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

Pearce, Joshua M.

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2019.108845

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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]. Some studies even explored the potential adverse health effects due to cell phone usage and non-ionizing radiation in general [1,15].…”

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

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

Pflughoeft

Nemecek²,

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

confidence: 99%

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

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Nemecek²,

Butz

2022

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“…The thermal effect of RF energy determines these physical quantities. In [13], [14], the electromagnetic radiation effect of multiple systems was studied by creating a predictive model. The model dealt with the influence of the transmitting antenna parameters on the power density of multiple connections.…”

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Discovering the spatial locations of the radio frequency radiations effects around mobile towers

Al-allaq

Dhaam

Al-Dujaili

et al. 2023

IJECE

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<span lang="EN-US">Nowadays, smart devices have become a major part of human life, and this need has led to an increase in the demand for these devices, prompting major telecommunications companies to compete with each other to acquire the bulk of this market. This competition led to a significant increase in the number of mobile towers, to expand the coverage area. Each communication tower has transmitters and receivers to connect subscribers within the mobile network and other networks. The receivers and transmitters of each mobile tower operate on radio frequency waves. These waves can cause harm to humans if the body tissues absorb the radiation resulting from these waves. Headache, discomfort, and some other diseases are among the effects resulting from the spatial proximity to the mobile towers. In this paper, a model based on geographic information systems (GIS) software is proposed for the purpose of discovering the area of exposure to radio frequency radiation. This model can assists mitigate the opportunities of exposure to these radiations, thus reducing its danger. Real data of the levels of electromagnetic pollution resulting from mobile towers were analyzed during this study and compared with international safety standards.</span>

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“…Considerable scientific evidence exists attesting to the health effects of CT radiation, although direct causal link is yet to be established (Pearce, 2020). The World Health Organization - International Agency on Cancer Research (IARC) classified radiofrequency radiation as a Group 2B Possible Human Carcinogen (Hardell, 2017).…”

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“Have a Digital Highway but also have speed limits”: Exploring Public Resistance to Cell Tower Radiation in India

Chowdhury

2022

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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Public resistance to environmental and health safety risks from radiations emanating from cell phone towers has been sporadic but spatially and temporally widespread in India. Civic actions have been led by civic activists, resident welfare associations, gram panchayats, lawyers, scientists and even an actor from the Bombay film industry. Large scale technical systems like cell-phone towers are remarkably resilient to public criticism. Industry response to such resistance is usually in the form of aesthetic tinkering to hide structures from public gaze, incremental regulation and science communication to assuage public doubt. The legislature rather than Courts has been more responsive to such civic actions. Courts due to their overreliance on risk discourses have continued to defer to State experts. Faced with incrementalism from formal institutional actors, resistance movements have become localized and used site requirements to stymie such developments. Drawing on Beck's idea of subpolitics, this study explores the disaggregated nature of the resistance movement against cell tower radiation in India. It is based on a multi-sited ethnography based on field research and 35 interviews with activists, journalists, regulators, lawyers, industry representatives, doctors and scientists, conducted between November 2017 to December 2019. Jurisprudential developments, parliamentary committee and scientific reports were also reviewed. Subpolitics as a category has purchase in STS studies because it allows us to focus on the disaggregated nature of affected publics and interrogate public engagement with State institutions and new social expectations and solidarities with reference to technology.

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

Cited by 13 publications

References 22 publications

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

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

Discovering the spatial locations of the radio frequency radiations effects around mobile towers

“Have a Digital Highway but also have speed limits”: Exploring Public Resistance to Cell Tower Radiation in India

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