COMPLAINT against Troy High School PTSA (Fullerton, CA) and California Fourth District PTA for non-responsiveness to member communication and active role in funding wireless radiation exposure impacting the health and well being of students and teachers at Troy High School

“So many serious biological effects have been found that immediate responsive action is warranted. Further, these biological effects are occurring at levels of radiation far lower than earlier understood. Simply stated, a worldwide health crisis is emerging and is becoming a hallmark of the 21st Century. The international biomedical research community is trying to warn us; but we, in the USA, are not yet listening.”

Ron Powell, Ph.D.

COMPLAINT against Troy High School PTSA (Fullerton, CA) and California Fourth District PTA for non-responsiveness to member communication and active role in funding wireless radiation exposure impacting the health and well being of students and teachers at Troy High School as identified in Demand Letter dated December 18, 2016; censoring of critical health information to PTSA membership which was provided to Troy PTSA Board Members and Executive Committee; non-compliance with California State PTA By-Laws and “Fiduciary Agreements and Gifts to School”; denial of member’s ability to communicate on this matter with the Association to which he is a member; creating hardship for member to obtain Association and Executive Board meeting minutes.

June 11, 2016

Dear California State PTA President Fischer,

I am a parent and member of the Troy High School PTSA in Fullerton, CA. The following provides background and basis for my complaint against both the Troy PTSA and Fourth District PTA.

As recorded in the minutes of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District (FJUHSD) dated May 5, 2015, the PTSA donated $ 19, 241.29 for the purchase of wireless Chromebooks for use at Troy High School.

On December 18th I sent a demand letter to the PTSA informing them of the science, laws, and evidence establishing pulse-modulated microwave radiation as a health hazard. The letter documents the actions taken by countries, provinces, and cities in the world to remove wireless radiation in schools and other settings. Furthermore, they were advised of lawsuits settled and in progress, claiming exposures caused cancer and Electro Sensitivity. In addition, the Demand Letter addressed non-conformance with the following: CA State Ed Codes, California State PTA, California State PTA on wireless radiation, California State Constitution, and Nuremburg Code [experimentation]. For your reference, the Demand Letter is attached, below.

Non-response to Demand Letter, Association Member Requested Not to Communicate with his PTA on this Matter of Immediate Importance

This is a matter of immediate importance to the health and well being of students and teachers. After having initially received no response, I requested a status and received a response from the Fourth District PTA that asked, in the future, I direct any correspondence on this matter to Fourth District PTA, not to the Troy PTSA. In that same email, Fourth District President, Ms. Beverly Berryman, stated that they were working in conjunction with the California State PTA and committed to the “end of January 2016” for a written response from them.

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As the initial commitment date was missed, I have repeatedly contacted the PTSA and Fourth District to obtain a response to which they answer that a response in collaboration with the California State PTA is being worked on. It is now five month’s later, on a subject of immediate importance, and I have not received the promised response.

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Troy PTSA Meeting Minutes of Record Reflect Donation of Funds Prior to Membership Vote

The FJUHSD meeting minutes of May 5, 2015, state the Troy PTSA gave $ 19, 241.29 for the purchase of wireless Chromebooks. PTSA meeting minutes do not reflect a membership vote prior to the donation of the funds nor do the immediately meeting minute proceedings following school district acceptance of the gift, as required per “Cal St. PTA – Fiduciary Agreements and Gifts to School” Policies ad Procedures.

Troy PTSA Meeting Minutes – Demand Letter never recorded in ‘Correspondence’ of meeting minutes

Troy PTSA meeting minutes reflect neither receipt of the Demand Letter in the Association correspondence nor mention of it at the Association meeting. The explanation provided by Fourth District President, Ms. Berryman, in email correspondence to me was: “the demand would have been discussed at an executive board meeting and not an association meeting which is why there is no mention of the subject in the association minutes.” Information of vital importance to all parents, students, and teachers, appears to have been intentionally withheld, censored.

IRS 501(c) (3) Status

It appears that the Troy PTSA has donated Association funds prior to taking a membership vote. This is in non-conformance with the CA State PTA’s by-laws and stated policies, to which they are bound. Such non-conformance presents a challenge to their 501(c) (3) tax exempt status.

