Resolution 93-11: MARK, DOCUMENT, OR RID UTA OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
| Number | 93-11 |
| Description | Visibly identify areas of high electromagnetic field on campus so that studnets can avoid them |
| Authored by |
Greg Roberts |
| Sponsored by |
Clay Cooper |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, February 23, 1993 |
| Committee | Other |
| Result | n/a |
| Remarks | FAILED - No further information is available about this resolution. |
| Whereas | Recent studies have linked electromagnetic fields, known as EMF's, to increased rates of cancer (a disease whose causes we are only beginning to learn); and |
| Whereas | EMF's have the potential of accelerating the growth of carcinogens in the human body which are known to be associated with cancer; and |
| Whereas | EMF's, produced by electrical currents, are found in the vicinity of electrical utilities, i.e. high power lines, metal detectors, blenders, hairdryers, office equipment, etc; and |
| Whereas | Swedish youth living near high power lines were found to have developed leukemia at four times the normal rate according to Swedish researchers at Karolinska Institute (other studies are finding similar conclusions); and |
| Whereas | The emissions of EMF's from cellular telephones have raised recent questions about their link to cancerous brain tumors; and |
| Whereas | The UTA campus uses various levels of electricity, possibly exposing students and faculty to potentially dangerous levels of EMF's, and these high EMF areas are easily identified with proper measuring instruments, and UTA should hold the safety of the students and faculty at high priority. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | UTA identify areas of unacceptable levels of electormagnetic fields and take measures to correct them of make thse areas easily identifiable by marking and documenting them so that sutdents and faculty may recognize areas with high EMF's and avoid them as much as possible. |