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PETER WALSH

17 February 2006 09:54

Families have been urged to sign a petition against a mobile phone mast which could be built just metres way from a site planned for a 420-pupil primary school.

Phone company O2 has submitted plans for a 12.5 metre mast with ground-based equipment on Dussindale Drive, Thorpe St Andrew.

But the site is close to a plot of land at Vane Close, off Dussindale Drive, earmarked as the site for a new £4 million primary school.

Roy Francis, 52, from Vane Close, said: “There's a meeting with regards to the school next Wednesday and there will be a petition to sign at that meeting,” said Mr Francis, who works as an aircraft engineer.

“It's the public's opportunity to stop something in its tracks. It's better to protest before the event than after,” he said.

“The catchment of pupils for the new school will be Thorpe St Andrew, not just Dussindale.”

Mr Francis said he would be taking the petition house to house in the next few days in order to get support from those who could not attend the meeting.

But he said he hoped the application would be thrown out without the need for a petition.

“I was expecting it to get quashed,” he said. “They said Thorpe St Andrew High School is the nearest school. If that was the logic that they've applied they must be oblivious to the fact they are going to build a school on that site.”

Experts have warned of a radiation risk to the brains of young children caused by radiowaves from mobile phone technology, with the signal strongest between 50 and 200 metres from the masts.

The Evening News has campaigned against the installation of mobile phone masts until it is proved they are safe through our Put Masts on Hold campaign.

Dr Ian Gibson, MP for Norwich North, and supporter of our campaign, called on people to sign the petition: “It should be compulsory to sign it - the young people as well and the children who will be going to the school.”

Neil Mclennan of Cavalier Close, just metres from the proposed mast site, said: “The jury is still out, but why go to that risk when it seems that primary children are the most susceptible to it.”

Brian Hurrell, 51, who has lived in Cavalier Close since 2001, said: “I'm not saying I'm against mobile phone masts - there's still a lot of work to be done to prove it has any effects - but it just seems strange, in light of the situation at the moment, that you would get a mast in that particular place.”

Steven Reilly, spokesman for Norfolk County Council, which is behind the plans for the new school, said: “While current advice suggests that there is no evidence of health effects from mobile phone masts, we recognise that this remains an area of concern for some people.

“At this stage there is a shadow governing body for the new school and they may wish to consider this application. As with any planning application, local people and organisations can make their views known to Broadland Council.”

A spokesman for O2 said it did not agree with the view that mobile phone masts held any risk to the public at all and would not be withdrawing the application.

“We've put in the planning application and if local people are opposed to it they've got a perfect right to do that. They have a right to go along to the planning committee and voice that.”

Ü What do you think of the plans? Write to Evening News Letters, Prospect House, Rouen Road, Norwich, NR1 1RE, email eveningnewsletters @archant.co.uk or visit www.eveningnews24.co.uk/forums


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ASL en a été informée par le canal de la Gendarmerie Nationale. ASL doit certainement déranger Orange dans un de ses documents !. ASL commence à avoir quelques renseignements, mais nous ne pouvons pas en dire plus actuellement. Ce 22 Février 2006, le Conseil d'Administration d'ASL va se réunir pour prendre une délibération destinée à mandater officiellement une personne du Conseil d'Administration afin que celle-ci prenne connaissance du dossier et soit auditionnée par les enquêteurs de la Gendarmerie Nationale qui instruisent la plainte sur commission rogatoire. Mais ASL se doute de quel article il s'agit, mais actuellement elle n'en a pas la certitude. ASL saura la semaine prochaine si ses doutes sont confirmés. ASL pense qu'Orange aurait mieux fait de bien réfléchir, et de faire quelques investigations élémentaires de bases sur la finalité cet article. En effet cet article a été écrit par des jeunes et publié sur le site d'ASL il y a de cela plusieurs mois, suite à une demande d'information venant d'une Universitaire de haut niveau dans la communication, ceci pour une destination précise, ceci sera abondamment développée la semaine prochaine. De plus l' article en question qui est très pertinent sur Orange risque maintenant d'être encore plus médiatisé. Les jeunes se sont exprimés directement à leurs manières en disant leurs quatre vérités à Orange sans arrière pensée !. Nous supposons que c'est ce langage direct qui n'a pas plus à Orange. Depuis hier, ASL a analysé cet article : Pour ASL toutes les affirmations sont exactes. Dés qu'il y aura confirmation sur l'article en question, ASL communiquera plus et il y aura certainement des surprises . . .

Le jour où le dialogue d'ASL avec Orange ne sera plus un dialogue de sourds, un grand pas sera franchi. ASL demande une nouvelle fois à Orange de mettre sa communication en adéquation avec ses actes. Le bureau de CA d'ASL.

