Derbyshire Evening Telegraph

09:30 - 23 August 2005

Chellaston Residents' Association member Philip Ingall may well be raising a whole host of unfounded objections to plans for a new mobile phone mast in his suburb (Opinion, Page 4).

Or he could be highlighting a potentially deadly danger to his family, his neighbours and future generations.

The point is, we haven't a clue what the situation is.

The months and years go by, and every application for a phone mast, be it in city, village or countryside, is met with concern, anger and general opposition from people in the neighbourhood.

And this totally unsatisfactory state of affairs will remain the case until we get an assurance from an unbiased and credible scientific source that no health risk is posed by the radio waves which these things emit.

The Government's Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation carried out three years of research into possible harmful effects.

Its report came out 19 months ago. It stated it could find no evidence to justify health fears - but then clambered back on to the fence by announcing more research was needed before any final conclusions could be reached.

And in that state of limbo we remain.

So, regardless of whether these phone masts are 12, 15 or 30 metres high, or if they are disguised as a petrol station sign or a Christmas tree, the objections will continue.

Resolve the health-risk debate, and then the siting of these masts can become a straightforward planning issue.



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