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Sunday, December 6, 2009

How Mobile Phone Towers Work



Article in http://water-towers.76df.info

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Cell phone towers emit signals in a “flower petal” pattern around the tower. This 360-degree radius around the tower is called a “cell” and this is what the term “cell” in cell phone means. (5) When your phone is in a “cell” you get good reception and when it isn’t in a “cell” you get poor reception. So, for a cell phone company to provide complete coverage cell phone towers and antenna towers must be positioned all across the country so that the “cells” overlap. You can begin to see what a huge infrastructure needs to be created to provide complete cell phone coverage. That’s why cell phone towers and antenna towers are so prevalent. Furthermore, that’s why these antennas are installed in so many places like rooftops, fire stations, schools and churches. This is what is necessary for complete coverage.

Studies Show Adverse Health Effects From Cell Phone Towers

If you aren’t sure that cell phone towers and masts are harmful the following study summaries should convince you. Below are listed six studies that have shown significant adverse health effects on people living near cell phone towers. According to Dr. Grahame Blackwell “these are the only studies known that specifically consider the effects of masts on people. All six studies show clear and significant ill-health effects. There are no known studies relating to health effects of masts that do not show such ill-health effects.” (6)

1. Santini et al. found significant health problems in people living within 300 meters of a cell phone base station or tower. The recommendation was made from the study that cell phone base stations should not be placed closer than 300 meters to populated areas. Pathol Biol (Paris) 2002; 50: 369-373.

2. A Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research study entitled, “Effects of Global Communications System Radio-Frequency Fields On Well Being and Cognitive Function of Human Subjects With and Without Subjective Complaints” found significant effects on well being including headaches, muscle fatigue, pain, and dizziness from tower emissions well below the “safety” level.

3. Gerd, Enrique, Manuel, Ceferino and Claludio conducted a Spanish study called “The Microwave Syndrome” and found adverse health effects from those living near two cell phone base stations. The health effects included fatigue, a tendency toward depression, sleeping disorders, difficulty in concentration and cardiovascular problems.

4. From an 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 350 meters of a cell phone tower as compared to the Israeli general population. They also reported a tenfold increase specifically among women.

5. In the Naila Study from Germany, November 2004, five medical doctors collaborated to assess the risk to people living near a cell phone tower. The retrospective study was taken from patient case histories between 1994 and 2004 from those who had lived during the past ten years at a distance up to 400 meters from the tower site. The results showed that the proportion of newly developed cancer cases was significantly higher in those patients living within the 400-meter distance and that the patients became ill on average eight years earlier. In the years 1999 to 2004, after five years of operation of the transmitting tower, the relative risk of getting cancer had trebled for residents of the area in the proximity of the installation compared to the inhabitants of Naila outside the area.

6. An Austrian Study released in May 2005, showed that radiation from a cell phone tower at a distance of 80 meters causes significant changes of the electrical currents in the brains of test subjects. All test subjects indicated they felt unwell during the radiation and some reported being seriously ill. According to the scientists doing the study, this is the first worldwide proof of significant changes of the electrical currents in the brain, as measured by EEG, by a cell phone base station at a distance of 80 meters. Subjects reported symptoms such as buzzing in the head, tinnitus, palpitations of the heart, lightheadedness, anxiety, shortness of breath, nervousness, agitation, headache, heat sensation and depression. According to scientists this is the first proof that electrical circuits in the brain are significantly affected by a cell phone tower. The distance in this study was a mere 80 meters.

Two-time Nobel Prize nominee Dr. Gerald Hyland, a physicist, had this to say about cell phone towers. “Existing safety guidelines for cell phone towers are completely inadequate. Quite justifiably, the public remains skeptical of attempts by governments and industry to reassure them that all is well, particularly given the unethical way in which they often operate symbiotically so as to promote their own vested interests.”

Dr. Bruce Hocking did a study in Syndey, Australia, of children living near TV and FM broadcast towers, which by the way, are very similar to cell phone towers. He found that these children had more than twice the rate of leukemia as children living more than seven miles away from these towers.

Results in yet another recent study (7) conducted on inhabitants living near or under a mobile phone base station antenna yielded the following prevalence of neuropsychiatric complaints: headache (23.5%), memory changes (28.2%), dizziness (18.8%), tremors (9.4%), depressive symptoms (21.7%), and sleep disturbances

(23.5%). In this study the participants were given a neurobehavioral test battery measuring such things as problem solving, visuomotor speed, attention and emory. Symptoms of exposed inhabitants were significantly higher than control groups.

