Email from Childrens Health Defense Your community’s future depends on it.     Dear John, Imagine waking up to a giant cell tower right next to your home or child’s school. If adopted, new rules proposed by the FCC will give the wireless industry dictatorial control of cell towers, giving them the right to place them anywhere and everywhere – and there will be virtually nothing you can do to stop it. What You Can Do Make your voice part of the official record by submitting a clear statement before the end of the year opposing these newly proposed rules. Follow the instructions below. Alert your local officials (mayors, city council members, zoning and planning board members, as well as any additional officials whom you know personally) and ask them to submit comments on your community’s behalf. Share our sample letter (available in Microsoft Word, Google Doc, and PDF format) which can be adapted to the particulars of your community. How to Submit a Short Comment To submit an Express Comment of no more than 2,000 characters: Visit the FCC website. Enter your name, address and email address (optional) in the appropriate fields. Under the field *Brief Comments enter a comment of your choice or use the suggested text below. Check the box that says Note: By checking this box, I acknowledge that I am filing a document into an official FCC proceeding. All information submitted, including names and addresses, will be publicly available via the web. Privacy Act Statement. Select Continue to Review Screen. Check the box that says I’m not a robot. Click Submit. Suggested Short Comment Text: I strongly urge you not to adopt the proposed rules or take any of the other contemplated actions set out in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Docket 25-276, misleadingly titled “Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployments.” This initiative is not about “building America” — it is about stripping away local rights, eliminating public participation, and giving the wireless industry near-total control over the placement of cell towers. If adopted, these rules would: * Force automatic approval of towers after 150 days, even if there is strong community opposition. * Block local governments from requiring independent experts to verify FCC radiation compliance with exposure guidelines, leaving the industry to self-certify. * Eliminate vital community protections by prohibiting consideration of aesthetics, property values, and historic preservation. * Undermine property rights by driving down home values without recourse or compensation. * Silence residents by removing public hearings, conditional and special use permits, and local decision-making. These rules would allow towers to be placed virtually anywhere, with no say from the people who must live with them. This is unacceptable.  I respectfully call on the FCC to reject these rules and preserve the authority of local governments to protect the health, safety, and character of their communities. How to Submit a Longer Comment To submit a Standard Filing (more than 2,000 characters): Write your comment separately and save it as one of these file types: .docx, .doc, .pdf, .xlsx, .xls, .txt, .pptx, .ppt, .rtf Visit the FCC website, complete the form, and upload your comment file. This is a hill to die on. Submit your comments to the FCC before Dec. 31, and urge your local elected officials to push back. Take additional action and learn more about how these rules will silence your community and hand total power to telecom giants. Don’t forget to share this campaign. Send this link to friends, family, and neighbors — the more voices, the stronger our stand. In truth, The CHD EMR & Wireless Team   You Make It Possible Children’s Health Defense depends on generous donations from our community. Large or small, every donation gets us closer to achieving our goals. Donate Now Children’s Health Defense® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our mission is ending childhood health epidemics by eliminating toxic exposure. We will restore and protect the health of children by eliminating environmental exposures, holding responsible parties accountable, and establishing safeguards to prevent future harm of children's health. Protecting Children. Exposing Harms. Seeking Justice. ChildrensHealthDefense.org | Contact Us | Work for CHD FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 852 Franklin Ave Suite 511 | Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Our Privacy Policy | Constant Contact Data Notice