Pittsfield Cell Tower Concerned Citizens

10/30/2025

Contrary to rumors, the 877 South St cell tower, renamed the 23 Alma St Tower is still live.

Let's change that, shall we?

10/30/2025

This needed to be written. Thank you Berkshire Eagle for holding space for those with disabilities and the responsibilities our schools have towards students with special needs.

When the kids were diagnosed with EHS and their doctors met with school administrators to put in place a simple accomodation of not sitting near a wireless access point, that accomodation, despite going through the process, was never granted. But how ironic that for a hearing issue we simply had to ask for a kiddo to sit in a different seat, and no paperwork, no documentation, no meeting with physicians, no dragging out of the process happened. We asked; "Can she please sit in a different seat because of her hearing?" Yes. No problem.

When we asked, "Can she please sit in a different seat because of her medical diagnosis of EHS?" The answer was, we are going to need 4 months of you jumping through hoops, have multiple meetings with her physicians, and then never provide you an answer or a solution- and now the school year is over..

You can see the frustration.

"Pittsfield’s special education crisis is a civil rights issue — and accountability is past due.

Pittsfield’s students with disabilities are owed more than apologies and corrective action plans. They are owed the services our schools promised them — legally, morally and educationally. When a school system fails to deliver on individualized special education programs, it violates not only regulations but the rights of children who rely on those supports to learn.

The state’s recent downgrade of Pittsfield Public Schools’ special education program is a reckoning. The data are stark. Students with disabilities have been suspended at significantly higher rates than their nondisabled peers. Graduation rates lagged, while the dropout rate was nearly double the statewide average. The implications are clear: When this system breaks, real children are the ones who fall through.

What’s troubling is not just the state’s “credible allegation” of systemic noncompliance. It’s that this wasn’t brought to light sooner. Pittsfield School Committee members said they were unaware last year that a corrective action plan was needed for Pittsfield Public Schools’ special education program. Families — the very people whose children may have missed legally required support — had no reason to know something was wrong. A school committee cannot hold a system accountable if it is kept in the dark.

Families deserve clear and regular reporting on missed services and what is being done to make students whole. Staffing shortages must never again be an excuse for failing to comply with the law. And district leadership must make clear that serving students with disabilities is not a secondary obligation. It is core to the mission of educating every child.

Students with disabilities are not asking for favors. They are asking for fairness. Pittsfield’s schools must uphold their promise — and the law — so that no child is left behind because they learn differently.

This breakdown is a reminder of why Pittsfield needs a School Committee that insists on transparency, demands accountability from district leadership and keeps a constant watch on the quality of education in every classroom. The responsibility now lies with the voters of Pittsfield: The election is Tuesday.

Follow the link below to view the article.

Don’t fail the students who need us most

OUR OPINION Pittsfield’s special education crisis is a civil rights

10/29/2025

Science Wednesday- Radiofrequency radiation induced gene expression

Lai H, Levitt BB. Radiofrequency radiation-induced gene expression. Rev Environ Health. 2025 Oct 29. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2025-0104.

Abstract
Genes are differentially expressed in cells in response to changes in the internal or external environment. The response is generally an adaptive mechanism to the environmental challenge to restore cell functions to homeostasis. There are numerous studies reporting changes in gene expression in cells exposed to radiofrequency radiation (RFR), the type of energy emitted by wireless communication devices. The major genes affected are those involved in: repair of damaged proteins, response to stress, oxidative changes, apoptosis, DNA damage detection and repair, and changes in neural functions. Gene expression data supports the notion that RFR is a stressor that causes oxidative changes and DNA and protein damage in cells under different exposure conditions, in many biological systems. Changes in all these significant gene expression effects are supported by results of other biological studies of RFR exposure in the literature. They should be considered in the setting of RFR-exposure guidelines.

