2013-07-11 Windward Transcript Vista

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conveniences that the cell tower brings other upstream or upslope from, or downslope -- as where I’m at from the cell tower. HENKEL: Thank you. ISHIBASHI: Joseph? JOSEPH MCINERNY: Hello, good morning. I’m Joseph McInerny. ISHIBASHI: Address? JOSEPH MCINERNY: My address is 15-2824 Manalo Street, Pahoa, Hawai‘i 96778. Okay. I just want to start by saying in Europe the cell phone, cell phone from cells on the towers and the laws regulating the towers are a lot more thoroughly regulated. The laws are a lot more stringent over there. And the laws governing cell phones and the towers here in America are very lenient, and even vague if you try and find who, which Federal agency is responsible for overseeing the people’s safety. You’ll actually have a really hard time pining any agency down. It’s kind of a hot potato. And even if you do, the rules, the one agency who does accept responsibility basically says that, according to the studies that the cell phone companies have performed, everything is safe. So the government has never done any of their own studies. Everything is taken face value by, with the studies that the cell phone companies have done. So, in essence, they’re basically self-regulated. As my dad said the Hawaiian Shores has mentioned the 225-foot as a buffer range that’s supposedly safe. I believe that T-Mobile gave them that number. And as my dad mentioned, there is at least a handful of houses that are even within that number, within the 225 feet number. And as he also mentioned, numerous independent studies have shown there to be higher instances of all kinds of cancers and other illnesses within 1200 feet. That seems like a more appropriate, I mean it corresponds with people being sick. So it’s kind of, there’s some type of a coincidence there, you know. And as I said these cell phone companies, they conduct their own studies; and this is accepted at face value by the government. This dictates the guidelines and rules, regulations. I don’t know if you guys are aware of this but fire fighters banned cell phone towers in 1999 from all fire stations. So if it’s not good enough for the fire fighters I don’t think it’s good enough for anybody. And last but not least, the WHO ranked cell phones and cell phone towers as carcinogenic along the lines with lead and mercury, meaning they’re cancer causing agents. And that’s basically all I have to share for now. ISHIBASHI: Thank you. Any questions by Commissioners? Thank you, Mr. McInerny. Jethelyn, state your name and address for the record. GREGORY: Jethelyn Gregory, 15-115 Puni Lapa, Pahoa. I’m just here as a resident as somebody that will benefit from the cell phone. I’m just expressing from our point of view, the neighbors, that it’s really very much a benefit to us where we have very spotty kind of reception now. And from the safety viewpoint, and as one of my neighbors said, yea, I can just have my cell phone then. So from an economical viewpoint it really has a positive effect for many of us. 6 EXHIBIT A