We were lucky to catch up with Cece Doucette recently and have shared our conversation below.

Cece, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Was there a defining moment in your professional career? A moment that changed the trajectory of your career?

I’d spent eight years leading our school district’s education foundation at the time when the Ed Tech industry was pushing in the 21st Century Classroom. Our budgets were cut to the bone so along with other parents I jumped in and started doing fundraising for wireless infrastructure, iPads, Chromebooks, smartboards and more.

Then an engineer friend tipped me off wireless could be biologically harmful. I’m a tech writer by trade so I wondered if there was any science. I was astounded to discover thousands of peer-reviewed studies all over the world showing the two-way microwave radiation that carries our data back and forth through the air is very harmful, and especially to children.

It causes neurotoxicity including anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, anger, behavior issues cognitive impairment, insomnia, pain, skin abnormalities and heart irregularities. Long-term it causes cancers, DNA damage, infertility, ADD/ADHD, autism, early onset Alzheimer’s and more. It causes oxidative stress and immunosuppression.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Questioning the safety of wireless technology is not an easy conversation to have since the wireless industry has been so effective at promoting the benefits and convenience, without disclosing the very serious risks. Our communities have invested a lot of funding into wireless infrastructure in our schools, libraries, other buildings and recreation areas. They also receive a revenue stream for leasing town property to telecom vendors and they don’t want to lose that.

Yet, when our schools read the legal fine print that comes with all our devices, they likely had an uh-oh moment. Anyone with an iPhone can go to Settings/General/Legal and Regulatory/RF Exposure and read the disclaimer that says they tested the device away from the body. So if you are holding a radiating device in your hand, tucking it in your bra or shirt pocket, or in your waistband or back pocket, you are exceeding the Federal Communication Commission’s public radiation limits. Owners of other devices can find the fine print in theirs by searching on your make/model and “RF Exposure”.

Further down in the disclaimer they say to reduce your exposure don’t touch it, use a hands-free option.

Our schools in Ashland, Massachusetts became the first in the nation to hang Best Practices for Mobile Devices signs in our classrooms that say to turn off the wireless access points and the devices when not in use, and never put a radiating device on one’s body.

I sought a grant and we became the first public library to put a radiation detection meter on loan to our residents, and citizens around the country are now requesting them for their libraries too.

I met with our legislators and we have six bills in MA this session to address this issue but they have yet to take meaningful action. We helped New Hampshire pass the first law to investigate the health and environmental impacts of 5G and all radiofrequency radiation emissions. NH issued a groundbreaking commission report documenting the big tobacco-like tactics used by industry and the conflicts of interest with the FCC and FDA. NH also recommends 15 actions to educate and protect the public and our environment.

We are fortunate to now have a medical conference on-line with world leading doctors, scientists, building biologists and others to teach how to recognize, diagnose, treat and prevent illnesses from the electromagnetic fields emitted by man-made radiation. See https://emfconference2021.com/.

The message is not “no technology” it’s safe technology and it starts with learning the facts. Twice each month we invite the public to free educational webinars to learn Wireless Risks and Safer Technology Solutions. Please register at https://www.ma4safetech.org/events. We’ll send you the recording and my slides if the times aren’t convenient.

After learning simple steps we can all take to reduce our radiation exposures, many report finally getting good sleep again and children’s behavior issues calming way down. Others indicate seemingly unrelated heart issues, memory problems, skin abnormalities and other symptoms resolve when they choose to replace wireless connections with hard-wired Ethernet cables and adapters. Then simply turn off the antennas in each device and the router. Not only is this safer, but cabled connections far surpass wireless on speed, reliability, sustainability, energy conservation, data security and privacy. Wireless is no longer advanced technology for primary connectivity.

Feel free to peruse https://www.ma4safetech.org/ to learn more, and perhaps be inspired to start taking baby steps to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

Innocently enough, when I started reading the science and learned how toxic wireless radiation is, I thought I’d raise my hand at my children’s schools, share the information and they’d fix it.

It was a hard lesson learned that most public servants are not public leaders. They do what they’re told but don’t often trailblaze to truly protect the well-being of our children and communities. The industry threatens to sue so they back off.

The otehr hard lesson learned was don’t go it alone. If I had it to do over again, I’d invite over all of my friends, all of the parents and grandparent of the children my kids are friends with. We’d watch the award-winning film Generation Zapped together to start this important conversation. It’s available on Amazon Prime and through library streaming services Kanopy and Hoopla.

Once we were all well-informed, then as a group I’d have us all go to the schools, and to the town, and work collaboratively to set protocols to put public health ahead of industry profits.

Any advice for managing a team?

Our world is in such a state today that it’s easy for people to get easily overwhelmed. Fortunately, others have been working hard toward tech safety and we have excellent resources available.

For our schools — once you have a good group of parents willing to do the leg work to protect the children — there are wonderful resources at TechSafe Schools to teach the science, health and legal risks, and how to remediate current radiation exposures. See https://www.techsafeschools.org/.

For our towns — again, once you have a good group of citizens willing to do the leg work to protect our families and environment — there are terrific resources at Americans for Responsible Technology including groups you may be able to join locally as well as insights for starting your own group. Their tool kit includes model zoning code and a checklist to make your local regulations as strong as they can be within the law. See https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/.

To keep morale high, I remind myself this is a marathon, not a sprint. If we can plant one seed every day toward safe technology, then it’s a good day. If we get big wins then we pop the champaign. But there is no cavalry coming to fix this for you or your town. It’s truly up to the citizens to learn, open the conversation with those around them, and don’t stop until your community is protected from radiation. The effects are cumulative so the longer we leave ourselves immersed in electropollution, the more damage we are likely to see.

Let us know how we can help at https://www.ma4safetech.org/.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.ma4safetech.org/
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• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecelia-doucette-09655155/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66dzYDGRl–B892JwcFBmQ