Protestors halt mobile phone mast
Starmail - 8. Apr, 22:52
Mobilfunk Archiv (Englisch)
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2005
IAFF Seeks Study on Health Hazards of Cell Phone Tower Radiation
http://www.iaff.org/safe/content/celltower/celltowerfinal.htm
“There currently is no good scientific study that determines whether or not cell towers on fire stations are hurting our members, so a study must be done,” says IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger. “Fire fighters are already at a higher risk of injury and illness from the hazards of their job, but we will not tolerate our members being put in additional danger while at the station house from exposure to low-intensity radio frequency and microwave radiation from these cell towers and antennas.”
Omega: there are yet many scientific studies and studies about cancer cluster in the vicinity of cell phone towers. See under:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_science.html
Cancer Clusters in Vicinity to Cell-Phone Transmitter Stations
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/580224/
Until the health effects are truly tested and known, the IAFF believes no additional cell towers or antennas should be positioned on or near fire stations.
It is the general belief of international governments and of the wireless telecommunications industry that no consistent increases in health risk exist from exposure to radio frequency radiation. However, it’s important to note that these positions are based on non-continuous exposures to the general public to low intensity radio frequency fields emitted from wireless telecommunications base stations.
“Critical questions concerning the health effects and safety of radio frequency microwave radiation remain,” says Schaitberger. “We want answers, not the biased opinions of cell phone industry groups.”
Most studies on this subject are at least five years old and generally look at the safety of the phone itself. IAFF is concerned about the effects of living directly under these stations for a considerable stationary period of time and on a daily basis.
The IAFF and its medical team believe a study with the highest scientific merit and integrity, contrasting fire fighters with residence in stations with towers to fire fighters without similar exposure, is necessary to truly determine the effects of radio frequency radiation on the central nervous system (CNS) and the immune system, as well as other metabolic effects observed in preliminary studies.
Biological effects from exposure to low-level radio frequency microwave radiation have been recognized as markers of adverse health effects. Internationally acknowledged experts have shown that radio frequency microwave radiation transmissions of the type used in digital cellular antennas and phones can have critical effects on cell cultures, animals and humans in laboratories.
Studies have also found epidemiological evidence of serious health effects at “non-thermal” levels where the intensity of the radiation was too low to cause heating, including increased cell growth of brain cancer cells, changes in tumor growth, more childhood leukemia, changes in sleep patterns, headaches and neurological changes, decreased memory, retarded learning, increased blood pressure and other health hazards.
The IAFF’s efforts will attempt to establish a correlation between such biological effects and a health risk to fire fighters and emergency medical personnel due to the citing of cell phone antennas and base stations at fire stations and facilities where they work.
For a full copy of the IAFF report on the potential risk of cell tower radiation, click here: http://daily.iaff.org/celltowerfinal.htm
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FYI:
Have you seen this item:
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160502228
Best regards,
B.
Firefighters seek study of cell health effects
EE Times
(04/07/2005 12:58 PM EDT)
WASHINGTON — The International Association of Fire Fighters said Thursday (April 7) it is seeking funding for a study on whether cell towers and related wireless equipment pose a threat to its members.
"There currently is no good scientific study that determines whether or not cell towers on fire stations are hurting our members, so a study must be done," IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger said in a statement.
The group wants a ban on the installation of new cell towers, antennas and cellphone base stations until a study of their health effects is completed.
The wireless industry has consistently downplayed the health risks of "non-continuous" exposure to RF radiation from cellphones. "Critical questions concerning the health effects and safety of radio frequency microwave radiation remain," said Schaitberger. "We want answers, not the biased opinions of cellphone industry groups."
The association claims to represent more than 85 percent of professional firefighters and emergency medical personnel in the U.S. and Canada.
The group noted that most health studies are at least five years old, and generally focused on the safety of cellphones only. A new study should focus on concerns about the effects of living directly under these stations for a "considerable stationary period of time and on a daily basis."
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April 7, 2005 - Announcement on the Home Page of the International Association of Firefighter (IAFF). This marks the release of IAFF's Position Statement on potential health effects of RF radiation from mobile phone base stations, and its call for a moratorium on the siting of further base stations at firefighters' workplaces.
Be sure to read the acknowledgements at the very end of the Position Statement. Joe Foster, "B" Platoon Vice President, IAFF Local #18 - Vancouver British Columbia and Ron Cronin of the Brookline, Massachusetts Fire Department are deserving of recognition for tirelessly leading this initiative as members of IAFF. Milt Bowling, director of the Electromagnetic Radiation Task Force in Vancouver, British Columbia, should also be acknowledged for his technical support in this effort.
IAFF Seeks Study on Health Hazards of Cell Phone Tower Radiation April 7, 2005 – The IAFF is seeking funding for a study to establish if the use of fire stations as cellular phone base stations for antennas and towers is hazardous to the health of its members.
Complete Press Release follows below.
