Common-sense boundaries regarding radiating tech have been cast aside by financial Interests in commercial expansion, data control, and more. Massachusetts lacks an independent, industry-free body to research how the use of non-ionizing radiation—including wireless networks, electricity, and artificial light—impacts public safety, democracy, and community health. However grim, examination of the worst-case scenario is necessary to … Read more
Q & A Download Q. Does this petition ban cell phones, Wi-Fi, or smart devices? No. You may keep your personal and work technology. Q. What does the the office of research & technology optimization (ORTO) actually do? ORTO prepares public reports, conducts research, and establishes a state-sponsored scientific journal–bypassing academic censorship–that provide independent information … Read more
BOSTON, MA — This August the ballot committee ‘Safer Tech at LastTreeLaws.com’ filed a comprehensive initiative petition with the attorney general in Boston to establish the advisory Office of Research and Technology Optimization (ORTO). The proposed independent office will establish an “As Safe As Reasonable and Achievable” (ASARAA) guideline for consumer and state technology, bridging … Read more
The nervous system can be compared to a command center that sends electromagnetic signals to your brain, spine, and nerves, coordinating sensation, breathing, heartbeat, movement, sight, digestion, and more. Impairment or dysregulation of the nervous system can lead to headaches, tremors, seizures, indigestion, and more. Conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy impair … Read more
About 36 studies total were examined and used to suggest tobacco was harmful in 1964, leading the surgeon general to issue a warning. Today, many more than 36 high quality studies confirm non-ionizing radiation, whether from cell towers or high voltage power lines, is harmful, with harmful effects from legal exposures. Industry denies harm and … Read more
Announcing a MA ballot committee, Safer Tech at LastTreeLaws.com Elon Musk is right: we need more children and more people. But we don’t need them to run a corporate machine; we need people who can care. Real care means nurturing children, nourishing forests, helping the disabled, and conserving limited and valuable resources. However, we cannot … Read more
While this isn’t part of a campaign for legislation, here is my personal testimony on 22 October, 2025, to the Massachusetts legislature’s Emergency Preparedness committee. The hearing is recorded with the bill sponsor Durant early at -1:47:33 and the rest starting at -1:31:37 with many excellent testimonies both with personal stories and with convincing research … Read more
The following testimony was shared orally in abbreviated form at a public hearing June 12, 2025 – starting at -34:15 in this video – only 3 minutes time was allowed. Additional excellent testimony was also provided by other organizations beginning at -48:08 through -22:02. Resident Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International has focused on this … Read more
The following testimony was shared orally in abbreviated form at a public hearing June 2025 – starting at 1:03:54 at this video – only 2 minutes time was allowed. S463 An Act regulating screen time and technology privacy in early and K-12 education. My name is Kirstin Beatty. I formerly taught in our public schools. … Read more
Your support is needed for Mass. bill S463 which eliminates tech cross-curricular mandates and covers improving early ed & K-12: Written testimony prepared for submission to the MA legislature can be found here. You can support this bill by: Written testimony details are listed here and at the bottom of this email. Please note that … Read more
A SAMPLE OF SCIENTISTS WITH CONCERNS: – Dr. Robert Becker, MD (1923 – 2008), became famous for bringing media and a generation’s attention to the dangers of high-voltage power lines. Despite his hitherto successful career, he lost his research contracts and retired early because by speaking out he angered both business and government, including the … Read more
Scroll down for sample amendments to limit the smart grid. Why? As far back as 2014, warnings were filed with the DPU that people were getting very sick from the ‘smart’ grid – such as Dr. Robert Pontius Gilmore who was one of four members appointed by Clark University to examine the technologies; Dr. William … Read more
Even if you set aside thousands of studies showing wireless harms wildlife, wireless is a known security risk. We need legislators, in the very brief time available now before the session for major bills ends on 31 July 2022, to propose the below amendments to wire broadband and telecommunications in nursing homes, soldier’s homes, schools, … Read more
Frequently Asked Questions Reprinted with permission, with extra italicized parts added by K. Beatty. Arthur Firstenberg, director of the Cellphone Task Force, prepared this Q&A (posted on the site under newsletters) with a focus on cellphones, to invite support for an EchoEarth.org petition to cut cellphone use.
Massachusetts bill S.186 to investigate electromagnetic exposures from technology could be redesigned to promote transparency & better representation, as suggested below. If not amended, a whitewash is likely, while with amendments this is still possible but less so. The following are 6 proposed S.186 amendments, for which feedback is welcome (esp. #V, VI). These could … Read more