| Cell phone towers emit signals in a "flower petal" | | | | significantly higher in those patients living within the |
| pattern around the tower. This 360-degree radius | | | | 400-meter distance and that the patients became ill on |
| around the tower is called a "cell" and this is what the | | | | average eight years earlier. In the years 1999 to 2004, |
| term "cell" in cell phone means. (5) When your phone is | | | | after five years of operation of the transmitting tower, |
| in a "cell" you get good reception and when it isn't in a | | | | the relative risk of getting cancer had trebled for |
| "cell" you get poor reception. So, for a cell phone | | | | residents of the area in the proximity of the installation |
| company to provide complete coverage cell phone | | | | compared to the inhabitants of Naila outside the area. |
| towers and antenna towers must be positioned all | | | | 6. An Austrian Study released in May 2005, showed |
| across the country so that the "cells" overlap. You can | | | | that radiation from a cell phone tower at a distance of |
| begin to see what a huge infrastructure needs to be | | | | 80 meters causes significant changes of the electrical |
| created to provide complete cell phone coverage. | | | | currents in the brains of test subjects. All test subjects |
| That's why cell phone towers and antenna towers are | | | | indicated they felt unwell during the radiation and some |
| so prevalent. Furthermore, that's why these antennas | | | | reported being seriously ill. According to the scientists |
| are installed in so many places like rooftops, fire | | | | doing the study, this is the first worldwide proof of |
| stations, schools and churches. This is what is | | | | significant changes of the electrical currents in the |
| necessary for complete coverage. | | | | brain, as measured by EEG, by a cell phone base |
| Studies Show Adverse Health Effects From Cell | | | | station at a distance of 80 meters. Subjects reported |
| Phone Towers | | | | symptoms such as buzzing in the head, tinnitus, |
| If you aren't sure that cell phone towers and masts | | | | palpitations of the heart, lightheadedness, anxiety, |
| are harmful the following study summaries should | | | | shortness of breath, nervousness, agitation, headache, |
| convince you. Below are listed six studies that have | | | | heat sensation and depression. According to scientists |
| shown significant adverse health effects on people | | | | this is the first proof that electrical circuits in the brain |
| living near cell phone towers. According to Dr. | | | | are significantly affected by a cell phone tower. The |
| Grahame Blackwell "these are the only studies known | | | | distance in this study was a mere 80 meters. |
| that specifically consider the effects of masts on | | | | Two-time Nobel Prize nominee Dr. Gerald Hyland, a |
| people. All six studies show clear and significant | | | | physicist, had this to say about cell phone towers. |
| ill-health effects. There are no known studies relating to | | | | "Existing safety guidelines for cell phone towers are |
| health effects of masts that do not show such ill-health | | | | completely inadequate. Quite justifiably, the public |
| effects." (6) | | | | remains skeptical of attempts by governments and |
| 1. Santini et al. found significant health problems in | | | | industry to reassure them that all is well, particularly |
| people living within 300 meters of a cell phone base | | | | given the unethical way in which they often operate |
| station or tower. The recommendation was made | | | | symbiotically so as to promote their own vested |
| from the study that cell phone base stations should not | | | | interests." |
| be placed closer than 300 meters to populated areas. | | | | Dr. Bruce Hocking did a study in Syndey, Australia, of |
| Pathol Biol (Paris) 2002; 50: 369-373. | | | | children living near TV and FM broadcast towers, |
| 2. A Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific | | | | which by the way, are very similar to cell phone |
| Research study entitled, "Effects of Global | | | | towers. He found that these children had more than |
| Communications System Radio-Frequency Fields On | | | | twice the rate of leukemia as children living more than |
| Well Being and Cognitive Function of Human Subjects | | | | seven miles away from these towers. |
| With and Without Subjective Complaints" found | | | | Results in yet another recent study (7) conducted on |
| significant effects on well being including headaches, | | | | inhabitants living near or under a mobile phone base |
| muscle fatigue, pain, and dizziness from tower | | | | station antenna yielded the following prevalence of |
| emissions well below the "safety" level. | | | | neuropsychiatric complaints: headache (23.5%), |
| 3. Gerd, Enrique, Manuel, Ceferino and Claludio | | | | memory changes (28.2%), dizziness (18.8%), tremors |
| conducted a Spanish study called "The Microwave | | | | (9.4%), depressive symptoms (21.7%), and sleep |
| Syndrome" and found adverse health effects from | | | | disturbances |
| those living near two cell phone base stations. The | | | | (23.5%). In this study the participants were given a |
| health effects included fatigue, a tendency toward | | | | neurobehavioral test battery measuring such things as |
| depression, sleeping disorders, difficulty in concentration | | | | problem solving, visuomotor speed, attention and |
| and cardiovascular problems. | | | | emory. Symptoms of exposed inhabitants were |
| 4. From an Israeli study published in the International | | | | significantly higher than control groups. |
| Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 2004, | | | | Furthermore, Europe's top environmental watchdog |
| Wolf and Wolf reported a fourfold increase in the | | | | group, European Environment Agency (EEA), is calling |
| incidence of cancer in people living within 350 meters | | | | for immediate action to reduce exposure to mobile |
| of a cell phone tower as compared to the Israeli | | | | phone masts. EEA suggests action to reduce |
| general population. They also reported a tenfold | | | | exposure immediately to vulnerable groups such as |
| increase specifically among women. | | | | children. |
| 5. In the Naila Study from Germany, November 2004, | | | | The development of brain tumors in staff members |
| five medical doctors collaborated to assess the risk to | | | | working in a building in Melbourne, Australia, prompted |
| people living near a cell phone tower. The | | | | the closing of the top floors of the building. The Royal |
| retrospective study was taken from patient case | | | | Melbourne Institute of Technology is housed in the |
| histories between 1994 and 2004 from those who had | | | | building. Seven staff members were diagnosed with |
| lived during the past ten years at a distance up to 400 | | | | brain tumors and five of the seven worked on the top |
| meters from the tower site. The results showed that | | | | floor. A cell phone antenna is located on the roof of |
| the proportion of newly developed cancer cases was | | | | the building. |