Graphic: Valerie Jacquemet
We’ve known for decades that people experience ill health when living and working around cell
towers, but this knowledge is being ignored in the rush to roll out 5G (fifth generation) technology
worldwide.
Politicians and representatives of the telecommunications industry paint a
picture where the aesthetic ugliness of cell towers and resulting lowered property values could be
the only objections from the public. This is very far from the truth. People all over the world are
fighting to have cell towers removed or blocked, and they are opposing the rollout of dangerous 5G
technology.
What follows is some of the information showing health damage caused by cell towers and wireless
radiation:
California School District Turns Off Radiation from School Cell Tower After Fourth Student Develops Cancer – March 13, 2019
Link: https://ehtrust.org/fourth-student-has-cancer-parents-demand-removal-of-cell-tower-from-ripon-school/
““Four students and three teachers at Weston have been diagnosed with different forms of cancer
since 2016. In addition, two preschool-age children living near the school have been treated for a
malignant tumor and leukemia, and a Modesto family says a 22-year-old former student of Weston
underwent surgery last year for a brain tumor.”
Ripon California School District officially asked Sprint, the wireless company to remove the cell
tower from the elementary school after four students and three staff developed cancers. As of
March 28, 2019 the antennas have been turned off.
Families have been calling for the removal of a cell phone tower at Weston Elementary School since
2017 when several students and staff developed cancers. Now that yet another student has
developed cancer in 2019, parents demanded the tower be removed. The March 2019 school
board meeting was packed in opposition to the cell tower and the meeting was widely covered by
press. Parents stated they are holding the school board accountable.
On March 15 2019 Ripon Unified placed a revised statement on their website formally asking Sprint
Communications to remove the cell tower from the Weston Elementary campus. They are asking
Sprint “to relocate or decommission the tower as soon as possible.””
Parents Blame Elementary School’s Cell Tower After 4th Student Diagnosed With Cancer –
March 12, 2019
Link: https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/03/12/school-cell-tower-causing-cancer/
Fire fighters won the right not to have cell towers affixed to their fire stations due to the
adverse health effects. So why are 5G cell towers being placed near schools, daycares,
libraries, churches, businesses, and residences?
In 2004, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) passed a resolution opposing the
installation of cell towers on fire stations. This resolution was passed after increasing complaints
from fire fighters about the adverse health effects they experienced from cell towers affixed to the
fire stations. The complaints included experiences of sleeplessness, headaches, memory problems,
and cognitive impairment. A 2004 brain study of California fire fighters exposed to cell tower
radiation over the previous five years showed brain abnormalities, cognitive impairment, delayed
reaction time, and lack of impulse control. The resolution eventually included a moratorium on cell
towers being placed on fire stations in the United States and Canada.
The IAFF resolution:
“The IAFF opposes the use of fire stations as base stations for towers and/or antennas for the
conduction of cell phone transmissions until a study with the highest scientific merit and integrity
on health effects of exposure to low-intensity RF/MW radiation is conducted and it is proven that
such sitings are not hazardous to the health of our members.”
Lewis Currier, 29-year L.A. county fire captain, speaking in 2016 about the dangers of cell towers
and the antiquated and inadequate government safety standards on electromagnetic radiation.
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7w10bFeVAk
Currier: “I’m speaking today against the cell towers that are being installed at our fire stations for
the health and safety of the residents and the fire fighters who live there. The problem we have in
this country today is the absence of adequate recommendation standards, and as a consequence,
the corresponding standards that are being used are not applicable to the world we live in today.
The FCC safety benchmarks…are antiquated and industry-controlled. We’ve all seen in the past how
industry-controlled standards has worked in other industries in the examples given today such as
tobacco, chemical fire retardants, etcetera. This is a classic case of the fox watching the henhouse.