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From: Yoav Melamed � E~� H1�f J� 4,^^;i a B
To: Council Testimony
Subject: No WiFi needed,Stop Res.425 28
Date: Friday,November 29,2019 7:50:40 PM 7019 DC ._ t 2 . 10:
Honorable Council Members:
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-studies-on-wi-fi/
Thank you for keeping our parks radiation free for the safety of our families!
Aloha
Yoav from kapaau
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