Furthermore, Europe’s top environmental watchdog group, European Environment Agency (EEA), is calling for immediate action to reduce exposure to mobile phone masts. EEA suggests action to reduce exposure immediately to vulnerable groups such as children.

The development of brain tumors in staff members working in a building in Melbourne, Australia, prompted the closing of the top floors of the building. The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is housed in the building. Seven staff members were diagnosed with brain tumors and five of the seven worked on the top floor. A cell phone antenna is located on the roof of the building. (8)

The Orange phone company in England is being forced to remove its mast tower on a building in Bristol, England. The removal is a result of a five-year effort by residents and local authorities to have the mast removed. Cancer rates in the building, which has become known internationally as the “Tower of Doom,” have soared to ten times the national average for the 110 residents living there. The two masts sitting on the roof, one owned by Orange and the other by Vodafone, were installed in 1994. Vodafone has refused the remove its mast. (9)

Friday, December 4, 2009

防电磁辐射联盟促以民为本 速拆住宅学校电讯塔

文摘自南洋商报

(槟城4日讯)槟州电磁辐射公害防护联盟要求州政府以民为本,立即拆除州内非法电讯塔包括优先处理住宅区及学校的非法电讯塔,以贯彻猫政府的“有效率”政策。

该组织主席李斯杰在医药顾问涂仲仪、秘书王美丽及委员李翠华陪同下,到州议会向掌管地方政府行政议员曹观友提呈他们的备忘录。

新指南不利健康

李斯杰对记者说,他们不能接受曹观友最近公布,指电讯塔与房屋的距离宽限在30公尺内新指南;反之,在拟定电讯塔新指南时,奉行曹规萧随,沿用马来西亚多媒体通讯委员会拟定的过时却不利人民健康的指南。

该联盟拒绝槟州政府在今年10月州行政议会通过继续宽限电讯塔至明年6月以进行合法化电讯塔工作,并指这经无视人民得继续忍受电讯塔辐射得伤害。涂仲仪认为,宽限期应该保留原先期限,即是到今年12月31日为止。

“还有,该组织也要求州政府勿将电讯塔安装在靠近学校、老人院、休闲中心、医院等公共设备地方。因为,根据目前资料显示中华小学、商务小学、槟华小学对面商业单位及Lahat Court(跑马园公寓),都是该组织认为已受辐射影响地点。”

建议办听证会 邀专家听民意

为此,槟州电磁辐射公害防护联盟要求州政府能够举办一个听证会,邀请专家听取公众提出得意见。而这点得遵守国际电磁波辐射安全组织(International Commission of Electronic Magnatic Safety)指南,即建议所有地方上所有地方政府,接受由公民组织推介的人选。

电讯塔对健康造成的危害已成为不争的事实,所以,他们准备拿出大量外国的 权威性报告及研究来证明电讯塔对健康的不良影响,其中包括致癌。因此,他们要求政府在拟定新指南时,成立小组,将非政府组织加入。

然后,在电讯塔竖立方面,体现公众参与及第21世纪地方政府议程(Local Agenda 21)的精神,为方圆至少100公尺至200公尺受影响范围居民举行听证会,听取人民心声。

另一方面,行政议员曹观友在回答有关电讯塔问题时解释,作为一个关心民瘼的州政府,政府经于今年11月20日在行政议会中通过新电讯塔指南,让竖立电讯塔旁侧的地主能提出反对,这项新措举,是旧指南所没有的指南。

