Subject: Locating Dr. Neil Cherry (Maitman)
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 033929 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers"
To: emfguru
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.......Some hopeful activity here ... in Toronto.....
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 22:15:46 -0500
From: Breakthrough Associates
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: Locating Dr. Neil Cherry
Roy,
We would very much appreciate if you could circulate to the list a
request asking if anyone has a contact number for Dr. Neil Cherry. We
know he is somewhere between England and Italy, and we are trying to
locate him to see if he could detour to Canada (at the expense of the
City of Toronto). We have emailed back and forth about the possibility
of him coming this direction, but the City of Toronto moved up the date
of critical meetings with the Health Dept. and Industry Canada, and we
are hoping he can accomodate the new dates.
The following brings everyone up to date on the Toronto situation, and
shows why it is SO important we contact Dr. Cherry.
Toronto Overview-November 1999
For those of you who may not have been following this closely for the
past eight months, some of us have been trying to draw attention to the
body of scientific research that suggests that the microwave radiation,
especially digitally pulsed signals, that are emitted by cell base
stations, may have harmful effects on human health. The telecom
industry has been denying the validity of this research for years, but
now officials in Toronto have started to take notice and are attempting
to act.
A year ago, Councillor John Adams moved that the Health Department
investigate a policy of "prudent avoidance" in light of the uncertainty
surrounding the safety of cell transmitters. That initiative was given
further impetus in the spring, when, aided by Councillor Minnan-Wong,
residents around the Leslie Street Water Tank brought the issue to
public attention, by demanding that the city terminate its agreements
which leased that property, with no notice to residents, to two
suppliers who would install a total of twelve transmitters within 50
feet of neighbouring houses.
The situation in Toronto is coming to a head. The Health Department,
having done its own review of research, has submitted a report to the
Board of Health which does call for a policy of "prudent avoidance"
that would include a consultative protocol for
the siting of any new transmitters, plus an output limit for all sites
of one hundredth of what the current federal
Safety Code 6 allows. (Let me know if you do not have this report and
would like it emailed to you)
At the Board meeting on November 15, the telecom industry was out in
force, ready with their big guns (the #1 lobbyist from Ottawa was
there) to blow the report away as eccentric and excessive. Fortunately
for us, Industry Canada asked the Board for a deferral to the next
meeting in order to arrange "informal discussions" with the health
department, Health Canada and the industry. Thanks to Councillor
Adams, this process will now include citizen representation. If you
would like to be part of it, the working date for a meeting right now
is November 22. I could use one or two more Toronto residents at this
meeting to back me up.
The next step, and the critical one, will be the Board of Health
meeting on December 6. Once again the industry, quite possibly with
the backing of Health Canada, will try to discredit the report and show
that the policy it proposes will be unworkable. I am arranging for
deposistions, possibly in person, by some world class experts who will
defend the report and may even suggest that it does not go far enough.
Mark Maitman & Dale Sutton
Citizens for a Healthy Future
brkthru@istar.ca
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