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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST ww~v.ehtrust.ore PENNSYLVAh?A htto:/lw~\~v.lc~is statc;pu uwc~locs?bill1nfo~B1lITnfo~~Ai~~~svca1~2Ol 1 $sind=O&bodv-I-l&W~e=B&b1~=l4 orr Representative Vanessa Brown {D-190) and Former House Speaker Dcmiis O'Brien (R-169) introduced HR 1408 'The Children's Wrreless Protection Act" in April 20 I I, Stores and tetaiIets would be required to display paraphernalia bear~ng the waming as well If a ccllular telephone does not fall undertbse provisions, the Attorney General may order its recall or order that it meet these requirements. The bill orders that the Ofice of Attomcy General rssue a wamrng of the effects of wll phone usage to the public on its website. This bill proposes to. "Requ~re manufacturers of cell phoncs in Pennsytvan~a to include legrble, pfotmnent, non-hmovable waming labels on both ceilular teIephones and thcir packag~ng. The proposed label would includc the following statement. WARNING: This device emits electromagnetic rad~ation, cxposure to wl~ich may cause brain cancn; Users, especially children and prcgnant women, should keep this dcvicc away from the head and body " Public Ilearings are planned September 1,2011; Environmental Wealth Trust's Chair of the Board, Ronald E. Herbeman, MD, and Environmental Health Trust's Director of Government and Public Affa~rs, Ellen Marks, will be testifjlng PHILPIDELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA Ph~ladelph~a City Councilwoman-at-large Blondell Reynolds Brown developed and passed a strong City Council resolut~on regardmg the Issue of cell phone radiation and authotlzing the Council's Publtc Health and Wclfare Committee to hold heat~ngs on actions the C~ty call take to promote public ewarmcss of the health nsk from ccll phone emissions to children and pregnant woman. The Resolution passed unanimously m December 2010. The Councilwoman w~ll be workingto schedulc the hearing in early Fail.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST ynvw.ehlrust.org Page 4 oi' 12 I INTERNATIONAL ADVISORIES I AUSTRALFA: hltv//rwlvw aroansa nov.auiniob~lenhoii~s~~ndcx cfm An offic~al caution for chlJdren to text rather than talk on the~rcell phones was issucd in June 2010 by ihc Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency. The agency sa~d children must take precautions to protea themselves from exposure to radlatlon because health nsks from thelr long-term mob~le phoneusc arc unknown. "Ch~ldren should be encouraged to llinlt exposure from mobilephones to then heads by reducing call tlme, by making calls where reception is good, by uslng hands-free dev~ces or speaker options, or by texting." BRAZIL: htt~:/l~v~vu~.~cems.~uldocsircsolutionsPo~ Alcprc Idf -'We make an urgent call to all natronr; to convcnc apanel of experts, selected from candidates recommended by civil soclcty groups (not only those prefcned by the affected industries) to discuss precaut~onaty technology, laws and advlce in order to develop policies that reconcile public health concerns w~th further development of wireless cornmunlcatlons technology such as mobilc phoncs as well as electric power transmission and dlsirrbution systems." Porto Alcgre Resolution, May 2009 COUNCIL OF EUROPE: htt~:~/assc~iiblv coe,~ntlMainf,a.;n?l~~~k~lDo~~im~~its:AdontedTextf~l IiERFSI Xf5.htm "Thc Assembly regrets that, desprte calls for the respect of the precautionary principle and dcspitcall the recommmidations,declaiations and anumbm of statutory and Iegislativeadvances, there IS st111 a lack of seaetion to known or emerging envilonmenlal and hcaIth risks and virtually systemartc delays iu adopt~ng and ttnplementing cffectlve prevclrtive measures. Waiting for high levels of sc~entlfic and clinical proof before taklng actron to prevent well-known nsks can lead to very high healtli and cconomlc costs, as was the casc with asbestos, leadedpetrol and tobacco." Pailiamenta~y Assembly, CounciI of Europe, May 20 1 1, Rcsolutioii 1815 (excerpt): "8 In llght of the above considerations, the Assembly recommends that the membcr statcs of the Coutzil of Europc 8.1. in general terms: 8.1.1. take all reasonable measures to reduce exposure to clcctromagnctlc fields, especlaily to radio frequenc~es from mobilc phones, and partioulaiiy the exposure to children and young people who seem to hc most at risk fmm head tumours; 8.1 2 rccodsider the scientific basis for the prcsent standards on exposure to electromagnettc fields sct by the T~~ltcmatlonal Commiss~on on Non-lon~sing Radiation Piotcct~on, which have serious limiialions, and apply ALARA principles, covenng both thermal effects and the aihemc ot biological effects of electromagnetic cmisslons of fadlation; 8 1 3. put 111 place infomation and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of potent~ally harmful tongterm blolog~cal effects on the environinent and on human health, especially targeting children, teenagers
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