10/13/23 Minutes

Published: Wed, 10/18/23

Hi ,

Here is the recording from the October 13th National Call for Safe Technology: https://youtu.be/nV91DJnMQuI

Please see the attached agenda for any additional links and information.

SPEAKERS / GUESTS

Ilene Wolf - Psychotherapist, interventionist and advocate. https://www.ilenewolf.com - starts at timestamp 1:03:20
- What is of interest to her right now is this particular issue is getting marginalized. People are addicted to their cell phones - How can we gain more active membership and buy-in and more visibility?
- Talked about this in terms of a tree - the roots, the trunk, branches
  - Make this topic easier to understand
  - What joins us? How can we make this more of an accessible movement?
  - The facts and getting the facts out there
  - Hire the young people to put this on social media!
  - Creating a phone tree on the issues that matter most to us
  - Creating Tech Campaigns support to gain more memberships
  - Fundraising - Bring $10k to the call
  - How do you make money for this organization? Ask people who have kids.
  - Know How to do deal with people who are unwilling to give
  - And more! Watch the call to see the entire talk - thank you, Ilene!

ACTION ITEMS

New Action Alert regarding the iPhone!:
- https://www.change.org/p/apple-must-indemnify-millions-of-iphone-12-users
- https://www.change.org/p/apple-doit-indemniser-les-millions-d-utilisateurs-d-iphone-12

Sign up link to help with National Call minutes and co-chair. Please consider volunteering to take minutes and/or co-chair: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pRDrtiJoHxCQmwlZiW7AhWIIm0RCza5NbDph0APW-Xo/edit?usp=sharing

The National Call needs your pictures and testimonials for the National Call website! Please email a picture and/or testimonial to hello@thenationalcall.org.

From Charles Frohman with the National Health Federation:
- More important than ever to scroll to the bottom to input your zip code, to trigger sending of NHF's email to stop Congress from preempting local broadband: https://national-health-federation.rallycongress.net/ctas/dont-let-telecom-ignore-local-rights?iframe=1
- Any wireless harm advocates are welcome to join NHF's social media, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/thenhf, https://twitter.com/TheNHF & https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13635846/
- On the FDA wireless harm negligence petition, its author Doug Wood will present noon ET next Friday. For the zoom to join NHF's monthly event, subscribe here: https://thenhf.com/join-us/e-newsletter-sign-up/

FDA Petition – Doug Wood - https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/fda (below the fold, click on comment button)
- Include in your submission to the FDA docket: How would your life be different if the FDA had warned that wireless was potentially dangerous? Tell your story, or that of a friend/family member. Also, in the petition look for some suggested solutions we can provide to the FDA as to how they can comply with the law, educate on bio-harm and help keep citizens safer. Warnings are on cigarette labels, 60 years ago the Surgeon General was writing, even to children, about the dangers of smoking. The same needs to be done re EMF’s. This is not limited to radiofrequencies. (Nov 24, 2023 deadline)

UPDATES

Ruth Moss's Branding Update:
- The Facilitation Team is putting this together - there are four people, Pam Wallace, Kent Chamberlin, Andrew Molnar, and Ruth Moss
- Purpose of project is: An attempt to bring us together under one terminology for electromagnetic sensitivity so our message is not fragmented
- Formed an io group - To have input, go to: branding@groups.io
- Two aspects to projects - one is brainstorming, two is decision making
- Going to Do a survey to the community
- Going to have a series of zooms at different times to include global members
- Going to do a focus group of the general public

UK Update by Nicholas Martin:
- Nicholas Says their group is facing same things as The National Call for Safe Technology and are in the same spot regarding social media and fundraising
- In UK, telecoms need to be issued a letter of conformity and telecom applicant has to self-certify that they are in compliance with guidelines and they discovered 12 applications that the company who submitted these certifications has dissolved in 2015. Additionally, the applications are invalid because it comes from a company not on the official register. How is a counsel going to defend itself against a claim if they hold up a certificate by a company that does not exist and applicants not on the register?
- Discussed legal aspects with Odette

