A worrisome situation,at Brock University, St Catharines Ontario, Canada

The main University Administration building sits high on top of the NiagaraEscarpment and the top of the building is the highest place in that area. Becauseof this high position, the building is a handy (but unsafe) location to place radioantennas and cell phone antennas. Unfortunately, because of all theseantennas, the electro magnetic radiation on the campus is very high, which leadsto serious concerns for the safety of the staff and students. The message below is from Dr. David Fancy, a faculty member at Brock. Martin Weatherallwww.weepinitiative.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello all,Well, we've made some progress here at Brock. The attached report fromthe Brock University Joint Health and Safety Committee EMFsubcommittee was supported unanimously by worker and managementmembers alike at the last full JHSC meeting. It was adoptedunanimously as a motion, one that the administration must now act on.One of the members of the subcommittee is the university'svice-president academic, and is a research scientist himself.This report and motion represents gradual progress, because theremoval of the Brock communications towers and the over 50 broadcastantenna on them is not mandated (antenna sited within 100 meters of residences, classrooms, and offices). However, it does put intosignificant question the safety of the existing Health Canadaguidelines. I've been working through the union executive, of which Iam a member, to now send more thorough information about currentscientific literature and policy initiatives/options out to our membership. I'm working with the other unions on campus to send outmaterials to their memberships as well.This represents a crack in the wall and, as far as I know, it is thefirst time a Joint Health and Safety Committee for an organization(one that employs thousands of people and is part publically funded)has taken this kind of precautionary step towards EMF. We can promotethis as a 'first step' model for JHSCs or their equivalent all acrossthe country. Please circulate widely and encourage other union Healthand Safety representatives to contact me with advice on how to workwith their unions and management.

It's been four years and many meetings in the making, and there's muchwork yet to do towards establishing exposures here that respect whatthe scientific literature is telling us are risk levels, but: we'regetting somewhere. The EMF issue remains an ongoing one here and thesubcommittee has had its initial one year mandate extendedindefinitely to review ongoing developments on the issue.BestDavidTEXT ATTACHED AND ALSO PASTED IN BELOW:Jonathan NeufeldTom St. IvanyCo/ChairsBrock Joint Health and Safety CommitteeFebruary 2 2009The EMF/Radiofrequency Subcommittee of the Brock University JointHealth and Safety Committee comprised of Gerry Boily, David Fancy,and Greg Finn has reached consensus on how to best advise the wider Committee regarding the issue of EMF/Radiofrequency on campus.The Subcommittee recognizes that there is no international scientificconsensus on the safety or lack of safety to human health of levels of radiofrequency exposure to which faculty and staff at Brock may beexposed during the course of their regular working activities. In viewof this lack of scientific consensus, the Subcommittee advises thatthe wider Committee recommend the minimum level of precautionaryaction to be taken in such a circumstance: namely, that Brock facultyand staff be alerted via whatever means the Committee deemsappropriate that: 1) the JHSC has been investigating this issue ontheir behalf; 2) that this investigation has resulted from the factthat there is no international consensus on the matter; and 3) thatfaculty and staff are encouraged to inform themselves further on thismatter should they be concerned.The Subcommittee does not advise supplying the community with a webresource on the issue at this time.The Subcommittee does not advise embarking on any testing of levels of radiofrequency on campus at this time.Additionally, the Subcommittee advises that its mandate be extended bycalling for it to reconvene annually: 1) to track any developments on

this issue; 2) to determine whether there is a need for a web resourceon the issue for the community; and 3) to discuss whether there is aneed for testing of radiofrequency levels to be done on campus.There are no dissenting opinions or additions accompanying thisrecommendation.Note: The Subcommittee met five times during the past year, mostrecently on January 30th. The meetings were not minuted. Members of the Office of Environment Health and Safety were active participantsin a number of the meetings. John Hay, Community Health Sciences,presented his opinions to the Subcommittee during the fourthSubcommittee meeting in late fall 2008.Dr. David FancyDepartment of Dramatic ArtsBrock UniversitySt CatharinesOntarioL2S 3A1905-688-5550, ext 3584------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note -There are 56 transmitters on Brock campus with only 6 frequencies used by Brockand 5 frequencies used for emergency services.Frequency range

1 - 30,000 (MHz)

(Trans) TxFrequency(MHz)(Rec) RxFrequency(MHz)Licensee NameFrequencyAuthorization Date

103.7000 BROCK UNIVERSITY STUDENT RADIO149.2900 BROCK UNIVERSITY ATTN: EDWARD BLASINSKI17/05/1982153.8000153.8000CITY OF ST CATHARINES FIRE DEPARTMENT06/11/2001154.0700154.0700CITY OF ST CATHARINES FIRE DEPARTMENT06/11/2001155.4450155.4450CITY OF ST CATHARINES FIRE DEPARTMENT06/11/2001155.4450163.3800CITY OF ST CATHARINES FIRE DEPARTMENT06/11/2001169.0350165.4050CITY OF ST CATHARINES FIRE DEPARTMENT01/09/2008