My wife and I are the parents of four school-age children and both of us work full time. I am sure that you can understand that we have little spare time in our schedule. As a PTSA member, I provided them with information that should have been widely disseminated and action immediately taken to remove pulse-modulated microwave radiation from Troy’s school environment and hard wire the Chromebooks. Rather than receiving a professional and appropriate response, I have been repeatedly put off, no response has been provided, and my correspondence ignored by the Troy PTSA and Fourth District PTA. To obtain Executive Board meeting minutes, I would have had to get time off from work and drive to Santa Ana to ‘view’ them. This presents a hardship for both my wife and myself.

Given all that has transpired, it is apparent to me that both PTA entities are working to censor, obscure and ignore this vital information and exemplifies behavior completely contrary to the PTA by-laws, policies and stated mission:

***Article II – Purposes

Section 1. a. To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship.

***Article III – Basic Policies

The organization shall work to promote the health and welfare of children and youth and shall seek to promote collaboration between parents, schools, and the community at large;

As a Troy PTSA member and parent, I am requesting from the CA State PTA an immediate response acknowledging receipt of this letter, immediate response to my demand letter, and investigation of both Troy PTSA and Fourth District PTA to be followed by appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.

Sincerely,

Mr. Joseph Imbriano

Lincoln

Fullerton, CA 928

Cc:

California State PTA

Justine Fischer, President

Dianna MacDonald, President-elect

Mary Galuska, Vice President

Kathy Steinberg, Vice President

Carol Green, Vice President, Communications

Barbara Harris, Vice President, Convention

Deborah Kemper, Vice President, Community Concerns

Celia Jaffe, Vice President, Education

Scott Folsom, Vice President, Health

Colette Rudd, Vice President, Family Engagement

Brian Bonner, Vice President, Membership

Sue King, Secretary

Sherry Elkington, Treasurer

Kathy Stevenson, Parlimentarian

Shayne Silva, Director of Legislation

Beth Bacting, Chairman of District Presidents

Troy High School Administration

Fullerton Joint Union High School Administration and Board

Demand Letter to Ms. Kim Cusick, President, Troy PTSA

December 18, 2015

Dear Ms. Kim Cusick, ,

The following is a formal demand letter to the Troy High School Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA), Fullerton, California.

The wireless classroom environment is comprised of industrial size routers, enough devices for each student, all emitting microwave radiation within the physical confines of a single classroom. Unless Wi-Fi mode is turned off, radiation exposure will be further increased by students with cell phones and other wireless devices. Students and teachers will be exposed to radiation for whole school days/weeks/years.

The Troy Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) has actively and deliberately worked to bring RF-radiation into our children’s school environment, as evidenced by the following:

Fullerton Joint Union High School District meeting minutes of May 5, 2015, Troy High School PTSA donated $ 19,241.29 for the purchase of wireless Chromebooks to be used by students.

The following facts on microwave radiation are submitted to Troy PTSA, followed by demands to remove this health hazard from the Troy High School environment and work to educate students, teachers and staff on how to avoid exposure, in keeping with California State PTA, Section 4.5.64 and California State Constitution Article 1, Section 28(c), and maintain the tacit trust parents, students, teachers, and staff hold in the Troy PTSA.

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WHEREAS, in May 2015, over 200 international scientists and engineers made an Appeal to the United Nations, all its’ member States, and the World Health Organization on the matter of wireless radiation, stating that our exposures are resulting in an emerging public health crisis, leading to premature death, damage to our DNA, the emission standards are not protective of human health ; and

WHEREAS, U.S. Government publications, going back decades, acknowledge adverse, significant biological effects of wireless radiation exposure:

Naval Medical Research Institute | 2300 Studies on EMF Health Effects

Defense Intelligence Agency | Declassified 1976 report showing that military personnel exposed to non-thermal microwave radiation experienced “headaches, fatigue, dizziness, irritability, sleeplessness, depression, anxiety, forgetfulness and lack of concentration.”

U.S. Air Force, Radiofrequency/Microwave Radiation Biological Effects and Safety Standards: A Review | Study confirms existence of non-thermal EMF effects, including alterations to the central nervous system and cardiovascular system.

