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A retired conservationist and former local official reports sensitivity and cardiac and neurological symptoms near towers, describes barriers to environmental review, and seeks updated exposure standards.
- Electromagnetic sensitivity: “d Alfred University. When in the illage I am sensitive to the 11 nearby towers and antenna arreays servicing ”
- Towers & siting: “n the illage I am sensitive to the 11 nearby towers and antenna arreays servicing the area. Within a short”
- Neurological symptoms & sleep: “ against EMR in my home but still experience Tinnitus and occasional arithmias and live in the shadow of exp”
- Heart symptoms & implanted devices: “ring school sessions I experience dizziness, arithmias, tinitus, and have to leave the areas of intense expos”
- Environmental effects: “lication of SEQR in performing evaluation of environmental impact. I served three terms as a Town Supervisor and one ter”
- Exposure limits & oversight: “The question of allthese sources meeting FCC regulations is a bothersome claim when these regulations are 30 ye”
- Smart meters: “o wiFi in my home and have also opted out of Smart Metering. I have taken several measures to protect against EMR ”
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My name is Frederick P Sinclair Jr I am a retired Soil and Water Conservationist who for thirty five years tended to resource protection as leader of the Conservation District covering over 600,000 acres within Allegany County NY. I witnessed the establishment and implementation of of several environmental protection laws and was expert at the application of SEQR in performing evaluation of environmental impact. I served three terms as a Town Supervisor and one term as County Legislator and was on several community organization and regional boards. I am a current resident of the Town of Alfred and nearby to the Village of Alfred that hosts two higher institutions of learning Suny Alfred and Alfred University. When in the illage I am sensitive to the 11 nearby towers and antenna arreays servicing the area. Within a short exposure during school sessions I experience dizziness, arithmias, tinitus, and have to leave the areas of intense exposure. My home is located a mile from the village, however a tower has been retrofitted with 4GLTE and then 5G during my time in this the retirement home for myself and wife. The tower is 2,000 feet from my home and 3000 feet in elevation, servicing a broad area. I was on the Town Planning Board when they tower company (near my home) sought a permit for modification and our application of SEQR uncovered enough impacts, to the residential property values, to an organic dairy farm grazing animals within 100 yards, a large sugarbush producing maple syrup, and dangers to Mercy Flight emergency routes (altimeter impact) and the local municipal airport traffic. The Town justified and NYS DEC published that and environmental impact statement was requested by the Town. Legal threeats forced the Town to not push for the EIS. I have no wiFi in my home and have also opted out of Smart Metering. I have taken several measures to protect against EMR in my home but still experience Tinnitus and occasional arithmias and live in the shadow of exposure to microwave emissions. The question of allthese sources meeting FCC regulations is a bothersome claim when these regulations are 30 years old and the exposures have increased exponentially. The proof of need to examine and update has and is being submitted. The role of HHS and associated agencies is critical in assuring a livable environment in the future.
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