Federal Bills Update:
- Quick and Easy Action Alerts on HR 3557 and other dangerous telecom bills - Check out all the quick action alerts at our new website with petitions and fact sheets.:
  https://thenationalcall.org/advocacy-and-action/
- Odette and Charles spoke with offices last week and were in DC on Tuesday 10/17 on Capitol Hill - Meeting with Senate Commerce Committee to amend the cyber study bill and will update us next call
- Spoke to offices also on Federal Bill HR1123 which excludes 5G from study and provides that the NTIA is the one who is doing the study.
- Had a meeting with the entire staff of the Energy and Commerce Committee - they have their heels dug in on HR3557
- October 25th lobby training - 4 to 6pm to get ready for Lobby Days
- Lobby Days will be November 3, 10, 17 - asking that people have a meeting or a following up on the meeting with legislators on these three lobby days

NEWS / ADDITIONAL ITEMS

Talked about scheduling for National Call - we will be changing to 2nd and 4th Friday of the month starting in 2024.

From Charles: Good job Va for Safe Tech for getting a county to allow you to give a full presentation warning on danger of utility wireless meters, starting at min 34: https://pub-gloucesterva.escribemeetings.com/Players/ISIStandAlonePlayer.aspx?Id=1fe578e5-f296-4395-93c9-34ea6f66707b

Kelly Marcotulli in OR - Here is a recent article from our local digital news source on our fight - they are at a juncture: https://ashland.news/ashland-city-council-back-to-the-5g-cell-tower-drawing-board/

Vince Feldman shared:

From Ilene: https://www.flfe.net/evidence/emf-harmonization/

Sidnee: Blake Levitt, et al published an awesome series of peer reviewed reports on the biological harm from EMF’s. So powerful! Here is a link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1000840/full

Irene: The American Farm Bureau Federation states the following:
Rural broadband is essential to modern agriculture, the farmers and ranchers who grow our food and the quality of life for rural Americans. Farm Bureau supports using the Universal Service Fund to expand broadband deployment to rural areas. We also support using a combination of tax incentives, grants and/or regulation to increase the use of broadband access in rural areas.
https://www.fb.org/issue/infrastructure/rural-broadband
600 Maryland Avenue SW
Suite 1000 Washington DC 20024
Front Desk: (202) 406-3600
General Inquiries: info@fb.org
Media Inquiries: media@fb.org

Eva:
- Good article and graphics on effects on insects: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22271-3
- The HHS intends to use RF in all of their programs -- it's the new "medicine": https://www.nih.gov/arpa-h https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/06/investigative-reports/a-leap-toward-humanitys-destruction/
- https://hbr.org/podcast/2021/01/bringing-darpas-innovation-to-health
- https://hbr.org/podcast/2021/01/bringing-darpas-innovation-to-health http://www.renegadetribune.com/harpa-trump-seeking-new-agency-to-use-a-i-to-screen-mental-health-for-gun-ownership/ https://www.activistpost.com/2023/01/arpa-h-the-nosy-love-child-of-darpa-and-the-nih.html https://wellcomeleap.org/

Lisa Becker:
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/us-cellphone-radiation-tests-are-rigged-ignoring-long-term-health-effects-expert-5495312?utm_source=ref_share&utm_campaign=copy
- https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-violating-law-protect-public-wireless-device-radiation/

Irene - List of House Freedom Caucus Members in 2023 –– https://axiomalpha.com/list-of-house-freedom-caucus-members-in-2023/

Charles shared this link regarding telecom cables: Environmental Groups Call on U.S. EPA to Investigate Potential Harms of Lead Telecom Cables

Please consider joining the Broadband Breakfast calls - they cover all different aspects of funding, telecom, and wireless/wired: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/

Sincerely,

Jenny DeMarco

Virginians for Safe Technology

www.VirginiansforSafeTech.org

www.TheNationalCall.org

Odette Wilkens

Wired Broadband, Inc.

www.WiredBroadband.org

www.TheNationalCall.org

P.O. Box 750401
Forest Hills NY 11375
US

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