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Health fears over phone masts at pool

The biggest phone mast in Ireland? Herald ie

By Kevin Doyle

Thursday July 31 2008

IS this swimming pool “Ireland’s biggest phone mast”?

Around 50 mobile phone and telecommunication devices on top of a Dublin swimming pool are a “serious health risk” and “an eyesore”, it was claimed today.

The sheer quantity of masts at the Coolock pool is “shocking and scary”, according to Fine Gael TD Terence Flanagan.

“The pool at the Northside Shopping Centre must be the largest phone mast in the country,” he said.

According to Deputy Flanagan there is widespread concern in the area about “the massive cluster of mobile phone masts”.

The pool is used on a daily basis by children and during the school terms a number of local primary schools use it for swimming lessons.

Although there were initially just a few small pieces of equipment on the roof, it has been consistently added to in recent years.

Dublin City Council were unable to confirm exactly how many masts are on the building but locals estimate that there could be as many as 50.

“I was shocked to discover through further investigation that there is an alarming proliferation of mobile phone masts and telecommunication equipment,” said Deputy Flanagan, adding: “There are serious health risks associated with mobile phone masts.”

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http://inthesenewtimes.com/2008/08/02/is-this-swimming-pool-irelands-biggest-cell-phone-mast/


Informant: Dorothee Krien

Reporter: Jan Harwood

Date online: 14/11/2008

Residents in North Middleton can have their say on plans to build a phone mast on land off Hanson Close until 24 November.

Plans for the 17.5 metre high mast were submitted by mobile phone company O2 last month and the publicity period for the proposal ends next week.

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http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/community-news/16485/residents-to-have-their-say-on-phone-mast

Friday, November 14, 2008, 09:14

MOBILE phone giant Vodafone is bidding to install seven new mobile phone masts around Torbay.

The applications, which will be considered by Torbay Council planners on Monday, are to plug gaps in 3G coverage.

The locations are Herbert Road, Hawkins Avenue, St Vincent's Road, Perinville Road, Grafton Road and Warberry Road in Torquay and, in Paignton, at Lammas Lane.

The plan to install a 10-metre-high mock telegraph pole on an area of land sandwiched between Herbert Road, Vicarage Hill and St Matthews Road is the most controversial, sparking 116 objections.

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http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Bid-seven-mobile-masts-plug-gaps/article-474645-detail/article.html

7:40am Friday 14th November 2008

PLANS to place a phone mast measuring more than 12 metres close to a children’s play area have been thrown out by councillors.

Mobile phone giant O2 applied for the 12.5 metre radio base to be placed on Warrington Road, Penketh.

The matter was brought before the borough council’s development control committee last Wednesday after Penketh Parish Council objected to the plans.

Clr Fiona Bruce, of Penketh and Cuerdley, said there seemed to be a precedent for masts to be placed on the area as four were already sited close to Warrington Road.

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http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/3841358.Planners_reject_phone_mast_plan_near_play_area/

By Amy Dove - Goldstream News Gazette

Published: November 13, 2008 1:00 PM

Residents fighting to remove transmission towers from their neighbourhoods may have found a crack in the industry’s policy quagmire.

“I am so optimistic that we have found the Achilles heel here,” said Triangle Mountain resident Sharon Noble. “Everyone believes all the power lies with the federal government, but it’s not true.”

Colwood is forming a task force to review the current bylaws and determine if there is a need for further protections. Within that discussion, staff will look into a health bylaw dictating the level of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) people could be exposed to. Health Canada’s Safety Code Six is the national standard, however, it allows radiation levels exceeding many other countries, Noble said. While cell and wireless technology is still relatively new, research is making links between exposure and certain cancers, sleep disorders and other ailments.

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http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/34409119.html

By Richard Brenneman

Thursday November 13, 2008

Neighbors worried about cell phone antenna radiation and angry at city officials who have allowed it in their neighborhoods poured out their frustrations at the Berkeley Planning Commission meeting last week.

Planning commissioners listened, questioned, then decided to hold off on any decision for another two weeks—in part because of a recent federal appellate court ruling.

But whatever the commission decides, Deputy Planning Director Wendy Cosin said she is obliged to make a recommendation to the City Council in January.

That deadline was imposed in the settlement of a lawsuit brought against the city 15 months ago by Verizon Wireless, which obligated the city to consider—but not adopt—amendments to the existing ordinance by mid-January.

And while angry neighbors around two antenna concentrations along Shattuck Avenue in the Gourmet Ghetto on the Northside and in South Berkeley are following developments with fierce concentration, a city councilmember and Berkeley’s most prominent local developer are awaiting grilling under oath.

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http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2008-11-13/article/31566?headline=Angry-Neighbors-Protest-Cell-Phone-Towers

Nov 13 2008 by Ruth Kearney, Glamorgan Gazette

RESIDENTS are up in arms at plans for a mobile phone mast outside their homes.

Vodafone wants to erect a 12m telegraph pole with three 3G antennae, a cabinet and an electric meter on land adjacent to Heol yr Afon, Wildmill.

Margaret McIntyre, of Tairfelin, lives opposite the site where the pole would be erected.

She said: “The first I knew about the plans was when my neighbour told me.

“She had received a letter from the council, but as far as I know, no one on this street has received one.”

She said health risks and visual intrusion to the area are the major concerns.

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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/bridgend-maesteg/2008/11/13/anger-at-mast-proposal-91466-22242511/

Thursday, November 13, 2008, 14:30

The prospect of a phone mast disguised as a flagpole in Langton Green has been rejected for a second time.

Mobile phone giant O2's appeal against their refused application for three antennas made to look like a flagpole on the Spa Hotel, Mount Ephraim, was dismissed.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council had refused permission in May and the communications company appealed the decision to the Planning Inspectorate.

But the inspectorate Clive Hughes this week declined, stating the planned flagpole was "too bulky", "an unfortunate addition to the roof", "detracts from the appearance of the building", and gave an "unfortunate and harmful impact on the skyline".

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http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/tunbridgewells/Flagpole-phone-mast-Langton-Green-rejected/article-472768-detail/article.html