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Garlic Farmer Resists High-Speed Internet Tower
Lenny Levine, a Nova Scotia garlic farmer is reluctant of the high-speed internet from Victoria Harbour, a rural community on the Bay of Fundy.
Since the 1970’s she has been planting and harvesting garlic. She now fears that the radiation can damage his crops once Eastlink has built a microwave tower, which is about hundred meters from his farm.
In order to provide high-speed internet access to rural areas, Eastlink uses microwave transmission.
Levine believes that microwave tower radiation is a pollution and she does not want to grow crops in those conditions. Saying that, “I think over a period of time it will change the DNA of the garlic because it shakes up the molecules.” He added that he moved in the rural town because he dreads pollution in the city.
Levine raised his concern to the Kings City Council and the council rejected the one’s to be built near Levine’s farm, though they agreed with five other towers. Homeowners in the community have signed a petition supporting the high-speed internet tower.
Still, the final decision remains with Industry Canada. Eastlink raised this matter to the federal department and a decision is expected to be released soon.
Kings County Warden Fred Whalen said that the council’s decision might be overruled because the radiation from the internet tower is 60,000 times lower than the government’s accepted limits for organic farms.
Whalen added, “If council’s decision is overruled, the municipality has no plans to launch a legal challenge.”
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