Introduction to the Position Statement and link to complete Statement:
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND MEDICINE
Position on the Health Effects from Radio Frequency/Microwave (RF/MW) Radiation in Fire Department Facilities from Base Stations for Antennas and Towers for the Conduction of Cell Phone Transmissions:
The International Association of Fire Fighters’ position on locating cell towers commercial wireless infrastructure on fire department facilities, as adopted by its membership in August 2004 (1), is that the IAFF oppose the use of fire stations as base stations for towers and/or antennas for the conduction of cell phone transmissions until a study with the highest scientific merit and integrity on health effects of exposure to low-intensity RF/MW radiation is conducted and it is proven that such sitings are not hazardous to the health of our members. http://daily.iaff.org/celltowerfinal.htm
April 7, 2005 IAFF Press Release is posted at:
http://daily.iaff.org/040605cel.htm
Complete text of IAFF Press Release:
IAFF Seeks Study on Health Hazards of Cell Phone Tower Radiation
“There currently is no good scientific study that determines whether or not cell towers on fire stations are hurting our members, so a study must be done,” says IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger. “Fire fighters are already at a higher risk of injury and illness from the hazards of their job, but we will not tolerate our members being put in additional danger while at the station house from exposure to low-intensity radio frequency and microwave radiation from these cell towers and antennas.”
Until the health effects are truly tested and known, the IAFF believes no additional cell towers or antennas should be positioned on or near fire stations.
It is the general belief of international governments and of the wireless telecommunications industry that no consistent increases in health risk exist from exposure to radio frequency radiation. However, it’s important to note that these positions are based on non-continuous exposures to the general public to low intensity radio frequency fields emitted from wireless telecommunications base stations.
“Critical questions concerning the health effects and safety of radio frequency microwave radiation remain,” says Schaitberger. “We want answers, not the biased opinions of cell phone industry groups.”
Most studies on this subject are at least five years old and generally look at the safety of the phone itself. IAFF is concerned about the effects of living directly under these stations for a considerable stationary period of time and on a daily basis.
The IAFF and its medical team believe a study with the highest scientific merit and integrity, contrasting fire fighters with residence in stations with towers to fire fighters without similar exposure, is necessary to truly determine the effects of radio frequency radiation on the central nervous system (CNS) and the immune system, as well as other metabolic effects observed in preliminary studies.
Biological effects from exposure to low-level radio frequency microwave radiation have been recognized as markers of adverse health effects. Internationally acknowledged experts have shown that radio frequency microwave radiation transmissions of the type used in digital cellular antennas and phones can have critical effects on cell cultures, animals and humans in laboratories.
Studies have also found epidemiological evidence of serious health effects at “non-thermal” levels where the intensity of the radiation was too low to cause heating, including increased cell growth of brain cancer cells, changes in tumor growth, more childhood leukemia, changes in sleep patterns, headaches and neurological changes, decreased memory, retarded learning, increased blood pressure and other health hazards.
The IAFF’s efforts will attempt to establish a correlation between such biological effects and a health risk to fire fighters and emergency medical personnel due to the citing of cell phone antennas and base stations at fire stations and facilities where they work.
For a full copy of the IAFF report on the potential risk of cell tower radiation, click here. http://daily.iaff.org/celltowerfinal.htm
International Association of Fire Fighters
1750 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20006 • 202.737.8484 • 202.737.8418 (Fax)
Janet Newton, President
The EMR Policy Institute, P.O. Box 117, Marshfield VT 05658
Tel: (802) 426-3035
FAX: (802) 426-3030
Web Site: http://www.emrpolicy.org
“There currently is no good scientific study that determines whether or not cell towers on fire stations are hurting our members, so a study must be done,” says IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger. “Fire fighters are already at a higher risk of injury and illness from the hazards of their job, but we will not tolerate our members being put in additional danger while at the station house from exposure to low-intensity radio frequency and microwave radiation from these cell towers and antennas.”
Omega: there are yet many scientific studies and studies about cancer cluster in the vicinity of cell phone towers. See under:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_science.html
Cancer Clusters in Vicinity to Cell-Phone Transmitter Stations
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/580224/
Until the health effects are truly tested and known, the IAFF believes no additional cell towers or antennas should be positioned on or near fire stations.
It is the general belief of international governments and of the wireless telecommunications industry that no consistent increases in health risk exist from exposure to radio frequency radiation. However, it’s important to note that these positions are based on non-continuous exposures to the general public to low intensity radio frequency fields emitted from wireless telecommunications base stations.
“Critical questions concerning the health effects and safety of radio frequency microwave radiation remain,” says Schaitberger. “We want answers, not the biased opinions of cell phone industry groups.”
Most studies on this subject are at least five years old and generally look at the safety of the phone itself. IAFF is concerned about the effects of living directly under these stations for a considerable stationary period of time and on a daily basis.
