電磁場與塑化劑同是「2B類致癌物」

台灣電磁輻射公害防治協會 http://tepca.blogspot.com

2011-05-29

聯合國轄下的國際癌症研究所 (International Agency for Research on Cancer；IARC) 公佈之癌症分類表中，塑化劑鄰苯二甲酸二辛酯(DEHP)及極低頻電磁輻射(Extra low frequency, ELF EMFs），都屬第二級 B 類 ( Group 2B ) 致癌物，泛指對人類有可能致癌，對動物為很可能也是致癌物。「2B類致癌物」共二百多種，常見還有黃樟素、四氯化碳、乙醛、鉛、二異氰酸甲苯、抗愛滋病藥物 zidovudine、汽油引擎廢氣、乾洗業、氯仿、DDT 等。


極低頻電磁輻射與塑化劑皆屬無色、無味。塑化劑屬環境荷爾蒙，在高劑量時會影響大鼠的生育系統與提高發生肝臟腫瘤之機率；IARC公佈長時間暴露於極低頻電磁輻射超過3~4毫高斯以上，兒童白血病罹患可能增加二倍。前台大公衛所退休教授林瑞雄等人，於1990年間發表了數篇論文於國際知名學術期刊(註一)，已發現北台灣鄰近高壓電塔的兒童有白血病顯著增加情形。


極低頻電磁輻射(ELF EMFs)與塑化劑(DEHP)同是「2B類致癌物」，塑化劑違法添加已受到國人重視，而極低頻電磁輻射因眾多變電箱、變電所、高壓電塔及地下高壓電纜鄰近住宅不當設置，使許多民宅極低頻電磁輻射超過2毫高斯以上，無數兒童民眾暴露於「2B類致癌物」中，罹癌機率大增。


當行政院辦公室、衛生署、財政部國稅局北區辦公室等於近日來被披露，相繼耗費公帑於改善辦公室極低頻電磁輻射至2毫高斯以下時，世界衛生組織2007年322文件也提出歐洲住宅平均僅0.7毫高斯，北美住宅平均1.1毫高斯，但至今民眾要求住宅也要比照政府辦公室2毫高斯以下時，政府單位至今卻仍置之不理!


今年5月14日台灣電磁輻射公害防治協會與各地自救會上街頭遊行抗議，要求環保署應修正非游離輻射「環境建議值」(Basic limit and Reference level)名稱為「瞬間暴露參考限制值」，要求應明確規範「環境建議值」非指長時間低劑量暴露安全值；也要求政府公佈極低頻電磁輻射為「2B級可能致癌物」，行政部門應訂定規範，防範民眾增加罹癌風險並免使民眾長時間暴露於極低頻電磁輻射3~4毫高斯以上。

今民眾懼怕吃下塑化劑，也懼怕同是「2B類致癌物」的極低頻電磁輻射，請政府重視並承諾改善住宅極低頻電磁輻射安全。


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作者: 陳椒華 台灣電磁輻射公害防治協會理事長 嘉南藥理科技大學副教授

Rogers withdraws cell tower plan for PoCo

BY JOHN KURUCZ; WITH FILES FROM JENNIFER MCFEE, COQUITLAM NOW

http://www.thenownews.com

MAY 27, 2011

What started as an issue dealing with dead zones appears to be a dead issue altogether -- at least for now.

Rogers Communications Inc. withdrew its application to build a cellphone tower in Port Coquitlam's Greenmount Park seemingly at the 11th hour Tuesday, issuing a written statement to Mayor Greg Moore about 30 minutes before council was set to vote on the matter.

Ken Barlow, Rogers' municipal and industry relations manager, signed off on the statement.

"After our community consultation and many conversations with community members and elected officials, we are choosing to withdraw our application for the Greenmount Park antenna," the statement reads. "We continue to be steadfast in our commitment to working with the city to improve our service in this growing community."

In an interview Wednesday, Moore said he would have voted against the proposal regardless of Rogers' position, though that written statement effectively nullified the need to vote on the matter.

"I was surprised, but I think that they realized that there was a good likelihood that council was going to vote against it," Moore said.

A Rogers spokesperson confirmed Thursday that public opposition led the company to withdraw its proposal. "We just didn't have the support we needed to move forward with this particular location, but we continue to be committed to improving service in this growing community," said Sara Holland, senior manager with Rogers Regional Communications.

Rogers had originally applied to lease city-owned land in Greenmount Park to build a telecommunications tower in an undeveloped wooded area north of the cemetery and east of the Oxford Street extension.

The company had said it needed to increase network capacity in parts of PoCo and Coquitlam, decreasing the amount of wireless dead zones in those areas.

