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Mar 24, 2008 11:34 am US/Pacific

Sebastopol Turns Down Free WiFi Over Health Fears

SEBASTOPOL (AP) ― Sebastopol officials have turned down a plan to provide free wireless Internet, citing possible adverse health effects.

The City Council voted last week to rescind an agreement with Sonic.net that would have provided free WiFi throughout the town.

Sebastopol Mayor Craig Litwin thanked Sonic for a "very nice gesture" but says citizens have voiced concerns that radiofrequency signals would cause health problems.

Sonic CEO Dane Jasper says exposure from a Wi-Fi network would be "a drop in the bucket" compared to the amount that people receive daily from TV, radio and cellular phone signals. Also, Jasper has detected 25 WiFi signals active in the town already.

(© 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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