NASA, Electromagnetic Field Interactions With the Human Body: Observed Effects and Theories | 1981 paper showing numerous health affects from non-thermal electromagnetic fields; and

WHEREAS, thousands of scientific studies demonstrate that RF-radiation emissions are a significant health hazard:

Powerwatch | Thousands of studies showing links between EMF pollution and biological effects

Research and Scientific Laboratory, Ford Motor Company | The Effect of Micro Waves on the Central Nervous System

Just Prove It | Collection of over 6,000 studies showing biological impacts from EMF pollution

WHEREAS, emerging science demonstrates that wireless radiation exposures are carcinogenic. Included in this science is the work of Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, who concluded that RF-radiation “should be regarded as carcinogenic. Current guidelines for exposure should be urgently revised.” Science confirming Dr. Hardell’s conclusion continues to be published, with at least two additional and significant studies to date; and

WHEREAS, in 2012, the Italian Supreme Court ruled that a man’s brain tumor was caused by the wireless radiation from his cell phone; and

WHEREAS, lawsuit “Murray v. Motorola cell phone cancer lawsuit may cost wireless industry over $1.9 billion dollars”, as reported in the Wall Street Journal; and

WHEREAS, the U.S. government action lags decades behind the science and evidence in classifying a substance carcinogenic, as demonstrated with asbestos and tobacco, it took many decades before these were acknowledged as carcinogens and parents do not want to find out a decade from now that their children, whose health has been destroyed or life ended, were needlessly and knowingly exposed at Troy High School; and

WHEREAS, in 2011 RF-Radiation was IARC classified as a Group 2B carcinogen and is prohibited from use in schools per California State Education Code Sections 32060-32066 ; Dr. Anthony Miller, cancer epidemiologist, served on a number of research groups for the IARC, in 2013 stated that if RF were classified today, it would have to be classified as a Group 2A probable human carcinogen. However, now, peer-reviewed studies conclusively demonstrate RF to be a Group 1 carcinogen, that is, a “Known Carcinogen”; and

WHEREAS, reproductive harm has been documented in government reports and science: genotoxicity to DNA; damage to sperm, ovarian development and follicles, and reproductive systems leading to cancer, potential infertility and mutations.

“DNA damage caused by microwave radiation is irreparable. It is passed on from mother to daughter, generation after generation.”

WHEREAS, the California Medical Association (CMA) passed a Resolution on wireless in December 2014, finding “significant adverse health and biologic effects on living organisms with exposure to low levels of non-ionizing microwave currently approved and used in wireless communication”; “peer reviewed research has demonstrated adverse biological effects of wireless EMF including single and double stranded DNA breaks, creation of reactive oxygen species, immune dysfunction, cognitive processing effects, stress protein synthesis in the brain, altered brain development, sleep and memory disturbances, ADHD, abnormal behavior, sperm dysfunction and brain tumors”; “CMA understands that existing public safety limits (FCC) for microwave EMF devices are outdated and inadequate to protect public health;” and

WHEREAS, Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) “is a condition that has been known since about 1932 and has been called various names in different countries around the world. The labels include Microwave Sickness, Radio Wave Syndrome, EMF Intolerance Syndrome and Rapid Aging Syndrome. The most famous person who is EHS is Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland , the former Prime Minister of Norway and former Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Millions of people throughout the world are likely affected yet most do not realize that microwave radiation and electrical pollution are the cause of their symptoms. EHS is analogous to an allergy and once the body becomes sensitized to sources of EMF pollution, the only known treatment is to significantly reduce exposure. This can have a dramatic impact on one’s life, with some electro-sensitive people giving up their career, their home, social networks and sometimes even their family because it is difficult to live in our modern environment that is now filled with electrical pollution and microwave radiation. EHS numbers are rapidly increasing with the exponential rise in EMF pollution in our homes and communities. There have been many suicides around the world related to severe cases of EHS. Thus, the condition can have devastating effects on individuals and families. Tens of millions of people will be affected unless society begins to listen to these canaries in the coal mine and implement solutions;” 13 and

WHEREAS, many regions of the world are way ahead of the United States in diagnosis and treatments of EHS, such as the Austrian Medical Association Guidelines For Diagnosing and Treating Patients With Electrohypersensitivity (2012) 14

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WHEREAS, the biological damage from microwave radiation is cumulative to the point where the body can no longer tolerate these exposures; mandatory exposure of our children in classrooms all day for their school career will greatly accelerate EHS, severely limiting their future college and career options, all without their informed consent; and

