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Home My WebLink About3.4, 3.5 Supplemental-----Original Message ----- From: Mark Breier [mailto:mark@breiers.com] Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 3:28 PM To: findrichlarsen@gmail.com; Breene Kerr; Jean Mordo; Dean Warshawsky; Carl. Cahill; Karen Jost Subject: do a study of best town cell sites before 11/5/09 decision? We received a notice about a proposal to add antennas to cell tower at town hall. I am out of town for the hearing -- please include this email and contents in town discussions. Can I ask for a simple analysis before the decision? Identify the top 25 potential cell sites, compare enduring daily exposure (e.g. > 4 hours) to adults within 500 feet and transient exposure to young kids (> 10 minutes) within 500 feet. It is accepted in many communities not to put cell towers near kids. In particular, I know of many other potential town sites which do not have a school bus stop nearby and have many fewer sustained exposure to adults and kids. The tower at arastadero and 280 is one example. See this site, and stories below, for evolving understanding of potential risks: http://www.emrnetwork.org/ October 27, 2009 Listen to Layna Berman, on "Your Own Health and Fitness" radio show, interview environmental consultant Cindy Sage. Ms. Sage talks about the World Health Organization (WHO) Interphone study intended to set international standards for wireless exposure levels. Although not officially published, it appears that the study has concluded that there is a significant risk for brain tumors from cell phone use. This is far stronger than anyone expected. Click here to view the Your Own Health And Fitness web site and listen to the interview on Wireless Technology Health News. Read more here. - News - October 16, 2009 French health agency recommends reducing exposure to mobiles. 15 oct 2009 Telecompaper Europe. Copyright 2009 Telecompaper. All Rights Reserved. Note: Last week, the French government banned cell phones in schools. Read more here. October 14, 2009 Analysis of cellphone studies finds tumor risk. Read the full story in The Los Angeles Times. October 14, 2009 Scientists Talk to Teens About Cell Phone Use and Brain Tumors Watch the video here. September 14, 2009 Senator Spector Convenes Hearing on Cellphones and Brain Tumors Monday September 14, 2009 - Senator Arlen Specter will hold a hearing on brain tumors and cell phones before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The witness list can be viewed here. The hearing will convene at a 2:00 PM in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Room 138. There may be a live webcast of the hearing. If not, there will be a link to video or audio of the hearing a day or two after the event. Check at this link on Monday September 14, 2009 at 1:00 pm for availability: http://appropriations.senate.gov/webcasts.cfm August 31, 2009 Higher Cancer Rates In Under -18 Cell Phone Users The Advocate - The great cell phone cover-up may be coming to an end. A new report may finally wake the public up to the brain -cancer risks of cell phones and force necessary preventive measures. A new report, endorsed by a prestigious group of international scientists, finds that there is a risk of brain tumors from cell phone use, that industry studies underestimate this risk, and that children have much greater risks than adults. The report, therefore, sends a message to four billion users worldwide and to the $4 billion cell phone industry that they may be facing the same kind of bad news that first burst on the scene for the tobacco industry. Read the full story. August 25, 2009 Cellphones Cause Brain Tumors, Says New Report by International EMF Collaborative. Watch a YouTube Introduction August 25, 2009. A new report, "Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern,Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone," was released today by a collaborative of international EMF activists. Groups affiliated with the report include Powerwatch and the Radiation Research Trust in the U.K., and in the U.S.,The EMR Policy Institute, ElectromagneticHealth.org and The Peoples Initiative Foundation. Click here to download the report. Read the full press release here. June 30, 2009 Wireless Technologies Cause Harm to Children and Adults, Legislators and Journalists Are Told Washington, D.C., June 30, 2009; Today The National Institute for Science, Law and Public Policy ("NISLAPP") mailed a report on the health hazards of wireless technologies to Governors, Members of Congress, President Obama and his Administration, as well as to thousands of health and environmental journalists. Click here to read the NISLAPP press release. Additional information on the press release can be found at www.electromagnetichealth.org. - RECENT News - May 5, 2009 "Disturbance of the immune system by electromagnetic fields — A potentially underlying cause for cellular damage and tissue repair reduction which could lead to disease and impairment," a review by Dr. 011e Johansson, published in the Journal PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. Click here to read Dr. Johansson's study. April 15, 2009 New study on cell phones concludes that there is adequate epidemiologic evidence to suggest a link between prolonged cell phone usage and the development of an ipsilateral brain tumor. Click here to read more. March 18, 2009 New York - International Scientists Find Harmful Effects from Wireless Technologies and Urge New Safety Rules for Cell Phones. Click here to read more. Cynthia Richardson From: Gabriella Barr [gbarr@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:45 PM To: Cynthia Richardson Subject: Los Altos Hills Civic (188596) Hi Cynthia: Here's a response from our Emissions Engineer - he will be speaking at the Meeting on Thursday. Thanks, Gabriella 650 387 7016 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Hammett" <bhammett@h-e.com> To: "Gabriella Barr" <gbarr@comcast.net> Cc: "Hammett & Edison Inc." <rfstudy@h-e.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:21 AM Subject: Re: Los Altos Hills Civic (188596) > Gabriella - > RF EXPOSURE - > Mr. Breier requests information on the "top 25 potential cell sites" and > analysis of conditions within 500 feet, and he attaches the text off the > home page of a Web site he's found. It's unclear what he means by "top": > existing sites, maybe, or likely expansion sites, among other possible > interpretations. Certainly, all the cell sites approved by the town of > Los Altos Hills meet the federal standard limiting human exposure to RF > energy -- that's been a requirement of permit approval for the > construction of base stations. The literature Mr. Breier listed appears > to be concerned with handheld mobile devices, not the more distant base > station antennas. The exposure limits in the federal standard for base > station antennas were reaffirmed by the standard setting body most > recently in 2006, with only minor changes intended to harmonize its > levels with those in the European standard. The proposed Verizon base > station meets the applicable standards by a considerable margin in all > publicly accessible areas, within 500 feet and beyond, as well. > > Hammett & Edison, Inc. > Consulting Engineers > 707/996-5200 office > 707/953-5200 cell 1