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Health Impacts of Radio Frequency from Smart Meters

COMPLETED: March 2011

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Health Impacts of Radio Frequency from Smart Meters
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American Academy of Pediatrics

The Sensitivity of Children to Electromagnetic Fields  – August 3, 2005

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Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)

Radiation Protection – Mobile Telephones and Health Effects – June 25, 2010

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Documents from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

Correspondence Provided by Rick Kreutzer, California Department of Health – March 10, 2011

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Mixed Signals About Cellphones’ Health Risks Hang Up Research – The Chronicle – September 26, 2010

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Summary of the Literature: What do we Know About Cell Phones and Health? – July 20, 2010

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Brain Tumor Risk in Relation to Mobile Telephone Use: Results of the INTERPHONE International Case, Oxford University Press – March 8, 2010

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Mobile Phones and Health, U.K. Department of Health

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Late Lessons from Early Warnings: Towards Realism and Precaution with EMF, David Gee, European Environment Agency – January 30, 2009

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Statement of Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) Concerning Mobile Phones and Health – January 7, 2009

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Fact Sheet: Children and Safe Cell Phone Use, Toronto Public Health – July 2008

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Children and Mobile phones: The Health of the Following Generations in Danger, Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection – April 14, 2008

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AFSSE Statement on Mobile Phones and Health, French Environmental Health and Safety Agency – AFSSE – April 16, 2003

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Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR)

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR)

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COMAR Technical Information Statement the IEEE Exposure Limits for Radiofrequency and Microwave Energy

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Commonwealth Club of California

The Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (Video) – November 18, 2010

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Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

EMF/RF Program at EPRI

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Radio-Frequency Exposure Levels from Smart Meters: A Case Study of One Model – February 2011

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Environmental Protection Agency

EPA’s Response to Janet Newton – March 8, 2002

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EPA’s Response to Jo-Anne Basile – September 16, 2002

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Epidemiology

Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Cell Phone Use and Behavioral Problems in Children – July 2008 – Volume 19 – Issue 4 – pp 523-529

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European Journal of Oncology – Ramazzini Institute

Non-Thermal Effects and Mechanisms of Interaction between Electromagnetic Fields and Living Matter – 2010

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Federal Communications Commission

Radio Frequency Safety FAQs

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RF Safety Page

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Statement Provided by Robert Weller, Chief, Technical Analysis Branch, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal Communications Commission, Regarding FCC Regulations – February 3, 2011

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Federal Communications Commission Response to Cindy Sage – August 6, 2010

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FFC Certifications for the Silver Spring Networks Devices

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Questions and Answers about Biological Effects and Potential Hazards of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields – August 1999

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Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields – August 1997

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Food and Drug Administration

No Evidence Linking Cell Phone Use to Risk of Brain Tumors – May 2010

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U.K. Health Protection Agency

Wi-Fi – Last Reviewed October 26, 2009

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International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)

ICNIRP Statement on the “Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Fields (up to 300 GHz)” – September 2009

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Epidemiologic Evidence on Mobile Phones and Tumor Risk – September 2009

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Exposure to High Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, Biological Effects and Health Consequences (100 kHz – 300 GHz) – 2009

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National Academies Press

Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication – 2008

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An Assessment of Potential Health Effects from Exposure to PAVE PAWS Low-Level Phased-Array Radiofrequency Energy – 2005

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National Cancer Institute

Cell Phones and Cancer Risk (Fact Sheet)

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Cell Phones and Brain Cancer: What We Know (and Don’t Know) – September 23, 2008

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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Electric & Magnetic Fields

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PG&E

Understanding Radio Frequency (RF)

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Smart Grid: Utility Challenges in the 21st Century – Andrew Tang, Smart Energy Web – September 18, 2009

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Supplemental Report on An Analysis of Radiofrequency Fields Associated with Operation of PG&E SmartMeter Program Upgrade System  – October 27, 2008

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Summary Discussion of RF Fields and the PG&E SmartMeter System (2005 Report and 2008 Supplemental Report)

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Analysis of RF Fields Associated with Operation of PG&E Automatic Meter Reading Systems – April 5, 2005

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Provided by Jerrold Bushberg

