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Media Activism for System Change
Chapter 4
2001 - From informing people about ionizing radiation dangers, we moved to alerting the public about the dangerous health effects of non-ionizing radiation from microwaves used in wireless communication - cell phones and cell tower antennas. Here we are with San Francisco's Sutro tower behind us, home to more than 450 antennas emitting harmful radiation.
Radio-frequency radiation (RFR) from cell phones, cell towers, and the myriad other wireless devices like wi-fi are proliferating throughout the world. Numerous studies show dangerous health effects like cancers and DNA damage, yet safety standards for human exposure levels are far too lax. Telecommunications industry resistance continues to block legislative action and local democratic choice.
Our documentary Public Exposure: DNA, Democracy and the 'Wireless Revolution,' produced with Wireless Technology Impacts has been televised nationally and internationally and continues to be used by community groups worldwide.
One of the most dramatic stories in our film is that of Swedish electronics engineer Per Sagabeck, who became electro-sensitive from exposure to electro-magnetic radiation in his work designing wireless communications for Nokia.
Now he must wear a metal mesh suit to protect himself from the slightest exposure to EMR, even our video camera's battery.
The BioInitiative Report presents the work of an international working group of scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals who surveyed the latest data from thousands of peer-reviewed studies on the serious human health effects of EMR exposure. It recommends much safer standards for public exposure levels than are now on the books in most countries - expecially the U.S..
Environmental consultant Cindy Sage is the editor of the recently released BioInitiative Report. Our DVD interview with her is available in both English and German editions.
Electro-Magnetic Radiation and Democratic Choice
Photo by Chris Beaver