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The US Supreme Court has asserted that: 'At the very core [of the 4th Amendment] stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable government intrusion.' Telecommunications Act of 1996, Section 704: '(iv) No State or local government or instrumentality thereof may regulate the placement, construction, and modification of personal wireless service facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissions to the extent that such facilities comply with the Commission's regulations concerning such emissions.' This federal legislation was written by the utility industry which strips the rights of state and local governments the right to protect her citizens from radiation.