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Cell Towers

The Financial, Health,and Environmental Risks


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The Financial Risks


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The NumbersDon't Add Up


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Town Gains Town Losses

$100k/yr lease $350k purchase of luxuryopen space

$850k from educationcuts

More kids slip throughcracks

Parking spaces

TeachersFor Sale signs Educational standards &

property values

120 ft Cell Tower Tree Destroys environment &natural aesthetic charm

Improves cell coveragewithin a 1.25 to 1.5 mileradius

Lowers property valueswithin a 1.25 to 1.5 mileradius


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The Perception Problem


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EMF have diminished the value

of the property, because the publicfears regarding EMF reduce the

amount buyers will pay for a property

subjected to such exposure.

Real Estate Finance Journal, Summer 2002


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If your home is near a cellantenna, the value of your

property is going down at least 4percent. Depending on the size ofthe tower and the proximity, it is

going down 10 percent.

Andrew J. Campanelli, a civil rights lawyer in Garden City, representingresidents against T-Mobile application in South Huntington.

NY Times - A Pushback Against Cell Towers, 8/29/10


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The Beautification Project


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That funny tree the tower could be around 120 feet tall.

Rudy Marconi

The Ridgefield Press - March 23, 2011


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The Cell Tower would be an'Attractive Nuisance'

and Tempt Kids to Climb itand Possibly Get Hurt.

Doug Loranger,Coalition for Local Oversight of Utility Technologies


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The Health Risks


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The Ecologist

The world's most respectedenvironmental affairs magazine.

Dec/Jan 2008 Issue


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The following peer-reviewed studies on health effects from cell towers("mobile phone masts" in U.K. parlance) and other sources of RF radiation

were included in the report.

: 530 people living near to mobile phone masts reported moresymptoms of headache, sleep disturbance, discomfort,

irritability, depression, memory loss, and concentrationproblems the closer they lived to the mast.

: 97 people living near to mobile phone masts reported moresymptoms of fatigue, irritability, headaches, nausea, loss ofmemory, visual disorder, dizziness and cardiovascularproblems the higher their level of microwave exposure.

: A three-fold increase in the incidence of malignant tumourswas found after 5 years exposure in people living 400 metresfrom a mobile phone mast.

: A four-fold increase in the incidence of cancer amongresidents living near a mobile phone mast for between 3 and 7 years was detected. (mor

The Ecologist - http://www.theecologist.org
http://www.theecologist.org/http://www.theecologist.org/


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The Ecologist - http://www.theecologist.org

:A four year study on human cells found that, after exposure tolow-power microwaves, the cells showed signs of DNA damage andmutations which were passed on to the next generation.

: 365 people living near to mobile phone masts reported higherincidences of headaches the greater the closer they lived to the masts.

: Research conducted by HPA [Health Protection Agency, UK] chiefWilliam Stewart advised that the main beam of a mobile phonemast should not be allowed to fall on any part of a school'sgrounds.

: Found evidence for increases in immune system damage,central nervous system damage, and reduced cognitivefunction. Recommends an exposure limit 1000 times powerthan current guidelines.

: School children living near a radio location station in Latviasufferedreduced motor function, memory and attentionspans. (more)
http://www.theecologist.org/http://www.theecologist.org/


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Standards for RF Radiation Exposurefrom Cell Phone Towers


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Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Centerhttp://www.mountshastaecology.org

RF Radiation Exposure StandardsFrom Cell Towers

Radiation Exposure Country Microwatts

Lowest New Zealand .02

Salzburg, Austria .1Switzerland 4

China 6

Russia 10

Italy 10Toronto, Canada 10

Australia 200

Highest U.S. 580 to 1,000
http://www.mountshastaecology.org/Archive/Health_Effects_from_Cell_Phone_Tower_Radiation.htmlhttp://www.mountshastaecology.org/Archive/Health_Effects_from_Cell_Phone_Tower_Radiation.html


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The Environmental Risks


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Because the electromagnetic (EM)environment of the earth has changed

radically in the past two centuries, thisstudy investigates the possibility thatanthropogenic changes in this environment,

particularly in the radio frequency (RF)

spectrum, are adversely affecting growthand health of aspen populations, making

them vulnerable to decline.

International Journal of Forestry ResearchAccepted 17 February 2010


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Since 2004, incidents of very

rapid aspen clone mortality havebeen seen in Colorado [10].



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Adverse Influence of Radio

Frequency Background onTrembling Aspen SeedlingsPreliminary Observations:



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Figure 4: Mock-shielded seedling, exhibiting yellow leafcoloration and brown lesions, Oct. 6, 2007.


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The Ridgefield Town Tree Committees missionis to encourage the town to commit community

effort and resources to preserving andimproving our trees and greenscape. Our goal isto establish and maintain an optimum, stable,

and safe public tree and plant environment,

thereby enhancing Ridgefields historiccharacter: esthetic, natural, and economic.

FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLANRidgefield, CT - Fall, 2003, Revised Edition


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Still Many Questions

-Environmental Studies Conducted?-Balloon Tests?

-Control of Equipment/Batteries?-How Many Antennas/Service Providers?-Overlapping Service Areas?-Safe Distance from Homes?-Guarantee No Dead Zones?

-Financial Effect on Neighborhoods?


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Keep Cell Towers

out ofRidgefield'sNeighborhoods


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Sign the Online Petition

Now!Your NeighborhoodCould Be Next!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/no-cell-tower-on-the-ridgeline-in-ridgefield/http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/no-cell-tower-on-the-ridgeline-in-ridgefield/

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