| Is it a cactus? A palm tree? A water tower? No! | | | | case histories between 1994 and 2004 from |
| It's a cell phone tower! That's right! Cell phone | | | | those who had lived during the past ten years at |
| towers today are being disguised in subtle ways | | | | a distance up to 400 meters from the tower site. |
| unheard of just a few years ago. See a grain silo? | | | | The results showed that the proportion of newly |
| Or a church steeple? You guessed it. It could very | | | | developed cancer cases was significantly higher in |
| well be a cell phone tower. There's even a cell | | | | those patients living within the 400-meter distance |
| phone tower that looks just like a | | | | and that the patients became ill on average eight |
| lighthouse...never mind that it's over two miles | | | | years earlier. In the years 1999 to 2004, after |
| from the ocean. | | | | five years of operation of the transmitting tower, |
| But don't let the pretty and ingenious disguises | | | | the relative risk of getting cancer had trebled for |
| fool you. There is a real and present danger | | | | residents of the area in the proximity of the |
| lurking behind the mask of these innocent designs. | | | | installation compared to the inhabitants of Naila |
| Why the disguises? Obviously, for esthetic | | | | outside the area. |
| reasons. The cell phone companies don't want to | | | | - An Austrian Study released in May 2005, |
| make their neighborhood friends upset. They | | | | showed that radiation from a cell phone tower at |
| want to blend in. So they blend in while they blast | | | | a distance of 80 meters causes significant |
| your home and neighborhood with toxic | | | | changes of the electrical currents in the brains of |
| electromagnetic radiation. | | | | test subjects. All test subjects indicated they felt |
| Cell phone towers, sometimes called masts, or | | | | unwell during the radiation and some reported |
| mobile phone towers, weren't an issue years ago | | | | being seriously ill. According to the scientists doing |
| when they were few and far between. One could | | | | the study, this is the first worldwide proof of |
| often drive miles and miles through the | | | | significant changes of the electrical currents in the |
| countryside and never see one. They were few | | | | brain, as measured by EEG, by a cell phone base |
| in number and were only found in obscure | | | | station at a distance of 80 meters. Subjects |
| locations and seen only on an occasional hilltop. | | | | reported symptoms such as buzzing in the head, |
| Today cell phone towers have increased | | | | tinnitus, palpitations of the heart, lightheadedness, |
| dramatically in number. There are now more than | | | | anxiety, shortness of breath, nervousness, |
| 1.9 million cell phone towers and antenna towers | | | | agitation, headache, heat sensation and depression. |
| spread throughout the U.S. They are now found | | | | According to scientists this is the first proof that |
| on churches, schools and firehouses as well as | | | | electrical circuits in the brain are significantly |
| being seen on the rooftop of buildings | | | | affected by a cell phone tower. The distance in |
| everywhere. Did you know there is even a cell | | | | this study was a mere 80 meters. |
| phone tower near Old Faithful in Yellowstone | | | | Two-time Nobel Prize nominee Dr. Gerald Hyland, |
| Park? Can't sleep well at night? It may be that | | | | a physicist, had this to say about mobile phone |
| there's a cell phone tower close by. | | | | towers. "Existing safety guidelines for cell phone |
| Just why would a mobile phone tower be placed | | | | towers are completely inadequate. Quite |
| on a church, school or firehouse? Why would | | | | justifiably, the public remains skeptical of attempts |
| school boards and churches agree to this? Money. | | | | by governments and industry to reassure them |
| It's that simple. The mobile phone companies will | | | | that all is well, particularly given the unethical way |
| pay these organizations, and individual property | | | | in which they often operate symbiotically so as to |
| owners, handsomely to install their equipment on | | | | promote their own vested interests." |
| their properties. This "rent money" can range | | | | Dr. Bruce Hocking did a study in Syndey, Australia, |
| from a few hundred dollars a month to several | | | | of children living near TV and FM broadcast |
| thousand dollars a month. What school district or | | | | towers, which by the way, are very similar to cell |
| church couldn't use extra money to aid a | | | | phone towers. He found that these children had |
| struggling budget? By "renting" the space on an | | | | more than twice the rate of leukemia as children |
| already-constructed building the cell phone industry | | | | living more than seven miles away from these |
| doesn't have to purchase land, build a tower or | | | | towers. |
| construct a new building. It simply mounts its | | | | Results in yet another recent study conducted on |
| equipment on a structure that already exists. It's | | | | inhabitants living near or under a mobile phone |
