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March 11, 2008 - (Event date: March 19, 2008) - Forum at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco - "Microwave Radiation - The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution." Speakers are David O. Carpenter, MD; Magda Havas, PhD; Cindy Sage, MA; and Camilla Rees, MBA. $8 members, $15 non-members. To buy tickets call 415/597-6705 or register at www.commonwealthclub.org

August 30, 2007 - Renowned Scientists Issue Wake-up Call on EMF and RF
Radiation Hazards
State University of New York at Albany - An international working group
of renowned scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals
The BioInitiative Working Group has released its report on
electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and health. It raises serious concerns
about the safety of existing public limits that regulate how much EMF is
allowable from power lines, cell phones, and many other sources of EMF
exposure in daily life.

July 23, 2007 Germany warns citizens to avoid using Wi-Fi.
The German Environment Ministry recommends that people should keep their exposure to radiation from Wi-Fi "as low as possible" by choosing "conventional wired connections". It added that it is "actively informing people about possibilities for reducing personal exposure".

April 2, 2007 - Canadian Doctors call for Removal of Cell Phone Antennas Near Elementary School

January 19, 2007 - Library Director Resigns Because of WiFi
A Library Director at a college in Santa Fe, NM left her position due to wireless internet (WiFi) in the library. Rebekah Zablud Azen, MLIS, resigned from her position at Quimby Memorial Library, Southwestern College, on December 16, 2006 after administrators refused to discuss the issue.

September 18, 2006 - NIOSH’s NORA program looks at workplace exposure to EMFs and RF radiation.

The EMR Policy Institute sponsored participants to attend the National Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Symposium held in Washington, DC in April 2006. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont also weighed in with a letter to NIOSH identifying long-term continuous workplace exposure to low-intensity EMFs and RF radiation as a top priority for federal research funds. The Centers for Disease Control ‘s (CDC)November 9, 2006 letter of response to Senator Leahy discusses 2 studies in which NIOSH is participating that examine workplace EMF and RF exposures and cancer.

September 11, 2005 - "Electrical Fields Can Make You Sick" Sarah-Kate Templeton, Medical Correspondent for The Sunday Times, Britain

A government agency has acknowledged for the first time that people can suffer nausea, headaches and muscle pains when exposed to electromagnetic fields from mobile phones, electricity pylons and computer screens. (pdf archive)

June 13, 2005 -The Supreme Court has denied the Petition for Certiorari 04-1515 EMR Network vs. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America.

Documentation is found on page 5 of the listing of all Supreme Court orders for June 13, 2005.

Despite the Supreme Court's denial for hearing in this case, two important amicus briefs were filed in support of the Petition:

Amicus Curiae Brief of the State of Connecticut filed by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.

Amicus Curiae Brief of the International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, CLC.

May 10, 2005 - Citizen Group Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Order the FCC to Study Health Effects of Cell Tower Emissions

April 7, 2005 - Announcement (same in pdf) from the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF). This marks the release of IAFF's Position Statement on potential health effects of RF radiation from mobile phone base stations, and its call for a moratorium on the siting of further base stations at firefighters' workplaces.

Position on the Health Effects (same in pdf) from Radio Frequency/Microwave (RF/MW) Radiation in Fire Department Facilities from Base Stations for Antennas and Towers for the Conduction of Cell Phone Transmissions

Be sure to read the acknowledgements at the very end of the Position Statement. In addition, Joe Foster, "B" Platoon Vice President, IAFF Local #18 - Vancouver British Columbia and Ron Cronin of the Brookline, Massachusetts Fire Department are deserving of recognition for tirelessly leading this initiative as members of IAFF. Milt Bowling, director of the Electromagnetic Radiation Task Force in Vancouver, British Columbia, should also be acknowledged for his technical support in this effort.

March 7, 2005 - From the University of Washington Alumni Association Magazine Columns, March 2005, on-line edition - Cover Story - "Wake-up Call"
Can Radiation from Cell Phones Damage DNA in Our Brains? When One UW Researcher Found Disturbing Data, Funding Became Tight and One Industry Leader Threatened Legal Action.

Be sure to read the further references at the end of the article.

January 12, 2005 - "Mobile phones tumour risk to young children" by Sam Coates, Nigel Hawkes and Alexandra Blair. Times Online

"Children under the age of eight should not use mobile phones, parents were advised last night after an authoritative report linked heavy use to ear and brain tumours and concluded that the risks had been underestimated by most scientists." Read more...

Mobile Phones and Health. Report by the Board of NRPB. Doc NRPB 15(5) 1-116 (2004)
Download PDF of full text of NRPB 2004 Report - Mobile Phones and Health

UK mobile phone manufacturer withdraws child's mobile phone model from the market in response to NRPB 2004 Report - Mobile Phones and Health.
Mymoshop.com Product Withdrawal Statement 11 Jan. 05

January 5, 2005 - The Helsinki Appeal 2005 calls on the European Parliament to apply the Precautionary Principle to electromagnetic fields, especially in the radio- and microwave- frequency bands. Distribute it to your colleagues and return it with signatures to this address:
EMF-team Finland
P.O.Box 1040
FIN-JÄRVENPÄÄ

or fax +358 9 2796 3681

October 8, 2004 - Lawyer Struck Teenage Girl on Shoulder of Route 7 By Karin Brulliard, Washington Post Staff Writer
A Loudoun County Circuit Court jury yesterday ordered a former Sterling lawyer who struck and killed a 15-year-old girl with her Mercedes on a Fairfax County highway to pay more than $2 million in damages to the victim's family.

August 17, 2004 - Here's the link where you'll find the IAFF (International Association of Fire Fighters) resolution calling for the study of fire fighters exposed to radio frequency radiation from cell towers/mast which was passed in Boston on August 17, 2004 by about 75% of those voting. It is Resolution #15. It is found on pages 21-23.

The key rationale for supporting this study as stated in the Resolution:
"WHEREAS, many firefighters who are living with cell towers on or adjacent to their
stations are paying a substantial price in terms of physical and mental health. As
first responders and protectors of the general public, it is crucial that firefighters are
functioning at optimal cognitive and physical capacity at all times."

For further information, contact:
Kristin Craine
Public Relations
International Association of Fire Fighters
1750 New York Ave., NW as amended
Washington, DC 20006
202-824-1590
kcraine@iaff.org

October 23, 2003 - Dutch Government Study Finds Non-Thermal Effects from Exposure to Mobile Telecommunications Antennas

In late September 2003 the Netherlands Ministries of Economic Affairs, Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, and Health, Welfare and Sport released the results of a study of the effects on human well being and cognition from exposure to low-intensity radiofrequency/microwave (RF/MW) radiation. The study outline characterizes the strength of the applied RF/MW fields (maximum 1V/m) as comparable to the field strength that the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has measured at the base of antenna towers, on rooftops, and to the maximum field strengths measured by TNO in people’s homes.

For background on the study and excerpts from the report click here. (PDF)

October 22, 2003 – The Federal Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld the ruling of federal district Judge Catherine Blake to exclude the expert testimony of Dr. Lennart Hardell in the Christopher Newman brain cancer suit. See the 4th Circuit decision and Judge Catherine Blake’s ruling, Newman v. Motorola Inc., 218 F. Supp. 2d 769 (D. Md. 2002). (These are both PDF files.)