FACTSHEET: RADIOFREQUENCY AND THE ENVIRONMENT - TREES AND CELL TOWER RADIATION

Trees and Wireless Factsheet FACTSHEET: RADIOFREQUENCY AND THE ENVIRONMENT TREES AND CELL TOWER RADIATION Norway Maple Tree Image: Tree damage caused by mobile phone base stations by Breunig 2017 e base stations by Breunig 2017 Trees at Risk From Science on Impacts to Tree Canopy Rapid Wireless The majority of studies have found RF impacts in plants. [...] published in Science of the Total Environment found a high level of damage to trees from nearby cell tower antennas Trees Keep the (Waldmann-Selsam 2016). [...] The damage started on the side Environment Healthy: of the tree exposed to higher RF. [...] The greater of the two shall apply.” “Within the drip line of any protected existing tree, there shall be no cut or fill over a four-inch depth unless a qualified arborist or forester has evaluated and approved the disturbance.” Critical Root Zones (top view) Critical Root Zone (CRZ) is the distance from the trunk that equals one foot for every inch of the tree’s diameter. [...] The influence of bioactive mobile telephony radiation at the level of a plant community – Possible mechanisms and indicators of the effects, Czerwiński, M., et.al., Ecological Indicators, (2020) Plant Responses to High Frequency Electromagnetic Fields.