| a win-win deal for the cell phone company and the | | | | base station antenna yielded the following |
| new 'landlord.' | | | | prevalence of neuropsychiatric complaints: |
| Opposition to these cell tower installments used to | | | | headache (23.5%), memory changes (28.2%), |
| gone unnoticed and without question. Not so | | | | dizziness (18.8%), tremors (9.4%), depressive |
| today. Neighborhoods and citizens are becoming | | | | symptoms (21.7%), and sleep |
| vocally opposed. But it's not the esthetics that | | | | disturbances(23.5%). In this study the participants |
| causes residents and property owners to oppose | | | | were given a neurobehavioral test battery |
| these structures. Communities and citizens are | | | | measuring such things as problem solving, |
| afraid of the potential health effects being caused | | | | visuomotor speed, attention andmemory. |
| by this technology as well as the adverse affect | | | | Symptoms of exposed inhabitants were |
| on property values. | | | | significantly higher than control groups. |
| We Can't Stop Cell Phone Tower Construction | | | | Furthermore, Europe's top environmental |
| Unfortunately, there isn't much one can do to | | | | watchdog group, European Environment Agency |
| stop the proliferation and continued build out of | | | | (EEA), is calling for immediate action to reduce |
| cell phone towers and structures. Although | | | | exposure to mobile phone masts. EEA suggests |
| thought to be legislation about deregulation issues, | | | | action to reduce exposure immediately to |
| the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA) was | | | | vulnerable groups such as children. |
| really an open invitation for the cell phone industry | | | | The development of brain tumors in staff |
| to place their towers anywhere they wanted. | | | | members working in a building in Melbourne, |
| Section 704 of the TCA basically states that local | | | | Australia, prompted the closing of the top floors |
| authorities can't ban the placement of towers in | | | | of the building. The Royal Melbourne Institute of |
| their jurisdictions. The law says: "No State or local | | | | Technology is housed in the building. Seven staff |
| government or instrumentality thereof may | | | | members were diagnosed with brain tumors and |
| regulate the placement, construction, and | | | | five of the seven worked on the top floor. A cell |
| modification of personal wireless service facilities | | | | phone antenna is located on the roof of the |
| on the basis of the environmental effects of radio | | | | building. |
| frequency emissions to the extent that such | | | | The Orange phone company in England is being |
| facilities comply with the Commission's regulations | | | | forced to remove its mast tower on a building in |
| concerning such emissions." So legally the local | | | | Bristol, England. The removal is a result of a |
| government can't refuse the construction of a cell | | | | five-year effort by residents and local authorities |
| phone tower in your neighborhood! Any challenge | | | | to have the mast removed. Cancer rates in the |
| by local communities could easily end up in federal | | | | building, which has become known internationally |
| court. Our lawmakers have basically given the cell | | | | as the "Tower of Doom," have soared to ten |
| phone industry free reign to install these towers | | | | times the national average for the 110 residents |
| wherever they want. And, by the way, the cell | | | | living there. The two masts sitting on the roof, |
| phone industry helped write this legislation that our | | | | one owned by Orange and the other by |
| government officials passed as law! The public, | | | | Vodafone, were installed in 1994. Vodafone has |
| therefore, now has no voice and no vote. Is | | | | refused the remove its mast. |
| there something wrong with this picture? Why | | | | Cell Phone Towers Affect Animals |
| didn't our public officials represent the people | | | | Animals aren't exempt from exposure the cell |
| instead of big business? Why would you let the | | | | phone tower radiation either. One veterinary |
| very industry you're trying to regulate write it's | | | | school in Hanover, Germany, reports that dairy |
| own laws? | | | | cows kept in close proximity to a cell phone |
| Does the income outweigh the potential risks? It | | | | tower for two years had a reduction in milk |
| appears not. Scores of studies and well-respected | | | | production in addition to other health problems |
| research have exposed alarming health effects | | | | including abnormal behavior patterns. |
| from various forms of cancer to stress. Many | | | | Firefighters Vote To Suspend Cell Tower |
| experts today are predicting an epidemic in brain | | | | Construction On Fire Stations |
| cancer soon. | | | | Concerned about the effect that masts have on |
| Representatives from the industry are quick to | | | | the nation's firefighters, The International |
| point out the microwaves emitted by cell phone | | | | Association of Fire Fighters voted in 2004 to |
