Dear PFGG website, or publisher/writer,
The following article is from this link, for the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center. It is a well-researched document, and you can read the reference material data following the article.
http://www.mountshastaecology.org/17other01cellphones.html
I don't know if the Commissioners made any attempt to look into the health implications of the cell tower. You can use the article if you like, but please omit , my name and address. Thank you for the articles you publish outlining the facts. I only wish we could get the same from our city representatives.Sincerely,
(Name omitted per request. Per your statement -- I doubt the commission researched anything. They're only interested in personal gains, goals, and pleasing their "political" allies.)
Health Effects from Cell Phone Tower Radiation
by
Karen J. Rogers
The safety of cell phone towers is the subject of extensive scientific debate. There is a growing body of scientific evidence that the electromagnetic radiation they emit, even at low levels, is dangerous to human health.
The cell phone industry is expanding quickly, with over 100,000 cell phone towers now up across the U.S., which is expected to increase ten-fold over the next five years. The industry has set what they say are " safe levels" of radiation exposure, but there are a growing number of doctors, physicists, and health officials who strongly disagree, and foresee a public health crisis.
Many towers have been built recently in Siskiyou Co., with dozens more planned, as telecommunications companies rush to corner markets in this fast-growing industry. These towers emit radio frequencies (RF), a form of electromagnetic radiation (EMR), for a distance of up to 2 1/2 miles. They are essentially the same frequency radiation as microwaves in a microwave oven.
Studies have shown that even at low levels of this radiation, there is evidence of damage to cell tissue and DNA, and it has been linked to brain tumors, cancer, suppressed immune function, depression, miscarriage, Alzheimer's disease, and numerous other serious illnesses. 1
Children are at the greatest risk, due to their thinner skulls, and rapid rate of growth. Also at greater risk are the elderly, the frail, and pregnant women. Doctors from the United Kingdom have issued warnings urging children under 16 not to use cell phones, to reduce their exposure to radio frequency (RF) radiation. 2
Over 100 physicians and scientists at Harvard and Boston University Schools of Public Health have called cellular towers a radiation hazard. Over 100 physicians and scientists at Harvard and Boston University Schools of Public Health have called cellular towers a radiation hazard. And, 33 delegate physicians from 7 countries have declared cell phone towers a "public health emergency".
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is in charge of setting the standards of exposure for the public, and claims that, based on scientific studies, the current levels are safe. But it is not a public health agency, and has been criticized as being "an arm of the industry". Many who work for the FCC are either past, present or future employees of the very industries they are supposed to regulate. With an explosively emergent $40 billion dollar a year industry at stake, critics have stated "you can bet that their studies are going to show whatever they want them to show."
Our federal government also once told us that asbestos, cigarettes, thalidomide, and the blood supply were "safe", but which were later found to be harmful.
With a $40 billion dollar a year industry at stake, " you can bet that their studies are going to show whatever they want them to show."
http://www.mountshastaecology.org/17other01cellphones.html
PFGG found this article to be much broader, and in length/depth in describing their findings than what the emailer sent to us. This understandable due to the broadness of the original article.
