April 11, 2018
Folketing’s Health and Elderly Committee
On
behalf
of
Environmental
Health
Trust
(EHT),
a
non-profit
research
and
public
educational
organization
of
scientists,
physicians,
engineers,
and
public
health
specialists,
I
am
writing
in
regards to the
investigation into the health risks from mobile radiation and wireless networks in a
public hearing on April 12 at Christiansborg.
For
the
past
decade
EHT
has
provided
state
of
the
art
briefings
to
legislators
around
the
world,
including
a
series
of
briefings
with
members
of
your
legislature
in
2015,
as
well
as
officials
of
local
school
and
health
I
was
Founding
Director
of
the
Board
on
Environmental
Studies
and
Toxicology
of
the
U.S.
National
Research
Council,
and
Founding
Director
of
the
Center
for
Environmental
Oncology
at
the
University
of
Pittsburgh
Cancer
Institute.
President
Clinton
appointed
me
to
the
Chemical
Safety
and
Hazard
Investigation
Board,
and
I
am
former
Senior
Advisor
to
the
Assistant
Secretary
for
Health
in
the
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services.
EHT
was
founded
in
2007
to
provide
basic
research
and
education
about
environmental
health
hazards.
Our
scientific
team
is
currently
focusing
on
evaluating
the
health
risks
of
radiofrequency
radiation
as
an
important
public
health
issue,
publishing
peer-reviewed
papers
on
this
topic
and
advising
local,
state
and
national
governments
around
the
globe.
Children
are
most
vulnerable
to
wireless
radiation
exposure,
which
is
a
rapidly
growing
widespread
institutions
of
higher
education
and
S.2079
An
Act
reducing
non-ionizing
radiation
exposure
in
schools.
boards.
pose.
School
administrators
need
to
be
informed
of
safe
technological
alternatives
available
for
internet
connectivity
in
classrooms.
environmental
exposure
in
schools
nationwide.
Students
are
now
using
cell
phones,
wireless
laptops
and
tablets
for
educational
use
in
classrooms
unaware
of
the
health
and
safety
risks
these
wireless
devices