What Happened to “Irradiated”, the Massive EMF Safety Advocacy Document that was Submitted to the FCC?

A book sized 416 page document strikingly titled: "IRRADIATED A comprehensive compilation and analysis of the literature on radio frequency fields and the negative biological impacts of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (particularly radio frequency fields) on biological organisms" was delivered online to the FCC, in response to their request for "Comments on Revisions to EMF Exposure Standards" from the public, which would have bearing on their 5G Fast Plan and proposals, in hopes that its massive "thump factor" (the impressive sound the ample sized document made when thumped down on a table) and obvious large amount of work referencing scientific studies, biological research, personal electo-hypersensitivity stories, not to mention its formidable heart and soul would persuade the FCC to revise their current USA public EMF exposure safety levels in the face of such compelling evidence. The document/book has achieved archival immortality by its inclusion on the FCC.gov website and, along with all other public comments that were submitted, it will remain part of the public record forever. However it passed through the entire public feedback process without making even the fainest thump in terms of making the positive difference that it set out to do. To understand what went wrong, and why the document did not receive the consideration that many concerned citizens and supporters of EMF advocacy groups thought it merited, a look at the Table of Contents outlining what the document contained is instructive. When you have time I encourage you to download "IRRADIATED" in its entirety and take the opportunity to read its 416 pages more thoroughly. It is a shining example of the efforts of an EMF Advocate Group called Wireless Action, one of the many advocate groups working on behalf of the American public to achieve a safer EMF living environment. Here, for the convenience of a quick overview, is the four-page Table of Contents of Irradiated, listing what topics were included and discussed in its submission to the FCC during the call for public comment, which was held December 4th 2019 to January 3rd 2020. Table of Contents 2Introduction 9The Tip of the Truth 12The EMF Controversy - Common Misconceptions 13Non-industry studies vs industry studies show vast difference in the harmful effects of microwave radiation 20Wireless radiation causes cancer, according to the latest scientific findings 22Expressions of Concern from Scientists, Physicians, Health Policy Experts & Others 23Scientist replies to Quebec opinion on RF health impacts 29Over 2,000 Studies Confirm TOXIC Effects of EMF From Cell Phones and Household Appliances 33Study Proves Microwave Radiation Directly Affects Your Heart 35Press Release by the Health Protection Agency on 15th Sept 2009 entitled “Scientist probe laptops Wi-Fi Emissions 37Dispelling the Wireless Myths 43The Invisible Threat: Radiofrequency Radiation Risk 47Radiation from Cell Phones and Wi-Fi Are Making People Sick -- Are You at Risk? 50Radiation From Cell Phones and Wi-Fi Are Making People Sick — Are We All at Risk? 56Are Cell Phones and Wi-Fi Hazardous to Your Health? 63Canadian Tech Leader Warns of Wi-Fi, Smartphone, Cell Tower Radiation 67Do Cell Phone and Wi-Fi Fields Harm Our Bodies? 69Cell Phones & Wi-Fi – Are Children, Fetuses and Fertility at Risk? 72New report: Wireless technology causes brain damage 82Children’s Health Expert Panel: Cell Phones & Wi-Fi―Are Children, Fetuses and Fertility at Risk? 83Wi-Fi & Cell Phones Pose a Much Greater Danger Than Most People Realize 89Is Your Cordless Phone Harming Your Health? 90Wireless pollution 'out of control' as Corp race for 5G gears up 92A 5G Wireless Future 96Medical Director of Switzerland’s Paracelsus Clinic Takes Stand on Hazards of Electromagnetic Pollution ‘Electromagnetic Load’ a Hidden Factor in Many Illnesses 101How to identify and reduce electrosmog 103Another Inconvenient Truth 110Controversy surrounding EMF exposure: Do wireless devices pose dangers? 112Are my toys playing with my DNA? 114What Will Happen When They Know? 120If Wi-Fi and cell phone radiation are safe, why has Belgium's telecomm boss banned them from his offices? 