Legislative Request Letter to CCST Requesting a Study on SmartMeters

• Request Letter to CCST from Assemblymember Jared Huffman
  
• Request Letter to CCST from Assemblymember William Monning
  
• Letter to CCST from Mill Valley
  

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Written Submission Authors

Physical Sciences/Engineers

• Kenneth Foster, Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
• Rob Kavet, Physiologist/Engineer, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Biologists/medical

• De-Kun Li, MD, Ph.D., Senior Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiologist, Division of Research, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Kaiser Permanente
• Asher Sheppard, Ph.D., Asher Sheppard Consulting, trained in physics, environmental medicine, and neuroscience
• Magda Havas, B.Sc., Ph.D., Environmental & Resource Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada
• Cindy Sage, MA, Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden and Co-Editor, BioInitiative Report

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Additional Materials Consulted

American Academy of Pediatrics

• The Sensitivity of Children to Electromagnetic Fields
  American Academy of Pediatrics (August 3, 2005)

Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)

• www.arpansa.gov.au Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
• Radiation Protection - Mobile Telephones and Health Effects
  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) (June 25, 2010)
• Radiation Protection - Committee on Electromagnetic Energy Public Health Issues (Fact Sheet)
  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) (May 2010)

Documents from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

• Correspondence Provided by Rick Kreutzer, California Department of Health
  Rick Kreutzer, California Department of Public Health (March 10, 2011)
• Mixed Signals About Cellphones' Health Risks Hang Up Research
  The Chronicle (September 26, 2010)
• Summary of the Literature: What do we Know About Cell Phones and Health?
  (July 20, 2010)
• Brain Tumor Risk in Relation to Mobile Telephone Use: Results of the INTERPHONE International Case - Control Study
  Oxford University Press (March 8, 2010)
• Mobile Phones and Health
  U.K. Department of Health
• Late Lessons from Early Warnings: Towards Realism and Precaution with EMF?
  David Gee, European Environment Agency, (January 30, 2009)
• Statement of Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) Concerning Mobile Phones and Health
  Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority - STUK (January 7, 2009)
• Fact Sheet: Children and Safe Cell Phone Use
  Toronto Public Health (July 2008)
• Children and Mobile phones: The Health of the Following Generations in Danger
  Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (April 14, 2008)
• AFSSE Statement on Mobile Phones and Health
  French Environmental Health and Safety Agency - AFSSE (April 16, 2003)

Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR)

• IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR)
• COMAR Technical Information Statement the IEEE Exposure Limits for Radiofrequency and Microwave Energy
  IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine (April 2005)

Commonwealth Club of California

• Commonwealth Club of California - The Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (Video)
  (November 18, 2010)

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

• emf.epri.com EMF/RF Program at EPRI
• Radio-Frequency Exposure Levels from Smart Meters: A Case Study of One Model
  Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) (February 2011)
• Radio-Frequency Exposure Levels from SmartMeters
  Electric Power Research Institute (November 2010 DRAFT) - accessed via the internet December 2010
• Perspective on Radio-Frequency Exposure Associated With Residential Automatic Meter Reading Technology
  Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) (February 22, 2010)
• Testing and Performance Assessment for Field Applications of Advanced Meters
  Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) (December 4, 2009)
• Overview of Personal Radio Frequency Communication Technologies
  Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) (September 9, 2008)
• Characterizing and Quantifying the Societal Benefits Attributable to Smart Metering Investments
  Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) (July 2008)
• Metering Technology
  Electric Power Research Institute (June 20, 2008)
• The BioInitiative Working Group Report
  Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) (November 23, 2007)
• An Overview of Common Sources of Environmental Levels of Radio Frequency Fields
  Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) (September 2002)

Environmental Protection Agency

• United States Environmental Protection Agency's Response to Janet Newton
  (March 8, 2002)
• United States Environmental Protection Agency's Response to Jo-Anne Basile
  (September 16, 2002)

Epidemiology

• Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Cell Phone Use and Behavioral Problems in Children
  Epidemiology July 2008 - Volume 19 - Issue 4 - pp 523-529

