A Michigan school board member resigned Tuesday amid a legal dispute over installing a T-Mobile 5G antenna in the tower of Washington Elementary School in Wyandot, local media reported.
The dispute reportedly began after T-Mobile was awarded a contract to build a 5G antenna in the summer of 2018. CBS. Parents, residents and students voiced their opposition to the antenna plans, concerned about the potential health impacts of 5G, the newspaper reported as communities learned about the construction plans. (Related: ‘Stop Grooming Your Kids’: Protesters Clash Over Pride Month Rally at Los Angeles Elementary School, Video Show)
A cell phone tower on the roof of Washington Elementary School in Wyandot has been causing chaos among faculty and families for months, and Tuesday night’s meeting added more gasoline.
— WXYZ Detroit (@wxyzdetroit) June 28, 2023
Parents filed a lawsuit against T-Mobile and several city authorities on June 1, alleging that the company “coerced” city officials into issuing illegal building permits for the district. detroit news. The lawsuit also claimed that the proposed antenna was responsible for “transmitting harmful and dangerous radio emissions,” according to the report.
“In the face of elected city and school district officials with hearts like chickens and hearts like lilies who refuse to enforce the law and are afraid to stand up to bullying of foreign government-owned businesses, Wyan Dot’s good citizens have no choice but to ‘help yourself’,” Josh Castmore, an attorney representing the parents, wrote to The Detroit News. “Unless stopped by this court, T-Mobile will continue to use harmful and dangerous radio waves throughout the day, every day, from the antenna on the roof of Washington Elementary School, where young children study and play during their most critical developmental years.” It will begin to transmit radiation.”
School board member Frank Tarnowski resigned on Tuesday because he felt he was the only school board member to speak out against the antenna, the paper said. The report continued that Mr. Tarnowski has been on the school board for less than a year.
“Basically, in them [attorney’s for the district] They briefly stated that the tower would do no harm to children. There have been no studies to prove it. And the board has done nothing wrong,” Tarnowski told CBS. “And it was basically him a snapshot from T-Mobile, which I disagreed with.”
the debate over 5G radiation and its health effects is relatively divided, as not all experts agree. forbes. According to the report, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the World Health Organization have declared 5G safe.other the study Suggests that non-ionizing radiation, including 5G, is associated with adverse effects in real-world situations
Parents celebrated Wednesday’s victory as T-Mobile’s attempt to move the pending lawsuit to federal court was blocked and remanded to state court. detroit news.