The IAFF and its medical team believe a study with the highest scientific merit and integrity, contrasting fire fighters with residence in stations with towers to fire fighters without similar exposure, is necessary to truly determine the effects of radio frequency radiation on the central nervous system (CNS) and the immune system, as well as other metabolic effects observed in preliminary studies.
Biological effects from exposure to low-level radio frequency microwave radiation have been recognized as markers of adverse health effects. Internationally acknowledged experts have shown that radio frequency microwave radiation transmissions of the type used in digital cellular antennas and phones can have critical effects on cell cultures, animals and humans in laboratories.
Studies have also found epidemiological evidence of serious health effects at “non-thermal” levels where the intensity of the radiation was too low to cause heating, including increased cell growth of brain cancer cells, changes in tumor growth, more childhood leukemia, changes in sleep patterns, headaches and neurological changes, decreased memory, retarded learning, increased blood pressure and other health hazards.
The IAFF’s efforts will attempt to establish a correlation between such biological effects and a health risk to fire fighters and emergency medical personnel due to the citing of cell phone antennas and base stations at fire stations and facilities where they work.
For a full copy of the IAFF report on the potential risk of cell tower radiation, click here: http://daily.iaff.org/celltowerfinal.htm
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FYI:
Have you seen this item:
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160502228
Best regards,
B.
Firefighters seek study of cell health effects
EE Times
(04/07/2005 12:58 PM EDT)
WASHINGTON — The International Association of Fire Fighters said Thursday (April 7) it is seeking funding for a study on whether cell towers and related wireless equipment pose a threat to its members.
"There currently is no good scientific study that determines whether or not cell towers on fire stations are hurting our members, so a study must be done," IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger said in a statement.
The group wants a ban on the installation of new cell towers, antennas and cellphone base stations until a study of their health effects is completed.
The wireless industry has consistently downplayed the health risks of "non-continuous" exposure to RF radiation from cellphones. "Critical questions concerning the health effects and safety of radio frequency microwave radiation remain," said Schaitberger. "We want answers, not the biased opinions of cellphone industry groups."
The association claims to represent more than 85 percent of professional firefighters and emergency medical personnel in the U.S. and Canada.
The group noted that most health studies are at least five years old, and generally focused on the safety of cellphones only. A new study should focus on concerns about the effects of living directly under these stations for a "considerable stationary period of time and on a daily basis."
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April 7, 2005 - Announcement on the Home Page of the International Association of Firefighter (IAFF). This marks the release of IAFF's Position Statement on potential health effects of RF radiation from mobile phone base stations, and its call for a moratorium on the siting of further base stations at firefighters' workplaces.
Be sure to read the acknowledgements at the very end of the Position Statement. Joe Foster, "B" Platoon Vice President, IAFF Local #18 - Vancouver British Columbia and Ron Cronin of the Brookline, Massachusetts Fire Department are deserving of recognition for tirelessly leading this initiative as members of IAFF. Milt Bowling, director of the Electromagnetic Radiation Task Force in Vancouver, British Columbia, should also be acknowledged for his technical support in this effort.
IAFF Seeks Study on Health Hazards of Cell Phone Tower Radiation April 7, 2005 – The IAFF is seeking funding for a study to establish if the use of fire stations as cellular phone base stations for antennas and towers is hazardous to the health of its members.
Complete Press Release follows below.
Introduction to the Position Statement and link to complete Statement:
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND MEDICINE
Position on the Health Effects from Radio Frequency/Microwave (RF/MW) Radiation in Fire Department Facilities from Base Stations for Antennas and Towers for the Conduction of Cell Phone Transmissions:
The International Association of Fire Fighters’ position on locating cell towers commercial wireless infrastructure on fire department facilities, as adopted by its membership in August 2004 (1), is that the IAFF oppose the use of fire stations as base stations for towers and/or antennas for the conduction of cell phone transmissions until a study with the highest scientific merit and integrity on health effects of exposure to low-intensity RF/MW radiation is conducted and it is proven that such sitings are not hazardous to the health of our members. http://daily.iaff.org/celltowerfinal.htm
April 7, 2005 IAFF Press Release is posted at:
http://daily.iaff.org/040605cel.htm
Complete text of IAFF Press Release:
IAFF Seeks Study on Health Hazards of Cell Phone Tower Radiation
“There currently is no good scientific study that determines whether or not cell towers on fire stations are hurting our members, so a study must be done,” says IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger. “Fire fighters are already at a higher risk of injury and illness from the hazards of their job, but we will not tolerate our members being put in additional danger while at the station house from exposure to low-intensity radio frequency and microwave radiation from these cell towers and antennas.”
Until the health effects are truly tested and known, the IAFF believes no additional cell towers or antennas should be positioned on or near fire stations.
It is the general belief of international governments and of the wireless telecommunications industry that no consistent increases in health risk exist from exposure to radio frequency radiation. However, it’s important to note that these positions are based on non-continuous exposures to the general public to low intensity radio frequency fields emitted from wireless telecommunications base stations.