Excerpts
"Gene expressions are under feedback control in response to external challenges with numerous variables. RFR has a complex interaction with living organisms depending on various parameters of the field. With these considerations in mind, response oscillation and non-linear dose-response could occur. But gene expression is not expected under all exposure conditions and biological systems studied. Thus, inevitably, in some studies, no significant effects would be expected. There are studies that reported no significant effect of RFR on gene expression related to protein damage and removal, DNA, oxidative processes, stress, and brain functions (Table 7)."

"Forty gene expression effects (marked as low intensity (LI) in Tables 1–6) were observed at a SAR less than 0.4 W/kg. This is relevant to the effects of exposure to RFR in the environment. 0.4 W/kg is the dose rate assumed to be safe by international radiofrequency radiation guidelines (e.g., the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and the International Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)). This is important to understand regarding the validity of those organization’s high-intensity standards-setting models. (For readers who are interested in ‘low-intensity’ RFR effects, there are more than 200 studies that reported biological effects at SAR

10/29/2025

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10/29/2025

Unlimited headaches, five years in a row.

Pittsfield Cell Tower Concerned Citizens

10/29/2025

“Real heroes don’t wear capes. They simply care.”

Fred Rogers once said something the world still needs to hear:
“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say, ‘It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’
Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”
He wasn’t talking about superheroes.
He was talking about ordinary people — the ones who show up, who listen, who help without asking for recognition.
The neighbor who checks in.
The teacher who stays late.
The stranger who steps forward when everyone else steps back.
In a world that often feels divided, kindness is rebellion.
And the ones who still choose to care — they’re the quiet heroes keeping everything together.

10/28/2025

An Electrosensitive Survival Guide is now available on Amazon!

"Julia soon started noticing she didn't feel so great when she went into town to get supplies or socialize: head pains, nausea, and dizziness were just the beginning. She noticed her cell phone caused a burning sensation when she put it up to her ear. But the situation continued to escalate, until she found herself living in a real survival situation, alone against a hostile world.

Julia could have given up at this point but instead she decided to look for creative solutions to the problem. Eventually she found others like herself and began to create community. This book chronicles Julia's journey and the tips and tricks she has learned to navigate life as an electrosensitive person as well as some easy to read information about electrosensitivity and the coverup by the telecommunications industry."



https://www.amazon.ca/Under-Rock-Electrosensitive-Survival-Guide/dp/B0CCCJ3832

10/27/2025

Thank you for learning about this issue, standing with us, and for all your support.

We don't take your care, engagement or solidarity for granted. We are so grateful for it every single day.

Thank you for not looking away.


Pittsfield Cell Tower Concerned Citizens

10/27/2025

EHS is just one of many invisible disabilities that gets put in the "too hard basket," but not if we keep sheding light and bringing awareness to it.

Recognized by the ADA over 20 years ago, accommodations need to catch up. Policy change and actions to protect us must not be invisible, too.

Thank you for sharing, caring, and for all your support.

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10/27/2025

Gilardi said she has suffered symptoms associated with electromagnetic hypersensitivity since age 12, while living in the Pittsfield neighborhood at the center of ongoing litigation surrounding the rights of local health boards to regulate cell towers.

Gilardi said in a statement that she is "deeply humbled and grateful" for the proclamation.

“It is an awful experience to be medically diagnosed with an illness, and worse yet, it is devastating to feel invisible as a result of it," she wrote. I'm speaking up and I'm speaking out and I can empathize with others who have invisible illnesses [for] which we constantly are asked questions about, proof is demanded, and in so many ways we are marginalized. When others, on our behalf, ask for help, they too are made invisible."

Jess Stainbrook, executive director of the Invisible Disabilities Association, praised the proclamation.

“This proclamation shines a light on millions of individuals whose challenges may not be seen but are very real," Stainbrook said. "Each day, the Invisible Disabilities Association works to build understanding and support for people living with invisible disabilities. This recognition is a powerful step toward greater awareness and compassion.”
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/invisible-disabilities-week-lenox-high/article_b123ab3b-fe9c-4278-8fe6-625c15c61b3c.html