CALIFORNIA: Stand Up Against Wireless Harms!

The rapid, uncontrolled, poorly-regulated expansion of wireless technology and infrastructure — including cell towers, small cells and smart meters — poses significant risks to our health, damages the environment, and threatens the privacy and autonomy of individuals.

Before the California legislature are two concerning bills — AB 965 and AB 1065 — which aim to facilitate the deployment of wireless infrastructure.

We need your help! Let’s take action now and tell our elected officials that we oppose measures that promote wireless, and we support wired fiber infrastructure, which is a safer, more reliable and more future-proof option.

WIRELESS HARMS HUMAN HEALTH
Wireless sources emit artificial signals in the form of pulsed radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic radiation; an ever-growing body of scientific evidence shows that exposure to RF radiation well below regulatory limits produces adverse health effects in humans, including increased cancer risk, genetic damage, reproductive system changes, neurological disorders and learning and memory deficits. Children, pregnant women and the electrosensitive are even more vulnerable to these effects.

WIRELESS DAMAGES THE ENVIRONMENT
RF radiation emissions from wireless sources are a potent environmental risk and have dramatically altered the electromagnetic environment on Earth. RF radiation has been shown to produce damaging effects on wildlife, including biological damage in trees, navigation disruption in birds, and a decline in the colony strength and egg-laying rates of bees. Since humans and wildlife are critically dependent on the electromagnetic environment on Earth, these effects may result in even more pronounced and unpredictable consequences in the future.

WIRELESS THREATENS HUMAN PRIVACY AND AUTONOMY
Compared to previous wireless network generations, Fifth Generation Wireless Networks (5G) have the capability to connect significantly more devices to the internet simultaneously. 5G directly enables the Internet of Things (IoT) — a massive network of objects embedded with sensors and other technologies — to collect and harvest real-time data. Purpose-built for surveillance, the 5G-IoT is the infrastructure that forms the foundation for digital IDs, smart grids and smart cities.