RF Safety Advocates Raise Concerns in FCC Digital Discrimination Proceeding
RF safety proponents made scores of filings in recent days, more than 100 in the past two days, in 22-69, the digital discrimination proceeding. The mostly one-paragraph filings raise concerns about cell towers, 5G phones, Wi-Fi, smart meters and other…
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wireless deployments for those with electromagnetic sensitivity. “Forcing exposure -- even as part of a genuine effort to afford broadband access -- is itself a form of discrimination as a matter of law,” said Amy Harlib, who offered no other identifying information, in a typical filing: “More importantly, it is fundamentally inequitable because it leads to great harm: people with severe symptoms are functionally excluded from public participation since almost all public spaces are flooded with RF, and those with wireless facilities nearby cannot even take refuge in their homes.” Harlib, like many of the commenters, cited or echoed Children's Health Defense objections.