122Next time you’re on a cellphone looking up at those long lingering plumes spreading across the sky, you might decide to end that call 124The Kids Are Not All Right 128Autism may be Linked to Electromagnetic Radiation Levels In Mother’s Bedroom During Pregnancy 132Autism and EMF? Plausibility of a pathophysiological link - Part I 133Study Uncovers How Electromagnetic Fields Amplify Pain in Amputees 134Krakow's bold step to curb electromagnetic pollution reflects growing evidence of harm 136The effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation on sperm function 140Microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce widespread neuropsychiatric effects including depression 141The alteration of spontaneous low frequency oscillations caused by acute electromagnetic fields exposure 142Additive Effects of Millimeter Waves and 2-Deoxyglucose Co-Exposure on the Human Keratinocyte Transcriptome 143Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Contribution of Thermal and the Specific Effects in Cellular Response to Millimeter Wave Exposure 144Thermal mechanisms of millimeter wave stimulation of excitable cells 145Low power radio-frequency and microwave effects on human electroencephalogram and behavior 145Millimeter wave absorption in the nonhuman primate eye at 35 GHz and 94 GHz 146Increased sensitivity of the non-human primate eye to microwave radiation following ophthalmic drug pretreatment 146Effects of low-intensity extremely high frequency electromagnetic radiation on chromatin structure of lymphoid cells in vivo and in vitro 147Suppression of nonspecific resistance of the body under the effect of extremely high frequency electromagnetic radiation of low intensity 147Effects of millimeter wave on gene expression in human keratinocytes 148Low power radio-frequency and microwave effects on human electroencephalogram and behavior 149Impact of 60-GHz millimeter waves and corresponding heat effect on endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor gene expression 149Experimental studies on the influence of millimeter radiation on light transmission through the lens 150Changes in gap junctional intercellular communication in rabbits lens epithelial cells induced by low power density microwave radiation 150The Neuroinflammatory Etiopathology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) 151 EUROPAEM EMF Guideline 2016 for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of EMF-related health problems and illnesses 152Dirty Electricity and the Link to Cancer 154Wireless Wake-Up Call: A New Paradigm in EMF Science 161EMF Superhero 166Case Study: Actual Measurements, Interpretation, and Comparison of RF Radiation Exposures 170Digital Utility Meters (“Smart” Meters) 178Smart meters and cell damage from pulsed EM radiation - our health at risk? 178Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid 184Electric Smart Meters: Not a Smart Solution for Your Health? 187Smart Meter Radiation 100 Times Greater Than Cell Phones—And Exposure Is Constant, Doctors Warn 191Toxic radiation: So-called ‘SMART METERS’ are anything but smart 193EMF damages chitin – the missing link to bee deaths and monarch butterfly declines? 195Biological Effects from RF Radiation at Low Intensity Exposure, based on the BioInitiative 2012 Report, and the Implications for Smart Meters and Smart Appliances 197Cell Phones & Cell Towers 200Cell Phone Use in Children and Teens Translates To 5 Times Greater Increase in Brain Cancer 200New study reveals 300% Increased brain cancer risk for long-term users of cell phones and cordless phones 202Brain Cancer Top Killer in Kids: Are Cellphones a Factor? 204Why You Need to Stop Carrying Your Mobile Phone in Your Pocket or Bra 207Why Cell Phone Radiation Danger is Serious – Science Tells the Story 211Only ten minutes on a mobile could trigger cancer, scientists believe 214Cell Phones and Health - California Department of Public Health 216How Safe is Your Cell Phone? 218Apple's new 'wireless' headphones emit radiation ... right next to your brain 221Major cell phone radiation study reignites cancer debate 223Cell Phone Companies Are Panicking Over New Study Linking Cell Phone Use And Cancer 226New Expert Warning: Claims That Cellphones Are Safe 'Endanger Public Health' and Are 'Ludicrous' 227Children Can Absorb 10x More Radiation In Their Bone Marrow Than Adults 229Your cellphone is killing you: What people don’t want you to know about electromagnetic fields 230Report of Partial Findings from the National Toxicology Program Carcinogenesis Studies of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation in Hsd 235Dangers of living near cell phone towers raised 236Scientific Evidence Shows That Americans’ Brains Are Being Fried By Cell Towers 238Research Findings Presented at International Conference Link Cell Phone Microwave Radiation to Cancer, Low Birth Weight and Sperm Damage 239How this sign put Berkeley in the center of the cellphone safety debate 241iPhone 6 Bendgate: Apple's Instructions Say Not To Keep Your Phone In Your Pocket Anyway . 245Mobile phones are 'cooking' men's sperm 247The Hidden Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation 251Children Are Endangered by Cell Phone Radiation! 259Cellphone Use Tied to Changes in Brain Activity 262Are wireless phones linked with brain cancer risk? 265Has radiation from cell phones and microwaves caused brain tumor cases to double in Denmark? 