Talking about Communication Towers, in fact, I do consider this factor prior to making a decision to continue with the purchase. Hence, I take a walk, from Damansara Perdana to Seresta, and this what I get;

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And, I have a chance to go to Level 36 of Foresta, and see how far or in fact, how near are the communication towers to Seresta. And this is what I get;

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And, looking at it, yes, it is near, but it is NOT so near to an extend, worrying me. Why I am saying that? is because I see a lot of communication towers build on top of existing condo, facing another condo, within Damansara Perdana... that's for me, even worse. Or in another scenario, we all understand, and all of us can rightly observe, a lot of communication antenna, being erected on top of the existing commercial lots (the shop lots), which merely, less than 50m to the next residential unit, that's again, more worrying.

Hence, it doesn't stop me from investing

You should know that those antennas that you see on shop lots/condos/houses are a whole different type of antenna/satellite dish/etc.

Those are nothing compared to a full-blown telecommunications tower. There’s been numerous studies and research on the radiation emitted by telecommunications tower, and they’re all scientifically proven. You can just google and you’ll find the results of those research, and they generally point towards the same conclusion - stay within 500m of a telecommunications tower, your risk of cancer increases.

There’s even a study that shows the impact of staying within 100m, 200m, 300m, etc within a telecommunication tower - you should google it and it’s very interesting. From that study, there’s actually an acceptable “safe” distance that you can stay from a telecommunication tower, can’t remember what it was, but Foresta seems too near.

These full-blown communication towers are made to cover miles and miles of area for cellphone coverage - so you can imagine how much is the radio frequency that is emitted by these type of towers.

The dishes/antennas on shop lots are mostly receivers, not emitters - so they do not emit radio waves, but just receives them. Also, you’d need to understand how radiation effects the human body. We have a tolerance limit towards radiation; and although everything around us emits radiation, as long as it’s within the tolerance limit that our body can absorb, then you’ll be fine.

A huge problem about that telecommunications tower is that the radiation emitted by that tower can easily blow past what the radiation yearly limit of what a human body can absorb. Couple that with a long-term effect of staying near there.....well....you do the maths.

My family has a history of cancer, that’s why I’m avoiding Foresta/seresta. But hey, if you think that the tower is an acceptable risk, it’s a good investment, as there’s not many negative aspect for Foresta/seresta. Good property which is hard to find if you can live with the tower, sadly I can’t, really liked Foresta when I viewed several units there.

That’s why earlier I said people should read up and get informed on how radiation affects human beings.

Yes, we’re surrounded by radiation from microwaves/phone/etc, even driving around your car and taking a flight exposes you to radiation, but the difference is - human body has a limit of how much radiation it can absorb without causing harm.

Generally microwaves, phones, etc emit minor and harmless radiation, that’s why people are okay surrounded by them.

Mobile towers, are a whole different thing, comparing radiation emitted by small appliances around us with a telecommunications tower is like comparing heat emitted by your ceiling light vs heat emitted by a campfire.

You can sit next to a ceiling light your whole life and probably nothing is going to happen to you, but put yourself next to a campfire your whole life, you’ll be cooked slowly. They both emit heat, but at different intensity/degree, so the impact is different.

That’s my analogy and view, anyway. The research shows that DISTANCE from the radiation source is the key factor as effects decreases as distance increase, so maybe the tower is far enough to not do any harm.

Sri Damansara commercial seems are getting better with more commercial development coming.

Hopefully the sama sama square will be another success after the DA square.

The transmission tower appears less than 500m away.

I used to be one of the buyer considering Foresta, so I think this news will concern residents. If you think it will affect you, please send it to your fellow residents and act for the current resident's interest

Some news. Looks like you may not be keeping your greens, unless we do something about it. Link below

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The Selangor government want to rezone the whole Bukit and forest reserve in to a development dead zone. https://www.facebook.com/1575795879305539/p...91935/?sfnsn=mo or search for Say No to DASH on Facebook. it is only in the stage where they're proposing, and the public can still voice rejection. Residents need to fill up the rejection form to stop this.

IMHO. My worry is, if you allow development on top is the very steep hill, then the place will be denuded of trees. Can be a massive risk because the back of the Damansara Central Park is so steep. Cutting the hill to make way for development can both change the nature of the hill, as well as possible movement of soil and control of water. Need trees to hold the soil and water. The fact that there is a natural lake there, means that there is a lot of water retained by the geography of this hill and forest reserve. All in all, it's not good.

Your link is broken. But anyways, if you look at the latest report from the MBPJ site, it will affect KD, DP and Kwasa even more. The only approval from the MBPJ should be the L&G + TA Global new project at the old Sri Damansara clubhouse land.

I wonder how will people from DP take it now though.

Try to do to the Say No to DASH page https://www.facebook.com/saynotodash/

I know that page & I know how bad it affects people especially their work at night. So looking at that, with the projects all around including the exsim projects and the proposed projects near armanee, it will be very bad for people in DP.

DP and Mutiara + KD is already jam enough. Roads cannot be expanded anymore and what next for DP and the traffic lights in front of MSQ?

This is already more than just DASH, they're proposing converting the whole Bukit Lanjan into a giant residential development. If you happen to visit there before, you find that hat hill is both steep (up to 200m and surrounded by existing hill hugging development. What worse is it seems that hill have some water catchment going on, esp if you see the natural lake there.

It's still in proposal stage. Concerned resident should lodge their rejection to stop this kind of development. If you want to see how bad it can become, just ook at Kingsley Hill, and that's at a smaller elevation

https://www.facebook.com/1575795879305539/p...848931791991935

Did you actually read the report or you are just following the FB page? Not helping anyone but most projects are already approved. So to stop anything from happening... MK's family needs to continue staying on top of the hill  

If you look at it properly (I read the reports btw), this time their focus into DP is the access from the highway to DP + the changes that will be made the Armanee.

Apparently, it was already approved since 2010 or 2011 but it was built as a low density project so now they are going to change it back to the high density project. Now that one is bad for the hill from the Armanee side.

When I shared the links, I have yet to go through the report in detail, I did get to only know that Bukit Lanjan is not a reserve, based on the original FB post, and that was a shock reveal. Shocked no one brought this up before nd everyone is still referring Bukit Lanjan as a reserve.

I did go through the reports in brief, specifically on the land planning maps , but I have to admit, I did not specifically look at the finer details of Bukit Lanjan. I was sceutinising further west in Kwasa

You are right, this report did not mention when approval was granted for the land parcels on top of Bukit Lanjan. And the only changes for Damansara Perdana up for review is the access road and schools new government services and schools there

That said it is important to shine a light on this. Plans are just that plans. If there is will, there are plenty of regulations to invoke to stop specific developments or revisions to developments that is against existing residents. Hopefully it is just Low density residential

Thank you for highlighting the miss.

If the approvals of Bukit Lanjan was way before during 2010 and 2011, then basically Foresta and Seresta are doing misleading marketing when to refer to the forests as reserves

Like how close to nature yet provide city skyline view of this proerty., but concerned on the telco tower.

How's the sales for this?