European Journal of Oncology - Ramazzini Institute

• Non-Thermal Effects and Mechanisms of Interaction between Electromagnetic Fields and Living Matter
  (2010)

Federal Communications Commission

• Radio Frequency Safety FAQ's
• RF Safety Page
• Statement Provided by Robert Weller Regarding FCC Regulations
  Robert D. Weller, Chief, Technical Analysis Branch, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal Communications Commission (February 3, 2011)
• Federal Communications Commission Response to Cindy Sage
  (August 6, 2010)
• FFC Certifications
  • FCC Certification for the Silver Spring Networks Devices - September 28, 2009
  • FCC Certification for the Silver Spring Networks Devices - September 28, 2009
  • FCC Certification for the Silver Spring Networks Devices - September 4, 2007
  • FCC Certification for the Silver Spring Networks Devices - July 6, 2007
• Questions and Answers about Biological Effects and Potential Hazards of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
  Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering & Technology (August 1999)
• Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
  Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering & Technology (August 1997)

Food and Drug Administration

• No Evidence Linking Cell Phone Use to Risk of Brain Tumors
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (May 2010)

Health Protection Agency

• Wi-Fi
  Health Protection Agency (Last reviewed: October 26, 2009)
• Cordless Telephones - Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) and other Cordless Phones
  Health Protection Agency (Last reviewed: September 4, 2008)

International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)

• www.icnirp.de International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)
• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) on the Interphone Publication
  International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (May 18, 2010)
• ICNIRP Statement on the "Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Fields (up to 300 GHz)"
  International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (September 2009)
• Epidemiologic Evidence on Mobile Phones and Tumor Risk
  International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (September 2009)
• Exposure to High Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, Biological Effects and Health Consequences (100 kHz - 300 GHz)
  International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (2009)

National Academies Press

• Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication
  National Academies Press (2008)
• An Assessment of Potential Health Effects from Exposure to PAVE PAWS Low-Level Phased-Array Radiofrequency Energy (9.9MB PDF)
  National Academies Press (2005)

National Cancer Institute

• Cell Phones and Cancer Risk (Fact Sheet)
  National Cancer Institute
• Cell Phones and Brain Cancer: What We Know (and Don't Know)
  National Cancer Institute (September 23, 2008)

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

• Electric and Magnetic Fields
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

PG&E

• Understanding Radio Frequency (RF)
  PG&E
• Smart Grid: Utility Challenges in the 21st Century (7.4MB PDF)
  Andrew Tang, Smart Energy Web, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (September 18, 2009)
• Supplemental Report on An Analysis of Radiofrequency Fields Associated with Operation of PG&E SmartMeter Program Upgrade System
  Richard A. Tell, Richard Tell Associates, Inc. (October 27, 2008)
• Summary Discussion of RF Fields and the PG&E SmartMeter System
  Richard A. Tell, Richard Tell Associates, Inc. (2005 Report and 2008 Supplemental Report)
• Analysis of RF Fields Associated with Operation of PG&E Automatic Meter Reading Systems
  Richard A. Tell, Richard Tell Associates, Inc. and J. Michael Silva, P.E. Enertech Consultants (April 5, 2005)

Provided by Jerrold Bushberg

• Background on the Thermal vs. Non-thermal Exposure and Health Issue
  Jerrold Bushberg, Program Director, Clinical Professor of Radiology and Director of Health Physics Programs, University of California, Davis

Provided by Raymond Neutra

• www.ehib.org/emf The California Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) Program
• Should the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Apply the Precautionary Principal to Low and High Frequency Electromagnetic Fields?
  Raymond Richard Neutra (October 2010)

Society for Risk Analysis

• Risk Governance for Mobile Phones, Power Lines and Other EMF Technologies
  Society for Risk Analysis (2010)

Swedish State Radiation Protection Authority (SSI)

