILÀ- THE “PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE.” Telecom will not be held liable!!

Note that:

1)  they can hide any EMF health impact studies that they deem “sensitive” from the public,
2)  a “neutral third party” designated by the FCC will administer this database of “safety information”; and
3)  there isn’t any requirement for the telecoms to produce and use safe products!  All they have to do is comply with the information sharing requirement and they have no liability for injuries from EMF.

Selected text from bill:

“SEC. 344. RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION SITE SAFETY INFORMATION DATABASE.

“(a) In General.—The Commission shall promulgate regulations that provide for the establishment of an online database that contains safety information relating to the radiofrequency radiation emissions of covered facilities.

“(b) Requirements For Database.—The regulations promulgated under subsection (a) shall require that the database—

“(4) be available to the public, except that any information that the licensee of the covered facility determines to be sensitive shall only be accessible by the persons described in paragraph (1) with respect to such facility; and

“(5) be established and administered by one or more neutral third parties (to be designated by the Commission).

“(e) Limitation Of Liability.—A person [which means a company] described in subsection (b)(1) with respect to a covered facility shall not be liable in any civil action for an injury alleged to have been caused by radiofrequency radiation emissions of such facility, if such person is in compliance with the information sharing requirement under subsection (c) with respect to such facility . . . .

Isn’t it remarkable that all the wireless company has to do is comply with the “information sharing requirement”, not to actually produce and install and use products that are safe?  Remember that the Telecommunications Act of 1996, section 704, limits the powers of a city or county or town to say NO to the permitting of cell antennas.  And the FCC order from September, 2018 went even further in doing that.  And Sen. Thune’s bill S3157, a nightmare of a bill, would strip away all remaining local government power to regulate permitting of cell antennas in the public right of way.  With all this there is no obligation for the telecom industry to actually make safe products.  They can irradiate us in our homes, 24/7, with hazardous microwave radiation that is known from thousands of scientific studies to cause everything from headaches to brain cancer, and they are not liable for any injury from it.

Question:  Do you think they know that their products (cell antennas) are hazardous and that they cause health impacts?  Why would there be such a bill in the first place if they didn’t know that?

Also, remember that they can HIDE information (such as health impact studies) that they deem to be “sensitive” from the public (section 344(b)(4).)  And we know how “neutral” the FCC is, speaking of section 344(b)(5).  Current FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, former Verizon lawyer, and FCC as a whole are doing the bidding of Verizon.

https://www.fcc.gov/about/leadership/ajit-pai

On that page scroll down to “Biographical information” where it says:

“Verizon Communications Inc. Associate General Counsel, 2001 – 2003”

Aji Pai is still working for Verizon.

Before Pai it was FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, whom President Obama appointed.  Wheeler is the ultimate industry hack and was the worst possible person, from the point of view of the public interest and public health, to lead the FCC.  Obama knew that, of course.

“For over three decades, Chairman Wheeler has been involved with new telecommunications networks and services, experiencing the revolution in telecommunications as a policy expert, an advocate, and a businessman.”

“From 1992 to 2004, Chairman Wheeler served as President and CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).”

https://www.fcc.gov/biography-former-fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler

FCC’s designated “neutral third parties” will surely be as neutral and impartial (NOT) as the FCC itself.  They will conceal any information, such as health impact studies, that they deem “sensitive”, and it will not be available (through this database) to the public.  And they won’t be liable for any injury from EMF.

115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7236

 

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the establishment of a radiofrequency radiation site safety information database, and for other purposes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 10, 2018

Mr. Hunter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce


A BILL

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the establishment of a radiofrequency radiation site safety information database, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Radiofrequency Radiation Site Safety Information Act of 2018”.

SEC. 2. RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION SITE SAFETY INFORMATION DATABASE.

(a) In General.—Part I of title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“SEC. 344. RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION SITE SAFETY INFORMATION DATABASE.

“(a) In General.—The Commission shall promulgate regulations that provide for the establishment of an online database that contains safety information relating to the radiofrequency radiation emissions of covered facilities.

“(b) Requirements For Database.—The regulations promulgated under subsection (a) shall require that the database—

“(1) enable the licensee of a covered facility, the owner or property manager of a site where a covered facility is located, any person performing work at such a site or employing an individual performing work at such a site, and such other persons as the Commission considers appropriate to participate in the sharing of safety information relating to the radiofrequency radiation emissions of such facility;

“(2) contain specific safety information relating to the radiofrequency radiation emissions of each covered facility, including a detailed depiction of all radiofrequency radiation hazard areas;

“(3) be updated as changes in information occur;

“(4) be available to the public, except that any information that the licensee of the covered facility determines to be sensitive shall only be accessible by the persons described in paragraph (1) with respect to such facility; and

“(5) be established and administered by one or more neutral third parties (to be designated by the Commission).

“(c) Requirement For Licensees And Others.—The regulations promulgated under subsection (a) shall require the persons described in subsection (b)(1) to participate in the sharing of information as described in such subsection.

“(d) Audits By Commission.—The Commission shall routinely audit the database established under subsection (a) to verify the accuracy of the information in the database.

“(e) Limitation Of Liability.—A person described in subsection (b)(1) with respect to a covered facility shall not be liable in any civil action for an injury alleged to have been caused by radiofrequency radiation emissions of such facility, if such person is in compliance with the information sharing requirement under subsection (c) with respect to such facility during the period that—

“(1) begins—

“(A) in the case of an injury that is alleged to have occurred on or after the day that is 180 days after the date on which the database is established under subsection (a), on the date on which the injury is alleged to have occurred; or

“(B) in the case of an injury that is alleged to have occurred before the day described in subparagraph (A), on such day;

“(2) ends on the date on which there is a final disposition, from which no appeal may be taken, in such civil action; and

“(3) excludes any time when such information sharing requirement does not apply to such person.

“(f) Definitions.—In this section:

“(1) COVERED FACILITY.—The term ‘covered facility’ means a facility, operation, or transmitter that—

“(A) is subject to the radiofrequency radiation exposure limits set forth in section 1.1310 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations; and

“(B) is in a fixed location.

“(2) FIXED LOCATION.—The term ‘fixed location’ means, with respect to a facility, operation, or transmitter, that such facility, operation, or transmitter is physically secured at one location and is not able to be easily moved to another location.”.

(b) Deadline For Rulemaking.—The Federal Communications Commission shall promulgate the regulations required by subsection (a) of section 344 of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by subsection (a) of this section, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(c) Deadline For Establishment Of Database.—The Federal Communications Commission shall establish the database provided for in such regulations not later than 18 months after the date on which the Commission promulgates such regulations.

 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/7236/text