Some believe that devices' radiation harms brain tissue
Jonathan Curiel, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, January 14, 2007
The hoopla over last week's Macworld Conference & Expo -- symbolized by media coverage that portrayed the new iPhone as a kind of manna from heaven -- was lost on Arthur Firstenberg, a leading activist in what amounts to a war against cell phones and cellular technologies.
Firstenberg says the millions of people who are expected to buy Apple's iPhone should consider this first: Mobile phones emit radiation, cause damage to brain tissue, and produce the kind of cancer that kills rats in laboratory experiments. Surfing the Internet on BART, listening to your favorite iPod song and texting a message to your lover -- all at the same time -- may seem like the ultimate in 21st-century bohemia, but it's really a new form of self-torture, say Firstenberg and others who have spent years worrying about the effects of electromagnetic radiation.
"Nobody wants to think they're putting a harmful thing next to their head," says Firstenberg in a phone interview from Santa Fe, N.M., where he moved after living for several years in Mendocino. "This radiation is not confined to your cell phone -- it goes everywhere, and everyone is being affected, whether they know it or not."
Randwick Council is preparing a development control plan for mobile phone towers.
Faced with a growing number of proposals for high frequency mobile phone towers, Randwick Council has voted to prepare a draft development control plan (DCP) for all telecommunication carriers to abide by.
The DCP will be a guideline for the carriers which, among other regulations, will require them to minimise the impact of electromagnetic emissions and avoid “community sensitive” areas.
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The rantings of Zach Solnila regarding health risks of electromagnetic radiation from cell phone towers must not go unchallenged.
I suggest that citizens seeking the truth about biological effects and potential hazards of radio frequency radiation check out www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/rf-faqs.html. Further, read FCC OET bulletins 56 and 65.
Previously, the risk of damage from cell phone radiation focussed on effects near the antennas—the so-called “near-field plume.” This extends six to 10 inches from the centre of the antenna, says Carlo.
The strength of that field is determined by the amount of power necessary to carry a signal to the base station. Generally speaking, the further the phone from the base station or mast, the greater the amount of power that is needed.
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