re. radio towers

There have been quilte a few studies done regarding the health effects
of living near broadcast towers. Following are some snippets.

Hawaii experiment
An example is an early experiment in Hawaii which found a cluster of
childhood leukaemia near some radio transmission towers. This was followed up by a
study of several areas in Hawaii and increased cancer, particularly childhood
leukaemia, was found in the tracts that had radio transmission facilities
compared with those that didn't.

....When testing for the safety of cell sites in Australia researchers used
the TV towers in North Sydney. This test, the Hocking Study, conducted and
funded by Telstra, showed that people living close to the towers had more
leukaemia than those living further away.

Tests on the impact of high powered TV/FM towers in the UK
When looking at the very high powered towers in the UK researchers found that
people living immediately below the towers had less leukaemia than those a
short distance from them. The rate dropped off as the distance from the tower
increased further. This closely relates to the ground level exposure, forming a
strong dose-response relationship.

Overall pattern
Each test on its own might not be significant. However, from these tests a
pattern emerges, growing stronger with each set of new statistical evidence,
giving a strong conclusion that exposure to EMR in populations living near
transmission facilities increases the incidence of cancer, particularly leukaemia.

Why leukaemia?
Which part of the body does EMR get absorbed in most? It is a whole-body
absorption. Which organs involve the whole body? - the skeleton, the bone marrow,
the circulatory system, the blood, which are the organs in which leukaemia is
formed. It involves lymphoid systems and other key glands.

....In 1959 scientists knew that a radio frequency was a great controllable
mutagen and the way to break chromosomes was to use RF radiation.


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