Massachusetts: Take Action for Wireless Safety!

The rapid, uncontrolled and poorly regulated expansion of wireless technology and infrastructure — including cell towers, small cells and smart meters — poses significant risks to our health, damages the environment, and threatens the privacy and autonomy of citizens.

New Hampshire is ahead of Massachusetts, their legislators passed a law to investigate, and they issued a groundbreaking 5G Commission Report documenting extensive harm to children, adults, birds, bees and trees.

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Right now, Bills S.2152, S.316, S.1044, H.2158 and Resolve S. 155 are before the Massachusetts legislature, aiming to protect state residents against these wireless risks.

• S.2152 requires a no-fee smart meter opt-out. This has an Emergency Preamble as Eversource and National Grid are planning to replace their entire electrical meter fleets with toxic smart meters in 2024, 2025.
• S.316 requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to establish best management practices for wireless in schools and public institutions of higher education.
• S.1044 codifies that those with Electromagnetic Sensitivities (EMS) and other disabilities have a right to ask for reasonable accommodations.
• H.2158 requires the MA Department of Public Health to add EMS to the list of diseases dangerous to public health.
• Resolve S.155 forms a commission like New Hampshire’s.

We cannot afford wireless expansion at the expense of our health, environment and privacy. We need to take collective action now and tell our elected officials to support measures that promote wireless safety and wired fiber infrastructure, which is the safer, more reliable and more future-proof option.

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WIRELESS HARMS HUMAN HEALTH
Wireless sources emit artificial signals in the form of pulsed radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic radiation; an ever-growing body of scientific evidence shows that exposure to RF radiation well below regulatory limits produces adverse health effects in humans, including increased cancer risk, genetic damage, reproductive system changes, neurological disorders and learning and memory deficits. Children, pregnant women, the elderly and the electrosensitive are even more vulnerable to these effects.

WIRELESS DAMAGES THE ENVIRONMENT
RF radiation emissions from wireless sources are a potent environmental risk and have dramatically altered the electromagnetic environment on Earth. RF radiation has been shown to produce damaging effects on wildlife, including biological damage in trees, navigation disruption in birds, and a decline in the colony strength and egg-laying rates of bees. Since humans and wildlife are critically dependent on the electromagnetic environment on Earth, these effects may result in even more pronounced and unpredictable consequences in the future.

WIRELESS THREATENS HUMAN PRIVACY AND AUTONOMY
Compared to previous wireless network generations, Fifth Generation Wireless Networks (5G) have the capability to connect significantly more devices to the internet simultaneously. 5G directly enables the Internet of Things (IoT) — a massive network of objects embedded with radiation-emitting sensors and other technologies — to collect and harvest real-time data. Purpose-built for surveillance, the 5G-IoT is the infrastructure that forms the foundation for digital IDs, smart grids and smart cities.

To learn more and get information to discuss with your lawmakers and community, please visit our EMR & Wireless Frequently Asked Questions page.

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