There’s A Cell Phone Tower On My Condominium Roof!

There have been many studies over the past few years about the potential impact cell phone towers erected near residences may have on humans. Some scientists have reported that long term exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) energy used to communicate from cell phones to towers can lead to changes in brain activity, brain reaction times and the time it takes to fall asleep. On the other hand, Health Canada¹ has reported that the general consensus in the scientific community is that the RF energy is too low to cause health effects in humans and that contrary scientific findings have not yet been confirmed. Nevertheless, Health Canada has established guidelines for safe human exposure to RF energy in their Safety Code 6.² Industry Canada, the federal regulator responsible for the approval of RF equipment, has adopted Health Canada's guidelines as their regulatory exposure standard.³ Antenna proponents are required to perform an assessment of RF exposure on proposed antenna