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By Pat Smith

Protesters at the site

VILLAGERS in Bishampton are angry over a plan to erect a mobile phone mast.

An open meeting in the village hall was planned for last night (Wednesday) to fight the application for Nightingale Farm, which villagers fear could put their health at risk.

Leading the protest is Tony Waghorn, who delivered information packs downloaded from the internet to every villager in Bishampton.

Mr Waghorn, who lives near the farm in Main Street, said: "Everybody is incensed. These systems are, to say the least, contentious and controversial.

"There has been no consultation between T-Mobile and villagers. Scientific research has shown that these masts should be 500 metres from homes and a lot of households come within that - it's appalling."

His neighbour, Jenny Perkins, said: "I am worried. My daughter Abigail has cystic fibrosis, which is a life limiting disease. She's only five and I think the mast could have an affect on her condition."

Farmer William Robertson, of Nightingale Farm, said he had been assured that there was absolutely no risk to health.

"There is no way I would put at risk my own family and animals if I thought there was a danger," he said.

"The mast has to go somewhere in the village because mobile phone users can't get a signal here."

John Shaughnessy, for T-Mobile, said: "We take advice of the World Health Organisation. Its latest fact sheet, published in May 2006, said that the low exposure levels and research results concluded that there was no scientific evidence that the weak radio frequency levels from base stations and wireless networks, caused adverse health effects."

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He said the company did not need permission to erect the mast, to be attached to a barn, because it was under 15metres. He added: "We always choose the best place for reception and from a visual impact point of view. We can access highway land for nothing, or we can choose private land where we will pay the owner from a few thousand pounds a year upwards, depending on the installation."

At the meeting which was to take place last night, Mr Waghorn was calling for concerned residents to form a protest group to try to stop the plans.

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Smalley Place is the worst location in the town centre to install a mobile phone mast, according to Kenilworth Town Council.

But despite the opposition, telecommunications company Hutchinson 3G is appealing against a Warwick District Council refusal to build a 12-metre high mast on a grass verge outside the DeMontfort Hotel.

The company's original application was thrown out in January by planning committee councillors, who considered the plans to be "incompatible" with environmental improvements being made in that area of Kenilworth. The application, which includes a 12-metre high monopole mast, three antennas and equipment cabinets, will now be considered by the planning inspectorate.

Kenilworth Town Council is currently preparing its evidence to present to the appeal.

Coun George Illingworth (Abbey) said: "The town council has agreed it will oppose the appeal.

"We don't want to be against the company, we would like to work with them.

"We can think of several other possible locations in the town centre but to do that is not in the town council's remit.

"Of all the places to pick in the town centre it seems to be the worst. That end of town, by the clock tower, is an area we are trying to improve."

All comments submitted in connection with the original application will be forwarded to the planning inspectorate.

A spokeswoman from Hutchinson 3G said: "We have seen a rise in the number of people subscribing to 3 services in Kenilworth. As long as people require the services then 3 has a duty to meet these demands.

"To meet customer requirements, 3 does need a base station in the town centre. Technical constraints means base stations have to be located close to where people use their phones, which tends to be in town centres and residential areas. Without enough base stations in the right locations, mobile phones simply will not work.

"The base station will provide third generation (3G) services to the town centre, which enables quick and easy access to a range of multi-media data services via mobile handsets.

"Having spent four years searching the area for options and consulting with the local community, the streetworks proposal on Smalley Place is the only option left available.

"The proposed location was recommended for approval by the local planning authority and the its professional advisors advised that the proposal would have no impact on amenity.

"We have designed and located the proposed scheme for minimum visual impact to the area. The pole will be ultra slimline, seen in the context of existing tall lamppost, with the Hotel and an eight metre tall tree providing a backdrop.

"For these reasons, we believe an appeal on the planning committee's decision is wholly justified."

To withdraw or modify written comments already made write directly to Rob Nash, The Planning Inspectorate, Room 3/18b, Eagle Wing, Temple Quay House, 2, The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol. BS1 6PN, quoting reference number APP/T3725/A/07/2035978/NWF. Comments can also be made at: http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/pcs

The deadline for comments is March 6.

