Ellie Marks

Ellie Marks is a brain tumor activist and founder of the California Brain Tumor Association[1]. Marks’ husband, Alan was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2008[2]. Doctors attributed his brain tumor to the radiation from his heavy cell phone use[3].

Marks testified to Congress about cell phone radiation at the invitation of Congressman Dennis Kucinich[4]. Her speech received major media attention from CNN and Fox[5]. In 2010, Ellie spoke with San Francisco Supervisors who passed a first in the nation cell phone safety bill[6]. The bill was repealed in 2013 after a lawsuit from the telecom lobby[7]. In 2014, Ellie produced[8] the documentary Mobilize with UC Berkeley researcher Joel Moskowitz[9] which premiered at the Castro Theater[10].

In 2015, Ellie spoke to Harvard and Yale Law professors who agreed to defend a cell phone safety bill pro-bono[11]. Ellie spoke to Berkeley City Council about the free legal support and the Council passed a cell phone safety bill. The telecom organization CTIA sued Berkeley for freedom of speech. In 2016, Berkeley cell phone stores started to give information about radiation[12]. The CTIA appealed to the Supreme Court who upheld Berkeley’s bill[13]. In 2020, a federal judge ruled Berkeley can’t require the safety information any more after previously upholding Berkeley’s bill[14].

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Pogash, Carol (July 21, 2015). "Cellphone Ordinance Puts Berkeley at Forefront of Radiation Debate" - via NYTimes.com.
2. ↑ "California Brain Tumor Association". CA Brain Tumor.
3. ↑ "Cancer calling: East Bay couple on a mission to warn of cell phone risks". August 6, 2010.
4. ↑ "Ellie Marks | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
5. ↑ "Barnidge: Lafayette woman keeps spreading the word about the dangers of cellphones". June 1, 2014.
6. ↑ Diaz, John (September 26, 2015). "S.F. woman's crusade against cell-phone industry". San Francisco Chronicle.
7. ↑ German, Kent. "San Francisco finally kills cell phone radiation law". CNET.
8. ↑ "Mobilize". Kevin Kunze VR Films.
9. ↑ "Electromagnetic Radiation Safety".
10. ↑ "Two Extraordinary Lamorinda Women Direct and Produce Two CAIFF Films". lamorindaweekly.com.
11. ↑ Staff, Sabina Mahavni (September 22, 2018). "Berkeley City Council stands behind cellphone 'right to know' ordinance". The Daily Californian.
12. ↑ Knobel, Lance (January 28, 2016). "Federal judge upholds Berkeley cellphone warning".
13. ↑ "Supreme Court upholds Berkeley's 'Right to Know' ordinance". The Daily Californian. December 13, 2019.
14. ↑ Egelko, Bob (September 20, 2020). "Berkeley can't require extra radiation warning on cell phones, federal judge rules". San Francisco Chronicle.

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