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INTRO TO EMF SAFETY NETWORK
Scroll down this page to read about currents events! EMF Safety Network’s
mission is to educate and empower people by providing science and solutions to
reduce EMFs to improve lives, achieve public policy change, and obtain
environmental justice.
Peer-reviewed published studies link electromagnetic fields (EMF’s) and wireless
radiation (RF) to health problems including: fatigue, headaches, sleep
problems, anxiety, ringing in the ears, heart problems, learning and memory
disorders, increased cancer risk, and more. For a comprehensive review of the
science go to https://bioinitiative.org and or read science abstracts here:
shortcut-to-science. For personal accounts of harm see this EMF Health Effects
2019 Survey.
If you think you might be having health problems from EMF’s please see this
excellent resource written by Dr. Scott Eberle.
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/safety-precautions/ehs-doctor/
Studies show radiation harms nature and children are especially vulnerable. This
handout includes links to science on RF effects on nature and
this study recommends precaution for children.
Medical doctors advice precaution. In California and other states, prudent
avoidance of EMFs is recommended public policy. Prudent avoidance means taking
steps to reduce exposure. See California Department of Public Health cell phone
advisory, New Hampshire 5G Final Report.
Steps you can take to reduce EMF’s include using: corded (wireless off)
internet; corded phones; and analog utility meters (remove smart meters). And
reduce cell phone use. Keep cell phones away from your body and away from
children. Best to use cell phones for emergencies only. Set limits on computer
and screen time, especially for children. Consider having your house tested for
EMF’s. More ideas here: safety tips See also What are EMFs? brochure.
For an excellent intro and overview, including the science, watch the following
video with Joel Moskowitz PhD “Health Effects of Cellphone & Cell Tower
Radiation: Implications for 5G” held on Nov. 3, 2021. He speaks for about 45
minutes, followed by a Q and A.
Heres another excellent overview by Satya Giordano of EMFCenter.com
Read more intro, or scroll down to read our blog.
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HR 3557- IT MUST BE DEFEATED!
HR 3557 IS THE LARGEST AND MOST DANGEROUS POWER GRAB BIG TELECOM HAS EVER MADE
While we’ve been fighting harmful telecom legislation at the California state
level, Big Telecom money has “encouraged” members of the U.S. Congress to
introduce a measure that will massively expand federal authority and effectively
eliminate local authority over wireless installations.
* Please call your Mayor and your County Supervisor. Ask if they know about HR
3557. Tell them that the National Conference of Mayors, National League of
Cities, and National Association of Counties are all opposing HR 3557, but so
far the bill keeps moving forward. Ask them to call their contacts to stop
this massive government takeover of local authority!
* Please contact your members of Congress and Senators in both parties to
oppose HR 3557.
Check out Doug Wood’s one minute video on HR 3557 at Americans for Responsible
Technology.org and the sample Municipal Resolution opposing HR 3557 that anyone
can send to your local City or County officials.
https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/stop3557
You can also use CHD’s quick-action link to send a message to your member of
Congress NOW. STOP HR 3557 …..But please consider also making those phone calls!
They have the biggest impact.
About the bill:
Introduced in May by Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-R), HR 3557 has
10 co-sponsors and is already moving through Congressional committees. HR 3557
will have unprecedented negative impacts on localities and residents. Among
those are:
1. Installation of wireless equipment will be allowed on any structure that
could support an antenna—utility poles, light poles, overhead wires,
apartment buildings, schools and more.
2. The FCC will be obligated to cancel local laws or regulations it deems
inconsistent with HR 3557.
3. Various requirements will make it almost impossible for local governments to
deny applications.
4. Fee structure changes will eliminate local governments’ ability to recover
costs for ongoing monitoring and inspection.
5. The FCC will have the authority to exempt environmental review (NEPA) and
historical preservation review (NHPA).
6. HR 3557 interferes with U.S. Constitutional law.
Six companion bills are in the pipeline, but HR 3557 is the worst.
* HR 3565: authorizes the FCC to resume wireless spectrum auctions; paves the
way to make additional spectrum available in 2025 (around 4.5 GHz and 8 GHz);
creates a slower federal definition of broadband of 100 Mb downstream/20 Mb
upstream (see section 901). The bill would allow broadband funding to be used
for slower networks, overriding the existing regulation that defines
broadband as a faster 100 Mb downstream and 100 Mb upstream. Fiber-optic
networks easily meet the faster standard. The slower standard would make it
easier for federal broadband grants to be used for wireless networks (instead
of fiber). E&C Committee approved 50-0.
* HR 3309: Establishes uniform fees for wireless applications on government
land and buildings. E&C Committee approved 50-0.