Background on the Thermal vs. Non-thermal Exposure and Health Issue – March 2011

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Provided by Raymond Neutra

Should the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Apply the Precautionary Principal to Low and High Frequency Electromagnetic Fields? – October 2010

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Society for Risk Analysis

Risk Governance for Mobile Phones, Power Lines and Other EMF Technologies – 2010

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University of Ottawa

Wireless Communication and Health – Electromagnetic Energy and Radiofrequency Radiation FAQs

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World Health Organization

Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)

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Electromagnetic Fields and Public Health – Mobile Phones

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Electromagnetic fields (EMF) – Fact sheets and Backgrounders

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Unsolicited Submission – Alexander Blink, Executive Director of the DE-Toxics Institute, Fairfax CA

Points and Sources Submitted for Consideration by Alexander Blink 1

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Points and Sources Submitted for Consideration by Alexander Blink 2

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Public Health Implications of Wireless Technologies, Cindy Sage

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Memory and Behavior, By Henry Lai, Bioelectromagnetics Research Laboratory, University of Washington

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Unsolicited Submission – Sage Consulting

Assessment of Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation Emissions from Smart Meters

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Cindy Sage Letter to Julius Knapp (FCC) – September 22, 2010

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Response Letter to Cindy Sage from Julius Knapp (FCC) – August 6, 2010

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Cindy Sage Letter to Edwin D. Mantiply (FCC) – March 15, 2010

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Bioinitiative Report: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)

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Bioinitiative Report: What is the BioInitiative Report?

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Bioinitiative Report: Myocardial Function Improved by Electromagnetic Field Induction of Stress Protein hsp70

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Bioinitiative Report: The Interphone Brain Tumor Study – Cindy Sage, Editorial Perspective

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Bioinitiative Report: Steps to the Clinic with ELF EM

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Mobile Phone Base Stations – Effects on Wellbeing and Health – Pathophysiology  – August 2009

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Increased Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability in Mammalian Brain 7 Days after Exposure to the Radiation from a GSM-900 Mobile Phone – Pathophysiology – August 2009

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Public Health Implications of Wireless Technologies – Pathophysiology – August 2009

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Genotoxic Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields – Pathophysiology – August 2009

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Epidemiological Evidence for an Association Between Use of Wireless Phones and Tumor Diseases – Pathophysiology – August 2009

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Public Health Risks from Wireless Technologies: The Critical Need for Biologically-based Public Exposure Standards for Electromagnetic Fields – BioInitiative Briefing for President-Elect Obama Transition Team

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The BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for A Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF) – Cindy Sage PowerPoint Presentation – November 2007

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Unsolicited Submission – Wilner & Associates

SmartMeters and Existing Electromagnetic Pollution – January 2011

(Please note: This study was not commissioned by CCST)

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Application for Modification Before the California Public Utilities Commission

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Other Documents

Health Canada Safety Code 6 and City of Toronto’s Proposed Prudent Avoidance Policy – 2010

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Transmitting Smart Meters Pose A Serious Threat To Public Health – Electricalpollution.com

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RF Safety and WiMax FAQs: Addressing Concerns About Perceived Health Effects

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Scientific Panel on Electromagnetic Field Health Risks: Consensus Points, Recommendations, and Rationales – NCBI – 2011

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Mobile Phone Health Hazard: Call for Changes in Radiation Norms – The Hindu – February 2011

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Relevant Websites

EMF-Portal of the RWTH Aachen University

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EMFacts Consultancy

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EMF Safety Network

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LBA Group

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CDC’s NIOSH Program Portfolio

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Stop Smart Meters

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Press Release

(Jan. 11, 2011)
Joint Press Release from Assembly Members Monning and Huffman
Smart Meter Project

Request Letters

2010
July 30 — From Assemblymember Jared Huffman
September 15 — From Assemblymember William Monning
September 20 — From Mill Valley City Council

Expert Responses

2010
July 10 — Cindy Sage, MA, Research Fellow, Department of Oncology
September 23 — Kenneth Foster, Ph.D., Physicist
October 12 — Asher Sheppard, Ph.D., Consultant in Environmental Science
October 12— Magda Havas, Ph.D., Environmental & Resource Studies
Undated — Rob Kavet, Physiologist/Engineer
Undated — De-Kun Li, MD, Ph.D., Senior Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiologist

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