Are there possible health risks from cell phone base station antennas?
First, it is important to be aware of the difference between antennas, which produce the RF radiation, and the towers, which are the structures that hold the antennas. It is the antennas that people need to keep their distance from, not the towers. Because antennas are the source of the RF energy, there is a greater potential exposure to RF radiation from cell phone antennas, because the antennas of cell phones deliver much of their RF energy to very small volumes of the user’s body. Base station antennas (the antennas on tops of towers) do not create such ‘hot spots’ unless you are standing directly in front of one. So, potential safety issues concerning cell phone antennas do not generally apply to base station antennas.