* HR 3293: Establish a “strikeforce” to ensure that communications facilities
authorizations are expedited on federal land and in national forests, for
wireline and wireless (both licensed and unlicensed). E&C Committee approved
51-0.
* HR 3299: Requires the Department of Interior and the Department of
Agriculture to establish online portals to accept, process, and dispose of
certain forms to deploy facilities on federal property. E&C Committee
approved 51-0.
* HR 3283: requires Department of Commerce to report to Congress on the
barriers to processing online forms for deployment on federal property. E&C
Committee approved 51-0.
* HR 3343: requires Department of Commerce to create a plan for accepting,
processing, and disposing of certain forms. E&C Committee approved 51-0.
Another important point: HR 3557 is touted as a solution to the digital divide,
but here’s the thing…
Wireless won’t solve the Digital Divide.
The truth is, wireless broadband, especially the basic services offered to
low-income families, is notoriously slow, unreliable, and unable to meet the
demands of present and future digital communications.
Even the NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration) and
CPUC (CA Public Utilities Commission) regulators have determined that fiber
connections are technologically superior to wireless and will provide much
better access for the unserved and underserved communities. In addition to the
cost savings, fiber offers greater capacity, performance, lower maintenance
costs, and a MUCH longer technological lifetime than wireless.
In spite of the opposition from these organizations listed below, HR 3557
continues to progress. That’s why we’re asking for your action. We’ve been
hearing that some mayors (and supervisors) don’t even know about this terrible
bill and what it will do. You can simply email or snail mail them a copy of the
position papers below or send the Municipal Resolution opposing HR 3557 from
Americans for Responsible Technology. Please consider making that call, or
giving comment at one of their meetings during comment time for non-agenda
items.
o United States Conference of Mayors- Adopted resolution to Oppose HR:3557:
https://www.usmayors.org/the-conference/adopted-policies/
o National League of Cities- Opposition article re: HR 3557 and call to
action:
https://www.nlc.org/article/2023/06/08/house-committee-advances-communications-infrastructure-preemption-bill/
o National Association of Counties- Opposition article regarding HR 3557 and
call to action:
https://www.naco.org/blog/house-committee-advances-local-authority-preemption-bill-broadband-deployment-projects?page=1
Excerpt From 5-26-23: letter:
> The National Association of Counties (NACo), alongside local government
> organization partners the National League of Cities (NLC), the U.S. Conference
> of Mayors (USCM), and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers
> and Advisors (NATOA) urged the House Subcommittee on Communications and
> Technology to reject legislation that would infringe upon local authorities
> prior to an April 19 markup of the component bills to H.R. 3557. A link to the
> letter can be found here.
>
> Counties strongly urge Congress to preserve all local land use and zoning
> authorities throughout the stages of deployment of broadband infrastructure
> projects. Counties stand ready to serve as partners in the deployment of
> broadband infrastructure projects, and a preemption of local decision-making
> authority would only subvert the intentions of historic federally-funded
> broadband programs by reducing the ability of counties to ensure deployment
> projects will meet all community needs.
** Read more Position articles here:
https://cal4safetech.org/opposition-to-hr-3557
Thank you, everyone!
sidnee@sonic.net
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CA BILLS AB 965 & AB 1065
STAND BY FOR NEXT CALL TO ACTION ~ TERRIBLE TELECOM BILLS ADVANCING TO
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
TWO NEW FAST-TRACK BILLS IN CALIFORNIA THREATEN NEIGHBORHOODS — OTHER STATES
WILL FOLLOW
Two BAD Wireless Telecom Bills NEED OUR ACTION !
AB 965 “Deemed Approved” Bill
AB 1065 “Greedy Telecom” Bill
CA AB 965, titled Local Government: Broadband Permit Applications, allows
wireless companies to intentionally dump dozens of antenna applications on local
governments at once, creating new and unreasonable permitting obligations. Ask
for a NO vote.
* AB 965 requires local authorities to process and approve up to 50 small cell
antenna applications at a time or automatically have them be deemed approved
if not acted on within the narrow “Shot Clock” window of time established by
the FCC.
* AB 965 does not consider the reality of diverse needs inherent within local
communities throughout California. It will hinder local government’s efforts
to protect the public health and safety.
* AB 965 is unnecessary. The FCC has already established shot clocks and local
governments have already been working collaboratively with the industry and
have improved processes while maintaining important local safeguards.
* AB 965 is promoted as a solution to the digital divide. The truth is,
wireless broadband, especially the kinds of basic services offered to
low-income families, is notoriously slow, unreliable, and unable to meet the
demands of present and future digital communications.
