Dear Editor:
It is with growing dismay that I have watched our lovely little valley transformed into a cell tower corridor. Is everyone aware of the health risks associated with microwave transmissions? Just because they are not advertised in the US of A, do you really believe we are safe? Now I have found out that a local transplant from NYC is quietly trying to install yet another cell tower in our lovely backyard of Cherry Plain. These people moved here recently and it is obvious by these and prior actions that they do not care about the local heritage that many of us are planning to leave for our children.
I hope the readers out there will take note and fight this latest proposed travesty that could add to the further ruination of our lovely town and Misery Mountain. Town Planning [Board] meetings are already happening and the proposed cell tower will be covered in future issues of the Eastwick Press. Please help us stop the encroachment of cell companies up on our little valley. As many of you know, once you make a deal with a cell phone company, it is very, very hard to get out of it without expending a lot of time and money. Once these towers go up, it will be nearly impossible to get them back down.
For information about health risks of cell towers, one only needs to look at countries such as Germany, which are sounding the alarm and telling their citizens to put away their wireless devices as the health risks are too great to bear. Will you allow your children to be irradiated and microwaved on a daily basis? I for one am all for protecting our health, and, to start, we need to stop the further proliferation of cell towers in our valley.
Thank you,
Julie Harrell
Cherry Plain, NY