檳電磁輻射公害防護聯盟呈備忘錄促拆電訊塔




檳電磁輻射公害防護聯盟主席李斯杰(右2)移交備忘錄給曹觀友(左),右起為涂仲議、該聯盟委員李翠華和秘書王美麗。

(檳城4日訊)檳州電磁輻射公害防護聯盟今天在州議會范圍內呈交備忘錄給地方政府主席曹觀友,要求州政府立即拆除州內非法發電訊塔,尤其優先處理住宅及學校的非法電訊塔。

今早10時30分,該組織在議會進行時抵達,欲呈交該備忘錄給曹觀友,曹觀友也暫時離開議會廳,出來接收該備忘錄。

曹觀友接收備忘錄后向記者指出,州政府已新增電訊塔指南的一項條例,即允許電訊塔周圍住戶地主對該電訊塔提出反對,惟其他條例依然根據馬來西亞多媒體通訊委員會擬定指南。

該聯盟顧問涂仲議醫生指出,州政府寬限非法電訊塔至明年6月30日以進行合法化電訊塔工作,無視過于靠近人群的電訊塔所造成危害。

他也說,州政府公布的指南將電訊塔與房屋距離為30公尺,但根據國際權威報告,這距離是非常危險。

應離住宅至少400公尺

他也說,該聯盟也反對無線發射線(Wifi)安裝在住宅區、學校、醫院、休閑中心、老人院和托兒所內,他也呼吁公眾不要24小時曝露在高頻率電訊范圍內。

而該聯盟也希望中央和州政府舉辦有關電訊塔聽證會時,應讓公民組織推薦有關專家參與,而不是一面倒委任興建電訊塔商業團體所推薦專家,以示公平。

該聯盟也認為,電訊塔與住宅區距離應至少400公尺,或越遠越好。

Thursday, October 15, 2009

指南下月出炉 槟860电讯站须拆除




图文摘自中国报
州政府目前想在电子通讯的方便和人民的利益之间取得平衡。

(槟城6日讯)槟州行政议员曹观友宣布,电讯塔及电讯站指南料在下个月出炉,州内超过860个违法电讯站的拥有者需自行拆除或修正后才申请准证,宽限期至明年6月30日。他也说,州政府也会多建32个电讯塔。

也是槟州地方政府委员会主席的曹观友今早在一项记者会上受询时说,政府不会在2010年6月30日之前,拆除这些违法电讯站,下个月新指南出炉后,商家可根据指南修正他们的电讯站,再向政府申请准证。

他补充,这是上周槟州行政议会会议通过的新政策。

明年中前自行拆除

“若他们觉得自己无法符合新指南,就须在明年6月30日前自己将电讯站拆除了来。”

他说,州政府会根据新指南来判断,是否批准商家的申请。

目前州内的65%电讯塔及电讯站都违法,即总数超过860个,槟城各区都响起了反对电讯站和电讯塔的声音。

曹观友说,州政府也想在电子通讯的方便和人民的利益之间取得平衡。

“州政府也会委任槟州发展机构电讯公司,处理商家申请的一站式中心,该公司接受申请后将交由州政府批准。”

他说,槟州发展机构电讯公司也会在州内32个地方设置临时电讯塔,以让商家在塔上安置电讯站。

“商家因竞争而需面对积极扩充电讯联络网的压力,所以到处设置电讯站。”

他相信有了这32个电讯塔,商家不会再随地在人家屋顶上设置电讯站,而引起住宅区居民的反对。

全都远离住宅区! 32地点设临时电讯塔

商家须在明年6月03日前,根据新指南修正或自行拆除违法的电讯站。
州政府为电讯站建32个“新家”!

槟城发展机构电讯公司设置的32个临时电讯塔,将取自地方政府地段,并以远离住宅区为重要考量,试用期为6个月。

曹观友说,这32个电讯塔是流动式电讯塔,州政府已确认了32个合适地点,在该处设塔,所用的地段都是政府地。

反对电讯塔的槟州人民,一直以来的抗议原因是电讯塔太靠近他们的居所,针对此事,曹观友说,尽量远离住宅区已是州政府选择这32个地点的重要考量。

“这些电讯塔的试用期为6个月,若没有问题,没人反对,这电讯塔才会继续留在该处。”

他说,若州政府认为有必要将电讯塔搬走,其搬迁工程也不难,因为这些电讯塔都是流动式的。

“寄放在电讯塔上的电讯站将获得临时准证,若顺利,半年后就可获得正式准证。”

公众可提出反对 曹观友:依合理性采行动

曹观友(左2)在一项反对电讯塔的活动中,接领公众的备忘录。
曹观友说,公众有权对32个临时电讯塔提出反对,但州政府在移走电讯塔前也会考量反对的合理性。

在场的一名记者询问曹观友,是否会因居民反对而移走临时电讯塔时,曹观友说,这要依据反对声的合理性而决定。

“公众有权提出反对,但州政府也需考量其合理性。不然的话,若反对电讯塔的非政府组织,都在这32个临时电讯塔前示威,这是否就代表州政府就要移走所有的临时电讯塔?”

