letter to the editor
Need a 2nd Davis to balance 5G safety discussion before FMPC
My name is Jerry Guthrie and I live (along) Weathervane Drive in (Farragut),Village Green.
The Farragut (Municipal) Planning Commission workshop meeting to be held at 5:30 p.m., July 16, is being held virtually, and the Town of Farragut has (invited) a cellular industry paid speaker, Christopher Davis, to discuss health impacts of 5G at the workshop.
I’m being directly affected by deployment of 4G and 5G, as U.S. Cellular has printed in the farragutpress a Public Notice that they intend to locate a 38-foot small cell tower on the (right-of-way) of my property!
I will lose 21 percent value of my property plus I will spend money trying to protect my family from the dangerous electromagnetic frequency radiation that will be emitted by this cell tower.
I’ve lived in Farragut since 1979 and feel privileged to call it my home. But now I’m concerned about the future health and well-being of our community with the deployment of 4G and 5G. Locating this tower in my yard is very intrusive and damaging to me and my family!
I was at the Dec. 19, 2019, Farragut Planning Commission meeting and heard some committee members say they didn’t know what 5G is, but one member didn’t want an antenna in the front yard! Each Planning Commission Member should ask themselves if they are now willing to have a 5G antenna in their yard without independent health studies on 5G being completed before installing 5G in Farragut.
It is only fair at the July 16 meeting that both sides of the 5G issue be able to make their case as to the safety of the deployment in our community. As our local government officials, you live here and should want a safe environment to raise your families. Equal time should be afforded to both views!
Dr. Devra Davis the Founder and President of Environmental Human Trust has committed to speaking at the July 16, Farragut Planning Commission Workshop. Dr. Davis is one of the preeminent worldwide experts on cellular radiation and its effect on humans and animals.
At the workshop, the Mayor and the Planning Commission should give Dr. Davis equal opportunity to share her view on the Health impacts of 5G on humans and animals!
Mankind should be building on God’s Kingdom on this earth instead of trying to continue to build on the Tower of Babel (5G), which is bringing harm to the human race!
Jerry Guthrie
Farragut (Village Green)
