Cell Towers Near Schools are Extremely Dangerous to Our Children
Scientists Warn that Microwave Radiation is Harmful to Children. Clusters of cancer have been found around cell towers in Europe & Canada. Yet cell phone companies continue to build them near schools!
The Bethlehem Central School District wants to build a 150 foot cell tower on high school property. Combined with the cell towers already endangering our children at the Middle School, the high school tower would mean that for 7 years and 180 school days per year our children would be exposed to microwave radiation.
The Bethlehem Central School District has an $88 million annual budget. Revenue from the construction and leasing of the high school tower is projected by school official to be about $20,000 per year. We know that the Town of Bethlehem collects over $91,000 per year from the cell towers across from the Middle School. Either way of looking at it, the health of our children is being endangered for relatively insignificant additional revenue that is and will be collected.
ISSUE UPDATE:
At the November 18, 2009 Board of Education meeting, the school board approved moving forward on the construction of a cell tower on high school property. Board members voted in favor of their plan by a vote of 4 to 3. See how they voted. Click here then scroll down.
ISSUE UPDATE:
The London Times has reported on cancer clusters around
cell towers they call phone masts. Read the article here.
ISSUE UPDATE:
Canadian television station reports on cancer clusters of school
staff working in building surrounded by cell towers. See it here.
The Bethlehem Central School District has an $88 million annual budget. Revenue from the construction and leasing of the high school tower is projected by school official to be about $20,000 per year. We know that the Town of Bethlehem collects over $91,000 per year from the cell towers across from the Middle School. Either way of looking at it, the health of our children is being endangered for relatively insignificant additional revenue that is and will be collected.
ISSUE UPDATE:
At the November 18, 2009 Board of Education meeting, the school board approved moving forward on the construction of a cell tower on high school property. Board members voted in favor of their plan by a vote of 4 to 3. See how they voted. Click here then scroll down.
ISSUE UPDATE:
The London Times has reported on cancer clusters around
cell towers they call phone masts. Read the article here.
ISSUE UPDATE:
Canadian television station reports on cancer clusters of school
staff working in building surrounded by cell towers. See it here.
You Can Help Remove the Danger from Our Schools!
In October of 2009, a coalition of concerned parents and property owners in Bethlehem were able to beat back a proposal to build cell towers on two of our elementary schools (Hammegraile and Clarksville). A protest and major news coverage, including emails and letter writing convinced the school board to take those schools of the list of places to build microwave towers.
However, the high school proposal is still on the table and no-one is talking about the Town of Bethlehem's actions that have allowed almost 24 microwave towers to be located on and around the town's water tank across from the middle school. If you are concerned about the dangers to the health of our children, our teachers and administrators, please consider signing the online petition to school and local government leaders. The petition requests a stop to the plans for cell towers on school property.
You can also make a personal phone call to school board members and town board members. Their mailing and phone contact information is provided here. You can also join our mailing list to stay informed on current developments by reading the news link also provided here.
With your help, we can stop the cell tower proposal at the high school and work to have the cell towers near the middle school removed.
Additional links are being provided for you and your family to get better acquainted with the dangers of microwave radiation. In addition, a detailed fact sheet on what other communities and countries have done to protect children from microwave radiation is provided her.
We encourage you to share it with neighbors, friends and your children. We also have provided links to other resources for you to familiarize yourself with the school board plans.
However, the high school proposal is still on the table and no-one is talking about the Town of Bethlehem's actions that have allowed almost 24 microwave towers to be located on and around the town's water tank across from the middle school. If you are concerned about the dangers to the health of our children, our teachers and administrators, please consider signing the online petition to school and local government leaders. The petition requests a stop to the plans for cell towers on school property.
You can also make a personal phone call to school board members and town board members. Their mailing and phone contact information is provided here. You can also join our mailing list to stay informed on current developments by reading the news link also provided here.
With your help, we can stop the cell tower proposal at the high school and work to have the cell towers near the middle school removed.
Additional links are being provided for you and your family to get better acquainted with the dangers of microwave radiation. In addition, a detailed fact sheet on what other communities and countries have done to protect children from microwave radiation is provided her.
We encourage you to share it with neighbors, friends and your children. We also have provided links to other resources for you to familiarize yourself with the school board plans.
REPORT: Serious Public Health Concerns Raised Over Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) from Powerlines and Cell Phones
An international working group of scientists, researchers and public health policy professionals (The BioInitiative Working Group) has released its report on electromagnetic fields (EMF) and health. They document serious scientific concerns about current limits regulating how much EMF is allowable from power lines, cell phones, and many other sources of EMF exposure in daily life.
The report concludes the existing standards for public safety are inadequate to protect public health (click here to see report).
Prolonged exposure to radiofrequency and microwave radiation from cell phones, cordless phones, cell towers, WI-FI and other wireless technologies has been linked to interference with short-term memory and concentration, sleep disruption, headache and dizziness, fatigue, immune disruption, skin rashes and changes in cardiac function. However, “These effects can happen with even very small levels of exposure if they occur on a daily basis. Cell phone use is likely to be more harmful in children whose brain and nervous system development can last into late adolescence,” says Cindy Sage of Sage Associates, “The public health implications of billions of people who are exposed makes this a matter of critical concern to policy-makers around the world.”
The report concludes the existing standards for public safety are inadequate to protect public health (click here to see report).
Prolonged exposure to radiofrequency and microwave radiation from cell phones, cordless phones, cell towers, WI-FI and other wireless technologies has been linked to interference with short-term memory and concentration, sleep disruption, headache and dizziness, fatigue, immune disruption, skin rashes and changes in cardiac function. However, “These effects can happen with even very small levels of exposure if they occur on a daily basis. Cell phone use is likely to be more harmful in children whose brain and nervous system development can last into late adolescence,” says Cindy Sage of Sage Associates, “The public health implications of billions of people who are exposed makes this a matter of critical concern to policy-makers around the world.”