2024-09-03 REVISED Donna Thompson Testimony -Oppose

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From:sharkgss To:WPCtestimony Cc:Evans, Cynthia F.W.; Kanealii-Kleinfelder, Matt; Kimball, Heather Subject:Re: OPPOSE Item #8 Regarding telecommunication towers and antennas - Support Bill 194 Date:Tuesday, September 3, 2024 10:09:18 PM Please add this government study link to my submitted testimony below. This paper was conducted in 1994 by Rome Laboratory Air Force Materiel Command regarding safety of radio frequencies on human and animal health. Conclusion: "Exposure to RF/MW radiation is known to have a biological effect on living organisms. Research conducted over the past 30 years (since 1994) has provided a basis for the effect of irradiation of biological materials. Experimental evidence has shown that exposure to low intensity radiation can have a profound effect on biological organisms. The nonthermal effects of RF/MW radiation exposure are becoming important measures of biological interaction with EM fields. Modem RF/MW radiation protection guides have sought to account for the effects of low level radiation exposure. Adherence to the ANSI Standard \[9\] should provide protection against harmful thermal effects and help to minimize the interaction of EM fields with the biological processes of the human body \[9\]. It is essentially the absorption of RF/MW energy that causes stress and trauma to biological systems. The greatest amount of energy will be absorbed when the incident radiation is emitted at the resonance frequency of biological material \[9\], \[22\]. In this regard, RF/MW radiation emitted at non-resonant frequencies should be absorbed to the greatest extent when the radiating mode is a pulsed signal. The generation of such signals creates transient responses that will match the resonant frequencies of biological materials. Non-resonant pulsed RF/MW radiation may be more harmful to living organisms than CW radiation emitted at non-resonant frequencies." https://www.elettrosensibili.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rf-microwave-radiation-biological- effects-rome-labs-1.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 at 12:28 PM, sharkgss <sharkgss@protonmail.com> wrote: Aloha, I recently discovered "the Planning Director has initiated an ordinance to amend Chapter 25 (Zoning), Article 2, Article 4, Article 5, and Article 7 of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) relating to telecommunication antennas and towers. The purpose is to remove the requirement for a use permit to establish telecommunication antennas and towers in certain zoning districts, add application requirements, and amend standards for the establishment of telecommunication antennas and towers." I strongly oppose item 8 because this proposal is unacceptable and far too sympathetic to the telecommunications industry without any protection for our community. There most certainly should be a permitting process for installation of cell towers and antennas due to the electromagnetic pollution these towers