267Tree damages in the vicinity of mobile phone base stations 269Study links bee decline to cell phones 270How Your Cell Phone Is Killing Bees And Starving The Planet 271It’s Official – Cell Phones are Killing Bees 272Cell phone signals really are killing the bees, study shows 273Report of Possible Impacts of Communication Towers on Wildlife Including Birds and Bees 274Impacts of radio-frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) from cell phone towers and wireless devices on biosystem and ecosystem – a review 276Cell Phones are the Cigarettes of the 21st Century 277Pediatricians Warn Cell Phone Radiation Poses Cancer Risk to Children 279EEG Changes Due to Experimentally Induced 3G Mobile Phone Radiation 280Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields on the human nervous system 284Evaluation of Mobile Phone and Cordless Phone Use and Glioma Risk Using the Bradford Hill Viewpoints from 1965 on Association or Causation 284Fetal radiofrequency radiation exposure from 800-1900 mhz-rated cellular telephones affects neurodevelopment and behavior in mice 285Prenatal and Postnatal Cell Phone Exposures and Headaches in Children 285Reduction of Phosphorylated Synapsin I (Ser-553) Leads to Spatial Memory Impairment by Attenuating GABA Release after Microwave Exposure in Wistar Rats 286Purkinje cell number decreases in the adult female rat cerebellum following exposure to 900 MHz electromagnetic field 287The 2100MHz radiofrequency radiation of a 3G-mobile phone and the DNA oxidative damage in brain 287Association between number of cell phone contracts and brain tumor incidence in nineteen U.S. States 288Effects of mobile phone radiation (900 MHz radiofrequency) on structure and functions of rat brain 289A Challenging Issue in the Etiology of Speech Problems: The Effect of Maternal Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields on Speech Problems in the Offspring 290Effects of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Signal Exposure on Brain Glucose Metabolism 291900 MHz electromagnetic field exposure affects qualitative and quantitative features of hippocampal pyramidal cells in the adult female rat 292Chronic prenatal exposure to the 900 megahertz electromagnetic field induces pyramidal cell loss in the hippocampus of newborn rats 292Mobile Phone Use, Blood Lead Levels, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Symptoms in Children: A Longitudinal Study 293Effect of low level microwave radiation exposure on cognitive function and oxidative stress in rats 293Cognitive impairment and neurogenotoxic effects in rats exposed to low-intensity microwave radiation 294Maternal mobile phone exposure alters intrinsic electrophysiological properties of CA1 pyramidal neurons in rat offspring 294Neurodegenerative changes and apoptosis induced by intrauterine and extrauterine exposure of radiofrequency radiation 295Effects of radiofrequency radiation exposure on blood-brain barrier permeability in male and female rats 296Effects of prenatal exposure to a 900 MHz electromagnetic field on the dentate gyrus of rats: a stereological and histopathological study 297Effects of prenatal and postnatal exposure to GSM-like radiofrequency on blood chemistry and oxidative stress in infant rabbits, an experimental study 297Mobile phone use and risk for intracranial tumors and salivary gland tumors - A meta-analysis 298Cell phone use and behavioral problems in young children 299Prenatal and postnatal exposure to cell phone use and behavioral problems in children 300The influence of microwave radiation from cellular phone on fetal rat brain 301Possible cause for altered spatial cognition of prepubescent rats exposed to chronic radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation 301Maternal exposure to a continuous 900-MHz electromagnetic field provokes neuronal loss and pathological changes in cerebellum of 32-day-old female rat offspring 302Microwave radiation induced oxidative stress, cognitive impairment and inflammation in brain of Fischer rats 302Wi-Fi 303Wi-Fi Radiation: An Invisible Threat to Your Health? 30310 Shocking Facts about the Health Dangers of Wi-Fi 304Can Wi-Fi Signals Stunt Plant Growth? 306Oh my...what's in Wi-Fi? 308Checkout 5 Ways Your Wi-Fi Could be Causing You Harm 310Wi-Fi Radiation Is Killing Trees, New Study Finds 312Wi-Fi radiation from laptops, smartphones is damaging your sperm 313Use of laptop computers connected to internet through Wi-Fi decreases human sperm motility and increases sperm DNA fragmentation 314How Does The iPad Influence Your Health: What You Are Not Being Told is This 315STEALTH CANADA—deep-sixing the science on wireless radiation 316Effects of 2.4 GHz radiofrequency radiation emitted from Wi-Fi equipment on microRNA expression in brain tissue 317Schools 318Inviting Discussion about Safer Tech Use in Schools – Katie Singer 318Message to Schools and Colleges about Wireless Devices and Health 329School officials may be personally liable for exposing children to wireless radiation 332Reykjavik Appeal on wireless technology in schools 333Maryland State Advisory Council Recommends Reducing School Wireless to Protect Children 335Cyprus Removes Wi-Fi from Kindergartens and Halts