Statement from CAAM Partnership, LLC.:

We absolutely deny that there is credible evidence to support the contention that someone can get cancer from living near an AM radio antenna.  The three towers you see on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle have a combined output of approximately 4 million Watts of radiofrequency energy.  FM and TV stations have far more stringent exposure standards than AM because they actually operate at frequencies that resonate with human beings.  AM radio does not.  Six AM radio stations on Vashon Island (KIRO, KTTH, KPTK, KOMO, KGNW, KJR, KVI) have a combined output of 305,000 Watts.  Both Queen Anne hill and Vashon Island are heavily populated.  There is no data from those locations (or any other) to support a conclusion that children who live near broadcast outlets are more likely to get cancer.  There are 4,798 AM, 9,566 FM, and 1,785 TV station transmitters in the United States (source:  FCC as of June 30, 2009).  Most sites are close to populated areas because those are the areas to be covered by the signal.  Finally, the U.S. Navy operates a 1 million watt VLF transmitter near Jim Creek in Arlington, also near homes.

The following links provide additional information for you to read related to this topic.  A list of expert witnesses and a brief bio on each of them is provided at the end of the links. 

CAAM Partnership, LLC. Response Brief and Argument.  Click here.

Letter from the Committee on Man and Radiation.  Click here.

Evaluation of the BioInitiative Report.  Click here.

Most recent evalation of epidemiological studies.  Click here.

Engineering statement regarding RF energy.  Click here.

Epidemiological statement regarding studies cited by opponents.  Click here.

Regarding other issues of concern (birds, etc.), Click here for the 2006 unanimous appeal decision of the Washington State Shoreline Hearings board on the necessity of the valley location for AM radio. 

A photo gallery of typical AM radio sites.  Click here.

Consultants to CAAM Partnership, LLC. regarding electromagnetic safety:

Dr. Marvin Ziskin, M.D., MS BmE, Biomedical Physics, Safety of Non-Ionizing Radiation, Director of the Center for Biomedical Physics, Temple University School of Medicine

Dr. Joseph Roti Roti, Ph. D. Radiation Oncology, Cell Biology and Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Physics, Washington University, St. Louis

Dr. Kenneth Foster, Ph.D., P.E., Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering, dielectric properties of tissues, environmental issues related to nonionizing radiation, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Linda Erdreich, Ph.D., Epidemiologist, Senior Managing Scientist, Exponent Health Sciences Center, formerly managed a risk assessment program with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Dr. Arthur Guy, Ph.D., former Associate Director, Center for Bioengineering, University of Washington, Professor Emeritus, recipient of the D'Arsenval award, and leading expert in the United States in the field of electromagnetic dosimetry (human absorption of signal)

Ronald Petersen, M.S., electrophysics, former manager, Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs - Wireless and Optical Technologies Safety Department, former Scientific Vice-President for non-ionizing radiation, National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP)

Jim Hatfield, P.E., Principal, Hatfield and Dawson Consulting Engineers; Chairman Radiation Sub-Committee of the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers; Member of IEEE Sub-Committees 3 and 4 (Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure) charged with updating American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards.

Stephen Lockwood, P.E., Principal, Hatfield and Dawson Consulting Engineers; Engineering Consultant, U.S. Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), San Diego, CA for U.S. Special Operations Command (U.S. SOCOM); Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation (NIER) measurements for Snohomish County Emergency Radio System, City of Seattle Northeast Radio Tower Project, RF safety training for Puget Sound Energy among other specialties.