Cell tower situation demands the attention of every citizen in Huntsville

Re: proposed cell tower on Lynx Lake Road

World renowned scientists in the field of microwaves, Barrie Trower of Britain, has stated that property owners hosting cellphone towers are unaware that telecommunication companies have absolved themselves of responsibility for damages, thereby leaving property owners exposed to liability lawsuits. He cited an example of a court case in which a plot owner was happy to receive the equivalent of $100,000 pounds a year for hosting a cellphone tower on his farm but was sued for $4 million by his neighbours after the tower became a health hazard that resulted in the value of properties falling.

The facts are that radiation emanating from cellphone towers will cook living tissue within a 2.6 mile radius. All life exposed to this type of radiation even at low levels at greater distances are vulnerable to chronic and terminal health issues including cancer, fibromyalgia, heart disease and abnormalities – plant leaves lose their cells and die.
Equally frightening is that citizens and communities have had their rights to self-determination of safe, healthy communities co-opted by absentee and unelected decision makers.

Dividing citizenry is a strategy long employed to create distraction from important issues. This is a serious community issue that demands the attention of every citizen. If Rogers and our governments allow this seemingly benign but fatally violent structure in our wetland neighbourhood, they will (be) put in your apartment building, nearby flagpoles and church steeples too. 

As Canadians, we all value our communities, health and economic freedom. I urge every citizen to learn the facts, develop an informed opinion and be heard. Everyone is invited to visit the online petition www.ipetitions.com (to) read what your neighbours are saying and show your support. 

Let’s continue to educate ourselves, work together as a community and follow the lead of Oakville and Peterborough to relocate towers away from residential areas. In addition, let’s create a telecommunications facilities protocol to provide a formal framework for community-based decision-making. This type of policy is more consistent with our Unity Plan goals and aspirations for sustainable, healthy and economically progressive communities.

Jennifer Vasey
Lynx Lake Road
Huntsville

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