21 February 2007

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"A spokeswoman from Hutchinson 3G said: "We have seen a rise in the number of people subscribing to 3 services in Kenilworth. As long as people require the services then 3 has a duty to meet these demands."

Is anyone sick of this "duty" mantra the mobile companies use to justify treading all over our rights?

If I sold melons and people in town X said they wanted to buy melons, that does not mean I have a "duty" to provide melons, let alone the right to set up shop pretty much anywhere I choose in the face of local opposition. Why do mobile companies enjoy such rights? (no need to answer that by the way).

Pete


From Mast Sanity/Mast Network

A MOBILE phone company wants to install a mast on a B-listed building in Kirkintilloch town centre.

O2 want to build four antennae and cabinets inside the clock tower at Barony Chambers in Kirkintilloch.

A spokesperson for the mobile phone company said: "The planning application is to put the mast behind the louvres on the clock tower, so there will be nothing visible to the naked eye.

"The mast is for our 3G network and it's going in there because we have identified a requirement for that service in the area.

"We recognise that putting structures on the street or green field sites can sometimes be off-putting for local communities therefore we try to find solutions to that where we can."

Barony Chambers, at Cowgate in Kirkintilloch, is a B-listed building and planning permission needs to be approved by Historic Scotland.

Leigh Johnston, Historic Scotland's senior inspector, said: "Historic Scotland has not received an application for a telephone mast to be incorporated into the steeple yet and would expect to be consulted should East Dunbartonshire Council be minded to grant permission.

"As a B-listed building it is important that any alterations are appropriate and do not unnecessarily diminish the historic character of the building."

21 February 2007

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21 February 2007

TALKS are underway between mobile phone giant T Mobile and Muswell Hill Baptist Church for a mast in its spire just yards from two schools.

The possibility of a mast in the Dukes Avenue church so close to Muswell Hill Primary School and the Hornsey Trust's Conductive Education Centre for children with cerebral palsy has prompted concern.

There are already at least 17 mobile phone base stations within three-quarters of a mile of Muswell Hill Broadway including a Vodafone mast on nearby land at The Hill bar/nightclub.

One resident, who did not want to be named, said: "I know that the local authority has said that children must not be within 200 yards of a phone mast.

"There are two opinions on this - one that it doesn't matter about mobile phone masts, the other is that we need to know where masts are going and adopt a 'play safe' attitude towards them."

Church minister Andrew Picton told the Journal a final decision would be made by congregation members.

He said: "I understand there's still a certain amount of controversy around the issue even after all these years.

"We need to make decisions as a community together and explore all the issues open and honestly. We will take any concerns seriously."

He would not say how much T Mobile was proposing to pay in rent.

A spokesman for T Mobile said: "It is at a very early stage yet. There is no agreement, no planning application, no design; it is just to see whether they are interested and whether we can fit the equipment in the area of the church.

"I think probably it will be another two months before anything happens."

Meanwhile, St Peter-le-Poer Church in Albion Avenue, Friern Barnet, has given the go ahead for its tower to be used for a Vodafone mast.

The next steps are an application to Barnet Council and for the chancellor of the diocese of London to give his blessing to the move.

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Dear Auditor General

Please find attached two documents, which comprise my petition to you.

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/auditor_general_environmental_commissioner.doc
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/prime_minister_stephen_harper.doc

My petition concerns the very serious environmental problem of electro magnetic radiation (EMR). EMR will increasingly affect the health and many other aspects of the lives of Canadians.

I will send you further messages with supporting information.

Yours sincerely,

Martin Weatherall

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Revised petition to the Auditor General of Canada

I have attached my revised petition to the Auditor General of Canada.
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/auditor_general_environmental_commissioner_revised_final.doc

Martin Weatherall.

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Auditor General Petition

http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/gerry_higgins_petition_to_the_auditor_general.doc
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/auditor_general_petition.htm
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/human_health_effect_from_emfs.doc



EMFs and Office of the Auditor General of Canada

We need your help.

Those of you who are concerned about radio frequency radiation, low frequency electromagnetic fields, dirty electricity or ground current in Canada and the possible health consequences can contact Roger Hillier, who is the Petitions Manage for the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.

