Is it dangerous to live relatively close to cell phone antenna perched on apartment buildings?
If so, describe dangers, wave patterns and distances as applicable. Answer: Any placement of a transmitting facility requires approval from either state or local governments. The Federal Communications Commission released guidelines in June of last year to assist those governments in determining safe installation of the antennas and limiting human exposure to radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields. The FCC determined “wireless facilities are unlikely to cause human exposures in excess of RF exposure guidelines.” Those guidelines were recommended in 1986 by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements and adopted as a standard by the American National Standards Institute. The FCC limits are endorsed by two other government agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration. The FCC told us they have never found a case involving cellular antennas where there was a concern for public safety. Because of the frequency that cellular syste
