End Water Fluoridation

The following letter was testimony for a 2021-22 bill that died. Scroll to bottom for finding on Mass. fluoridated towns with greater hip fractures. Many residents have sought to remove fluoride from municipal water supplies after examining the research. In Wilmington, the Director of Public Health in 2000 recommended ending fluoridation after researching the subject. … Read more

Safer MA Broadband & Electric Legislation 2021

The following written testimony was provided, additional to spoken testimony, in 2021. Massachusetts needs to insure modern electricity and communications are safe. RECORD SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL HARM Substantial evidence exists in the research record that radiofrequency emissions from electricity and wireless communications cause biological changes such as increased oxidation (ROS) leading to downstream effects including calcium … Read more

MA Mandates Pre-K Screen Time

The following was provided to MA legislators in a 2021 hearing, yet the bill was killed. Through grade 12, our state standards require public school students utilize technology in nearly every subject in addition to media and computer science digital requirements. Massachusetts has a Pre-K educational writing standard requiring pre-kindergarteners use digital tools to convey … Read more

Electric Vehicle (EV) Critique

ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CRITIQUE Critical testimony jointly submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities dockets 21-90, 21-91, and 21-92 on utility EV proposals on 14 September 2021  — available at MA DPU, but link may change after corrected copy is provided. Ken Gartner also provided a separate letter including more technical criticism. Dear Secretary … Read more

Safer Grid: Deaf Legislature, Gov, DPU, & AGO

THE GRID HAS ISSUES M.G.L. c. 164, § 116C requires a centralized repository of real-time or nearly real-time customer data for all utilities and potentially for third parties (e.g. apps). That real-time data amounts to constant wireless transmissions harmful to health, besides additional threats to privacy, of data crime, a hackable grid, ‘mistaken’ mischarging, biased … Read more

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