This story is very disheartening. As school division budgets dwindle and they look for new ways to raise money, cell phone towers are very tempting and attractive. For example, in Fairfax CountyVirginia, the number of cell towers on school property grew rapidly in 2010.

We don't know the consequences of long-term exposure to pulsed radiofrequency radiation. No research on long-term exposure to cell phone towers is being conducted in the Unitd States, which needs to.... More

I am a teacher at Vista del Monte. The district completed their study and came up with nothing. However, they were very careful to avoid looking at the one thing we were most concerned with, the "dirty electricity", also known as high voltage transients. When we asked why this was left out of their study, they told us that the G/S units were not a recognized unit of measurement. A G/S reading of 50 or less is considered safe. Our school has readings up to almost 12,000 G/S units. I have.... More