Letter to the editor
With reference to the article cell tower concerns unproven: physicist, in the Pioneer on May 1, the following information with a few of many studies may be relevant.
Prof. M.Eng, talks about the very high number of children living around a cell tower who had leukemia and melanoma. He produced the video ‘The Dark Side of Smart Meters’ with much information about radiation.
Cancer researcher Devra Davis, author of the book ‘The Secret History of the War on Cancer,’ and has been on doctors’ programs on TV, has been speaking out about the dangers of radiation.
Karl Maret, M.D. has been speaking out about the fact the DNA has been shown to be particularly vulnerable to electromagnetic fields of all kinds. A study by Garaj-Vrhovac 1999 (Sage Bevington) has shown an increase in aberrant DNA found in workers chronically exposed to microwaves at 1250-1350 MHz.
A study by Zwamborn 2003 (Bevington) revealed that a 3G phone mast caused cognitive impairment, muscular pains, headache and dizziness. Studies by Navarro 2003, Oberfeld 2004, Santini 2002, (Bevington) revealed a 400 m phone mast causes three times the risk of cancer in 10 years.
A study by Hocking 1996 (Sage, Lai) showed a two-fold increase in childhood leukemia/RFR exposure to AM/FM towers.
Leukemia, skin melanoma and bladder cancer in people near a TV and FM transmitter have been revealed as results for a study by Dolk 1997 (Firstenberg)
Since the author of the article in the Pioneer, Dr. Thomas, does not appear to be sensitive to radiation as many are, does not live here, and by his words, does not care if we have a tower, I question his input stating our debate should be about costs, not health.
Jean Sinclair, Invermere
