On November 20 the Sebastopol City Council approved city wide wi-fi. On December 12 the City planning director declared the project exempt from CEQA (enviornmental report). Considering there will be an electromagnetic radiation field increase we need to know what the current radiation levels are and how much the proposed wi-fi will add. In some neighborhoods it could add as much as 100X radiation! Neither Sonic, nor the manufacturer of the system can accurately predict what the increase will be.
Despite hearing health concerns the council pushed this agenda through in two weeks, without a CEQA determination.
Bioinitiative.org calls for a new biology based safety standard from non-ionizing radio frequencies (cell towers, cell phones, microwaves, wi-fi). The London Resolution, issued November 27, 2007 calls for NO wi-fi in homes, schools and public places. The radiation levels in the plaza are already many times over the safety standard. The health implications of increasing our exposure are unacceptable.
Call or write City Council members asking them reverse their decision to place wi-fi in Sebastopol, or ask them to reverse the CEQA exemption and re-agendize this issue.
Sandi Maurer, aka Sasu