On January 9, 2018 The Hempfield School District invited a panel to discuss the health risks of cell towers on schools. Environmental Health Trust was invited to attend and EHT’s Executive Director Theodora Scarato gave a presentation alongside Professor Kenneth Foster and Dr. Paul Specht, a professor emeritus of the Occupational Safety & Environmental Health Program at Millersville University,
In addition, EHT advisor Dr. Anthony Miller presented his opinion about cell tower radiation to the Hempfield School District with this video message. He also made himself available to speak with them by phone.
Below EHT is providing materials from the presentations along with press coverage of the Hempfield School District dialogue.
PRESENTATIONS
Theodora Scarato Powerpoint presentation
Kenneth Foster Powerpoint presentation , Presentation, WHO Factsheet 2006 Foster presented
NEWS COVERAGE
Do cell towers belong on school property? Experts weigh in at Hempfield school board meeting, Lancaster Online, January 11, 2018
Dr. Anthony Miller is a physician and epidemiologist. -currently Professor Emeritus at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto have advised WHO IARC for several decades . He served as Director of the Epidemiology Unit of the National Cancer Institute of Canada. He served as Senior Epidemiologist, International Agency for Research on Cancer, and as Head of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre. He served as a consultant to the U.S. National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization and he is a member of both the Royal Colleges of physicians & Canada. He is Senior Medical Advisor to Environmental Health Trust.
Dr. Lennart Hardell also has published his opinion that radiofrequency radiation is a human carcinogen. Please read his scientific opinion in his published study here.
Carlberg, Micheal and Lennart Hardell. “Evaluation of Mobile Phone and Cordless Phone Use and Glioma Risk Using the Bradford Hill Viewpoints from 1965 on Association or Causation.” BioMed Research International, vol. 2017, 2017.
Please see the full presentation to the Hempfield School District here.
MORE RESEARCH TO KNOW
Learn about the health effects of cell tower radiation and research studies on cell tower radiation
Learn about the effects of cell tower radiation on birds, bees and wildlife.
Read about a study that found cell towers are linked to damage in human blood that predicts cancer.
Learn about why FCC limits do not protect the public.
Learn about 5G and watch videos with scientific presentations on 5G
Learn about research that shows property values decrease when a cell tower is near a home.
Read what the American Academy of Pediatrics states about cell towers
Read a scientific factsheet about cellular antennas placed near homes and 5G.
Read letters from doctors and experts about small cell antennas near homes.
Read a PDF compilation of Doctors letters on cell towers near schools.
Learn about links between cellular radiation and ADHD and Autism.
Read a letter from a PTA about a cell tower proposed on their elementary school
How To Get A 1500 Cell Tower Setback in Your Town
Read Reports and White Papers of Insurance Industry that compare cell phone radiation to asbestos
Read how most insurance companies exclude damage from electromagnetic fields
Youtube
Communities Trying to Stop Cell Towers Near Their Homes and Schools, Testimony against Small Cells Near Homes
Click on the links to see these recent Environmental Health Trust scientific presentations
8/10/2017 Presentation to Mexico Telecom Authority on Out of Date Guidelines for Cell Towers
6/6/2017 Presentation to North Carolina Governor on Wireless Facilities (Mini Cell Towers) in Rights of Way
