Hi Friends,
Please read and forward this as widely as possible!
The Santa Rosa City Council will be hearing Public Comments this
TUESDAY, December 10th at 2:00 pm at the Council Chamber, 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, upstairs. There are applications pending in Santa Rosa for 100 plus cell towers.
Please attend the study session.
Can you come? It's important to show up even if you still have questions and are not sure about the issue, or do not want to speak about adding cell phone and wireless infrastructure to Santa Rosa at this time.
Even if you can't come, please contact the Council members.
A template letter and addresses are included below.
Most of us in Sonoma County have a stake in what happens in Santa Rosa. If you have noticed a lot more funny looking cans and antennas around town than used to be there, you are right. There are 112 more of these contracted to be put into operation soon!
High-speed internet service and downloading can come from wired broadband and fiber optics cables, without filling our landscape with more cell-phone antennas and towers!
REMEMBER!
Your voice is still important, even if you don't live in Santa Rosa, but work there, have friends there, send your kids to school or attend the JC, seek medical support, go to events, worship, shop, and eat dinner there!
Thank you!
Martha
If you cannot attend please send your comments to (copy and paste into an email):
Suggested template (adapt as you like)
Santa Rosa City Council and staff,
Protect public health, property values, street views, public safety, and the environment. Deny the 100 + "small cell" towers pending in Santa Rosa. These towers will greatly increase radio frequency radiation (RFR) in Santa Rosa neighborhoods, where people live, work, sleep and play. Peer-reviewed published science shows RFR harms people and nature. Children, the elderly, and those already ill are more vulnerable.
The harmful effects of RFR include: fatigue, headaches, sleep problems, anxiety, ringing in the ears, heart problems, learning and memory disorders, increased cancer risk, and more. The 30 million dollar, ten year US National Toxicology Program study found DNA damage and clear evidence of cancer and from exposure to RFR.
In 2018 Newsweek reported:"Technology is quite literally destroying nature, with a new report further confirming that electromagnetic radiation from power lines and cell towers can disorientate birds and insects and destroy plant health. The paper warns that as nations switch to 5G this threat could increase."
Peer-reviewed studies show worker bees did not return to their hives because of wireless radiation, which led to a colony collapse. Radiation impacts on wild birds documented nest abandonment, plumage deterioration and death. Lab studies of chick embryos documented heart attacks and death. In 2019 the Swiss environmental group Pro Natura reported 5G increases the body temperature of insects.
4G is the backbone for 5G. There is no scientific evidence to support any claim of 5G safety! Scientists and public health experts from around the world are calling for a moratorium on 5G.
The telecommunication industry's unbounded profit motive should never outweigh public and environmental safety.
Communications are faster, more reliable, and safer using wired and corded connections.
Thank you for your consideration,
[your name and address]
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For further information:
Study Session memo from the Santa Rosa City Council:
Agenda item: WIRELESS SMALL CELL DEPLOYMENT ON CITY OWNED STREET LIGHTS AND JOINT UTILITY POLES
"The purpose of this study session is to provide a review of the current deployment status of wireless small cell facilities within theCity limits and to discuss proposals intended to address the various concerns expressed by the community since the initial phase of deployments. Study Session items are items for in-depth discussion and possible direction to staff.
For further info on Electromagnetism and Radio Frequency
Radiation and public concern about health and safety of these technologies:
EMF Safety Network
Safe Technology for Santa Rosa Facebook Page
Americans for Responsible Technology, local chapter:
Sonoma County for Responsible Technology