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The Pittsfield, Massachusetts board of health heard a report on radiofrequency emissions from a controversial cell tower at its meeting Wednesday night.
The Verizon tower at 877 South Street has been the source of local outrage for months, with community members attributing a bevy of health concerns to exposure to emissions from the site.
“RF emission survey is a typical survey that we do for cell sites, said Stephanie Koles, a representative of V-COMM, a New Jersey-based telecommunications consulting firm. “We certainly have a tower here that has multiple bands in use. You have a cell tower which has spectrum in 700 and in 850 and in 1900 and 2100 megahertz. Those are the standard cellular bands that everybody uses on their cell phone. There are certainly others that are now being licensed for use for expanding capacity.”
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