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Print or Pick Up Your MA Initiative Petitions for Tech Radiation Limits
MASSACHUSETTS – RadLimits at Last Tree Laws is collecting signatures from voters for a petition initiative to limit technology radiation that was certified by the attorney general’s office in September and printed as petition A. To give voters a chance to vote on the proposed law, more than 80,000 Massachusetts voter signatures must be submitted to town election officials before 5 p.m. on 20 November 2024.
The content of the petition’s proposed law requires corporations to limit radiation exposures through their digital, IT, and wireless products, equipment, infrastructure, and maintenance contracts in order to prioritize safety.
The proposed law specifically recommends attending to guidance from the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF), a multi-disciplinary consortium of doctors, scientists, and related professionals. Members of the ICBE-EMF recently published a paper on how to engineer reduced cellphone radiation, and many of these recommendations would be required if the initiative petition is successful. However, the proposed law extends beyond limiting cellphone radiation to include other devices and infrastructure, and also includes requirements to increase offline and wired functionality.
The proposal also requires the same attention to electrical, including with respect to field strength and power quality, with the mandate to prioritize safety. For enforcement, penalties are allowed under chapter 93A, but a negotiated settlement can fend off a suit.
According to the committee chair, Kirstin Beatty: ‘Too many people don’t know the first thing about reducing technology radiation, even though experts warn of neurological, reproductive, carcinogenic, and other serious, harmful effects. This petition A is an initial step to help reduce exposures and raise awareness.’
A petition and instructions can be printed from an online PDF at the website lasttreelaws.com, or petitions can be picked up at any site listed at the website to use for a single town. Strict requirements exist as to how petitions are printed and signed – both sides must be printed on plain white 8″ X 11″ paper and there cannot be any stains, extra marks, highlights, or crossed out sections.
By state law, all petitions must also be turned in for voter verification to the town election officials before 5 p.m. on 20 November, as listed on one side of the petition A. The committee asks that petitions are left with the town election officials and a donation made to the committee to insure the committee can collect and count all petitions. Town election officials have until 2 December to certify signatures as from Massachusetts voters, and then must be delivered to the secretary of state by 5 p.m on 4 December.
Press Release Contact information:
Kirstin Beatty, chair of RadLimits at Last Tree Laws and director of Last Tree Laws
149 Central Pk Dr, Holyoke, MA 01040
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