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Phone mast scare in High Park, Southport
Tue 14th Mar 2006, 11:16 PM
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It is not surprising that a 30 foot metal phone mast should cause anger amongst local residents forced to live with the eyesore, but is there more at risk to school children when masts are sited on their doorstep?
Parents in High Park, Southport have turned to Phil Rodwell the Prospective Conservative Candidate for Norwood Ward in May’s local election for help after they were informed that there are three children at a school in the area with leukaemia (although one child may have moved last year). Further investigations show that the children in question had leukaemia when they started school.
Its alleged that Dr.George Carlo (who headed the wireless industry research team in the early 90`s) claims that phone masts are a danger, and parents in High Park, Southport are now worried for their children’s health.
It’s Fifteen years since the birth of the mobile phone, and there are now over 35,000 masts and base stations in Britain.
There have always been objections to the erecting of phone masts, not least because of their unsightly bulk.
Many residents living, quite literally, in the shadow of a mast, are far more concerned with the risk they say it poses to their health.
Wishaw resident, Eileen O'Connor, claims that the mast, erected in her village over a decade ago, brought with it a variety of health complaints from many local residents ranging from nosebleeds to headaches.
But for Eileen, it was worse - breast cancer.
"I have gone through so many emotions," explains Eileen. "It's complete shock and anger that this has been allowed to happen."
Although there is no statistical evidence to support the claim of a cancer cluster in Wishaw, Eileen firmly believes that the two are linked and set up local campaign group SCRAM - Sutton Coldfield Residents Against Masts.
Last year there were 30,000 cases of brain and eye tumours reported as a direct result of cell phone use. 2006 will see about 50-75,000 new cases of brain and eye tumours and estimates are that by 2010 there will be 300,000 to 500,000 cases of tumours.
These numbers are based on an adult averaging 500 minutes per month. Adults do not use their phones as much as children ages 12-17 whose brain tissues are still developing and use an average of 1,000 minutes per month now.
These numbers come from Dr.George Carlo who headed the wireless industry research team in the early 90`s and discovered definitively that cell phone use does cause cancer.
The cell industry distanced themselves from Dr. Carlo’s research (they paid for it - $28 million dollars) when the results came in.
Dr. Carlo authored a book called Cell phones-Invisible Hazards of the Wireless Age in the mid 90`s. He recently founded the non-profit organization Safe Wireless Initiative -- to bring this information to the public.
Sir William Stewart carried out an investigation for the govt and reported last year that as an advisory measure masts should not be located near schools or hospitals.
Dr Walker will be visiting Southport on 30th & 31st March in order to carry out a full spectrum test.
Phil Rodwell is working on the case. Watch this space………..
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Please click useful link below for Prof Henshaw's critique of the HPA-RPD Melatonin Report (dated 2nd March 2006).
http://www.electric-fields.bris.ac.uk/CritAGNIR.htm
Prof Henshaw's attended the EMF Discussion Group meeting, and he is one of the most highly regarded scientists in the country who does a lot of work for childhood leukaemia.
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| Ainsdalepaul
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Wed 15th Mar 2006,
01:41 PM |
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| seivad
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Wed 15th Mar 2006,
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Originally Posted by Twodogs
Last year there were 30,000 cases of brain and eye tumours reported as a direct result of cell phone use. 2006 will see about 50-75,000 new cases of brain and eye tumours and estimates are that by 2010 there will be 300,000 to 500,000 cases of tumours.
Where did you get these figures from?
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The figures come from studies performed by Dr Carlo. He's an American epidemiologist, so I imagine that the figures are based on US statistics.
As FTF says, Dr Carlo's research is aimed at cell phone use, and not masts. It's really not relevant to this topic at all.
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| onthespot
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Wed 15th Mar 2006,
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Community activist - Bill Givens, has emailed the following support to the phone mast danger issue:
Only in the last year or so have I been aware of the potential dangers from mobile phone masts. I now fully support the awareness raising campaign that Phil Rodwell and others in High Park, Southport are involved in regarding the dangers of phone masts especially sited close to children's nurseries and schools.
We can all recall the so called Government experts/politicians saying that beef was ok to eat during the BSE disaster. However some families, to their cost have paid the price of, high level flawed advice with BSE related disability and death.
We must remember that the absence of 'overwhelming evidence' to satisfy politicians/decision makers about potential dangers is not evidence of the absence of harm.
Where children are concerned, being safe is better than being sorry some years later in the future. In the meantime no mobile phone masts should be sited anywhere near children and those that are should be relocated immediately. All parents with children, living, learning or playing near phone masts should perhaps look at the SCRAM web-site and form their own conclusions. http://www.scram.uk.com
Unless I am mistaken Greenbank High School, Birkdale appear to have mobile phone masts on the school roof, Are they indeed mobile phone masts ?, are they a safe environment for the teenage girls to study and relax in ?
I understand* that Councils have a statutory duty under Part 3, Section 17 of the Children's Act 1989, which places a legal obligation on local authorities to protect children in their area against significant harm and/or abuse or the risk thereof. The Children's Act stood apart from other legislation insomuch as the risk of harm did not have to be proven or to have taken place but could be a likelihood or perceived risk.
sourced from SCRAM information.
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| greymole
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Thu 16th Mar 2006,
05:34 PM |
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Get the facts straight. Realistically, it is extemely rare that anything can be done to stop masts being put up (or removed once they have been erected) so don't let anyone kid you otherwise. The one on Bispham Rd is there to stay which, in view of parents concerns, is appalling.
All over the country, Sefton included, the local councillors on planning committees DO agree with local campaigners who don't want masts put up close to their homes, and time and again they refuse to give the phone companies planning permission.
But wot happens next ? The phone company contests the democratic decision of the councillors and appeals. Then a planning inspector from a government department comes along and 99 times out of 100 gives the phone company the green light to put the mast up ! That is the end of the matter. Final decision - no more appeals allowed. Even though the mast is unwanted by residents and planning committee councillors. It's a joke.
Another thing. Phone companies, of course, need to get the permission of a private owner of any land on which they are thinking of erecting a mast. But, as phone companies are classed as utility companies, they don't need permission to put their masts up on public land, like our pavements. Councils cannot stop them using pavements and highway, which is cheap for the phone companies as they don't have to pay rent to the owner of the land. Cunning eh?
The law of the land needs to be changed to give local planning committees the final say over the siting of masts. Various attempts by different political parties have been tried in Parliament using private members bills, but they have all failed. The latest attempt earlier this month was deliberately wrecked by a government MP who just carried on waffling away so that the debate time ran out - a device know as "talking out" a bill.
The government is not interested because it gets millions and millions of pounds from the licences given to the phone companies.
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