The recent RF-as-cancer-causing villain case in Ripon, CA we have been following at
Inside Towers has taken a sudden turn of vindication for our industry. Like a game
of Clue, one could say: “Aha! It wasn’t the pole in the schoolyard. It was the water
supply that did it!” At least that’s what the evidence is beginning to show in reports
being done by the Ripon School District who has kept an even keel, a level head, and
has worked dutifully to find answers on what was affecting their students.
One most certainly cannot fault the parents who went after the most visible thing they
could find: Sprint’s monopole. In their grief and desperation, they hired a new-age,
emf whisperer with dubious credentials to tell them what they wanted to hear. (Seriously,
he will come to your house, wave a low-priced gadget around, and tell you if your pillows
are emitting RF). With tears flowing and pictures of children hospitalized, the local TV
stations were more than happy to cover the story with all fingers pointing at the tower
as their nemesis. ‘Fire up the drone cameras to circle that tower! Quick-cut to the crying
mother!’ The optics were terrific. Read on …
https://insidetowers.com/cell-tower-news-wrongly-accused-widely-confused/
https://insidetowers.com/cell-tower-news-editorial-draws-an-objection-from-wias-adelstein/
https://www.aglmediagroup.com/opinion-cell-towers-cancer-and-the-public-perception/