On Saturday 10 February 2007 15:59, Norm wrote: >Alan wrote: >>> In the building where I live, the building administration is >>> intending to install at its top an antenna for irradiating the signal >>> for wireless Internet users. Can those antennas interfere with the >>> health of the people living in the building? >> >> If you climb onto the roof and eat it, then it might be bad for you. >> >> If you wanted a more serious answer then try a more relevant list. >> Some keywords that might help you are "ERP", "SAR", "NCRPM" and "FCC" >> >> Alan > >Having had a massive brain tumour removed I am a bit sensitive to off >the cuff ridicule of someone asking such a question. Despite the cries >of many in the radio and near radio industry and others there is >considerable empirical evidence that there is a correlation between >brain tumours and emf in general. Which side one lands on is dependent >on personal views. The industry studies showing no problem should be >treated with suspicion. We all know of industries such as the tobacco >industry that for years claimed their products were not harmful. >The effect of one wireless antenna on its own will probably not harm >most healthy people but, one more added to the mix may cause an emf >overload on someone. >In simple terms no one can say with assurance the new antenna will or >will not cause a problem. Not to belittle your situation, Norm, but I'd submit that the cumulative emf, unless you have been in a habit of keeping warm in front a a gigawatt radar, statisticly had zero effect on your tumor. Personally I have worked for the last 45 years in an environment where there was a relatively strong field of rf radiation, and at age 72, cannot say that my health has been adversely effected. And that 'strong field' is still so low that the device with which the FCC says we must survey the area with come license renewal time to certify its leakage levels, can only detect a small reading when its probe is placed in the center of a small 6" square glass window near one of the driver stage tubes, and even that reading would only be a problem if I were to place my head there on a 24/7/365 basis. That said, I do hope they got it all, we need all the smart folks we can get. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
