Electromagnetic Radiation from Cellphone Towers: A Potential Health Hazard for Birds, Bees, and Humans

Siddoo-Atwal, Chanda

doi:10.5772/intechopen.76084

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“…Health issues related to cellular transmissions [11][12][13], especially the location of base stations, are of particular concern. Base stations, which essentially allow a network of cell towers to be interconnected, are not recommended to be located in the vicinity of hospitals and elementary schools [14].…”

Section: Literature Review 21 Spatial Placement and Associated Health...mentioning

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Prioritizing Cell Tower Site Recommendations outside U.S. Metropolitan Areas

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Butz

2022

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Cell phone technology has advanced rapidly with the start of 5G being rolled out across the networks. To keep up with this demand, cell tower companies have responded by erecting numerous towers. Engineers and researchers analyze the network topography to make recommendations for cell tower locations. Cell tower companies evaluate these recommendations using a host of other factors. In this research, a model was developed to help a regional telecommunications company predict throughput for locations using competitive and demand factors. Model results represented a large improvement over internal key performance indicators.

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Section: Literature Review 21 Spatial Placement and Associated Health...mentioning

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Prioritizing Cell Tower Site Recommendations outside U.S. Metropolitan Areas

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Nemecek²,

Butz

2022

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“…Overall, in epidemiological studies to date that assessed negative health effects of mobile phone base stations (seven studies explored the association between base station proximity and neurobehavioral effects [4][5][6]10,11,12,13 and three investigated cancer 7,8,14 , 80% reported increased prevalence of adverse neurobehavioral symptoms or cancer in populations living at distances < 500m from base stations 1 .…”

Section: Negative Human Health Effects From Proximity To Cellular Phone Base Stationsmentioning

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Limiting liability with positioning to minimize negative health effects of cellular phone towers

Pearce

2020

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“…Tumor formation only seems to occur once the cancer cells display constitutively activated apoptosis and become resistant to apoptosis while continuing to proliferate. In fact, acquired resistance to apoptosis appears to be a pivotal event in immortalization and the transition to malignancy [3,13].…”

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Genes That Can Cause Cancer

Siddoo-Atwal¹

2019

Gene Expression Profiling in Cancer

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Recently, it has become apparent that the pathogenesis of cancer is closely connected with aberrantly regulated apoptotic cell death and the resulting deregulation of cell proliferation. The loss of equilibrium between cell proliferation and cell death in a tissue may play a crucial role in tumor formation. In fact, the initiation of uncontrolled apoptosis in a tissue may serve as the trigger for carcinogenesis. Various laboratory studies on animals and certain human data are suggestive that tumor formation requires at least two discrete events to take place in response to a carcinogen according to this apoptotic model of carcinogenesis. The first involves an elevation of apoptosis in a particular tissue due to a genetic predisposition, stress, or mutation. The second confers resistance to apoptosis in that same tissue resulting in the formation of an abnormal growth due to a dysregulation of cell number homeostasis. The apoptotic response of each individual to any given carcinogenic or other environmental stimulus is determined by their unique double set of genes inherited from both parents. The singular genetic traits and biochemistry of each individual are attributable solely to this unique combination of genes and their specific regulation. A general example of genetic regulation, gene dose, and control is provided by β-thalassemia point mutations in the beta-globin gene, which confer a blood disease mainly in Mediterranean populations. This mutation (heterozygous and homozygous, at one or both genetic loci) can cause a hereditary red blood cell anemia. Specific examples in relation to cancer predisposition include various genetic models such as the elevated levels of skin cancer among those with certain polymorphisms or inherited mutations in their DNA repair genes like those associated with the disorder, Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP); the high rate of skin cancer observed in albinos with little or no melanin; and the high incidence of lymphomas occurring in patients with the inherited disorder, ataxia-telangiectasia (AT). The mutations associated with each of these conditions can result in an elevated level of apoptosis in the target tissues, either constitutively or in response to particular carcinogens such as UV rays, and can be linked to the initiation of cancer in those specific tissues.

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Electromagnetic Radiation from Cellphone Towers: A Potential Health Hazard for Birds, Bees, and Humans

Cited by 7 publications

References 53 publications

Prioritizing Cell Tower Site Recommendations outside U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Prioritizing Cell Tower Site Recommendations outside U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Limiting liability with positioning to minimize negative health effects of cellular phone towers

Genes That Can Cause Cancer

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