WHEREAS, U.S. Air Force, Radiofrequency/Microwave Radiation Biological Effects and Safety Standards: A Review concluded that RF exposure at the frequency and power levels utilized by these devices caused perturbations in the higher functioning centers of the Central Nervous System; measured RF power levels and frequency of the wireless system deployed in the Troy High School office were shown to sharply increase the heart rates of animals in the study; and

WHEREAS, wireless radiation is being removed/banned around the world, starting in environments dedicated to the youngest; in 2015, France passed legislation banning Wi-Fi in daycare for age 3 and under, wireless access in elementary schools must be disabled when not in use for learning 15; the State of Israel has banned wireless in Kindergarten, restricting hours of use in schools 16; the Italian State of Tyrol is calling for limiting wireless in schools and will begin an education campaign that informs the public on possible health risks; schools in the U.S. have been removing wireless technology, replacing it with wired connections and has begun to limit use of wireless because it is a health hazard; 17 18 and

WHEREAS, the following experts and organizations, in letters to Los Angeles Unified School District, implored LAUSD to use wired connections in schools due to adverse health impacts: 19

Note: This list does not include all appeals to LAUSD.

Martha R. Herbert, PhD, MD, Pediatric Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Neuroscientist Faculty of Harvard Medical School

American Academy of Environmental Medicine, comprised of Medical Doctors, Osteopaths and PhD researchers focusing on the effects of environmental agents on human health.

Martin Blank, PhD, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics

Magda Havas, PhD, Environmental & Resouce Studies, Trent University, Ontario, Canada

Olle Johansson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Karolinska Institute awards the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Antoinette Stein, PhD, Director, West Coast Program Development, Environmental Health Trust

Joel Moscowitz, PhD, Director, Center for Family and Community Health, University of California, Berkeley

Cindy Sage, MA, Sage Associates, Co-Editor, BioInitiative Report

WHEREAS, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) emission guidelines are not protective of human health; the FCC is not a health agency; the FCC is corrupted as it is “completely dominated by the wireless industry that it supposedly regulates,” as documented in Captured Agency, a report published in June 2015 by Norm Alster and the Harvard University Center for Ethics;20 the science is corrupted by corporate money as per data compiled by Dr. Henry Lai, University of Washington; 21 Motorola has “war-gamed” the science since 1994; 22 wireless industry attempts to suppress DNA damage research, as explained by scientist Dr. Phillips;23 comparison of FCC guidelines with other countries and biological impacts;24 and

WHEREAS, children are becoming Electro Hypersensitive from the wireless radiation in school and lawsuits are being filed on their behalf; 25 and

WHEREAS, teachers are becoming Electro Hypersensitive from the wireless radiation in school at Los Angeles Unified School District and elsewhere and reasonable accommodations are being made so that they may teach in a classroom without radiation; 26and

Whereas, in 2001, the California State PTA passed a resolution on wireless that reads (in part) as follows: “RESOLVED that the California PTA supports encouraging schools to use cable lines for all communications services on campus and to avoid the endorsement, purchase or use of wireless local area network systems on campus; and be it further RESOLVED that the California PTA recommend that teachers and students should limit use of cellular phones or other mobile devices on school property to emergencies.”; the Resolution’s narrative reads as follows: “Until basic questions about the health

and safety of wireless devices and transmitting antennas are addressed by U.S. public health policymakers, we advise precaution. We all want to provide our children with a bright future. We do not want to later learn we acted without enough information and had neglected our children by treating them like guinea pigs in a giant biological experiment;” and

WHEREAS, Section 4.5.64 Safe School Environments of the California State PTA is as follows: “The California State PTA believes that every child is entitled to a safe and peaceful school environment that is orderly and empowering. It is a place in which students and staff are free to learn and teach without the threat of physical and psychological harm.”

“The California State PTA believes that the four essential components that comprise a safe and peaceful school environment are: . . . , the physical setting and conditions in which education takes place.” Subjecting Troy students and staff to this health hazard is in complete opposition to the California State PTA Section 4.5.64; and

WHEREAS, the California State Constitution, Article 1, Section 28(c) provides the Right to Safe Schools: “All students and staff of public primary, elementary, junior and senior high schools have the inalienable right to attend campuses which are safe, secure and peaceful”; Troy high school, with active financial support of Troy PTSA, is subjecting their students, teachers, and staff to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, currently IARC classified as a Class 2B carcinogen and which emerging science demonstrates is a Class 1, known carcinogen, can hardly be considered to be a “safe” school; and

