Brazil Cell Tower Study Results -- Mortality by neoplasia and cellular telephone base stations

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Brazil Cell Tower Study Results

Mortality by neoplasia and cellular telephone base

stations in the Belo Horizonte municipality, Minas Gerais state, Brazil ☆

Highlights:

-- Base Station (BS) clusters and deaths by neoplasia in the Belo

Horizonte municipality have been identified.

-- The mortality rate has been higher for the residents within

an area of 500 m from the BS.

-- The radiation superposition near the BS has also been

observed; the nearer the stronger.

-- Measured values stay below Brazilian Federal Law limits that

are the same of ICNIRP.

-- The human exposure pattern guidelines are inadequate. More

restrictive limits must be adopted urgently.

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Pollution caused by the electromagnetic fields (EMFs) of radio

frequencies (RF) generated by the telecommunication system is one of the

greatest environmental problems of the twentieth century. The purpose of this

study was to verify the existence of a spatial correlation between base station

clusters and cases of deaths by neoplasia in the Belo Horizonte municipality,

Minas Gerais state, Brazil, from 1996 to 2006 and to measure the human exposure

levels to EMF where there is a major concentration of cellular telephone

transmitter antennas.

 

The results show that approximately 856 BSs were installed

through December 2006. Most (39.60%) of the base stations were located in the

**Centro-Sul** (‘Central-Southern’) region of the municipality. Between 1996

and 2006, 7191 deaths by neoplasia occurred and within an area of 500 m from

the base station, the mortality rate was 34.76 per 10,000 inhabitants. Outside

of this area, a decrease in the number of deaths by neoplasia occurred. The

greatest accumulated incidence was 5.83 per 1000 in the Central-Southern region

and the lowest incidence was 2.05 per 1000 in the Barreiro region. During the

environmental monitoring, the largest accumulated electric field measured was

12.4 V/mand the smallest was 0.4 V/m. The largest density power was 40.78

μW/cm2, and the smallest was 0.04 μW/cm2.

 

VIDEO

[English subtitles]

 

Belo Horizonte is the third largest city in Brazil. In 2011, a

10 year study on cell phone antennas was released by the Municipal Health

Department and several local universities. The study found a greater risk for

cancer if you lived within 500 meters of a cell phone antenna or tower. Shortly

after this study was published, the city prosecutor sued several cell phone

companies and requested almost half of the cities antenna to be removed. In

this video you will see the details of the investigation.

 

To view the study abstract, charts and graphs of the publication,

the link is provided below:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969711005754

 

  

Belo Horizonte municipality, Minas Gerais state, Brazil

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969711005754

 

 

Adilza C. Dodea, b, e, , Mônica M.D. Leãoc, Francisco de A.F.

Tejod, Antônio C.R. Gomese, Daiana C. Dodee, f, C. Dodee, Cristina W.

Moreirab, Vânia A. Condessab, Cláudia Albinattib, Waleska T. Caiaffag

 

a Minas Methodist University Center Izabela Hendrix, Belo

Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

b Municipal Government of Belo Horizonte, Municipal Health

Department, Belo Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

c UFMG—Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-Belo Horizonte,

Environmental and Sanitary Engineering Department, Belo Horizonte City, Minas

Gerais State, Brazil

d UFCG—Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Center of

Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Academic Unit of Electrical

Engineering, Paraíba State, Brazil

e MRE Engenharia (Electromagnetic Radiations

Measurement—Engineering), Belo Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

f Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medicine-Belo Horizonte, Belo

Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

g UFMG—Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-Belo Horizonte,

Urban Health Observatory, Belo Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

 

Received 14 January 2011. Revised 25 May 2011. Accepted 25 May

2011. Available online 13 July 2011.

 

 

Abstract

 

Pollution caused by the electromagnetic fields (EMFs) of radio

frequencies (RF) generated by the telecommunication system is one of the

greatest environmental problems of the twentieth century. The purpose of this

research was to verify the existence of a spatial correlation between base

station (BS) clusters and cases of deaths by neoplasia in the Belo Horizonte

municipality, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, from 1996 to 2006 and to measure the

human exposure levels to EMF where there is a major concentration of cellular

telephone transmitter antennas. A descriptive spatial analysis of the BSs and

the cases of death by neoplasia identified in the municipality was performed

through an ecological–epidemiological approach, using georeferencing. The

database employed in the survey was composed of three data banks: 1. death by

neoplasia documented by the Health Municipal Department; 2. BSs documented in

ANATEL (“Agência Nacional de Telecomunicaçõesâ€: ‘Telecommunications

National Agency’); and 3. census and demographic city population data

obtained from official archives provided by IBGE (“Instituto Brasileiro de

Geografia e Estatísticaâ€: ‘Brazilian Institute of Geography and

Statistics’). The results show that approximately 856 BSs were installed

through December 2006. Most (39.60%) of the BSs were located in the

“Centro-Sul†(‘Central-Southern’) region of the municipality. Between

1996 and 2006, 7191 deaths by neoplasia occurred and within an area of 500 m

from the BS, the mortality rate was 34.76 per 10,000 inhabitants. Outside of

this area, a decrease in the number of deaths by neoplasia occurred. The

greatest accumulated incidence was 5.83 per 1000 in the Central-Southern region

and the lowest incidence was 2.05 per 1000 in the Barreiro region. During the

environmental monitoring, the largest accumulated electric field measured was

12.4 V/m and the smallest was 0.4 V/m. The largest density power was

40.78 μW/cm2, and the smallest was 0.04 μW/cm2.

 

Highlights

 

â–º Base Station (BS) clusters and deaths by neoplasia in the

Belo Horizonte municipality have been identified.

â–º The mortality rate has been higher for the residents within

an area of 500 m from the BS.

â–º The radiation superposition near the BS has also been

observed; the nearer the stronger.

â–º Measured values stay below Brazilian Federal Law limits that

are the same of ICNIRP.

â–º The human exposure pattern guidelines are inadequate. More

restrictive limits must be adopted urgently.