HUNDREDS of persons, from the very young to the elderly, living in and around cell-towers are unknowingly living with death as both local and international medical research indicate radiation from these towers may cause major diseases, sometimes with fatal consequences.
This was the view expressed by several professors, researchers and public health scientists during a health symposium yesterday at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Faculty of Medical Sciences, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) in Mt Hope.
By Richard Thurston, ZDNet (UK) Published on ZDNet News: November 29, 2006, 8:11 AM PT
The U.K. Department of Health appears to have been wrong-footed by a member of parliament who called for an investigation into whether Wi-Fi networks pose a danger to health.
Ian Gibson, former chairman of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, last week called for the Health Department to set up an inquiry into the potential dangers of Wi-Fi communications. He said the threat should be seriously examined and that another inquiry should be carried out like the Stewart report into mobile-phone radiation.
County denies permit for cell phone tower near Ona Beach
By Steve Card Of the News-Times
A proposal to construct a cellular telephone tower near Ona Beach State Park was denied Monday evening by members of the Lincoln County Planning Commission.
T-Mobile Western Corp. had been seeking a conditional use permit to allow construction of a 180-foot monopole, to be located at the Oregon Department of Transportation maintenance facility at 12735 NW Pacific Coast Highway.
ODOT operates its facility on nearly 14 acres, and the tower was to occupy approximately 1,824 square feet in the southwest area of the yard, adjacent to an existing ODOT maintenance building.
Published in: eLaw & Management Date: Wed 29 November 2006 Category: General Issue No: 1160
A handful of schools in the UK have turned off their WiFi, citing parental lobbying.
One parent, Judith Davies, whose daughter attends a school in Carmarthenshire, said: 'Many people campaign against mobile phone masts near schools, but there is a great deal of ignorance about wireless computer networks. Yet they are like having a phone mast in the classroom and the transmitters are placed very close to the children.' Engadget.com reports that WiFi routers on the contrary are really small, use much less power, have a much shorter range, and give off way less radio frequency radiation than your average cell phone tower. Full Engadget.com report
The Department of Health appears to have been wrong-footed by an MP who called for an investigation into whether Wi-Fi networks pose a danger to health.
Dr Ian Gibson, former chairman of the Commons Science and Technology Committee, last week called for the Department of Health to set up an inquiry into the apparent dangers of Wi-Fi communications. He said that the threat should be seriously examined and that another inquiry should be carried out like the Stewart report into mobile phone radiation.
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