WHEREAS, no insurance company will offer insurance for claims made for injury or death from wireless devices; and

WHEREAS, wired Internet connectivity does not carry the health hazards of wireless, is a faster, more reliable and secure connection and provides a suitable alternative; and

WHEREAS, the Parent Teachers’ Association statement: “The PTA is the largest volunteer advocacy association working exclusively on behalf of all children. For more than 100 years, we’ve promoted the education, health and safety of children, youth and families”; by extension, this necessitates that RF-radiation emitting technology, a health hazard, not be in our children’s, teachers’, and staff school environment; and

WHEREAS, Troy PTSA, in fundraising for wireless devices, is soliciting/accepting donations to purchase wireless technology from those families, communities, entities that are ignorant of the studies, lawsuits, legislative actions to remove wireless, and are unknowingly contributing to the installation of technology that is a health hazard to their own children, staff and teachers; and

WHEREAS, and in acknowledgement of the CMA Resolution, citing the following learning impairments from RF-radiation: “cognitive processing effects, stress protein synthesis in the brain, altered brain development, sleep and memory disturbances”; studies continue to be published substantiating these detrimental affects on learning; Troy students’ academic performance will likely be impaired and the very reason they have chosen to attend Troy High School, a known and superior learning institution, will be greatly challenged and compromised; and

WHEREAS, parents, teachers, and adult students are uninformed of these preceding facts on wireless radiation, their human rights are being violated by mandatory microwave radiation exposure at Troy High School; and

WHEREAS, parents who are knowledgeable on the health hazards of microwave radiation will be forced to withdraw their child from Troy High School, access to a healthy, safe school environment will be denied; and

WHEREAS, Troy High School students’ health, well being, and futures must never be yielded to other interests; and

WHEREAS, children and teachers have the right to a safe and healthy school environment, and Troy PTSA has a legal, ethical, moral obligation to support that right; and

WHEREAS, Troy PTSA by funding wireless devices is creating a school environment that makes mandatory the exposure to microwave radiation in order to attend Troy High School; and

WHEREAS, Troy PTSA by funding wireless devices is creating potential legal liability for Fullerton Joint Union High School District (FJUHSD) as lawsuits in the U.S. and around the world are being filed for injury and death; and

WHEREAS, the 200+ scientists in their Appeal to the United Nations and the World Health Organization have declared our exposures to wireless radiation an emerging public health crises, this necessitates that our children, teachers, and staff not be exposed to RF-Radiation emissions at Troy High School.

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The following demands are, hereby, made of Troy High School PTSA:

Uphold California State PTA, Section 4.5.64 Safe School Environments; uphold the California State Constitution, Article1, Section 28(c); and

As would be expected of an organization dedicated to the education of students at Troy High School, fully acknowledge, disclose, and respond in accordance to the following facts on microwave radiation exposure: 200 international scientists and engineers have described this as “an emerging public health crisis”; thousands of scientific studies have demonstrated this as a significant, potentially profound, health hazard; legislation passed worldwide on RF-radiation exposures to protect the public and starting with the youngest; lawsuits filed on behalf of victims/survivors; refusal of insurance companies to cover injury/death from exposures; students and teachers becoming sick in wireless classrooms, corruption within the FCC that precludes responsible public health policy denying basic human rights; and

Hardwire all wireless Chromebooks that have been purchased with Troy PTSA funds; and

Immediately withdraw all support, financial and non-financial, of wireless devices and routers; promptly call for the removal of wireless radiation from our children and teachers’ school environment. Support only wired technology, which does not carry the health harms of wireless radiation; and

Work to fund an education and awareness campaign for students, parents and teachers, educating them on the health affects from wireless radiation, recognizing that those students that utilize these devices deserve to know the least hazardous way of handling wireless technology. Include in this curriculum the symptoms of microwave sickness, Electrosensitivity (ES), Electrohypersensitivity (EHS); and

Work to support education for staff and teachers, advising them of the science contained in media, websites such as The BabySafe Project, an on-line resource headed by Dr. Hugh Taylor, Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University, in which he advises pregnant women to avoid RF-radiation exposures, as the science demonstrates ties to ADD, ADHD, and Autism from exposure to wireless radiation during pregnancy. Those employees that are pregnant or intend to become pregnant will be appreciative of this information.