In this letter to the editor, the author comments on Gregg Skall’s commentary “Understand FCC Rules for Tower Site Fencing.” Radio World welcomes letters to the editor on this or any story. Email radioworld@futurenet.com. Dear Editor, I take issue with a statement on AM tower safety that appeared in a column by Mr. Gregg P. Skall, an attorney, in the Sept. 10 issue of Radio World. “AM towers emit electromagnetic energy transmitted from large antenna arrays, which can be harmful if humans get too close. The National Cancer Institute has noted that exposure in close proximity to the source of AM transmissions has been implicated in cases of leukemia and cancer.” I don’t know who is making these unproven claims at the NCI but they, and Mr. Skall, are evidently not physicists. The NCI can claim some sort of “implication” to their heart’s content, but none of these claims can possibly… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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