Phone mast caution needed says council panel
RESIDENTS and councillors have called for more information about plans for phone masts in their area.
Members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council's health overview and scrutiny committee yesterday discussed the findings of a report compiled by a task and finish group which explored the health effects of mobile phone masts.
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Although the report failed to uncover any direct evidence linking the masts to cancer or other illnesses, the panel has urged the council to take more precautions when handling planning applications.
The report also raises concerns by residents living in the Shooters Hill area of Meir about a large mast near their homes. Jean Hopkins, of Cherrywood Grove, told the meeting: "There is a definite risk from the mast to people living in the neighbourhood."
The report will be amended and presented to the cabinet.
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Comments
by Eileen, West Midlands
Friday, June 26 2009, 1:41PM
“I welcome the panel recommending precautions when handling planning applications for phone masts and would encourage them to review the peer reviewed and published research on phone masts.
To date FOURTEEN epidemiological studies on mobile telecommunication base stations have been published and are referenced either on the EMF WHO database and/or on PUBMED.
Out of these fourteen studies:
¿ 1 is a mere feasibility study,
¿ 3 studies (20%) found no increase in the symptoms being analyzed while
¿ 10 studies (70%) DID find significant increases in the symptoms being analysed.
Kind Regards,
Eileen O'Connor
Radiation Research Trust
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