“Critical questions concerning the health effects and safety of radio frequency microwave radiation remain,” says Schaitberger. “We want answers, not the biased opinions of cell phone industry groups.”
Most studies on this subject are at least five years old and generally look at the safety of the phone itself. IAFF is concerned about the effects of living directly under these stations for a considerable stationary period of time and on a daily basis.
The IAFF and its medical team believe a study with the highest scientific merit and integrity, contrasting fire fighters with residence in stations with towers to fire fighters without similar exposure, is necessary to truly determine the effects of radio frequency radiation on the central nervous system (CNS) and the immune system, as well as other metabolic effects observed in preliminary studies.
Biological effects from exposure to low-level radio frequency microwave radiation have been recognized as markers of adverse health effects. Internationally acknowledged experts have shown that radio frequency microwave radiation transmissions of the type used in digital cellular antennas and phones can have critical effects on cell cultures, animals and humans in laboratories.
Studies have also found epidemiological evidence of serious health effects at “non-thermal” levels where the intensity of the radiation was too low to cause heating, including increased cell growth of brain cancer cells, changes in tumor growth, more childhood leukemia, changes in sleep patterns, headaches and neurological changes, decreased memory, retarded learning, increased blood pressure and other health hazards.
The IAFF’s efforts will attempt to establish a correlation between such biological effects and a health risk to fire fighters and emergency medical personnel due to the citing of cell phone antennas and base stations at fire stations and facilities where they work.
For a full copy of the IAFF report on the potential risk of cell tower radiation, click here. http://daily.iaff.org/celltowerfinal.htm
International Association of Fire Fighters
1750 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20006 • 202.737.8484 • 202.737.8418 (Fax)
Janet Newton, President
The EMR Policy Institute, P.O. Box 117, Marshfield VT 05658
Tel: (802) 426-3035
FAX: (802) 426-3030
Web Site: http://www.emrpolicy.org
Starmail - 7. Apr, 23:47
Mobile mast health fears
06 April 2005
A MOTHER who lost her son to leukaemia claims her surviving children's health has deteriorated since a new mobile mast went up.
Angela Shields, of Footbury Hill Road, Orpington, says she and her autistic son have suffered from headaches since three O2 phone masts were put up at Orpington BT phone exchange.
But staff at the phone firm deny this is due to the new installation.
Mrs Shields said: "The masts went up one weekend and a couple of days later my son came to me holding his head and said 'headache'.
"I was shocked because he is autistic and doesn't speak. I didn't even know he knew the word!"
The mother-of-two says she has headaches most mornings and her teenage daughter's migraines have got worse.
She is now planning to test radiation levels in and around her home.
"It just seems strange that all this started since the mast went up. If the [radiation] levels are high I can say it's due to the mast."
Mrs Shields is considering using radiation-deflecting nickel paint on the outside of her house and protective coating on the windows.
Her son Michael contracted an aggressive form of leukaemia when the family were living in Beckenham near the Crystal Palace tower.
He died 16 months later, a month before his fourth birthday. A neighbour's son, who often stayed in the adjacent bedroom, also contracted leukaemia around the same time.
This spurred Mrs Shields to move to a new area without mobile phone masts.
She added: "I moved here because there weren't any masts and I never dreamt this would happen.
"As BT has sold all its roof space I feel we are fighting a battle for the whole country and maybe that's why O2 hasn't backed down because if it did it would have to do it for them all."
Community relations manager for O2, James Stevenson, said the masts were only running in a testing mode and were being switched on and off every few days.
He added: "We sympathise with her if she is getting headaches but I do not think this is due to our installation.
"It is in testing mode and all the scientific information we have is telling us that the emissions cause no problem at all for anybody."
Residents fought against the O2 masts for four-and-a-half years but they finally went up a month ago.
Campaigners are continuing to fight to have them removed. A public meeting is planned for 7.30pm on April 13 at the Goodmeade Centre, Orpington.
http://www.bromleyexpress.co.uk/content/bromley/express/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYEOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlye&itemid=WeED06%20Apr%202005%2015%3A30%3A22%3A330
Copyright © 2005 Archant Regional. All rights reserved
Informant: Sylvie
A MOTHER who lost her son to leukaemia claims her surviving children's health has deteriorated since a new mobile mast went up.
Angela Shields, of Footbury Hill Road, Orpington, says she and her autistic son have suffered from headaches since three O2 phone masts were put up at Orpington BT phone exchange.
But staff at the phone firm deny this is due to the new installation.
Mrs Shields said: "The masts went up one weekend and a couple of days later my son came to me holding his head and said 'headache'.
"I was shocked because he is autistic and doesn't speak. I didn't even know he knew the word!"
The mother-of-two says she has headaches most mornings and her teenage daughter's migraines have got worse.
She is now planning to test radiation levels in and around her home.
"It just seems strange that all this started since the mast went up. If the [radiation] levels are high I can say it's due to the mast."
