Subject: Documentary Film on Lookout Mountain (Carney)..
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 045659 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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......Once again, I encourage everyone who can -- to make use of this
film.... It will MAKE any meeting you may conduct. It will get some
worthwhile discussion going....
Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
roy@emfguru.com
.....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.....
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...................People are more important than profits.................
DO YOU KNOW OF OTHERS WHO SHOULD BE ON THIS LIST??
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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:22:46 -0700
From: Deb Carney
To: "Beavers, Roy"
Subject: Documentary Film on Lookout Mountain
Roy, I'm glad you liked the documentary film.
Here is a write up that Len Aitken did for people who wish to order
this. By the way, Len is an independant filmmaker and has won an Emmy
on his past work. We hope that people can use this film to help educate
decision makers that there really is a problem with adding more and more
RF ... and research is needed.
Deb
µW/cm2
BROADCAST BLUES
A 56 minute documentary by Len Aitken
VHS $32.00
Responding to a mandate from the Federal Communications Commission to
begin broadcasting digital television signals by the fall of 1999, the
affiliates of ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS plan to put up a new HDTV tower on
residential Lookout Mountain, 2000 feet above the city of Denver,
Colorado.
Residents on Lookout Mountain strongly protest the new tower claiming
there is evidence that the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) levels on
Lookout Mountain are too high and pose a health threat. Lookout Mountain
already hosts 18 towers and more than 450 transmission devices, making it
the most complex electromagnetic environment of any residential area in
the United States. "No problem," says the FCC, "the standards are
acceptable and the broadcasters are in compliance."
The stage is set and the battle lines drawn. Armed with studies
suggesting that American EMR standards are unrealistically low and
evidence that the Denver broadcasters on Lookout Mountain are out of
compliance with FCC standards, residents take on an alliance of corporate
and government giants. What's more, the battle is waged in Colorado's
Jefferson County, where minimal government meddling in business affairs is
the way things are done.
At every crossroad, the homeowners' umbrella group, Canyon Area
Residents for the Environment (CARE), meets strong opposition. The
Jefferson County Planning Commission ignores well-documented evidence that
broadcasters routinely exceed the FCC's maximum allowable EMR levels, and
recommends approval of the new tower. The case goes to the County
Commissioners.
CARE is dealt another blow when broadcasters successfully lobby Colorado
legislators to prevent a new more detailed health study by the Colorado
Department of Health. For reasons hard to understand, the setbacks,
defeats, inconclusive studies and reassurances by government authorities
don't quiet the community. In fact, they have the opposite effect.
The stakes for Lookout Mountain residents are high. If the HDTV tower
goes in, their exposure to EMR will increase dramatically; EMR levels at
the elementary school will increase by a factor of fifteen and real-estate
values will plummet. Additionally, residents suspect that the FCC and
the local government are not there to protect them.
>From the efforts of a few individuals, the movement spreads. This is a
story about a community who tackles a maze of conflicting studies, an
indifferent beaucracy and an entrenched coalition of corporate giants in
an effort to save their community.
Across the country, broadcasters are meeting resistance to their
proposed new HDTV transmitters from citizens concerned about the health
hazards of excessive EMR. How much is enough? How much is too much? At one
time, we asked the same questions about asbestos, radon and tobacco.
Len Aitken Productions 1053 Red Moon Rd. Golden CO 80401 (303) 526-1896
E-mail Laitken@laproductions.com
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Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.emfguru.com