A good place to start is with the WHO:
Electromagnetic fields and public health: mobile phones
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs193/en/
The other question I would ask and look at to help with information gathering and sharing is - in
relation to your campus, where are the other cell phone towers (in relation to the community). Are
there also power lines and towers that go through the community? Having this information can help
guage how your community might respond to a proposal.
Although evidence does not point to health risks, its always a good idea to float proposals such as
this through different channels in your community to understand opinion. Has there been a reaction
to wifi on your campus? A good way to frame all of this is to incorporate what you currently have.
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A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on 9 June 2010 at 5:00 AM +1200
wrote:
>Hello,
>
>We're considering a proposal from Sprint and ATT to install a base antenna
>on our School campus. Both providers are offering substantial
>compensation to my School if we allow them to install an antenna and we
>would get significantly better mobile phone coverage within our buildings.
> The antennas would be well concealed and far out of reach.
>
>I'm wondering if any of you have had a similar proposal and if so, what
>was your decision-making process?
>Did you conduct an independent study or obtain studies regarding potential
>health risks?
>The potential health risks are the most significant factor for us at this
>point and I thought I would just check with my ISED colleagues to see if
>perhaps you have already been down this path and could offer some advice.
>I know there are studies available via the Web, but I was hoping that
>maybe another school conducted their own study you might share that report
>with me and I could use it to better support our decision here.
>Both vendors, of course, tell me there are no "significant" health risks
>for our proposed installation.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Dave Candelario
>Director of Technology
>314-995-7478
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