Consultants selected by the subcommittee to participate in the RFP:

Paul Héroux, PhD

Professor of Toxicology and Health Effects of Electromagnetism

McGill University Medicine

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• Paul Héroux did not provide a proposal. This is his response to the RFP: "I received the information. I have a desire to help you out in this situation, but I would like to know what is your delivery date for the report you desire, as I am currently involved in teaching for a period including the first week of April."

Kent Chamberlin, PHD

Professor & Chair Emeritus​

Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering

University of New Hampshire

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• Kent Chamberlin, PHD did not provide a proposal but offered to address the Board of Trustees. This is his response to the RFP: “Yes, I did receive the files and I was just going through them. Because of my background in Radio Frequency Radiation (RFR), I was asked to serve on the New Hampshire State Commission tasked with exploring the health and environmental risks associated with wireless communications and we issued our final report last November.  The findings of the majority are that exposure to RFR does have a negative impact and that current FCC regulations do not provide adequate protection.  To provide an overview of our findings, I created a YouTube video that I recommend to anyone who is involved with the installation of new facilities. While I am qualified to perform the work outlined in the RFP, I would like to maintain my unbiased status of not being financially invested in wireless. Consequently, I will not be responding to your RFP.  Because of my background and because of my participation on the Commission I am asked to weigh in on RFR safety issues, and I can now do that impartially.  I feel that this is my civic duty, and I will gladly speak to your Board about what I’ve learned. I thank you for considering me in the proposed effort.  Please consider me as a resource as you evaluate proposals from others or if you would like additional detail on the findings of the NH Commission”.

Both Paul Héroux and Kent Chamberlin were selected because of their extensive backgrounds and due to their work on the New Hampshire Commission to Study the Environmental and Health Effects of Evolving 5G Technology.

David Maxson

Founder, CEO Isotrope LLC, Medfield, MA

Isotrope LLC was selected because much of their work consists of completing peer reviews for Municipalities of proposed installations.

• Click Here for initial proposal from David Maxson of Isotrope LLC.

• David Maxson supporting documents:​

  • David Maxon Curriculum Vitae

  • David Maxon Municipal Engagements

  • David Maxon Publications

  • Kenneth Foster Curriculum Vitae

At the next Subcommittee meeting, it was determined the cost of the only proposal received was well above what Smartlink would fund.

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The Superintendent agreed to ask Isotrope LLC to reduce the scope, to reduce the fee and find out how much Smartlink would fund to complete a study.

• Smartlink confirmed they would agree to fund $7,500.00.

• Isotrope LLC reduced their scope as requested but this eliminated a portion of what the neighbors wanted in the study.

• The reduced proposal was just above $7,500.00.

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Please note the following comment in Isotrope’s 1st Proposal:

Task 3 from original RFP: Provide any additional pertinent scientific RF exposure information and interpretation of potential negative health effects as it applies to the proposed 4G installation as well as the possibility of 5G equipment expansion on the tower.

Response from Maxson:

“This is a broad and open-ended task as written. The possible biological effects of RF energy is the subject of several thousand scientific papers that vary greatly in quality, methods, and relevance to health. Such an effort would be required to form a well-considered opinion based on the scientific data. However, health agencies around the world have tracked this field for generations, and numerous reports have been compiled by expert groups under sponsorship of health agencies. It is proposed for this Task to review for the Water District the major conclusions of recent major health agency reviews rather than carry out an expert review of the primary scientific evidence itself”.

The reduced proposal cost was just above $7,500. The subcommittee had limited funding to complete a study, and YWD Trustees never voted to fund a study. A key point of the study is that Smartlink and AT&T would have no control over the content. Furthermore, Dr Chamberlin offered to provide some information to the Board of Trustee’s at no charge so he can maintain his unbiased status. The point is to provide the York Water District Board of Trustees with enough information to make an informed decision on this proposal request.

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Click Here for the reduced and approved scope Isotrope LLC Proposal.

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During this process, the residents still wished to use Dr. Héroux and/or Dr. Chamberlin even though neither submitted a proposal. After much discussion, it was agreed upon to proceed with the reduced scope proposal from Isotrope LLC, and to allow Dr. Chamberlin of UNH to provide a 1-hour presentation on what he has learned while working on the NH Commission to the full Board of Trustees at a future meeting.

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A member of the Subcommittee has confirmed that Dr. Chamberlin of UNH will address the full Board of Trustees on June 16th @ 3:00 PM.

• To view the full June meeting agenda, click HERE

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The Superintendent authorized Isotrope LLC to begin their work with a plan of presenting the information to the full Board of Trustees on July 21st @ 3:00 PM.

• To view the full July meeting agenda, click HERE