CHD’s 5G and Wireless Harms Project—Update

By Dafna Tachover, Director, CHD’s 5G and Wireless Harms Project

May was a busy month for Children’s Health Defense’s 5G and Wireless Harms Project!

• Our case against the FCC for its decision not to review its 1996 obsolete health guidelines, was transferred to the DC Circuit;
• As part of our OTARD campaign we submitted our supplement to the ex-parte letter to the FCC against the OTARD rule expansion to allow cell towers on homes with 15,090 signatures;
• We participated in the AutismOne Summit, the "Ask the Lawyers" webinar, and a Zoom forum titled “What’s All the Fuss About.”

See the full summary for more details on the above, plus articles, important developments and recommended watching and reading!

Last week, CHD’s Vice Chair and General Counsel Mary Holland appeared on The Highwire with Del Bigtree to re-cap the June 13 rally in Albany against the New York State Bar Association’s stance on mandating COVID vaccines when one becomes available. The rally also marked the one year anniversary of the loss of the religious exemption to vaccines in the state of New York.  

Watch Mary and excerpts from the day beginning at about the 2:05 minute mark.

Guest Editorial by John Stone, UK Editor, Age of Autism

These comments follow on the disappointing failure of Prof Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur to respond to two respectful letters complaining about the arbitrary use of terms like “misinformation” and “disinformation” and  “anti-vaccinationist” as catch-all hate speech for anyone who criticises vaccine products, programs or the lobby. 

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