Cell Tower Radiation

[redfella]

What have cell phone companies done to ensure that cell towers are safe for the public?

This is a serious question, I'm not intending to start a fanboy flame war here. Please give links or references if you have them.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: redfella
What have cell phone companies done to ensure that cell towers are safe for the public?

This is a serious question, I'm not intending to start a fanboy flame war here. Please give links or references if you have them.

Millions and Millions of megawatts of Microwave oven energy being radiated out.

What do you expect???

No links or references needed, it is simple science.

U.S. citizens no longer believe in science so no problem.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Dave you did not answer the question.

Are the towers safe and/or to what distance?

No FUD please

 

[Moonbeam]

You can't see microwave radiation. It is like the chupacabra or the devil, or nuclear radiation or germs. You get to project onto it all that is in your unconscious. It is a monster that is out to give you what, in your repressed feelings, you feel that you deserve. Only a tinfoil hat can keep you safe. Of course you can also use them to heat your coffee or scramble the proteins in your brain.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Dave you did not answer the question.

Are the towers safe and/or to what distance?

No FUD please

I work on Cell equipment.

It's only hot when you work on it.

You won't fry even if you have one in your backyard. In fact the signal is radiated outwards so you neighbors would get more energy than you.

What I am saying is the overall energy we are cranking into the lower atmosphere is bound to help make faster changes on molecular genetic level.

I wouldn't be surprised in the DNA re-arranges to be able to accept higher levels of radiation over a long period of time.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Are the towers safe and/or to what distance?

No FUD please

The US FDA has a webpage on this topic:

The FCC guidelines for human exposure to RF electromagnetic fields are derived from the recommendations of two expert organizations, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In both cases, the recommendations were developed by scientific and engineering experts drawn from industry, government, and academia after extensive reviews of the scientific literature related to the biological effects of RF energy.

Many countries in Europe and elsewhere use exposure guidelines developed by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). The ICNIRP safety limits are generally similar to those of the NCRP and IEEE, with a few exceptions.
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RF exposure on the ground is much less than exposure very close to the antenna and in the path of the transmitted radio signal. In fact, ground-level exposure from such antennas is typically thousands of times less than the exposure levels recommended as safe by expert organizations. So exposure to nearby residents would be well within safety margins.

Cellular and PCS base stations in the United States are required to comply with limits for exposure recommended by expert organizations and endorsed by government agencies responsible for health and safety. Measurements made near cellular and PCS base station antennas mounted on towers have confirmed that ground-level exposures are typically thousands of times less than the exposure limits adopted by the FCC. In fact, in order to be exposed to levels at or near the FCC limits for cellular or PCS frequencies an individual would essentially have to remain in the main transmitted radio signal (at the height of the antenna) and within a few feet from the antenna. This is, of course, very unlikely to occur.

In addition, scientific studies are under way on the towers, but they have not yet reached conclusions.

 

[redfella]

That's an excellent link (www.fda.gov/) dullard. Thanks.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Thank you Dave and Dullard for clear explanations.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: redfella
That's an excellent link (www.fda.gov/) dullard. Thanks.

You are always welcome.

Of course, that isn't definite proof of anything. As far as we know from other related studies, they should be safe. However, the actual studies on the cell phone towers are the only way to know for certain and those won't be finished for quite some time.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Are the towers safe and/or to what distance?

No FUD please

The US FDA has a webpage on this topic:

The FCC guidelines for human exposure to RF electromagnetic fields are derived from the recommendations of two expert organizations, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In both cases, the recommendations were developed by scientific and engineering experts drawn from industry, government, and academia after extensive reviews of the scientific literature related to the biological effects of RF energy.

Many countries in Europe and elsewhere use exposure guidelines developed by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). The ICNIRP safety limits are generally similar to those of the NCRP and IEEE, with a few exceptions.
...
RF exposure on the ground is much less than exposure very close to the antenna and in the path of the transmitted radio signal. In fact, ground-level exposure from such antennas is typically thousands of times less than the exposure levels recommended as safe by expert organizations. So exposure to nearby residents would be well within safety margins.

Cellular and PCS base stations in the United States are required to comply with limits for exposure recommended by expert organizations and endorsed by government agencies responsible for health and safety. Measurements made near cellular and PCS base station antennas mounted on towers have confirmed that ground-level exposures are typically thousands of times less than the exposure limits adopted by the FCC. In fact, in order to be exposed to levels at or near the FCC limits for cellular or PCS frequencies an individual would essentially have to remain in the main transmitted radio signal (at the height of the antenna) and within a few feet from the antenna. This is, of course, very unlikely to occur.

In addition, scientific studies are under way on the towers, but they have not yet reached conclusions.

Thanks Dullard.

That's pretty much what I said.

Think of it this way.

If you took the Microwave oven door off and cooked your food, you can stand on each side of the oven and watch your food cook.

If you stood in front you would get zapped and the closer you stood in front the more you would actually cook, the farther you step back the less you would cook.

Also the frequency of the band matters.

1900 MHZ GSM has a higher in front cook factor than 850 MHZ GSM for example.