Campbell River Mirror, June 12, 2013

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The main pack of yachts in the Black Press Van Isle 360 yacht race makes its way towards the entrance to Discovery Passage and the finish line at the Discovery Pier on Monday. This completed Leg 3 of the around-Vancouver Island race. See page A4 for more.

Frightening online information fueling cell phone tower fears Kristen Douglas Campbell RiveR miRRoR

Opposition to a cell phone tower in Willow Point is likely fueled by online scare tactics, a Telus representative said. As Telus prepares to move forward with installing a cell phone tower in

Willow Point Park, some residents are voicing strong opposition. Shawn Hall, spokesperson for Telus, said an Internet search can reveal some frightening misinformation about radiation levels emitted from cell phone towers and its harmful effects. “If you Google it, some pretty

scary stuff comes up, put out there by people trying to scare people for their own interest,” Hall said. “Residents don’t have anything to worry about.” But Nan Latchford, who lives about two kilometres away from the proposed tower site near the bocce ball court in Willow Point Park, feels

differently. And she has a petition with 120 signatures backing her up. “People’s biggest concern is they don’t want to see their children in a park that is shadowed by a cell tower, they do not want to go to recreational facilities and have a cell tower right there,” said Latchford, who is

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concerned about radiation exposure and its health affects, such as cancer, autism and deformities in unborn children exposed to radiation while in the womb. Hall, however, said people are more vulnerable to radiation exposure in their own homes than they Continued on A5

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