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changes, increased risk of cancer, tremors, and other neurophysiological effects in populations near base stations:' Mortality by neoplasia and cellular telephone base stations. Dode et al. (Brazil), Science of the Total Environment, Volume 409, Issue 19, 1 September 2011, Pages 3649-3665 • This 10 year study on cell phone antennas by the Municipal Health Department in Belo Horizonte and several universities in Brazil found a clearly elevated relative risk of cancer mortality at residential distances of 500 meters or less from cell phone transmission towers. Shortly after this study was published, the city prosecutor sued several cell phone companies and requested that almost half of the cities antennas be removed. Many antennas were dismantled. Pearce, M., Limiting liability with positioning to minimize negative health effects of cellular phone towers, Environmental Research, Volume 181, 2020, • "There is a large and growing body of evidence that human exposure to RFR from cellular phone base stations causes negative health effects including both i) neuropsychiatric complaints such as headache, concentration difficulties, memory changes, dizziness, tremors, depressive symptoms, fatigue and sleep disturbance, and ii) increased incidence of cancer and living in proximity to a cell- phone transmitter station:' The author recommends long-term planning "to minimize the risk of liability from unintended human harm due to cellular phone base station siting' including voluntary restrictions on the placement of cellular phone base stations within 500 m of schools and hospitals." Epidemiological Evidence for a Health Risk from Mobile Phone Base Stations Khurana, Hardell et al., International Journal of Occupational Environmental Health, Vol 16(3):263-267,2010 M1ps:llehutorgImR-lowers-aiMcel4antenneelw pilationrof-resear&,s ies-on-me Wwer-radiation-and- ealtW 8r20