People power halts roof mobile phone mast, in Sutherland Grove, Teddington
2:10pm Friday 7th October 2011 in News By Paul Teed
Blocked call: Protesters gather in front of the proposed phone mast in Traherne Lodge
A peaceful protest helped dozens of residents, united to oppose a new mobile phone mast on their roof, successfully halt the project.
Neighbours in Traherne Lodge, Sutherland Grove, Teddington, said they were worried the T-Mobile station could have negative health effects.
Sales consultant Robert Allen, 28, used his car to block the engineer’s lorry when they turned up to install the mast last week.
It led to T-Mobile and Richmond Housing Partnership (RHP), which owns the block of flats, agreeing to postpone the project and listen to residents’ concerns.
T-Mobile said it had arranged a drop-in session and an evening meeting with neighbours.
Mr Allen, who organised a petition against the mast, said: “None of the residents have been consulted. We had a letter saying this was going to happen and given less than a week’s notice.
“There are a number of us who are very concerned about it and our voices have not been heard, despite being lease holders and tenants who pay money to live in the area.
“We are concerned about the long-term health implications. This is a big unit going up.”
He described the mast as an eyesore and said people were worried about health risks sometimes associated with masts, such as nosebleeds, headaches and cancer.
Families with young children live in the area and youngsters attend the nearby Treetops Nursery, in Church Road, he said.
A spokeswoman for T-Mobile said: “All T-Mobile mobile phone base stations conform to very strict national and international health and safety guidelines.
“Independent bodies, such as the World Health Organisation, have stated that, within these guidelines, there is no proven evidence of any adverse health effects.”
Mr Allen has contacted Twickenham MP Vince Cable and was due to meet him this month to discuss the mast. A spokeswoman for RHP said: “The installation of the telephone mast at Traherne Lodge has been postponed in response to our customers’ concerns.
“We will be communicating with our customers over the coming weeks, offering them the chance to ask questions about the installation and the opportunities that it will provide.”
Anyone concerned about the phone mast should call RHP on 0800 0322433.
Comments(14)
ChrisSquire
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3:41pm Sat 8 Oct 11
reesmf
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9:47am Sun 9 Oct 11
spinneyhorse
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7:47am Mon 10 Oct 11
If Wireless Radiation has no ill effects then how come?
Electro-Sensitivity (ES)
Electro-sensitive people suffer from a variety of symptoms in close vicinity to electromagnetic fields, Wi-fi, mobiles, DECT phones, baby monitors, certain light sources etc: Headaches, Speech problems, dizziness, chest palpations, tinnitus, pressure in the ears. sweating at night. skin irritations, pins and needles in the hands in the mornings, short-term memory loss, nauseas, joint aches and pressures at the back of the head as well as in the sinus or forehead area.
Even if you are not ES yet, it is beneficial to turn off your Wifi over night, as well as to ban electrical items, your cordless phones and mobiles from your bedroom. You will sleep much better and are less likely to have an interrupted sleep pattern. Usually waking around 4 am.
Another simple test is to stop carrying your mobile on your body (chest or trouser pockets). in many cases people experience the so-called “phantom text messages”. This describes a situation where every now and then you think you had a text message, when keeping the phone in your pockets, but when you checked there was no message. Some even suffer from heart palpitations. If that is case, just try for a while to carry your mobile in a bag or switch it off, while you have it in your pocket. ( Phone Logging onto mast )
If you want to find out more:
es-uk.info/
electromagneticman.c
o.uk/
magdahavas.com (Canadian website)
mobilewise
electromagnetichealt
h.org/audio-archives
-and-more/
electrosensitivity.o
rg
powerwatch.org.uk
spinneyhorse
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7:50am Mon 10 Oct 11
-global.com/doi/abs/
10.1515/REVEH.2010.2
5.4.307
lucullus
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11:38am Tue 11 Oct 11
No, I don't work for a "Wireless company", I just like to see a bit of proper science in use, occasionally. Not your quackery of 'tinnitus caused by electro-magnetic radiation' hoo-doo.
jeremyhm
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12:30pm Tue 11 Oct 11
jeremyhm
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12:31pm Tue 11 Oct 11
jeremyhm
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12:32pm Tue 11 Oct 11
spinneyhorse
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12:15pm Wed 12 Oct 11
lucullus wrote:Plenty of evidence out there, its wether you opening your eyes to independent research or Wireless industry research!
Nosebleeds associated with mobile phone masts? Is that really something people are concerned about, or have any evidence whatsoever to support?
Just two to start with.
http://english.chosu
n.com/site/data/html
_dir/2008/07/28/2008
072861028.html
http://www.reference
-global.com/doi/abs/
10.1515/REVEH.2010.2
5.4.307
lucullus
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2:13pm Wed 12 Oct 11
Considering the number of mobile handsets and mobile masts in use, don't you think it odd that no-one's managed to assemble any useful concrete data or evidence?
lucullus
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2:14pm Wed 12 Oct 11
Considering the number of mobile handsets and mobile masts in use, don't you think it odd that no-one's managed to assemble any useful concrete data or evidence?
spinneyhorse
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5:39pm Wed 12 Oct 11
magdahavas.com
magdahavas.org/
That should satisfy your interest?
spinneyhorse
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5:40pm Wed 12 Oct 11
fields.bris.ac.uk/
lucullus says...
10:47pm Fri 7 Oct 11