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Cell phone towers should be placed far away from the residential area – why?
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Solution
- Living near a cell phone tower is not healthy. There are multiple health risks associated with living near a cell phone tower.
- Cell phone towers communicate by use pulsed microwave signals (radiofrequency radiation) with each other.
- That is the reason cell phone towers should be placed far away from the residential area.
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