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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0110.129 2024-2026P POWEp gill 24 XMM.110 Aloha PCPLUED Committee Members, Many members of the public and several of your fellow council members are soundirY'� the alarm about Bill 24 neglecting the needs of the community, and we agree. We S� CD implore you to include a setback of at least 600' from residence and schools. Please consider: - -- 1) You've gone from a Contested Case allowance to now nothing that allows public ::3- input in the citing of cell towers and antennas. Only Planning and Director approval is,.:> > needed. There is no public participation. No checks and balances. 2) Towers and antennas are now allowed in ALL zones with no protections for people in their homes or young children in pre-schools, nursery schools or ANY schools. 3) While it's true that, according to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, you cannot regulate telecom infrastructure based on environmental or health effects, this outdated law is being challenged in Federal court (please see below links to 11,000 pages of evidence of harm from EMF/RF). Back in 1996 almost no one owned a cell phone. Smart phones did not exist, there was no WiFi, and no tablets or iPads. No infrastructure to speak of. Do you think this outdated law is still accurate? Do you think exposure to wireless radiation has not changed in 30 years? As a publicly elected official, do you have any moral obligation to practice the precautionary principle? 4) Meantime, your hands are not tied! There are plenty of other reasons to protect homes and schools: • Preserve the character and appearance of the area • Protect the scenic, historic, environmental, and natural resources of the area • Protect the cultural and man-made resources of the area • Protect the property values of the homes • Protect the general safety, health, welfare and quality of life of the residents of the area • Protect families and children from nuisance, noise and falling objects • Protect families and children from dangerous tower guy -wires 5) Bill 24 and Bill 194 were both fully vetted by the two Planning Commissions, by Corporation Council, and by various County agencies. The current bill, Bill 24, the was put forth by the Planning Department itself! Despite this, new obstacles continue to be introduced at every meeting of this committee. These obstacles continue to consistently erode the needs of the community. 6) The Hawaii State Constitution emphasizes the importance of public health, safety and welfare. Article IX mandates that the state shall provide for the protection and Comm. NV: Ref. To: Ref. Metre 0 2025 promotion of public health. Article XI highlights the right to a clean and healthful environment. Although at this time you can't regulate telecommunications infrastructure based on environmental effects, that doesn't mean you bury your head in the sand. Hawaii needs to be true to its values and be forward -thinking. It's only a matter of time until the outdated Federal law is overturned. Mounting evidence includes: A recent WHO (World Health Organization) funded systemic review of 52 different research studies that concludes a "high certainty" of evidence linking RF radiation to two different types of cancers, cancer in the brain and cancer in the heart. https•//icbe-emf.org/who-funded-study-reports-high-certainty-of-the-evidence-linking- cell-phone-radiation-to-cancer-in-animals/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025002338?via%3Dihub International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) statement opposing cell towers: https://www.iaff.org/cell-tower-radiation/ Firefighter brain study results: htti)s:Hmdsafetech.org/wp- content/uploads/2017/10/foster-brown-hon-edmund-g-firefighters-foster-092017.pdf Firefighters testify against cell towers: httys:Habc7.com/los-angeles-county-board-of- supervisors-firefig hter-cell-towers-fire-stations/571612/ Firefighters unions oppose towers/antennas: https:Hehtrust.o g/firefighter-unions- opposing-cell-towers/ 11,000 pages of research documenting the health effects from wireless radiation filed as part of a lawsuit suing the FCC for not updating the EMF emission safety levels since 1996 when smart phones, WiFi, and tablets didn't exist: httt)s:Hchildrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/ui)loadsNolume-1.Ddf https:Hchildrenshealthdefense.org/wl2-content/uploadsNolume-2.pdf htti)s://childrenshealthdefense.org/wo-content/ui3loadsNolume-3.r)df https://childrenshealthdefense.org/wo-content/ui)loadsNolume-4.pdf httr)s:Hchildrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/ut)loadsNolume-5.odf htti)s:Hchildrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploadsNolume-6.pdf htti)s:Hchildrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/ur)loadsNolume-7.pdf htti)s://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploadsNolume-8.pdf httr)s://childrenshealthdefense.org/wl2-content/uploadsNolume-9.pdf https:Hchildrenshealthdefense.org/wo-content/uploadsNolume-10.odf htti)s://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploadsNolume-11.pdf httos:Hchildrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/ui)loadsNolume-12.pdf httr)s:Hchildrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploadsNolume-13.pdf httr)s://childrenshealthdefense.oralwp-content/uploadsNolume-14.pdf https://childrenshealthdefense.oralwp-content/ur)loads/Volume-15.pdf httr)s://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/Volume-16.pdf httt)s://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploadsNolume-17.odf https://childrenshealthdefense.orq/wp-content/ui)loadsNolume-18.pdf httr)s://childrenshealthdefense.oralwp-content/uploads/Volume-19.pdf htti)s://childrenshealthdefense.orq/wp-content/uploads/Volume-20.pdf https://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/ui)loadsNolume-21.pdf httr)s://childrenshealthdefense.oralwp-content/uploads/Volume-22.pdf https://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploadsNolume-23.pdf httr)s://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploadsNolume-24.pdf httt)s://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/ur)loads/Volume-25.pdf htti)s://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/ui)loads/Volume-25.gdf httr)s://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/ui)loads/Volume-26.pdf https://childrenshealthdefense.orq/wp-content/ui)loadsNolume-27.pdf Recorded deaths in homes near cell towers: https://scientists4wiredtech.com/sebastopol/#death Wireless networks are energy hogs, incompatible with Hawaii's energy goals. They are not clean, not green, not sustainable. httr)s://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5783987 Wireless radiation damages the environment including birds, bees, trees, plants, animals, insects: https://ehtrust.org/science/bees-butterflies-wildlife-research- electromagnetic-fields-environment/ Towers/antennas are harmful to human health: https://ehtrust.orq/science/cell-towers- and-cell-antennae/compilation-of-research-studies-on-cell-tower-radiation-and-health/ More than 260 EMF scientists from 45 nations appeal to the UN for protection from wireless radiation: httr)s://emfscientist.org/ We hope this information helps you understand why a setback is needed for the safety and protection of families in their homes and children in schools. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your kind consideration of these issues which members of the community want to see addressed for their safety and welfare. Sincerely, Debra Debra Greene, PhD Founding Director Safe Tech Hawaii 808-874-6441 www.SafeTechHawaii.com