2024-09-15 Kanaloaleohano Testimony #4 -Oppose

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• Increased Radio Frequency (RF) radiation exposure: Cell towers emit RF radiation, which can increase daily exposure levels, particularly for individuals living or working near these structures. Children, due to their smaller size and developing bodies, may be more vulnerable to RF radiation absorption and potential health effects. • Distance and exposure levels: The distance between a cell tower and an individual, as well as the power output of the tower, can affect exposure levels. Mr. Arthur Firstenberg reported in his book on the huge numbers of dead trees -- up to 60 percent !!! in some areas -- of the beautiful Aspen trees that Colorado is known for, dead after Radio Frequency relay towers were installed. See The Invisible Rainbow pages 364-365 by Arthur Firstenberg "The suddenness and simultaneity of Aspen decline throughout Colorado, which began precisely in 2004, has been a source of wonder and despair to all who love and miss the vivid fall colors of these striking trees. In just three years, from 2003 to 2006, the area of aspen damage increased from 12,000 acres to 140,000 acres. Aspen mortality in the national forests rose three to sevenfold, with some stands losing 60 percent of these trees". There is a reason "The State of Colorado operates a sophisticated public safety communications network, called the Digital Trunked Radio System, consisting of 203 tall radio towers whose transmissions cover every square inch of the state. They are heavily used by police, firefighters, park rangers, emergency medical service providers, schools, hospitals, and a wide variety of other municipal, state, federal, and tribal officials. Between 1998 and 2000 the pilot phase of the system, covering the Denver metro area, was built and tested. In 2001 and 2002, radio towers were built throughout northeastern and southeastern Colorado and the eastern plains. And in 2004, 2005, and 2006, the system invaded the western, mountainous part of the state: Aspen territory." "At times," says Alfonso Balmori, "I compare what is occurring to a collective ritual of suicide in slow motion." But he does not think it can continue indefinitely. "I don't know when, he continues, "but there will come a day of realization, when society will awaken to the serious problem of electromagnetic contamination and its dangerous effects on birds, frogs, bees, trees, and all other living beings, including ourselves."