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What do people think of mobiel phones, RF, and health risks

May 13, 2006 5:10PM PDT

Does anyone here have an opinion on the health effects of using mobile phones and or living near a mobile phone tower.

Just wondering because there was a really interesting story about a building here that has a higher then average amount of people with health issues such as tumors. The only places in this building where this has been reported are two offices that sit under the roof where two cell towers are also located....

Anyone have any comments on this positive or negative?

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I think this is all
May 13, 2006 10:54PM PDT

Bush's fault.


Devil

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(NT) (NT) Statistical clustering ?
May 13, 2006 10:57PM PDT
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That May Be But......
May 14, 2006 2:46PM PDT

I thought it an interesting topic all the same.

I was serious in asking people's opinions on mobiles
and towers though.

I mean let's not talk about immediate use but
cumlative use of said items over a period of
time. Who's to say that in 20 years or so
people might well complain about RF based
health effects...

It's worth at least considering.

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(NT) (NT) Statistical clustering, that was my answer
May 14, 2006 8:46PM PDT
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We've been through this before ...
May 14, 2006 9:08PM PDT

... with the power lines. Property values anywhere near them plummetted, yada yada, and NOTHING.

With the cell towers, this seems like something trumpetted by the NIMBY crowd (Not In My Back Yard). Of course they'll trumpet it on their wireless headsets via their cell phones in East Osh Kosh! Wink (That's a US-ism meaning remote place).