Sigrid Egan
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Facebook site City of Scottsdale confusing, too difficult to post ideas
I am a daily user of facebook. The City's facebook access is impossible and very discouraging for citizens to post ideas. It takes too long to get to a comment page and the access itself is far too complicated. I would hope that this is not intentional.
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Proposed AT&T Wireless Tower north of Club SAR! I am concerned and would like to share my research reCell phone companies and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration assert thatsults:
I would like to share results of my research about Wireless Towers:
" Cell phone companies and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration assert that
cell phone towers don’t pose health risks to the public. Some studies
support this assertion, but other studies suggest just the opposite.
Harvard-trained Dr. Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona’s medical
center recently observed, “In January 2008, the National Research Council
(NRC), an arm of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy
of Engineering, issued a report saying that we simply don't know enough about
the potential health risks of long-term exposure to RF energy from cell phones
themselves, cell towers, television towers, and other components of our communications
system. The scientists who prepared the report emphasized, in particular, the
unknown risks to the health of children, pregnant women, and fetuses as well
as of workers whose jobs entail high exposure to RF (radiofrequency) energy….Because
so much of cell phone technology is new and evolving, we don't have data on
the consequences of 10, 20 or 30 years worth of exposure to the RF energy they
emit,” Weil concluded. The report called for long-term safety
studies on all wireless devices including cell phones, computers, and cell
phone towers. A 2006 report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO)
offered some reassurance and found no scientific evidence that radiofrequency
signals from cell towers cause adverse health effects. The report noted
that up to five times more of the RF signals from FM radio and television (than
from cell towers) are absorbed by the body with no known adverse effects on
health in the more than 50 years that radio and TV broadcast stations have
been operating. But an Australian study found that children living near TV and
FM broadcast towers, which emit similar radiation to cell towers, developed
leukemia at three times the rate of children living over seven miles away. If
you live within a quarter mile of a cell phone antenna or tower, you may be
at risk of serious harm to your health, according to a German study cited at www.EMF-Health.com,
a site devoted to exposing hazards associated with electromagnetic frequencies
from cell phone towers and other sources. Cancer rates more than tripled among people living within 400 meters of cell
phone towers or antennas, a German study found. Those within 100 meters
were exposed to radiation at 100 times normal levels. An Israeli study
found risk of cancer quadrupled among people living within 350 meters (1,148
feet) of a cell phone transmitter—and seven out of eight cancer victims
were women. Both studies focused only on people who had lived at the
same address for many years. Other studies have found that levels of radiation emitted from cell phone
towers can damage cell tissues and DNA, causing miscarriage, suppressing immune
function, and causing other health problems. Astoundingly, the federal government does not allow rejection of a cell phone
tower based on health risks, according
to a 2005 article. A
Google search found no evidence that this situation has changed. Yet over 1.9
million cell phone towers and antennae have been approved nationwide without
federal studies to assure safety of those living nearby. How many cell phone towers and antennas are in your neighborhood? Find
out at www.antennasearch.com. I
plugged in my address on Mt. Helix, hardly an urban stronghold, and was astounded
to discover that there are 96 cell phone towers, 286 antennas and 2 proposals
for new towers within four miles of my home! So how about Mom’s neighborhood, where an Evangelical church insists
a new tower is needed? Mom gets perfectly fine cell phone reception, and so
do the neighbors she’s spoken with—not surprising since there are
already 113 towers and 335 antennas within a four-mile radius. Churches, schools, fire stations, and other buildings are increasingly erecting
cell phone towers or antennas because cell phone companies are willing to pay
rental fees of hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month—welcome
infusions for cash-strapped budgets. But at what cost to the public’s
health? There are young children in Mom’s neighborhood, less than
one block from the proposed cell phone antenna site. In Sweden, the government requires interventions to protect the public from
electromagnetic frequencies. Why isn’t the U.S. government paying
attention to this potential risk to public safety? If you wish to share your views on the T-Mobile proposed cell phone tower
at 5777 Lake Murray Blvd. (near Marengo Avenue), the La Mesa City Council will
hold a public meeting on Wednesday, November 5th at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers
at the La Mesa City Hall, 8130 Allison Ave., La Mesa. » "

Jan Horne City Staff admin 5 months ago
Hi Sigrid -- Thanks for sharing your comments. Our city Facebook page, scottsdaleazgov, works like other many government or corporate Facebook pages. You can't post a status -- like you can on your personal Facebook page, but you are welcome to comment on anything we've posted. We've set up Speak Up Scottsdale (this site) as an opportunity to post new ideas and suggestions. We are always willing to consider and look forward to getting citizen input. I hope this helps.
Kelly Corsette City Staff admin 5 months ago
Sigrid - are you referring to the Speak Up Scottsdale "app" within our Facebook page?
That app seems to be experiencing problems at the moment, and generally does not offer the functionality we'd like citizens to experience.
The vendor is working on it and we apologize for any frustration it has caused.
Thank you for your feedback.