当被讯及投诉管道时,曹观友说,反对的公众可向市议员或槟州发展机构电讯公司投诉。

“州政府将会公开这32个地点,我不知道你们(记者)会问这课题,所以没有准备这么详细的资料。”

电讯塔课题指忘了人民 记者拍桌骂曹观友

双溪槟榔仙人园居民多年来不断向州政府争取,以拆除住宅区范围内一座没操作的电讯塔。
记者拍桌怒骂行政议员!

一名也是非政府组织成员的《光华日报》记者,今早出席行政议员曹观友的记者会时,因不满曹观友宣布“电讯塔与公众居所的距离最少要30公尺”而拍桌子,更当场指着曹观友,怒骂“你忘了人民!你和丁医生(槟州地方政府委员会前主席拿督丁福南医生)没有分别!”

这名记者蔡昌卫一向相当关注电讯塔问题,本身也加入相关的非政府组织;他认为电讯塔与公众居所的最短距离,不该只有30公尺。

在发问环节中,他向曹观友抛出很多问题,开始时气氛和普通的记者会无异,但蔡昌卫听到“电讯塔与公众居所的最短距离是30公尺”后,情绪失控,大力拍了桌子一下,以致发出“碰”的一声。

“你忘了人民!你和丁医生没有分别!”

指为人民而生气

蔡昌卫(右)情绪失控,拍桌怒指曹观友(左2)忘了人民。曹观友则说会向报馆投诉蔡昌卫。
蔡昌卫指着曹观友怒骂,但曹观友相当冷静,他询问:“你现在代表报馆,还是个人?我会向报馆投诉你。”

曹观友解释,30公尺的距离是大马通讯及多媒体委员会制定的指南。蔡昌卫却提醒曹观友,在行动党未成为州政府前,曹观友是反对设立电讯塔的。

“你以前说过什么?我有剪报。”

“那你拿剪报给我看。”曹观友淡定回应。

“好!我challenge(挑战)你!” 蔡昌卫说,他是为了人民而生气,不是为了自己。

曹观友说,问题是蔡昌卫自己提出的,对方却无法接受他给予的答案。

记者会结束后,一些在场的记者劝告蔡昌卫不该有此行为,蔡昌卫马上向同行道歉。曹观友走过时,他向曹观友说:“他们(记者)要我向你道歉。 ”

曹观友却回应:“我同样会向报馆投诉你。”

Thursday, October 8, 2009

让业者申请电讯塔合法化 槟政府再宽延半年

文摘自光华日报
二零零九年十月六日 晚上七时四十六分

(槟城6日讯)尽管槟州首长幕僚长黄泉安国会议员代表槟州政府宣布所有违法电讯塔将在年杪大限时“死定”,惟槟州政府却在今天宣布,再宽延电讯公司额外半年时间,即直至2010年6月30日,让业者向市政局申请电讯塔合法化。

槟州地方政府委员会主席曹观友行政议员即在周二记者会上,在出席丹绒武雅智慧社区中心开幕礼仪式后,受询时这麽指出。

他表示,截至今年3月30日,全州合共有 849座电讯塔,其中有285座平地上电讯塔,以及564座屋顶上电讯塔,总数当中有 67点53巴仙,即 572座电讯塔是违法搭建。

不过,他说,州行政议会在上周已通过两项决定,其一即是宽限业者至明年2010年6月30日通过槟州发展机构属下的槟州发展机构电讯私人有限公司(PDC Telcos Sdn Bhd)申请合法化。

他表示,只要业者符合指南即获得发出执照营业,不过,若业者认为不能符合指南规定,那么业者可在自动自发下采取移除行动,而市政局则在此期间不会采取任何拆除违法电讯塔的行动。

与此同时,曹观友也宣布,行政议会也通过将在全槟设立32座的流动电讯塔。这些电讯塔将座落在政府地,而且符合现有指南。“我们将发出临时的执照,让流动电讯塔操作。”而他表示,将以6个月时间作为试验期,以探测是否有人提出反对。”

