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Why: Sunnyvale School District wants the $25K per year of lease
money from AT&T.
What: 9 antennas with total power of 7420 Watts between 50-59 feet
above ground on a fake tree, with other equipment enclosed in a 35x15
square feet area, protected by a 10 foot tall fence.
How will this Cell Phone Tower affect the school, the students and the community?
The Cell Phone Tower provide no educational value or well-being to the students. Instead it will be a
constant distraction to the students with its physical presence, the noise of the machinery and the
workers. AT&T also seeks an easement which allows its construction and maintenace crew to come and
go. This could compromises the security of Sunnyvale Middle School campus.
FCC certifies that Cell Phone Towers are safe and in 1996 mandates that Cell Phone Towers be
approved if health issues are the only concern of the residence. Studies on health issues conducted in the
US are mostly inconclusive and mostly short term. Long term studies and clinical studies on children do
not exist. In Europe where cell phones were in use longer, recently published long term studies have
found increased and clusters of cancers, especially childhood and leukemia within 1200 feet of Cell
Phone Towers. Elevated cancer cases have been observed but not studied near Cell Phone Towers in the
US. Other non-cancer related illnesses have been reported across the world.
Please visit the blog for more details (plus handouts from AT&T): http://smsversuscpt.blogspot.com/