M E M O R A N D U M
To: Honorable Members of the Town Council
From: Mayor Tim Meerbott
Date: May 15, 2019
Re: Urging the State Legislature and Federal Government to Initiate a Study of the
Health Effects of Small Cell Towers Built to Accommodate 5G Technology
and to Develop Installation Guidelines Protecting the Health and Welfare of Residents
REQUEST
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA, URGING THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO INITIATE A STUDY OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SMALL CELL TOWERS BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE 5G TECHNOLOGY AND TO DEVELOP INSTALLATION GUIDELINES PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF RESIDENTS; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Small cell wireless equipment is designed to boost cellular service from the existing wireless carriers and will enable those carriers to implement 5G technology by placing these installations on existing streetlights and utility poles. Concerns have been raised about the health risks of 5G technology, including small cell installations. There are several studies linking low-level wireless radio frequency radiation exposures to adverse biological effects including DNA single and double strand breaks, oxidative damage, disruption of cell metabolism, increased blood brain barrier permeability, melatonin reduction disruption to brain glucose metabolism and generation of stress proteins.
The health hazards of 5G technology have been intensely debated at the federal level before Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). There does not appear to be any widely accepted definitive scientific study that proves one way or the other whether small cell installations - emitting extremely high or "millimeter wave" frequencies above 24 GHz - may ha...
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