He can be reached via email at: roger.hillier @oag-bvg.gc.ca
or by phone at: 1-888-761-5953 x 4664

I am sending this to people in Canada who have contacted me about cell phone towers, high voltage power lines, ground current, electro-sensitivity, compact fluorescent lights etc.. Apparently two petitions have been presented to the OAG (one is by Higgins and the other by Weatherall). However, I know there are a lot of you out there who have been frustrated with the answers you have received from Health Canada and other federal bodies.

Please email Roger and tell him about your concerns. It will make his job easier and it will help the two petitions currently on file.

Also, please let me know if you have/will contact him with perhaps a cc of your email correspondence. Please use "Concern about EMFs" in the subject heading.

The OAG is here to help us get Ministers in various Departments to respond to pressing concerns we all have about our health and environmental exposure to toxins (among other things). One email to Roger can make a difference. Share your story with him in a couple of paragraphs, ask specific Ministers to respond to your questions and lets see what happens.

Thanks for helping,
-magda

p.s. Please forward this email to those in Canada who have a story to share, a question to ask or are just concerned about this emerging public health issue.


Dr. Magda Havas, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent University
Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, CANADA
email: mhavas @trentu.ca
phone: 705-748-1011 x7882
fax: 705-748-1569


Words to live by . . .

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The world shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
Anais Nin

"Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." --John Adams

"Facts don't cease to exist just because they are ignored."
Aldous Huxley

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

Never Give Up! Winston Churchill


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L'enquête (partie1)
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La vérité sur les faisceaux d'irradiation
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- Le Parisien 2 Mars 2007: Collège de Betz, le mystère des allergies reste entier.
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- Le Parisien 1er Mars 2007: Allergie au Collège de Betz, l'INERIS n'a toujours pas trouvé d'explication.
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PETER WALSH
20 February 2007 08:18

Families are celebrating yet another victory in the fight against mobile phone masts being installed close to homes and schools.

Phone company T-Mobile had applied to Norwich City Council to install an 11.8metres mast close to St Anne's Church and the Colman Area Housing Office on Colman Road.

But the mast - which would have been yards from the site of two other failed applications - has been turned down by city council planners under delegated powers after more than 100 people objected to the mast.

It is the latest in a string of victories against such masts at locations across the city as a result of people power.

Sylvia Gordon, 76, who lives with her husband John on George Borrow Road, close to the site of the proposed mast, said today she was delighted council officers had refused permission on the grounds it “would detract from the amenity of the residential area”.

She said: “We thought it was really obtrusive to put it there and we don't think that phone companies should be allowed, for their own commercial reasons, to plant these ugly masts where people don't want them - we were pleased to know it wasn't going to be put there after all.”

Mrs Gordon, who has lived in the area for more than 40 years, said people in the area have successfully seen off a host of other mast applications over the years.

“I think that's the only reason they haven't been able to put them up,” she said. “It's not really acceptable for people to have these masts near to them. We think the city council has made great strides in cleaning up this ward - the verges and graffiti -and it would have been a real backward step to have put a thing there near to homes and gardens. We just don't want it.”

Roy Blower city councillor for University ward, said it was the sixth mast people living in the area have seen off in recent years.

“I'm delighted, once again the community has seen off big businesses trying to impose an eyesore on them,” he said.

“More than 100 people wrote in whether to us or directly to the council and made known the depth of feeling in the area.”

Mr Blower said the council's decision to refuse masts in the area previously could set a precedent which would make it difficult for other phone companies to try to get other masts installed in the area.

A spokesman for T-Mobile said: “We will have to consider our future options in light of the council's ruling.”

The Evening News, through its Put Masts on Hold campaign, has fought against the installation of masts close to homes and schools until it is proved they are safe.

Last January O2 appealed against a decision by Norwich City Council to refuse permission for a 15metre mast near to the Moss Pharmacy in Colman Road even though the application had more than 500 objectors.

In 2002 Hutchison 3G, now 3, had its plans for a 13m mast next to the Colman Road Area Housing Office car park rejected after a petition was raised on the grounds it would have a negative impact of the surroundings.

Are you campaigning against a planned mobile phone mast where you live? Call Peter Walsh on 01603 772439 or e-mail peter.walsh@archant.co.uk

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