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From: Rebecca Melendez <br /> To: WPCtestimonv <br /> Subject: 8.INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR(PL-PDI-2024-000008) <br /> Date: Monday,September 2,2024 2:52:48 PM <br /> Attachments: Livina-close-to-a-mobi le-ph one-mast-has-conseauences.pdf <br /> The Planning Director want's The purpose is to remove the requirement for a use permit to <br /> establish telecommunication antennas and towers in certain zoning districts, add application <br /> requirements, and amend standards for the establishment of telecommunication antennas and <br /> towers. <br /> Has there been any research done with the safety of cellphone towers in Hawai'i? Because <br /> now is the time to consider ALL of the effects these towers can do to people on the island <br /> before just freely saying apply and you'll have your tower. For the health of the island, its <br /> community and visitors please look into researching these towers' effects before allowing <br /> them to be built with ONLY an application. <br /> Please deny this proposal until you have all the health risks. <br /> Thank you, <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Rebecca Melendez <br /> Please read the articles from the links I provide with a short description on the point they are <br /> making. Also please read the attached document. <br /> https://mdsafetech.org/cell-tower-health-effects/ <br /> 2022 Review of Cell Tower Human Health Effects: Radiation Sickness,Cancer and Biochemical Changes <br /> In August 2022 Biologist and researcher Alfonso Balmori published a thorough review of <br /> the existing scientific literature on the effects of base station (cell tower) antennas on humans <br /> in Environmental Research titled, Evidence for a health risk by RF on humans living <br /> around mobile phone base stations: from radiofreiluency sickness to cancer. He states in <br /> the abstract, "Overall results of this review show three types of effects by base station <br /> antennas on the health of people: radiofrequency sickness (RS), cancer (C) and changes in <br /> biochemical parameters (CBP). Considering all the studies reviewed globally (n 38), <br /> 73.6% (28138) showed effects: 73.9% (17123)for radiofrequency sickness, 76.9% (10113)for <br /> cancer and 75.0% (618)for changes in biochemical parameters...Of special importance are <br /> the studies performed on animals or trees near base station antennas that cannot be aware <br /> of their proximity and to which psychosomatic effects can never be attributed." <br /> https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/cell-tower-safely/ <br /> Cell Tower Radiation <br /> But what about cell phone towers and mobile antennas attached to existing structures? You <br /> can't easily avoid them as they are everywhere. They are even constructed right next to <br /> schools in some cases. <br /> Scientific Research:Living Close to a Cell Tower a Likely Cancer Risk <br /> Many people seem to not worry about living or working in close proximity to cell towers and <br />