Versailles, France, Appeal Court Judgement 4th Feb 2009 confirms and upholds the judgement before the Crown Court of Nanterre which demanded the dismantling of the relay base station belonging to Bouygues Telecom. The locals had brought an action against the mobile phone operator on the basis of `exceptional nuisance to one`s neighbour.` Richard Forget, representing the plaintiffs, noted `Bouygues Telecom has been sentenced to take down the phone antennas at Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, with a penalty clause of 500 Euros per day of delay. This decision makes official the fact that there is a health risk and gives us the means to compel operators to limit the threshold of emission`.
Joining the dots -
executive summary, Oct 2007
Joining the dots - full
research paper, Oct 2007
This Australian paper by Sarah Benson examines a
range of adverse health effects and their probable
link to electromagnetic radiation, as well as
considering cancer clusters and phone towers.
Bioinitiative Report -
summary, Aug 2007
Bioinitiative Report - full
report, Aug 2007
Video Interview with Cindy Sage
Environmental Consultant about the BioInitiative
Report.
Serious public health concerns have been raised over
exposure to Electromagnetic fields (EMF) from phone
mast radiation, power lines, cell phones, phone
towers, disadvantages of mobile phones and other
sources. The conclusions are that existing public
safety limits are inadequate for both ELF (extremely
low frequencies) and RF (radio frequencies) and that
a biologically based exposure limit be put in place.
Base Station Emissions and
Health Concerns, Oct 2006.
The Radiation Research Trust, a UK based
organisation, provides a ‘presentation’ style
summary by Eileen O’Connor, consisting of UK and
International examples and studies of health
problems associated with mobile phone base stations.
Mobile phone use - current
and potential risks to children, April 2008
The Russian National Committee on non-ionizing
radiation protection press release outlines the
current and potential future risks to children in
relation to mobile phone use and the disadvantage of
mobile phones.
Meta - analysis of long
term mobile phone use and the association with brain
tumors. May 2008
A very recent study from Lennart Hardell and others
at the Department of Oncology, University Hospital,
Orebro, Sweden concludes ‘a consistent patterning of
an association between mobile phone use and
ipsilateral glioma and acoustic neuroma using > or
=10-years latency period.’
Mobile phone base stations-
siting a public health issue
A report from Salzburg, Austria examines the
potential public health issues associated with the
siting of moblie phone base stations (phone mast
radiation). The report highlights that the public
are exposed to continuous, fluctuating EMR exposure
and outlines the factors that influence exposure
levels from these towers as well as the health
concerns of members of the Austrian population.
The Influence of being
physically near to a Cell Phone Transmission Mast on
the Incidence of Cancer, April 2004.
Five German medical doctors collaborated to assess
the health risks of living near a cell phone tower.
The study was taken from case histories of patients
living up to 400m from the tower for ten years. The
proportion of newly developed cancer cases was
significantly higher in those patients living within
400m.
Increased Incidence of
cancer near a Cell phone transmitter station, 2004.
In this Israeli study published in the International
Journal of Cancer Prevention Vol 1, No 2, April
2004, Wolf and Wolf reported a fourfold increase in
the incidence of cancer in people living within 350m
of a cell phone tower as compared to the Israeli
general population. They also report a tenfold
increase specifically among women.
Study of the health of
people living in the vicinity of mobile phone base
stations, 2002.
This French study by Santini et al found significant
health problems in people living within 300m of a
cell phone base station or tower. They recommended
that cell phone base stations should not be placed
closer than 300m to populated areas.
The Stewart Report- UK
mobile phones, April 2000
An early UK study by a former UK government chief
scientist and his independent expert group recommend
that the main beam of a mobile phone tower should not be
allowed to fall on any part of a school’s grounds
and that a precautionary approach be adopted in
relation to public exposure guidelines.