D'autre part, Orange serait bien inspirée d'écouter humblement et d'analyser au deuxième degré ce qu'a déclaré lors de sa conférence de presse du 14 Février 2006 au journal télévisé de France 2 Monsieur Didier Lombard, le Président Directeur Général du groupe France Télécom : " . . . France Télécom va supprimer 17 000 postes d'ici 2008 . . . mais va embaucher 6000 jeunes « nouveaux talents »".

Reportage JT sur la Conférence de Presse du 14 Février 2006 de Didier Lombard, PDG de France Télécom: L’opérateur historique admet être dépassé par la concurrence, un changement de stratégie s’impose … France Télécom va supprimer 17 000 postes, d'ici 2008 ... mais va embaucher 6000 « nouveaux talents ». Les commentaires.

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Feb 16 2006

Martin Shipton, Western Mail

AN Assembly Member has been accused of abandoning personal convictions after voting against moves to tighten controls on mobile phone masts.

Deputy Planning Minister Tamsin Dunwoody is under fire for campaigning against such a mast in her own constituency but failing to object to plans that would make it more difficult for masts to be erected.

Last week Ms Dunwoody, the AM for Preseli Pembrokeshire, voted with Labour colleagues to defeat a Plaid Cymru proposal that would have obliged firms to go through the full planning process before being granted permission to build phone masts. The Plaid motion was lost by two votes.

Many people have health concerns about the siting of masts near schools and homes. Last June, in an earlier debate about the issue, Ms Dunwoody made a passionate speech outlining the extent of her worries. She said, "A temporary mast has been erected on top of the police station in the centre of Haverfordwest. It is indeed in close proximity to several schools, one of which is Portfield, a school specialising in special educational needs. The children at this school represent those who are most vulnerable and most at risk from anything in society.

"I have huge concerns about the location of this mast, and I would have concerns about its location if it were to be put in Usmeston. I must reflect the concerns of my constituents and their understandable fears about something that is being placed in their midst. They will be as aware that I have written to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Home Office, the Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside and the Minister for Health and Social Services. I have possibly written to every single person who has any influence over this matter, including the Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, to whom I have written regarding taking children out of school. My constituent's children have been taken out of school to be taught at home, and that can only be to their disadvantage.

"I echo the need for the siting of any mast, including allegedly temporary masts, to go through the full planning process."

Plaid Cymru AM Owen John Thomas accused Labour AMs in general and Ms Dunwoody in particular of "deceiving the public".

He said, "A recent report by the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) concluded, 'that while there is no hard evidence that mobile phone masts pose a health threat, particular attention should be given to minimise the exposure of potentially vulnerable groups, such as children, who may be particularly sensitive to radio waves'.

"When I raised this point with the Environment Minister Carwyn Jones he said, 'You are right about the review published in January 2005 and we will be looking at the results to see what might be done in order to examine the guidance again'.

"Plaid Cymru's motion last week presented an opportunity for local authorities to give due consideration to the NRPB's recommendations. Unfortunately the Labour group opposed the motion and it was defeated.

"The public should be aware that some of those Labour AMs only six months ago in the Assembly called for tighter controls on mobile phone masts. Indeed, the Labour AM representing Preseli Pembrokeshire, told the Assembly that her constituents had taken their children out of school over the issue.

"It would seem that Labour AMs when called to toe the party line are prepared to abandon any personal convictions along with any concern for the safety of the public."
Last night an Assembly Government spokeswoman issued a statement on behalf of Ms Dunwoody saying, "The motion under consideration would have meant that there would be no legal distinction between telegraph poles and masts and did not add anything to the precautionary approach already used by the Welsh Assembly Government in such planning issues."

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Triesen. SDA/baz. In der Liechtensteiner Gemeinde Triesen ist auf dem Handy eines zwölfjährigen Primarschülers ein Videoclip mit Gewaltszenen und einer Hinrichtung entdeckt worden. Der Schüler hatte das so genannte Snuff-Video Klassenkameraden gezeigt.

Entdeckt wurde das Videoclip von einem Lehrer, dem eine Gruppe von Schülern aufgefallen war, die sich die Gewaltszenen anschauten. Die Liechtensteiner Landespolizei sieht keinen Handlungsbedarf, wie Mediensprecher Markus Kaufmann am Mittwoch zu entsprechenden Berichten in den Liechtensteiner Tageszeitungen sagte.

Gewaltdarstellungen allein seien im Fürstentum nicht strafbar, sondern nur in Verbindung mit sexuellen Handlungen. Zudem sei der Schüler, auf dessen Handy das Video gespeichert war, eine unmündige Person. Es gebe deshalb keinen polizeilichen Ermittlungsgrund, erklärte Kaufmann, der weiter von einem «pädagogischen Problem» sprach, mit dem sich die zuständigen Institutionen zu befassen hätten.

