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The problem I have with them is this: You can be in a completely closed room with no windows and still use a cell phone. If a cell phone signal can go through walls they can go through your head also. So if there are thousands of cell phone signals going day and night and you live near a tower aren't those cell phone signals going through your body? I see people complaining all the time when a cell phone tower is going to be put up somewhere. Is that there complaint or is there something else about them that isn't healthy.
There are no documented health risks with living close to a tower. The wavelengths are just too long. No different from background radio and tv signals. Cellular Phone Towers
So if there are thousands of cell phone signals going day and night and you live near a tower aren't those cell phone signals going through your body?
Basically, yes. There are no known or suspected health risks from cell phone towers, however.
The simplest and easiest counter-argument to those who claim there are is that the planet is completely awash in signals of similar wavelengths anyway.
Whether there is a cell tower on your roof or you live somewhere with no cell service isn't going to make a significant difference in your exposure to said signals, because broadcast radio and TV still exist and operate at far higher power outputs than cell towers do.
Cell phone towers emit radiation. Most people are educated enough to know this.
The problem: most people don't really know what radiation is.
The word 'radiation' usually means bad in most people's mind. It causes cancer after all. The thing is, radiation isn't actually universally dangerous. There are different kinds of radiation. The kind cell phones use has never been proven to be dangerous. The thing is, all you have to do is point out that cell towers emit radiation and that there is radiation is an atomic bomb, and boom! Facebook shared science now dominates how people think.
No, living near a cell phone tower wouldn't bother me and it shouldn't bother anyone else.
Did you know everyday we are bombarded by radiation which routinely burns your skin and has been know to cause cancer? It can even cause blindness if you try to look directly at it for long periods of time. The source? The sun.
The problem I have with them is this: You can be in a completely closed room with no windows and still use a cell phone. If a cell phone signal can go through walls they can go through your head also. So if there are thousands of cell phone signals going day and night and you live near a tower aren't those cell phone signals going through your body? I see people complaining all the time when a cell phone tower is going to be put up somewhere. Is that there complaint or is there something else about them that isn't healthy.
Where to begin...
1) Yes, electromagnetic waves can go through walls. So? Your mobile phone uses the same part of the electromagnetic spectrum as television. How come you aren't worrying about that?
2) You know, your cell phone broadcasts in the same way as a cell tower. It has to cover the same distance. How come you aren't worrying about that little miniature cell tower you're holding up to your head? (don't - it's perfectly safe - it's just illogical that you freak out over the one but not the other).
Mobile phones. Television. AM and FM radio. Wifi. RFID. Two-way radios. GPS. Radar. These are all electromagnetic waves all around you. Yet somehow you've glommed onto mobile phone transmissions as the boogeyman in all of these?
To answer your question: No. But then, I'm not irrational.
I worked as a design engineer for a major cellular company, is RF exposure a concern, yes it is, this is why we required all of our technicians to wear RF monitor badges. Is exposure from a cell tower something to be concerned about, not so much do to the design of the antennas and their propagation patterns. I will say this, the frequencies of most of the PCS cell sites is from about 1.6 to 2.8 Ghz, at that frequency the rf passing through you body would be enough to excite the water molecules in your body causing them to heat, however, the rf radiating from a cell tower is far below the typical energy level required to cause real damage. Signal strength decreases in inverse proportion to the distance away from the transmitter antenna.
X rays (human made), gamma rays, ultra violet are able to penetrate , remove inner shell electrons and cause damage, ionization. No need to worry about the rest.
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X rays (human made), gamma rays, ultra violet are able to penetrate , remove inner shell electrons and cause damage, ionization. No need to worry about the rest.
Yay! Except for UV, there isn't many of those other rays.
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