Mrs Shields is considering using radiation-deflecting nickel paint on the outside of her house and protective coating on the windows.
Her son Michael contracted an aggressive form of leukaemia when the family were living in Beckenham near the Crystal Palace tower.
He died 16 months later, a month before his fourth birthday. A neighbour's son, who often stayed in the adjacent bedroom, also contracted leukaemia around the same time.
This spurred Mrs Shields to move to a new area without mobile phone masts.
She added: "I moved here because there weren't any masts and I never dreamt this would happen.
"As BT has sold all its roof space I feel we are fighting a battle for the whole country and maybe that's why O2 hasn't backed down because if it did it would have to do it for them all."
Community relations manager for O2, James Stevenson, said the masts were only running in a testing mode and were being switched on and off every few days.
He added: "We sympathise with her if she is getting headaches but I do not think this is due to our installation.
"It is in testing mode and all the scientific information we have is telling us that the emissions cause no problem at all for anybody."
Residents fought against the O2 masts for four-and-a-half years but they finally went up a month ago.
Campaigners are continuing to fight to have them removed. A public meeting is planned for 7.30pm on April 13 at the Goodmeade Centre, Orpington.
http://www.bromleyexpress.co.uk/content/bromley/express/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYEOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbmlye&itemid=WeED06%20Apr%202005%2015%3A30%3A22%3A330
Copyright © 2005 Archant Regional. All rights reserved
Informant: Sylvie
Starmail - 7. Apr, 22:27
6
Apr
2005
Prescott buries bad news on phone mast blight
http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.press.release.page&obj_id=121341
Informant: Sylvie
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Chichester Observer – 7 April 2005
Prescott accused of ‘burying bad news’ over his decision on masts
By Peter Homer
John Prescott today faces accusations of deliberately ‘burying bad news’ after he announced that the government would not be changing planning rules on mobile phone masts – which are at the centre of a long-running controversy in the Chichester district. The statement was made on the day the date of the general election was announced, and when stories about the Pope’s death and the Royal wedding were also dominating the headlines and TV bulletins.
The government has been under intense pressure to give greater control over where masts should be sited, putting more power in the hands of local authorities. But a spokesman at the deputy prime minister’s office confirmed yesterday that a decision had been taken not to change the rules, and was announced by Mr Prescott on Tuesday. A statement was also issued saying the government planned more research on the future direction of mobile phone technology, and future needs for mast developments.
Chichester MP, Andrew Tyrie, said this was an appalling example of Labour burying bad news. “It was decided to announce the decision on a day Mr Prescott hoped it would get the least coverage,” he added. “He has had many weeks to come to a view on this, and has been made well aware of local concerns on masts by me and by hundreds of thousands of people up and down the country. What he has done is an absolute disgrace, and I am shocked that he should behave like this.” Greater control was needed over masts, bearing in mind the huge concerns about them. “Mr Prescott has ridden roughshod over these concerns, leaving local people powerless and frustrated,” he said.
The government announcement has angered local campaigners in the Chichester area fighting plans for masts near their homes. David Baron, of Sidlesham, a leading figure in the campaign against a Tetra mast in the area, strongly backed Mr Tyrie’s comments, and said he shared his concerns. He received many e-mails about masts from all over the country, but had not had one relating to Mr Prescott’s decision, which appeared to have gone unnoticed, supporting Mr Tyrie’s view. “I was not aware of it myself, either,” he added.
Mr Baron, a member of the national organisation Mast Sanity, which lobbies on public concerns about masts, said the government had deliberately chosen the word ‘research’.
“To go on looking at the problem, when the problems have already been identified, is not helpful, and we want them to act now as a matter of urgency,” he said. “Masts should not be put up near schools, all masts applications should go through the full planning process, the loopholes in planning regulations currently exploited by the operators closed and public health concerns taken into account in the siting of masts. ”The decision to have more research was a delaying tactic associated wit h the forthcoming general Election.”
Government planning minister Yvette Cooper said: “It is important to identify the future direction of mobile phone technology in order to inform policy development and to respond to public interest ion this area.”
Informant: David B
From Mast Network
Informant: Sylvie
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Chichester Observer – 7 April 2005
Prescott accused of ‘burying bad news’ over his decision on masts
By Peter Homer
John Prescott today faces accusations of deliberately ‘burying bad news’ after he announced that the government would not be changing planning rules on mobile phone masts – which are at the centre of a long-running controversy in the Chichester district. The statement was made on the day the date of the general election was announced, and when stories about the Pope’s death and the Royal wedding were also dominating the headlines and TV bulletins.
The government has been under intense pressure to give greater control over where masts should be sited, putting more power in the hands of local authorities. But a spokesman at the deputy prime minister’s office confirmed yesterday that a decision had been taken not to change the rules, and was announced by Mr Prescott on Tuesday. A statement was also issued saying the government planned more research on the future direction of mobile phone technology, and future needs for mast developments.
