The following is a recap of my notes re cell phone comments on our local TV yesterday and early morning of 10-14-05:

" I was also still steaming about a Dr. Anderson (UofM) who appeared on WCCO News (Dennis Douda reporter) saying "there is absolutely no evidence that cell phones cause cancer (plus some other baloney about other so-called myths).

Much later, on the Craig Ferguson Show (Late Late Night Show) --- I like his Scottish accent -- he was interviewing Dr. Sanjay Gupta who spoke about Johnnie Cochran's doctor (Dr. Kelley -- sp?) and his belief that heavy cell phone use caused Johnnie's brain cancer. Dr. Gupta and Craig agreed the situation is much like that of the times when cigarettes were said to be o.k.and that the story will eventually come out. Dr. Gupta mentioned he now has "little earpieces everywhere around the house......" [EMR .....on TV....10-13-05 and10-14-05 Minneapolis, Minnesota USA ... comments for Publicity file jcmueller 10-14-05] Take care - Joanne

Joanne C. Mueller
731 - 123rd Avenue N.W. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55448-2127 USA Phone: 763-755-6114 Email: jcmpelican@aol.com (10-14-05)

Oct 14 2005

By Brian Haran

THE future's far from bright, the future's Orange for a group of aggrieved Caterham residents.

They are furious they were not consulted over a 25-foot tall mobile phone mast which has been installed on Coulsdon Road in front of the Tesco store.

The Orange mast, which is opposite the irate complainants' homes, was put up last month much to locals' surprise and horror. It followed the previous rejection of five other mast schemes within yards of the site.

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But a top council officer insists that consultation letters had been sent out to about 20 homes - and that the mast could only have been rejected under "exceptional" circumstances.

Kelly Annetts, a 22-year-old call centre operator who lives in Coulsdon Road, has compiled a 34-name petition objecting to the mast.

She said: "We only found out when we asked a workman why he was digging up the road.

"None of those on the petition were informed about this and I feel angry that residents have been left helpless over something as important as this."

Miss Annetts has made a formal complaint to the council over its handling of the affair.

Near-neighbour Kay Rogers, a 60-year-old hairdresser, said her petition last year against another phone mast on a neighbouring site had culminated in the proposal being rejected.

She said: "This latest site is 20 yards away. If they can turn one down so close to here, how can they possibly allow this to go ahead? And how can they imagine no one would oppose this latest one?"

Heather Woods, 60, who lives around the corner in Wellington Road, said: "It's disgusting that our views have not been taken into account. Why does it have to be put up in such a built-up area with so many homes nearby?"

Bob Evans, Tandridge District Council's director of environmental protection, said the mast was "permitted development" which meant it could only have been turned down for extra-special reasons.

Some of the other mast schemes nearby which were rejected were for much taller structures.

Mr Evans said checks had been made to confirm that the consultation letters had been sent out, but accepted that a Royal Mail glitch would not be in the council's hands.

And the council's chief executive, Stephen Weigel, said its complaints officer was compiling a report on Miss Annetts' grievance.

He said that sending out letters in batches could conceivably mean that they could all go missing.

In future, he added, the council would try to stagger mail-outs so that even if some residents did not receive the letters, their neighbours would.

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14 October 2005

Yet another rejected proposal for a mobile phone mast in Dundee is being appealed to the Scottish Executive and, if its predecessors are anything to go by, city councillors could well see their decision overturned once again.

Vodafone is seeking permission to erect a 12-metre mast and three antennae on a footpath next to the westbound carriageway of Arbroath Road near the Mayfield sports ground.

The case has not yet been allocated to a Reporter at the Executive’s planning inquiry unit, but the decision will be made based on a site visit and written submissions by the company and the council.

Members of the development quality committee voted 18 to five to reject the application in June, even though it had been recommended for approval by officials.

Mobile phone companies have already won five cases for sites around the city — at the Clatto water treatment works, next to the bowling green in Victoria Park, on a chimney at Baltic Works in Annfield Street, on a site in Strathmartine Road near Cox Street and on the telephone exchange at Queen Street, Broughty Ferry.

No ruling on telecoms applications has gone the council’s way.