In der Schweiz verboten

In der Schweiz sind Gewaltdarstellungen verboten. Sie werden mit Busse oder Gefängnis bestraft. Bei so genannten Snuff-Videoclips handelt es sich um abgefilmte Verbrechen, wobei offen bleibt, ob die Szenen echt sind.

Ende Dezember hatte die Ausserrhoder Kantonspolizei in Herisau ein Hinrichtungsvideo bei einem 17-Jährigen beschlagnahmt. Im Januar erwischte die Polizei in Winterthur sechs Jugendliche, die Gewaltszenen und abartige Pornografie auf ihre Handys geladen hatten.

Letzten Sommer waren in der Schweiz ausserdem erste Fälle von Happy Slapping aufgetaucht. Dabei werden Personen grundlos auf der Strasse zusammengeschlagen und gefilmt. Diese Form der Gewalt hat sich von Grossbritannien aus verbreitet.

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SARA HARDMAN
sara.hardman@archant.co.uk

15 February 2006 11:39

Planning leaders in Norfolk today refused to be drawn on mobile phone mast safety ahead of a debate in the House of Commons which could lead to local authorities being given the power to refuse applications on health grounds.

Despite several local councils backing the Telecommunications Masts Planning Control Bill, due to come before Parliament next week, many district and borough councillors in Norfolk did not wish to comment on the Bill.

Currently, planning boards cannot stop applications solely on health and safety grounds. If the Bill is passed, councillors would have greater power to refuse planning applications on such grounds.

Norwich city councillor Judith Lubbock, who chairs the planning committee, said she was unable to comment until legislation was passed.

David Thompson, chairman of Broadland District Council's planning committee, did not comment because to do so would mean he would have to surrender his position as chairman of future meetings.

A spokeswoman for Yarmouth Borough Council said: "We have never had any appeals against masts on health grounds."

Norwich North MP Dr Ian Gibson has been a supporter of the Evening News' Put Masts on Hold campaign. He said: "I will certainly be in the House of Commons next Friday to hear the bill and welcome another chance for debating the issue." If the Bill wins enough support from MPs, it could go forward to the committee and report stages before being heard a third time. If successful, it would then go before the House of Lords and would have to be given Royal Assent before becoming an Act of Parliament.

Councils that have declared their support include Richmond, Derby, West Berkshire, the London Borough of Haringey, Hart, Wyre Forest and Preston.

The second reading is scheduled to come before the House of Commons for a vote on Friday, March 3.

Are you fighting plans for a mast in your neighbourhood? Call Peter Walsh on (01603) 772439 or email peter.walsh@archant.co.uk

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Southside gardai are opposing the erection of a mobile phone mast at their station in Shankill over health fears.The Garda Representatives' Association (GRA) is to raise officers' concerns about the possible health implications with its national executive. The move comes after gardai confronted over 100 angry locals last week who were protesting against the erection of a new mobile phone mast adjoining Shankill Garda Station. The mast caused a storm of controversy and local residents prevented Vilicom - telecoms consultants for the Office of Public Works - from carrying out work on the structure at the Garda station. Last week, residents of Dorney Court blocked the entrance to the site with their cars, leading gardai to threaten to haul the vehicles away. The mast, which is situated beside the Garda station, is located in the Dorney Court Estate where hundreds of residents live within metres of it. St Anne's School, Scoil Mhuire/Rathsallagh Primary School and Rathmichael School are also located within 500 metres of the structure. Garda John O'Brien, who is a representative of the GRA for the South Dublin area, is to raise the matter at the national executive of the association at its next meeting after 47 local gardai signed a petition stating their own opposition to the mast. In a statement last week, Garda O'Brien said: “As a result of the imminent erection of a new telecommunications mast, I have written to the district officer. It's going to be a matter for the national executive. This matter is not just a Shankill problem, but a matter for every station in the country.”

