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Recounts a deceased friend's sensitivity and symptoms, asks for public education and community input on infrastructure, and emphasizes protecting schoolchildren.
- Electromagnetic sensitivity: “I have a friend who was highly sensitive to non-native EMFs. She would break out in a rash whenever she was around anyone wh”
- Neurological symptoms & sleep: “ell tower, she'd get nauseous and experience headaches. She felt debilitated and exhausted whenever she had prolonged e”
- Towers & siting: “ more protected by getting companies to stop installing towers without community input on their location. Cell towers, iPads, a”
- Children & vulnerable groups: “ocation. Cell towers, iPads, and laptops for school children are damaging them physically, mentally, and emotionally. So the ”
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I have a friend who was highly sensitive to non-native EMFs. She would break out in a rash whenever she was around anyone who had a cell phone on. If she was near a cell tower, she'd get nauseous and experience headaches. She felt debilitated and exhausted whenever she had prolonged exposure in a city or store. She used to tell me "I'm the canary in the coal mine." Miners would bring a canary with them in the mines and if it died, they knew it was an indication of a problem with low oxygen and that they would have to leave the environment in order to survive. My friend passed away just last month. The canary has died. While there are countless studies that point to the harm that comes from non-native EMFs, RF and wireless radiation exposure, once you know someone who has been affected, you can no longer ignore the reality of the dangers they pose. Even cell phone companies admit that you shouldn't touch cell phones or keep them near the body, but it's in the fine print on inserts and most ignore this advice on a daily basis.
I am writing in response to your request and urge you to make the studies that have been conducted more available to the public so that they can change their behavior if they so choose. Have a campaign to educate/inform the public about the effects of non-native EMF exposure. But I also want to make sure you do what you can to ensure that the public is more protected by getting companies to stop installing towers without community input on their location. Cell towers, iPads, and laptops for school children are damaging them physically, mentally, and emotionally. So the first step should be to protect them, the most vulnerable.
In sum, I'd like to see greater awareness about the effects of EMFs and also more accountability/responsibility from tech companies about where they install antennas and even data centers. Community input must be insisted upon and permitted not solely on the basis of the aesthetics of the areas but because of health concerns.
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