他指出,若有关地点合适,槟州发展机构电讯私人有限公司必须在6个月期限后呈上申请策划批准,否则必须在30天内拆除。

他在受询及州政府有何机制或是否设听证会来聆听居民们针对这些即将矗立的流动电讯塔发出的反对声音时,曹观友则指出,他们可向槟州电讯私人有限公司及市政局投诉。

惟在接获反对后,这些电讯塔会否立即拆除,曹观友没有正面回应,只表示,将会根据居民的反对人数来决定。由於这些电讯塔是流动性的,如果有人反对,我们可以移至其他地点。

另一方面,针对首长幕僚长黄泉安国会议员曾指出,所有非法电讯塔将在今年年尾大限至死定(面对拆除), 如今州政府再延长业者半年,是否代表对方说话不算数时, 曹观友则认为,这是对方的个人意见。

沿用前朝政府电讯塔指南 林丽葆:民联违背人民委托

槟州电磁辐射公害防护联盟顾问林丽葆医生认为槟州民联政府竟然继续沿用前朝政府使用的电讯塔指南,相等於违背了受电讯塔影响者的委托。

她表示,民联在担任反对党时与人民一起反对电讯塔,受影响的居民即是希望在他们上台后,看到希望及改变,然而却令人感到遗憾,却是照顾业者利益多于关心人民面对的健康威胁。

她承认,相比国外,我国人民对电讯塔的健康威胁醒觉还在起步中,而执政者必须有远见,以人民健康为重。

新指南规定电讯塔 与住宅区保持30公尺距离

曹观友宣布民联政府沿用马来西亚通讯多媒体委员会的新指南规定电讯塔与住宅区保持30公尺距离。

曹观友在记者会上在受询及拟定中,及即将月内出炉的电讯塔的新指南的标准时表示,新指南规定电讯塔与住宅区保持30公尺,该指南将在月内出炉。

他表示,上述标准乃沿用大马通讯多媒体的指南。不过在针对记者提及民联政府在作为反对党时反对电讯塔,如今却继续延用前政府引用与住宅区保持30公尺的距离标准一事,曹观友则要求记者出示剪报证明(他反对电讯塔一事)。

而他表示,行政议会的决定是在致力解决通讯问题及人民投诉电讯塔有害健康中寻找平衡点。他说,一旦拆除电讯塔即会造成通讯受影响,接获手机线路受干扰的投诉多于反对电讯塔的公众。

另一方面,针对若发生居民不满电讯塔而将事件带上法庭时,他表示,政府没有免于遭人民起诉的免疫权力。

权威性报告显示有害 涂仲仪:应以民利为基础

另一方面,也是槟州电磁辐射公害联盟顾问医生的涂仲仪医生也指出,越来越多权威科学报告及文宣证明电讯塔靠近人民不利健康及长远性带来癌症。

他表示,即使前朝政府沿用大马通讯多媒体指南,然而我们必须与时并进,因为越来越多的报告提高了人民的警惕,所以各政党都必须以民为本, 以人民健康利益为基础。

Saturday, September 19, 2009

槟岛市政局拆除馨园电讯塔




图文光华日报

(槟城17日讯)由于接获居民投诉,槟岛市政局特于周四拆除馨园公寓商业建筑上的4座电讯塔!

馨园联合管理委会主席李文益表示,该电讯塔是7月杪安装上,然而基于居民担忧会因此对健康带来影响,因此在向槟岛市政局做出投诉后,该局才于周四前往拆除。

据了解,有关电讯塔装上后,仍未进行操作,而被拆除的电讯塔共为4座。

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Telco tower making Jesselton folk uneasy


Article in The Star

A SIX-METRE telecommunication structure erected at Taman Jesselton in Penang has residents worried about its potential hazardous effects.

A resident, who wished to be known only as Mrs Lim, said the telco tower was erected at a foothill five years ago.

''It's directly behind a row of houses and next to a water tower. It might not be safe for us to use and drink the water,'' she said when contacted yesterday.

She said the residents there had become more wary of the telco tower after reading about radiation.

''Studies have shown that radiation can affect anyone within a radius of 300m to 400m.

''It will take years for researchers to finally come out with concrete results. We don't want to wait until then to take precautions.

''Parents are also worried about their young children who are more vulnerable to any likely harmful effects,'' she said.

Penang Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Telco Alliance committee member Ong Bee Lay said the telco tower was located about 20m away from the houses.

''There are about 100 residents who may be directly affected. We have handed a memorandum to Kebun Bunga assemblyman Jason Ong and we hope the authority can take down the structure or shift it,'' she said.

When contacted, Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the council would send its officers to check the structure.