San Diego - The more we rely on smart phones, the more data we want and the more antennas we need.
Workers say they are getting injured working on these antennas. They say the constant push for more towers is putting them at risk.
Team10 talked to a San Diego company that came up with a solution to keep these people safe.
The Worker
Benjamin Rivas worked on cell phone towers for 14 years.
"I was dealing with them day in and day out--climbing the towers, on the rooftops," Rivas said.
He left the business after an antenna that should have been powered down was still live.
"It physically burned my hand. You'll get burned on the outside but internally it blisters."
The burn is a work injury you can see. Other problems he said caused by the towers are not as easy to spot.
"Depression, I get headaches, mood swings,” Rivas said. “Things I've never gotten before."
Rivas is one of the 250,000 workers that the insurance rating agency AM Best said gets too close to these antennas. They act as an open microwave and can cause eye damage, sterility and cognitive damages.
There are 600,000 cell towers in the United States with thousands more on the way. Sprint just announced installation of 20,000 more towers.
The Problem
Drew Fountain co-founded San Diego-based RF Check. The company tracks where every tower is located in the United States. Fountain showed the RF frequencies coming from several tower sites all over San Diego using a $20,000 meter.
"I'm going to show you the invisible footprints of these potentially hazardous areas that these workers don't see," Fountain said.
Fountain said an RF frequency over 20 percent is over the allowable limit by the FCC. He showed Team 10 RF frequency ratings from towers on a Del Mar rooftop that ranged from 20 percent to 150 percent.
Fountain said cell phone tower workers, roofers and painters could be put at risk if they don't know where those towers are located. Many tower sites have these signs telling workers to stay
A Silicon-valley engineer turned technology health advocate, Jeromy Johnson discusses our attachment to technology and the health hazards such an addiction may hold.
[AV and event video provided by http://repertoireproductions.com].
Jeromy Johnson is an expert in mitigating the negative impacts of Electromagnetic Field (EMF) exposure. He has a leading website on the topic and consults with individuals, families and organizations around the world to implement solutions that reduce and eliminate EMF pollution. Jeromy has an advanced degree in Civil Engineering and has worked in Silicon Valley for 15 years. After becoming what medical doctors call “Electro-hypersensitive” (EHS) in 2011 after extensive exposure to EMF radiation, he embarked on a journey of regaining his own health and educating others to critically evaluate theirs.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
More Info: https://www.emfanalysis.com/tedx-wireless-wake-up-call/
During the "Health in Buildings Roundtable" sponsored by the NIH & co-organized by the US CDC and several other organizations, Dr. Martin Pall from the Washington State University (WSU) concluded that the "5G rollout is absolutely insane".
In this short presentation, Dr. Pall confirms that the current 2G/3G/4G radiation the population is exposed to has been scientifically linked with:
- Lowered fertility
- Insomnia, fatigue, depression, anxiety, and major changes in brain structure in animals
- Cellular DNA damage
- Oxidative stress
- Hormonal disruption
- Cancer
- And much more
Dr. Pall briefly explains the mechanisms of how the electrosmog emitted by our cell phones, wifi routers, cell phone antennas and other wireless technologies affect human cells.
For the most current information on Dr. Pall's work, read the letter he sent to various organizations in the world sooner this year, titled:
"5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them":
https://bubalga.com/drPall/pall-to-eu-on-5g-harm-march-2018.pdf
Still think this is all tinfoil talk? Read my book, "The Non-Tinfoil Guide to EMFs": https://www.amazon.com/Non-Tinfoil-Guide-EMFs-Stupid-Technology/dp/1976109124 (warning, you might change your mind!)
In Dr. Devra Lee Davis's latest book, she argues that the most popular gadget of our age has now been shown to damage DNA, break down the brain's defenses, and reduce sperm count while increasing memory loss, the risk of Alzheimer's disease, and even cancer. As this eye-opening call to action shows, we can make safer cell phones now.
Speaker:
Devra Lee Davis, PhD, MPH, Founder and President, Environmental Health Trust, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
Event Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Learn more about NYU Langone's Perlmutter Cancer Center: https://nyulangone.org/locations/perlmutter-cancer-center
http://www.electrosensible-zone-blanche-ehs-film.com/crbst_8.html
Explaining "Unexplained Illnesses": Disease Paradigm for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Fibromyalgia, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Gulf War Syndrome and Others
We are excited to present information from the forthcoming book by Martin L. Pall, PhD, who shows that all these conditions - and probably many others - involve the same key biochemical response: elevated levels of nitric oxide (NO) and its oxidant product peroxynitrite (ONOO-), which initiate a biochemical vicious cycle. Although the mechanisms underlying this ongoing NO/ONOO- cycle are well-documented, Dr. Pall presents new information about how this cycle interacts to produce patterns of symptoms. The theory elegantly answers many questions
Wireless carriers are installing millions of towers across the country to enable the new, faster 5G cellphone technology. KPIX asks the question: Are there legitimate health concerns? Julie Watts reports. (1-25-18)