CA AB 1065, TITLED COMMUNICATIONS: CALIFORNIA ADVANCED SERVICES FUND IS A
GOVERNMENT HAND-OUT TO THE UNREGULATED AND HIGHLY PROFITABLE WIRELESS INDUSTRY.
ASK FOR A NO VOTE.
* AB 1065 will provide funding for the increasingly massive rollout of wireless
installations and take it away from the much safer, more reliable and
energy-efficient option of WIRED internet connections.
* AB 1065 will allow companies that provide wireless infrastructure to apply
for FFA (Federal Funding Account) funds. Wireless companies are currently
ineligible for FFA funds (allocated at two billion dollars).
* CPUC regulators have determined that WIRED connections are technologically
superior to wireless, and will provide much better access for the communities
this program hopes to reach.
* Wireless will set the state back in terms of climate change management
because wireless uses an exponentially greater amount of energy compared to
WIRED fiber.
—Explosion in electricity consumption up 460%!
—An increase in carbon footprint from 6 megatons of CO2 in 2012 to 30
megatons in 2015 alone!
—Up to 90% of this carbon footprint comes from wireless access network
technologies, page 83 – Reinventing Wires.
—-Energy consumption is growing at an unsustainable rate, possibly doubling
every two years.
* Wireless facilities placed in neighborhoods are shown to have a negative
impact on property values.
* Wireless facilities increase the risk of fires.
* Wireless facilities seriously impact the growing percentage of the population
with disabilities related to radiofrequency radiation (RFR) exposure.
* Fiber to the Premises (to each home) offers greater capacity, predictable
performance, lower maintenance costs, and a longer technological lifetime
than wireless technologies. Fiber service is not degraded by line-of-sight
issues and is not affected by capacity issues.
URGE A NO VOTE ON BOTH THESE BILLS! TAKE ACTION BY JUNE 13TH! THESE BILLS WILL
BE HEARD BEFORE THE SENATE ENERGY, UTILITIES, AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE ON
JUNE 20, AND COMMENTS IN THE PORTAL ARE DUE THE PREVIOUS WEEK, WHICH IS JUNE
13TH.
Register here to submit comments: https://seuc.senate.ca.gov/
THANK YOU!!!
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NEW YEAR, NEW EMF SAFETY NETWORK DIRECTOR!
Happy 2023 greetings!
Recently I, (Sandi Maurer, founding director of EMF Safety Network), was elected
to the Sebastopol City Council! This is a huge honor and I’m grateful to the
voters and my awesome campaign team. This is a four year term.
One of my campaign promises is to reduce EMF pollution. Because council work can
be very time consuming and to eliminate any appearance of conflict of interest,
we have decided to pass on the EMF Safety Network to a new director- Sidnee Cox!
Sidnee is upbeat and passionate about EMF Safety. Sidnee is tech savvy and will
be able to manage multiple media platforms and she’ll be great at keeping you
all informed! I am very grateful to Sidnee for her interest in carrying the EMF
Safety Network forward in these challenging times.
I’m grateful for your interest, support and help over the past dozen plus years!
We’ve built this Network together and with your continued support it can serve
the public good for many years to come. Among the many things we’ve achieved:
* Since 2009, driving and building EMF activism to better protect people and
nature by: Keeping thousands of people informed and helping them take action
on important EMF issues; Founding the EMF Safety Coalition discussion list
where international EMF activist leaders can learn and exchange information;
Creating and distributing educational flyers and hand outs; and Maintaining
a website with credible information, investigative research, public surveys
and resources.
* Helped obtain a smart meter opt-out for all investor owned gas and electric
utility customers in California: Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern
California Edison, Southern California Gas, and San Diego Gas and Electric,
benefiting millions of utility customers.
* Worked with a coalition of organizations to defeat SB649, a CA
telecommunication bill that would’ve put small cell antennas throughout every
city in California.
* Pressed Federal level accountability with letters to the FCC and to US
Representatives and Senators and supported people with tools and templates
for how to oppose 5G.
* Created policy changes in Sebastopol CA including: General Plan goals to
reduce EMFs, updated Telecommunications Ordinance, obtained lower kelvin LED
streetlights, and a free smart water meter opt-out.
Here’s an introductory note from your new EMF Safety Network director Sidnee
Cox!
> Hello EMF Safety Network Friends,
>
> First of all, a huge thank you to Sandi Maurer for starting EMF Safety Network
> in 2009 and developing its outreach over the past 13 years! She was a
> trailblazer and still is, having recently been elected to Sebastopol City
> Council! From her new position, Sandi will be taking on many of the issues
> that Sebastopol faces, but she will also continue her advocacy for
> environmental safety, and that includes reducing EMF pollution.
