The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution forwarded from its Public Safety Committee calling for updated studies on the health impacts of wireless facilities.
The resolution calls on the EPA to perform appropriate research and the FCC to analyze and update existing standards and adequately measure the health impacts of wireless facilities. It also calls on the California Congressional Delegation to introduce federal legislation to repeal limitations on state and local authority imposed by the Telecommunciations Act of 1996.
San Francisco now joins Glendale, and other communities in California and in other states that have adopted similar resolutions:
In California –
Glendale
Agoura Hills
Albany
Los Angeles County
Santa Barbara
Sebastopol
Communities in other states –
Portland, Oregon
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Tucson, Arizona
The Coalition for Local Oversight of Utility Technologies (www.cloutnow.org) has more information about these efforts, and an online petition individuals and community groups can sign.