{"id":487,"date":"2019-11-26T04:23:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T04:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/?page_id=487"},"modified":"2020-07-26T21:29:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T03:29:32","slug":"mirriam-park-rec-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/?page_id=487","title":{"rendered":"Merriam Park Rec Center &#8211; Outside Play Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Driving east on I-94 toward downtown Saint Paul, a new &#8220;5G&#8221; tower is visible from the freeway on the right as you approach Snelling Avenue.\u00a0 As I went to investigate, my heart sank when I saw the childrens&#8217; playground and a skateboard park within a few feet of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Merriam Park Rec Center is located at 2000 St. Anthony Avenue in Saint Paul, 55104.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Its website says, &#8220;Merriam Park Recreation Center offers educational programs, after school activities, open gym, tot time, family events, youth and adult athletics, field rentals, rental space for parties, meetings, and events, and so much more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9774-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1231\" src=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9774-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9774-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9774-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9774-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9774-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9774-2048x1539.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9774-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9774-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Reading Update:\u00a0 July 26, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peak RF:\u00a0 7.61 mW\/m2<\/strong> from behind the playground area.\u00a0\u00a0Obviously, this tower has been turned up significantly since last fall.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9783.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1232\" src=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9783-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9783-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9783-1024x752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9783-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9783-1536x1128.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9783-2048x1504.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9783-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_9783-204x150.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Previous Reading Date:\u00a0 November 25, 2019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Time:\u00a0 4:00 pm\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the swingset area:\u00a0 <strong>2.3 mW\/m2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8530-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-492\" src=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8530-1-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8530-1-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8530-1-150x143.jpg 150w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8530-1-158x150.jpg 158w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8530-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>3.64 mW\/m2<\/strong> from a little further away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_8532.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1237\" src=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_8532-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_8532-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_8532-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/100_8532.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>1.37 V\/m peak RF<\/strong> reading below. <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8535-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-502\" src=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8535-1-1024x557.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8535-1-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8535-1-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8535-1-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8535-1-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8535-1-250x136.jpg 250w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8535-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This is very sad!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8538.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-499\" src=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8538-1024x993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8538-1024x993.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8538-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8538-768x745.jpg 768w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8538-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8538-155x150.jpg 155w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8538.jpg 1961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8539.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-500 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8539-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8539-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/minnesota-emf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/100_8539-300x225.jpg 300w, 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