>
> I am excited and honored to be stepping into this position. I will continue
> the EMF Safety Network’s mission, which is “to educate and empower people by
> providing science and solutions to reduce EMFs, achieve public policy change,
> and obtain environmental justice.”
>
> A bit about myself… Like most of us in the EMF aware community, I came upon
> this issue from personal experience. In 2010, I borrowed a gaussmeter from a
> friend as I was curious about what sort of invisible toxins were in my home
> environment. The magnetic fields coming from the circuit breaker on the
> opposite wall from where my son slept were crazy high! That was my first
> awakening. I immediately rearranged his sleeping space, and wondered what
> other sorts of invisible energies were affecting our living space.
>
> A few years later, I purchased my first radio-frequency radiation meter (RFR).
> I began taking meter readings and warning friends about RFR in their homes!
> That’s also when I first realized that many people don’t really want to know!
> In 2014, a good friend developed a glioblastoma, a brain tumor. The RFR levels
> in her home were the highest of anyplace I had measured! She passed away six
> months later.
>
> For a number of years, I had been working and volunteering in elementary
> schools. During that time, I had noticed an increasing use of wireless devices
> in the classroom. In 2019, I became quite alarmed when I was volunteering in a
> second grade classroom that had recently installed new routers. I could feel
> the “tingling” in my skin, and a strange sort of tension in the head whenever
> I was near the router, which was right above the children’s desks. I also
> overheard many of the veteran teachers wondering what was happening to the
> kids… “bouncing off the walls” was a typical comment. I created an aluminum
> coated “blocker box” for the router in our classroom (with the teacher’s
> permission), and immediately felt the difference. The kids could still get
> signal when they used their tablets, which made me realize that the signals
> coming off the routers were way too high under any circumstance.
>
> In December 2019, I attended my first Santa Rosa City Council meeting and gave
> comments about my observed effects of the high RFR levels coming from the
> routers in the classroom. At that council meeting there were over 40 other EMF
> aware attendees, many making their own comments. In 2020, I attended my first
> meeting with an amazing group of activists from Safe Tech for Santa Rosa.
> Within a year, Safe Tech for Santa Rosa was instrumental in helping the City
> develop a comprehensive telecom Small Cell ordinance. While we didn’t get
> everything we wanted with this ordinance, it was a big step in the right
> direction.
>
> In January 2021, I attended the virtual EMF Safety Medical Conference and
> learned even more. I also developed a good friendship with Mary Dahl, an RFR
> injured woman who has a small cell antenna only 42 feet from her home, and
> learned everything I could about building Faraday cages thanks to Satya
> Giordano who has worked with (now retired) Michael Neuert
> (https://emfcenter.com). I also learned a lot from conversations with Eric
> Windheim, a Sacramento based building biologist. My husband and I built Mary a
> large shielded 8′ x 9′ Faraday “sleep unit” which was quite the undertaking!
> Mary now has protected space to sleep. I’m indebted to Mary for her consistent
> encouragement and indomitable spirit.
>
> I’m passionate about continuing the outreach for EMF safety. It is now more
> important than ever! Because of the FCC’s declarative rulings, telecom
> companies have become bolder, and even more wireless infrastructure is
> polluting our fragile environment. There is always so much to learn in this
> complex subject of EMF, and I intend to keep learning and networking with
> other safe tech groups.
>
> My goal is to carry on the work of the EMF Safety Network, expand our
> outreach, and become the best resource we can be for the larger EMF Safety
> Community.
>
> Thanks again for all your participation and networking over the years! Be sure
> to sign up to stay informed (left side column) at www.emfsafetynetwork.org and
> please donate to get the year off to a great start.
>
> Sidnee Cox
> PO Box 342
> Windsor, CA 95492
> sidnee@sonic.net
> 707-838-6967
Posted on January 14, 2023July 31, 2023Author AdminCategories EMF Safety
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PG&E AND SEBASTOPOL THREATENING TO DEPLOY SMART METERS SOON!
Smart meters are costing us money, privacy and our health and safety!
When? End of September 2022
Sebastopol banned smart meters in 2013 for “matters of public health, safety and
consumer protection…” They included a $500 fine for installation! The city has
repeatedly defended against PG&E’s attempts to further deploy smart meters here.
In 2019 the city cited the smart meter ban in defense of Fircrest Senior Mobile
Homes. PG&E complied and installed all analog meters.
Many people in Sebastopol are receiving letters from PG&E stating they will put
a smart meter on your home unless you pay PG&E to opt out.
Residents in several low income, senior and multi-unit high density housing
complexes are organizing against the smart meters. Years ago, both Fircrest and
Burbank Homes and Gardens had submitted signed petitions with several hundred
signatures from the majority of residents at both communities saying they don’t
want the meters.
Why is PG&E threatening NOW? Maybe it’s because Sebastopol plans to install
smart water meters in September! Last year the Sebastopol city council ignored
their own laws and General Plan goals and purchased smart water meters. EMF
Safety Network proposed a solution. The council has not compromised, even though
the company that sold the water meters DENIED the claim that the meters saved
water, energy and green house gas emissions.
We need Sebastopol to save the legacy analog meters and to defend, uphold and
renew the smart meter ban to protect public health and safety.
PG&E smart meters and smart water meters emit pulsed EMF (electromagnetic
fields) radiation. Peer-reviewed studies show health impacts of smart meters
include sleep problems, headaches, nausea, anxiety, heart palpitations,
tinnitus, concentration and memory problems, dizziness, immune and nervous
system problems, and more. The World Health Organization classifies EMF
radiation as a possible carcinogen, same as DDT and lead. Vulnerable groups
include people with compromised immune systems, environmental sensitivities,
medical implants, children, seniors and nature!
Symptoms After Exposure to Smart Meters Ron Powell PhD
Letter from Dr. David Carpenter on smart water meters.
> “It is time to recognize ambient EMF as a novel form of pollution and develop
> rules at regulatory agencies that designate air as ‘habitat’ so EMF can be
> regulated like other pollutants.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34047144/
Other expert quotes:
https://emfscientist.org/index.php/science-policy/expert-emf-scientist-quotations
The following is a compilation of reports from the US , Australia and Canada
about fires, explosions, electrical problems or burned out appliances due to
Smart Meter installations. For a summary of the problems, read this:
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Summary-of-Evidence-on-Smart-Meter-Fires.pdf
Presentation at California Conference of Arson Investigators in 2020.
https://www.ourweb.tech/CCAI-presentation.pdf
Direct testimony of Norman Lambe
http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7B7B8506E8-4FCB-41C1-952E-5DCF899951A5%7D
According to PG&E, 40% of Sebastopol currently has smart meters. PGE says they
will advise residents that they can opt out by paying additional fees. We
believe the fees are “coercion by exaction” a form of extortion. $75 initial fee
and $10 a month for 3 years. Low income $10 initial fee and $5 a month for 3
years. Opting out doesn’t protect people, especially multi-unit communities.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Contact the City of Sebastopol and ask them to save the analog meters and to
defend, uphold and renew the smart meter ban to protect public health and
safety.
Call 707-823-1153 Email: citycouncil@cityofsebastopol.org
Post this do not consent sign on your gas and electric meters.
Circulate this current flyer. PG&E Smart Utility Meters flyer
What about the claims that smart meters are completely safe?
“How To Geek” perpetuates a common myth and false narrative in this article, No,
Smart Meters Aren’t Dangerous to Your Health”. He writes, ” Smart meters, like
any other device that emits radio frequency radiation, do not pose any risk to
your health.” He claims, ” RF radiation is harmless.” He provides no research,
and lacks credibility. Even CPUC President Michael Peevey recognized people
suffered from smart meter exposure. He wrote:
> “There really are people who feel pain related to EMF” CPUC President Peevey
> Dr. Ronald Powell: “Smart Meters are a community concern”
> Smart Meters
Posted on September 5, 2022January 16, 2023Author AdminCategories Environment,
Fires and Explosions, Hall of Shame, PG&E, Public Health, Take Action!Tags smart
meter problems
SEBASTOPOL: RETHINK SMART WATER METERS
Years of support for reducing EMF’s in Sebastopol evaporated in October 2021,
when the city council unanimously approved smart water meters.
Update: We hired attorney Ariel Strauss and he presented the city attorney with
a compromise to only install the digital readers without antennas. The council
rejected the compromise claiming the meters were a public good because of the
drought. The council later approved a FREE opt out for anyone who doesn’t want
the smart water meter. The meters are planned to be deployed in January 2023.
BEWARE OF CLIMATE WASHED SMART WATER METERS!
Why did Sebastopol, who banned smart meters in 2013, do this? Syserco, a
registered contractor for PG&E, sold the 2.2 million dollar project to
Sebastopol as a water and energy savings initiative. Council members promoted
the meters as a climate action solution. When asked to provide clarifying
information on the purported savings, Syserco wrote:
> “…there has never been a claim that the new meters “save energy, save water
> and reduce greenhouse gas emissions”.
