My WorksCell Towers: Wireless Convenience? or Environmental Hazard?
Proceedings of the “Cell Towers Forum” State of the Science/State of the Law (Safe Goods/New Century Publishing, 2000) B. Blake Levitt, Editor/Contributing Author Publisher’s note: Cell towers and hidden “stealth” antennas are cropping up all over despite vehement objections from communities. Health and safety questions arise but are often dismissed by planners and zoners the very people entrusted to protect our welfare. Yet, safety concerns about radiofrequency radiation (RF) used in wireless technology spans decades and have yet to be resolved despite our increasing ambient exposures. Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer’s Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves (Harcourt Brace, 1995) Winner, Award of Excellence, American Medical Writers Association, 1996 Publisher’s note: If our everyday existence is impossible to imagine without electricity and wireless products, then it is also impossible to imagine without electromagnetic fields. But recent legal judgments confirm what some have long said: those ubiquitous fields can pose a serious challenge to our health, housing values, and community development plans. Before You Conceive: The Complete Prepregancy Guide (with John R. Sussman, M.D., Bantam, 1989) Winner, Award of Excellence, American Medical Writers Association, 1990 Before You Conceive is the book that defined the field of prepregnancy planning, a concept now taught in most major medical schools. A classic in its time, the book is still contemporary today. Ms. Levitt was the first American journalist to write about the relationship between folic acid deficiency and birth defects and to recommend supplementation before pregnancy begins, a recommendation now made by the National Institutes of Health and every major health organization. |
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