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http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2005/10/14/story7639585t0.shtm

COUNCILLORS have turned down a retrospective planning application for a temporary mobile phone mast near homes and schools.

The 15-metre structure was put up by Hutchison 3G in Aberystwyth, without permission, in June.

The company will now have to dismantle the mast, although it can appeal against the decision.

Local schools claimed they had not been informed about the development.

But Hutchison 3G said the mast has not been switched on and any emissions would be "minute".

County councillor Paul James said he was "delighted" with the planning committee's decision.

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A mobile phone company is set to steamroll over public opinion by erecting a mast next to schools and a health centre in Southfields.

The Southfields community is powerless to stop Vodafone putting up a 13.4m mast in Revelstoke Road.

The telecommunications equipment would emit radiation despite Wimbledon Park Primary School, two nurseries and the Revelstoke Road Surgery lying within a 300 yard radius.

Vodafone has applied for prior approval from Merton Council, who can only prevent masts going up if they are more than 15m or are next to sensitive locations such as conservation areas and listed buildings.

It means the council is virtually powerless to stop the Vodafone mast and will have to grant approval on the September 22 deadline. Nationwide mast planning guidance has come down as a Government directive.

Wimbledon Park Councillor Tariq Ahmad said hundreds of signatures had been collected against the mast.

Coun Ahmad said: "More recent guidance out of the Office of the Deputy Prime calls for extensive consultation and taking into the account the views of residents, particularly where children are being impacted."

However a Vodafone spokeswoman said the radiation limits complied with international guidelines.

Omega see "Base Stations, operating within strict national and international Guidelines, do not present a Health Risk?" under:
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She said: "If you want to use our mobile phones in cities we must have masts for that to work."

http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.640773.0.mobile_phone_mast_likely_to_get_goahead.php

Protesters are celebrating after plans for a phone mast just yards from a nursery school were booted out by planners.

Protesters are celebrating after plans for a phone mast just yards from a nursery school were booted out by planners.

Residents were furious when they discovered phone giant Hutchison 3G wanted to put up a 12.5m mast on Stubley Lane, Dronfield.
Over 70 people objected to the proposal when it went before NE Derbyshire District Council planners on Tuesday, claiming it could affect their health.

But the scheme was kicked out because it was 'visually intrusive in a prominent location'.

Resident Penny Collinson (41), said: "We are ecstatic. The proposed mast was in the very heart of the community and it shouldn't be in a residential area because there are children living right in its shadow."

Hutchison claimed there was a need for 3G coverage to give people access to video technology, saying scientific evidence had shown radiowave exposure from a base station was 1,000 times less than from a mobile phone.

13 October 2005

http://www.chesterfieldtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=728&ArticleID=1219588

MORE than 80 residents in Warndon Villages waved banners and balloons as they united in protest against a proposed mobile phone mast which they fear will damage their children’s health.

People of all ages gathered together at the junction of Dugdale Drive and Woodgreen Drive on Sunday (October 9) where O2 are soon expected to put up the 33ft mast.

The protest was organised by the Warndon Phone Mast Committee - a group of residents who are spearheading a campaign to prevent the mast from being raised near to their homes.

The city council approved planning permission for the mast in July despite 52 letters of objection from worried residents and a petition signed by a further 81 people.

Mast committee member Peter Limbrick, from Pitt Avenue, said residents feared its location would make the area less attractive and jeopardise young people’s health through radiation emissions.

“On their website O2 claim they won’t put up a mast if the majority of residents are opposed to it. They also say that they will talk to residents but they have only met with us once and since then we’ve heard nothing from them,” said Mr Limbrick.

“We decided if they were not going to sit down and listen to our concerns then we needed to show them publicly how many people are incensed by this.”

The committee will continue fighting O2 in a bid to get the company to consider alternative sites which the group have identified.

“We are angry but hopeful we can still change things at the last minute. It’s a case of watch this space!,” he said.

Paul O’Connor, principal planning officer at the city council, said mast applications had to meet strict international safety standards and there was no hard evidence to suggest they posed a serious health risk.

No one from O2 was available to comment at the time of going to press.

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