Fury as nursery moves in near phone mast

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• Sharon77
  Jul 14, 07:31
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  Mr. Stevenson says that Vodafone can place its transmitters anywhere he wants because there is no legislation. Then, we should demand legislation. Scientific evidence from independent (not industry funded) scientists have shown consistently that radiation from cell transmitters can lead to many health problems, especially for children. And they will be exposed whether inside or outside the daycare centre. A building is no defense. The international bodies which establish exposure limits and guidelines are affiliated with the industry, as documented by Dr. Don Maisch of Australia, and have been proven to be inadequate for this type of radiation. It is well past the time when the governments must establish new protective guidelines based on biological effects, and not ones that are implemented at the behest of the telecommunication companies.
  
  Vodafone should be ashamed for being such an irresponsible corporate citizen. But until we get legislation in place we must boycott Vodafone. If people didn't use their phones, there would be no need for transmitters.
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• Johnson
  Jul 15, 12:24
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  "We can assume that the children will be perfectly safe and under no danger as there is no evidence to say that there is a health risk". So Mr Stevenson, we can assume the children will safe can we? It was also assumed that thalidomide and smoking were safe Mr Stevenson.
  
  Of course O2's Mr Stevenson is wrong. Over 2000 independent studies, linking phone mast electro magnetic radiation with serious ill health including cancer, confirm that phone masts should not be sited within 350 metres of schools or housing. That's why the cancer clusters continue to increase in the vicinity of phone masts. Phone operators such as Mr Stevenson dismiss such research, alleging that their own studies suggest no health risk. However the national press revealed that a phone operator covered up the damaging results of their own research. The Ecolog Institute, a research organisation which examines the health effects of mobile phones, was commissioned to investigate the possible health risks of mobile phone masts. The 2003 Ecolog report confirmed:
  
  'Given the results of the present epidemiological studies, it can be concluded that electromagnetic fields with frequencies in the mobile telecommunications range do play a role in the development of cancer. This is particularly notable for tumours of the central nervous system.'
  
  The industry attempts to persuade us that these mast microwave emissions are safe because they comply with the ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) guidelines. These international guidelines were only designed for one thing. To protect the Industry and their profits. These guidelines were introduced in 1992, in the technology's infancy, not by scientists but by technicians. They completely ignored researching the most damaging effects to the human body of these radiation emissions, i.e. measuring the biological, vibrational effects on the human body and damage to cells. They only measured the thermal (heating) effects of the masts microwave emissions on dead meat! This absurdity is all that stands between us and the risk of life threatening or chronic illness. The (ICNIRP) guidelines as 'protection' are equivalent to a fireguard in front of a defective, carbon monoxide emitting gas fire - it might stop you getting burned but you might not be alive to care.
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