• The Nordic Radiation Safety Authorities See no Need to Reduce Public Exposure Generated by Mobile Bas Stations and Wireless Networks
  Swedish State Radiation Protection Authority (SSI) (2009)

University of Ottawa

• Wireless Communication and Health - Electromagnetic Energy and Radiofrequency Radiation FAQ's
  University of Ottawa, RFcom

World Health Organization

• Database of Worldwide EMF Standards
• WHO - Electromagnetic Fields
• Electromagnetic Fields and Public Health - Mobile phones (Fact Sheet N°193)
  World Health Organization (May 2010)
• Electromagnetic Fields and Public Health - Base Stations and Wireless Networks (Fact Sheet N°304)
  World Health Organization (May 2006)
• Electromagnetic Fields and Public Health - Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (Fact Sheet N°296)
  World Health Organization (December 2005)

Unsolicited Submissions

• Documents Provided by Alexander Blink, Executive Director of the DE-Toxics Institute, Fairfax CA
  • Points and Sources Submitted for Consideration by Alexander Blink 2
  • Points and Sources Submitted for Consideration by Alexander Blink 1
  • Public Health Implications of Wireless Technologies, Cindy Sage
  • Memory and Behavior, By Henry Lai, Bioelectromagnetics Research Laboratory, University of Washington
• Sage Consulting
  • Assessment of Radiofrequency Microwave Radiation Emissions from Smart Meters
    Sage Associates (January 2011)
  • Cindy Sage Letter to Julius Knapp (FCC)
    (September 22, 2010)
  • Response Letter to Cindy Sage from Julius Knapp (FCC)
    (August 6, 2010)
  • Cindy Sage Letter to Edwin D. Mantiply (FCC)
    (March 15, 2010)
  • Bioinitiative Report: A Rational for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)(3.1MB PDF)
    
  • Bioinitiative Report: What is the BioInitiative Report?
    
  • Bioinitiative Report: Myocardial Function Improved by Electromagnetic Field Induction of Stress Protein hsp70 (1.1MB PDF)
    
  • Bioinitiative Report: The Interphone Brain Tumor Study (1.6MB PDF)
    Cindy Sage, Editorial Perspective
  • Bioinitiative Report: Steps to the Clinic with ELF EMF (1.0MB PDF)
    
  • Mobile Phone Base Stations - Effects on Wellbeing and Health
    Pathophysiology (August 2009)
  • Increased Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability in Mammalian Brain 7 Days after Exposure to the Radiation from a GSM-900 Mobile Phone
    Pathophysiology (August 2009)
  • Public Health Implications of Wireless Technologies
    Pathophysiology (August 2009)
  • Genotoxic Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
    Pathophysiology (August 2009)
  • Epidemiological Evidence for an Association Between Use of Wireless Phones and Tumor Diseases
    Pathophysiology (August 2009)
  • Public Health Risks from Wireless Technologies: The Critical Need for Biologically-based Public Exposure Standards for Electromagnetic Fields (2.9MB PDF)
    BioInitiative Briefing for President-Elect Obama Transition Team
  • The BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for A Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)(3.6MB PDF)
    Cindy Sage PowerPoint Presentation (November 2007)
• Wilner & Associates
  • SmartMeters and Existing Electromagnetic Polution
    Wilner & Associates (January 2011) - This report was not commissioned by CCST
  • Application for Modification Before the California Public Utilities Commission(3.5MB PDF)
    Wilner & Associates

Other Documents

• Health Canada Safety Code 6 and City of Toronto's Proposed Prudent Avoidance Policy
  (2010)
• Transmitting Smart Meters Pose A Serious Threat To Public Health
  (2010)
• RF Safety and WiMax FAQ's: Addressing Concerns About Perceived Health Effects
  (April 2008)

Relevant Websites

• EMF - Portal
• emfacts.com
• emfsafetynetwork.org
• lbagroup.com
• NIOSH Program Portfolio
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Radio Frequency RF Safety and Antenna FAQs
• Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse (SGIC)
• stopsmartmeters.org

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Updated: 01/11/11