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Kurtis Alexander - Sentinel Staff Writer

Article Launched: 03/05/2008 04:01:54 AM PST

SANTA CRUZ -- Cell phone companies will have a tougher time putting up towers in the rolling hills and residential neighborhoods of Santa Cruz County under a proposal put forth this week by county planners.

But not a tough enough time, say watchdog groups who claim the telecommunications giants are poisoning the public with their radio frequencies.

"This is a medical and environmental issue," said longtime opponent of cell towers Marilyn Garrett, who can rattle off a number of health risks, most widely contested, that may be posed by wireless facilities.

The proposed changes to the county's cell tower ordinance, which include requiring setbacks between wireless towers and schools and limiting their concentration in unincorporated areas, come in response to ongoing complaints.

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http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_8460606


Informant: Mark G.

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Latest Letter to the Local Santa Cruz Government
http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/e8e5700be07f6ca9

http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=903779

Any way we can back these folks up?

Lawyer for Industry says:

"There is no evidence, no evidence by any peer reviewed study anywhere in the world ... there is no evidence that these towers cause health and safety situations."

1) Is this statement True or False?
2) Can he lose his Legal License over this?
3) Would that be a good idea?

From:
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=909068


Mark G.



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=thepeterboroughexaminer

http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=868
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4774388/

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Re: Growing concern over safety of cellphones for children

So have I (and many others!)...written, written, faxed, phoned, phoned, faxed, e-mailed, written, phoned, phoned, visited, e-mailed, e-mailed, phoned, written, visited (and so forth) for nearly 30 years...

But the men and women in power does not seem to bother...


Olle Johansson, assoc. prof.
The Experimental Dermatology Unit Department of Neuroscience Karolinska Institute
171 77 Stockholm Sweden
&
Professor The Royal Institute of Technology
100 44 Stockholm Sweden)



http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Johansson

http://groups.google.de/group/archive_news/t/c76fadf547947c14



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=surveillance

By Cherry Thomas

CONTROVERSIAL plans to install a phone mast near to a supermarket petrol station have been blocked.

Vodafone had hoped to erect the antennae next to an existing T-Mobile mast near to Morrisons in Harwood.

But members of Bolton Councils' Planning and Highways Committee were caught in deadlock with 10 voting for the plans and 10 against.

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http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.2100267.0.mast_plan_blocked.php

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=arr&s=f&o=343213&apc_state=henh

The Taliban's war on mobile phones
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=18741

Taliban targeting mobile phone masts
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/taliban-targeting-mobile-phone-masts-259899