Under the 2001 Planning and Development Regulations, a replacement mast with up to 12 additional antennae may be erected without planning permission. Currently only one mobile phone company operates equipment on the existing mast. However, Meteor, Vodafone, and Hutchison 3G are to install their equipment on a replacement mast under the exemption while the existing mast is to be decommissioned. The protests followed a request from Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council last week to the OPW and Vilicom to cease work immediately on the site “until the overall planning status of the development is determined and in full accordance with procedures laid down within the planning and development Act 2001”. However, the OPW and Vilicom failed to heed the request, provoking residents' anger and prompting them to block the entrance to the site. Cllrs John Bailey, Maria Bailey (FG), Dennis O'Callaghan (Lab) and Tom Kivlehan (GP) raised the issue of the mast at the Dun Laoghaire area committee meeting on Monday, January 6. Following the meeting, officials in the enforcement section of the council again sent a fax to the OPW instructing the contractors to cease work, but these instructions were ignored. By Friday morning last contractors were still attempting to work on site but were prevented from doing so by locals. Eamonn Keogh, a spokesperson for the Dorney Court Residents' Action Group, who lives within 30-metres of the mast, said the community was gripped with fear at the prospect of a new mast. Mr Keogh also said locals were very upset because Garda authorities did not show “courtesy and respect” by informing them that the mast was being erected. “That is totally against the Garda charter,” he added. “We are calling on the Garda authorities to explain themselves.” He added that residents are determined that the new mast will not be erected and that the existing one will be decommissioned indefinitely. Declan McCullough, senior executive officer in the enforcement section of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, said last week that the mobile phone companies and the OPW were acting in accordance with the planning and development regulations. They would also be exempt from having to remove the existing structure and erect a new one, he said. “We have been presented with a set of drawings by Vilicom and it would appear that this is an exempted development,” he told Southside People last week. The enforcement section of the council has also asked Vilicom to supply additional information regarding the equipment cabin at the rear of the Garda station. Meanwhile, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment Heritage and Local Government has summoned the OPW before the committee over the erection of the mast. George Moir, a spokesperson for the OPW said last week: “The council has asked us to cease working on the site but that is with our legal department at the moment so we cannot comment on that.”

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Lee Chung-yi, a Taiwanese professor of public health at Fu Jen Catholic University, may be doesn't have to worry so much about the schools that are close to EMF sources, if he would only listen to a swedish Public Health representative - professor Anders Ahlbom who tends more to the "don't worry, be happy" approach: "Also the involved risk, if any is small and would affect a small fraction of the population." But how small is for example: even 1%- 5% of billion people? Calculators are not only for statistics, they can be used also for basic math.

Iris Atzmon


From Sylvie:

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144 SCHOOLS EXPOSED TO DANGEROUS ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS: SURVEY

2006-02-13 18:52:34

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) A total of 144 elementary and junior high schools in Taiwan are exposed to dangerous electromagnetic fields, according to Monday's China Times newspaper.

The paper quoted a survey conducted by Lee Chung-yi, a professor of public health at Fu Jen Catholic University, under the commission of the Ministry of Education, as warning that the health of more than 18,000 students could be threatened by the electromagnetic fields.

Judged by the locations of the schools, the survey found that 95 elementary schools and 49 junior high schools have part of their campus within 20 meters of high-voltage power lines or within a
50-meters radius of a substation.

In theory, such areas are affected by extreme low-frequency electromagnetic fields with an intensity of more than 4 milligauss, which has been linked to high incidence of cancer among children, according to the survey.

As it is "impossible" to relocate the schools or ask the power company to move the power lines or power facilities, the paper quoted an education official as saying that the Education Ministry has asked these schools to "avoid using campus and classrooms" near affected areas.

(By Maubo Chang)

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From: Anders Ahlbom
anders.ahlbom@ki.se
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 3:01 AM
To: 'hans karow'
Subject: SV: 2 generation family home exposure to high transmission line EMR


There is still scientific uncertainty about this association and IARC (WHO cancer agency) classified the exposure as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Also the involved risk, if any is small and would affect a small fraction of the population. Yet, I would try to avoid a home with the exposure level you mention, particularly with children at home.


Best wishes,

Anders Ahlbom


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Från: hans karow
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Skickat: den 15 januari 2006 01:31
Till: Anders.Ahlbom@imm.ki.se
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Dear Dr. Ahlborn,

In your personal opinion, not reflecting the ICNIRP opinion or position, could you please inform me, whether you and your assumed family, with children aged 1 and 3, and expecting a third child in two months, would you live in a house that is exposed to magnetic fields ranging between no less than 10 and 20 milliGauss AC magnetic field and above, 24 hours a day, year-round for the next 25+ years. This with your wife always staying home and not working anywhere else, and having mind that you once will retire in this home, and one of your kids will move in and raise a family of two or three children?

Your response would be very much appreciated.


Thank you,

Hans Karow
1215 Poplar Grove Road
Penticton, BC, V2A 8T6, Canada
E-mail: hkarow@shaw.ca

A MOBILE phone mast earmarked for a disused footpath in Davidson's Mains looks set to fall foul of planning chiefs amid fears it would clash with the future appearance of the area.

The proposed 12-metre high telecoms mast in Marchfield Park Lane, off Hillhouse Road, would be sited in a lane which leads to a deserted mansion.

As well as the phone mast, the project would include a small equipment cabinet and a meter cabinet.

But plans in the pipeline to develop that site may mean that the mobile phone mast is thrown out by planners, since it could be deemed visually incompatible with the potential layout and design of any development.

Other concerns noted by Alan Henderson, the city's planning and strategy boss, were that the application did not constitute the most efficient position for a new mast, as it would be close to two other installations.

Mr Henderson said in his report to councillors: "The applicant's list [of potential sites] is not exhaustive and there may be more suitable alternative sites towards the Telford Road junction or on the south side of Craigcrook Road."

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