TEPCA protests the Taiwanese government on WiMAX in Taiwan
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
Taiwan Electromagnetic Radiation Hazard Protection and Control Association (TEPCA), an environmental organization set to promote environmental hazard warnings on electromagnetic radiation, protested over the potential health impact of electromagnetic radiation as Ying-jeou Ma, President of the Republic of China, visited this show on the 2nd Day of 2008 WiMAX Expo Taipei (June 3).
"Base stations of WiMAX are unnecessary in Taiwan! The governmental people didn't care about the living and health of the public!" strongly stated Jiau-hua Chen, Chairman of TEPCA during the protest.
The on-site rate of electromagnetic radiation was firmly higher than the international standards as some experts examined at the showground, according to the Taiwan Hakka Television. In addition, the TEPCA strongly appealed the governments and organizers to announce the place of base stations for health and safety issue.
As a result of the protest, not only the information security, but also environmentalists disputed the future of WiMAX.
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| This is a complete or partial translation of the article "2008台北WiMAX展_民間團體抗議健康疑慮問題" from the Chinese language Wikinews. |
- Crystal Hsu "Activists protest as Ma visits WiMAX Expo". Taipei Times, June 4, 2008
- "WiMAX protest". Taiwan News, June 4, 2008