The real reason for the new meters according to Syserco is money. However,
Syserco did claim the meters would save water and were energy efficient, and the
staff report called the meters a “green initiative”. This is climate-washing,
the use of deceptive marketing spin.
By approving the smart water meters the city failed to comply with:
* Sebastopol’s 2013 Ordinance 1057 that banned smart meters for “matters of
public health, safety and consumer protection…”. This ban was referenced in a
letter to PG&E signed by Mayor Neysa Hinton in 2019.
* Sebastopol’s 2016 General Plan Community Health and Wellness Goals call for
minimizing EMF’s and community wide opt out of public utility smart meters.
* 2019 Telecommunications Ordinance 1123 which requires a conditional use
permit for utility antennas, including: notice and public meeting to vet
the cost and technical specifications prior to a planning commission review.
* California Environmental Quality Act as referenced in the General plan and
Telecommunication Ordinance 1123.
* Sebastopol’s Zero Waste Sonoma Purchasing Policy which calls for purchasing
products that minimize environmental impacts, toxins, pollution and hazards
to worker and community safety, as well as to purchase durable and long
lasting products. (The meter batteries are non-replaceable. The entire unit
will need to be replaced if/when the battery fails.)
* CA Government Code 4217.12 (a) “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
public agency may enter into an energy service contract and any necessarily
related facility ground lease on terms that its governing body determines are
in the best interests of the public agency if the determination is made at a
regularly scheduled public hearing, public notice of which is given at least
two weeks in advance, and if the governing body finds:…” (Two weeks notice
was not provided to the public.)
Community health effects of increasing EMF radiation
Smart water meters will harm the EMF aware and injured community. They will harm
our quality of life, disturb our sense of safety and peace and create a nuisance
throughout our city. You can’t opt out of a “smart city”.
Adding 3002 smart water meters will increase EMF radiation in our
community. Peer reviewed published studies find EMF radiation threatens nature
and causes a wide range of health impacts: “Effects include increased cancer
risk, cellular stress, increase in harmful free radicals, genetic damages,
structural and functional changes of the reproductive system, learning and
memory deficits, neurological disorders, and negative impacts on general
well-being in humans.” https://www.emfscientist.org/
Dr. David Carpenter, a Harvard trained physician and director of the Institute
for Health and the Environment wrote a letter opposing smart water meters and
said:
> “Governments should be reducing RFR exposures, not increasing them.”
He warns that the greatest risk from exposure to radiation (RFR) is cancer, and
there’s growing evidence for brain and reproductive impacts. He writes, “Some
people develop a condition called electro-hypersensitivity (EHS). These
individuals respond to being in the presence of RFR with a variety of symptoms,
including headache, fatigue, memory loss, ringing in the ears…” among many
symptoms. He further warns, “exposure to smart meters is a trigger for
development of EHS.”
“It is time to recognize ambient EMF as a novel form of pollution and develop
rules at regulato- ry agencies that designate air as ‘habitat’ so EMF can be
regulated like other pollutants.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34047144/
MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION!
The public process on the smart water meters decision was limited, deficient and
confusing. Technical details about how the water meters worked were sparse and
the issue was hidden under energy efficiency. Staff purchased the software
before the meters were approved, and they ordered the meters before the
financing was approved. They approved a 5 million dollar project in one late
night meeting!
In February of 2021 the Sebastopol Public Works director said they were testing
56 new digital water meters. He said they would be manually read and that they
did not have a radio transmitter. A few months later the city started a survey
asking if the community wanted “cellular” water meters. What if they had asked,
“do you want a smart water meter?” or, “do you want a city wide radar
installation for water meters?” There were 329 responses to their water meter
survey. 54.7% of respondents approved, 31% opposed, and 14.3% were undecided.
Nearly half were opposed or undecided! The survey is an unreliable source of
community input, because people were not given any details about the cost or how
the meters work. Anyone could have taken the survey including the company who
will profit from the sale.
* Smart water meters are two way radios that collect granular data about
customers water use.
* Smart water meters use sound waves, batteries and transmit EMF radiation.
* Santa Fe is using Badger meters and they say their system will use 4G and 5G
frequencies.
* Scientists are warning against 5G: http://www.5gappeal.eu
* Sebastopol is borrowing over 5 million dollars to pay for improvements to
city infrastructure. Included in that cost is over 2 million dollars for
smart water meters. In order to pay back the money it was proposed that the
city raise water rates by 4% a year for 15 years. See Sebastopol city council
video to see their financial plan starting at 2:42:00
https://livestream.com/accounts/14608643/events/9837246/videos/226747937
* For the past fourteen years the Sebastopol City Councils have been given many
independent peer reviewed studies on the risks and harm from EMF radiation
smart technologies to people and nature.
