Massachusetts Panel to Hear Bill to Ban Dangerous Wireless Products

Massachusetts lawmakers plan to weigh potential dangers of wireless emissions at a Tuesday hearing. The Joint Public Health Committee will hear testimony on S-1273 to ban “especially dangerous wireless facilities, emissions, and products,” said an agenda. The bill would require the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to “prepare a timeline for the removal of wireless facilities and products deemed to be especially dangerous based on factors such as frequency band, power level exposures, modulation [and] population exposed.” The department would ban “wireless emissions, facilities, and products considered to be especially dangerous and lacking sufficient proof of safety, starting with a ban upon wireless baby monitors, small cell facilities, and frequencies at the higher end of the 5G band.” The FCC set appropriate RF safety rules, which Wireless Infrastructure Association members follow "so that wireless facilities pose no health risks whatsoever," said President Jonathan Adelstein in a statement. "State legislatures need to follow the established statutory framework based on sound science and not create unnecessary fear and confusion around wireless facilities that are used every day.” CTIA didn’t comment Thursday.