| towers are well below federal standards. And | | | | voice its opposition to cell phone towers and |
| indeed they may be. At least on paper. Most | | | | antennas being place on and around fire stations. |
| towers operate at a power output of 100 watts. | | | | They want proof first that there isn't a safety |
| However, this isn't the total wattage of the | | | | issue and have asked for a moratorium on |
| tower. What they aren't telling you is that 100 | | | | further construction and placement of any more |
| watts is the power per channel. Since one tower | | | | towers or antennas on or around firehouses until |
| may have dozens of channels you can see that | | | | such a study can be conducted. |
| the power output could be highly excessive and | | | | What Are These Antennas Doing To Our Kids |
| well beyond 100 watts. It's a technical loophole. | | | | While They're In School?'t worth the risk. They |
| And, of course, who is monitoring the power | | | | should not be subjected to microwave radiation |
| output from these towers after they are | | | | when science has proven there could clearly be |
| erected? The FCC certainly isn't. It doesn't have | | | | devastating effects as outlined in the previously |
| the manpower or money to properly regulate the | | | | mentioned studies. School boards and parent |
| millions of towers and antennas now online. And | | | | organizations need to be aware of the inherent |
| who is to prevent these companies from turning | | | | dangers from such an exposure. It's been clearly |
| up the wattage when no one is around? Some | | | | shown that microwave radiation penetrates the |
| have reported that many of these towers have | | | | head of a child much easier than that of an adult. |
| already shown power outputs in the 900 to 1000 | | | | This is due to the thinner and softer bones in the |
| watt range. | | | | head of child. Skull bones don't fully harden until |
| You Can't Escape The Radiation. It's Everywhere. | | | | about age 22. |
| We simply can't escape the exposure to this | | | | How Many Cell Phone Towers Are Near You? |
| radiation. It's everywhere. There are so many | | | | The average person lives within one-half mile of a |
| people using cell phones and wireless connections | | | | cell phone tower. Have you ever wondered how |
| today that you don't even have to own a cell | | | | close you live or work to one of these towers? |
| phone to be exposed. You're just as exposed as | | | | Would it bother you if one were right in your |
| everyone else. Every time someone makes a call | | | | backyard? How many of these towers and |
| from a mobile phone the signal is sent to a cell | | | | antennas do you think there are in your |
| phone tower. There are so many calls being made | | | | immediate area? Find out by visiting the website |
| by everyone all around us and now there are so | | | | Simply type in your address and you'll get a listing |
| many mobile phone towers in operation, that all of | | | | and a map of all the towers and antennas within a |
| us are caught in the crossfire. It's like second-hand | | | | short radius of your address. Like most people |
| smoke from cigarettes, except that we can't get | | | | you'll probably gasp when you see the numbers. |
| away from it. There simply isn't anywhere to | | | | These towers are literally everywhere. Hundreds |
| escape. | | | | and hundreds of them are probably located within |
| How Mobile Phone Towers Work | | | | a few miles of your home or office. |
| Cell phone towers emit signals in a "flower petal" | | | | Watch The Signal Bars On Your Cell Phone |
| pattern around the tower. This 360-degree radius | | | | The signal bars on your cell phone tell you how |
| around the tower is called a "cell" and this is what | | | | strong the signal is that are connecting to your |
| the term "cell" in cell phone means. When your | | | | cell phone. In other words, the closer you are to a |
| phone is in a "cell" you get good reception and | | | | cell phone tower the stronger the signal. The |
| when it isn't in a ?"cell" you get poor reception. So, | | | | stronger the signal the less power your phone has |
| for a cell phone company to provide complete | | | | to use to maintain the connection. A strong signal |
| coverage cell phone towers and antenna towers | | | | is indicated by a full set of "bars" showing on your |
| must be positioned all across the country so that | | | | cell phone display. Fewer bars mean a weaker |
| the "cells" overlap. You can begin to see what a | | | | signal. A weaker signal means the cell phone has |
| huge infrastructure needs to be created to | | | | to work harder to maintain the signal. |
| provide complete cell phone coverage. That's why | | | | Consequently, more power is needed to maintain |
| cell phone towers and antenna towers are so | | | | the connection. The more power needed the |
| prevalent. Furthermore, that's why these | | | | greater the amount of radiation produced by your |
| antennas are installed in so many places like | | | | phone and the greater exposure to you. So |
