STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1556-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.C.R. No. 40

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 40 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO URGE THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE AND EXAMINE THE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF CELLULAR AND RADIO ANTENNA TOWERS IN THE WAIAWA "PEARL CITY" INDUSTRIAL AREA, AND IF NECESSARY, TO REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF ANY UNUSED OR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ANTENNAS THAT POSE A HEALTH RISK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) into the possible health risks presented by radio and cellular antenna towers in the Waiawa "Pearl City" industrial area.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the senator from the eighteenth senatorial district of the State of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that scientific research indicates that radiofrequency radiation has potentially adverse health effects on human tissue. There are several radio antenna towers situated densely populated areas in the Waiawa "Pearl City" industrial area on Oahu. Residents in the area have expressed concern about the concentration of radio antenna and its potentially adverse health impact. A formal investigation by the FCC will provide residents living adjacent to the Waiawa industrial area with information on any exposure to adverse health risks that may result from the radio antenna.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 40 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

		____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair