HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0643.024 2018-2020 From: Emily Kreiman
To: Council Testimony
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Subject: Stop Res.425, No Wifi Needed
Date: Sunday, December 01,2019 12:23:10 AM 7B19 DEC -2 AN ID 27
Honorable Council Members: This is of utmost importance. Please stop the proliferation of WiFi
until it can be proven safe. I do not consent to our public places being used as areas of wireless
radiation, which harms myself and family during our time outdoors. Please follow the
Precautionary Principle, like so many other municipalities, and which is part of our Hawaii
Constitution. WiFI is not necessary to make a phone call. WiFi is for internet data. We do not
need to surf the web, at the expense of our health and wellbeing, while in our public parks. There
are now hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific studies showing that wireless radiation is harmful.
The government's exposure guidelines were set in the 1990s and based on science from the
1980s. Did anyone even own a cellphone in the '80s? The guidelines only consider heating
effects, as if we were a roast cooking in a microwave oven. Despite a huge body of scientific
evidence, the FCC refuses to update these guidelines, which are among the least protective in the
world! This is extremely concerning when it comes to our children, whose small, developing
bodies make them more vulnerable to the effects of wireless radiation. Children also have a
longer life in front of them to experience the kind of damage researchers have documented:
various cancers, reproductive problems, DNA damage, etc. To view some of this evidence:
https://ehtrust.org/science/peer-reviewed-research-stud ies-on-wi-fi/
No "free"WiFi in our public parks, please! Stop Res. 425. Sincerely, Emily Kreiman
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