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Cell tower array in New Orleans is located near homes with high radio frequency radiation levels.
The #sad story behind these photos:
On September 9, 2022, one of our supporters (we will call her Cathy for privacy reasons) was driving down Napoleon Avenue in New Orleans, LA when she saw a massive, ugly wireless telecommunications facility looming over a residential community. The tower is installed on the rooftop of a two- or three-story AT&T building located on historic St. Charles Avenue. It is at eye level with bedroom windows and no more than 100 feet away from homes.
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Cathy parked her car and started to walk around the block to take photos of the antennas. Upon walking, she noticed a man sitting on his second-floor porch, his home located about 200 feet from the tower. Cathy stopped and asked him how long the tower had been behind his house. He responded slowly and with a slight stutter:
“I’ve been living here for 20 years…AT&T put that tower up just a little while ago, maybe a couple of months…I saw them build it…
Sorry, I can’t talk quickly…words just don’t come out the way I want ’em to. You see, I just had a stroke…
Now that I think of it, I’ve been having lots of health problems that I ain’t ever had since that tower went up. Until you came around with that worried look on your face, I didn’t think the tower was a problem. But now, I’m afraid. I want to live to 90. What if that thing is making me sick?”
Cathy responded to the man:
“I also want you to see 90. Move out of this house.”
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