Chichester MP, Andrew Tyrie, said this was an appalling example of Labour burying bad news. “It was decided to announce the decision on a day Mr Prescott hoped it would get the least coverage,” he added. “He has had many weeks to come to a view on this, and has been made well aware of local concerns on masts by me and by hundreds of thousands of people up and down the country. What he has done is an absolute disgrace, and I am shocked that he should behave like this.” Greater control was needed over masts, bearing in mind the huge concerns about them. “Mr Prescott has ridden roughshod over these concerns, leaving local people powerless and frustrated,” he said.
The government announcement has angered local campaigners in the Chichester area fighting plans for masts near their homes. David Baron, of Sidlesham, a leading figure in the campaign against a Tetra mast in the area, strongly backed Mr Tyrie’s comments, and said he shared his concerns. He received many e-mails about masts from all over the country, but had not had one relating to Mr Prescott’s decision, which appeared to have gone unnoticed, supporting Mr Tyrie’s view. “I was not aware of it myself, either,” he added.
Mr Baron, a member of the national organisation Mast Sanity, which lobbies on public concerns about masts, said the government had deliberately chosen the word ‘research’.
“To go on looking at the problem, when the problems have already been identified, is not helpful, and we want them to act now as a matter of urgency,” he said. “Masts should not be put up near schools, all masts applications should go through the full planning process, the loopholes in planning regulations currently exploited by the operators closed and public health concerns taken into account in the siting of masts. ”The decision to have more research was a delaying tactic associated wit h the forthcoming general Election.”
Government planning minister Yvette Cooper said: “It is important to identify the future direction of mobile phone technology in order to inform policy development and to respond to public interest ion this area.”
Informant: David B
From Mast Network
Starmail - 6. Apr, 19:15
Cancer strikes 12 female staffers
by Tony Koch
April 06, 2005
A MONTH ago, ABC television journalist and Brisbane newsreader Jo-Anne Youngleson was on top of the world. The 31-year-old had been happily married for six months and was super-fit, training to run in a half-marathon.
But when a colleague was diagnosed with breast cancer, the 11th at the ABC's Brisbane studios in the past six years, Youngleson decided to have a check-up.
"I am so glad I picked up the phone that day. That call saved my life," she said yesterday.
The check revealed she was the 12th, and the youngest, to be diagnosed with breast cancer at the studios in the inner-city suburb of Toowong, where about 60 women work.
It is not known how many women have worked at the joint TV-radio facility on the Brisbane River in the past six years, so there is no way of knowing how the incidence of breast cancer at the studios compares with the national rate of one in 11 women.
Nevertheless, it is alarming that five of the 12 women share the same newsroom production desk, and at least three are in their 30s.
Youngleson and two of her colleagues - journalist Nadia Farha, 38, and newsreader Lisa Backhouse, 36, both married with two children - have agreed to talk of their plight so hundreds of former female employees of ABC Brisbane will have check-ups.
"I had six months of chemotherapy and then hormonal treatment. I walk around with this black cloud over me, and I hate that," said Farha.
Backhouse returned to work a month ago after surgery and chemotherapy.
"My hair has not grown back yet so I wear this wig, which is fine - at least I am always neat," she said.
"When you are diagnosed you really do lose all sense of future. For a young woman in the prime of her life with a young family, it's extremely difficult."
Michael Evans, an engineer from EMC Technologies, began testing yesterday for electromagnetic radiation and radio frequency emissions on the entire 1.5ha site.
A huge satellite dish and radio antenna are on the roof of the news complex.
ABC state manager Chris Wordsworth said occupational physician Keith Adams had been commissioned to conduct an epidemiological survey of staff to identify any links between the site and breast cancer reports.
State editor Fiona Crawford, who has worked in the Toowong newsroom for 14 years, said that despite the ABC's best endeavours, nothing on the site could be identified as causing the cancers.
"It is understandable people are frightened or searching for answers," she said.
Brisbane breast care specialist Petar Vujovic said the incidence of breast cancer among women in their 30s was dramatically lower than the overall national rate of 1 in 11.
Informant: Don Maisch
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Toowong
April 06, 2005
A MONTH ago, ABC television journalist and Brisbane newsreader Jo-Anne Youngleson was on top of the world. The 31-year-old had been happily married for six months and was super-fit, training to run in a half-marathon.
But when a colleague was diagnosed with breast cancer, the 11th at the ABC's Brisbane studios in the past six years, Youngleson decided to have a check-up.
"I am so glad I picked up the phone that day. That call saved my life," she said yesterday.
The check revealed she was the 12th, and the youngest, to be diagnosed with breast cancer at the studios in the inner-city suburb of Toowong, where about 60 women work.
It is not known how many women have worked at the joint TV-radio facility on the Brisbane River in the past six years, so there is no way of knowing how the incidence of breast cancer at the studios compares with the national rate of one in 11 women.
Nevertheless, it is alarming that five of the 12 women share the same newsroom production desk, and at least three are in their 30s.
