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Legal
11
Feb

Apple Bid To End IPhone Safety Suit Prompts Discovery Order

February 11, 2020
Law360 (February 10, 2020, 9:44 PM EST) — A California federal judge refused Apple‘s motion to dismiss a proposed class action claiming it fraudulently marketed iPhones as safe and exposed consumers to excessive radiofrequency radiation, instead converting the motion to a summary judgment bid and sending the case to discovery. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said...
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01
Feb

Successful Appeal Against Proposed Cell Phone mast in Somerset West

February 1, 2020
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20
Jan

Mobile Phone Whistleblower Project

January 20, 2020
For more information please see: https://www.mobile-phone-whistleblowing.org/
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20
Jan

The FCC’s Approval of SpaceX’s Starlink Mega Constellation May Have Been Unlawful

January 20, 2020
Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-fccs-approval-of-spacexs-starlink-mega-constellation-may-have-been-unlawful/?amp= A new paper suggests that the agency broke U.S. environmental law in its approval of the satellites and that if it were to be sued in court, it would likely lose. By Jonathan O’Callaghan on January 16, 2020 A battle for the sky is raging, and the heavens are losing. Upcoming mega constellations of satellites, designed...
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31
Dec

EMFSA December 2019 Newsletter

December 31, 2019
Image credit: Sean O. Unsplash.com We wish our readers a wonderful, blessed and joyful New Year and new decade. Link to our December 2019 newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/ac5add46efdf/emfnews  
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21
Dec

Tokai, Cape Town, South Africa: Cell Tower Application Refused by Municipal Planning Tribunal

December 21, 2019
A cell tower application in Kirstenhof, Tokai (southern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa) was refused by the City of Cape Town’s Municipal Planning Tribunal. The applicant has 21 days to appeal the decision of the MPT. The Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT) on 19 November 2019 refused in terms of section 98 of the City...
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20
Dec

Explanatory guide to the City of Cape Town: Municipal Planning Amendment By-law, 2019

December 20, 2019
  1. Background New planning legislation was adopted and implemented in Cape Town on 1 July 2015, inclusive of the City of Cape Town Municipal Planning By-law, 2015 (the by-law). The by-law also includes the City of Cape Town Development Management Scheme (DMS), which is the zoning scheme for the City. All land units within...
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17
Dec

FCC Takes Action on Wireless RF Emissions Standards

December 17, 2019
LEGAL ALERTS DEC 13, 2019 Will this Quell Public Concerns About the Safety of 5G Deployments? As wireless carriers increasingly seek to install wireless networks on utility poles and street lights within communities across the country, they often encounter public opposition in the local approval process based on the facilities’ purported health risks. While these debates...
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16
Dec

Top tech firms sued over DR Congo cobalt mining deaths

December 16, 2019
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50812616?ocid=socialflow_twitter# Apple, Google, Tesla and Microsoft are among firms named in a lawsuit seeking damages over deaths and injuries of child miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The case has been filed by the International Rights Advocates on behalf of 14 Congolese families. They accuse the companies of knowing that cobalt used in...
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11
Dec

Berkeley’s “Cell Phone Right to Know” Law Survives Supreme Court Challenge

December 11, 2019
Electromagnetic Radiation Safety https://www.saferemr.com/2019/12/ December 9, 2019  In a major victory for consumer rights and public health, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a free speech challenge filed by the CTIA–The Wireless Association against the City of Berkeley‘s”cell phone right to know law.” Thus, the ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the law is constitutional enables the...
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