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posted by takyon on Tuesday September 11 2018, @09:02PM   Printer-friendly
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Mill Valley joins effort to constrain 5G proliferation

The city of Mill Valley has enacted an urgency ordinance to regulate "small cell" towers amid concerns that cellphone companies want to grow their 5G networks and install new equipment in Marin. "We do intend to do more work and studies to craft a permanent ordinance within the next year," Mill Valley Mayor Stephanie Moulton-Peters said Friday. "The urgency ordinance has standards to limit and prohibit the installations of devices in residential neighborhoods, but there is more that we can do."

The decision came on a unanimous vote by the City Council on Thursday, after residents from across Marin packed the council chambers as part of a campaign urging local officials to block cellphone companies from attempting to build 5G towers in the county. No proposals for 5G towers have been submitted to Mill Valley, staff said.

The issue is that 5G towers, which would allow for faster and higher-capacity video streaming and other transmissions, could exacerbate health symptoms already suspected as a result of exposure to electromagnetic fields, according to the EMF Safety Network, a group advocating to keep communities EMF-free. Those symptoms can include fatigue, headaches, sleep problems, anxiety, heart problems, learning and memory disorders, ringing in the ears and increased cancer risk, according to the EMF Safety Network website.

"What 5G does is it adds another cloud to what we refer to as 'electromagnetic smog' into an environment that is already pretty saturated," said Fairfax resident and activist Valeri Hood. "In Fairfax, what we're doing is asking our council to step up in the way councils have in the past, and just say no to 5G."

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 12 2018, @01:31AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 12 2018, @01:31AM (#733431) Journal

    Yeah, well - in the course of "complying" with all those silly safety regs, the company has "educated" me on those exploding junction box hazards. Our hazards are almost exclusively below 2 calories. We only have - uhhhh - six places I think, that exceeds that. Those places range from 30 to 40 calories. If we exercised some common sense, and only had to suit up for those few higher energy hazards, I might not resent it so much.

    For the information of those who don't understand, 2 calories means that an arc flash has enough energy to cause sunburn-like injuries within a radius of 18 inches. Keep yourself at arms length, and the worst that can happen to you is sunburnt forearms. Gloves and long sleeved shirts are enough to address that hazard.

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  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Wednesday September 12 2018, @04:16AM (1 child)

    by captain normal (2205) on Wednesday September 12 2018, @04:16AM (#733481)

    "exploding junction box hazards"? Don't you know what circuit breakers are for?

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    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 12 2018, @08:48AM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 12 2018, @08:48AM (#733523) Journal

      Fuses are more reliable than breakers. I used to bitch about changing fuses, but I've learned enough to prefer fuses.