Youngleson and two of her colleagues - journalist Nadia Farha, 38, and newsreader Lisa Backhouse, 36, both married with two children - have agreed to talk of their plight so hundreds of former female employees of ABC Brisbane will have check-ups.
"I had six months of chemotherapy and then hormonal treatment. I walk around with this black cloud over me, and I hate that," said Farha.
Backhouse returned to work a month ago after surgery and chemotherapy.
"My hair has not grown back yet so I wear this wig, which is fine - at least I am always neat," she said.
"When you are diagnosed you really do lose all sense of future. For a young woman in the prime of her life with a young family, it's extremely difficult."
Michael Evans, an engineer from EMC Technologies, began testing yesterday for electromagnetic radiation and radio frequency emissions on the entire 1.5ha site.
A huge satellite dish and radio antenna are on the roof of the news complex.
ABC state manager Chris Wordsworth said occupational physician Keith Adams had been commissioned to conduct an epidemiological survey of staff to identify any links between the site and breast cancer reports.
State editor Fiona Crawford, who has worked in the Toowong newsroom for 14 years, said that despite the ABC's best endeavours, nothing on the site could be identified as causing the cancers.
"It is understandable people are frightened or searching for answers," she said.
Brisbane breast care specialist Petar Vujovic said the incidence of breast cancer among women in their 30s was dramatically lower than the overall national rate of 1 in 11.
Informant: Don Maisch
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Toowong
Starmail - 6. Apr, 16:32
5
Apr
2005
Study to assess mobile mast risks
Firms may be asked to share masts
New research is to be carried out into mobile phone technology, and the location and use of mobile phone masts, the government has announced.
A study will examine whether the number of cell phone "relay stations" can be reduced by firms having to share them.
Ministers are already reviewing the planning procedure for the masts.
The announcement follows several reports suggesting the masts may represent a health risk and a number of protests in areas where they are built.
Ofcom probe
In January scientists from the National Radiological Protection Board warned that young people were at greatest risk from the potentially-harmful health effects of mobile phone emissions.
Professor Sir William Stewart, who headed the study, said children under eight should not use mobile telephones at all.
The board also said more research could be done into mobile phone masts and suggested the location of the masts could be subject to independent review.
"It is important to identify the future direction of mobile phone technology in order to inform policy development and to respond to public interest in this area," Planning Minister Yvette Cooper said.
The study will assess whether Ofcom provides adequate information about current mast locations.
Other studies have highlighted the possible dangers of using mobile telephones.
A study by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden published last year concluded that long-term mobile phone users had nearly double the risk of getting a tumour on a nerve connecting the ear to the brain.
EU-funded research has found mobile phone radiation could damage DNA cells.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4411117.stm
Informant: Sylvie
New research is to be carried out into mobile phone technology, and the location and use of mobile phone masts, the government has announced.
A study will examine whether the number of cell phone "relay stations" can be reduced by firms having to share them.
Ministers are already reviewing the planning procedure for the masts.
The announcement follows several reports suggesting the masts may represent a health risk and a number of protests in areas where they are built.
Ofcom probe
In January scientists from the National Radiological Protection Board warned that young people were at greatest risk from the potentially-harmful health effects of mobile phone emissions.
Professor Sir William Stewart, who headed the study, said children under eight should not use mobile telephones at all.
The board also said more research could be done into mobile phone masts and suggested the location of the masts could be subject to independent review.
"It is important to identify the future direction of mobile phone technology in order to inform policy development and to respond to public interest in this area," Planning Minister Yvette Cooper said.
The study will assess whether Ofcom provides adequate information about current mast locations.
Other studies have highlighted the possible dangers of using mobile telephones.
A study by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden published last year concluded that long-term mobile phone users had nearly double the risk of getting a tumour on a nerve connecting the ear to the brain.
EU-funded research has found mobile phone radiation could damage DNA cells.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4411117.stm
Informant: Sylvie
Starmail - 5. Apr, 10:41
4
Apr
2005
Federal court revives lawsuits against cell phone industry
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/11153908.htm
Posted on Wed, Mar. 16, 2005
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A divided federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated five lawsuits claiming that the cell phone industry has failed to protect consumers from unsafe levels of radiation.
The class-action lawsuits seek to force cell phone manufacturers to provide headsets, which they say could reduce risks of brain tumors. They also seek punitive damages.
The lawsuits originally were filed in state courts in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia and Louisiana but were consolidated and transferred to federal court in Baltimore.
Judge Catherine Blake dismissed the lawsuits last March, ruling that federal standards regulating wireless phones -- including uniform national limits on radiation emissions -- pre-empt the state law claims.
A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Blake's ruling in a 2-1 decision. Four of the cases were returned to state courts and one to federal district court for further proceedings.
Several studies have found no adverse health effects from cell phones.
Omega: but there are many studies which found health effects:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_science.html
Among plaintiffs' claims were that the industry's actions violated various state laws on consumer protection, product liability, implied warranty, negligence, fraud and civil conspiracy.
