Letter to our U.S. Congressional Leaders: H.R.6358 - Cell Phone Right to Know Act

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TO USE A SIMPLE FORM TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT:  http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h6358/show  click the blue "SUPPORT" box on the right-hand side of the page and just follow the instructions from there.  It's easy and only takes a few minutes of your time!!

You are sending this message to: Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
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Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
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Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
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We are writing as your constituents in the 4th Congressional district of Georgia.  We support H.R.6358 - Cell Phone Right to Know Act, and are tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.  We are informing our members and followers of the outcome of this bill, including our efforts to contact you and ask for your support.

We want to please draw your attention to the matter of cell phone towers on school grounds as it has been in the news in DeKalb County for the past year.  We recently sent a message to our local officials and school board by a 62% "No" vote on the non-binding advisory referendum that asked if the school system should place telecommunications towers on school grounds. 

We gathered more than 1,500 signatures from all parts of the county, doing what politicians seem to be unable to do here - we united the county on this issue.  It is bipartisan, mutli-national, does not matter the economic class, the race, the connection to one particular group, religion or otherwise - those with and without children, with and without cell phones - were all against the idea of a cell phone tower near our homes, schools and especially our children.  We had three hours of public comment during three days of public hearings at the state capitol and all who showed up were wishing to speak against the cell towers.  Not one person who was not a paid lobbyist or otherwise connected to the industry showed up to speak in favor of the cell towers and many cited credible research to back up their concerns.

Our concerns regarding are largely addressed by H.R. 6358 as it calls for more local zoning control and the much needed research to address the concerns and reported effects of non-thermal, low level yet long-term radiation exposure.  Thank you for looking into how you can sign on and support this effort.  It has been two decades since the FCC has looked at its standards and much has changed in the world of technology since then, including the way we use wireless devices.  Let’s not put the financial motives of a few cloud our better judgment of what’s right and wrong, especially where children are concerned.  The World Health Organization has classified RF radiation as a possible carcinogen.  Other governments across the globe are responding with measures and precautions much more strict than our own.  Shouldn’t we look into measures of precaution and protection for the safety of our own people rather than blindly forging ahead amidst warnings from the medical community that there is much we do not know here?

All of our county commissioners penned a letter in support of our efforts to the DeKalb CEO.  And 16 of our 18 DeKalb delegation and Senators Jason Carter and Steve Hensen stood up in support of our efforts to keep the towers off school grounds.  We need your help, too.

Sincerely,

www.GETtheCELLoutATL.org