"It's been a long process, so I was somewhat surprised to see them withdraw it, but at the same time, I was certainly aware of the concerns that were being expressed and the opposition that was being voiced," Coun. Brad West said. "I'm sure that Rogers was hearing the same thing that city council was hearing and made the decision that this location wasn't going to be supported."

Given Tuesday's move by Rogers, council directed staff to draft up a telecommunications policy that will be overseen by the city's community safety committee.

"We're going to go through a process led by our community safety committee to develop guidelines so that we can hear the input from our residents about where they should go or shouldn't go from an emissions perspective and from a sightlines perspective," Moore said. "It also gives guidance to the industry so they're not wasting time and energy going into places where really they don't have a chance to get approval from council. So I think it's respecting both sides."

Council Orders New Draft of Cellphone Tower Ordinance

The city attorney and a city engineer will author the first draft of the ordinance.

By Arin Mikailian | Email the author | May 26, 2011

http://calabasas.patch.com

The Calabasas City Council on Wednesday directed the city attorney to draft a new version of the community’s wireless telecommunications facilities ordinance.

The new ordinance will include recommendations from city commissions that state no cellphone tower should be built in a residential area or in the public right of way without an applicant demonstrating a significant gap in coverage, according to a staff report.

Additional requirements include developing a setback for such towers from schools, homes and parks, the staff report stated.

The modified language would apply to all cellphone tower applications submitted following approval of a new ordinance. There are nearly 60 cellphone facility sites up and running in Calabasas.

A lengthy discussion took place on who should be charged with authoring the new ordinance before the responsibility was passed onto City Attorney Michael Colantuono and Jonathan Kramer, an engineer consultant with the city.

The first draft of the ordinance would then go before the Communication and Technology Commission for review, followed by a reading by a third party consultant who would provide feedback and recommend changes, said City Manager Tony Coroalles.

The council has the authority to either approve or deny the new ordinance.

Councilman Fred Gaines said he was in favor of having someone in house draft the ordinance because it would be more cost effective to have a third party review the document than paying someone to write one from scratch.

Councilwoman Lucy Martin said she disagreed, adding that she wants a fresh perspective instead of someone who is familiar with the language of the current ordinance.

“I really think that is a waste of our citizens’ time,” she said.

Another key change to be included in the update is passing on the duty of reviewing cellphone tower applications to the Communications and Technology Commission.

The council will consider adopting a moratorium on reviewing cellphone tower applications at its June 8 meeting. The moratorium would be in place as the city works to draft a new ordinance.

Councilman Fred Gaines he strongly opposed such an action because it would be sending the wrong message.

“Moratoriums are for when you have an emergency, I don’t want us to be a city that jumps into these kinds of things,” he said, adding: “If there was a rush of applications, maybe.”

There are four cellphone tower applications under review by the city, said Community Development Director Maureen Tamuri.

Councilman Jonathan Wolfson said the notion of a moratorium has always been on the table, dating back to when discussions of updating the wireless ordinance began last year.

“We have been looking at this for more than a year, we’re not acting in a rash manor,” he said.

Coroalles said the city would begin looking for an outside consultant to review the new ordinance sometime next week.

Huntley calls off cell phone tower

Friday, May 27, 2011 5:30 a.m. CDT

By JANE HUH - jhuh@nwherald.com

http://www.nwherald.com/

A proposal to erect a 175-foot tall cell phone tower in Huntley failed to gain approval at Thursday night’s Village Board meeting.

The Huntley Village Board voted unanimously to reject the petition from SBA Towers II LLC. for a special use permit establishing a wireless telecommunication service facility on the north side of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.

Last week at a Committee of the Whole meeting, Village Board members agreed to consider the proposal for a vote at Thursday’s meeting. SBA’s request for a permit had been rejected by the Plan Commission this month, also by a 6-0 vote.

SBA, an independent operator and owner of wireless towers, has said the telecommunications carriers it worked with identified the site location to provide better service coverage to its customers. The proposed location would deliver stronger and “uninterrupted signal coverage in the downtown area and on the major transportation routes through town,” SBA said in a statement submitted to the village.

If approved, the tower’s 2,500-square-foot wide facility area would have been on the southeast end of a manufacturing-zoned lot, about 320 feet from Mill Street.

But some residents have been opposed to the proposal. At a public hearing earlier this month, they said the location was not suitable for such a facility. Others, including Donna Britton, chairwoman of Huntley’s Historic Preservation Commission, expressed concerns about how the 175-foot tower structure and its facility would affect the aesthetics of the surrounding neighborhood.

