Importantly, there are studies of cell towers showing increasing rates of cancer and neurological conditions as you get closer to a cell tower transmitters/receivers. Due to the 1996 Telecom Act, local governments cannot legally consider the health and safety of wireless transmissions or the impact on the environment when making decisions regarding cell tower placements; therefore, they cannot consider thousands of studies showing wireless RF radiation to be quite bioactive. This is the sole responsibility of the FCC but the recent court ruling in the case of EHT et al.vs FCC proved that the FCC has not adequately reviewed the science and updated the safety guidelines as it pertains to wireless exposure of: children, the environment, cumulative exposures or the impact of new technologies to safety. Why should the FCC because they are not a health and safety government agency and have no real expertise in reviewing biological scientific studies or assessing biological effects? Yet they are responsible for the health and safety of wireless.
Evidently, the 1996 Telecom Act put the wrong government agency in charge on purpose so health and safety would not be carefully examined or managed. Therefore, no government agency is looking at these critical areas of health and safety which are of the utmost importance when making decisions regarding the placement of new cell tower transmitter/receivers; in addition, it is illegal for residents to even ask for health and safety to be considered. Meanwhile, innocent members of the public are reporting neurological and cancerous biological symptoms living near cell towers. Kevin believes “How truly unjust.”
The greatest concern for Kevin Mottus and the more than 161 groups in 43 states advocating for greater wireless safety is location of cell tower transceivers on schools, hospitals, churches, and government & business buildings in close proximity to people, especially children. Currently, neither the FCC nor any other government agency with a capacity and expertise in health and safety is even measuring the wireless radiofrequency radiation levels surrounding these cell towers transceivers. Even more importantly, Kevin points out that neither the FCC nor any other government agency with a capacity and expertise in health and safety is doing biological based safety testing with the people being exposed to these continuous streams of RF radiation.
Of course, the greatest concern is when cell tower transceivers are being located on or near schools where those being exposed are our children who are generally more sensitive to any environmental hazards and whose neurological systems and other body systems are still developing.Martin Blank PhD, Cellular Biologist, Columbia University and spokesperson for 248 EMF scientists calls for an acknowledgment of wireless radiation effects and a great lowering of our safety limits to provide actual biological safety to our residents from exponentially increasing levels of electromagnetic pollution due to cell tower proliferation and increasing wireless device use https://vimeo.com/123468632
Independent EMF Health Group in UK – Powerwatch.org.uk – Compactly lists studies of wireless effects from cell phones, cordless phones, cell towers and other sources of bioactive man-made electromagnetic fields.