Los Altos Man Leads Effort To Keep AT&T Wireless Nodes Away From Daughter's Bedr...
Publication Date:
2019-07-13
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In the South Bay, AT&T wants to improve wireless connectivity across Los Altos by putting devices, called "nodes" in neighborhoods. One man is leading the effort to keep them out of his neighborhood.
LOS ALTOS, Calif. (KGO) -- In the South Bay, AT&T wants to improve wireless connectivity across Los Altos by putting devices, called "nodes" in neighborhoods.
Resident Carey Lai mistook a letter from AT&T for junk mail, but the company was letting him know it had plans to put a wireless communication device on the pole outside his home.
Lai said he reached out to city leaders who were seemingly unaware anything was sent out to residents.
"The equipment to be initially installed includes one (1) antenna, two (2) radio units and one (1) emergency power shut off," the letter read.
Immediately, Lai thought about health impacts, and what the short distance to his home might mean for his young daughter.
"It's really close to my daughter's bedroom," he told ABC7 News. "And we don't know what the health effects are over the long-term."
According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website, some studies have examined the possibility of a link between radio-frequency exposure and cancer. However, results to date have been inconclusive.
Lai said he was told by a city official that AT&T's application was incomplete because the company failed to notify residents.
One mile from Lai's home, ABC7 News found a wireless node. Off-camera, neighbors in the area explained their si...
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