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Current regulation and testing of cell tower radiation is inadequate, similar to the early years of tobacco, with denial of health harms for many decades, along with discrediting of research and researchers who demonstrated the biologically toxic effects of wireless radiation. I urge you to protect your citizens, property values and your environment by adopting, as soon as possible, the strongest legally sound wireless facilities ordinance for your city, as other cities such as Ithaca, New York have done. I will describe below and provide examples. No Premarket or Post Market Safety Testing or Monitoring…Just False Assumptions The massive rollout of 5G cell towers is now proceeding throughout cities worldwide, propelled by industry friendly laws which have remarkably removed industry barriers of premarket testing and post market monitoring, as well as appropriate health and safety studies. Industry continues to proclaim the lack of harm from wireless radiation with no proof of safety, while numerous studies to date have established harm from cell tower radiation to people and wildlife prior to 5G frequencies. (Levitt 2022) These studies demonstrate that residents who live, work or go to school closer to cell towers are exposed to higher levels of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation and are more likely to experience adverse health impacts including cancer, metabolic dysfunction and neurologic disturbances. The international limits of cell tower radiation most commonly used were developed with multiple false assumptions, thus leading to higher safety limits by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Some argue these are not health protective limits and this is supported by the numerous studies listed below. (ICBE-EMF 2022). Some countries such as Italy and Russia have safety levels that are 100 times less than the U.S., based on the emerging science of biologic harm rather than heat as end endpoint of injury and citing the precautionary principle. As predicted, rather than studying the impacts of wireless radiofrequency radiation (RFR) prior to commercialization of new technologies, research is now being published on the real-life exposures and increased reported health effects of newly operational 5G towers which are accompanied by more and larger 4G backhaul towers in cities. This is a backwards approach to public health policy, ignoring or dismissing harm and the precautionary principle, again, similar to tobacco and other toxic chemical products that are considered innocent until proven guilty. Ishai (2024) notes wireless “Industry convenience is being prioritized and thereby subjecting the public to avoidable risks.” Summary of seven Swedish case reports on the microwave syndrome associated with 5G radiofrequency radiation (RFR) (Hardell and Nisson 2023) Hardell and Nilsson in 2023 published a series of 8 case reports from Sweden on the rapid onset of mostly neurologic health effects on residents soon after 5G cell tower placement, in addition to a summary of seven of these cases. Men, women, children and older adults suffered a