* Sebastopol has taken action by writing letters to officials, banning smart
meters, defending senior residents at the mobile home park from PG&E smart
meters, and getting lower kelvin LED streetlights.
Sebastopol’s 2016 General Plan Community Health and Wellness Goals calls for
minimizing EMF’s, including:
* Minimize unsafe EMF radiation levels near sensitive areas such as schools,
hospitals, playgrounds, high density residential, and libraries when planning
for electrical transmission facilities repair and new construction.
* Promote community education and awareness on EMF health information and stay
abreast of current research and regulations.
* Explore programs and legal remedies available to the City in order to reduce
unsafe EMF exposure to the greatest extent allowed by State and federal law.
* Advocate that all new major electrical transmission projects and
telecommunications facilities evaluate EMF as part of the project’s
environmental review pursuant to CEQA.
* Request from PG&E and wireless telecommunications facilities providers,
public disclosure of existing and proposed electrical transmission and
wireless telecommunications facilities projects in the vicinity of Sebastopol
and their anticipated EMF levels in the Sebastopol Planning Area.
* Maintain data regarding the location, size, strength, and EMF levels of major
cell and radio towers, public power facilities, including transmission and
distribution lines, and other substantial public or community EMF sources in
the Sebastopol Planning Area, to the extent that data and information is
available.
* Support efforts to approach and encourage the California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC) to allow the City to opt out of public utility wireless
data transmission systems (such as smart meters).
On Dec 21, 2021 the Sebastopol city council approved the financing for smart
water meters, which were already ordered! The vote was 3-2. Sarah Gurney and Una
Glass opposed. Diana Rich, Mayor Patrick Slayter and Vice Mayor Neysa Hinton
approved. At this meeting the Superintendent of the Water Department dismissed
evidence presented by a council member that the smart water meters transmitted a
signal every 4 seconds as a “typo” and he evaded the Mayor’s question about the
meter’s use of 5G technology. Meeting video here (starts at 4:55:02)
TIMELINE
The following is a timeline of information found in 933+ pages of emails on the
smart water process:
* Oct. 2018: Syserco stated the water meters could be drive-by or AMI and that
AMI meters transmitted every 4 seconds at 1 watt of power and additional
repeaters and collectors would need to be installed.
* Oct. 2020: water meters could be drive-by or touch stick.
* Jan. 2021: the options for RF transmissions were none, touch, drive-by or
remote.
* Feb 22, 2021 EMF Safety Network director emailed the city with questions
about the 56 water meters being tested. The Public Works Director wrote to
Syserco and Badger meter asking for a “standard reply” to our inquiry. At
that time we were told the meters were digital, but there were no RF
emissions from the water meters.
* Feb 24, 2021 city staff suggested a survey and wrote that customers support
radio read meters and sent some “useful information” about EMF concerns that
included a page on EMF protections products and smart meter papers from CCST,
EPRI, UTC, FDA, (ie government assurances that smart meters are safe.)
* Feb 25, 2021 the city manager advised the Public Works Director to say the
city has no plans for wireless water meters.
* Feb 25, 2021 the Public Works Director supports a survey to gather a
representative tally of residents desires, and not just the opinion “of a few
anti-EMF voices that frequent city council meetings”.
* Feb 25, 2021 the Public Works Director writes the water meters transmit “a
minimal ping of information every 15 minutes”.
* May 2021 the Public Works Director wants to poll the council on using radio
read [wireless] meters.
* June 14, 2021 the Public Works Director repeats the water meters transmit “a
minimal ping of information every 15 minutes”.
* July 6, 2021 at a late night city council meeting the idea of a one question
survey is discussed but approved by the council and they are told the water
meters transmit a “small ping 4 times a day. “
* Oct.19, 2021 the Sebastopol City Council approved a $5 million dollar “energy
efficiency” project, which included 3002 smart water meter antennas in the
sidewalks. 5-0 vote.
* Dec.9, 2021 Sebastopol signed a contract with Syserco
* Dec. 16, 2021 City staff places a purchase order with Syserco for the water
meters
* Dec. 21, 2021 Council approved the financing in a 3-2 vote.
* Dec. 23, 2021 EMFSN filed a PRA with Sebastopol on how the technology worked
and sent this APPEAL to the city. We were told we cannot appeal, instead our
only legal recourse is to sue.
* Jan. 2021 Hired Mitch Maifeld, RF engineer to review and explain the RF
emissions from water meters.
* Feb. 7, 2022 Syserco denied the water, energy and greenhouse gas savings
claims for smart water meters
* Feb.15, 2022 Council discussed a pay to opt out of water meters and this
issue will return to council for final approval. EMFSN comments sent to the
city council asking for an OPT-IN: smart meter opt-in.
