Cell towers have wireless antennas that emit radio frequency (RF) non-ionizing radiation. When these antennas are close to our homes and schools, our daily exposure to RF radiation is increased. RF radiation is considerd a new form of environmental pollution.
Research has found that the 24 hour cumulative dose from cell tower RF can exceed the exposure from cell phone use. Young children do not use cell phones, yet they are involuntarily exposed. The cell tower exposures are nonstop day and night. We can turn our cell phones off, but we cannot turn a cell tower off.
Children are more vulnerable to RF radiation as they absorb it deeper into their brains and bodies.
Even if the radiation absorption were the same as in adults, the effects in children can be far more serious. A child’s developing brain and organ systems are more sensitive to environmental stressors.
Hundreds of scientists are urging that our exposure to cell towers, cell phones, and other wireless radiation emissions be reduced due to the scientific evidence showing effects at legally allowable levels. These scientists have written letters to schools and lawmakers urging that children and the public be protected. They have joined in numerous scientific appeals to governments and insitutions calling for action to strengten safety limits.
Researchers have studied cell towers and cell tower radiation for decades. Effects from RFR documented in scientific research include increased cancer risk, cellular stress, headaches, sleep issues, genetic damage, changes to the reproductive system, memory deficits, and impacts to the nervous system.
Many biological effects have been documented at very low intensities comparable to what people might experience within 500 feet of a cell tower.
However, industry and industry-funded scientific groups dismiss these studies.
The American Academy of Pediatrics Healthy Child webpage states:
“In recent years, concern has increased about exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation emitted from cell phones and phone station antennae. An Egyptian study confirmed concerns that living nearby mobile phone base stations increased the risk of developing:
Short-term exposure to these fields in experimental studies have not always shown negative effects, but this does not rule out cumulative damage from these fields, so larger studies over longer periods are needed to help understand who is at risk. In large studies, an association has been observed between symptoms and exposure to these fields in the everyday environment.”
“There is a large and growing body of evidence that human exposure to RFR from cellular phone base stations causes negative health effects (Siddoo-Atwal, 2018; Singh et al., 2018; Faisal, et al., 2018) including both i) neuropsychiatric complaints such as headache, concentration difficulties, memory changes, dizziness, tremors, depressive symptoms, fatigue, and sleep disturbance (Navarro et al., 2003; Hutter et al., 2006; Abdel-Rassoul et al., 2007); and ii) increased incidence of cancer and living in proximity to a cell-phone transmitter station (Wolf and Wolf, 2004; Havas, 2017).”
-Limiting liability with positioning to minimize negative health effects of cellular phone towers (Pearce 2020)
A review entitled “Evidence for a health risk by RF on humans living around mobile phone base stations: From radiofrequency sickness to cancerreviewed the existing scientific literature and found radiofrequency sickness, cancer and changes in biochemical parameters (Balmori 2022).
The cell tower application process tends to be plagued by transparency issues. Too often, people find out a cell tower is coming and think they have no way to stop it. However, many families find that when they investigate the way the cell tower application moved though the process, there are numerous mistakes made by the cell tower companies and decision maker who rubber stamp the permits with very little oversight.
People were given no or little notice and there was no environmental review.
Hundreds of scientists have evaluated the cell tower RF radiation exposure limits of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the International Commission for Non-ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and found the limits are decades outdated and not protective to the health of the public, especially not the health of children.
The science confirms harmful biological effects at levels that FCC and ICNIRP limits would consider “safe”. In fact, the majority of studies on critical endpoints such as genetic and neurological damage show effects.
Human rights experts argue that cell tower placement near schools is a human rights issue for children because “protection of children is a high threshold norm in Human Right law” and “any widespread or systematic form of environmental pollution that poses a long-term threat to a child’s rights to life, development or health may constitute an international human rights violation.”
Cell towers have 2G, 3G, and 4G antennas. 5G antennas are being added to base stations worldwide. After a cell tower is erected, new antennas can be easily added and generally without any (or minimal) public participation in the decision-making process. 5G antennas can be mounted on both shorter so-called “small cells” and larger “macro” towers.
Insurance companies do not insure for long-term damages from the electromagnetic radiation emitted by these towers. 5G, cell tower radiation, and electromagnetic fields are all repeatedly classified as “high risk” and compared to asbestos in insurance white papers.
A review paper entitled “Limiting liability with positioning to minimize negative health effects of T cellular phone towers” reviewed the “large and growing body of evidence that human exposure to RFR from cellular phone base stations causes negative health effects” and recommends restricting antennas within 500 m of schools and hospitals to protect companies from future liability.
Wireless companies warn their shareholders of potential future risk related to radiofrequency radiation exposure but they do not warn the people exposed to emissions from their cell antenna infrastructure. Corporate investor warnings by companies such as AT&T, Verizon, Vodaphone and Crown Castle are contained in their Annual Reports filed on Form 10-K and they inform shareholders that companies may incur significant financial losses related to electromagnetic fields. Verizon states:
“We are subject to a significant amount of litigation, which could require us to pay significant damages or settlements…In addition, our wireless business also faces personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits relating to alleged health effects of wireless phones or radio frequency transmitters. We may incur significant expenses in defending these lawsuits. In addition, we may be required to pay significant awards or settlements.”
Cell towers can catch fire and create serious safety issues due to the equipment and inadequate worker safety procedures in place. Cell tower compounds contain hazardous equipment such as diesel fuel and lead-acid batteries. There have been accidents where these tanks leak, polluting the area.
The Los Angeles Unified School District has banned cell towers on their school campuses and also has set an allowable limit that is 10,000 times lower than the FCC’s limit. LAUSD recognizes there are non-thermal effects and that children are more vulnerable.
In India, the government reset its limits to 1/10th of ICNIRP after an inter-Ministerial report documented impacts to birds and bees. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, and regions of Zilla Parishad, Rajasthan, and Mumbai have all banned cell antenna/tower installations on schools.
Several countries have stricter allowable cell tower radiation limits for what are termed “sensitive” areas. Cell antennas are always placed at a distance from these sensitive areas to comply with this policy.
Chile’s “Antenna Law” prohibits cell antennas/towers in what they define as “sensitive areas,” meaning schools, nurseries, hospitals, and nursing homes.
(Note: LAUSD policy is a step in the right direction but it still is inadequate and the current implementation of technology in the buildings is non-protective.)
When cell antennas are located near a school, the environmental levels of RF usually will increase. This is common sense and a matter of math and physics. The RF increases inside the school will generally be highest in classrooms where the windows are in line of sight with antennas.
https://ehtrust.org/health-effects-of-cell-towers-near-homes-and-schools/ Source: Environmental Health Trust
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