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August 30, 2013
Office of the Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
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Washington, D.C. 20554
Re: ET Docket No. 13-84
Dear Federal Communications
Commission Commissioners:
The American Academy of
Environmental Medicine is writing to request that the
FCC review radiofrequency (RF)
exposure limits (reference
is made to the FCC's
NOI sections 48, 51, 52, 53,
56, 60, 65 and 69), recognize non-thermal effects of
RF exposure (NOI sections 66
and 69), and lower limits of RF exposure to protect
the public from the adverse
health effects of radiofrequency emissions (NOI
sections 48, 52, 54, 65 and
71).
Founded in 1965 as a
non-profit medical association, the AAEM is an international
association of physicians and
scientists who study and treat the effects of the
environment on human health.
With an elite membership of highly trained
physicians and clinicians,
AAEM is committed to education, public awareness and
research regarding
Environmental Medicine.
It became clear to AAEM
physicians that by the mid 1990’s patients were
experiencing adverse health
reactions and disease as a result of exposure to
electromagnetic fields. In the
last five years with the advent of wireless devices,
there has been an exponential
increase in the number of patients with
radiofrequency induced disease
and hypersensitivity.
Numerous peer reviewed,
published studies correlate radiofrequency exposure
with a wide range of health
conditions and diseases. (NOI sections 54, 59, 60 and
65) These include neurological
and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s
Disease, ALS, paresthesias,
dizziness, headaches and sleep disruption as well as
cardiac, gastrointestinal and
immune disease, cancer, developmental and
reproductive disorders, and
electromagnetic sensitivity. The World Health
Organization has classified RF
emissions as a group 2 B carcinogen. This research is
reviewed and cited in the
following attached documents: AAEM Electromagnetic
and Radiofrequency
Fields Effect on Human Health and AAEM Recommendations
Regarding
Electromagnetic and Radiofrequency Exposure.
The scientific literature
proves that non-thermal adverse effects of RF exposure
exist and negatively impact
health and physiology. New guidelines based on
measurements of non-thermal
effects and lowering limits of exposure are needed
and critical to protect public
health.
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In fact, electromagnetic
sensitivity and the health effects of low level RF exposure have
already been acknowledged by
the federal government. In 2002, the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers
Compliance Board stated:
“The Board
recognizes...electromagnetic sensitivities may be considered disabilities
under the ADA if they
so severely impair the neurological, respiratory or other functions
on an individual that
it substantially limits one or more of the individual’s major life
activities”
Additionally, in 2005, the
National Institute of Building Sciences, an organization established by
the U.S. Congress in 1974,
issued an Indoor Environmental Quality Report which concluded:
“For people who are
electromagnetically sensitive, the presence of cell phones and
towers, portable
telephones, computers,... wireless devices, security and scanning
equipment, microwave
ovens, electric ranges and numerous other electrical appliances
can make a building
inaccessible.”
By recognizing electromagnetic
sensitivity, the federal government and affiliated organizations
are clearly acknowledging the
existence of non-thermal effects. The AAEM urges the FCC to
recognize that non-thermal
effects of RF exposure exist and cause symptoms and disease. (NOI
sections 66 and 69) The AAEM
also requests that the FCC base guidelines of RF exposure on
measurements of non-thermal
effects and lower the limits of RF exposure to protect the health
of the public. (NOI sections
48, 52, 54, 65 and 71)
Sincerely ,
Amy L. Dean, DO, FAAEM, DABEM,
DAOBIM
President
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