* Feb. 17, 2022 EMFSN filed second PRA with Sebastopol
* May 6, 2022 EMFSN hires attorney Ariel Strauss of Greenfire Lawfirm in
Berkeley CA.
* July 2022 EMFSN proposed a compromise of installing only the digital readers
without the antennas. We were told the Council was split and that their
reason for rejecting our compromise is that at a time of continuing drought
the greater public good is best served by allowing use of the monitoring
functions of the new meters.
* September 2022: The city Council approves a FREE opt out of the smart water
meters.
HOW THE ORION BADGER SMART WATER METERS WORK
An RF engineer, Mitch Maifeld, reviewed the RF information from Badger Meters
and the FCC. This is what we understand to be true about how the meters work..
Sebastopol ordered 3002 Badger Orion E series water meter “endpoints”. An
endpoint houses one antenna.The 56 test meters Sebastopol trialed last year did
not include endpoints. 3002 Badger water meters collectively transmit
approximately 12,000 times a day unless they are in activation or
troubleshooting mode when each meter can transmit every 15 seconds. They
transmit in the 902-928mHz range. This is the same frequency range the Navy used
for radar. The meters transmit pulsed radiation and use a frequency hopping
system. The meters can emit spurious emissions in the 30 mhz-40 ghz range. These
are created by harmonics and reflections within the action of the meter. The
meters work with infrared signals. The maximum power output per meter is 1/4
watt which would add 750 watts throughout the city. The antennas are isotropic,
meaning they radiate out in all directions. Water absorbs radiation. One meter
can transmit about 1/2 mile, depending on factors like how tall the cell tower
is, interference in the area, buildings and trees etc. They work with the
internet of things cellular network and are smart city ready. No new repeaters
are used. The RF engineers report for the Badger smart water meters can be
found here. Here’s a comparison chart for water, electric and gas smart meters.
Posted on November 2, 2021January 16, 2023Author AdminCategories 5 G, smart
meters, smart water meters, Take Action!Tags smart meter problems1 Comment on
Sebastopol: Rethink smart water meters
FCC LOSES LAWSUIT TO EMF SAFETY ADVOCATES!
Today the US Court of Appeals remanded the case against the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) back to the FCC to provide a “reasoned
explanation for its determination that its guidelines adequately protect against
harmful effects of exposure to radio frequency radiation unrelated to cancer…”
More info commentary from Environmental Health Trust:
https://ehtrust.org/in-historic-decision-federal-court-finds-fcc-failed-to-explain-why-it-ignored-scientific-evidence-showing-harm-from-wireless-radiation/
Posted on August 13, 2021February 12, 2022Author AdminCategories FCC, Victory!
NEW STUDY CALLS FOR EMF REGULATION TO PROTECT WILDLIFE
There’s a new study by Blake Levitt, Henry Lai and Albert Manville: “Effects of
non-ionizing electromagnetic fields on flora and fauna, part 1. Rising ambient
EMF levels in the environment” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34047144/
> It is time to recognize ambient EMF as a novel form of pollution and develop
> rules at regulatory agencies that designate air as ‘habitat’ so EMF can be
> regulated like other pollutants. Wildlife loss is often unseen and
> undocumented until tipping points are reached. Long-term chronic low-level EMF
> exposure standards, which do not now exist, should be set accordingly for
> wildlife, and environmental laws should be strictly enforced.
Posted on July 5, 2021February 12, 2022Author AdminCategories Take Action!1
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GLOBAL EMF MONITORING CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
CAN YOU BRAG ABOUT YOUR CITY?
Dr. Magda Havas has initiated a Global EMF Monitoring project, calling for
volunteers to measure EMF’s in their city. So far there are almost 200
volunteers from 16 countries. Here’s short breakdown of what’s required of
volunteers.
1. 1. You will need to either have or purchase a Safe & Sound Pro RF meter
(either Pro I or Pro II) available at www.slt.com . If you volunteer for
the Global EMF Project they will give you a discount code.
2. You will be measuring at 4 corners of 5 main intersections in your city
which will take about 2 hours. Because this is a science project, it’s
important to follow these instructions carefully.
3. Watch this video below for how to measure a location.
4. When you’re measuring people might ask you questions about what you’re doing.
You can give them this fact sheet which will explain why you are measuring and
help to educate people.
5. To learn more details about this project go to their website at
globalEMF.net and if you would like to volunteer please send a quick email to:
info@globalEMF.net
Posted on May 18, 2021February 12, 2022Author AdminCategories Take Action!
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