| rooftops, fire stations, schools and churches. This | | | | always try to talk in outdoors or in an open |
| is what is necessary for complete coverage. | | | | space. This allows an easier connection from your |
| Studies Show Adverse Health Effects From Cell | | | | cell phone to the nearest cell phone tower. Your |
| Phone Towers | | | | phone won't have to work as hard and less |
| If you aren't sure that cell phone towers and | | | | power is used to maintain the signal, which |
| masts are harmful the following study summaries | | | | translates, to less radiation exposure for you. |
| should convince you. Below are listed six studies | | | | What Can We Do? |
| that have shown significant adverse health | | | | Obviously, can't escape the exposure. We've |
| effects on people living near cell phone towers. | | | | established that fact. So what can we do to |
| According to Dr. Grahame Blackwell "these are | | | | minimize the damage? |
| the only studies known that specifically consider | | | | Here are few ideas: We need to limit our |
| the effects of masts on people. All six studies | | | | exposure any way possible. Don't live near a cell |
| show clear and significant ill-health effects. There | | | | phone tower if you have a choice. Don't buy a |
| are no known studies relating to health effects of | | | | home near one even if the price is right. Limit |
| masts that do not show such ill-health effects." | | | | your use of wireless devices. Go back to 'wired' |
| - Santini et al. found significant health problems in | | | | connections whenever possible. Maximize your |
| people living within 300 meters of a cell phone | | | | health through proper nutrition and good hydration. |
| base station or tower. The recommendation was | | | | Eat foods high in antioxidants and take |
| made from the study that cell phone base | | | | supplements. Eat organically as much as possible. |
| stations should not be placed closer than 300 | | | | There is no safe distance to locate away from a |
| meters to populated areas. Pathol Biol (Paris) | | | | mast tower. Obviously, the closer to the tower |
| 2002; 50: 369-373. | | | | the greater the exposure risk so do locate as far |
| - A Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific | | | | away as possible. Whenever possible encourage |
| Research study entitled, "Effects of Global | | | | your local government officials to consider |
| Communications System Radio-Frequency Fields | | | | transitioning to the use of fiber optic cable. Most |
| On Well Being and Cognitive Function of Human | | | | of it has already been laid underground. It's just |
| Subjects With and Without Subjective Complaints" | | | | not being used. There are no masts with fiber |
| found significant effects on well being including | | | | optics and the small amount of radiation at the |
| headaches, muscle fatigue, pain, and dizziness | | | | exits can be neutralized with technology now |
| from tower emissions well below the "safety" | | | | available. Discourage the use of Wi-Fi in schools by |
| level. | | | | meeting with your school officials and school |
| - Gerd, Enrique, Manuel, Ceferino and Claludio | | | | boards. Wi-Fi hotspots are popping up everywhere |
| conducted a Spanish study called "The Microwave | | | | now. Even whole cities are going wireless with the |
| Syndrome" and found adverse health effects | | | | installation of Wi-Fi. Again, it's all done through a |
| from those living near two cell phone base | | | | wireless signal, which is damaging to your health. |
| stations. The health effects included fatigue, a | | | | Don't let cell phone companies install cell phone |
| tendency toward depression, sleeping disorders, | | | | antennas on the roofs of schools where your |
| difficulty in concentration and cardiovascular | | | | children attend. The radio waves are disruptive to |
| problems. | | | | their ability to focus, not to mention the health |
| - From an Israeli study published in the | | | | hazards we've already outlined. If you can't |
| International Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 1, | | | | change your current situation there is some hope. |
| No. 2, April 2004, Wolf and Wolf reported a | | | | There are some intervention devices now |
| fourfold increase in the incidence of cancer in | | | | available that you can use in your home, school |
| people living within 350 meters of a cell phone | | | | and office to help lessen the risk of exposure. |
| tower as compared to the Israeli general | | | | Some very good cutting-edge technology has |
| population. They also reported a tenfold increase | | | | been developed that will intervene and help |
| specifically among women. | | | | mitigate the damage being done by wireless |
| - In the Naila Study from Germany, November | | | | connections. |
| 2004, five medical doctors collaborated to assess | | | | If you'd like to discuss those options feel free to |
| the risk to people living near a cell phone tower. | | | | get in touch with me. |
| The retrospective study was taken from patient | | | | |