``We have thoroughly examined the claims ... and one thing is clear: the elements of each of the claims depend only on the resolution of questions of state law,'' Judge M. Blane Michael wrote in the majority opinion, which was joined by Judge Michael Luttig.
Judge Jackson L. Kiser dissented, saying the claims require the courts to explore the adequacy of the Federal Communications Commission's radiation emission standards.
``It is well-settled that a suit to invalidate a federal regulation arises under federal law,'' Kiser wrote. ``... This thinly disguised attack on the validity of the FCC standards raises a substantial federal question.''
Neither Michael R. Allweiss, lawyer for the plaintiffs, nor cell phone industry attorney Kenneth W. Starr immediately returned phone calls seeking comment.
Informant: Ingrid Scherrmann
Posted on Wed, Mar. 16, 2005
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A divided federal appeals court on Wednesday reinstated five lawsuits claiming that the cell phone industry has failed to protect consumers from unsafe levels of radiation.
The class-action lawsuits seek to force cell phone manufacturers to provide headsets, which they say could reduce risks of brain tumors. They also seek punitive damages.
The lawsuits originally were filed in state courts in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia and Louisiana but were consolidated and transferred to federal court in Baltimore.
Judge Catherine Blake dismissed the lawsuits last March, ruling that federal standards regulating wireless phones -- including uniform national limits on radiation emissions -- pre-empt the state law claims.
A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Blake's ruling in a 2-1 decision. Four of the cases were returned to state courts and one to federal district court for further proceedings.
Several studies have found no adverse health effects from cell phones.
Omega: but there are many studies which found health effects:
http://www.buergerwelle.de/body_science.html
Among plaintiffs' claims were that the industry's actions violated various state laws on consumer protection, product liability, implied warranty, negligence, fraud and civil conspiracy.
``We have thoroughly examined the claims ... and one thing is clear: the elements of each of the claims depend only on the resolution of questions of state law,'' Judge M. Blane Michael wrote in the majority opinion, which was joined by Judge Michael Luttig.
Judge Jackson L. Kiser dissented, saying the claims require the courts to explore the adequacy of the Federal Communications Commission's radiation emission standards.
``It is well-settled that a suit to invalidate a federal regulation arises under federal law,'' Kiser wrote. ``... This thinly disguised attack on the validity of the FCC standards raises a substantial federal question.''
Neither Michael R. Allweiss, lawyer for the plaintiffs, nor cell phone industry attorney Kenneth W. Starr immediately returned phone calls seeking comment.
Informant: Ingrid Scherrmann
Starmail - 4. Apr, 22:41
The antenna-relays want to pass unperceived
Starmail - 4. Apr, 19:51
A better monitoring of the construction of the turns of cellular telephony
Date: 04/2005
Text voluntarily without stressings In a declaration, the Department of the Environment emitted a significant warning against the increase in the cellular number of revolutions of telephonie and the possible risks on health which theirs are associate. The ministry had received prealable complaints of anxious citizens, protesting that the turns were built in the night and that they could not, by consequent, discuss their localization. The year before, more than 800 turns of telephonie cellular were built in Israel, carrying the total number to 6365. The majority of these turns are installation by Pelephone, Partner or Cellcom. During the establishment of these turns, a monitoring of radiations is effective, in two times. Before the installation, the ministry evaluates the sector of construction considers and makes sure that the level of radiation remains inferior on the level authorizes. After the establishment of the tower, the ministry continues to supervise the level of radiation. However, according to researchers' who study the effects of the electromagnetic waves emitted by the mobile telephones and the turns as well as the dangers incurred by the man, it is too early to emit conclusions.
Sources: The Jerusalem Post
http://www.achats-prestations.com/actualites/resultat_recherche_ref.asp?ref=219
Informant: Sylvie
Translation French-English machinable
Text voluntarily without stressings In a declaration, the Department of the Environment emitted a significant warning against the increase in the cellular number of revolutions of telephonie and the possible risks on health which theirs are associate. The ministry had received prealable complaints of anxious citizens, protesting that the turns were built in the night and that they could not, by consequent, discuss their localization. The year before, more than 800 turns of telephonie cellular were built in Israel, carrying the total number to 6365. The majority of these turns are installation by Pelephone, Partner or Cellcom. During the establishment of these turns, a monitoring of radiations is effective, in two times. Before the installation, the ministry evaluates the sector of construction considers and makes sure that the level of radiation remains inferior on the level authorizes. After the establishment of the tower, the ministry continues to supervise the level of radiation. However, according to researchers' who study the effects of the electromagnetic waves emitted by the mobile telephones and the turns as well as the dangers incurred by the man, it is too early to emit conclusions.
Sources: The Jerusalem Post
http://www.achats-prestations.com/actualites/resultat_recherche_ref.asp?ref=219
Informant: Sylvie
Translation French-English machinable
Starmail - 4. Apr, 19:08
