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Editor:  

The “communications” tower currently being debated in these pages has no place in a community that values the health and well-being of its citizens. Supportive scientific studies always add up to absolutely nothing in the face an increasingly toxic world that suggest otherwise. Modern science simply does not have the capacity nor the ability to explain the reality of life. It should not be given the right to be the sole determinant of city policy as it relates to health.  

A wider, more inclusive understanding is based on the natural order of the universal cosmos, not the failed approaches of the past which have certainly cost us all so dearly; physically, mentally and spiritual. In simpler words, let's realize and admit our own ignorance; we know very little about the effects of electromagnetic fields. Besides, any long-term effects can’t be measured. If you doubt that worshiping the mighty God modern science has failed us, take a quick look at the continuing spread of AIDS, cancer, heart disease, etc...etc... There remains no end in sight.  

So, whether it's building a children's field on a toxic site, throwing up a potential cancer nightmare, or demanding more parking; one thing remains clear: It should be our choice; after all, we'll be paying for it, physically, mentally and spiritually.  

Michael Bauce 

Berkeley