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Editor: 

I think the Berkeley public safety radio tower looks nice, and I'm amazed at how many people hate it. We might be glad it's there, guiding emergency crews, when some disaster strikes Berkeley. 

Now we’re being warned about radiation danger. This is physics, not aesthetics.  

A form can offend the eye, and the printed word can affect thought. But radio waves can't do much to a human body unless they deposit enough energy. Police and fire calls put out something like light bulbs.  

The major component of any radio receiver is an amplifier, because the energy in the signals is so low. 

And the police and fire don't transmit all the time like a TV station. 

I just don't see the danger. And that's physics, not aesthetics. 

Steve Geller 

Berkeley