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• This study found that living nearby mobile phone base stations (cell antennas) <br />increased the risk for neuropsychiatric problems such as headaches, memory <br />problems, dizziness, tremors,depression, sleep problems and some changes in <br />the performance of neurobehavioral functions. <br />Meo SA, Almahmoud M,Alsultan Q,Alotaibi N,Alnajashi I, Hajjar WM, Mobile <br />Phone Base Station Tower Settings Adjacent to School Buildings: Impact on <br />Students' Cognitive Health. Am J Mens Health. 2018 Dec <br />7:1557988318816914. doi:10.1177/1557988318816914. <br />• This study investigated the impact of exposure to radiofrequency <br />electromagnetic field (RF -EMF) radiation generated by mobile phone base <br />station towers (MPBSTs) on cognitive functions. Two hundred and seventeen <br />volunteer male students aged between 13 and 16 registered from two <br />different intermediate schools: 124 students were from School 1 and 93 <br />students were from School 2. The MPBSTs were located within 200 m from <br />the schoolbuildings. In School 1, RF -EMF was 2.010 pW/cm2 with a frequency <br />of 925 MHz and in School 2, RF -EMF was 10.021 pW/cm2 with a frequency of <br />925 MHz. Students were exposed to EMFR for 6 hr a day, 5 days a week for a <br />total period of 2 years. The Narda Safety Test Solution device SRM -3006 was <br />used to measure RF -EMF in both schools, and cognitive functions tasks were <br />measured by the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery <br />(CANTAB). Significant impairment in Motor Screening Task (MOT, p =.03) and <br />Spatial Working Memory (SWM) task (p =.04) was identified among the <br />group of students who were exposed to high RF -EMF produced by MPBSTs. <br />High exposure to RF -EMF produced by MPBSTs was associated with delayed <br />fine and gross motor skills, spatial working memory, and attention in school <br />adolescents compared to students who were exposed to low RF -EMF. <br />Biological Effects from Exposure to Electromagnetic Radiation Emitted by Cell <br />Tower Base Stations and Other Antenna Arrays, Levitt & Lai, Environmental <br />Reviews, 2010 <br />• <br />Thisreviewof100 studies found approximately 80% showed biological <br />effects near towers. "Both anecdotal reports and some epidemiology studies <br />have found headaches, skin rashes, sleep disturbances, depression, decreased <br />libido, increased rates of suicide, concentration problems, dizziness, memory <br />^•�G�JM.F.L^.rtl7- :ew�rz a:,i-,:�., x:nem^!xmFi. �cl-as� 7M <br />