Manhattan Neighbors for Safer Telecommunications

The Wireless Elephant in the Room

An overview of the rapidly emerging public health issue from cell phones, wireless devices and wireless infrastructure— and how the growth in these technologies is a little understood driver of poor health outcomes and costs. “The Wireless Elephant in the Room” was written by Camilla Rees, MBA, Senior Policy Advisor, National Institute for Science, Law […]

Petition Calls on FDA to Comply with Its Legal Obligations re. Cell Phone & Wireless Radiation

May 24, 2023. A legal Petition was filed yesterday by Americans for Responsible Technology and other Petitioners calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to comply with its legal obligations re. public exposure to non-ionizing radiation emitted by electronic products, including cell phones, wireless devices and other wireless equipment and infrastructure. The Petition was […]

In Memory of James S. Turner, Esq. 1940 – 2022

Washington, D.C. – James S. (Jim) Turner, 81, a principal in the Washington, D.C. law firm Swankin & Turner and renowned legal and political strategist who worked for decades in support of public health and consumer interests, died unexpectedly on January 25, 2021. Jim Turner’s brilliance, focus, commitment, courage, generosity, and pioneering advocacy in the […]

Petition Filed for Imminent Hazard Rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) Over FCC Wireless Technology Exposure Guidelines

A Petition for Imminent Hazard Rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) has been filed to correct false and misleading claims regarding the Food and Drug Administration official policy determinations of safety standards for Radio Frequency Radiation (RFR) emitting devices and systems.   Local government officials, property owners and the public […]

ALERT: Thousands of JUMBO 5G Antennas Proposed for New York City

JOIN US IN SAYING NO TO WIRELESS POLLUTION AND AESTHETIC BLIGHT! 27 zip codes in 13 NYC neighborhoods are the initial targets for jumbo 5G antennas to be placed on residential streets City officials have been misled that these massive wireless antennas can close the ‘digital divide’. Technologically speaking, nothing could be further from the […]

Digital Wellness Day 2021 – Presentation by Camilla Rees

Camilla Rees spoke at Digital Wellness Day, Friday, May 7, 2021, organized by the Digital Wellness Institute. The summit was an initiative of the non-profit HAPPI (Helping Awesome Parents Parent Intentionally) and included of 73 speakers–psychologists, digital detox and digital wellness guides, etc.   Entitled “100+ Tech Life Balance Tips” (1:38:36), Camilla addressed tech overuse […]

Phone Booths Replaced by New WiFi Kiosks in NYC Are Dangerous Radiating Hotspots

“Free super fast Wi-Fi. And that’s just the beginning.” The beginning of what, one may ask? You’ve probably seen them popping up all over New York City’s sidewalks – tall, sleek, modern kiosks where old-school phone booths used to exist. But this is no mere parking meter upgrade. This is LinkNYC – a new $200 million […]

Risks of School WiFi Exposure

This dosimetry chart characterizes the wireless radiation exposure to children in a middle school. Key points to understand about WiFi in schools from this example are: WiFi exposure varied from room to room and also within class periods. WiFi should not be thought of as a benign, static background energy as instead it is a […]

World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer Classifies Cell Phone & WiFi Radiation as A Possible Carcinogen

The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified radiofrequency (RF) from cell phones and wireless technologies as a Group 2B ‘Possible Human Carcinogen’ in 2011. This was an important step for a highly regarded international scientific body to recognize the potential risks to human health posed by wireless technologies. Countries around the globe […]

Real Estate Survey: Neighborhood Antennas—Do They Impact Buyers Interest?

Given the growing proliferation of electromagnetic fields, in our homes, offices, schools and public places, as well as media coverage on the topic and mushrooming activism, many people, and especially real estate brokers, investors and lawyers, want to keep an eye on the public’s level of awareness about the risks. They are concerned for what […]

Protecting The Children

For Parents to Know 1. We are fundamentally electromagnetic. 2. Man-made frequencies from wireless devices and cell phones are biologically disruptive Radiofrequency Radiation (RF). 3. FCC exposure guidelines ignore a large body of science showing risk from this radiation and the guidelines are not protective as they only protect from one form of risk—the heating […]

33 Recommendations for the FCC, FDA and Congress

The National Institute for Science, Law and Public Policy (“NISLAPP”) has reviewed steps being taken in over two-dozen countries today to encourage and empower citizens to live with and use wireless technologies more safety. Based on this review, we present here 33 steps the FCC, FDA and Congress might consider taking, or encourage manufacturers to […]

U.S. $25mm Study Indicates Tumor Risk from Cell Phone Radiation, Reinforcing Epidemiology Studies

National Toxicology Program (NTP) Rodent Research Study In 1999, a Rodent Research Study on Radio-Frequency Radiation was recommended to the National Toxicology Program by the FDA. It was begun in the National Toxicology Program of the NIH, an interagency program housed in the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. RF exposures to rats began in […]

REPORT: Health Implications of Long-term Exposure to Electrosmog, K. Hecht

Health Implications of Long-Term Exposure to Electrosmog by Prof. Dr. med. Karl Hecht (English edition August 2016) is an excellent overview of the science showing risks from wireless technologies issued by the Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity, the Environment and Democracy in Germany. It is the sixth in a series of extremely thoughtful […]

All interested parties are encouraged to sign the Care2 EMF Petition to Congress. The Petition is calling on Congress to mandate the FCC revise its exposure guidelines to be in line with the biological science showing risk at much lower levels than present exposures; to return rights to state and local governments to limit antennas […]

“Are You Making Safe Tech Choices?”

Here is Manhattan Neighbors’ checklist, “Are You Making Safe Tech Choices?”, to help you assess where you are in terms of wireless safety practices and Radiofrequency (RF) level awareness, and to spot opportunities to further minimize exposures. If you need someone to help assess your apartment or home in NYC, we would be happy to […]

NEW REPORT: “Re-Inventing Wires: The Future of Landlines and Networks”

Audio from Commonwealth Club Presentation about Re-Inventing Wires Wireless Networks Are Not as Fast, Secure, Reliable or Energy-Efficient as Wired Systems, Says New Report The U.S. Should Instead Invest in Hard-Wired Telecommunications Infrastructure to Support Economic Growth, Bridge the Digital Divide and Diminish Risks to Security, Privacy, Public Health and the Environment   WASHINGTON, D.C. […]

U.S. Telecommunications Strategy Questioned by the National Institute for Science, Law and Public Policy

Please call up your representatives in Congress today and tell them citizens want intelligent telecommunications technology that is reliable, safe, energy-efficient and enduring, NOT the present plan for antenna densification, with antennas outside every few houses, aesthetically damaging our living environment, using an estimated 100x more energy that a hard-wired fiber optic approach, creating entirely […]

Could 5G be Triggering the Spread of the Coronavirus?

In his landmark book on electricity and life, “The Invisible Rainbow,” Arthur Firstenberg, traces an eerie connection between the advent of four new technologies and major influenza epidemics in 1889, 1918, 1958 and 1968. Spanish Flu 1918 The most notable connection is the famous Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918, which killed more than 20 million […]