Wireless Deployment Into Public Elementary Schools 338Radiofrequency Radiation in Communities and Schools Actions by Governments, Health Authorities and Schools Worldwide 340Wi-Fi banned from pre-school childcare facilities in a bold move by French government 341Could Wi-Fi in schools be harming our kids? 343Teen Allergic to Wi-Fi Commits Suicide, Parents Say 346Cell Phone Usage Inside Schools 348Landlines 354Saving Your Landline May Save Your Life 354Mauk said her landline was the only thing working in her house after the 2015 windstorm 355A Landline Might Be Your Best Option during a Storm 357Landlines: The ‘Dinosaur Phone Technology’ That Could Save You in a Crisis 358Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity 360Electrosensitivity: is technology killing us? 360Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Evidence For A Novel Neurological Syndrome 368Electromagnetic Field Sensitivity 370Science: Plant and Animal Electromagnetic Sensitivity 374Will We All Become Electrosensitive? 382Corded or cordless: have you made the connection? 383Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, It is real! 385Further Testimonials & Stories 387Direct Testimony of Joshua Hart 387Collateral Damage: Speaking Out Against Wireless Harm 390On the run …from the silent, invisible foe 392My Life Living 6 Feet Under Cell Phone Towers 394Paul’s EMF Refugee Story 397Additional Resources 404Conclusion 405Appendix A: Measuring Radiation 407Appendix B: Pictures & Diagrams 408Appendix C: Listservs & Support Groups 410Appendix D: Further Resources 411 As complete as the document seems judging by its Table of Contents (copied here as it appears in the FCC archive), it could not be considered by the FCC, simply because it did not follow the protocols for submitting, and without that they have no formal structure with which to draw conclusions, or even to take its contents into consideration. How could this happen? When the FCC called for comments they also published the guidelines for submitting comments, which included a specific structure for telling the FCC reviewers basically what to change and why, So, while comments are open to everyone (paraphrased from FCC Docket 13-84 Document 13-39) from "the general public to highly training health and safety agencies to federal and expert organizations". Open means open, so even if someone off the street submitted their comments the FCC is mandated to handle each comment by the same structure and criteria, respecting each comment without regard to who the commenter was or if he/she are qualified to make suggestions. But similarly, guidelines means guidelines, so all comments are considered according to the structure laid out in the guidelines for commenting. As fussy, or crazy-making, as that may seem, official regulation setting (i.e. government law making) bodies, in this case the FCC (Federal Communication Commission), and the respected bodies that make EMF standard recommendations to the regulating body, which in the case of the FCC are the IEEE, ICNIRP, FDA, EPA and the general public, can only operate using the same structure applied to all input. The recommending bodies, (always keep in mind that the general public is a respected part of these), must follow guidelines that are in place to provide the official FCC committee reviewers a consistent format for examining the facts, understanding the rationale, and achieving a basis for making concrete suggestions that are put forward as recommendations for changes to the standards by the committee reviewers to the FCC regulators. This structure is what forms the basis for the FCC to justify any changes in regulations (laws), because the FCC does not create standards it merely selects them from the information that they are provided with. Understanding this is key to understanding why the Irradiated document, impassioned though it was, will languish in the FCC Comment archive forever disregarded, at least by this commenting process if not by countless concerned citizens who recognize themselves in page after page. Taking a look at the FCC's January 2020 response to the public comments it received tells us how the Irradiated document, and the thousand or so other public documents like it that were reportedly received by the FCC, could have been submitted in order to be regarded, taken into consideration, and produce the changes, or the impetus for change, that it intended. And in the reading of this official response we can learn more about how to follow the guidelines. The guidelines for commenting serve as a roadmap that all EMF Advocate groups and private concerned citizens alike can follow going forward. Because the good news is that the commenting process is open to the public at regular intervals for exactly this type of input from you, since all USA government agencies dealing with the public must provide means for direct input from the public whom they serve.

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