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'''Arthur Robert Firstenberg''' (born May 28 1950, Brooklyn, New York) is an American environmental activist and author on the biological effects of electromagnetic radiation.
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Arthur Robert Firstenberg (born May 28 1950, Brooklyn, New York) is an American environmental activist and author on the biological effects of electromagnetic radiation.[1] He is the founder of the Cellular Phone Taskforce.[2] He edited the taskforce's magazine, No Place To Hide, from 1997 to 2002,[citation needed] and his 1997 book Microwaving Our Planet: The Environmental Impact of the Wireless Revolution was published by the group.[3]

Education

Firstenberg was a Westinghouse scholar who received a BA in mathematics from Cornell University in 1971 and continued into medical school from 1978 to 1982. Firstenberg did not complete medical school due to illness, which he attributes to electromagnetic hypersensitivity brought on by receiving over 40 diagnostic dental x-rays.[4][3]

Campaign against microwave technology

Since 1996, he has argued in numerous publications that wireless technology is dangerous[5] and that "the telecommunications industry has suppressed damaging evidence about its technology since at least 1927."[6] The World Health Organization says that "[there is] no convincing scientific evidence that the weak RF signals from base stations and wireless networks cause adverse health effects."[7] However, Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Director-General of the WHO, has reported that she herself suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity.[8] The United States Environmental Protection Agency has said that the FCC's current exposure guidelines "are thermally based and do not apply to chronic, nonthermal exposure situations... Therefore, the generalization by many that the guidelines protect human beings from harm by any or all mechanisms is not justified."[9]

In 1997, the Cellular Phone Taskforce was the lead petitioner in a challenge to the Federal Communication Commission's RF radiation exposure limits, which was joined by dozens of other parties including the Ad-Hoc Association of Parties Concerned About the Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Health and Safety Rules ("AHA").[10] The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled for the FCC. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which was supported by an amicus curiae brief written by Patrick Leahy and Jim Jeffords, was denied.[11]

In May 2008, he and other groups accused the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico of discrimination against those allergic to EM radiation for having free wireless networks in city buildings.[12][13]

In January 2010, he filed a lawsuit against his neighbor, seeking damages of $530,000,[14] for "refusing to turn off her cell phone and other electronic devices."[15] He claims that his neighbors cell phone's electromagnetic fields are destroying his health and her charging laptop keeps him up at night,[14] and that he has been made homeless as a result.[15]

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ Curiel, Jonathan (2007-01-14), Worries cell phones could damage your cells, retrieved 2010-02-28
  2. ^ Firstenberg, Arthur; Molloy, Susan (July 1, 2002), "Electrical Sensitivity" (Accessed Mar 1, 2010), Latitudes, 5 (4){{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ a b Firstenberg, Arthur (1997), Microwaving Our Planet: The Environmental Impact of the Wireless Revolution (Accessed March 1, 2010), Cellular Phone Task Force, ASIN B0030L4IBI ASIN: B0030L4IBI {{citation}}: Check |asin= value (help)
  4. ^ Scheeres, Julia (January 22, 2002), "Mendocino, CA: Microwave Hot Seat", Wired{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. ^ Firstenberg, Arthur (January 2006), "The Largest Biological Experiment Ever" ([dead link] – Scholar search), Sun Monthly {{citation}}: External link in |format= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. ^ Firstenberg, Arthur (Summer, 1997), "Microwaving Our Planet, Cellular Assault" ([dead link] – Scholar search), Earth Island Journal, 12 (3) {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |format= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  7. ^ World Health Organization Factsheet (May 2006), Electromagnetic fields and public health, retrieved 2007-05-03
  8. ^ Dalsegg, Aud (9 March 2002). "Får hodesmerter av mobilstråling". Dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Dagbladet. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  9. ^ letter of Norbert Hankin March 8, 2002
  10. ^ OpenJurist 205 F3d 82 Cellular Phone Taskforce v. Federal Communication
  11. ^ O'Connor, Jared (2003), "National League of Cities Rising: How the Telecommunications Act of 1996 could expandTenth Amendment jurisprudence" (Accessed March 2, 2010), Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 30 (2): 275–314
  12. ^ Schwartz, Gadi; Panas, Joshua (2008-05-20), Group wants Wi-Fi banned from public buildings, retrieved 2008-05-24
  13. ^ Pein, corey (June 24, 2009), "Tuned Out" (– [1]), Santa Fe Reporter, 36 (25) {{citation}}: External link in |format= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  14. ^ a b Ray, Bill (January 11, 2010), "Santa Fe man demands half a mill for being near iPhone", The Register{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  15. ^ a b Sharpe, Tom (January 7, 2010), "Wi-Fi foe sues neighbor for using electronics", The New Mexican{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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