Tynwald petitioner wants precaution ahead of new technologies

Sat, 06 Jul 2019

A Tynwald Day petitioner is calling for the Manx government to become a ‘world leader in safe technologies’, and consider ’emerging science’ on issues such as 5G.

Stefanie Kerwin presented a document outlining her concerns, asking for politicians to introduce the ‘precautionary principle’ to safeguard the people of the Isle of Man.

Nineteen petitions were presented at St John’s yesterday.

Mrs Kerwin explained about hers to Local Democracy Reporter Ewan Gawne: