by Julie Watts, sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com,
12 January 2016
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Some Bay Area residents feel like David fighting Goliath. They don’t want RF-emitting cell towers all over their neighborhoods. But the wireless industry says they need them to keep up with demand, and the industry usually gets its way.
10-year old Eoghan Gormley wants his voice heard. He’s the youngest of a group of residents trying to stop Verizon from installing mini-cell towers, in some cases, right outside their windows.
“The proposed site for the antenna that Verizon seeks to install is right outside my front window. In addition, the antenna is less than 150 feet from my classroom. This means that I will be exposed to radio frequency emissions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,” Eoghan told KPIX 5 ConsumerWarth.
But the Federal Communication Act says you can’t consider health concerns as long as wireless companies follow FCC radiation guidelines that haven’t been updated since 1996.
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