电讯塔没拆反装电缆电表 布朗花园居民怒吼

■ 当地居民拉横幅反对电讯塔架设在该区。

■ 居民与M.珊达在现场争论。

■ 电表上注明“PDC Telecommunication”，相信有关电表是由槟州发展机构安装。

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二零一一年五月二十七日 凌晨十二时九分

（槟城26日讯）设置在布朗花园的巨型电讯塔经当地居民抗议逾5个月后不但没拆除，反而还秘密装上电表，居民当场被激怒！

继去年12月30日，牛汝莪布朗花园居民召开记者会抗议反对当地设置电讯塔后，有关当局依然置之不理，近期更“变本加厉”架设电缆及电表于该处，似乎在向当地居民表达，“你有你的反对，我有我的坚持”。

严汶隆：投诉没下文

国阵峇央峇鲁国会选区协调员严汶隆透露，自去年12月30日当地居民抗议此事后，就一直不断向槟岛市政局写信投诉表达不满，惟槟岛市局最终还是没有做出任何回应。他无奈的说，电讯塔就架设在学校、住宅、公园附近，这么一来将危及老少健康。

他周四召开记者会时指出，据居民向他投诉，有关单位向来秘密行事，一般都在晚上进行“任务”，然而他认为，要架设电讯塔应先咨询当地居民意见，而非静悄悄架设电讯塔了事。“我们将会收集居民的签名后提呈给槟岛市政局主席及槟州地方政府委员会主席，以反映居民的不满。”

涂仲仪：勿漠视民声

槟 城电磁辐射公害防护联盟顾问兼国阵双溪槟榔州选区协调员涂仲仪医生则表示，电讯塔已证实危害人体健康，因此他呼吁，有关当局正视此事，勿一再藐视民声。他 揶揄槟州政府，当地居民抗议、写信投诉，有关当局依然无动于衷、视而不见，但偏偏做多了其他事，即架设电缆及电表于该处。

国阵峇都蛮州选区协调员吴竟诚出席是项记者会时则呼吁，当地国州议员前往了解与处理有关问题，勿一再对民声漠不关心。

乡委会主席与民争论场面火爆

闻风而至的布朗花园乡村治安委员会主席M.珊达就此事与当地居民争论，场面一度火爆！

M.珊达前往该处了解此事时，指当地议员，即峇都蛮区州议员拉文完全不知此事，而触怒当地居民。部分居民表示，极度不满当地州议员迟迟未挺身而出为居民争取权益，有者甚至在当场质问M.珊达，难道拉文不曾在报章上知悉此事？

M.珊达尝试向居民解释，惟难平息不满，再加上M.珊达寡不敌众，她唯有向前与居民说声感谢，并与之握手后，即转身向记者发表意见。

她在现场向记者表示，拉文及她是在日前收到当地居民协会的信函才知道电讯塔耸立在该处，惟之前全然不知此事。

她认为，其他人士一再指责当地议员对此事不闻不问是不应该的。她说，当地居民应直接前往峇都蛮区州议员服务中心投诉此事，并非透过媒体。然而她透露，拉文及她已在昨日前往视察，并在短期内着手处理此事。

她提及，任何投诉或欲寻求协助都可前往位于布朗花园的服务中心（56，Jalan Permai）或联络峇都蛮州选区助理Francis，012-4097507。

電訊轉播站令人不適 老街場居民促拆除

• 北馬

2011-05-08 18:05

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  ■電訊轉播站豎立在屋頂上，令附近一帶居民感到不適。

（雙溪大年8日訊）老街場十多名居民申訴，住家附近安裝電訊轉播站，讓他們長期承受幅射，導致他們感到不適，希望大年市議會能盡速派人拆除，以免再讓他們受到傷害。

居民林碧嬌（65歲）透露，該電訊轉播站豎立已久，導致一家五口的健康受到影響，兒子一整天都覺得累，每天無心上班，但前往診療所檢驗時卻去沒異樣。

她說，媳婦及兩名孫子亦感覺不適，經常無法入眠，而她也經常頭痛，尤其在夜間睡覺時，感覺有點壓力，令她難以入睡。

她周日早上向人民公正黨社區主席溫瀚強、張金利及王亞順作出投訴時希望，後者能協助他們解決問題，以免當局官員事後才亡羊補牢。

社區主席代表張金利表示，他們日前接獲10多人的投訴後，曾向大年市議會公關祖百達及市議員作出投訴，惟至今未見當局採取任何行動，因此他希望當局能積極採取行動。

他表示會致函多元媒體理事會，讓他們派人檢查有關幅射，确保幅射度是否達致危險水平，一旦發現超過水平，他會通過市議員再次作出反映。

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