Phone mast near school put on hold
Apr 17 2009 by Jenny Wood, Perthshire Advertiser Friday
HEALTH fears have put on ice a mobile phone company’s proposals for a mast overshadowing a Perth school and raised concerns over future plans.
Phone giant O2 applied for permission from Perth and Kinross Council to erect a 17.5 metre tall mast within the grounds of the treatment works on Gowans Terrace, just a short distance away from Perth Grammar School.
A member of the Grammar School’s parent council was one of those who stood up at a council meeting this week to object to the planned mast, airing concerns children could be steadily exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
And Joyce McKay also raised the question of the UK’s lenient standards for siting phone masts close to schools.
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HEALTH fears have put on ice a mobile phone company’s proposals for a mast overshadowing a Perth school and raised concerns over future plans.
Phone giant O2 applied for permission from Perth and Kinross Council to erect a 17.5 metre tall mast within the grounds of the treatment works on Gowans Terrace, just a short distance away from Perth Grammar School.
A member of the Grammar School’s parent council was one of those who stood up at a council meeting this week to object to the planned mast, airing concerns children could be steadily exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
And Joyce McKay also raised the question of the UK’s lenient standards for siting phone masts close to schools.
Read More...
http://tinyurl.com/c8d93x
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=school+mast
rudkla - 18. Apr, 10:41
